"Isn't that Miri?"

"Uh-oh..."

"Be careful or her crazy inventions will get you!"

Everyone snickered as she walked past them. Fifteen-year-old Miri Lee was known in Camp Half-Blood for her infamous inventions that either corrupted or blew up. No one dared to talk to her. She looked menacing with her scars on her arms and legs, bangs that covered her eyes, and the shark tooth necklace she refused to take off. Not even her cabin mates would tell her to come join them for dinner. Being ignored by other campers would be normal for a child of Hephaestus but the Hephaestus kids would always stay with each other. However, Miri's story is different. Ever since she was little, she grew up independent, learning how to earn money for food (with no help from her evil foster parents); learning to trust no one; and kill whoever is in the way of achieving her goals.

Miri's current goal was to have an assistant because it was hard to be an amazing inventor, but have no one to admire your work. Since no one socialized with her, she decided to build her own assistant by using scrap metal from the armory (where she was heading right now).

Scrap metal, scrap metal, scrap metal. Miri thought as she entered the armory.

"Hey Miri!" a cheerful voice called out.

"Go away, Evelyn," Miri said coldly.

Evelyn was the only person to talk to her besides Chiron (Mr. D ignored her). Evelyn talked with everyone, thus the most popular girl (next to Annabeth). She was always cheerful and nice, but seemed to move to one boyfriend to another; because she was a daughter Aphrodite.

"Aww... Miri you are always so cold!" Evelyn whined.

"Get out of my sight," Miri commanded.

"I wanted to invite you to a party!" Evelyn yelled. "Travis and Connor said that I could bring a friend!"

"Ask someone else, I'm not going," Miri stated firmly, digging through a pile of various scrap metal.

"Come on! Please!" Evelyn made a puppy dog face everyone would pity and help her.

"No," Miri said and went back to the pile.

Evelyn sighed. There wasn't anything she could do now. Unless...

"Fine, you don't need to go to the party, but I want you to meet someone," Evelyn said.

"Who?" Miri turned around and looked at a pair of black converse. Then she looked up to meet a guy who looked about the same age as her. He wore a Camp Half-Blood
t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. She had to admit he looked nice. Okay, he looked more than nice, he looked super cute.

"Meet my twin, Edward" Evelyn said.

Evelyn's watch beeped. "Oh! I've got to go to the arena! See you guys later!~" She waved and left.

"Hi," Miri stated bluntly and went back to the pile.

"Umm... Hi, my name is Edward Tam," Edward introduced himself.

No reply

Edward felt nervous talking to Miri. He usually didn't talk to girls unless he knew them; and Miri was a mystery to him. He only knew that she infamous in Camp Half-Blood for her crazy inventions. He bent down to get a closer look at her. He noted that she was wearing a wrinkled Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and dark jeans that had oil stains. She wore a shark tooth necklace and he saw a glimpse of her eyes. They were a nice shade of chocolate brown eyes. She glared at him.

"What are still doing here?" Miri hissed.

Edward suddenly felt happy that she was looking at him. He said: "Your eyes..."

"What about my eyes?" Miri asked, but Edward was speechless.

Miri got impatient and slapped him. Edward regained consciousness and shook his head.

"Sorry, I just lost it for a moment," Edward stood up and walked to the door and Miri went back digging for scrap metal.

"By the way, I wanted to say your eyes are beautiful," as Edward said that, the door shut tightly.

Luckily, he didn't see Miri's face because it was a brilliant shade of crimson.