The below information may not be fully accurate. Yet.

Everyone has consented. Here is the list of contributors to the story:

Authors
Pseudonym Anonymous (formerly Anonymous 901)
Pranu
Kirby525 (You'll be able to find her on Fanfiction dot Net)
Bhavana
Shirley

Grammar Editors
Shu
Charlie

Character Appearances (aka CA)
Nikita
Nick
Tim

Guinea Pig Test Readers
"Cookie" (also CA)
William
Caiyi (also CA)
Eshana (also CA)
Vai**n**iUpa*********
Michael L.
Matthew C.

This is a collaborative story, written by 18 individual bright and capable people.

All characters were based loosely upon the main authors of this fanfic.

I sincerely hope you enjoy this fanfiction!

~ Innovation

Prologue

Dodgeball, Third Person Limited POV

"Pass it over here!" Alex, a mind-reading daughter of Hephaestus and a human-avian-hybrid shouted to her teammate, Pranu. Lately, they've been running out of ammo to chuck the other team with. Her team was made up of people from the Athena, Hephaestus, Poseidon, Aphrodite, and Hermes cabins. The other team was everybody else. She lived at Camp Half-Blood, a camp for demigods- part human, part god- and the few lucky 'experiment' kids who had escaped from the Lab. The Lab was the place where the evil scientists worked, and they kept on experimenting on human children against their will- and locking them up, too, like animals.

The people she actually knew the names of on her team were Bhavana, daughter of Athena and human-avian-feline hybrid, Pranu, daughter of Neptune and a human-avian hybrid like Alex, Nick, son of Aphrodite and the same human-avian hybrid, and Eshana, also a child of Aphrodite and a human-avian hybrid. The rest were people she'd seen before, but didn't actually know.

On the opposing team were Carina, Tim, Ruidi, Caiyi, Charlie and Raven. Carina was daughter of Aeolus, the wind god, and had a pegasus named Kirby; Tim was a son of Zeus, likewise a human-avian hybrid; Ruidi, son of Morpheus and master of poisons, had phoenix blood in him as well, he too was a human-avian hybrid; Caiyi was the son of Erebus, god of darkness, had dragon blood in him and was a human-avian hybrid as well. Together, Caiyi, Tim, and Ruidi were the Legendary Three, and combined their powers- Dragon, Lightning, and Phoenix- were so powerful that it seemed that their power was equal to the gods.

Charlie could control people as long as nothing except for air separated them, and they were within his radius. He was a descendant of Janus, god of new beginnings and hope. Raven- well, she was the daughter of Kronos that, after a long period of discussion among the cabin leaders, was allowed to stay. Nobody really knew much about Raven or the raven that followed her around everywhere. Raven preferred to keep all of her cards to herself and in her hand unless absolutely necessary. And even then she would reluctantly put down one of the weakest ones. However Raven didn't really want to participate in what she called 'brutish and crude' sports so she just became referee.

Anyways. Now that everyone is sufficiently introduced, let us return to the dodgeball game. It was one of the two choices offered by Neesik, the strange 17-year-old almost camp-counselor kid who owned an imaginary beard that he stroked often. The second choice was soccer, which was not as appealing to us than dodgeball was because you didn't get to chuck flaming balls of steel at other demigods. However, everyone else at camp seemed to favor soccer more so there were only a few dozen kids playing dodgeball.

Anyways, back to the game. While everyone else on the other team were looking for "ammo", Carina snatched up a flaming ball, using a little breeze to keep it floating above her hands. Suddenly, she spotted the perfect target. Bhavana was a little off-balance from dodging a throw from Ruidi. Grinning, she aimed straight for Bhavana.

"You're out..," she thought as she drew her arm back and threw the ball with barely any energy. The ball was lightly tossed in the air and curved downwards...too soon. When it seemed like it was going to miss, she willed the wind to push it back on course. The flaming ball of steel flew through the air at full speed toward Bhavana and hit her in the stomach full on. Bhavana was slammed against the wall, her golden eyes wide with surprise and pain. But Carina was already looking the other way, pretending to aim Nick. Now there were only a few people left.

Pranu dug her fingernails into a flaming ball of steel. The water inside her protected her from the intense heat. She grimaced as she saw Bhavana limp toward the bleachers. She looked at who had hit her. "Carina!" Pranu shook her head. Maybe they would have a better chance of winning the golden laurels if Eshana wasn't simply standing in the back checking her hair in the reflection of one of the steel balls. As she aimed at her, Carina turned on her and smiled innocently. For a second, Pranu was in a daze, thinking there was no way that that cute, sweet, angel could've hit Bhavana with that much force. Then she got a grip on her thoughts. Carina is weird, Pranu thought, she's brutally violent, yet can be "innocent" let's say, at times. She could've been a daughter of Aphrodite, with her charming ability, or Ares, with her strength and courage, but apparently she was a daughter of Aeolus, the wind god. It seemed like the wind had blown in characters of each god...

