A/N: Here's something I haven't seen anywhere else. This is a standalone fic which I added with a little twist. It might be similar to Avatar, with the element manipulation and all, but mine is cooler.

Well, nothing's cooler than Avatar (except for sprinkled donuts) but hey, nothing's perfect right?

Without further ado, enjoy.

P/S: It's a Percabeth. Also, the main character will be an OC instead of Percy because he has too much media attention already. Time for the little guy to step up.

Chapter 1

When you're seventeen years old, you thought nothing could get worse other than high school.

Well, if you never thought differently, then I envy you for having such normal lives. If your lives are ever normal, which I'm guessing not really.

I had a normal life before that black haired guy flew through the window of my classroom and nearly destroyed everything with his bad mouthing punk-haired friend who seemed to shoot electricity from her hands.

Before that, I'll start from the very top, okay? My name's Ai.

I know, dumb name.

I practically live alone since my parents are divorced and gave me a house to live in when I'm old enough to take care of myself. Both of them were too busy with work, so I had to look after myself.

They're filthy rich too, which explains why I got a house for me. It's not a big house, but it's good enough for me to live in alone. I also got a high school scholarship, which is rare, so I was a somewhat smart kid.

Life was going great.

Then, on that fateful day, things went on normally. I was in class, studying and making the most out of life. The teacher, Mr Burke, was in the middle of explaining why Kronos ate his kids when suddenly, the window to our classroom shattered and a guy, probably the same age me, flew in and crashed onto me.

The other students screamed and backed away from the guy, who was currently on top of me.

"Get off me!" I said, pushing him off. I stood up, looking at him. There was not a single scratch on him, which was weird because from the velocity and way he fell, he should've been wounded somewhere. "Where did you come from?"

"An ass whooping," He grunted. He tried to stand up, but he got brought back down by another person who flew in with the speed of a speeding bullet with her feet planted on the guy's chest. That should've cracked his ribs, but he just groaned in pain.

"Stay down, Percy. You already lost this duel," The girl said with her hand on hip.

"Uh huh, like that's gonna happen," The guy, Percy, moaned. He stood up and tried to run towards the girl, but the girl thrusts her hand out, shooting a bolt of lightning towards Percy and blinded the rest of us for a moment.

When my vision cleared, the girl was standing near Percy, one foot on his back with a triumphant smug smile evident on her face. Percy groaned under her feet.

Around me, I heard the students murmur. "Flew from nowhere . . . Flashbang from hand . . . Don't look very smart . . ."

"Now, do you surrender?" The girl said.

"Excuse me but what in the god's name is happening here?!" Mr Burke shouted. "You'd better have a good explanation for damaging the classroom and using live grenades in school grounds!"

Wait, grenades? I looked at their hands and I don't see them holding anything. The pair stared at our teacher before the girl poked him, shocking him with electricity.

"What did he mean grenades?" I stood up. It was probably not the wisest thing to do, considering the girl just shocked my teacher into unconsciousness, but I was curious.

"Kid, maybe it's best if you don't interfere," Percy said.

"No," I said with surprising stubbornness that I didn't know I had. "You just destroyed our class, so I think we have the right to know what the heck is going on,"

The girl's hand started to spark with electricity again.

"I'd run if I were you," Percy said as he stood up. "Thalia's not a good negotiator."

"I'm not gonna run because I want to know what are you guys doing in our-" I got interrupted when my face met that girl's fist. Thalia, was it? I don't really have the time to remember because I landed hard on the floor, head first. My vision went blurry and the air got knocked out of me, leaving me breathless.

I gasped for air as I could hear Thalia walking towards me. She seems to fry the air around her. "Uh, Thalia," Percy called her. "We really shouldn't be interacting with mortals."

"I'm gonna teach this kid a lesson," Thalia growled as she glared at me, like I was the one who destroyed the classroom.

"Who're you calling a kid, freaking bug zapper," I said. I didn't know where the insult came from, but it felt good to get it out.

I half expected them to get offended and start to squish me into a pulp, but instead, Percy burst out laughing. Thalia turned around and glared at him instead.

"Why are you laughing? You're supposed to help me!" She growled.

"Sorry," Percy said after he's done laughing. "That was just too funny. Nice one kid,"

They are confusing. At first they wanted to kill me and then Percy was acting like I was his friend. "You guys are being weird,"

"Please dont' hurt him," A classmate of mine, squeaked.

"I'm just going to make him very sorry for interrupting," Thalia summed up. Then, another girl barged into the room. Unlike Thalia, this one actually looked like a normal girl. She's also around my age, with blonde curls flowing down her shoulders and grey eyes that looked like they could kill someone by staring for ten seconds.

