Chapter 1:
"TRAVIS MICHAEL LEE AND CONNOR GREGORY STOLL!" Seeing me storm out of my cabin, the two trouble makers take off, full sprint, towards the lake.
I'm definitely not as fast as sons of Hermes, but I'm pretty quick. I took a short cut, heading for the pegasus stables, knowing they'd veer off course. I grabbed a quiver of arrows and a bow and hopped on my pegasus, Christoff, soaring upward. "Find the Stoll's," I command.
In minutes, I was flying above the brothers. I sent my first arrow at Travis, purposely missing him by inches. Screaming, the boys looked to the sky. "Who gave her a damn pegasus?!" Travis yelled.
"Bro, run like hell!"
I shot at Connor this time. The males scattered different directions. I flew after Travis, figuring he planned putting colored Easter eggs on my roof and probably laid the most.
As I raced after him, an explosion rang through the air. I looked back to find a plume cloud of yellow yolk, raining down onto my grass roof. Anger coursed through my veins, my face was beet red, and I pushed Christoff harder.
I aimed. Careful, steady, relax, I reminded myself. I was a good shot. Nothing like Hunters of Artemis or children of Apollo, but I was good. I released my grip and my arrow sank into Travis' calf. He yelp in pain and tumbled to the ground.
Christoff nosedived and I hopped off, storming over to the injured Stoll. "You shot me!"
I grabbed the arrow, tugging lightly, but causing him severe agony. "Put another thing on my roof and I will do more than just shoot you."
"I don't believe you, Gardner. You're a good girl."
It's true, I am, but I'm fed up with him. "Then I hope you aren't too attached to your balls, Stoll," I threatened.
Travis is a player and so is Connor. No package, no sex. They'd bet their life over their balls. They even have before. They beat Hades and Thanatos in a game of poker. Their lives if they lose, 100 drachma each, from each god if they won.
I pulled the arrow from his leg and walked away, letting blood pool out of him as Will Solace, a son of Apollo, hurried over to him.
"Demeter cabin, go collect exploded egg from the roof. I have a plan."
"Katie, what's going on?" asked my sister, Miranda Gardiner.
"We're in war."
"Katie, that was wicked. Flying on Christoff, then shooting Travis, and threatening him. Gods, chick, you got a little sadist in you," commented Thalia Grace, the daughter of Zeus.
I leaned back against my pillow, resting in the corner of my room my bed is pushed in. Thalia leans against one wall while Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena, lays at the foot of my bed.
"Of course, Katie was awesome today!" says Lou Ellen Marshall, a daughter of Hecate, while walking in my room with Nyssa Wilder, a daughter of Hephaestus, and Miranda.
"I wouldn't have had the guts," adds Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite, dragging Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, a daughter of Bellona, and Hazel Levesque, a daughter of Pluto, into my room.
"He's just on my last nerves, you know?"
Normally quiet Hazel spoke up. "You do know what happened to the last people who challenged the Stoll's, right? They're in an insane asylum in Des Moines, Iowa."
"Mental institution, Haze, we don't say insane asylum anymore," corrected Nyssa.
"Sorry! Why is the English language so hard?" The golden-eyed, frizzy-haired brunette plopped down on my floor.
No one said anything. There was nothing to say. They knew I was going through with my plan. No one could stop me.
I noticed how different we all are. Thalia is 16 and 5'2" with black hair and blue eyes. Annabeth is 19 and 5'9" with blonde hair and grey eyes. Miranda is 16 and 5'7" with blonde hair and brown eyes. Nyssa is 18 and 5'8" with brown hair and eyes. Lou Ellen is 17 and 5'7" with black hair and violet eyes. Hazel is 17 and 5'1" with brown hair and golden eyes. Reyna is 18 and 5'10" with brown hair and black eyes. Piper is 19 and 5'8" with brown hair and kaleidoscope eyes. I am 17 and 5'4" with brown hair and green eyes.
Thalia had quit the Hunters last Christmas. Her and Nico di Angelo had developed crushes on each other and started dating when she quit. Annabeth and Percy Jackson are engaged. Nyssa is dating Will Solace. Lou Ellen is dating Malcolm Noble, Annabeth's half-brother. Hazel and Frank Zhang are still together as are Piper and Jason Grace. Reyna gave Leo Valdez a chance and now they're engaged. Everyone suspects Miranda and Connor have something going on, but neither will admit anything.
The whole camp "ships" Travis and I. We even have a couple name: Tratie. Do they really think that blue eyed boy holds my heart? He wouldn't in a million years. His chocolate curls are a mess. His ears stick out, reminding me of Dumbo. His smile is sarcastic and he always wears a smirk. He's tall: 6'4". Sure he's muscular, has an eight pack, and has definitely fixed his scrawny, scarecrow look by adding muscle, but he's a jerk. He's always pranking my cabin. He gets off by embarrassing me. I hate it. I don't let anyone know, but his pranks really hurt me sometimes. I cry myself to sleep because of how angry, embarrassed, and upset I am.
"Katie, are you okay?" Annabeth worriedly asked, pulling me from my thoughts.
"Yeah, wh-oh, I'm fine." I wiped the tear trailing down my cheek.
"It's getting late, we should start heading out."
"Yeah, okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye," I called as the girls filed from my room and cabin.