So I haven't touched this story in way too long. I won't make any excuses, I just didn't feel like writing it. But now I'm back, and I will be doing my very best to finish the story. I'm going to start off by reviewing the chapters that I currently have. the changed wont effect the story, till just be few grammar fixes and re wording some sentences. Anyway here is the revised chapter one.

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Chapter 1

Thalia's POV:

Things can never just stay peaceful, can they? It's only been a year since we defeated Gaea, and ended the second war. I had hoped that our time of peace would last, especially when Lady Artemis told the Hunters and I to rest at Camp Half-Blood for a little while, but of course the fates had different plans. Now here I am sitting in the Big House meeting room representing Lady Artemis along with the rest of the Senior Counselors listening to Chiron explain to us that a new treat is rapidly approaching.

"I have received word that Epimetheus is gathering an army." Chiron said grimly, though he seemed distracted; kept looking at the clock.

"Is everything alright, Chiron?" I asked. He blinked a few times as if he was coming out of a trance, then he looked at me and gave me a small smile.

"Yes Ms. Grace." He paused for a moment. "I was just hoping that we'd have some peace after defeating Gaea". Chiron said.

"Don't worry!" Percy spoke up. We all looked at him. "We've been through two wars and suffered many loses, but here we are still here. We will just have to do what we've always done when the odds are stacked against us. Work together, and overcome those odds." Percy said confidently. We all stared at Percy in awe. "What?" He asked. Annabeth stood up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Well said Percy." Chiron said with a smile. He looked at the clock again and his smile faded. "Okay everyone we have two hours until dinner. We will continue this discussion tomorrow. I ask that you don't tell the other campers yet. I want them to enjoy peace a little longer before we begin war preparations." We all nodded and began to walk out of the Big House. As soon as we walk out we notice a large crowd if campers looking up the hill.

"What's going on?" Annabeth asked her brother Malcolm, who was standing in the back. Malcolm didn't say anything, just pointed to my tree.

Standing at the base of the tree was someone wearing a black cloak and hood. Whoever it was petting Peleus like they were old friends. They seemed to notice that they were being watched because the person stood up and began to walk down the hill towards us. As the person got closer I noticed that the hood made it impossible to see the person's face.

"Get the younger campers to their cabins" Annabeth ordered. The Stoll brothers and Piper began herding campers away. Annabeth, Percy, and I walked cautiously towards the person. We waited at the bottom of the hill.

"Who are you?" I asked. The person paused for a moment when I spoke to them, but then brushed passed me without saying a word.

"I believe the lady asked you a question." Percy said. The person walked right past us, never once speaking. The three of us followed a few feet behind as this stranger made a beeline for the Big House. We were about 30 yards from the Big House when Clarisse stepped in front of the stranger. The tip of her spear inches from the persons face.

"Who the hell are you, and what do you want at this camp?!" Clarisse growled. The person sighed.

"I'm here to see Chiron." The person said. From the way the voice sounded I guessed that the person was a male. "Now if you don't mind I've got business to attend to." He said trying to walk around Clarisse, but she moved with him, keeping her spear in front of his face.

"Oh no." She said. "You still haven't answered my first question. 'Who -The-Hell-Are-You' take off that hood! She ordered. The guy just stood there. I couldn't help thinking. 'This guy has to have a death wish or something?'

"Who I am is none of your concern." He answered calmly, completely ignoring the fact that he has a spear in his face.

You could almost see the smoke coming off of Clarisse she was so mad. "Wrong answer." She thrust her spear forward. The guy just tilted his head to the side causing Clarisse to miss by only centimeters. She pulled back the thrust again, this time aiming for his chest. He quickly side stepped to the right and she missed again.

"Arrgh!" Clarisse yelled felling a combination of anger and embarrassment at the fact that she missed at such a close range. She spun to her right swinging hear spear trying to hit him in the back. He ducked and her spear passed clean over him.

"Look this has been an interesting welcome, but you need to stop before you get hurt." He said to Clarisse. You could hear that he wasn't making an empty threat. More campers had come to watch the commotion, some of them armed.

Clarisse just laughed. "I'll show you hurt" she said to him. She swung her spear straight at him, this time aiming for his knees, so he couldn't duck. What he did next surprised all of us.

He lifted his leg and blocked Clarisse's spear with his foot. As soon as he stopped her spear he pushed down causing her to let go of her spear instead of going down with it. He smashes the spear into the ground breaking its tip. He spun to his left for a round house kick that would hit Clarisse straight in the face if Chiron hadn't said come out.

"Enough!" Chiron yelled coming out of the Big House. The strangers kick stopped millimeters away from the side of Clarisse's face. He brought his leg down, and turned his body to face Chiron. Chiron looked at Clarisse who had her back to him, she was standing completely still as she stared at her broken spear. Chiron looked back at the hooded man. His face had a strange mix of relief and sadness.

"Come inside, we have much to discuss and not a lot of time." Chiron looked at the rest of us. "The rest of you go back to your cabins and get ready for dinner." Chiron ordered. Percy and Annabeth were about to follow the hooded man towards the Big House. Chiron looked directly at them. "All of you." He said sternly. The two looked like they wanted to argue but they just nodded and turned around, as the hooded man walked into the Big House with Chiron.

After a few minutes the only people left in front of the Big House where I, Clarisse's boyfriend Chris and Clarisse who was still staring at her broken spear.

"Clarisse, are you okay?" I asked placing a hand on her shoulder. She didn't answer, she just started speed walking. Chris and I had to jog to keep up with her. "Clarisse!" We both yelled as we tried to keep up with her. She went into the forest and didn't stop until she got to Zeus's fist.

"Clarisse!" Chris said when we finally caught up to her. "You've got to calm down. You would've beaten him, even if you didn't have your spear!" Clarisse turned and glared at Chris.

