AN: The first two chapters are boring and very short; they're just the introductions of the main characters. Try chapter three and I think you will really like the story.
"Eris! Get over here!" A boy with sandy colored hair and startlingly stormy gray eyes yelled at her from across the compound.
She turned toward the caller and put her hand up to block the sun. The wind kept blowing Eris' dark brown hair into her face, and the hassle of always having to tie it out of her face was getting tiresome. Eris made a silent note to chop it all off at the next opportunity.
She noticed that the boy who'd called her was Clif. He was one of Athena's kids and Eris guessed that he was constructing some grand strategy for the upcoming capture-the-flag game. She ran over to him and looked at him with unimpressed eyes.
"Oh don't give me that 'I don't flipping care' look of yours now." He smiled warmly at her and brought his voice lower. "I know you practice that sourpuss look of yours in the mirror anyways." He gave her a wink. Eris sighed heavily, but a hint of a smile found its' way on her lips.
Before she knew it, her thoughts started wandering elsewhere with Clif; places where she knew they were better kept in her head . . . or a fantasy book. She ended up rolling her eyes with her arms crossed. He looked at her chastisingly and gave her a knowing grin.
He pressed on without any of Eris' acknowledging words. "So I'm working on this blueprint for our next tower . . . which I'll need the Hephaestus kids to construct. But I mean, if all goes right . . ." he wandered off into Clif talk and tapped a pencil on the blueprint impatiently. He looked up at Eris as if he just remembered she was there and spurted out "Oh! Right! I called you over. I need to know if you'd be okay with playing the defensive keeper this next round. It'd be just you, you see? With this tower and your father's gifts, you'll be able to hold the flag much better than ten Athenians." He gave Eris another exuberant grin and she just stared at him like he was crazy. "We both know you love challenges, and if we spend only one person on defense then we can focus forces elsewhere." He added another thought. "I wouldn't trust anyone else with this kind of job, Eris," and his hand found its way onto her fingertips. Eris felt heat rushing to her face, and she withdrew her hand.
She nodded to acknowledge his plan and with a rather ungraceful stumble, made her way back to her cabin.