"Come on guys," The girl said. "We're gonna get in trouble if we stay any longer,"

"I'm ready to leave, but Thalia's being an idiot,"

"Shut up, Jackson," Thalia growled. Then, she turned her attention back towards me. "And you," She stepped clsoer.

"Why are you pissed off at me anyway?"

"You called me a bug zapper!"

Then, the blonde girl started laughing. Thalia glared at her as well. "Sorry, that's just really funny."

"I know right?" Percy smirked.

"Shut up!" Thalia said. Her hand sparked with electricity. "Before I beat your asses as well,"

I then did something very stupid that god only knows why I did it.

I kicked Thalia in the knee, making her fall face first to the floor before I made a run for it. Percy and the blonde girl barely had enough time to react as I jumped through the window of my classroom.

As spontaneous that plan had been, I didn't fully thought it through, because I forgot that we were on the second floor.

Shit.

I landed rough on the ground with my legs. The jolt went up to my body and my legs felt numb. I grunted in pain and tried to stand. I'm surprised that they weren't broken, but it was still very painful. I ran like my legs were retarded. Thunder struck up ahead, even though it was a sunny day.

Something bright zipped past from behind me and stopped a few meters in front of me. It was Thalia, and she looked pissed. I didn't know how she got here so fast, but I have nowhere else to run.

"I'm going to enjoy beating you up," Thalia said evilly.

"Come on Thalia," the blonde said. They got here quick. "Knock it off. He's just a normal human,"

"Normal people don't survive a two storey fall," Percy grinned. "Maybe he's got potential to be a collector."

At that point, I lost track of what he was talking about.

"That's because he's good at running away," Thalia glared at me. "Now let's see how he runs from this," Thalia thrusts her hand forward, shooting electricity from her hand and towards me.

I don't really know how to describe the pain, so I'll try my best.

Imagine every bone in your body vibrating violently with every inch of your skin feeling like it was piereced by teeny tiny needles. Now imagine your body moving like you're having a seizure and that every inch you move, hurts. A lot.

That's about right.

When it finally stopped, my body felt numb but alive.

"That's enough Thals," the blonde girl said. "He had enough,"

"Suits him for trying to mess with me," Thalia smirked.

Isn't that just rude? Here I was, trying to figure out why the fuck they trashed our classroom, and she treats me like I've just killed her grandmother.

Anger boiled inside me. My hands felt hot and tingly. For some reason, I could move after taking that amount of electricity. I tried to stand up.

"It's better if you stay down kid," Thalia said. "It'll hurt a lot less,"

"It'll hurt a lot more for you if I stand up," I growled.

"What'd you say you little-" Thalia didn't finish her sentence. Instinct took over me. I thrust my hand forward, just like Thalia had. Elecricity flowed out of my hand, smashing into Thalia with full force, sending her flying a few meters back. Her body was smoking and some of her clothes were singed.

"Whoa," Percy muttered. "That was insanely awesome,"

"And Thalia's lightning-proof too," The blondie added. She strolled towards me, where I was having a hard time trying to stay up. "What's your name, kid?"

"I'm not a kid," I wheezed. "And the name's Ai."

"An Elementalist maybe?" Percy asked.

"Maybe," the girl agreed. Then, she turned back towards me. "I'm Annabeth," Then, I heard Thalia coughing and standing up. She glared at me, and she looked murderous.

"You're gonna pay for that." Thalia growled.

"Thalia, enough," Percy said.

"Stay out of this," Thalia said as she crouched down.

"Kid, get down!" Percy shouted. As Thalia shot right towards me like a bullet, Percy shot a stream of water towards my legs, making me buckle and fall to the ground. Thalia whizzed above me, missing me completely.

Why is she being annoying? Anger boiled inside me again. Instinct took over. I stood up, facing Thalia. She was going to do that move again.

I clapsed my hands together and slammed it to the ground palm first. At first, nothing happened. But then, the ground rumbled and spikes made out of ice sprouted from the ground, blocking Thalia's path. Thalia crashed into the ice spike at full speed, destroying it and making Thalia crash onto the ground as well.

"Um," Percy muttered. "I swear that wasn't me. I can't even do that,"

"Knock him out," Annabeth said. Percy nodded and I was too dizzy to register what they had said. The last thing I remembered was Percy walking towards me before I blacked out.

Line Break

I woke up with a start on an unfamiliar bed. My body was in pain and my brain felt retarded. My vision was fuzzy for a few seconds before it cleared up. When I moved, my joints made unpleasant cracking sound. I groaned in pain when I tried to sit up straight.

I looked around, trying to take in my surroundings. I was in a log cabin and was on one of the few bunk beds around. Or more like hospital beds. If I had to guess, this was some kind of infirmary. Several of the beds were occupied. On the bed right in front of me, was Thalia.

And she was giving me the death glare.

