This is just a series of short stories about the minor characters*.

*minor characters are anyone that doesn't have a POV or went on one of the big quests**, example: The Seven, Rachel, Nico, Thalia etc. etc.

**Big quests are the ones that are the main thing happening in one of the books

Drew Tanaka, Daughter of Aphrodite, Greek

Drew Tanaka is a dancer, a ballerina. She had been one since she could walk. She practiced during all of her free time.

She had a tutor that taught her school. She did school for less than two hours each day. Then she practiced with her private ballet tutor until it was practice time. Then she went to the studio and danced in a class with girls that were years older than her.

She didn't have any friends. She knew how to apply make- up from the competitions. She's never gotten to wear anything other than her ballet uniform, the cover- up, or her pajamas.

That all changed when her new private ballet tutor (she drove them away for attention from her father) brought her to Camp Half- Blood after she got attacked. Her father hated her, but he bought her an apartment in Brooklyn, where she went to school, high school.

She refused to love again, choosing to become cruel and hateful. She broke many boys' hearts and charm- spoke her siblings, causing them to hate her.

After the Second Giant War, when her sister, Piper McLean, called her a selfish brat, she started cutting. Piper visited her by surprise, to apologize, when she found Drew unconscious on the bathroom floor, the mirror broken. Drew had fainted from blood loss. She had been cutting with a knife, when she punched the mirror. Then she took the glass and cut her legs, arms, and torso. She was about to cut her throat when she fainted.

"Ow." Drew groaned. All she remembered was cutting her- self with the glass and she was about to cut her throat.

"Shh." A soothing voice said.

"Piper? What are you doing here?"

"I came to apologize for calling you a selfish brat. I had done some research. I'm so sorry, Drew. I never knew what you gave up when you found out you were a demigod. Oh my gods, Drew. Never do that again. Please don't. Never again, promise me." Piper started crying.

"What?" Drew asked, confused.

"I love you. Even though you treated me horrible, I love you. I always will, you're my sister." Piper sobbed.

"I love you too, Piper. I'm sorry for treating you badly, I had no reason-"

"Yeah, you did. You had a reason. You needed someone to take the anger out on. There's nothing wrong with that. It's your dad's fault, for treating you badly."

"He gave me a house." Drew said.

"That doesn't mean that he was treating you good. That doesn't mean he loves you. Love is giving things up, giving time up, to be with someone you love." Piper said firmly.

"I knew you were my second favorite." Drew said, smiling slightly.

"Second favorite? Why not favorite? Wait, you had favorites?"

"Silena is my favorite. I have favorites, doesn't mean I show it." Drew huffed. Piper giggled and hugged her.

"Well, I'm glad that I'm your second favorite. Can you please, just please, act like yourself? Come back to camp. Show everyone that you aren't who they thought you are. Show people that you are beautiful, you are truly beautiful, inside."

"Okay." Drew agreed.