Chapter One:

Bianca nocked her last arrow, and crumpled onto a nearby porch. "This is an okay place to die." She murmured to herself. "Guys!" Someone called, Oh look, she thought, Someone's here to finish me off. "I think this one is an Apollo kid!"

When the figure loomed over her, she couldn't see their face. It was a big splotchy blur, and which didn't make anything better,

Everything went black.

I woke up in a bed, that wasn't mine. It was so nice to feel a mattress.

For days I've been chased by horrifying creatures across the borders. I remember sleeping in the wild for weeks, shivering on a empty stomach. "Where am I?" I croaked, unconsciously.

I backed up, as a centaur trotted over and pressed his lips into a firm line.

Not exactly welcoming.

"Hello. I am Chiron, I am the trainer of Camp Half-Blood." The centaur introduced, "You, child?"

"Uh.." I stammered, "I'm Bianca. Bianca Marks."

"Well, Bianca. You are a half-blood, one of your parents in an Olympian god or goddess." Chiron explained, in a dry, teacher-like voice. "W-what?" I sputtered, in disbelief, "I thought the gods and goddesses are myths!"

Thunder rumbled overhead.

"Child. Would you like it if you were called a myth?" Chiron raised a brow, sternly. "Uh.." I frowned, "Actually, it doesn't really matter."

"Not for you, but the gods and goddesses are particularly sensitive about this topic." Chiron said, mirroring my frown.

"Uh..okay."

"C'mon, now. I believe you are well to walk?" Chiron questioned. But I had a feeling he wasn't asking, really.

I swung my legs, to the side and stood up. A wave of dizziness hit me, making me stumble a few steps. The centaur looked back, "Are you okay? Do you need Will to help you walk?"

I waved him off, immediately. "No thank you, Chiron. I'm absolutely fine."

Gasping, I looked around. "How can this be?" I muttered, "Mist, Bianca. It's this magical veil that distorts human vision from these kinds of things."

"Oh."

Boy, I felt stupid.

"Bianca, may I ask you where you got that bow and quiver from?"

"My mother." I replied, bitterly.

Chiron turned away, and smoothed down his tweed jacket.

"Well, let's introduce you to Connor. He's the one who saved you." Chiron said, pointing at 2 boys selling something near the camp convenience store "Oh! Travis and Connor! Please don't do that!"

"Connor." Chiron called, "Connor, would you like to show Bianca around?"

"Who's Bianca? Is she cute?" Connor grinned, wryly, picking up his pace towards Chiron. "I'm right here you little turd face!" I yelled, smacking him upside his head. "She's mean." Connor whimpered, rubbing his head.

"Please introduce yourselves!" Chiron said, firmly and trotted off.

"Uh..I'm Bianca Marks...Not really nice to meet you." I frowned in distaste, "And I'm Connor Stoll, Son of Hermes. Not really nice to meet you, too."

"Okay, I think I'll start from the first cabin." Connor smirked, and grabbed my wrist, dragging me across the place. "This is the Zeus Cabin, aka Cabin 1." He explained quickly, "That is the Hera cabin, also known as Cabin 2." Pointing at the cabin next to cabin 1.

"That one is the Poseidon cabin, also known as Cabin 3. A while ago, the counsellor of cabin 3, Percy Jackson has gone missing."

He quickly explained the cabins, and I frowned, "Where will I be staying?"

"I'm pretty sure, you'll be claimed soon." He smiled, and ran off. As soon as I was about to walk off, Connor came running back. "I forgot that you'll be needing a weapon."

He dragged me (Yes, AGAIN!) to the back of the Athena cabin, and showed me a large garden shed. the Son of Hermes unlocked the shed, and grinned, "Go ahead. Knock yourself out."

I rolled my eyes, and walked in. As soon as I stepped in, I regretted it. I heard the upsetting, Click and sighed.

"HAHAHAHA!" Connor jeered, pissing himself from laughing. I cursed him, and surprisingly, it wasn't english.

I looked at a variety of bows and javelins that suited my taste.

Hissing as an arrow tip grazed my fingertip, I frowned and ignored it. "Why are you like this?!" Connor muttered, pulling out my hand.

"AH!" I yelped, "Were you here all this time?"

"Every single minute." Connor smirked, smugly like he was proud of that achievement.

He pulled out a crumpled band-aid and wrapped it around my finger. "I'm no Apollo kid, but I hope you appreciate my sign of affection." He murmured, softly. I must've blushed, because he smiled, seductively.

