~Fresh Meat~ (Open)

Subject: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:16 am

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I watched in despair as my mum's body was swallowed up by the shadows- gulping down the urge to run after her and beg her to bring me back home. How could she do this to me? How could she just leave me like this? How could she leave me alone...

I knew she thought it was for my own 'safety' but at that moment, standing there alone in the forest, it just seemed- selfish in a way. Ok, that was wrong to say but honeslty- what kind of mother leaves her child to fend for herself after just after finding out that she is half god, after finding out that all those years of thinking her father abandoned her she had been wrong?

Not a very good one, I thought- retreating my eyes from the shadows where my mother's shape had long since disappeared and instead focusing up on the gate made from piled up rocks, looking as unstable than ever. Just one of my clumsy events and it would most defiently fall into a heap above me.

I made a mental note to stay as far away as possible from it as I grabbed my camera strapped around my neck, pressing the on button down hard before adjusting the camera carefully so it got the gate, the greenery of the forest around it and the dancing sunlight bursting out from the gaps of the thicket of green above me, flickering down upon my face and making me feel warm inside.

There was a small flash and I smiled, marvelling at the masterpeice I had managed to take. In that slight second I had no worries, none about what would happen inside the camp or what sort of people I would meet- it was all about the photo although as soon as it had come, the feeling left.

I sighed as I felt the fear and butterflies in the pit of my stomach return again. "This-this is it Pip, there's no turning back now" I could hear my voice quiver and crack with despair and I swear that in that moment the only thing holding me from breaking down in the middle of that forest was the soft yet reassuring tweet that sounded from my pocket.

A familiar small head popped up from within' my pocket and I stroked the robin's velvet feathers tenderly, slowly stepping through the gate and into my new home- attempting to be brave and keep my mixed emotions from my face, afraid to make a bad first impression to the wandering demigods, half gods, whatever they were called again , inside the camp- although I had a feeling that this would be far from another summer holiday camp.

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"Stop it Devin! Your going to hurt me!" I yelled even knowing that I wouldn't. I watched as Devin kept on throwing his daggers towards me way. I dodged one of them by jumping on a tree. Then I heard something or someone in front of me, just a few yards away. I cocked my head and silently jumped down to the ground with a soft landing. I motioned Devin and Millin to go the other way, while Truler and I took the other. I watched as my Gray Wolf softly walked on the dirt beneath him. A few seconds later Truler and I came into view of a teenage girl, who looked pretty knew here. I whistled to call of Devin and Millin. I walked in front of the teenage girl and slightly smiled. "Hi, I'm Kaitlyn Marshall, Kaite for short, daughter of Ares." I said as holding out my hand.

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I laughed as Kaitlyn kept on dodging my daggers. Millin and Truler I heard was wrestling behind me on the ground. "You know I won't hit you!" I yelled with a smile. I watched with a raised eyebrow as she climbed up the tree. "Oh, that's not fair..."I muttered at myself. Suddenly I felt the presence of someone somewhere to my right. Without even looking at Kaitlyn I whistled for Millin to follow me, and hid behind the shadows. A few seconds later I heard the one whistle to call off. And I relaxed and slowly walked to where the noise had come from.

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Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:49 pm

I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard a voice infront of me and I slowly turned my eyes from Pip hiding in my pocket to what had caused the noise. Infront of me was a girl, around fourteen to fifteen years old. I had been scared of a girl four years younger then me, four years! It wasn't very brave if you ask me and I was sure that if I kept this up I would be killed from an arrow....or a heart-attack.

And yet standing there, her eyes surveying me carefully- I couldn't even manage a squeak. Looking for anything else to focus on other than her, I looked around the camp, my eyes finally settling nervously on the wolf beside the girl. I gulped, wondering if it was hungry or not as I tucked Pip's head into the pocket- afraid that it would have a fancy for Robin today.

