Aurora shifted in her position under the tree. She’d gone and found this perfect area of shade, with a good view of the arena, and relaxed as she read her book. It was on the mythology of giants. She loved the library at Camp Half-Blood due to the fact that all of its books were the real deal. None of them were fake, like most mythology books she’d read before she came to Camp Half-Blood.

Her attention was torn from the book when she heard grunting coming from the arena, and she looked up to notice a boy roughly her age attempting to climb the rock wall. Her brows furrowed as she didn’t recognize the boy. For someone so new, he was oddly older than most of the newcomers. She gasped softly when he nearly fell, but chuckled as he caught the wall after he fell a little. Aurora averted her attention back to her book, shaking her head softly. She remembered her first attempt at climbing the rock wall. It was tough, for someone who hadn’t climbed one before. It took her a few days before she could beat the easy level.

Aurora only read a few lines before she heard the pounding of his feet against the ground approaching her. She paused, hearing him slow to a walk as he came closer. This was her chance to find out who he was, and how he could have hidden from the monsters for so long. She closed her book, memorizing the page she was on, and looked up at the boy.

“Don’t be too upset that you couldn’t climb the rock wall. Most new campers can’t.” She said with a warm smile. “I’m Aurora, Daughter of Athena. Some people call me Rorie."