Suddenly Pranu snapped out of her thoughts. A tornado of three flaming steel balls spinning quickly and dangerously had appeared out of nowhere and was heading her way. Oh no...she thought, reacting quickly and leaping into the air, barely managing to backflip out of the way. The tips of her wings were slightly smoking. Unfortunately, Eshana wasn't so lucky. While Eshana was opening the cap of a lipstick, a flaming steel ball had hit her square in the stomach pushing her into Nick and Alex, knocking them down, hard. The lipstick Eshana was holding melted instantly in the heat and spilled all over the three of them. The steel ball Eshana was using as a mirror flew out of her hands, and bounced off of Nick's head. Just as Nick was reaching up to rub his head, another ball from the tornado flew down and hit the exact same spot. The third ball dropped down on Alex's arm. They looked like a huge mess lying on the ground, covered in a gooey pink substance with four steel balls stuck on them thanks to the melted lipstick.

Pranu grimaced as she looked at the pile of bodies. The wind sure could cause a lot of chaos. A strong breeze came out of nowhere and gently lifted the three of them in the air. It dropped them in a pile a few feet outside the thick black boundary line painted on the grass.

Now only she and 2 others were left standing on her team. While on the other team, because of Carina and her wind powers, many still stood ready to throw the flaming balls of steel. While Carina used lots of her energy in the game, she still looked active and ready to pounce on anyone at a moments notice.

Caiyi threw a flaming ball of steel at Pranu. Suddenly, everything went dark. It was as if someone flicked a switch and the sun went out. She knew this was Caiyi's doing. She blindly sprayed streams of water everywhere. As Caiyi was drenched in water, he lost control and everything went back to normal. Everyone was dripping wet except for Pranu. She had knocked the ball to the side but now all flaming balls of steel were simply balls of steel now.

"Oops..," Pranu smirked. While everyone was still shivering, she willed a small stream of water to bring a ball to her. She felt a strong gust of wind blow and knew that she only had a few moments before everyone else on the opposing team came back to their senses. Knowing this, she quickly snatched up the ball and flicked it at Caiyi. Just as Caiyi and everyone else noticed Pranu had threw the ball it hit Caiyi, knocking him down into a huge puddle of water. It didn't matter much since he was already soaking wet.

A strong, hot, dry gust of wind blew through the field, drying everything instantly. Carina smiled. Suddenly Raven stepped forward and snapped her fingers. All the steel balls on her side suddenly lit up with ghostly purple and green flames.

"I find this game shallow yet amusing. But I do enjoy winning all the same," Raven grinned, as she rapidly threw the flaming green and purple balls.

Pranu

It was now few against everyone else. We had a very slim chance of winning, actually, make that no chance of winning. At that moment, I'll say, at least 5 balls hurdled toward me. I knew that there was no chance for me to dodge ALL of them but I should at least try. I closed my eyes and willed the air to be filled with mist, slightly slowing down the balls. Then, I somersaulted softly to the ground, moving like water. one, two, three, four balls had whizzed past me. Where's the last one? I whipped my head around and saw the last one coming quickly at my face. Instantly, I ducked, barely managing to not get hit. The green and purple flames seemed to miss my dark hair by a millimeter.

I let out a breath. Whew. I had actually made it. Then, I saw it. The sixth dodgeball. The one that I hadn't seen. The one that Raven had probably thrown when I was dodging the other five. I was in no position to dodge now. My only hope... was to catch it.

It hit me hard. Really hard. Right in the stomach. "Oomph!" I wheezed, the force of the ball knocking the air out of my lungs and slamming me to the ground. The purple and green flames burned against my stomach. I wanted to pass out, become unconscious, but that little voice in my head said, Be strong, Pranu... I snapped myself out of it. I wrapped my fingers around it, ignoring the pain of the burn. I rolled on the floor three times, before the flames were smothered.

I held the dodgeball, now normal, triumphantly, high above my head. I had caught it.

I leaped to my feet, not believing what I had done. I was probably the first person ever to get Raven out at dodgeball. Nobody could really hit her since she dodged so fast, but catching...

Raven was expressionless as she shimmered and disappeared. I grinned as I covered the ball in a thick layer of ice. Our team was slightly out of order. Everyone wasn't organized. They needed a leader. I smiled, I knew I could guide them.