"You don't get it do you!" She yelled. "I am a daughter of Ares and this isn't my first fight. You saw how fast he moved. That kicked would've knocked me out for sure." Clarisse started pacing back and forth. "That's not even the worst part." She mumbled.

"Worst part?" Chris and I say in unison. "What's the worst part? I add.

"He stopped." Clarisse said. Chris and I just stared at her completely confused.

"He stopped?" I repeat. "So you wanted him to kick you in the face?" I asked. Clarisse stopped and looked me. When she saw I was seriously asking she rolled her eyes.

"Do you have any idea how strong you'd have to be in order to stop like he did?" I shook my head. "Very strong. Strong enough to stop all his built up momentum almost instantly." Clarisse answered. "Which means that he wasn't about to kick me with everything he had." She paused for a split second. "If he did I probably would've been killed." She mumbled. Chris walked over to Clarisse and hugged her, obviously not liking the idea of her being killed. "Whoever that guy is, I really hope that he is on our side." before I could say anything the dinner horn sounded.

"We should go." Clarisse said. "Chiron is going to make the announcement after dinner." Chris and I nod and we all walk back to the dining area. When we arrived at the Dinning Pavilion we were surprised at how quiet everyone was being. The campers were only whispering to one another. Even my fellow hunters were unusually silent. Everybody was looking at Chiron's table. He was sitting next to the hooded man chatting away. Mr. D was back on Olympus with the other gods discussing the new threat that has appeared. I couldn't tell if the stranger was saying anything back, because he was still wearing his hood, but he seemed to nod every so often. Maybe it's just me, but every time I looked up towards them I felt like that guy was looking right at me.

After dinner everyone went to the sing along. It was quiet at first, but after a few minutes everybody seemed to relax especially when everyone found out that some of the Hermes kids had rigged a few of the benches with air bag that went off at random. Everybody was laughing. I had to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing when one of my hunters went rocketing into the sky. But when Chiron stepped out onto the stage I knew what was about to happen. 'Here we go.' I thought to myself. Chiron was about to tell the other campers about Epimetheus' army, and the 3rd war we may have to fight.

"Listen up everyone!" Chiron called as he held up a hand trying to quiet everyone down. Once everyone calmed down Chiron looked out at all of us. You could tell he was pained by the news he was about to share with the camp. "I have grim news for you all." Everyone fell silent as Chiron to one last deep breath. "The Titan Epimetheus is raising and army. He intends to attack Olympus and take revenge for the defeat of Kronos." There were a few gasps, an Apollo child was so shocked that he dropped is still burning marshmallow into his lap causing him to let out a short yelp. Once the kid's trousers were put out Chiron continued his speech. "Now I know that all if you were hoping for a little peace after taking on Gaea, but it seems that we have one more enemy to face." Chiron tried to put give a small smile. "I know that we haven't completely recovered from the losses we suffered in our war against Gaea." Everyone looked down, remembering close friends, and loved ones that were lost in the war. "But we must remember that we are no longer alone in this." Chiron continued. "I along with the other Senior Counselors will be contacting our friends at the Roman camp tomorrow before our Capture-The-Flag game." A few campers got a little excited at the mention of the game. Even in times of darkness we still had each other, and nothing proved that more than when we teamed up for a good game of Capture-The-Flag.

"Speaking of friends." Chiron added motioning for the hooded man to come up on stage with him. The hooded man walked up the step and stood next to Chiron. The campers began whispering to each other. Chiron raised his hand again, signaling for everyone to quiet down. "This is Jake Harper; he will be staying with us here at camp to aid us in the upcoming battle." The whispers were louder now.

"How do we know we can trust this guy?" One of the Ares kids yelled. Some other campers nodded in agreement. "How can we trust someone who wears cloak and hood?!" The kid continued.

"Yeah!" Other campers yelled. I looked over to Clarisse who wasn't saying anything, she was just watching to see how this all played out.

"Please." Chiron said. "Jake is here to help us. He's a frie-" Chiron was cut off by Jake tapping his arm and stepping out in front of him. Everyone fell silent.

Jake clapped his hands together and placed his right hand on his left shoulder. The cloak instantly began to shrink and it turned into a pure black jacket. The jacket's sleeves were rolled up showing off his perfectly tanned and well-toned forearms. The jacket was also unzipped showing the pure white V-neck he was wearing underneath. There were gasps all around and I could even hear a few of the Aphrodite girls whispering "he's hot" or "nice body" to each other. He was wearing slightly faded blue jeans, and converse. He also had what appeared a knife strapped to his right and left side, and a sword strapped to his back. The sword handle and its sheath were both silver. The guy still had his hood up, making it hard to see anything other than his mouth. I raised my eyebrow slightly impressed, and then looked over to Clarisse who was strangely quiet through this whole thing. I saw that Clarisse was doing the same as me.

"That's a nice trick." The Ares kid said. "But what about your face huh, how can we trust you if we don't know what your face looks like completely?" Chiron stepped forward about to say something, but Jake turned to him and said something that I couldn't hear.

"Are you sure?" Chiron asked. Jake nodded, and turned back towards all of us. He put his hands on his hood, and took a deep breath. In one swift motion he took off his hood. Many campers gasped, and you could almost feel the amount of girl's hearts skipping beats. And I hate to admit this, but mine was one of those hearts that skipped a beat.

His face was gorgeous to say the least. He had dark brown almost black hair; it was messy looking like Percy's hair. Above his left eye he had a gray streak, like Annabeth, and Percy had after they had help up the sky when we went to save Artemis. But that wasn't the most striking thing about his face, not by a long shot. The part of his face that I couldn't seem to stop myself from starring at was his eyes. His eyes were a bright and beautiful crimson.