Skylar's POV

My alarm sounded, but I was already up. By hearing screaming, and yelling, and cussing coming from the Ares cabin. Oh, what an ordinary day. I wanted just one more minute of piece before breakfast, so I slammed the window, the only one open, shut. I was still under the covers of my bed.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Oh my God she's a wizard!" Well you're wrong. I am a demigod. Daughter of Boreas. At Camp-Halfblood. Yeah, you've read the other stories right? So I don't need to explain everything. Perfect.

After a few minutes I went over to my dresser and grabbed an orange camp shirt and my white jean shorts. I put on the shirt, but quickly exchanged the white shorts for blue. The white wasn't going to stay white for long.

I do a quick brush through of my long, blonde hair, check myself in the mirror to do a once over. You could look worse. I think silently, slip on my flip flops and start off to the dining pavilion.

On my way I run into Stenfani, my friend, who actually gets me, unlike the rest of the losers around here. I mean seriously. The kids from the Big Three are total snobs or know it alls, sometimes outcasts. And the kids from Ares…well…don't get me started. Then there's my friends and me. Melodie, then there's Katie, Yuma, and Stefani. We're the normal ones, the people who aren't totally freakish, and, as people say around here, 'heroes' or girlies. We are just people that are half god!

"What's wrong?" I ask Stefani as soon as I see her face. Only it's more of a demand than I real question.

She looks at me giving the look that says you really don't want to know. But I nod, telling her she has to tell me.

"I'm fine! I just didn't get much sleep last night." I knew that wasn't the whole story, but I didn't want to push it, considering she had her headband on, which was her weapon (In disguise) and she was in an irritable mood. Not good for arguing.

We make it to breakfast, and I go up to get some while she hangs back and talks with Melodie. I hadn't even noticed her. I grab a boat load of eggs and three pieces of French toast. Whenever they offer it, I take it. It is my heritage.

I am forced to sit at my own empty table…but not before I toss in a few eggs for, this time, Apollo. For Stenfani's dad.

"I have an announcement to make!" Chiron shouted, and we all quieted down, even though I wasn't talking in the first place. "We have a new camper in our midst. Alex, would you care to join me up here?" Chiron generously asked.

Someone from the Hermes table stood up, my guess it's Alex, and walked up to Chiron. Luckily my table's closest to the front, where Chiron was standing.

"Hi," He said. "I'm Alex, and I have no idea who my parent is. Well…I know she's a girl because my dad was killed, and my mom wasn't with us, and he was killed when our house burned down and I was at school so I don't really know who she is because my dad never told me and I hope she claims me soon so I don't have to sleep on the floor off the cabin my whole life, I really want an important goddess as my mom—"Chiron pounded him on the back to get him to shut up. Great, a rambler. My money was on Athena.

"Thank you for that, interesting, run-on sentence, Alex. I'm sure you will get claimed any day now.

Alex went back to his seat on the overfilled Hermes table. While he was up there I noticed how beautiful his eyes were, and how he had this really cute smile when he was nervous. Oh, well it's not like there are any ugly boys here.

Once I finished breakfast I went over to September Marie, at the Persephone table, and asked her if she wanted to get started. September was my little trainee, if you want to call it that. She's twelve, and I help her with her sword work. It's actually really fun, because she's almost better than me. And I'm fifteen…

"Sure, just let me," She took the last bite of her French toast, "okay, let's go."

As I was walking out of the door with September, I couldn't help notice Alex Wood staring at me.