Her head was bandaged and her left arm was in a cast. Other than that, she looked perfectly fine to kill me. I wanted to just pretend I didn't see her and go back to sleep, but that didn't seem like a good idea.

"Hey," I started. Thalia glared at me.

"I'm gonna kill you,"

"Yeah, figured that out," I said. "Where are we?"

"I'll tell you after I've killed you."

"That's enough," Another voice said. It was Annabeth. "Can't you wait until you're healed before you started killing another person,"

"He started it!" Thalia exclaimed.

"I think it was the other way around," I suggested.

"Why you little-!"

Another girl laughed from the entrance of the building. "Trying to kill another kid, Thalia?" I looked to see who was it. It was a brown haried girl, maybe younger than me. When I looked into her eyes, they seem to change colours, like a kaleidoscope. She also looked beautiful, like seriously beautiful and for a girl her age . . . Well, she seemed more mature.

You get the idea.

"Piper," Annabeth smiled. "Care to join us in briefing the new kid?"

"Sure," the girl, Piper, said and moved closer.

"Hey," Annabeth looked at me. She sat down next to my bed on a wooden stool. "You name was Ai, wasn't it?"

"Isn't that a sick name," Piper smirked.

"Yeah, that's my name," I said. "Where am I? Who are you guys? And why did she tried to kill me?" I gestured to Thalia.

"I would've killed you," Thalia grumbled.

"I know you have a lot of questions, so I'll try to explain as best as I could," Annabeth said. "In this world we're living in, there're normal people and there're people like us."

"What do you mean, people like us?" I asked.

"People with powers over elements," Piper supplied.

Annabeth nodded. "People like us can control the elements of the world. Like Thalia, who can control lightning and Percy, that guy from before, who can control water."

"That sounds a lot like that one cartoon," I muttered to myself, remembering a cartoon similar to those powers. Luckily, no one heard me.

"Normal people can't see it. There's like a veil that covers our reality from theirs. That's why your class didn't see lightning from Thalia's hand, but you did." Annabeth added. "We call this veil the Mist."

"I think I get it," I said, though my head was hurting. "We all have control of some type of element and the normal people can't see this, right?"

"Right" Piper said with a smile.

"There's one thing I don't get though." Annabeth said. "Ai used two elements against Thalia."

"That's not that weird," Piper said. "We sometimes get people who can control two elements. Like Nico and Hazel. There's only one person who can control three, and he's not even here."

"Yeah, but Ai used his powers so fluently," Annabeth concluded. "As if he'd done this before. He turned the water underground into ice. Percy said that even he couldn't do that,"

"Maybe beginner's luck?" Thalia said.

"There's no such thing," Annabeth said. "At any rate, he's got potential. Can you walk him around camp, Piper?"

"Sure thing," Piper said. Then, she turned towards me. "Can you walk? Because I'm not going to push you in a wheelchair,"

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After changing into a pair of jeans and a plain white shirt that Annabeth had given me, I walked, well, more like limped, towards Piper who was waiting outside.

The place almost made me feel retarded again.

The building I'm in was in the middle of a bowl shaped valley surrounded by various . . . terrains. The valley was divided into several sections, each representing a different element. One section, I figured, must've been dedicated to flames, because it was hot. There was a volcano on the other end of the section, its lava still flowing but didn't appear to be out of control. There were cabins in that section, maybe for the occupants. I don't know how they survived the heat, and I didn't want to know.

On another section was a beach, literally. The yellow sands gathered up to form a small island in the middle of the section, surrounded by salt water that goes who know how deep. A bridge connects the main building to the island, which was littered with beach cabins, maybe about three of them. It must've been for Percy, the water guys.

There were a few more, but by then, my brain was overloading.

"You okay?" Piper asked.

"Yeah," I managed. "Just trying to take in the surroundings."

Piper chuckled. "I had the same reaction the first time I was here," She said. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it,"

"How long have you been here?" I asked.

"Almost two years," Piper said.

"And what kind of Elementalist are you?"

"I'm a Psychic Elementalist," Piper said. "Which drops into many more categories,"

"What do you mean?"

"There are different types of psychics, and each elementalist can control like one category of the psychic element. For example, Annabeth is a Psychic Elementalist that we call Tacticians. She can scan every single thing within a few meter radius, which makes her a good tactician and battle planner. Someone like Reyna is a Psychic Elementalist we call a Reader. She can read minds, emotions and other stuff."

"What about you?" I asked.

"For a Psychic Elementalist like me, we're called Seducers. We can influence people's mind, make them do and say what we want to." Piper explained. That just made me nervous, because she could practically tell me to run naked and I'll do it. "There are also others like Movers, who have telekinesis and can move even the heaviest stuff. Together, the Psychic section form the best of the best."

