Friends at camp
So, as you know, after a few weeks at Camp Half-Blood, I had no friends. People stopped talking about me, for 2 reasons: One, they didn’t want me yelling at them after my last angry outburst, and two, another demigod had arrived at camp. People were more interested in the boy that arrived, because he was easier to guess (I thought that he was a son of Hephaestus, along with pretty much everyone else).
Another prank was pulled on me by some Hermes kids, and everyone started laughing real loudly, because a whole bunch of toothpaste was in my sleeping bag and I hadn’t realised (since I was so upset about not having any friends) until I was smothered in toothpaste. I wasn’t mad at people laughing at the prank, because it actually was quite funny, but it felt like everyone was laughing at me, and I just felt so sad, and lonely. I just walked into the bathroom, quickly washed off the toothpaste, then lay my pillow and stared at the ceiling.
A boy who was about 10 seperated himself from the mass of laughing Hermes kids, sensing how upset I was. ‘Are you alright?’ he asked. ‘Not really’ I mumbled. ‘Sorry about that prank’ he apologised. ‘But you know, that was pretty hilarious.’ He grinned with the air of someone trying not to laugh. ‘Yeah, I guess it was quite funny. It’s just that I don’t really have any friends…’ I felt ashamed and sad that I had no friends. We continued to talk, while everyone else kept roaring with laughter.
I found out his name was Jake Wells, and more about him. He had a step-father, a mother and 2 step-sisters, and had a pretty good life (even though Jake thought he had no real father), until funny things began to happen. A satyr found him just before he turned 10, and he arrived at camp soon after.
I had to lie quite a lot when it was my turn to tell my life story. I lied and said I used to live with just my father (I made up a name and said he was Brendon Johnson instead of Michael Johnson). A satyr found me when I was 11 and when I finally arrived at camp, I was 12 (that part was true).
When I went to bed that day, I was extremely happy. I finally had a friend!
The next day Jake introduced me to his friend, Bella Shortbird. She was an 11-year-old Athena girl. Bella was nice, and we quickly became friends.
I found out that Bella wasn’t very happy when she lived with her father and step-mother. Bella argued a lot with her parents, and it was getting to the point that she wanted to run away when a satyr found Bella at school, with a monster attacking her.
It was nice, sitting with my new friends Jake and Bella by the lake, talking about ourselves so we could get to know each other better. I felt so happy that I felt like I would explode with joy, because I finally had friends! But, of course, something came along to ruin EVERYTHING.
So, what hap – oh, there’s Bella calling for me (I bet she lost that massive science book again). Gotta go. I’ll tell you what ruined my life next time! (Yay…)
-Amelia Johnson, Daughter of Artemis
***Mwahaha the cliff hanger. May be a while for the next Daughter of Artemis to come out, because I still haven’t made up a STUPID PROPHECY. Why do they have to rhyme?!?!
Anyway, thanks for reading!***