So, ive known I was a demigod ever since I was like, seven. Hasn't changed a thing, well; except the monsters I guess. But their easy to take care of. Me and my twin brother Ely (A/N: pronounced 'Eli') were adopted by our parents. Not technically adopted though, more like dropped at their doorstep by our real parents (AKA our godly parent). It wasn't a real shocker when our parents wanted us to go to camp two years ago, I mean, it was our thirteenth birthday. So basically we packed up all of our stuff, and moved to camp half blood for the year. They weren't sure which cabin to put us in, since we hadn't been claimed yet since we were still twelve in July (our birthday is December 13th). But then Ely got claimed by Athena, so they just figured I was a daughter of Athena, hence the meaning twins. But wow were they wrong. About two months ago, just the day after I turned 15 I got claimed … but not by Athena. Zeus actually. This is really strange once you think about it. Ely and I look exactly alike it's almost scary. Except for our eyes (and the fact that im a girl). That's the only difference really. We've both got bleach blonde hair, so blonde it's almost unnatural, we're both tall and athletic (I used to play softball, got to the world championships actually), but his eyes are stormy grey like Athena, and mine are a mix of electric blue and emerald green. Strange for a child of Zeus I know. But one good thing is that I have one half sibling at camp SPQR, his names Jason. He's pretty cool I have to say. He's a tad more powerful then I am, but we get along pretty great. His girlfriend Piper is nice too; she's a daughter of Aphrodite. But not one of those prissy narcissistic daughters of Aphrodite, she's tough (in a good way). Oh, and the reason that ive met Jason at SPQR is because I live with him. You might be thinking "But how can you live with Jason at SPQR when you're a Greek demigod?" well let me explain: see, something happened about a year ago at camp. I was alone in Zeus' cabin, and Hera tried to kill me. She hates me I swear. In the middle of the night she got Poseidon to fill the entire cabin to the ceiling with water, knowing that im deathly afraid of the stuff. But Poseidon didn't know I was in there because Hera told him I was spending the night in the Athena cabin because Ely missed me. And I guess Hera can be really persuasive when she wants, because he did what she told him too. It was the middle of the night, and I was sleeping, then all of a sudden I was coughing and I couldn't breathe. Thankgods Ely never broke the twin telepathy thing (it's like an empathy link I guess) and I contacted him. Within minutes the water was flooding out the door of my cabin and I was on my knee's choking and coughing my guts out. Percy got really mad at his dad, who felt really bad. So basically to make up for being so stupid, Poseidon gave me one of the powers that Percy has; I can never drown. But Chiron decided that it would be best if I went into hiding at SPQR. So here I am, lying in bed thinking about my life and listening to Jason snore. Jeez he needs to get some breathe right nasal strips, he snores like a cow. I sighed and looked towards the alarm clock, it was 6:48 am, and we needed to get up in ten minutes. But I couldn't take ten more minutes of Mr. Cow over there so I decided to wake him up.

"Jason! Camps under attack! They've got Piper!" I screamed as loud as I could while grabbing my armour and clanging it together like I was putting it on. He jumped out of bed and started running around the cabin gathering his armour. I sat back down on the bed and watched his freak show in amusement. He grabbed his sword and ran out of the cabin door, slamming it behind him. I sighed happily and checked the clock again; I had eight more minutes of peaceful sleep. Just as I was about to close my eyes, the door slammed again and in walked my very angry half brother cursing in Latin.

'vos bardus parum-! Ut eram non funny (You little-! That was not funny!)!' he said in Latin. I didn't understand a word he said.

"Δεν κατάλαβα ούτε μία λέξη που είπατε.(I did not understand a single thing you said.)."I replied back. Fight fire with fire. Greek with Latin.

"What?" he asked in confusion.

"Exactly." I shot back. It angered me when he spoke Latin, I couldn't understand a thing he was saying.

"Oh, the Latin. Sorry." He muttered.

"That wasn't funny though." He said peeling off his armour.

"Sure it was." I replied sitting back against the wall of the cabin.

"You know that I worry about Piper." He said sighing and sat down across from me on his bed.

"Yeah well you know I like to have my hearing. So next time we go out of camp, buy some breathe right nasal strips." I said smirking.

"Yeah, I probably should, though Im not sure when Lupa is going to let us out after what you did last time." He said giving me a pointed glare.