"Huh," I said. "That makes you much more friendly."

"Relax. No one here can harm you except through the Arena and duels. During duels or in the arena, you can be harmed but can't be killed."

"Arena?"

"Come on, I'll show you,"

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After getting used to my legs feeling retarded and dodging some accidental cannonballs from the guys who manipulate metal, we arrived at the arena unscathed.

Sort of.

The arena was basically a colosseum. The ground was dirt and sand while the bleachers surrounded the arena in a ring and were made out of stones.

And it wasn't unoccupied.

In the arena was Percy with another guy with blonde hair, a few inches shorter than Percy and thinner. They were in a sparring elemental match, with Percy using his control over water while the other dude used electricity, like Thalia. They didn't seem to outmatch each other.

Piper whistled to get their attention. "Hey guys!"

The sparring stopped and both guys looked at us. Percy grinned when he saw me. "Hey Piper," Percy said and walked towards us.

"Hey Percy," She said. "Hey Jason," She greeted the blonde one, Jason.

"Hey Pipes," Jason smirked and leaned in to give Piper a kiss. So, public affection isn't forbidden in this place.

"So, new kid," Percy said. "How are you liking this place so far?"

"It's . . . solid." That was the only word that came into my mind.

"Solid?" Percy chuckled. "Quite a show you put on when we first met,"

"Uh, yeah, sorry about that," I scratched my head.

"Don't be sorry," Percy grinned. "You were amazing for a new kid."

"What's his element?" Jason asked as he drank a bottle of water.

"Water and lightning," Percy explained.

"A dual-wielder?" Jason turned his attention towards me. "Wanna go for a few rounds? I'll show you the ropes,"

"He just got here," Piper pointed out.

"Don't worry. We're just gonna teach him the basics." Percy grinned. "Consider it your first lesson in wielding your powers. And no, we're not picking on the new kid,"

"The name's Ai," I said.

"Right," Jason said. "Come here Ai,"

Jason and Percy led me to the center of the arena. I overheard Piper talking to someone. "What's going on?"

"The new kid's getting smashed,"

"Gotta watch it,"

Great, my first glorious moment in this place: Getting smashed to a pulp.

"Okay," Jason turned towards me. "The first step in using your element is by reaching into your inner power and releasing it out from your hands or feet or wherever you wanna release it from."

"Did you just use a line from a movie?" Percy asked.

"No idea what you're talking about," Jason denied. "Now, try it."

I nodded. I took a deep breath and concentrated, trying to unleash any kind of power that I can. I felt a tug in my gut and something vibrating. I thrust my hand out, and nothing happened.

"That was anti-climatic," Percy said.

"Boo!" A guys from the bleachers said. I didn't notice that a small crowd was already forming to watch me making a douche out of myself. "You suck!"

"Calm down eveyone," Jason said. "What happened?"

"Dunno," I said. "Maybe I'm just not up to it yet?"

"That ridiculous. I've seen you use your powers. You use it better than how I use it," Percy said. "Besides, using powers comes in naturally,"

"Maybe he just needs motivation." Someone from the entrance said. It was Thalia, who looks surprisingly well for someone who ran into an ice spike at a million miles per hour.

"Uh oh," I said.

"Then let's give him the motivation," A girl from the crowd said. She was built like a linebacker and looked like she could punch hole through a wooden wall.

"Clarisse, no," Percy warned.

"Does everyone pick on the new kid?" I whispered at Jason.

"Not really, but word got around that you beat Thalia, who's hard to beat. So naturally, they want to see what you're capable of." Jason said back.

"Fire!" Clarisse shouted as she shot a ball of flame towards me, faster than anyone could've reacted. It hit me square in the chest, sending me flying across the arena and onto the wall. My body shot up with pain as I grunted.

"Clarisse!" Percy growled. "That was unnecessary."

"Come on, new kid!" Clarisse stepped into the arena. "Show us what you're made of!"

Anger took over me. The same adrenaline from before rushed into me like a disease. I thrust my hand forward and shot an intense ball of flame at Clarisse. Clarisse was sent falling back.

"Wait, I thought you controlled water and lightning?" Percy asked.

"Is he a flame user?" Someone from the crowd ask.

"A triple wielder?" Percy offered.

I was getting tired of people trying to figure out what was wrong with me. It's like I'm a lab experiment gone wrong. I don't like it.

Without saying another word, I made my way towards the entrance.

"Where do you think you're going?" Clarisse roared. "Come back her new kid!" At the entrance, a couple of guys were blocking my exit.

"Come on Clarisse, you asked for it," Percy said.

"Shut up, Jackson," Clarisse growled. "I'm teaching the new kid a lesson,"

"Clarisse, please," Jason said but she was being stubborn.

"Um, sorry?" I tried.

