I swear the next time I see the gods, I am yelling at them for not claiming their damn children. I've been at this place for less than a week, and only one kid got claimed. A son of Demeter named Adam Rose that I've talked to a few times. Cool guy but I haven't spoken to him since he switched cabins.

Then again, I haven't made any attempts to talk to others. Outside of Clarisse and Adam, the only other person I hang out with was an unclaimed kid Chris who Fotia and I made fast friends with. It helped that he got his hands on things like coke and chips.

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Percy had zoned out during his sword-fighting lesson as Fotia slept on his head. Luke, who had also been the teacher, had just unarmed one of Percy's cabin mates before ending the lesson.

"Jackson, stay behind," Luke called before he could get far. Percy swore softly.

"Good luck, man." Chris patted his shoulder as he passed. Fotia opens an eye lazily.

"What's up?" Percy asks with an annoyed undertone.

"Why do you never partake in your lessons?" Luke seemed genuinely concerned about Percy, but at this point, he just wanted out of this conversation.

"I didn't think this was in school."

"It's not. It's what you need to live."

"So... school?" Fotia mewed almost like he was snickering.

"Percy, I want you to take this seriously. You can and will die if you don't."

"I know, I know." His voice sounded as tired as he looked. Luke sighed after a minute.

"Look, we're playing capture the flag tonight."

"Yeah, and?"

"I want you to actively partake. Not go and hide somewhere like I know you are planning to do."

Percy mentally swore. How did he learn about that? The only other person who knew was one Chris Rodrigues.

"I don't want to, but I will have someone watch after you, so you join."

'Bullshit!'

"I don't need a fucking babysitter. I'm fine on my own," and with that, Percy walked away, not caring that Luke was calling after him and very much wanting to get away from the Demigod bullshit that seemed to follow him.

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Wattpad works again!!! Yay!!! The next chapter will be longer, I promise. Anyways I'm trying to get chapters out as quickly as I can, but with school and a hurricane hitting sometime this week, I can't make any promises.

On another note, this week's son of guidebook chapter is preset because it's my birthday. So I'm answering questions from you guys. However, I've only gotten one so far, so if that's it, then I'll just do basic facts about myself.

-Red

(ps if you're worried about the hurricane I talked about, don't be. I live in Texas. We get at least a tropical storm every year. This is nothing.)