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LEO

It was a warm, summer night on Long Island. Leo Valdez stood at the top of the hill of the valley that hid Camp Half-blood, a summer camp that trained Demigods of Greek gods how to survive their never-ending battle with the monsters of Tartarus.

These days, everyone was in their respectable cabins by ten, except for the few demigods that guarded the outside of the camp. You see, just a few days ago, Leo came in a trireme named the Argo II - which he had built, by the way - with six other demigods. They had barely escaped another demigod camp, which was Roman, because Leo had went crazy and fired the ship's ballistaes on the Romans. And because of this weird misunderstanding, they had a very angry army of Roman demigods after them, which meant that they had to keep their guard up.

Hence the reason why Leo was standing at the top of the hill, aimlessly looking across the countryside. Most nights were like this, and nothing had happened in the past two days. But Chiron, the centaur camp director (yes, a centaur), was sure that the Roman army would be on its way soon, and that the camp needed protection. He forgot to mention, however, that the actual protecting of the camp boarders was extremely and utterly boring.

At least that's what Leo thought. Until this one particular night, when Leo heard the screeching of furies. At first, Leo just thought he was imagining things. Until he realized that the screeching was real and coming from right outside the camp boarders, from the line of trees that were right at the base of the hill he was standing on. Leo turned to the sound just when a figure broke through the line of trees and started sprinting up the hill, with two furies flying low behind them. Leo stood where he was, unable to move. The figure trudged up the hill, and as the figure got closer, Leo realized that the figure was a her. And her face was screwed up tight in a look of determination. Suddenly, the girl slammed into him, which got his body working again.

'What the name of Zeus are you doing just standing there?' She shouted angrily. 'Do you just stand there when furies are chasing after you?' Leo spluttered. The girl groaned. 'Could you move, please? You're kind of in my way.' She started side stepping Leo until he caught her by the shoulder.

'Where are you going?' He asked. The girl rolled her eyes.

'Where do you think? Into the camp. I need to talk to one of the demigods.' Leo looked at her with suspicion, the furies still hanging out just outside the boarder, screeching loudly. He kept his grip on her shoulder. The whole situation seemed a little strange: sure, some demigods were found occasionally these days - but they were always with a guardian. And she was alone, looking at Leo with a look of anger, talking about the camp, which mortals weren't supposed to be able to see.

'Look, just tell me who you want to talk to.'

'I don't have any time! I need to speak to him now!' She exclaimed, and tried to pry Leo's hand away from her shoulder. He tightened his grip.

'Who?' She looked up into Leo's face; her eyes seemed to almost burn with anger. Normally, he would've thought they were beautiful: they were a greenish-grey, almost like the colour of the sea during a storm. But at the moment, Leo was so focused on prying information out of the girl to notice. Much.

'Just. Let. Me. Go!' She said loudly, and she managed to pry Leo's hand off of her, and shoved him to get him out of her way. She started storming off, but before Leo could do anything, she collapsed. Leo scrambled up and sprinted to her. He tried to help her stand, until he realized that her backpack was soaked in something. When he looked closer, he saw that it was a deep red. He ripped off her backpack, to find that the back of her shirt had been shredded, along with most of her back. She was extremely pale, and her face glistened with sweat. Leo pulled her head into his lap, trying to keep her from going unconscious.

'I think I'm hurt.' She said, and laughed, which came out like a croak. 'I need to see P-percy Jackson.'

'Why?' Leo asked, and he almost kicked himself. Why would you ask her that?

'B-because.' She said weakly. 'He's my brother.' Her eyes flickered shut. Leo was caught in a moment of disbelief. Then he started yelling.

'Percy! Someone get Percy!' He saw one of the others that were standing watch rush over, another running down to the Big House, presumably getting Chiron. The figure from another side of the boarder rushed over, and Leo saw that it was Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon.

'What? What's wrong?' Percy asked, once he was close enough.

'This girl. She came running from the trees, two furies following her. She said that she wanted to talk to you, because she's your… sister.' Percy looked at him with confusion, and rushed over, kneeling next to the girl who claimed to be his sister. He saw Percy's body tense.