I knew I had to say something but I just- I just couldn't, you know? Luckily, I had earlier managed to learn a trick from all those lessons that tried to stop my shyness but eventually gave up when I was younger although it hurt. Alot. I took a deep breath and bit down hard on my tongue- pain shooting through-out my mouth.

"OW!.....I-er...I-I'm Ale-Alexan-Alexandra R-Rose, da-daughter of A-apollo?" I managed to say, happy that I had managed to speak even if the pain was unbareable. We've all bitten our tongues before, right? Well, this was worse- way way worse and I could swear that I had created bite marks on my tongue and could taste the tiniest drop of blood on my tongue.

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I quietly stood there just cocking my head at the girl. "I'm scaring you aren't I. Ah! I always do that!" I said as my head fell into my hands. "Well, pleasure to meet you Alexandra Rose, daughter of Apollo." I said with a smile. I noticed that she was holding down something in her pocket to keep away from Truler. "It's alright. Truler won't do any harm to you unless I say so.." I said with a smile. I looked around to see if Devin and Millin had found us. "Well, just a warning so you don't get much more nervous, I have another friend walking our way with his giant Golden Lab. So just a heads up." I said as leaning against a tree.

I quietly walked through the woods hoping to find Kaitlyn anytime soon. Just when I thought I had just lost her again, I watched as Millin ran off to my right. I rolled my eyes and ran after him. Before I knew it I had two girls standing in front of me. One of the two was Kaitlyn leaning against a tree smirking at me and the other, looked as she was new. "Gods, I thought I lost you.." I muttered. I looked over at the girl with a sly smile. "Well, glad to have a new camper here. I'm Devin Millsvil, son of Hermes." I said with a wide grin of my face.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:16 pm

I wanted to tell her that she wasn't scaring me but the truth was, everyone scared me and I always tried my best not to lie. I nodded silently, sighing slightly inside. I had never really been a people person, which is just stateing the obvious I guess as I am very shy.

I eyed the wolf slightly before letting go of Pip's head, watching as her head instantly popped up- curious to why I had kept her inside my pocket.

I jumped slightly again as I heard a voice to the right, sighing at my own fear. I knew someone was coming yet it still surprised me? I defiently wasn't cut out for all this demigod stuff, espacially if we had to fight.

Luckily, my earlier talking session had made me the slightest bit less nervous and I didn't have to bite my tongue AS hard this time- even though it still hurt. I waited for a few seconds for the pain to reside but when it never did I sighed. "I-I'm Alexand-Alexandra Ros-Rose, daught-daughter of A-apollo" I repeated once again, the words becoming more familiar to me.

It seemed as if though everyone introduced themselves like this, even though I had only met two people so far. I really hoped my continuous stuttering wasn't beginning to annoy them, what if they just left right now? What if they went and told all their friends about what a 'loser' I was. I knew it was highly unlikely for them to do that but I was still a bit worried.

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I watched my head as Alexandra became a little surprise when Devin had come into the conversation. "Are you a people person?" I asked quietly. I watched as Devin had gotten trampled over from Millin and Truler. I rolled my eyes and started to slightly laugh quietly to myself. "Oh Devin.." I whispered with a smile. "So, you want us to show you around camp?" I asked as straightening up from the tree.

"Well, pleasure to meet you Alexandra, daughter of Apollo. Hope you like it here at camp.." I said with a smile. Before I could turn my head fully over at Kaitlyn I suddenly got tackled to the ground. "T-T-Truler!" I yelled as being licked on the face. Within a second later I found that Millin had joined with him. "No! Get off of my guys!" I yelled, trying to push them off.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:36 am

"Err, not really- I-I'm pr-pretty shy" I replied, stateing what was obvious to any human, or demigod, eye. "Umm-S-sure" I said, focusing on the wolves that were now tackling Devin- hoping that none of them decided they wanted to play with me today.

They seemed nice enough and I was slowly starting to trust them enough to actually talk to them without having to bite my tongue which may not sound like much but honestly, I swear I couldn't do this with my mother- even if she was my only 'human' family member.

