Chapter 4

The place was huge. I mean, literally the biggest place I've ever seen. The Jupiter Building was more than a building. It was a mansion for the god. (Maybe I'm exaggerating just a little.) But really, big place. I was amazed at the building (as you can already tell) until I saw a pale, greedy looking thing in front of it. The thing was holding a teddy bear and a knife in the other hand. He looked like one of those actors from horror movies, except creepier.

"Hey Octavian!" Dakota waved to the teddy bear serial killer. The murderer looked at me. I got scared. Now, Lupa trained me to become strong, not let your opponent see your emotions. I wasn't doing so well. All I wanted to do was curl up and hide under a bed. But even if I did, I'd expect Octavian to follow.

We arrive in front of him. He looked worse up close, though the scary thing was, he didn't look that much older than me.

"Whose kid are you?" He asked.

"Uh....I don't know." I say, trying not to look him in the eye.

"You don't know...interesting. My guess is Mars. You have that look to you." He looks straight through my eyes and into my soul.

"Who are you?" I ask Octavian.

"The camp's Augur. Sacrifices. Stuffed Animals." He walked away. He turned his head back towards us. "Tell me when you find out who your parent is!" Then, kept on walking.

"Well..." I say, clearly surprised.

"Yeah." Said Dakota. "Yeah.

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~S.L.


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