"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." My less-than-enthusiastic tour guide proclaimed.

"Half-Blood…figures." I replied. I couldn't help it, I was just as enthusiastic as Nico was showing me around camp.

"Look," he spun around on his converse-clad heel and looked eye-to-eye with me. "I know what my problem is. I don't know your problem. And I won't get you to your cabin so you can be away from all of this shit until you tell me."

I don't know what it was about him talking to me that made me crack. Maybe it was his tone. Our similar f-off attitudes. His emotional and beautiful brown eyes…WAIT! STOP! WHAT WAS THAT! I do NOT think anything about ANY guy is beautiful, hot, sexy, ect. In fact, my friends thought I was lesbian until I kissed a guy in a school play…of course that didn't count as my first kiss. But still…

"Fine! I'll tell you. It started nine days ago on the first day of school. I never had as much time as most people."

"TORNADO!" the principal screeched over the P.A. system.

I didn't get everyone. We were already under the top layer, but everyone was rushing to the lowest level of my school, the gym. I went to St. Patrick Catholic School in Louisville, Kentucky. It was my first year at the school and in Kentucky. I had just moved from California so hearing that there was a tornado had been pretty strange.

As my best friend Zach ran over to me to make sure I knew what to do, I looked over out the window, and paused while getting out of my seat. Across the luscious emerald green field and past the extremely extravagant mansion that wasn't owned by a famous person, I saw not spinning funnel cloud, but a gang of seriously jacked up flying human-bat mutants. All of them had leathery skin and I couldn't bring myself to ask Zach if he saw them too. Turns out I didn't have to.

"D-do you see those?" he stuttered looking at me.

"Seven demi-gods all together! What an outstanding treat for us!" I heard a shrieking voice exclaim through the wind. Before I wondered how I could hear that, I saw the roof be peeled off. I looked around to make sure the large art classroom's occupants were not just Zach and I. I saw platinum blond hair and startling pinot-noir colored eyes struggling not to be pulled out of the room because of her light weight.

"Jewel! Look out!" She ducked just in time to avoid talons slicing her head in half. I looked around and noticed that helping Jewel was the ever-popular Hawaiian "princess" Leilani. Her light coca brown skin, melted-chocolate-waist-length hair, and her aqua blue eyes were puffed up in an intimidating way that looked like she was ready to rip someone's head off. An amazing-natural-dark-somewhat-envy-inducing-red head of hair was curtaining silver eyes that were currently turned into a death-glare. Shielding Kayla was Josh, with messy dirty blond hair, seductive navy blue eyes, and an English accent, he was the only person other than Zach that I was tempted to ask out. That brought me back to the boy next to me; Zach was trying to protect me. His minty-green eyes looked at me with honest concern for my safety and his gorgeous tan hair was being tousled by the wind. Behind him was a boy that I had no clue how I knew.

His black hair was messed up and long without being too long. His skin was pale with a slight tint of olive tone. He looked at me over his back and I held back a gasp as I realized where I knew him because of those dark-brown-almost-black eyes. I had been obsessed with those Percy Jackson books for a few years now and I have to admit I was a bit of a fan girl of Nico di Angelo. And Nico is exactly whose eyes were looking desperately into my color-changing ones. I couldn't help myself when he pulled his sword out and jumped out of the open window.

"Nico!" I screamed as I ran and, without thinking, jumped out behind him.

I suddenly had a flash of "Living on a High Wire" take over my head. That may sound weird but it happened with anything that happened daily.

Big Top, turning around

No clowns, I'm running as I hit the ground

Front row, big show is sold out

I ready for the ground roar

Let's go!

With that I stopped falling, I would have struck my head on the pavement if I hadn't been caught…by the only person I had a fictional crush on…

"Wait! You had a crush on me?" Nico interrupted my story by asking. I looked at him as though he was insane.

"I never said that!" I retaliated.

"You said, and I quote, 'by the only person I had a fictional crush on.' end quote."

"I-I-I never-I-oh just forget about it!" I stuttered.

…Nico.

"I-I-I-Um-I-Thanks." I stuttered out sheepishly. That was weird but, today was a weird day.

"Those are furies and I need all of the demi-gods up there."

