He forgot to tell me about the tornados.

I say 'forgot' because he wouldn't purposely neglect to tell me about them.

Right?

I mean- my life was just chopped up into a billion little pieces, it's flipped so up is back and left is down and right is forward, so he totally wouldn't not tell me about the tornados.

I hope...

I suppose you would like to know HOW my life got twisted into an alternate universe.

It happened during math class. (Like math wasn't bad enough!) I was just sitting there like a good little girl doodleing all over my test, (I wasn't going to pass anyway, so why bother?) and thinking about every single way I could parody the melody of 'Remedy' by Little Boots when Kayne (my best guy friend forever!) threw a crumpled up note at the back of my head.

I shot him a dirty look, then saw the frantic look in his stormy grey eyes, so I opened it carefully- like it was the most delicate and valuable piece of paper on the planet.

Needless to say I pretty much ripped it open, earning a few death glances from my preppy peers.

Oh get a life. It's not like this one test would bring the answer to all the univers.

I looked down at the note oh-so eagerly. (Not really though.) It read "Let's Play CoD!"

I glanced back at him curiously- then quickly scralled, "When?" and sent it back to him.

It hit my head again rather quickly with the reply "NOW."

Confused? Well I'm glad. That's our secret launguage. We use it on IM and in class, so no one knows what we tricksters will be doing next.

But in our launguage "Call ofDuty" means "Run like Hell!"

So clearly something was wrong in paradise.

I didn't ask why. Over the years of rather... strange events where I end up on the top of a burning building or... in a hostage sitiuation and Kayne knew EXACTLY how to get me out of it- I learned to trust his judgment.

So I rose my hand, and he rose his.

Mr. Teacher Dude took one look at us and said, "Oh, just go."

"Thanks you, sir!" I said as respectively as I could while jumping up with my things.

"Yeah. Thanks teach!" Kayne said ( ruining any possibilty that people would think of me as respective!)stumbleing after me.

We made our way out of the building side by side, and I bumped his shoulder, yelling "What's going on?"

He didn't bump back. He didn't answer. He didn't even look at me.

He just kept running.

And pissed me off.

So I froze and it took him eight long strides to realize it.

"What?" Kayne said angerly.

"Exactly," I said. "What is going on?"

"Look," he said grabbing my arm, "I'll tell you later, just c'mon!"

I scowled, but let him drag me along. Whatever was going down had him freaked out, and after all we'd seen, that's saying a lot.

I pulled my arm from his grip and ran next to him, while the 'Mission Impossible' theme played in the back off my head. We weaved our way through the gates of our school and around any people lingering on the streets of Manhatten.

The first snow had fallen only the day before and the crisp air whipped at me skin. How was I so stupid as to NOT bring a coat to school?

"God, It's cold out," I mummered.

The sky rumbled, and storm clouds rolled in.

Finally, curiosity got me. I said, "It's later. What is going on?"

"Not now!" he yelled because the sudden wind was whistling so loud I thought my ears would pop.

I yelled back, "Fine! But where are we going?"
"You'll see!"

I grumbled 'You'll see,' mockingly to myself, then said louder, "Why can't we just take a cab? I'm free-"

I didn't get to finish my sentence because I felt,what I swore was the wind forming hands,push me out onto the busy streets, and the black ice left on the road had me stumbleing and falling facedown on the blacktop.

I didn't have time to feel sorry for myself, because I heard the sound of squeeling wheels, and a very loud obnoxious horn coming towards me. I felt doomed until a pair of arms yank me up from the ground and out of harms way.

When I was safely on the sidewalk, I breathed a sigh of releif.

"Thanks, Kayne," I mummered.

He reached into his bag and pulled out a gold coin about the size of a quarter and threw it over the street.

"Umm," I looked at him curiously. "What are you doing?"

"Calling a cab," he said matter of factly.

The coin landed and where it once was popped a gray taxi with three very old looking ladies each with dark sunglasses on in the front seat, bickering about something or other.
Kayne held the door open for me saying, "Get in."

"No."

Kayne looked at me suprized, but I was fed up. "First, tell me what's going on! What are we running from? Where are we going? What pushed me, and WHERE," I gestured to the cab, "did THIS come from!"

He sighed and said, "Just get in. I'll tell you on the way."

"The way to WHERE exaclty?"

He put his hands on my shoulders and said, "Just trust me."

I'm pretty sure I pouted a little, but got in anyway, with him climbing after me.

The ladies took just enough time away from their argument to ask, "Where to?"

"Half-Blood Hill," he replied.

"Who-sa-what now?" I asked, only slightly freaked out.

"Out of our area, son," the woman farthest to the right said, with a wicked single toothed grin.

It took all I had not to flinch.

"I'll pay the extra."

She then turned toward the driver and yelled, "Clotho! It's my turn with the eye!"

"Wh-" I couldn't help but feel flabergasted. "What?"

"No Atropos! I'm driveing! You have the tooth!"

"But you'vehad it all day!"

The middle one started grabbing at Atropos' tooth yelling, "You've had the tooth all day!

You don't need the eye!"