'Oh my god.' He said, and he looked up. 'We need to get her to the infirmary. Now.' Leo wanted to ask if they could really trust her, but Percy's hard expression made him stop. Percy believed her. He believed that this girl was his sister.

'Okay.' Leo said, just as Chiron rushed over, Annabeth Chase on his heels (or hooves, which ever you prefer).

Chiron looked between the two boys, his eyes resting on Leo. 'What happened?' Leo explained everything, Chiron nodding at a few points, Annabeth gasping when Leo said that the girl believed that she was Percy's sister.

'I believe her.' Percy chimed in, and Chiron looked at Percy. 'I've… seen her before.'

'What?' Annabeth exclaimed, a slight hint of disbelief in her voice, probably because she was surprised that her boyfriend hadn't told her that he had met his sister.

'Not personally.' Percy explained. 'I've seen her in some of my dreams. She also-' Percy glanced at the girl, '-looks a lot like my mom.' The other three took time to register this. Chiron nodded.

'I would have to agree. Also, if Percy trusts that she is telling the truth, then I believe her as well.' Annabeth nodded.

'We have no time to waste.' Annabeth said, 'we have to get her to the infirmary before she bleeds to death.' Percy turned to his sister, a look of deep concern in his eyes.

'Firstly, Percy, you have to get the members of the Senior Counsel.' Chiron said, and Percy started to protest. 'We have to tell them about her. Annabeth, you should come as well. Leo, why don't you take this girl to the infirmary? Percy will come once we wake up the others.' Leo was about to protest, because he was positive that he wouldn't be able to carry her. But, as Leo looked up at Percy's face etched with worry, he nodded.

Percy looked at his sister, then at Leo. 'Be careful with her.' He said, his sea green eyes filled with concern. Leo just nodded.

At that, the three walked quickly down to the cabins, going to wake up the other members of the Senior Counsels of Camp Half-blood, which was made up of all the cabin leaders. Leo, being the leader of the Hephaestus cabin after the previous one had stepped down, was apart of the Senior Counsel.

Leo quickly scooped the girl up, and walked as quickly as he could (without dropping the girl) to the Big House. Once he got through the door, almost the whole cabin of Apollo swarmed him and the girl, taking her from him and setting her down on one of the beds in the infirmary, checking her wounds. Leo stood there, helpless, watching them bandage up Percy's sister and force-feeding her ambrosia to help her healing process. The cabin leader, Will Solace, rushed into the room, and began attempting to heal the girl's wounds.

After about twenty minutes, the panic died out, and once Will was certain that the girl was okay, they all went out of the Big House, probably to sleep. Leo entered the room and pulled a chair up to the edge of the bed.

Leo looked the girl over, and realized how pretty she was. She had jet-black hair, similar to Percy's. There were freckles dotting across her arms, shoulders, cheeks and nose. She seemed delicate, but Leo could tell that she was strong by the toned look of her arms. She had a heart-shaped face with a pointed chin and defined cheekbones, similar to that of an elf. Her forehead was quite high and her nose was small and somewhat crooked, like it had been broken one too many times. Leo was studying her when Percy came running in, which brought Leo out of his daze. He looked around sheepishly, avoiding looking at both Percy and his sister.

'How is she? Did they heal her?' Percy asked, and Leo forced himself to turn and look at him.

'Yeah, the Apollo cabin fixed her up pretty good. They told me that she needed some more nectar once she woke up, which they said shouldn't be in too long.' Percy nodded, and pulled a chair up next to Leo's.

They sat there for what seemed like an hour, until, finally, the girl's eyes fluttered open. Percy had dozed off, and Leo was playing with some metal scraps from his tool belt. Leo smacked Percy's arm and he woke with a start, looking at his sister. He immediately sat on the edge of his chair, seeming to want to get as close to her as possible.

'Percy?' The girl groaned. Percy was sitting at the very edge of his chair, looking like he was about to fall off of it.