"HHAHAHAHAHA! Look at you! You're falling for my bullcrap! On the first day too! HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Connor laughed, wheezing. I arched an eyebrow, if there was something I despised,- it was making a fool out of myself.

I didn't even know how, but I tucked and rolled aside, pulled the the string as fast as a viper. I had the celestial bronze tip at his heart- a deadly blow.

Connor stopped laughing, and gulped. "Uhhh..." He stammered, looking at the arrowhead. "Ha ha." I laughed dryly, "Who's laughing now?"

Lowering my guard, I swallowed. "I'm sorry, I didn't know how I did that."

"S'alright." He shrugged, "I think you might be an Ares kid, an Athena kid, or maybe an Apollo kid."

"I hope." I murmured, and slung the bow over my head. "Is it okay if I took two weapons?"

"Uh.." Connor stuttered, "I think so."

I was torn over between which one I wanted more- a dagger or hunter's knife. "I think you should chose the hunter's knife." Connor said, pointing at it. "Really?" I asked, tilting my head to one side.

"PUHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Connor laughed, again. I frowned, I was truly getting damn annoyed about this boy, like what's his problem?!

Geez, I know he's a son of Hermes, but can't he just take it seriously for once? I put back the knife, and unsheathed the dagger, Connor waddled back a few steps.

I smirked, and shoved the blade back into it's rightful place- it's scabbard. Attaching the dagger to my belt, I stalked out. Leaving Connor in the dust.

"HEY! Wait up!"

I ignored the jerk.

The sun was shining on me, casting a ebony coloured shape behind me.

"Oh, hey hon! I love your hair!" A girl purred, advancing towards me with her clique. "It totally looks like you slept in the wild your whole life!"

I smiled provokingly, "Seems like it."

The girl frowned, "Huh?"

"Who's Olympian parent is yours?" I said, still smiling. "Uh..hello!" The girl snapped, "Aphrodite kid here!"

"Yep." I nodded, "I kinda figured 'cause your like those girls who spend 99.9 percent of their time scribbling shit all over their face."

The girl scoffed, "It least I don't go parading around trying to get attention!"

"How about 2 pm?" I smirked, unraveling my whole intention.

"What?!"

"You know, so I can challenge you?" I snorted, "Duh."

"Uh.." The girl stammered, nervously playing with her nails.

"She will not challenge you." Said a new voice.

This girl looked a lot kinder, and calm. She wore comfortable clothes, much less attention-grabbing than the other girl's. She had a dagger strapped to her belt. "I'm Piper McLean, Senior Counselor of the Aphrodite Cabin."

"This is Drew, former counselor of Cabin Ten."

I snickered inwardly, and held my hand out. "Bianca Marks, nice to meet you." Piper clasped my hand firmly, "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. See you at Sparing later on."

I nodded, curtly and shot Drew a smug look and decided to meet some people.

I rapped my knuckles onto the grey door of the Athena cabin, "COME IN!" Someone called.

Hesitantly pushing the door open, I poked my head in. "Uh- Is Annabeth here?"

"Here!"

A tall, blond girl strided over and smiled, "You must be Bianca Marks. I'm Annabeth Chase, Senior Counselor of the Athena Cabin!"

"Uh yeah.." I said, pressing my lips into a firm line. "I had a question, and uh..Chiron directed me to er..you." Annabeth folded her arms, and tilted her head, "Shoot."

"What if..um..you DON'T get claimed..?"

The daughter of Athena nodded her head, pursing her lips in thought. "Fair question but, in the Second Titan War, I don't know if you know this but.." She hesitated. A shadow of doubt flashed across her sharp features, but she forced back her regular look of courageousness. The daughter of Athena cleared her throat, and continued, "This guy named Percy Jackson, made the gods promise to claim their children by the age of 13.- How old are you? 13? 14?"

"Fifteen." I frowned, firmly.

"Well..I'm pretty sure you'll get claimed soon." Annabeth said, suppressing a smile. "I hope it's Athena. You look like a great battle strategist."

"My mom is human.. or mortal, whatever."

"Oh."

"S'alright, even if I get stuck with that damned brat in the Hermes Cabin, I'm pretty sure we'll be friends." I nodded, adding in a curt shrug.

"Is the 'damned brat' Connor and Travis, I'm guessing?" Annabeth said, tilting her head. "Yep." I muttered, nonchalantly. "Don't feel bad that Connor is picking on you, it's his special way of flirting and welcoming people."

I scoffed, "Well, see you at the sparing class later on."

THUMP!

I rolled my neck, and smirked. "You call that a challenge?"