"Everyone! Grab a ball!" I commanded.

They all snatched a ball off the hard dusty ground.

"Let's all aim it at one person, how about... Carina?" I suggested.

"Yeah!" Everyone agreed.

"One two three!" I counted off.

Bam. All flaming balls of fire were heading straight for Carina.

Carina

I saw that they had formed a plan. As they turned around they aimed for me. I was caught off guard. I easily dodged the first two whizzing past my arm. Then, the rest came...

"OWWWW!" I screamed. Steel balls seriously hurt, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE ON FIRE!

Someone dropped from behind too. I turned, it was Tim. Well I guess it is hard to miss at least 10 balls rushing right for your face.

Suddenly, another dozen or so balls smacked into our team. Few more people were hit. This was bad, now it was our turn to be losing.

Now it was basically up to Charlie and Ruidi to chuck steel and fire at the opposing team.

Charlie

We were losing. And I thought Raven was going to be good at dodgeball! Oh well. I guess the Void doesn't prepare one for dodgeball... Suddenly, I got an idea. I tried to mind-control Pranu into attacking her team members, but the referee Neesik called a foul. He then explained to me, "Charlie, sorry, but, well, ah, the dodgeballs have to be flung from the other side..."

"Oh," I replied.

"I'll let this one pass. Just once," Neesik decided, then continued the game.

I suddenly saw everyone on the other team turn toward me and fling millions of flaming steel dodgeballs in my face.

Ruidi

Of course they hit their mark. How could they not? And then, I was the only one left.

Everyone on the opposing team picked up a steel ball that was lying around and eyed me murderously. I imagined all of those flaming steel balls thumping into me. Hard. At a hundred miles per hour.

"D'ya surrender?" Pranu called from the across the boundary line, with a huge smirk on her face.

"NEVER!" I yelled at her, thinking fast. This was not good. Their team had outnumbered us at the start almost 3 to 1. I tried to think of a plan, any strategy that could work. I suddenly remembered that toxic smoke grenade that I'd invented a few days ago. I took it out, and threw it directly at the person nearest to me, who was some random Hephaestus guy that was on their team.

The effect was immediate. The second it hit the floor, it exploded, throwing the Hephaestus guy off his feet and a toxic green-colored cloud emerged, spreading quickly over a yard-sized area. Everyone in that area's eyes bugged out and their faces started changing colors, ranging in various shades of purple and green. Then, they gasped collectively and fainted.

Sadly I wasn't able to take out any more prominent players. I counted at least five Aphrodites and three Athenas down, not counting the Hephaestus guys who were thrown off by the grenade.

A bunch of medics rushed onto the field and began carrying away the people who were 'poisoned'. One of them even glared at me.

Now, everyone who's worrying about these people, it may seem like this 'toxic' smoke's fatal. Actually, it's not. It just looks it. That's the true beauty of it. After a few days they'll wake up and feel normal again. It's only temporary.

"FOUL!" Neesik blew his whistle. "Ruidi, I hate to say this since that was a brilliant invention, sorry, rules are rules, you're disqualified. You may not use outside objects in this dodgeball game to hit opponents with. Only dodgeballs may be used. Which means-" he turned to the other team- "You guys win!"

"WHOOO!" "YAAAAYY!" The other team erupted into cheers, stomping their feet and lifting Pranu into the air.

Charlie

Well. They got the laurels. Whatever. A laurel was just some kind of circley gold crown thingy that I didn't really need. So whatever.

Raven

Camp is more than suitable for my current disposition. I am grateful that the campers had decided to allow me to reside here. I am, however, slightly surprised that the girl, Pranu, was able to catch one of the spheres that I had placed a Phantom Flame enchantment on. She may be stronger than her appearance suggests. A firm leader.

And that was fine by me. I preferred the spot in the shadows, my name known, but nothing else. Working behind the curtains, as they say. I am content that way.

I shall admit, I underestimated her. That shall be a lesson learned- never underestimate your opponents, no matter how weak they may seem.

Neesik

It's been a long time since we'd had an invasion. Not that I wanted one or anything. It was just a little bit too peaceful to believe. A little bit too quiet. I liked it this way, but I got a gut feeling that something's going to happen.

A/N

Maybe you need some explaining here. Neesik takes the place of Chiron. I have no idea why or how he got elected and also have no idea why or how Chiron's disappeared (as I only joined in on the 48th chapter of the first book). I am quite certain that that was explained in the Lost Chapters (namely, chapters 15 to 28), but they were sadly, as the name implies, lost. I will explain further to any inquiries you have, simply send me a personal message.