"Too late for that new kid," Clarisse's hand lit up with flames. The crowd cheered in approval while Jason and Percy just shook their heads.

I tried to run, but I found out my feet were buried to the ground. Literally. It's like the earth had swollen my feet up until the ankles, leaving me stuck. The perfect target dummy.

In panic and out of instinct, I slammed the ground. Earthen pillars shot out from under Clarisse, knocking her out of her balance. I got out of the ground with ease.

"Four?!" Percy said with disbelief. "You control four elements?"

"I don't think so," I muttered.

"You're dead new kid!" Clarisse shouted. Clarisse ran towards me, her hands engulfed in flames. I rolled out of the way and ran away from him.

I mean her.

I'm not sexist, so don't sue me.

"I'll help," I heard Jason said as I ran away from the angry girl that's chasing me. He made an upward motion with his hand. I was lifted up in the air by something. It wasn't like I was lifted, it was like the air around me was pushing me upwards. My guess is that Jason was manipulating the wind.

"Stop helping him blondie!" Clarisse roared as she shot a ball of flames at Jason, who collapsed onto the ground. The air around me was released and I was plummeting towards Clarisse.

I flailed around uselessly as Clarisse shout a pillar of flame at me, which would've burnt me into a crisp. But Piper wasn't kidding when she said we can only be harmed but not killed.

The heat was so intense that I felt my bones like it was on fire, but I wasn't dead.

Yet.

The attack sent me flying backwards, plummeting into the ground. Again, in instinct (my instinct is helping me a lot nowadays, which is saying much), I spread my arms. The air around me moved, carrying me and hovering me just above the ground.

"Five elements?" Jason exclaimed. "Percy, punch me to make sure I'm not dreaming,"

"Is that an offer?"

"I think I got it!" I said and hovered down. Clarisse was ready to kill me, but I sidestepped and pushed her, using her own momentum to make her fall. Clarisse stood up, ready to burn me into a crisp, but I yelled "Stop!"

Clarisse stopped, but she glared daggers at me. "What? Do you want to say a few things before I send you to your grave?" She threatened.

"I think I know what my power is," I said. Well, I don't really know, but I have an idea of what it might be. "Hit me," I said at Clarisse. This time, Clarisse stared at me as if I dropped from space.

"What?" She said.

"Hit me with your fire powers," I said, getting into the idea.

"That was my plan all along," Clarisse growled as she fired a firebolt at me. I braced myself and took it. That idiotic move made my fly a few meters back and landed on the ground roughly. I was too excited to register the pain. Clarisse had a smug look on her face as I stood up, grunting.

"Watch," I said. I tried Jason's method of trying to use my powers. My hands lit up with flames. "See?"

"We get that," Jason said. "What are you trying to say?"

"Okay, Percy, hit me with your powers," I said.

Percy frowned. "You sure?" He asked. I nodded. By the time, everyone was confused. Even Clarisse looked baffled. "Okay then," Percy conjured a stream of water from his hands and shot it towards me. Immediately, the flames in my hands were extinguished.

In return, spheres of water floated around me, moving along with my hand motions.

"Oh," Annabeth said. She turned towards Jason, Percy and Piper. They looked like they were having a mental discussion. Then, she turned towards me. "We need to see Chiron,"

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The Big House was like the White House of America. That's the HQ of the place and that's where every meeting was held. Funny enough, that's also where they were discussing about my fate.

Chiron was an old guy in a tweed jacket and was in a wheelchair. He was someone that you would look at and thought to be someone's great uncle.

"So, what do we have here?" Chiron looked at me. Behind me were Percy, Jason and Annabeth. They were like the commanding trio in this place, which I don't mind. They were cool.

"Uh, my name's Ai, sir," I tried to be as polite as I could.

Chiron smiled at me. "There's no need to be afraid, my child. I don't bite,"

"Well, sometimes," Percy muttered. Annabeth elbowed him.

"Can you explain what happen?" Chiron asked.

I tried explaining as best as I could with Annabeth, Percy and Jason filling in the details I forgot. With every word, Chiron's expression never changed.

By the time I was finished, Chiron leaned back,

"From what I heard, you are not an Elementalist."

That sent a look of shock on everyone's face. "What do you mean, Chiron?" Annabeth asked.

Chiron took a deep breath. "Long ago, there was a group of people that are the same as you are. But they are far more powerful. They're called Daydreamers,"

"That's actually a cool name," Jason said.

"You know that Elementalists could manipulate elements, right?" Chiron asked. We all nodded. "Daydreamers are different. They could create anything imaginable and bring it to life."

"What do you mean?" Annabeth asked.

Chiron turn towards me. "You say that every time a different kind of element made contact with your skin, you have control over that element, correct?"

