Grace made her way out of the Big House. Chiron had told her that he had important business to attend to, but one of her siblings would show her around camp. Grace stepped through the door to find Zakary lounging against the railing. "Oh, hey." Grace said. "Chiron said one of my siblings was going to show me around. Do you know where they are?"
Zakary winced. "Well, most of the Athena cabin is teaching the Apollo campers Ancient Greek, coincidentally, and the rest of Athena is- ah- meeting with the Hermes cabin. The senior Apollo campers are taking care of your friend and some others in the infirmary. Marina is probably at the bottom of the lake or something. Nobody really knows. So I'm going to give you your tour." Grace blinked. "Um, okay then. Let's go!" "Where do you want to go first?" He asked. "The infirmary." Grace stated firmly. "I'm going to see Madilynn."
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     Zakary stepped in front of Grace and held open the door with a sweeping gesture. "M'lady." "Such a gentleman!" Grace lightly teased. She walked through the door and waited for Zakary. He led her through a couple doors and rooms until they came to what looked like the special treatment rooms. They came to room 3 and Zakary knocked lightly on the door. "Come in," a female voice said. Zakary pushed open the door and once again let Grace enter first.
     Madilynn was still passed out on the bed. A girl with beautiful golden hair and blue-green eyes was hovering over her, light spinning at her fingertips. A cup of clear liquid and a plate of lemon squares sat on the counter. What the heck? Grace thought. Next to the bed sat Will, slouched over in his seat, his expression dark. I guess she's not any better...
The girl walked over to Grace. "Hi! You're the new girl, right? I'm Claire, daughter of Apollo, legacy of Venus! I guess I'm kind of related to you now!" Grace smiled back. "I'm Grace. Daughter of Athena, Legacy of Apollo, Blessed by Poseidon. Nice to meet you!"
Claire's smile faltered for a second as she looked at Grace. The girl seemed 2 years older, with circles under her tired eyes. She smiled back, but not quite as wide as earlier. "Well, I better start taking care of Madilynn. What would we be without our Daughter of Lightning, eh?" She forced a laugh.
Will looked up, his eyes blazing. "Don't say that!"
"Calm your dice, I was only joking. She's just unconscious. Should be waking up in a few minutes."
"Well speed it up then. We have to get back to Camp Jupiter!"
Claire pointed a finger at Will. "Nuh-uh, Mister. Madi's not traveling anywhere for the next 2 days! Also, nice meeting you, Grace. Zakary, ask Noah if I'm supposed to give her some ambrosia, I wasn't really listening to his daily speech today." Claire rolled her eyes.
"Yes ma'am." Zakary stifled a laugh and walked out the door. "Back in a flash."
Only a minute after Zakary left, the door flew open, smacking Grace in the back. "Ow! Watch it!" She snapped at the guy who had bounced through.
"Oops, sorry. I didn't mean to. Oh hey, you're the new kid. You're the Daughter, right? Why are you in here? Are you hurt? Zakary said to tell Claire that you need half a square." He turned to Claire. "Hey girl," he winked, making Claire turn pink and narrow her eyes. She went to the plate of lemon bars. The super hyper guy turned back to Grace. "By the way, my name's Andy, what's yours?"
Grace forced a smile. Don't want them thinking I'm some mean angry person. "I'm Grace. And yeah I am the Daughter."
Andy winced. "Well, that sucks for you, doesn't it?"
Grace noticed Madilynn stirring. Claire seemed to notice took because she stormed over, smacked Andy and whisper-yelled,"Andy, get out, or I'm gonna cut you!"
"Sure ya will." But he turned and walked through the door, not bothering to close it. "Catch you ladies later!"
Both Claire and Will were shaking their heads. "Hopelessly ADHD." Will muttered. "You couldn't bother to close the door!" He said a bit louder.
Muffled talking drifted down the hallway, and the door slammed shut. "Show off..." Claire muttered. "But a hot show off!" Grace teased. Claire blushed again. She shoved half of a lemon square in Grace's hand. "This is ambrosia."
"The food of the gods," Grace remembered.
"Yep! Take half of it and if you feel like you're going to burn up, then don't take the rest. If you feel better, take the rest. Now you should probably get out too. Will, stop looking like your dog died, or you're getting lost too."
Grace liked Claire. She was funny. "Okay, thanks! See you around... quarter-sister?"
Claire laughed. "Yep! You're welcome in our cabin any time! Now shoo! Go explore camp with your boyfriend."
It was Grace's turn to flush. "He's not my boyfriend..." she muttered.
"Sure. That's what they all say. Anyway, Zak should be with Noah in the main room. First room that you walk in. Noah is our age, but he's head counselor and no one doubts that he is. He has kind of strawberry
blond hair, blondish-brown if you wish, and is super ADHD like Andy. You can't miss him."
"Thanks!" Grace said. "See you later!" She walked out the door, leaving Madilynn, Claire, and Will behind.
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Grace walked through the hallways and came into the main room of the infirmary. She found Zakary and another kid who must have been Noah sitting on an empty cot. "Oh hey there Grace. This is my man Noah. He's head counselor for the Apollo cabin."
     Grace watched Noah's eyes sweep her and his eyebrows go up. "Hi Grace, it's a pleasure to meet you." "Umm, hi Noah." She returned his greeting politely. "Nice to meet you."
    Noah's eyes landed on the ambrosia clutched in her hand. "Eat your ambrosia. It'll make you fell better." He directed her.
     "Oh, yeah." Grace broke half of it off and ate it. Her eyes widened. She had been expecting a taste like lemon squares, but the ambrosia tasted exactly like her mom- er, adoptive mom's strawberry cake!
     Zakary and Noah chuckled. "Like it?" Grace nodded her head. She swallowed. Immediately, her body began to him with energy. Her skin felt feverish, but she felt like she could run 10 miles!
     Noah seemed to notice her burst of energy. He quickly jumped up and grabbed the rest of the ambrosia from her hand. "No more for you!" He said running to a cabinet. He opened the door and set the rest of the ambrosia inside. "STAY THERE!" He yelled at it.
Well, now I see why Claire said he was so ADHD! She thought to herself.
     Zakary must have noticed the look on her face because he smirked and told Noah, "I'm going to take Grace on her tour. See you later, man."
     Noah turned around. "Good bye, Grace, it was truly a pleasure."
Zakary led Grace out of the infirmary. "That kid is crazy!" Grace exclaimed. "One minute he's like," Grace deepened her voice. "Hello Grace, it's such a pleasure to meet you! I'm so formal, blah blah, and the next minute he's like DIE YOU AMBROSIA!!!"
Zakary laughed. "He likes you."
Grace slapped him. "Shut up and take me somewhere exciting."