Chapter 6: I Become Supreme Lord Of The Bathroom

Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour around the camp, though I was careful not to walk behind him. We passed through the volleyball pit. Several of the campers nudged each other, and while we were walking one camper pointed to he minotaur horn and another camper said "That's him." Most of the campers were older than me. Their satyr friends were bigger than Grover, all of them were trotting around in orange shirts that said, Camp Half Blood. I wasn't normally shy, but the way they stared at me, made me uncomfortable. I felt like they were expecting me to do a flip or something. When I looked back at the farmhouse, it was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, it was four stories tall, like a seaside resort. When I looked up, something had moved just for a second, and I thought I was being watched. So I asked Chiron " What's up there?" He said, "Just the attic. Nobody lives there" I wasn't sure if he he was lying, but I sure somthing is in the attic. Then he said "Come along Percy, there are lots more to see."

Then we walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyrplayed a tune ion a reed pipe. Chiron told me the camp grew a nice crop for export to New York restaurants and Mount Olympus. I asked Chiron if Grover will get a second chance to protect people. Chiron said "I am afraid that was Grover's second chance, See, the Counsel was not anxious to give him another, either, after what happened the first time, five years ago. Olympus knows, I advised him to wait longer before trying again. He is too small for his age." I asked how old Grover was and Chiron said twenty-eight years old. I was shocked! He is twenty-eight, and he is in grade 6! I said "That's horrible." Chiron agreed "At any rate, Grover is a late bloomer, even by satyr standards." So, we moved on and Chiron "Come, Percy. Let's see the woods.

As we got closer to the woods, I realized how huge the forest was. It took up at least a quarter of the valley, with trees so tall and thick. Chiron said, "The woods are stoked, if you care to try your luck, but go armed." Then he said "You will see what I mean, friday is capture the flag day. Finally, he showed me the cabins. There were twelve of them, nestled in the woods by the lake. They were arranged in a letter, the letter U, and they were the coolest collection of buildings I had ever seen. I noticed one thing though, the odds were on the left, evens on the right and they looked nothing alike. Number nine had smokestacks, like a tiny factory. Number four had tomato vines on the walls and a roof made out of real grass. Seven seemed to be made out of solid gold, which was so bright in the sunlight it was almost impossible to look at. They were all different. I asked Chiron why cabins one and two look empty. Chiron said that there are twelve cabins for the twelve olympians. When I looked in some of the cabins they all looked crammed or crowded, when I looked in cabin number five, I saw a bunch of kids that looked mean, both girls and boys. The loudest was a girl maybe thirteen or fourteen. She wore a size XXXL camp half blood shirt, for some reason, she reminded me of Nancy Bobofit. Finally, our tour is over.

Chiron left me with Annabeth and Annabeth led me to cabin eleven. She introduced me to everyone in the cabin and someone asked "Regular or Undetermined?" Then Annabeth said, "Undetermined." Everybody groaned. A guy who was a little bit older than the rest came forward. He was about nineteen, and he looked pretty cool. He was also tall and muscular, with short-cropped sandy hair and a friendly smile. Annabeth said "That's Luke" And I asked him "How long will I be here?" And he said "Until you are determined." The campers all laughed at me. Then Annabeth took me to the volleyball court. While we were walking, the big girl from the ugly red cabin was walking towards us. She had three girls behind her, all wearing camo jackets. Her name was Clarisse and she was a really mean girl. Annabeth introduced me to her and she was actually the daughter of Ares, the war God. Then she told me "We have an initiation ceremony for newbies." Annabeth tried to stop her but then she told Annabeth to stay out of it. We were actually going to the bathroom and they were going to give me a swirly. I kept fighting out of it but she was too strong. Then she pushed me into one of the stalls and tried to put my head in the toilet, but then, all of a sudden the water came out of the toilet and it hit Clarisse and everybody else in the washroom except for me. The whole bathroom was flooded. My legs were shaky as I stood up. Annabeth said, "How did you do that?" "I don't know?" I said. Then she said "I am thinking I want you on my capture the flag team on Friday."