"Yes sir,"

"That's the first sign of a Daydreamer. You have not yet unlocked your full potential to be a Daydreamer, but you have the basics. Your brain remembers the last thing that hit you and transform that memory into your powers. If you train more, you can conjure up other elements with ease."

"So, why haven't we heard of these group of people before?" Percy asked.

Chiron's face turned grim. "They were killed."

The atmosphere got dark really quickly. "Why?" Percy asked, deciding to break the silence.

"Elementalists back in the day were savage and uncivilized. They were divided into factions according to their respective elements. These factions were always at war, to determine who would rule everything." We waited for him to continue. "The Daydreamer faction was a neutral side. They didn't want to be involved in the war. But they possess such strong powers that if they couldn't be made allies, they were a potential threat. So, they got killed. One by one. It's been a long time since I've seen a Daydreamer."

I gulped down the lump in my throat. "Are you gonna, um, you know,"

Chiron smiled. "No need to worry, Ai. You are safe in this camp. No one here will kill you,"

"Except for Thalia," Percy offered. "And Clarisse." Again, Annabeth elbowed him.

"Anyways," Chiron said. "It's time for lunch. Why don't you show our newcomer the mess hall?"

They nodded and headed outside, waiting for me to follow them. Before I head out, Chiron called. "Ai," I turned around facing him. "Learn to control your powers. Not all Elementalists are friendly, at least the ones outside this camp. There are others out there, and most of them still don't tolerate with your existence very well."

I almost wanted to crawl into a hole. But I managed to nod before heading outside. My head was swirling with thoughts about how I would survive outside if what Chiron said was true.

When I was outside, Jason and Percy were giving me sympathetic looks. That was the last thing I need: pity. "It'll be fine." Annabeth said. "You're safe here. No one can harm you and even if they wanted to, they're gonna have to go through me," She looked at me with a reassuring smile.

I was not convinced.

Chiron had basically told me that I was a danger to the others and myself. How can you be a danger to yourself? Anyway, it wasn't helping with my self confidence.

"Thanks," I managed, though I think they could see through my expression that I was not having a good time. "Can I sleep? It's been a tiring day,"

Annabeth looked a bit worried. "We don't really have a cabin for Daydreamers . . ."

I was about to leave the camp when Percy interrupted, "That's fine. He'll stay with me." Percy gave me a lopsided grin. "I'm sure Chiron wouldn't mind,"

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"Come on in, make yourself at home," Percy invited. I nervously stepped inside. It looks like Percy was the only one living in his cabin, which was at the beach section of the camp. There were half a dozen of bunk beds in the room and only one looked recently used. "Pick whichever bed you like. It's not like anyone will be here other than us."

The interior of the cabin looked a lot like a fancy beach cabin. Its ceiling was low and the wooden walls smelled nice. A fountain was placed near the far wall facing the sea, spewing water and creating a thin layer of fog on the floor. If you looked at it at the right angle, the fountain would create a miniature rainbow.

Aside from that, there's a floating shark figurine right above us. It wasn't alive, but the way it dangled by itself with the tail swishing back and forth made it look like it was swimming in the air.

All in all, it was awesome.

"You live here alone?" I asked in awe.

"I used to," I sensed a change in his tone, which probably meant I was entering his sensitive zone. "My twin sister left a while ago and never came back,"

"I'm sorry. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to,"

Percy smiled sadly. "It's okay. I'm over it. We live and we die. That's how life works, right?" Percy shook his head. "Enough of that. Go and clean up. I think I have a shirt and jeans you can use. It's lunch time and I'm starving."

So I did exactly that. I hit the showers and cleaned myself up. I tried not to think too much about my situation right now. After knowing a bit of Percy's past, I realized that perhaps not everyone in this camp had it easy. They all probably had had bad experiences which led them here. And being here is what made them happy.

So, I wasn't going to be a little bitch and complain.

I got out and went to where Percy was waiting outside. "Damn, never knew we were the same size," Percy whistled.

"Barely. I think I'm too small for your clothes,"

Percy laughed. "At least you're not butt naked. Let's go to the mess hall."

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Do you know that feeling as a new kid when you go into a room and everyone looked at you as if you're the one who trashed to school hallway?

That's what I got when I walked into the mess hall.

From outisde, I could hear the chatter and the rousing atmosphere inside. The moment Percy and I entered, the place quieted down. Every pair of eyes were staring at me, but I could feel some were glaring rather than staring. The atmosphere became tense. It was so quiet that you could hear it if a fly landed on your food.

I'm not even kidding.

"Nothing to see here," Percy announced. "Unless you want me to freeze your drinks." They got the message and went back to their conversations. "Come on, you can sit with me and the others,"

The mess hall was like what you would see if you mix the school cafeteria with military cafeteria. It creates a weird kind of eating place. Added with more than a hundred kids with superpowers, that just made the mess hall even more dense. That one didn't even make any sense but fuck it.