'Yeah, it's me.' He said, and a look of relief flashed across her face.

'Oh, thank the gods I found you. I'm your-'

'Sister.' Percy finished, and she slid her gaze over to Leo.

'Yes.' She said, and looked back at Percy. 'My name is Andrey. I have to tell you something. In private.' She said, looking over at Leo. He stood up.

'It's cool. I'll just wait outside.' Percy smiled at Leo gratefully.

'Annabeth should be here soon.' Leo nodded, walked out the door, and closed it after him.

Leo waited for what seemed like ages, listening to the murmurs of conversation from the room that Percy and Andrey were in, until he heard footsteps from the other side of the door, and Percy opened it. He looked around, presumably for Annabeth, and focused his eyes on Leo.

'We have a problem.' He said, and, as if on cue, Annabeth came bounding down the hallway towards the two boys.

'How is she? Is she awake?' Annabeth looked at Percy. 'Why are you looking at me like that?' She asked quickly.

'She's awake. But we have a problem. We have to call the Senior Counsel to a meeting, as soon as possible. Andrey's going to sleep, but she'll explain everything later.' Percy turned back into the room and started talking softly to Andrey. Annabeth looked like she was about to barge in there, but she held herself back and sighed.

Percy came out a while later, looking between Annabeth and Leo. 'She's asleep now, but I don't want to leave her alone. Would one of you mind staying?' He asked.

'I can.' Leo volunteered, and Percy smiled gratefully.

'I'll be back as soon as I can. Just… don't let anything happen to her.' He added.

'Aye, aye, captain.' Percy smirked at Leo as he left with Annabeth. Leo opened the door to the infirmary quietly and sneaked in and turned the chair that was pulled up closer to Andrey sideways so he could watch her and the door. Leo's thoughts wandered off, and he started to think about when he couldn't control himself back on the Argo II. Even with everyone telling him it wasn't his fault, he still had a guilty feeling in the pit of his stomach, slightly blaming himself for the quest going awry. Eventually, Leo fell into a deep sleep.

Leo woke up to a crash. His eyes flew open, and he cursed himself for falling asleep. His eyes darted around the room, taking in the scene. The door to the infirmary was open wide, there was shattered pieces of glass and ceramic on the floor from a broken lamp that fell from the nightstand, and there was someone leaning over Andrey's bed, strangling her as Andrey's body thrashed beneath.

Leo jumped out of his chair and quickly ran over and pulled the attacker off of Andrey, flashes of red overpowering Leo's vision. Leo walked out of the room with the attacker still in his arms, thrashing about like a monster. Leo dropped the attacker in the hallway outside of the infirmary, and, to his surprise, saw Rachel Elizabeth Dare glowering at him from the floor. Except, her usual emerald green eyes were now gold. Leo called Percy's name, hoping that he would some how hear.

'Move out of the way, demigod. This matter does not concern you.' Rachel said, or at least Leo thought it was Rachel. But she spoke English like it was her second language, as if she was unsure of the correct way to say things.

'I'm not sure if you've realized, but whenever you try to hurt someone here, it's always everyone's concern. You should know that by now.'

'Get out of my way, you foolish boy, and let me finish killing the girl.'

'Let me think about that.' Leo said, tapping his finger on his chin. 'No.' Rachel tried to get up, but Leo pushed her back down. 'Now tell me what's wrong with you. Are you some kind of possessing-monster thing?' Possessed-Rachel hissed at Leo. He backed away a little, guarding the door to the infirmary. Leo gulped and called for Percy again. No answer.

'I am an Eidolon. And my purpose is to kill Andromeda Jackson.'

Andromeda? 'Yeah, well I'm Leo Valdez, and my purpose is to stop you from killing Andromeda Jackson. So, if you want to get to her, you gotta go through me.' Eidolon-Rachel laughed manically.

'You, son of Hephaestus, will never be able to stop me.' And at that, she charged at Leo. He summoned his 3-pound Club Hammer from his tool belt and swung it at Eidolon-Rachel's head, knocking her out.

