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Chapter 3: I get a tour of my new life A tall boy with black hair and brown eyes appears at the door. Jack. “I have been expecting you. May you be so kind as to give Atlas here a tour of camp?” said Chiron. “Of course, Chiron.” As soon as Jack saw my face, we both instantly turned pink and I looked away. “You can come with me so I can give you a tour of the camp if you want,” said Jack. The way he said it was making my heart beat faster… as I stood up from the infirmary bed, my legs felt stiff as if I haven't stood up in years. I walked up to Jack, and we walked up to the door for the tour. The air outside smelled like pine trees with a bit of sweet strawberries. “Smells nice,” I mumbled. It felt just like a movie. Kids were running and chasing each other in the green grass. Some of them were laughing. Some were carrying swords. Like actual dangerous swords… In the distance, I saw cabins arranged in a curve, each one different from the others. Beyond them, there were gardens, a shining lake, and what looked like a climbing wall. A climbing wall that was on fire. I stopped walking. “Why is the wall burning?” Jack followed my gaze like it was the most normal question in the world. “Oh, that? Lava climbing wall.” I stared at him. “You say that like it explains anything.” “It kind of does.” “No,” I said. “It really doesn’t.” Jack laughed, and I hated how much I liked the sound of it. “What's with all those cabins we just passed?” “Oh!” Jack said. “ Ok, so cabins one through ten are for demigods, who are the children of a godparent and a mortal parent. Cabin 1 is for Zeus, the god of lightning and storms. Cabin 2 is for Hera, queen of the gods. But she doesn't have affairs with mortals, so it’s just a fancy honorary temple,” Jack said, gesturing to a polished marble building. “Cabin 3 is Poseidon-sea stone, shells, smells like the ocean. That's for the sea god's kids.” He kept walking, pointing out a building covered in tomato vines and flowers. “Cabin 4, Demeter. Agriculture. Those kids are nice, but don't anger them, or you'll wake up in a sleeping bag full of poison ivy.” He pointed to a red building with a boar's head on top and barbed wire on the roof. “Cabin 5, Ares. War. Loud music, messy, mean. Avoid them if you want to keep your lunch money.” “The gray one,” Jack continued, showing a cabin that looked like a library. “That’s Cabin 6, Athena. Brainiacs. Wisdom and battle strategy. Lots of maps inside.” “Gold building? Cabin 7, Apollo. They do archery, music, and healing. They glow, literally. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the gold is reflecting the sun or making its own light,” Jack said. “Cabin 8 is silver—all silver—Artemis. She’s a maiden goddess, so she has no kids. It’s for her Hunters when they visit. They are fierce.” He pointed to a building that looked like a small factory with smokestacks. “Cabin 9, Hephaestus. Crafty kids. Machines, fire, forges. It’s a mess there, but they build the best stuff.” “And finally, for now,” Jack said, pointing to a pastel-colored cabin that smelled strongly of expensive perfume. “Cabin 10, Aphrodite. Love and beauty. Life-size dollhouse with pink walls, but don't underestimate them. Their persuasion powers are dangerous.” Jack paused. “Kids whose parents haven’t claimed them yet usually stay in Cabin 11 with Hermes, the god of thieves and travelers. There's also Dionysus, god of wine and… that one over there is the cabin of Hades, god of the dead, we don't talk about him… “That's a lot,” I said.