We moved to a table where Annabeth was sitting along with Piper. When we sat down, Piper shot me with the question: "Is it true you're a rare kind of Elementalist?"

I raised an eyebrow at Annabeth. She held her hands up defensively. "Hey, girls gossip you know,"

"Piper, you made him sound like a species facing extinction," Percy smirked.

"I feel a lot better," I muttered. "But yeah, I'm a Daydreamer."

Piper stared at me. "You don't look that different,"

"Don't blame me on how I look," I said. "It's not until Percy showed up that my life got upside down,"

Percy held his hands up innocently. "Don't look at me, Thalia was the one who threw me through the window,"

"Speaking of which, what were you guys doing anyway?" I asked. "Why did you crash through the window on that particular day?"

"Fate played a part in it," Percy said smugly.

Annabeth coughed, "Along with big egoes," Percy glared at her while Piper laughed.

"Basically," Piper started. "Thalia, Percy and Annabeth were supposed to gather information when Percy thought it was a good idea to duel to pass the time."

"As Elementalists," Annabeth offered. "We can duel whoever we want. It's an old tradition that's been going on longer before we were born. A duel to the death. It's up to the contestants to choose the place and time. Anyone who participates in a duel, their fate is in their own hands. No one can interfere and no help will be given. You are on your own,"

"Sounds lovely," I muttered. I turned back towards Piper. "Go on,"

"In our camp, we bend the traditions a little. When we duel, no fatalities allowed. Injuries are accepted but any permanant injuries like losing an arm or a leg will get you punished,"

"By whom?"

Piper switched glances between Percy and Annabeth. "We don't really know. Chiron oversees the punishment, but we never knew what he did to them. The only thing I know is that we never see them again,"

"You guys look like you were having a serious conversation," Jason joined our table. "Is there someone you're trying to assasinate,"

"Well, our next target was this blonde idiot who controls lightning," Percy smirked. Jason glared at him and sent a spark at Percy. Percy winced in pain. "That was unnecessary,"

"I know," Jason grinned.

I don't know how, or why, but a tray flew over my head and landed directly in front of Piper. "Oh, lunch's here," I turned around, looking for whoever might've thrown that. "Don't bother looking. You won't see them anyway."

"Them?" I asked.

"Wind spirits. They deliver us food from the kitchen when it's ready." Piper explained. Right on cue, a light breeze blew past me and a silver tray landed on the table spot in front of me. It's filled with a brisket of meat and some fries. Naturally, it smelled great.

"Bon apetite?" I asked. Piper smiled and nodded. I looked around to see that the food for the others have already arrived and they were digging in.

So I did too.

The food filled me with warmth that seems to bring out the best memories I had. I remembered a faded scene where my mom and dad used to be together and we were having dinner in our old house. It was a fun night. I might've even teared up a little remembering that moment.

"The food does that to you," Percy offered. "They're cooked with such passion that you tend to recall the best moments of your life."

I nodded as I continued to eat.

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After lunch, Annabeth decided it's better that I can get some sort of grip over my powers. Which was basically saying I have another chance to make a fool out of myself again.

So Annabeth, Jason, Percy, Piper and I gathered in the arena to train. Jason stood in front of me about a few meters away. Annabeth was explaining things.

"The key element in manipulating your element is to know where to find it. For example, if there's a nearby puddle, Percy can manipulate it to his wishes. Jason can manipulate the air around him. It's simple," I raised my hand up to ask a question.

"Yes, Ai?"

"Can you create your element? I mean, Thalia created lightning and I think she became lightning."

Annabeth nodded. "Thalia didn't create lightning. The air around us are filled with electrical charges. She just manipulated them. You can create your elements, but we tend not do it. It exhaust us quickly in battles and if you use it too much, you're gonna drain out the magical flow in your body,"

"And if that happens?"

Annabeth took a deep breath. "You'll no longer be able to use your powers. Like, ever. You're gonna be a normal kid for the rest of your life. At least that's the good ending. The bad ending is that if you exhaust the magical flow in your body, you're gonna blow up to pieces, which is more likely."

I gulped. "Don't create elements. Got it,"

"The first step in controlling your element, is to empty your mind," Annabeth started.

"Typical," I muttered.

"Now, you're a Daydreamer. From what Chiron said, you can bring your imagination to life." Annabeth showed me a picture of flames. "Now, try and manipulate the fire." Annabeth nudged at a torch that she's holding.

I tried clearing my mind, which was hard, by the way. I tried focusing on the flames. My gut turned upside down. I motioned my hand upwards. A stream of flame came out from the torch, following my motions.