I mindlessly wondered if Devin and Kaite were brother and sister because they seemed pretty close, maybe cousins? I mean- A lot of mortals have cheated before so why not with a god?

I often wondered what it would be like to have a sibling, someone who cared about you- someone you could tell anything to....Sighing, I shook the thoughts out of my head- there was no point worrying about something that was very likely not to happen.

Watching as the wolves lick Devin happily, I grabbed my camera hanging around my neck- turning off the sound and flash before adjusting it accordingly. Smiling, I took the photo before surveying it carefully with pride and joy, wondering if I would ever be good enough to become a photographer.

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Just a heads up, Kaite's pet is only a Gray Wolf. Devin's pet is a giant Golden Lab.

"Well, alright then!" I yelled with a smile. I whistle for Truler to come to my side, and he did so. I slowly walked off into the woods waiting for the other two to arrive to camp. "Come on you to slow pokes!" I yelled as slowly getting farther away from them.

"Oh, my gosh.." I muttered as slowly rising up from the ground. I brushed off the dirt and grass off my chest and legs. "It's alright. Kaitlyn and I will keep to ourselves if you don't want to talk about anything." I said with a smile. I watched as Kaitlyn slowly walked off into the darkness of the woods. I then started to walk back towards the camp.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:59 pm

I nodded slowly, hesitating before finally following the two as they walked off into the greenery of the forest. It was silent for most of the journey, which was perfectly fine with me, and I was snapping photos with my camera most of the time anyway.

I had never gotten such great photos before and I was starting to get familiar to the idea of this being my home, I mean- no annoying car horns, no highschool jocks, it was like being in heaven!

Of-course I still missed my mother though and suddenly guilt swept over me, how could I even forget about her for a second? How could I think of this place as my home when my home was in New York with my mother, robin and the endless alleyways and streets.

Sighing, I rubbed at my forehead in frustration. My mother didn't want me, she had been dieing for an opportunity like this to get rid of me. That's what I thought at least, even though she had wanted me to just stay for the summer. Maybe she knew I had no choice, maybe she knew I couldn't stay only for the summer if I had my camera- maybe she planned this all along.

Shaking the thoughts out of my head, I decided I needed something to put my mind off things. "Err....S-so, h-how lo-long have you bee-been at camp f-for?" I asked slowly, staring down at the ground.

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Just a quick question. Is Alexandra even a talking person?

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:32 pm

((Yep, it's funny because before you posted that I was editing it thinking that Alexandra needed to talk a bit more xD))

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Hehehehehe.. XD Alright!

I leaned against a tree watching as Alexandra and Devin came closer and closer to me. "Oh my gosh.." I muttered. "You guys take forever!" I yelled as straightening back up. I gently brushed the pine needles off my shoulders and smiled. "Come on and walk faster." I said as once again walking a few meters ahead of the two.

I slowly walked on the right side of Alexandra as we walked quietly through the woods to the camp. I felt as my finger started to twitch. Come on Devin, don't talk. You can bare the pain. You even said that she didn't talk, I thought to myself. I tried my best not to start going crazy and all, but was absolutely relieved as she asked a question. "Just counting that I turned 16 a few weeks ago, I say about 7 years." I said with a smile. I kept quiet and rolled my eyes at Kaite as she said we were both really slow.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:06 pm

I carefully did the maths in my head, drawing the equations with my finger on my imaginary white board infront of me- a habit that I never grew out of. In no time I found out the answer- realising that all that working out I did was unnecassary.

"S-so you c-came when you w-were nine?" I asked although the answer was obvious. "D-do you mi-miss your fam-family?" I questioned him, staring down at my feet- my side fringe covering my face as we walked on, walking the tiniest bit faster as not to upset Kaite.

I was slowly warming up to the two and I knew soon I might, I just might, be able to took without stuttering- without having to bite my tongue everytime I needed to talk and I didn't want to blow it with my slow walking or my annoying questions.

