Chapter 1

Got it, Zack's voice rang in my ear. I gave no one in particular a firm nod. I had hit the target, it wasonly a few hundred feet away. I sighed, it was my last arrow, I saw Zack coming back towards me. In a few minutes he reached me and he grinned.

"Good job. Now, I need to go get ready, you should, too." He said.

I shook my head, "I'm not going." I reminded him.

"It's the graduation party! You have to go, if you don't, I'm going to drag you there." Zack crossed his arms.

I sighed, I guess it wouldn't be all that bad. "I don't have a dress." I told him.

"Then, go get one." He said, walking away and waving. I shook my head, I muttered a transportation spell, and in a few seconds, I was in my dorm room.

Let me explain a few things. Three years ago, I left Camp when I heard of my father's death. Three years ago, I left plenty of people I care deeply about. Three years ago, I left to go to London and started attending the Elite Boarding School for Young Women. The same school my evil dead twin, Juliet, had attended. Along with Zack, my protector, best friend, and only family left alive (Except for my mother, though, she's a goddess so it doesn't really count). The school had actually started accepting boys, so it was the Elite Boarding School for Young Women and Men, so Zack gladly made it though twelve grade with me.

Which is where he wanted me to go today. The graduation party, which is to be held in the ballroom of a big hotel. I graduated high school yesterday. I'm happy about it, then again, I'm depressed. My father always talked about my graduation, having photographic memory and all, he excepted me to be the greatest person out there.

"You haven't gotten your dress yet?" I turned, one of my roommates had entered, her dress was in her arms, it was blue and shimmering. It was Gabby, I met her the year I met Juliet, she was still here after all this time.

I shook my head, "No, I'm going to see if I can find one, quick." I said, grabbing my wallet and stuffing it in the pocket of my black sweats. She shrugged then nodded.

I fixed my black tank top and headed out the door. Shopping really isn't my specialty, and I still wasn't used to the way English people dress. I went to town and into random stores, but none of them really... were my taste.

I went into a few other stores, and only managed to get black flats. I was giving up when I went into the last store. It looked pretty simple, not much people inside. I stepped in, the little bell signal another customer was inside. There were racks everywhere, filled with dresses. I approached the counter, where a beautiful woman stood. I couldn't even describe her, she was just... beautiful. Stunning. I was amazed.

"How may I help you today?" She asked, her voice nice and smooth.

"I, uh, need a dress for a graduation party? It's kind of late, but I've decided I wanted to go. No other store really had that one dress, so-"

"Shh, shh. I have the perfect dress for you." She said.

She walked gracefully to the back of the store where a couple different dress were. Some of them looked like the ones Greek woman wore in the fancy statues. She led me to a lone dress, and I carefully picked it up. It was dark purple and shimmering. It was made of silk. It was strapless and short, mid-thigh short and it was incredibly simple and beautiful at the same time.

I looked at the tag then shook my head, "I'm sorry, I don't have the money for it. I-"

"Nonsense, it's on the house." She said.

I protested, but she dragged me to the counter, swiped a card, then put the dress in the bag and handed it to me. "Good luck, you'll need it." She said, before leading me outside and winking.

I stood outside, staring into the store. I was so confused. What happened? Don't worry about, just get back to the dorm, change, then go to the party, I told myself. I went into the shadows and chanted my transportation spell. A few minutes later, I was in my dorm. I felt a little drained from using the energy, but it didn't matter.

It took me two hours to get ready. The dress fit perfectly, it even made me look much better. It matched with my hair, I had dyed it so it was a mix of dark purple and black. My hair still grew, so it was a few inches above my elbows. I put on eyeliner and mascara, nothing else, then put on the black flats (I can't walk in heels). I grabbed a black purse, put my dagger and wallet in it then looked in the mirror.

I almost smiled, I looked... nice. Great, in fact, not to sound cocky or anything. I kind of looked a bit older than seventeen, though. I looked... maybe nineteen? Twenty? I sighed, shut off the lights, then left room.

In the school entrance, multiple teenagers were running around frantically, the others were taking pictures. I searched for Zack then found him trying to put on his tie. I shook my head then went over to him. "Nice suit." I told him as I tied the tie for him.

He grinned then smoothed the jacket down. He was wearing a white suit with a random orange tie. He still looked as handsome as ever. "Nice dress." He replied, looking at me up and down.

"Eh." I replied, mustering up a smile. "When are we going to the hotel?" I asked him, looking around.

"We aren't." He replied calmly.

I shot him a look, he was smirking. "Where are we going?" I snapped.

"You'll see."

"Zachary Brown, you better tell me what you mean or I turn you a-" I jumped as someone put their hand over my voice.

