Hey peeps! I just want you to know that my bestie Stella is writing this, NOT ME! Disclaimer, we do not own the Percy Jackson series or its characters, Rick Riordan does and he wont let me buy it!

A strange girl was standing on the hilltop. I was about to go over, tell her to get lost, then go back to trying to read. About to. When I was two feet away, she started violently shivering, then her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed. Thinking better of my plan, I knelt beside the girl.

I guess I should tell you who I am. Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, huntress and lutenint of Artemis, and demigod. I was visiting Camp Half-Blood to see some good friends of mine, Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase. Back to the story.

The girl was wearing a black T-shirt, dark wash shorts, Converse sneakers, and had a black canvas knapsack. I pushed my hair out of my face, noticing her own long dark waves of hair strewn on the ground around her. She had tan skin, thick eyelashes, angled eyes, high cheekbones, and full curvy red lips. With the eyes closed, her small face looked quite angelic.

I reached forward and touched her arm to softly shake her awake. I withdrew my hand with a gasp for several reason. One, was that her skin was unnaturally hot. It literally felt like she was on fire. The other, was that I noticed her wounds. Her shirt was not only black, it was dark with bloodstains. Feeling a bit awkward, I reached over and gently lifted the edge of her shirt. From the two-inch square patch of skin that I could see, her torso was covered with oozing cuts and gashes.

Not knowing what else to do, I hollered across the valley, "Chiron! Annabeth! Percy! Come quick!" Moments later Chiron, camp activities director and centaur, came galloping up with Percy and Annabeth hot on his tail. (Pardon the pun)

"Thalia! What's the matter?" Chiron asked.

"Take a look." I said and gestured at the girl, scooting back to give them some space. Annabeth let out a cross between a gasp and a strangled squeak.

"Annabeth?" Percy asked, a quizzical frown wrinkling his brow and a note of concern in his voice. "Are you ok?"

"No time for that now." she replied hurriedly for she had noticed the girls wounds as well. "Chiron, you carry her up to the infirmary."

"Careful!" I warned, "she's"

"Owww!"

"hot." I finished lamely. Chiron picked her up by the waist , being extra cautious to avoid touching her skin, and settled her in his back before trotting to the Big House. Annabeth was about to jog after him when Percy grabbed her arm.

"Annabeth. Who was that girl and why did you sound like a chicken being stepped on when you saw her?"

"Yeah 'Beth. What gives?" Annabeth chewed her lip for once at a loss for words.

"I-I'll tell you later. Right now, I'm going to check on that girl."

"We're coming with you." I said firmly.

"I second that." Percy chimed in.

"Alright, I can see that there is no hope of winning this battle, you can come." Percy and I high-fived to our victory, before spinning around to catch up with our friend who was already ahead of us.

Hey guys! Stella here, hope you like my story, please don't bite my head off if I did something wrong (it's my first one!), and don't forget to R&R!