'Don't ever underestimate the power of Leo Valdez.'

'Is it gone?' A voice called from inside the infirmary. Leo turned quickly to see Andrey sitting at the edge of her bed, out of the sheets.

'Somewhat.' Leo said with a smirk, and Andrey smiled back.

'Thanks for saving me.'

'No problem.'

'But you wouldn't have had to, if you hadn't have fallen asleep.' She said, with a spark of mischief in her eyes. Leo was beginning to like this girl.

'Well, you were quite boring.' He replied. She smiled.

'Well being attacked by furies can do that to a person.' Leo was about to retort when Percy came running down the hallway.

'What's wrong? Why were you calling me?' He said quickly, his eyes darting around, looking like he could kick some serious butt. His eyes found Rachel's body, and his eyes went wide. He made a gasp and darted over to her.

'Rachel! Rachel! Are you okay?' He said, lightly slapping the sides of her face. Leo tried to hold in a laugh. He could imagine what Percy would have done if Leo started laughing at the sight of his best friend knocked out on the floor. Percy turned quickly to Leo. 'What happened?'

'Um. I can explain that.' Leo said, and Percy frowned at Leo.

'Well?' He asked expectantly. Leo started to explain the situation as best as he could, wording it so it didn't sound like Leo had liked pounding Percy's friend's head in with his hammer. He was pretty sure he succeeded, but Leo couldn't tell, because Percy had a steely expression.

'So let me get this straight. My best friend was possessed by something called a Eidolon, tried to kill my sister, and so you knocked her out cold with your hammer?'

'Pretty much.' Percy sighed, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

'I think the universe hates me.' He said miserably.

'I'm pretty sure the universe doesn't hate demigods, but smites them for just being too damn awesome.' Percy looked up and smiled.

'Well I should probably go round up the Senior Counsel.' Percy looked cautiously at the infirmary. 'Bring her safely. And try not to let possessed people strangle her.' Leo smirked and nodded.

'Will do, captain.' Leo watched Percy go, and then turned back to the infirmary. Andrey was sitting there in bed, wearing shorts that looked like they had been thrown in a dust storm. Leo realized three things then: one, that she wasn't really wearing a shirt, just bandages wrapped around her upper body; two, that she was looking at him before he had turned around; and three, she had noticed him checking her out. Leo quickly adverted his gaze, trying hard not to blush. Andrey cleared her throat.

'So, um, I don't really have a shirt to wear. Or any clean pants.' Leo forced himself to look up.

'Um, you could always borrow something from me, and then get some clothes from the Aphrodite cabin after the Senior Counsel meeting. I'm sure they wouldn't mind.'

'Really? Thanks.' She said with a warm smile. Leo smiled back.

'Well, wearing my clothes would be a lot better than going out with just bandages.' Andrey blushed.

'Probably.' They both laughed.

'Well, why don't we just quickly go to the Hephaestus cabin and grab some clothes, then.'

'Okay.' She said. Leo pulled her up from her bed, but when Andrey tried to stand, she stumbled. Leo caught her by the waist, and she straightened. She smiled at him apologetically, and put one arm around his neck. Leo guided her to his cabin, praying to any God that it was at least relatively clean.

The Gods didn't seem to be very merciful that day.

When Leo and Andrey got to the Hephaestus cabin, Leo had the sudden urge to pound in his own head in with his hammer. There were tools and metal scraps scattered everywhere throughout the cabin, and clothes strung everywhere up on beds and chairs around the room. Leo sighed. That's what you get for having a cabin almost entirely made out of guys.

Who were, coincidently, all currently there. Most of them in their underwear. And asleep. Some hanging off their beds. Leo was suddenly glad that the cabin was somewhat dark, because if the light was on, Andrey definitely would've seen the drastic change in Leo's complexion, considering he probably looked like a tomato.

Except, instead of running away like Leo thought she would, Andrey just stood there and quietly laughed. 'It kinda reminds me of a foster home.' Leo looked at her skeptically.

'You're not grossed out or anything?' She chuckled.