Clarisse La Rue sneered, ferociously. She swung her fist, and I nimbly rolled under her blow, kicking her in her midsection. I aimed a punch and SPLAT! my knees buckled underneath me. It was the oldest trick in the book, kicking at the back of the knees.

"CLARISSE! CLARISSE! CLARISSE! CLARISSE!" The Ares campers hollered, stamping their combat boots on the arena ground. "Nice job!" Annabeth smiled, crookedly, hiding the fact I got defeated by Clarisse La Rue of the Ares cabin in a mere second. "You'll get better the more you'll practice!"

"Uh..sure." I grunted, wincing in pain when Annabeth patted my shoulder. "Sorry." She apologized, recoiling. Connor sauntered up to us with a look mixed between smugness and arrogance.

He smirked and shook a leather pouch.

"40 golden drachmas because you lost!" Connor said, lifting a brow mockingly. "Thanks Brenda! You rock, babe!"

I narrowed my eyes, and bit back terrible curses. "My-name-is-Bianca." Connor spun around and tossed 5 golden coins at me in a nonchalant matter. "Whatever." He grinned, "5 golden drachmas for commission, Bertha."

My jaw unhinged.

Does this fucking boy ever listen? I clearly stated my name was fucking Bianca, and off he goes calling me BERTHA! Out of loathe, I scooped up the drachmas and whipped them at the miserable spawn of Hermes.

"AH!" Connor yelped, clutching his head. "Stupid miserable brat! Fuck off!" I spat.

I shot the boy a glare and stormed off.

I was standing next to Rachel Dare, the Camp's oracle of Delphi in the amphitheater.

The enchanted bonfire made her hair look like it was on fire. Well..in a good way.

"If you all didn't know, we have a new arrival today." Chiron said, firmly. "Please welcome Bianca Marks!"

Some people clapped, some people didn't.

Rude.

I strided over to Chiron and bowed stiffly at the crowd.

Being honest, I didn't know what to do.

"I KNEW IT!" Somebody screamed, distinctively a male.

"Huh?" I frowned.

Golden rays were illuminating the whole amphitheater, the problem is I didn't know where it was coming from.

I looked around, nothing was the source of that ray of golden light. I looked up, and saw a symbol of a lyre bouncing on my head.

"All hail Bianca Marks, Daughter of Apollo. The God of the sun, light, healing, music, poetry, archery, and prophecies." Chiron announced in his usual, dry, teacher like voice.

People bowed slightly.

"I thought she was an Athena kid!" Someone shouted from the Hephaestus cabin. "Because you know, her hair!"

Most Apollo kids were blond and blue- eyed, but I had chestnut coloured hair, one blue eye, and one green eye, which made me heterochromic.

It wasn't that noticeable, but it made me look weird sometimes.

I shuffled towards the section with a banner made out of golden thread, and a symbol of a lyre on it. Will Solace waved his hand, and beckoned me forward. The Apollo kids stared at me, bewildered.

"I get the chestnut hair from my mother." I scowled. "My Dead mother." I added, with malice.

A kid from the Ares cabin snorted.

"Chiron! Don't you think Apollo claimed the wrong person?! Shouldn't Bianca get claimed by Hades? She keeps adding that something is dead!"

"Dead plant!" A guy from Ares sneered.

"Dead chicken!"

"Dead cat!"

"Dead dog!"

"Gods of Olympus! DEAD EVERYTHING!"

"Plus!" Drew said, standing up. "Her name is Bianca! Do you think that scary Hades kid's sister is her? Just reincarnated?"

"YEAH!" Ares and Aphrodite chorused, finally agreeing on something.

A dark figure at lifted their head.

It must be the 'scary Hades kid' Drew was talking about.

We stared at each other for a bit until the boy had shadows curling around his whole entire body.

He was gone.

An array of gasps and shrieks escaped from the lips of the spawns of Aphrodite.

I jerked my head towards them, and saw that same boy again just standing in front of them with his sword unsheathed. His sword wasn't celestial bronze, or whatever the half bloods called it.

His sword was 3 feet long and black as this endless void I dreamed of once after watching a horror movie.

The son of Hades raised a thin, bony arm. His fingers were in a snapping position.

Bottom lips quivered, tears sprouted out of the tears ducts of children of Aphrodite.

His face darkened.

"Nobody talks about my sister like that."

SNAP!

"AHHHHHHHH!" The Aphrodite cabin wailed, except for Piper who was playing with her dagger.

Shadows wrapped around him, and poof! He was gone.

Again.