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I sighed as I unlocked the front door with the spare key I always kept on me for when my arsehole of a father locked me out, which had happened with annoying regularity recently. As soon as the door closed I ducked under the bottle aimed at my head. I ignored the spray of glass as I glared at the drunk.

"What the hell is your problem?" I demanded having had enough of taking things quietly. The man was supposed to look after me but I had to learn to do everything myself and for some reason no one managed to make anything criminal stick to the bastard despite clear evidence.

"You are my problem you little shit! I had a good thing before your whore of a Mother left you on the damn doorstep! Why don't you just go and die in a ditch already?!" He demanded before stumbling towards me. Luckily I had thought of this long ago and grabbed a wooden baseball bat I left at the door. As soon as he saw it he hesitated allowing me to swing low between his legs. I grinned darkly as he went down and raised the bat above my head.

"If I see you again I will kill you." I brought the bat down on his head knocking him out and panted heavily as I stared at the man that denied me any kind of Love through his attitude towards others. It was time I got away from the moron. I frisked him for his wallet and took all of the notes, leaving the cards since I wasn't stupid or heartless, before going to pack. I didn't have many clothes partly because I barely had money spent on and the fact I was really damn fussy for some reason. I went to leave before a hand grabbed my ankle.

"Where do…?" My father started to ask before I interrupted him with a foot to the face. I left and locked the door, taking both keys with me to make things difficult for him. I decided to head for the forest since it was well known I disliked seeing myself being covered in dirt, and I did mean seeing since I didn't mind the actual feeling, and the fact that it would lead to a travel hotspot where I could disappear in the crowd for a while. I grimaced as the mud splattered over my clothes knowing that if I looked down I would go on a rant that would really slow me down.

"Well, well, this is the last place I expected to find one of hers." An unnerving voice said behind me, right behind me. I swung around aiming at where I heard the voice came from. I was surprised when the bat was knocked from my hands that only grew when a hand grabbed and lifted me by the throat. I looked into cold sapphire eyes that glittered with unconcealed madness. "Such pretty eyes you have Love Spawn. I want them." My insides turned cold as his free hand slowly moved towards my face.

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I ran through the forest following the wind since I could no longer see. Having your eyes, which never decided on a colour, gouged out tended to do that. The insane bastard had just left me to die after knocking me out as he cooed about my eyes. I had ripped my T-shirt to make a blindfold to keep the air from getting to my brain which was extremely uncomfortable. I frowned as I started to get a hint of my surroundings despite not seeing anything.

"Whoa kid slow down!" A voice said and for some reason I was inclined to listen despite the last stranger I met attacking me. I stopped and listened to what sounded like an animal walking towards me. "Man, you move quickly. What's with the Blindfold?"

"I've just had my eyes taken from me. Did you expect me to show my sockets to everyone?" I gasped out with my throat still sore from the guys hand and the screaming I did. I had felt every damn second of it and wasn't in a good mood.

"Hades, that's horrible. I'm Clive Marsh and I was sent to escort you to Camp." He said and I could hear the sincerity in his voice but I had to ask a few things.

"Daniel Lake, who sent you and why the hell should I go to this Camp of yours?" I asked in annoyance as I heard even more hooves. What the hell was going on?

"Ah, right I forgot about that. Chiron sent me and Camp's full name is Camp Half-Blood which is the only truly safe place for demigods like your self." He said with a nervous chuckle as I 'stared' at him.

"I shouldn't believe you but it makes a few things fit, including why I have been able to weave around the trees. If I don't like the place then I'm leaving, blind or not." I said blandly hoping that I would be able to recover in peace.

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"How many of these damn things are there?" I shouted in annoyance as I used the sword I took from Clive, he had brought it for me but was reluctant to give it to a blind boy so I had to take it from him when a Cyclops appeared, to cleave the head off of another Hellhound. I had killed at least three different packs already and more and more kept on coming after us.

"I don't know but we're not too far from Camp." Clive managed to pant out as he jumped around to avoid some that went after him. I growled as I killed another hellhound before I heard an odd whistling over the growls, barks, paws and heavy breathing. I heard it stop as something impacted a hellhound before. It was followed by a lot more whistles and thuds ending the barks and growls. "The Hunters…"

"Hunters?" I asked not sure if that was a good thing as it didn't say what they hunted but decided to be civil if the awe in Clive's voice was anything to go by.

"Yes, my Hunters to be exact young one." A powerful female voice said near me but fortunately not close enough like the madman that took my eyes.

"I'm going to guess that I heard arrows. Thanks for the help, I doubted I could have gotten them all without serious injury and Clive doesn't have any weapons." I said remembering the manners I was taught by my old neighbour before she passed on in her sleep. I missed that woman.

"You are welcome. I didn't expect one of hers, a boy no less, to thank me." The voice said in clear amusement. "I am Artemis and these are my Hunters, companions and daughters both."

"That's the second time I've been referred to as 'hers'. Who exactly am I the son of?" I asked curiously making her chuckle.

