Part 3

It was I’d say about nine in the morning when the train broke down, which was just our luck, in some city still in Wyoming. We had to get off the train, and the seterusnya train wouldn’t come for a long while, so we decided to walk it until further notice. It was until we finally sat down after walking a while when I realized I was really hungry. “You guys, we haven’t eaten in hours!” I complained. “Actually, I ate someone’s purse.” Cyrus jumped in. I raised an eyebrow at him. “What? Great iron supplements. Really filling, anda know.” I sighed. “Anyways, I see a sub kedai down the street, can we go there pleaaaaaaaaaaase?” I pleaded, mostly out of hunger. “Okay, okay. Gods anda may be daughter of Aphrodite for all I know.” So we all got up and walked over to the sandwich, sandwic stand. When we got there, I ordered a veggie sub; Matthew ordered a bebola daging, meatball sub, and Cyrus just got a few napkins. sejak the time we paid, the pot belly guy in an apron leaned toward us, and I could smell his musty-ness and garlic breath from three feet away. “Anything else? BLT Barbeque, bacon egg and cheese? Bring anda anywhere for one emas drachma? Breakfast roll, anyone?” As he leaned closer we all took one step backwards. “Wait, hold up a second. What did anda say about a ride?” Matthew asked. “You give me just one emas drachma; I’ll give anda the fastest transportation to wherever anda want. Are anda interested in the offer? Of course I also take denarii, but with that I only go to Rome.” I looked at his nametag and saw that his name was Isaac. “Well, Isaac, give us a minit to discuss this.” I motioned to a nearby meja, jadual and we walked over.

“Do anda think we should take the offer? I didn’t smell monster on him. It was just faint...” Cyrus noted. I tapped my finger on the table. “Well, this whole walking from Greenhorn to Long Island thing seems impossible… I vote yes.” I concluded. “I say the same.” Cyrus agreed. We turned to Matthew for the last vote. “Yes, as long as we’re together. I don’t want Katelyn to get hurt atau anything like that.” I sighed. Sometimes my brother can be a bit protective. Sometimes, I like it; sometimes it can be just plain annoying. Simple as that.

Anyways, we went back up to Isaac and told him we would like to take up the offer. “Ahh,” He smiled a crooked smile. He snapped his fingers and waved the palm of his right hand in the shape of a circle. “State your destination.” He told us. In unison, we all stated, “Half-Blood Hill, Long Island, New York.” A shimmering oval appeared, with a picture of a bukit waving inside of it. “Your drachma, please.” Isaac held out his hand. Cyrus fished a golden coin with Greek Penulisan on it out of his pocket, and handed it to Isaac. He motioned for us to step inside the oval. I touched the oval with my finger and the image shimmered. I poked my head inside and soon enough my whole body was through the portal, and the rest of Half-Blood bukit formed around me. Cyrus and Matthew joined me on the bukit and all we could say was “Wow.” It was snowy outside of camp boundaries, but inside the camp was a summer’s mid-morning. The entrance to Camp Half-Blood was two marble columns with a few vines winding up and down. Sitting on bahagian, atas of both columns laid a huge marble plaque that read “Camp Half-Blood” in a style that seemed to me like it was made from a bunch of tooth picks.

But the inside, it was like nothing I’d ever seen before! Campers in orange camp tees roamed around the camp. In the center were twenty log cabins, each designed in their own way. There was a humongous rock climbing wall, but instead of something like water, hot lava flowed down the center. It was all just too cool!

We entered the boundaries to camp and suddenly the cold nippy weather turned into pure mid spring weather. There was a big house with a large porch to our right, along with a bola tampar court. I breathed in and the smell of fresh strawberries filled my lungs. I felt a feeling of power just looking. “Hey let’s get over to the big house to get anda two in the system. Honestly the trip was easier than I thought!” Cyrus waddled off towards the big house and knocked on the door, Matthew and I following closely behind. The door opened, and I gasped at what I saw.