"Wow," Lily breathed as she spun in the Athena cabin, staring at the walls laden with aesthetically decorated bookshelves, quills, small decorative plants and so many other things. The carpet was fluffy and light brown, with a darker brown silhouette of an owl in the middle. The bunks were overflowing with books, papers, pens and pencils.

"I hope you like it," Remus Lupin said, smiling at her.

"I love it." Lily was beaming at him, like the boy was the best thing in the world.

"Good," Annie Daniels, a girl barely above eight, grinned at her. She was a Maths whiz, and extremely clever for her age.

"We like things aesthetic," added Ryan Taylor. He smiled at Lily, almost like she was his own sister. She was, in a way, Lily realised. They were her only family, apart from her father.

"And attractively messy." Remus smirked slyly.

"That was a pun!" Rin McKinley, a lesbian, groaned.

"I guess we should give you a tour." Remus smiled warmly at Lily. "Show you around, introduce you to the other campers and all. They are also nice, at least some are." He glanced around at a suddenly scowling Rin McKinley and furious looking Ryan Taylor.

"Erm, sure." Lily smiled brightly at him and followed him out of the door. Remus was an excellent tour guide. He showed her everything, introduced her to everyone and, true to his words, people greeted her warmly. By now, Lily absolutely loved Alice Prewett, daughter of Iris, her boyfriend Frank Longbottom, son of Demeter and Emmeline Vance, daughter of Apollo who also happened to be the girlfriend of Dorcas Meadowes.

"What are those three buildings?" Lily frowned at three extremely large cabins. Ocean blue, light whitish-blue and black.

Remus tensed visibly. "For children of the Big Three: the ocean blue is for Poseidon, God of the Seas, Hades, Lord of the Underworld and Zeus, Lord of the Sky."

"Do campers live there?" Lily asked curiously.

"Yeah," Remus said hesitantly. "Poseidon has one child: Perseus Jackson who lives in Manhattan with his girlfriend, Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. They visit often. The Hades and Zeus cabins..."

He was interuppted, very rudely, by a pair of arms throwing themselves around him.

"Moony!" The boy who had hugged Remus shouted. "Reg's attacking at me for stealing his jumpers!"

"YOU DESERVE IT!" The boy's spitting image came into view, scowling.

"Padfoot! Off!" Remus managed to shake "Padfoot" off him and turned to Lily, looking sheepish. "Sorry for this. Paddy and Reg love causing mischief. They are--"

"Sirius Orion Black, the third, son of Hades," Padfoot--Sirius said, shaking her head cheerfully, looking rather pleased with life for a child of Hades.

"Regulus Black, the second, son of Ares." Sirius's brother was more gentle. Like a true gentlemen, he patiently waited and shook Lily's hand rather calmly for a son of the war god.

"You are..?" Lily trailed off awkwardly.

"Brothers," confirmed Sirius. "My mom gave birth to me first, then two years had an affair with Mr. Violence-Is-Fun and gave birth to Reg. We are very close, mind you. Don't you dare think of us as step-brothers or shit like that, we've faced everything together and I love him dearly."

"I second that," agreed Regulus.

"I'm Lily Evans, daughter of Athena." Lily smiled at them.

"Beautiful name of a beautiful lady!" Sirius exclaimed dramatically, kissing her fingers gently. "Of course Old Grey Eyes would love a kid who's witty and good-looking!"

"Don't," warned Remus.

"Yes, sorry, and we have to execute a 'polite' chat. See ya!" With that, Regulus was dragging Sirius away from them.

"These people..." Lily laughed, feeling extremely cheered up after a chat with the son of the war god and the son of the god of the dead.

"They're famous at Camp," Remus said with a smile. "Make everyone laugh. No one's scared to approach them, not even younger campers."

The day was spent cheerfully enough. After Remus had to go for his sword-fighting lessons, Marlene McKinnon, a Korean daughter of Aphrodite, became Lily's guide to Camp.

"This is our home, really," Marlene said, as they sat near the Athena Parthenos on top of the Half Blood Hill, staring at Camp Half-Blood spread out beneath them.

"How do demigods wander here?" Lily wondered.

Marlene shrugged. "Fates, perhaps. Some are found my fellow demigods, or satyrs, or some stumble on their own. Look at me, for example: I was running from my shitty boarding school two years ago, and Sirius Black found me. He did so much for me, took care of my injuries, assured me I was safe and even stayed up with me all night in the hospital wing. We started dating three months ago."

"You two deserve each other," Lily told Marlene, squeezing her new friend's hand. Marlene smiled and squeezed back, silently thanking Lily with her stunning sapphire blue eyes.

"We should get back," the daughter of Aphrodite said after a while, standing up and racing Lily towards the dining pavillion. Their laughter was heard through the camp, and their smiles were bright and beautiful.

"Easy there!" Dorcas Meadowes laughed, amused, as she watched Lily and Marlene take deep breathes and laugh once in a while.

"Oh look, Marls, Sirius is staring at you with that smitten expression again," Emmeline Vance, daughter of Apollo, teased Marlene. The archer was leaning against Dorcas, looking very cheerful and happy.

"Aw, I wanna go see him." Marlene waved at them before sitting next to Sirius at the Hades table, her hands instantly holding onto his.

Everything was going perfectly for Lily. She had dinner with her extremely warm and kind siblings, yes, they were her siblings and talked to all of her new friends. They were walking towards Hestia's Hearth when everything went downhill.

Camille Anderson, daughter of Ares, smirked and kicked none-too-gently at Lily's ankle, who almost lost balance and would have tripped, if someone had not caught her.

Now, as she stared once again in those deep hazel eyes and held those perfectly sculpted arms her brain flashed to the night, two years ago at St. Slivanna Academy.

"You?" James Potter breathed.

•••

Yes, plot twist bitches. James and Lily know each other. How? What is THE NIGHT? Stay tuned to know more *smirks* Take care and stay safe.

Love,
~Aurora♡