"Aphrodite if I wasn't mistaken but you don't act like hers and I would need to see your eyes to be sure." She said making me sigh. That answered a few questions I had and explained several of my quirks that I didn't understand.

"I'm rather lacking in the eyes department at the moment. Is there something I can do for you as I kind of want to get to Camp?" I asked making a few of the Hunters scoff.

"Just because you can't see past your own vanity doesn't give you an excuse to refuse our Lady's request." One said making me turn my head to her in disbelief.

"Get over yourself bitch." I said making them gasp before I removed the blindfold making a few inhale sharply. "When I said I was lacking I meant I had them gouged out of my skull by a psycho. It was a pleasure to meet you Artemis but you need a leash for some of your Hunters. Clive, I'll be heading the way we were before the ambush, catch me up when you're finished here." I nodded to Artemis before putting the blindfold back on and leaving. I ignored the sounds of puking and of Artemis chastening her Hunter.

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"Here we are, Camp Half-Blood." Clive said still a bit high from our meeting with the Hunters. Apparently I had earned Artemis's respect in our short exchange and had asked Clive to ensure I made it to Camp safely. She had also had him tell me that the Wind was helping me 'see' and my connection to it was becoming stronger even than that of my Mother's, even if it wasn't anywhere near the level of a child of Zeus. I could now 'see' about a room's distance in all directions and my other senses were getting better too.

"Is that strawberries I smell?" I asked glad for a pleasant scent as so far it had all been trees or monsters. While the former wasn't too bad the latter was getting worse to deal with as time went on so I relished the amazing scent as much as I could without losing track of my surroundings.

"Mr D helps them grow so we can sell them. It helps save a few headaches we would have to deal with when it came to Mortals otherwise." I came out of my revelry as I heard hooves approaching, louder and more than Clive's so either more Satyrs were coming or the Centaur Chiron was coming to greet us.

"Ah, Clive, I take it this is the Demigod you were sent to retrieve. Good evening young man, I am Chiron the Activities Director of Camp and Trainer of Heroes. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." A new voice said as the hooves stopped near us. What little I could tell showed him towering over me but I could hear the smile in his voice.

"Yes, this is Daniel but I got there a tad later than I needed to be." Clive said with a tinge of guilt in his tone making me shake my head in annoyance knowing he could have done nothing.

"There was nothing you could have done Clive." I told the Satyr in annoyance as I removed my blindfold to show Chiron.

"I am sorry you had to deal with losing your eyes, Child." Chiron said sympathetically but I couldn't detect any pity, which I was glad for as all that weren't 'in the know' had showered me with the useless sentiment. "Clive, please show him around as best you can in the circumstances while I think of ways to help him overcome his issues."

"Sure, come along Daniel and please put the blindfold back on." Clive said walking away after giving Chiron a nod. I did as asked as Clive gave me the tour. "…and this is the Campfire. All Cabins on that side are odd and the ones on the other are even. The order they go in from one to twelve is Zeus (mostly ornamental thank to the Oath), Hera (she doesn't have affairs so it will remain empty unless she names a Champion), Poseidon (again the Oath), Demeter (don't ever mention cereal), Ares (they only respect strength so be careful around them), Athena (if you claim they are wrong you better be prepared to prove it), Apollo (he has the most Demigods out of everyone much to Lady Artemis's annoyance), Artemis (it is where her Hunters sleep when they come here), Hephaestus (if you need something built they can do it for a price), Aphrodite (they are very vain so some might be a little unreasonable until they find out you're blind), Hermes (you'll be staying there until you're determined) and Dionysus (he's Camp Director so don't anger him)."

"That's nice and all but I noticed Hades and Hestia Cabins are missing and may I ask who the goddess behind me is." I said noticing the small figure appearing at the fire as he explained the Cabins. Before he could answer we were approached by a group that was giving of a tamer version of the feeling I felt around the hellhounds.

"Who's the new meat?" A female voice said before spitting at my feet.

"Um, hey Clarisse. This is Daniel Lake." Clive said backing away from them while they surrounded me. There were four of them so I wasn't too bothered, surprise would allow me to get one or two after all. I was just glad the small goddess was on the other side of the fire now, I really didn't want to attack her accidently.

"Well…Daniel, here at Camp there are traditions. Traditions that blindfold aren't going to get you out of." Clarisse said making the two behind me move towards me. As soon as they got close I took a step back and smashed their heads together as hard as I could knocking the two out. I pulled out the sword to meet the sword of the remaining unnamed one before kicking his knee and headbutting him/her. I jumped back when I heard a cackle just avoiding the spear of Clarisse.

"Did you really think I would just go along with this?" I said inwardly asking the wind to cover my left hand so I could take her out quickly. I slid to the side to avoid her stab and grabbed her lightning coated spear with my wind coated hand and smashed the hilt of the sword against her temple bringing her down. I felt something wash over me as I heard Chiron gallop towards me and…knelt?

"Hail, Daniel Lake, Son of Aphrodite the Goddess of Love, Beauty, Lust, Desire, Pleasure and Sexuality!" Chiron called out making whispers of disbelief carry through Camp.