"Well its not my fault that guy tried to hit on me."

"Oh yeah. That reminds me; how is that son of Mercury of yours?" he said with a hint of acid.

"He's got a name. It's Erik."

"I prefer son of Mercury." He said, his glare burrowing into my mind.

"I don't call Piper 'that daughter of Aphrodite'." I stated.

"Venus Mikah, its Venus here. You're not at camp half blood, you're at SPQR." He said harshly. I glared back.

"This is not my home." I spat and stood up. Grabbing my bathroom things before I went to the bathroom.

I took a quick shower while my favourite band blasted through the speakers of my Ipod dock (otherwise known as my alarm clock). I could almost hear Jason going crazy trying to figure out the password to the lock on my Ipod. Idiot. It's not that hard to figure out. It's 'Zeus' though im pretty sure he's tried others like, 'Juno' or 'Ares' or even 'Erik' but the kid wouldn't guess 'Zeus.' Such a dumbass I swear. My favourite song started playing; 'Dying to live again' by Hedley.

"Mikaaaaah!" cried Jason from the other room, "It's burning my ear drums!" he complained again.

"That's what you get for insulting my boyfriend Jason! Suck it!" I yelled back putting the finishing touches on my eyeliner. Lupa didn't approve of the girls wearing makeup; she told us 'if it doesn't matter in a battle, it shouldn't matter during training.' Yeah, try telling that to the Aphrodite- I mean Venus kids. I grabbed all of my stuff and shoved it back in the bag. I walked out of the bathroom and towards my Ipod. I unlocked it and turned off the music. Jason sighed happily.

"Thankgods." He said flopping down on his bed.

"Shut up. Hedley is the most amazing band you will ever hear." I said putting away my stuff.

"I think that Abandon all ships is better." He stated simply. I rolled my eyes.

"That's what you think. Now come on, it's our day off. What do you want to do?" I asked throwing his purple shirt at him so he wasn't sitting there half naked. I myself was wearing an orange camp half blood shirt, and a pair of dark short shorts.

"You look like a slutty Minerva kid."

"Says the man whore child of Jupiter." I bantered back. This went on almost everyday for the last year. Yeah, that's how long ive been here. And truth is? I miss Ely like crazy. He was my best friend, and always has been. I send him Iris messages a lot, but it's not enough sometimes. Like when I first got here, and everybody except Piper, Leo and Jason hated me; he couldn't hug and comfort me saying that everything was going to be alright. But once I got settled in, the SPQR campers learnt that I actually wasn't that bad. I had a few friends from Apollo and Minerva, but mostly I was best friends with the guys. Like Leo, that kid makes my life. He is definitely one of the funniest guys at camp. I walked out of the cabin with Jason close behind me,

"Do you want to go do some legion training?" he asked casually, like he was asking if I wanted to go get a coffee from Starbucks.

"It's our day off Jason; I don't really want to train. We only get days off every two weeks!"

"Well, im probably gonna go chill with Piper and Leo and see what their up to." He said.

"Yeah, im going to go find Erik."

"Ill see you at breakfast." He said before walking off.

"See ya." I muttered walking down the path towards the rest of the cabins. It took me a while to remember where all the cabins were when I first got here, they were all placed differently then at CHB. I walked down towards the Mars cabin, and one over to the left. I walked up the steps of the light blue and accented gold cabin and knocked on the door. A girl named Nicole opened up the door. She saw me, and didn't even turn around when she called,

"Erik! For you!" she gave me a warm smile and turned back into the cabin as Erik walked out the front door and gave me a peck on the lips. My head started buzzing, and it was over all too soon.

"Hey Erik." I said laughing through his kisses.

"Hey Mikah." He said back chuckling.

"What do you want to do today?" he asked in an excited tone.

"I don't know, what do you want to do?" I said taking his hand and walking down towards the lounging area which was basically a field with benches and fountains and roman statues. We sat down beside my favourite fountain; it resembled the trevi fountain in Rome. I didn't like Italy much when I visited a few years back, but I can't exactly say that around here. Anyways, back to the present. We sat down, still hand in had on the grass and we talked for a while. We talked pretty much about what had been going on lately since we hadn't seen each other because our schedules were different. When I finally checked my watch, it was time for breakfast.

