It was midnight. Piper lay, soundly asleep, in her bed. She was dreaming of Jason (as usual) when there was a loud BANG! from outside. It jolted Piper from her sleep. Her eyes scanned the room. All around her, other Aphrodite children still slept silently. Piper took a deep breath and peered out the window next the door. Nothing was outside except for layers of snow falling and falling from the sky. Everything was a blur of wispy white fog and snowflakes. Piper sighed and clapped her hand onto her forehead. "Piper, you're so stupid." She told herself and started to wriggle her way back into a comfortable position in her bed. She had just closed her eyes when she heard a scream. Piper quickly sat up. She threw the covers off her bed and swung her legs over the side of the mattress. She hesitated...and listened. There was another scream. But this time there were words. The words "Help!" and "Get away!" Piper tried hard to figure out whose voice it was, but it was hard because there was another, mumbling voice. Both belonged to girls...but which ones?
Annabeth.
Piper jumped off the bed and raced over to the window. She peered through the foggy glass and struggled to look beyond the falling snow. Then she saw them. Annabeth, still in pajamas, fighting and kicking and screaming at an older girl. She had chocolate colored skin and a thick pony tail of dark hair. She was wearing only a cheerleading outfit...but why? It was snowing outside and she didn't even have a jacket! The girl was beautiful, but there was an evil look in her eyes. A look of hatred and greed. Then, the cruel eyes flashed over to Piper. The girl started walking towards Piper. Annabeth screamed, "NO!" But the other girl punched her throat and Annabeth stopped fighting. Fear showered down on Piper. She locked the door and closed the blinds. She ran over to her bed and struggled to lay as flat as possible under the covers. But there was the creek of the door (which Piper had locked). It was silent for a few seconds, and then the girl ripped the covers off Piper's bed. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Piper screeched. She kept screaming, trying to get her cabinmates' attention, but no one even stirred. "HELP! HELP ME!" Piper shrieked and kicked at the teenager that was snagging her arm and pulling her from the bed. Suddenly, she took her fist and slammed it into Piper's windpipe, shutting her voice off, just like Annabeth. And before Piper knew it, she was being dragged far away from camp. It only took a few minutes before she found herself being thrown into the back of a pickup truck with Annabeth. The engine roared and soon, Piper and Annabeth were being towed to who-knows-where on the highway.
It had been two hours before Piper had spoken. Her throat hurt from the punch, but she knew that she needed to know what was happening. She scooched next to Annabeth. "Who is she?" Piper croaked flatly. Annabeth turned her head slowly. Tears streaked down her face. "Kelli. A vampire." She whispered. Her voice was scratchy and torn. Piper wanted to scream. "A vampire? There no such thing as-"
"Piper. Would I be lying at this moment?" Annabeth said and wiped a tear from her eye. Piper shrugged. "No, but-"
The truck stopped suddenly, and the girls flew forward. Piper yelped when a shard of glass scraped her ankle. The door opened, and the black girl that had kidnapped them climbed into the bed of the truck. She suddenly slammed her fists down on both of Piper's and Annabeth's legs. The punch was so strong that both bones cracked. The girls howled in agony. "There's more where that came from." The girl laughed in satisfaction. Annabeth whimpered, "Why are you doing this?" Kelli smirked. "I need Percy and Jason." She stated. "What?" Piper and Annabeth both asked at the same time. Kelli simply adjusted the bottom of her top and didn't bother answering. It had stopped snowing wherever they were, and it was very easy to see that Kelli wasn't the only one standing in front of the girls. There was another girl next to her. A white girl, the same age. Her skin was pale and her face was so caked with makeup that she looked gross. Her hair was in pigtails. She was in the same cheerleading outfit as Kelli. She looked quite innocent, except for that same evil look in her eyes. "Goooo...KIDNAPPING!" She cheered happily and threw a pair of pom-poms in the air, then caught them, and then did a split. "Shut up, Lindy!" Kelli sneered and grabbed one of her pom-poms and threw it at her face. Lindy squealed. Kelli rolled her eyes. Then, Piper noticed another girl standing beside the girl named Lindy. She was very pale. Her hair was thin and black, held back by a blue headband. She was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. Her eyes were deadly like the others. But this girl had another girl, limp under her arm. A head of curly brown hair and dark skin. Gold eyes of gentleness and plead. A piece of duck tape was taped over her mouth. Piper gasped. "HAZEL!" She leapt forward, but her leg crumpled underneath her and pain sparked. Piper dropped and winced at the pain that forced itself to be known. The girl holding Hazel laughed. "They know each other?" She snickered to Kelli. Kelli smiled evilly. "They all know each other." Which means we can get to Frank, Percy and Jason very easily." She pressed her hands together. "Put the girl and these two to the cellar. Got it, Mia?" Kelli asked. The girl, who was called Mia, smiled. "It will be done, Kelli." She grinned and pulled Hazel away. Kelli turned back to Piper and Annabeth. "You two will never see your precious boyfriends again." She laughed evilly. Lindy giggled like a toddler. "Shut up, Lindy!"
After a few minutes, and lots and lots of screaming, Piper, Annabeth, and Hazel were pushed into a room similar to a jail cell, but instead of bars, there was a huge wall of concrete and a tiny steel door with a window. "Well, before we go and destroy your lovers, we need something from you." Kelli was saying. She snatched out two syringes. She tossed one to Lindy. Mia took one out, too. Kelli whispered into both of the girls' ears. They nodded and they all walked up to Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel. Mia crouched next to Hazel and jabbed the syringe into her arm. She withdrew a large amount of blood. Kelli did the same witth Piper, and Lindy did it with Annabeth. They all cried out in pain. When Kelli, Mia, and Lindie finished, Kelli handed her friends a cup and a small bottle of blue liquid. Each girl emptied the syringe's contents and mixed the blood with the blue liquid. Each cup began to steam a bit, but they quickly gulped down the drink. Hazel, Annabeth, and Piper all gasped when the girls started to transform...