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"I came here when I was like 10 or 11 I think." I said with a smile on my face. I listened closely to what the other two was talking about. When she had asked about missing our family I bit my lip and kept quiet.

"Yeah when I was nine. And I don't have any mortal family that I know of. I ran away from me home which was in Seattle when I was eight. With five days of bus, train, ship, and some others I came here to New York." I said with a smile. "A day before I turned nine a satyr came up to me on the streets and told me to go into the woods. Which when I was younger, didn't know that he was a satyr. So, with his help I made here to Camp Half-Blood." I said with a smile.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:39 pm

"W-wow, I co-could n-never do t-that. I would b-be too scared" I said, shock on my face. When I was eight I swear I was scared of my own shadow and here was Devin who took the bus, train and ship when he was so little!

I patiently waited for Kaite to reply although I could see her biting her lip, something I did when I really did not want to answer something. Deciding it was time to change the subject, I smiled happily at Kaite.

"H-how lo-long un-until we reach c-camp?" I asked, hoping that it wouldn't be too far. I was really excited yet scared to see where I would be spending most of my life at, hopefully someplace nice- with lots of nice people, books, art and sunlight.

It was a bit far-fetched but everything was possible, right? After-all, I just found out that I'm a demi-god and that my father really didn't abondon me! That's right Alexandra, be positive! I encouraged myself.

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"We should be there in a few seconds!" I yelled as looking further ahead. I once again quietly walked through the woods, becoming as one. I looked over at my shoulder to find Devin and Alexandra still walking their slowest I think. I rolled my eyes, but kept on walking towards Camp.

"Heck yeah I was freaking scared. I was scared of my life!" I yelled with a smile. "But it was worth it. Traveling more than 2400 miles to here. Yep. It was a total worth." I said with a bigger smile on my face.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:02 am

"A-alright!" I shouted back at Kaite before turning back to Devin. "I-is c-camp really that g-great?" I asked curiously, squinting my eyes as I tried to see it through the greenery of the forest. It was worthless though and I soon gave up.

All of a sudden my foot got tangled in a stray long tree root and I felt my legs buckle underneath me. "Woah!!" I landed with a thud on the ground and pain shot through my body. "Oww..." I hissed through my teeth- waiting for the pain to reside.

Groaning, I lifted myself onto my knees- swatting at the soil covering my clothes before plucking leaves out of my hair. "Why do I have to be so clumsy?" I murmured to myself under my breath as I plucked out a leaf hanging in my fringe.

I examined myself carefully- my hands were red and sore, my hair was filled with leaf and my clothes were coated with soil but other than that I was ok. I looked like a mess though and I wondered what the campers would think when they saw me like this, it wouldn't be the best first impression in the world- I can tell you that.

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"Whoa, you alright?" I asked as suddenly knelting down to the floor, trying to help her up. I watched as she leaned back against something, I think and looked down at her knees and body. "Well, since your the daughter of Apollo, maybe you can heal yourself up like the other Apollo children." I said with a slight smile and a raised eyebrow. I watched as Kaitlyn became smaller and smaller in front of us. "Come on. Let me carry you until we get on to the Infirmary building." I said as looking the other way, till my back way faced towards Alexandra.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:32 am

"I-I would b-but unforuntatley I s-seem to b-be the only ch-child of Apollo wh-who cant heal" I sighed, looking down at the ground in shame. I had never gotten my ability to heal- the ability to create and move light replacing it. I guess it was just as well though as most of my photo's lighting were only there because of my power.

"N-no, I'll b-be fine. I alwa-always trip over my-myself, I-i'm used to it now- I'll be fine" I replied, pasteing a reassuring smile on my face. I forced myself to stand up before limping off toward Kaite.

"C-come on, we-we'll lose her if w-we dont hurry!" I siad, trying to change the subject- ignoring the pain that shot up my leg as I walked. I had a hunch that I had twisted my ankle when falling but I knew it could have been worse.