'No, not really. It could use some cleaning-' She said, as she stepped over a huge chunk of metal, 'but I've seen worse.'

Leo laughed. 'You must've lived with some pretty nasty people.'

'Nah, just teenage boys.' They both laughed. Leo guided her to his bed, and was suddenly very conscious of the fact that his area was horribly messy; and that a girl - especially a pretty one - was in his bedroom (kinda). Except, when he looked at her, she didn't seem grossed out. She looked… interested.

'Are those blue prints of a dragon?' She asked, her eyes wide in wonder. Leo looked at the source of her wonder, realizing that he had left the Argo II and Festus' blue prints lying sprawled all over his bed before he left to do border patrol.

'Er yeah. I have a metal dragon that sort of got cut to shreds in King Midas' palace. And it's head is now the masthead of the Argo II, which is the trireme built by the Hephaestus cabin.' Andrey looked at him curiously. 'It's a long story.'

She picked up a pile of papers from my bed and sat down. 'I have time.' Leo chuckled.

'I'll tell you later, when there aren't any half-naked guys around us. And you have a shirt on.' Andrey looked down and blushed.

'That's probably a good idea.' She said sheepishly. Leo walked over to his trunk and tried to sort through his clothes. The problem was, everything was messed up and stuffed into it, so it was impossible to find anything. He heard Andrey walk over, and tried to at least somewhat clean up his trunk. She stopped and stood next to him, taking in the mess. He looked at her, thinking that she'd have a face of disgust on. Except all he saw was Andrey, her eyes darting, filled with curiosity as she scanned the items in his trunk, presumably looking for something to wear. He looked at her in wonder, until she looked up. Leo quickly stared down into his trunk. Andrey looked down a moment later.

'I think this will do.' She said, as she knelt down and held up one of Leo's shirts, which was a green v-neck. Leo nodded, and she slid it over her head. It hung out from her body, as it was a little too big for her. He looked into her eyes, which were sea green, like they changed colour to match the shirt. Leo realized he was staring and looked away quickly.

'Er… so. You still need some shorts, right?' Leo asked, scratching the back of his neck.

'Yeah, but I'm not sure that yours would fit me. You being so big and all.' She said jokingly. Leo looked up and smirked.

'Or maybe you're just too damn small.' Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth in an O shape. She put her hand over her heart.

'I am offended.' She said sarcastically. She broke into a smile. 'But seriously, I don't think your fancy Counsel would want me there in dirty, ripped shorts.' Leo chuckled softly and nodded.

'We can just borrow some from one of my cabin mates, Nyssa. She won't mind.' Leo strode over to Nyssa's trunk, Andrey reluctantly following him. He looked back at her and rolled his eyes. 'Don't worry, if she gets mad, blame it on me.'

'Okay.' Andrey sighed. Leo opened the trunk and took out some denim shorts, making sure not to mess up the neat order of Nyssa's trunk. He threw them to Andrey. She did a circle with her fingers, motioning him to turn around. Leo rolled his eyes, but followed her orders.

'Okay let's get this show on the road.' She said, grabbing Leo by the back of his shirt and leading him to the door.

The walk back to the Big House wasn't as eventful as the rest of the night: sense it was still pretty early in the morning, there was barely anybody out anyway. Andrey stopped after a minute of looking around outside the cabin.

"Um, so where do we go to meet your fancy Counsel again?" She said, turning to Leo. He smirked at her.

"In that big building over there, in the activity room." Leo replied, and she nodded, and continued leading him there, her hand still on his forearm. They got to the Big House a few minutes after that, succumbed in the silence of the still-sleeping camp. When they walked in, Andrey headed for the door labeled 'Activities Room'.

They could hear loud voices coming from inside the room, and Andrey looked at Leo and shrugged. When she opened the door, the whole room erupted in silence, everybody looking at Andrey.

"So this is the girl who's supposed to save us all?" Said Clarisse, the head of the Ares cabin, who was a big, burly girl with brown hair and a permanent look of adversary in her eyes. Leo looked to Percy, who rolled his eyes.

