The Mess hall

Clytemnestra walked in and grabbed a bunch of fruit, assorted sandwiches, chips, and drinks and walked out.

Eric Holt pushes the huge double doors open and freezes the hinges so it stayed open.

"Okay, Now you can come in Cassandra." The Son of Khione called back to the good looking Daughter of Aphrodite who just so happened to have just ridden into the Mess Hall on back of a giant polar bear named Gershwin.

"Shwin? Behave yourself...no eating campers...yet. Okay?" Eric chuckled hoping he'd frightened some of the others off.

She smiled as Gershwin slowly lumbered in " What does he like to eat " She asked

Eric turned to look at her.

"What do you think a giant polar bear likes to eat?" He grinned mischievously.

" He likes to eat pretty little daughters of Aphrodite names CASSANDRA!" Eric roared like a bear and pretended like he was eating people...

She grinned " Ha ha very funny, does he like fish " She asked curiously

Eric smiled. "Cassandra, he will eat ANYTHING. And i mean it. I've had to give this lump o' fur an smack once or twice before for root through my neighbors' trash cans over night...there wasnt much left of the trash...or the bins for that matter...and his breath REALLY stank after that..."

He helped Cassandra down from the great bear and handed her a few fish.

"Here. See if he wants some of these."

She gently laid the fish out on the palm of her hand and nudged it towards the bear

The bear lunged forward and his huge mouth opened revealing his multitude of wickedly sharp and rather large teeth. His warm breath blew against Cassandra's hair and he swallowed the fish on one go like it was just a small candy...and appetizer.

The bear stared at her, expecting more. He was always ready to eat.

He licked his black lips hungrily.

She grabbed some more fish and fed it to him

The bear swallowed that too and looked up at Cassandra again.


Eric walked over and smacked the bear gently on the nose.

"Shwin? She's our FRIEND...not your personal servant...Go and get your own food you greedy fur ball!'

The son of Khione handed the girl a napkin to wipe some of the fish slime off her hands.

"Can you believe that bear? Humph. Anywho, let's get some food."

He walked next to her smiling, "What do you want to eat?"

She swiftly wiped the fish goo off her hands " I'm in the mood for Filet Mignon " She said

Eric looked about. "hmmm, filet mignon...where would one find that? I guess we could always turn some annoying camper into steaks...but Gerswhin and i'd likely get thrown out for that one..." Eric chuckled.

"Anyways, i think there is a line for some food over there." He pointed off to one side.

'Let's go see if there is some steak there, shall we?"

She couldn't help but laugh " Sure " She said

Eric walked down to the line and looked about. He noticed something off to one side and slipped away to go check it out.

He returned a few minutes with something held behind his back.

"Guess what?" he asked Cassandra.

" What is it " She asked curiously

Eric pulled out a plate of Filet Mignon from behind his back and a glass of water.

"Surprise! Oh...wait one moment...forget the ice for the water!" He smiles and eaves his hand over the glass of water and a few cubes of ice fall into it.

"There. I hope you dont mind that i got you a drink as well...i wasnt sure what you like to drink, so i went with some cool water..." He looked at her hoping she didnt mind.

She blushed “ Its perfect “ She said gently

"I think Gershwin's found us a table...or rather scared off the people who were using it..." Eric nodded at the sight...The giant bear was sitting by a small table licking a couple of trays that still had quite a bit of food.

"You rascal..." Eric carried the plate and drink to the table and set it down. "Here you go Cassandra." He looked at Shwin. "Dont you dare touch this girl's food, you hear me Shwin? I'll send you back to the woods for the night if you do." Eric gave the bear a stern look and the bear gave a look of innocence back.

"I am going to go get myself some food and i will join you back here." He turned and walked back to the line to get his own food.

She smiled and sat down, she cut up her steak and slipped a small piece of it over to Gershwin " It will be our little secret Gershwin " She grinned