"Hey, Erik, time for breakfast. We should go before Lupa gets mad again." I said standing up. I held out my hand and helped him up. He stood up to his full height and was about four inches taller then me. His wavy dark brown hair was in his eyes, and he was smiling with that handsome face of his.

"I can't believe that you're mine." He whispered holding me by the waist; my arms wrapped around his neck, and my head leaning against his chest.

"Well, when you finally got up the courage to ask me, I didn't believe it either." I said smiling, remembering that day.

"I had the courage all along!" he said tightening his grip on my waist, looking over my shoulder.

"Sure you did Erik, sure you did." I said laughing into his chest.

"Close you're eyes!" he yelled and I did as told. A blinding flash came from behind me. I felt a godly presence walking towards us. Erik gasped and suddenly let go of me. I did on instinct and whipped my head around.

"Dad?" I asked incredulously. Zeus was storming towards me, looking very angry.

"Mikah! I cannot believe that you would go behind my back and date this traitor!" he said thrusting a finger at Erik. He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from him.

"What? Traitor? Dad! What are you talking about?" I pleaded, trying to loosen his death grip on my arm which was slowly loosing circulation.

"This boy is a son of Mercury!" he bellowed.

"Yeah, and?" I yelled back finally ripping my arm away. I stepped back from him in fear that he might make me spontaneously combust.

"You cannot date a boy from this camp!"

"And why not?" I screamed, getting in his face. A crowd was starting to gather around us, making a scene. Erik was standing there, still in shock from the presence of my dad I guess.

"Because you are not Roman! You are Greek!"

"It shouldn't matter!" I screamed again, this time tears were starting to roll down my cheeks. I couldn't believe him. Couldn't he be happy for me?

"But it does!" then I did the most horrible thing that you should never ever, ever do to a god. I slapped him across the face, and started to run in the direction of my cabin where I knew Jason would be. He was always understanding about my issues with dad. I guess I hadn't been his favourite daughter. I burst through the door to find Jason and Piper playing Monopoly in the middle of the cabin. They both jumped up when I slammed the door and stood in the middle of the room crying. Jason was the first up, and then next was Piper who hugged me.

"Ok, whose ass do I have to kick to Pluto?" demanded Jason. Id stopped crying enough to form actual words.

"You can't."

"And why not. Is it that stupid Erik guy? Cause I will kill him." He said grabbing his sword and headed towards the door.

"Jason! You can't kill dad!" I screamed at him. His expression just got worse. He looked really angry at the moment. Lightning crackled in his sky blue eyes. Piper hugged me tighter as the door crashed open.

"Mikah!" called Erik. Shooing away Piper and wrapping his arms around me so tight if he held me any tighter my ribs would've cracked.

"I didn't get to give you what I was so excited about this morning." He whispered in my ear. Just having him here seemed to calm me down.

"Hey, guys, can we get some privacy? Sorry to interrupt you're game." Said Erik apologetically.

"Nah, its ok." Said Piper leading Jason out of the cabin, trying to cool him down. He was obviously still angry.

"What- What did you want to give me?" I asked calming myself down. Taking deep breaths and breathing in Erik's smell. He smelt like peppermint and vanilla. An odd combination.

"Well," he said digging through his pocket and producing a small black box with the symbol of Vulcan/Hephaestus on the top.

"Wh-What is this? Erik!" I said. My heart pace increased.

"It's not an engagement ring, don't worry." He said chuckling as he fumbled to open it. He finally got it open and I saw two rings, both silver.

"These," he said holding up the box, "Are promise rings." He took the thinner, more delicate silver ring, one with an electric blue diamond on the top, and an inscription in the inside, as well as the outside. He held the ring up so I could see it. The inscription said 'forever and always' on the inside, and on the outside it said 'Erik and Mikah'.

"The- Their beautiful." I said, astonished.

"I hoped you would like It." he said quietly slipping the ring on my right ring finger.

"Where did you get them?" I said, still shocked as he slid his matching ring on his finger. The only difference between the two was that his was wider, and had no diamond. It was just silver.

"The Vulcan cabin. Leo's pretty good at this kinda stuff." He said chuckling. Once he had slid the ring on his own finger, he wrapped his arms around my waist, and I responded by putting mine around his neck.

"What are they for?" I asked quietly, almost a whisper.

"It's a promise."

"A promise for what?"

"That one day, when we make it out of this camp, we can have a life together." he whispered, sealing the deal with a soft kiss.