"I didn't exactly word it like that, Clarisse. Don't be rude."

"Well, why don't you explain to us exactly how it is that your sister some how found Camp and decided it was a good idea to bring Furies here?" Clarisse retorted angrily.

"Oh yeah, cause I totally wanted those Furies chasing after me and shredding my back. Cause, you know, I do that kind of shit for fun." Andrey said sarcastically. Clarisse turned to her, with a look of hatred. Percy shot Andrey a warning look, and she just shrugged. The Stoll brothers started chuckling, and Annabeth shot them a look.

"Clarisse, blaming Andrey for bringing Furies to the camp is totally irrational. Of course she didn't mean to bring them here. Why, for the love of the gods, would she ever do that? Plus, Percy's told me that she has something to tell us. So I think we should listen to her."

"Me too." Leo agreed, and he could feel Clarisse glaring at him. "I think we need to at least hear her out." Andrey smiled at him.

"What Andrey told me will seriously change the way we need to go about things. Mostly concerning our quest." Percy said. Everybody turned their attention to Andrey, who shifted uneasily.

"Well. I know this sounds kind of strange, but a lot of the demigods that I've encountered over the years have said that weird things come into demigod's dreams. And… you can say that the stuff that comes to me in my dreams are a little more strange." Her eyes darted to Percy, who gave her an encouraging nod. She cleared her throat and continued: "Well. For the past few months, I've been having this dream about a girl, who has a really weird get-up. And trust me, when I say weird, I mean like carnival fortune-teller weird. She had this really weird deep, raspy voice. Anyway. She always tells me that I need to find Percy Jackson and Camp Half-Blood, because my destiny is intertwined with the quest of seven. I obviously had no idea what she meant by the quest, but I had heard from some on-the-run demigods that there was a place for us to hide safely. So I came here, whilst being attacked by Furies, and tada! Here we are." Everybody, including Leo, looked at her in disbelief and wonder.

"So you're saying that a girl - who sounds a lot like the resident oracle - told you that you had something to do with the quest of seven?" Clarisse demanded. Andrey nodded cautiously. Annabeth sighed.

"Also. Probably one important detail: I'm absolutely sure that the girl in my dreams, the 'oracle' as you call her, was the one that tried to strangle me in my sleep." With that, the room went into an uproar, with people demanding information (mostly Clarisse) and people asking what in the Zeus Andrey meant by the oracle strangling her.

"QUIET!" Chiron exclaimed. The room fell silent. "Speak with rational minds. Obviously Rachel would never purposely strangle a demigod in her sleep. At least with out a good reason. I've been informed that Rachel is indeed awake from a certain mishap-" Chiron's eyes darted quickly towards Leo, "so I decided to fetch her and bring her here."

The girl who was strangling Andrey in her sleep just an hour ago, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, stood before the counsel. She glanced at Andrey, smiling at her. Andrey's body tensed, and Leo's hand flew to his hammer. But Rachel didn't seem to want to kill Andrey anymore, so they both relaxed.

"Andrey is right. Despite the strange mishap with her just an hour ago, I did bring her here because she is extremely important to the quest at hand. I got visions just a few months ago, telling me that the quest of seven is, in fact, a quest of nine." The whole room, including Andrey, looked at her in shock. "I got a new prophecy, in addition to the prophecy of seven, stating so."

"So you're telling me that the prophecy of seven is a prophecy of nine, and you had known this for a few months and didn't tell us? And then brought a girl here because she's one of the additions to the prophecy? And you didn't tell us?" Clarisse exclaimed, but Rachel just looked at her with a smirk on her face.

"Yes. I obviously couldn't tell you until I got Andrey here, or there would be a huge debate on who got to go, even though the prophecy says different."

"So what does the addition to the prophecy say?" Annabeth asked.

"The prophecy states:

Before there were seven, now there are nine,

The Prophecy at hand now inclines:

One, who was met in a dream,

A daughter of Poseidon now added to the seam:

Yet this one is not how she seems.

