Authors Note: hi, F here, of AFincorporated. I don't own any characters from PJO or HoO, and I love reviews.

TO EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT READ MY OTHER FAN FICTION, "CASPIAN DAUGHTER OF POSEIDON" READ IT THEN COME BACK OR THIS WILL MAKE LITTLE SENSE TO YOU!

Casper's POV ~

I walked towards camp. I was back for the summer after spending the school year at an all-girl's boarding school in upstate New York. I was looking forward to seeing my best friend in the world, Aello, but if you call her that she'll kill you, so she's just Ella.

I was also a little nervous, because we had had a big fight before I left about whether or not I should go. See, Ella had just been reunited with her twin brother Biron who she had thought for a really long time was dead. She didn't want to go anywhere without him, but the school I was heading to was all girl's, and we always went to the same school. She thought I should stay year-round with them. I hadn't spoken to her since, and it had been months.

I readjusted my duffle strap on my shoulder before heading down half-blood hill. I waved to Chiron, who beamed and lifted a hand in greeting. I high-fived Will Solace, waved to Piper and Jason down at the lake, and greeted several other friends. I opened the door of the Poseidon cabin only to get nearly crushed.

"Ow ow ow!" I croaked. "Tyson, too tight!" My brother Tyson is a cyclops. He was at least two heads taller then me. I had met him at the end of last summer. He set me down, grinning, and I saw Percy waving to me over the huge Cyclops's shoulder. "Good to see you two." I smiled, and plopped my bag on the bunk I had taken last year. "Have you two seen…. Ella?" Percy's smile changed from genuine to a little forced.

"She's still mad, sis." I nodded, psyching myself up to face her.

"Sister want us to come to help?" Tyson asked. His big brown eye looked concerned.

"Yeah. If you don't mind." I glanced at Percy. He gave me a thumbs up.

"At the very least, we can help deflect any arrows if it comes to that." Percy said cheerfully.

"Not helping."

We joked around and laughed as we went towards the Apollo cabin. We stopped in front of the open door. My brothers flanked me like bodyguards as I pushed it open. Biron sped past me.

"She's still pissed. I don't want to be anywhere near this." He hissed, hurrying away. "Bad for my health." I rolled my eyes. Biron was nice, but a little childish and he could be a little rude without meaning too. Percy and Tyson hung back a little as I stepped inside.

With her back to me, was Ella. She wore a flowery sundress and sandals, and her neatly combed and ponytailed purple hair made me self-consciously tug on my faded t-shirt and denim jacket. I brushed my black hair behind one ear and cleared my throat.

"Hi." I said awkwardly. I wished I had thought about what to say to her. She turned.

"Hi, Cas." She said tentatively. Tyson closed the Apollo cabin door. So much for deflecting arrows I thought, but she didn't seem that mad. She almost seemed…. sad. "Do you...like your new school?"

"Um, yeah. Its nice." I said. I wished I was anywhere but here. "Look, Ella, I'm sorry we fought, but I think that, uh…." I petered off as she gave me the evil eye.

"You didn't care that I wasn't going. You didn't miss me."

"I did miss you! I missed you everyday, but I really like it there." We had a silent staring contest. Her expression softened, and she held out one hand.

"Truce?"

"Friends." We shook. Outside, Tyson and Percy were holding off a few annoyed looking Apollo kids.

"Sorry. Can't go in. Danger zone." Percy said. "Just a few minutes."

"Sister!" Tyson boomed. "You are not full of arrows!"

I laughed, and Ella gave a grudging smile. "No, no arrows at all." I held up my arms to show him there weren't any arrows in me.

"Seems like your good." Percy said. "Oh, hey Annabeth." We let the Apollo kids past us. I greeted Annabeth like a sister. She had, after all, been my brothers boyfriend for at least a year before I even met him. I couldn't count how many times she had saved Percy's life, at least in the "Seaweed brain stories" she used to tell me.

Then we headed down to the lake. Piper and Jason had already finished their picnic and were splashing in the water. We joined them, which probably wasn't the romantic date Piper had been hoping for, but they both looked happy to see us.

Rachel Elizabeth Dare arrived just after lunch. Things were going great, until, on our way to the climbing wall, her eyes clouded and she doubled over. She was surrounded by green mist, and she spoke in a strange voice. "From the grave the cursed shall rise, given by the powers ties. One shall win, others die, all beware of they who lie." She swooned, and I just caught her. We all stared at each other.

"Oh crap." Ella mumbled. "Not another one."