Besides- a twisted ankle is better then a broken ankle, right? And I didn't want Devin to carry me all the way back to camp just because I'm naturally clumsy- it just wouldn't be fair, even though I was probably as light as a twig- I was far too light for my age actually.

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"Nope, too late." I said as picking her up as she limped. "I see that your althletic a little. So, with a twist ankle already, you do not want to make it more horrible. Trust me, I'm the son of Hermes." I said as reassuring my grip on her. "If we just lost Kaite then Truler or Millin will come back and find us, or I'll just find my out. I've been in these woods so many time.."I said with a smile.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:15 pm

"A-alright" I replied, laying awkwardly in his arms. I was so used to doing everything by myself it was just...wierd not to have anything to do as-well as having someone help me, I mean- in New York the only person who helped me was myself and all the other people just ignored me like I wasn't even there, shooting hurtful comments at me every now and then.

Deciding I needed something to do, I decided to start up a conversation with him. "S-so, how did y-you meet K-Kaite" I said, only half-heartedly interested. They seemed so close, it was like they were siblings or something.

I stared up at the canopy above us- watching the sunlight trickled through as I waited for him to answer. I decided to move the sunlight the tiniest bit so that it was shining down upon me before turning to look at Devin again.

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"Ah, Kaitlyn and I are just close friends. I met her when I first came to the camp, and she met me when she first came to the camp. If you would say, Kaitlyn and I are practically like brother and sister I would suppose." I said with a smile. I watched as a dim light appeared in front of my eyes. "Well, we've arrived to camp now." I said as still walking with Alexandra in my arms. It quite felt weird I thought. I wonder what Bella is going to think of this when she sees me like this, I wondered.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:00 pm

I nodded, watching as a dim light appeared infront of me. "Y-you can p-put me down n-now, I can wa-walk the rest of th-the way" I said, smiling reassuringly. I didn't want to embarass him infront of the campers, I mean- what if he had a girlfriend? What would she think? She would certainly hate me and I didn't want to make enemies on my first day at camp.

"I'm serious, I thi-think I can wa-walk teh rest of th-the way" I added, just in case he wasn't about to budge. Sure, my ankle hurt but it would be okay soon enough and it wasn't like I hadn't walked on a twisted ankle before- actually, I think I have ran on a twisted ankle before.

I grimanced, remembering that painful memory. I had been late for school and just as I came out the door I twisted my ankle- having to run on it anyway. I came to school on tiem atleast, which I guess was good.

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"You sure?" I asked as raising an eyebrow. Then she nodded towards me with a serious face. "Alright then." I said as gently putting her down on the ground. "Just don't fall down again." I said with a smile. "Come on. Just hold onto my shoulder and I'll help you walk to the Infirmary." I said as giving her my shoulder. "Plus, don't worry about my girlfriend. She won't mind. I'm just helping you." I said as watching Millin ahead the both of us.

Subject: Re: ~Fresh Meat~ (Open) Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:31 pm

"I-i'll try" I smiled back at him, using his shoulder as a support as I limped along camp. I must have looked like a mess and I could feel people staring at me, like pins and needles on my back. I silently wished that I was back in highschool when I was invisible most of the time.

"Th-that's a relief" I replied, sighing in relief. So I wasn't going to make any enemies on my first day here, what a relief. I hate being the one to make people upset or jealous, that's why I try to stay out of everybody's hair as much as possible.

I watched as a big building came up into veiw and I wandered if that was the infirmary because if it was- it was the most biggest infirmary I'd ever seen although I had no doubt that there were even bigger ones somewhere in this crazy world of ours.

It's size brought suspicions and fear to me though, why would any camp need such a big infirmary? There can't be that many people getting hurt each day...can there? I suddenly had a dreaded feeling to just run back the way I had come from- to run all the way back to New York which was probably impossible on a twisted ankle.

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