The curse of Aphrodite leaves a target on her head,

Leaving one of the nine dead:

And one, who will bring light upon the quest,

A Daughter of Apollo who will bring peace upon the rest:

To achieve the goal of closing the doors of death."

Everyone sat on the edges of their seats, hanging at Rachel's every word. When she finished, everyone stared at each other in shock, repeatedly glancing at Andrey, trying to interpret the prophecy in their heads, and Andrey's involvement.

"So, you're saying that you found the daughter of Poseidon, who is cursed by Aphrodite, of all people, but you haven't found one simple Apollo demigod yet?" Clarisse demanded to Rachel.

"Well, you'd be surprised how hard it is nowadays to find demigods. Especially one that is a pyrokinetic."

"Pyrofanetic?" Connor Stoll asked. Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Pyrokinetic. It's the power of controlling fire. Our friend Leo here has it, and it can be possessed by children of both Hephaestus and Apollo."

"How do you know that the Apollo kid in the prophecy has it?" Connor's twin, Travis, asked.

"The mention of bringing light upon the quest. I've been thinking about the prophecy for a long time-" Clarisse snorted, presumably about Rachel knowing about the prophecy before-hand, "and I've been able to interpret most of the hidden meanings in the prophecy, except for some minor details." Her eyes darted quickly to Andrey, and then back to the Counsel.

"That's all fine and good, but can Andrey please explain why the prophecy states that she has a curse of Aphrodite? Cause the Aphrodite cabin would like to be informed." Asked Piper McNeal, the Aphrodite cabin leader. Leo looked down at Andrey, whose eyes were trained to the ground.

"Well, it means that I have a curse from Aphrodite on me. No big deal. It doesn't really mean much." She said, all too quickly. Piper looked at her with suspicion.

"My mom never puts a curse on someone for no reason. And her curses are never a 'no big deal', either. She's mental, but she's my mom." Andrey looked up at Piper, with spite in her eyes.

"Well then maybe you should ask your mom, cause I'm sure as hell not giving children of Aphrodite my back story." Andrey snapped. Piper didn't give Andrey a look of anger, just suspicion, and sat back down.

"Fine. All I'm saying is that if it puts one of us in danger, it's on you." A flash of rage crossed Andrey's face, but, for a moment, Leo could've sworn he saw a look of sadness flash in Andrey's eyes.

"It won't, so keep your thoughts to yourself." Percy cleared his throat.

"So, is everyone fine with Andrey continuing on as apart of the nine?"

Everyone slowly nodded, even Clarisse and Piper. "Good. Now all we need to do is find the child of Apollo."

"Yeah, cause the Daughter of Apollo's just going to fall right out of the sky-" Andrey started sarcastically, and then there was a sudden crash right outside the Big Four, accompanied by a jolt of the house.

Andrey looked up at Leo with confusion, and the counsel rushed outside to find Apollo's prized possession, his convertible car sun chariot, crashed right into the side of the Big Four.

A tall girl, with pale skin - which was patched with black marks from soot - and golden blonde hair stumbled out of the car.

"Holy Zeus." She said, staring at the car and running her right hand through her wild hair, "Dad's gonna kill me!"

Will Solace, the Apollo cabin leader, looked at the girl with confusion and frustration.

"No shit Sherlock. That's his favourite car!" The girl turned to him, with anger in her eyes.

"Well you're not exactly helping by standing there, you dipshit!" The girl yelled at Will, and everybody gasped. Will rolled his eyes.

"Guys, meet Alina, daughter of Apollo."

Leo turned to Andrey. "You didn't tell me you were psychic."

"Oh shut up." Andrey replied, punching him in the arm. Alina stumbled towards the group.

"Oh my god, you're on fire!" Piper exclaimed, and Alina just looked down to her arm, which was engulfed in flames.

"Eh, don't worry about it. It doesn't hurt, or burn. It just kind of… sits there." She said, with a smile.

"Our lives are seriously crazy." Leo muttered, looking down at Andrey. She nodded in agreement.