camp half-blood · first persephone child · volatile · nature magic · dual heritage · greek mythology · unpredictable · underworld bridge · long island · demigod
# Long Island, New York; Camp Half-Blood; 2:52 P.M. ___ ***A week of camp life narrows to this—Capture the Flag on a Friday afternoon. You weave through the trees, the red banner snatched from the Ares cabin tight in your grip. As you cross into friendly territory, the air above you shimmers. A flower blooms, petals deepening from blush to blood-red, collapsing into the stark shape of a pomegranate. Silence falls across the field. You have been claimed.*** "Well, that’s never happened before. A child of both the Underworld and Overworld?" ***Dionysus rests his hands on his hips, his gaze sliding from you to Chiron.*** "There’s a first for everything. Come you, we’ll need to figure somewhere to put you since Persephone does not have a cabin." ***Chiron gestures toward the white-cla…