"No!" He looked shocked and stared at me as though he was a teacher giving me detention. "Look, if I'm a demi-god, then I need to learn to fight monsters. And I'm starting now. With you as my teacher, Angel Boy."

He looked at my strangely when I said "Angel Boy." But he must have figured it out because he seemed to relax and his face softened to turn into a small smile. I have to admit, I liked that I made him smile.

"You don't have a weapon." He looked disappointed when he realized the fact. I was shocked that he was disappointed, he looked like I would just go back up. I couldn't do that if I wanted to.

"Do you have an extra one?" I asked somewhat hopefully. I knew he did before he handed me the pistol because his face lit up like my cousin when he showed me his new puppy. It was kinda cute and made me almost giggle.

"Here. Aim and fire to umm…" he stumbled over the words and made me actually grin and giggle.

"I got it. I know how to shoot. My old next door neighbor and his parents all had guns." I looked at his eyes and wondered what color mine were.

"Whoa! Your eyes just changed from dark blue to silver-green." Nico exclaimed. Huh…well that answered my question.

"Huunnngryyy!" I heard and pulled Nico down just in time as a fury dive bombed us. Before Nico could react, I grabbed the gun, undid the safety, and fired perfectly into her back. She turned to sand and I knew she was back with her master.

The other two furies came down to us and while one, Megaera, circled my and dove I shot two bullets, one that went straight into her mouth and one that hit her chest.

Behind me, Nico whipped out his sword and looked pretty damn sexy. His black tank-top was ripped and torn, showing more pale olive toned skin, and abs. his jacket fell off during the jump, showing his muscles that, thank gods, were not jock big. His black jeans were the perfect size and made him look gothic, which is so hot in my opinion, his black boots had straps up the side, and had his jeans tucked in. My mind summed him up in one word, DAMN!

He sliced the wing of Tisiphone when she swooped down. That hurt her but, didn't kill her. She circled around and this time I took the sword and hurled it straight through her chest. As she exploded, I leaped and tumbled mid-air to catch the sword. I landed on my feet and handed the sword back to Nico. He looked shocked. I couldn't help but laugh. All of a sudden I saw Leilani jump down to us, just as Nico was stepping really close to me. Thank gods Leilani landed on her feet because I was too distracted trying to keep from kissing Nico. As Nico leaned in I saw Zach jump. I had to pull away and apologize because Zach has horrible ankles, he'd kill himself one way or another, and well, he is one of the now THREE boys I want to ask out.

"Zach!" I screamed as I caught him, of course my ankles aren't too strong either. Luckily, a certain Angel Boy caught me…again. Once Nico put me down, I put Zach down, and turned to face the son of Hades. His eyes were gleaming and he looked impressed. His smile had turned into a cocky smirk with a dimple, I swear Aphrodite's trying to torture me, his hair was messy and covered his neck, his brown-black eyes were looking at me and had the emotions happiness, protectiveness, and lust. Of course, my eyes probably held the same thing. I wondered for a minute what I looked like to him.

"Your caramel hair was wavy and framed your body perfectly, you had changed out of your uniform before the kindly ones came and your black tank was showing a strap which was also your bra strap, your grey flash-dance-style top was down on one side showing your shoulder. Your black jeans had holes and slices from everything, your black flats were still on your feet, you were biting your lip, which by the way is extremely sexy, your silver-green eyes had turned bright blue and were lined in ash colored eye-liner. Your eyes had two emotions: freedom, and lust." He explained.

I looked at him now and tried to remember why I was so mad one minute ago. I guess I need to tell the story to remember. Plus, he isn't acting like his usual grumpy self.

I really wanted to kiss him, but this time he ran to catch Kayla, and I followed him. He caught Kayla, Leilani caught Josh (which Kayla wasn't too happy about), and I caught little Jewel.

"What happened!" Jewel wailed. I had to explain.

"Who wants to see the possible transportation systems?" Nico asked and led us to three pegasi and a hell hound I recognized.

"MRS. O'LEARY!" I yelled, and the hound bounded to me to start licking my face. Behind me, I heard Nico chuckle and whisper, "Guess your coming with me then."

As it ended up everyone except Nico and I took a pegasi. As Nico started the shadow-traveling, I realized something; I'm a demi-god.

"Then we came and now here we are." I finished.