"Stop it, Lachesis! The tooth is mine!"

"Lachesis?"I repeated. "It's that the name of one of the whatcha thingers in the hooza whatzit?"

"Yes," Clotho said, with sarcastic venom. "That's what we're called."

"You even got the technical terms right!" Atropos grunted. "The 'whatcha thingers in the hooza whatzit.' What are they teaching kids these days?"

"Do you even pay attention during school?" Kayne asked, with a little smile on his face.

"Yes!" I answered, defensively.

"Tch," he laughed. "When?"

"Phy ed, and choir."

He laughed again, and rolled his eyes. "They're the FATES of GREEK MYTHOLOGY."

"Oh, yeah!" I looked at them. "Why would your parents name you guys after them?"

All three began to laugh, and I felt even more stupid.

"What?"

"Kai," he said grabbing my attention. "They ARE the Fates."

"Who them?" I asked pointing at the old ladies. "Are you trying to tell me they're the Fates?"

He just looked at me and I laughed, "You're insane."

"Am I?" he asked.

"Yes!" I yelled annoyed. "Greek Mythology is just that! Myths!"

"Oh, deary," Clotho smiled (and this time I did flinch). "There's so much you need to learn."
"Kai, focus," Kayne said. "Look at their eyes. What do you see?"

"How can I see their eyes?" I asked. "They're wearing glasses."

"No, child," Lachesis said, "We're not," quickly followed by a "I want the tooth!"

"Focus," Kayne said.

So I did.

And nearly screamed.

After a moment of rehabilitaion and deep breatheing Kayne told me everything. How the Greek gods where real, how the 'Mist' works on mortals eyes, and how he and I just happened to be children of a god. Demi-gods. He also breifly toldme how he was sent to find someone important to the Camp Half-Blood community and ran into me instead. To that I said, "Way to make a girl feel important." He quickly apologized, but continued on to how these things called 'venti' had pushed me, and how any terrible situation in my past had been direct result of my godly half, because these 'Monsters' all wanted to kill 'people like us' just because of who our parents were.

I frowned and tryed to drink in as much of what he was saying as possible, when the cab stopped and Clotho said, "We're here, now give us our payment and go."

I looked out the window and saw only a little strawberry ranch at the bottom of a hill.

Kayne handed the Fates a small bag full of something that klinged as it moved and stepped out, then helped me out.

"Um," I said slightly confused. "Where are we?"

The cab disapeared at an extreme speed and I realized that had been how fast we'd been going.

"Okay, holy crap."

Kayne chuckeled then became sollom.

"What?"

"C'mon," he said pulling my arm. "we need to hurry.

The wind picked up suddenly and whipped my light brown hair around my face and his golden hair around his, so I nodded and followed.

We sprinted down the hill doing as best we could against the wind when it suddenly changed direction sending us both falling head-first.

I was sent spiraling into a tree, while Kayne turned and regained his footing.

He turned looking at our surroundings calculatingly, and drew something on the back side of his hand then yelled, "Kai! Run! Down the hill, now!"

"But-!"

"Just do it!"

I nodded reluctently, as violent winds threatened to drag me upwards.

I used all my strength and pulled myself from tree to tree, preying that none broke under the pressure.

I turned back just in time to see Kayne flying past me, looking nearly unconcious.

"Kayne!" I ran to him and pulled him to his feet.

"Thanks," he grunted.

I looked around futielly searching for someone or something to beat for hurting my friend.

The wind itself seemed to chuckle and say, "Of course you can't hurt me demi-god."

The wind twisted at high speed forming many small tornados, that ripped an pushed at the two of us.

See? He didn't tell me the venti could form TORNADOS.

The wind forsefully threw me backwards, and I landed with a large cracking sound.

Thank God the cracking was just branches underneath me.

I crawled as quickly as my sore body could and the wind ubruptly stopped.

I looked up realiseing the clouds that tried to follow me were stuck behind some invisible wall, and where I was, was sunny, and cheery.

I pushed myself up as best as I could and looked for Kayne.

When I spotted him I felt tears form in my eyes.

I ran to him. He was battered up and a single branch was sticking straight through his chest. His eyes were open wide with shock, but no life.

"No..." I sobbed. "Please no..."

On his hand was a nail scratched drawing of the words "Forbiden action. I am light".

I rubbed the white color from his hand, and whispered, "Sorry doesn't cut it."

I let the tears fall and pulled him into my arms, yanking the stupid branch from his chest.

Done in by a branch.

Boy would he have laughed if I told him that.

I stood holding him as best as I could and walked down the hill, past a large tree that overlooked what Kayne was so keen on me getting to.

It was a camp. Just a camp. One that seemed almost abandoned.

And the tears became heavier.

To die for something so seemingly trivial.

I moved as quickly as I could to the largest building and pushed the door open. Inside was a large group of kids of all shapes and sizes who seemed to be haveing a meeting,with a tall half-man half-horse,a centaur Kayne had told me,leading the conversation.

The centaur stopped mid-sentence, glanced at me and gasped, causeing the entire group to look in my direction.

"Help," I whimpered, and finaly passed out.