"Impressive," Annabeth said. "Now, try firing it,"

"Excuse me?"

Annabeth stepped forward, setting the torch down. "Anything you can move or manipulate can be used as a weapon. Either as a projectile or an armour or a shield, doesn't matter. It fits your need." Annabeth stepped next to me. "Trying sending the flames at Jason,"

"I didn't volunteer for this," Jason grumbled.

"It'll be fine," Annabeth waved him off. "Try thrusting your hand forward. That's the basic way to send a projectile towards your opponent. Will the fire to be in front of you and then thrust forward,"

I nodded. I focused on the levitating flames above me and willed it to move slowly towards me. I don't know how, but it happened.

"Excellent," Annabeth said. "Now, fire,"

I thrusted my hand forward. The flames went flying at the speed of like ten miles per hour. It wasn't the speed of a speeding bullet and Jason evaded it easy enough as the fireball dissolved into the air.

"Huh," I sighed. "Not quite what I expected,"

"You did well for a newbie," Percy assured. "It took me a whole week just for me to move water,"

"Try throwing it," Piper suggested. "Other than thrusting, throwing is another way to send projectiles at your enemy." I nodded. I willed another ball of flame from the previous torch. I set it close to my hand and looked at Jason.

"You ready?" I asked.

"Not really, but bring it," Jason said. I made a baseball pitch with a fireball as my baseball. It moved too fast for any of us to catch it. The next thing I knew was that Jason was flying across the arena and landed on the ground roughly with a scorch mark on the chest area of his shirt. He coughed and groaned. "Oh god," He muttered. "That was painful,"

"You did it!" Percy gave me a high-five. I was feeling excited.

"Well done, Ai," Annabeth congratulated me. "You're one fast learner,"

Then, the door of the arena creaked open. "So that means I can smash him into a pulp now?" We turned around and see Clarisse and the rest of her gang. "Because I have some unfinished business with that grease spot,"

"Back off, Clarisse," Annabeth's tone turned serious. "We're training,"

"Training huh?" Clarissed grinned evilly. "Well, to train a person, it's best to put him through the real thing rather than training. So, I'm gonna help. I challenge him to a duel,"

Everyone stared at me. I was tired of being bullied. I was tired of being treated like someone who's not important. Anger overwhelmed me. "Fine. I accept,"

While the others looked worried for me, Clarisse smirked smugly. "Let's get it on then. Right here, right now."

"Whatever you say,"

Everyone cleared the arena and head for the stance as Clarisse and I stayed in the arena. "Traditional rules. Any kind of harm is allowed. You're allowed to use powers, no fatal and permanent injuries allowed. Understood?"

"Bring it," I said. I don't know where this confidence came from, but it was going to get me killed.

Or so I thought.

Clarisse started off simple by throwing fireballs at me at a rapid pace. I started to run to avoid being burnt into a crisp. I felt the air around me and I started to use it to make my steps lighter, making me run faster. I was waiting for that one moment when she would hesitate.

Clarisse was consistent in keeping me in my toes. Her attacks were relentless. But I knew she was tiring. But so was I. I had to be patient. I waited for the right moment.

As soon as Clarisse was hesitant for a microsecond, I lunged at her, using the wind to help me. I conjured up water and splashed it at her legs, instantly freezing it so she's frozen on the spot, literally.

Clarisse grunted as she struggled to move. In desperation, she tried to melt the ice with her flames. I saw my chance and took it. I stomped my feet on the ground. A boulder half the size of me jumped out of the ground. I kicked it with full force, sending it towards Clarisse.

It hit Clarisse straight on, releasing her from the ice and sending her crashing onto the walls. Clarisse grunted and stood up. "That's it. I'm gonna kill you!" She yelled.

"Clarisse!" Percy tried to stop her, but she was already sprinting.

Something took over me. I don't know what, but something did. It felt like my eyes flared up and glared daggers at Clarisse. I thrust my hand at her feet, pinning her on the spot.

The ground had somehow swallowed her feet up to her ankles. She struggled but to no avail. I held my hands up, doing something that I don't know. Either I'm possessed by something or I'm doing this by instinct. Probably a bit of both. A sharp pain entered my head and it wasn't stopping.

I heard people gasping and screaming while pointing at the sky. Clarisse looked scared. Like, really scared. She looked at me desperately, wanting me to let her out.

I looked up and saw why.

A freaking meteor was falling from the sky. It was a massive rock that you'd see in catapults and it was on fire. That was the bad news.

The really bad news?

It was heading straight at us.

A/N: There it is. Mega cliffhanger. The bad news is that I won't be updating this until December. I just needed to get the idea off of my head. It's been taking up space in there and I need the space. Anyway, leave a review if you like or hate it, like I said, a review always helps. Until then, take care.