I was about to fight, but then both my arms were held and a blind fold went over my eyes. "Hi, Terra!" A voice squeaked into my ear and I felt myself sinking through the shadows. I felt the all-too familiar feeling of shadow-traveling. I shivered as I felt darkness all around me. In the next second, I felt the summer breeze and smelled freshly cut grass.

I struggled and was about to utter a spell when I heard Zack's voice. "Terra, don't say anything. It's going to take a while, so just hang on for the ride."

"What ride? What are you talking about?" I asked, feeling anger rush into me.

"Terra, shut up." I heard someone's else playfully say. It sounded so familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

I did what the voice told. Mostly because I felt the familiar seating of Angel and knew we lifted up in air. Zack's arms were around me so I knew as long as I was with Zack, I wasn't in any real danger. But, I heard another set of Pegasus' wings flap, and it was wasn't Angel's. Someone else was with us.

I sat silently after a few minutes, cursing the blindfold, Zack kept telling me not to take it off, even thought I could easily yank it off since no one held my arms together, but I listened to him and kept my hands on Angel who flew without a sound.

The flight was taking a while. I hummed to myself to past the time. After some time, I started getting annoyed. The dress was riding up so every few minutes I would need to adjust it. Angel didn't have a saddle so I was just extremely uncomfortable. I didn't know who was with us because of the itchy blindfold, and my shoes keep slipping off so I had to hold them in my hands.

"Why did we change into these clothes if we weren't going to the party?" I asked after about an hour.

"You'll see." Zack responded.

I scowled and crossed my arms. And, on top of all that, my eye was itching, but I couldn't scratch it because of the damn eyeliner. "How long was is this going to take?"

"A few hours."

"We're going to miss the party." I growled.

"Where we're going will be much better." Zack said, I could feel him rolling his eyes. I grumbled to myself then didn't talk for the rest of the ride.

I was instantly aware when Angel started going down. It had been exactly two hours and my butt was insanely numb. In a few minutes, I felt Angle touch the ground and breathed a sigh of relief. I was lifting my hand to take the blind fold off, but then Zack pushed my hand down and I growled at him. I heard him summon the Gray Cab and wondered why. He pushed me in then got in after me, along with two other people.

In an instant I felt the cab leap forward and move extremely fast. The ladies in the front bickered while I tried to hold on to Zack and the door to try and stay put. I felt my cheeks being pushed back and we went even faster, then I felt like I was going to barf. We went on like this for about one hour then the cab abruptly stopped. I fell forward hitting my head on the front seat and rubbing the sore spot.

The car door open and Zack pulled me out. "Can I take it off now?" I asked, clearly annoyed.

"A few more minutes, Terra." he said, chuckling.

I mimicked him then planted an angry frown on my face. I found myself being pulled through tall grass, which tickled my skin. We were going uphill then finally stopped a few minutes later. "Now." The voice from before stated.

I was kind of scared so I hesitated, but then slowly brought it down to my neck. I gasped, then a smiled made it's way across my face. A genuine big smile, something that hasn't happened in a few weeks. I turned to the voice where a familiar blond girl stood, grinning at me, someone that I haven't talked to in months.

"Oh, my gods!" I squeaked as I pulled her into a hug. "I missed you!"

"I missed you, too!" Luna squealed back.

I looked at the fourth person in the group then attacked her with a hug. "Brooklyn! Oh, my gods!" I felt so happy, I haven't seen them in three years, I was almost about to cry.

"Happy graduation!" They both explained then we did a group hug.

Zack was smiling at us, I turned to him. "Was this your doing?" I asked, smiling.

He shrugged, "I know how you have been missing camp so much, so I decided to IM Luna and-" I cut him off him a hug.

I turned forward. "You guys are the best." I breathed. Then, I turned to them, confused. "But, why the dress?" I asked, then noticed they were wearing dresses, too.

Luna wore a silver, spaghetti strap dress with an elaborate design on it. She hair was curled and she looked beautiful. Brooklyn was waring a red and black strapless dress that was frilly in the bottom and looked totally punk, she also had red highlights in her dirty blond hair.

"After party." Brooklyn told me, smirking. "Prom wasn't the best, so we decided to have our own half-blood one."

"It was Trey's idea." Luna said, grinning.

"You guys look amazing." I said, pulling them into another hug.

"You, too, Terra! I love the dress, and the hair!" Luna squealed.

My cheeks burned with embarrassment, but I thanked them anyway. Together, we walked on, entering Camp Half-blood. Finally, I thought. I really did miss this place a lot. But, then, Once we reached the Big House, my smile faded as I looked at the two figures ahead... What in Hades? Sorry for the cliffy ;] I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know I enjoyed writing it! Leave a review, makes me happy(: