A new friend

POV Ren Gopher

I had just chewed down a sandwich with cheese and tomatoes when I noticed a girl leaning against a tree, eating a bagel. As I walked towards her I brushed some lost bread crumbs of my face. Upon getting closer I noticed how young she looked, she was probably younger than me, which made me, not the youngest anymore. Victory! As far as I was concerned I had been one of the youngest. Well, I knew there was one halfblood who was basically raised here, maybe I had just found this legendary girl? I tapped her on the shoulder lightly in order to get her attention. She had a strange way of greeting people, that was for sure. Because I would look over my shoulder and say HAI! But nonono that must've been to boring for her because she fell right on top of me.

I fell over with a thud noise. In a weird reaction I blew out all my air.
'Ouff, hey, you're kind of laying on top of me, comfortable for you, not me.' I stuttered breathless, gasping for air. She scrambled off me and I sat up, brushing the dirt of my Camp half-blood shirt. 'Nice to meet you too, I am Ren, daughter of Zeus.' I said, grinning after what just happened. 'Do you always duck on top of people when you first meet them?'

'I am Ren, daughter of Zeus. And I am 12 years old. Nice to trip over you.' I said smiling friendly, it was nice meeting somebody as young as me, or at least closer than the 15 year olds here. No, that wasn't true we're both three years apart? Alright, Sky seemed nice, for a daughter of Ares. They usually weren't the very friendly type. But that could also be me discriminating them, stereotypes and all. 'You're nine? They all call me the young this, and the young that. How long have you been here?' I asked Sky.

"Hi Ren, hi Ashley." I said, forgetting about my shyness and just letting words flow out of my mouth. "Do you guys wanna climb the tree?" I questioned, though I didn't feel like waiting for a response. I glided up the tree like a pro and layed down at the peak of the tree. "What are you waiting for I shouted down at my two new friends. I took a minute to relax and waited for the others to get up. Hopefully, neither of them are afraid of heights I thought to myself.

I laughed. "I thought for sure that I child of Aphrodite would be able to run in heels." I joked. "So do you wanna climb the tree?" I questioned, "Or can you just fly up?" I stood up and started swinging on the brach that I had been previously sitting on. "Come on!" I urged. "It's fun!" I swung my body back over the branch, and positioned my self in a comfortable way.