Aurora Silvanna swiped the sweat off her forehead. It was a tough game of basketball. Apollo kids were supposedly good at basketball, but not her. Neither was she good at shooting arrows. Aurora always felt left out. She plopped herself onto the bench, still panting heavily. She hated basketball matches.

"Um, Aurora?" Sebastian Sawyer, a son of Hypnos and the best friend of Aurora, said shyly. "You know, you did great in the match."

"Really?" Aurora sighed. "I guess the basket likes me then. I've been mistreated by it for a few times. And the ball. Last time it gave me a high-five on the face."

Sebastian gave a nervous chuckle.

"You know what? Let's go to the beach. I want to have a walk there...with you," he suggested, blushing fiercly. Aurora realized that Sebastian was tugging a curl of his messy brown hair, which meant that he was really nervous.

"Sure!" Aurora answered straight away, feeling her cheeks heat up.

Sebastian got up from the bench, offering his hand. Aurora happily took it and stood up too.

"I'll race you to the beach!" Aurora announced, shaking Sebastian's hand away.

"Hey! That's not fair! AURORA! You know I don't like running!" he complained, but ran to catch up anyways.

"Fly, Sebastian! Fly! Fly like an eagle and roam in the sky!" Aurora yelled.

He grumbled something unintelligible and continued to sprint, panting heavily. By the time Sebastian reached the beach, Aurora was already there, staring at the sun, which was setting gradually.

"That's my dad!" Aurora giggled, pointing at the sun. "He sure is hot! Of course, pun not intended!"

Sebastian managed to roll his eyes. He plopped himself down onto the soft sand and with a slight tug, pulled Aurora down onto the sand too.

"It sure is beautiful, isn't it?" Sebastian said dreamily.

"My dad is not beautiful!" Aurora protested, swiping at Sebastian's hand playfully. "He's hot!"

Sebastian sighed.

"You know, Aurora, there's something that I've been wanting to tell you-" he started. But a shrill shriek interrupted.

Aurora leapt up alongside with Sebastian. She got her throwing knives ready.

"Someone's in pain," Sebastian muttered. Aurora cocked her head to one side to listen to more peculiar sounds.

"We should get back to camp," Aurora whispered, lowering her voice.

They hurried back to camp, holding hands and such, just in time to see a guy appeared out of the woods with cuts and blood all over him. He said one thing before he collapsed.

"Help."