I'm so very sorry for my unplanned vacation. We moved, and I didn't have much access to a computer in a whole month. But anyways, this a better version of House of Demigods. (To me at least.) I didn't really like how the other version was going. But still, same plot and idea, just slightly different. And more detailed, by my part.

It was just another day in the House of Anubis for Nina, Amber, Patricia, Mara, Jerome, Fabian, Mick, and Alfie.

Or so they thought.

Alfie stumbled into the dining room, looking like a zombie in the movies he and Jerome watch. As he settled in his seat, Trudy served him a stack of her notorious pancakes. Unfortunately, Alfie had comfortably used his pancakes as a pillow.

Nina giggled. "Having fun, Alfie?"

Alfie just groaned. Then he muttered, "Studied for Mrs. Anderson's test all night. Too drained for pancakes." Considering Alfie's desire for food, it was completely horrifying that he didn't want to even eat Trudy's pancakes.

Everyone was having an astonishingly great time at breakfast.

It might seem so very ordinary for you, but not in this house. Sure, most of the time these kids are peaceful and composed, but at times it can be very on edge. Take last year, for instance. Six of them formed a top secret-

Ding dong! Went the doorbell.

"I'll get it!" Trudy called from the kitchen.

Trudy made her way past the entrance hall and checked to see who was knocking on the door. Victor had gone out for an errand, so Trudy supposed it was him and he had forgotten his keys.

When she checked who it was through the peephole, she knew it wasn't Victor. Absolutely not Victor. It was a girl and a boy, both looking a little too familiar to Trudy. The boy had black hair and bright green eyes. He was talking to the girl next to him, who had princess-like blond hair and stern grey eyes. Both of them wore similar orange shirts. At the moment, Trudy's memory came back to her, and she opened the door.

The boy stared at her, examining Trudy. "Trudy? Trudy Rehmann?"

Trudy smiled and hugged the two of them. She sighed. "Percy! Annabeth! What're you two doing here?"

The girl, Annabeth, just smiled. "Chiron had told us to tell you he needs you. It's very urgent."

"Well, why couldn't Chiron ask another to lend a hand, like Grover?"

"Grover is busy with another mission." Annabeth moved a piece of hair out of the way. "Besides, he means you and only you would know."

As Trudy began to recall what Chiron told her the past three years, she heard a booming sound coming from the kitchen.

She heard Amber scream, and Trudy rushed over to help. As she saw what was happening, Trudy nearly passed out.

Before her and the others was a twelve foot tall Minotaur.

Nina couldn't believe her eyes.

A twelve foot tall half man, half bull thing just appeared in the dining room. And it had to be a school day, of all days.

Amber was shrieking her little heart out. Nina had to cover her ears just to prevent her ears from breaking.

As Trudy rushed in to the rescue, in came two other kids, one boy and one girl. They both seemed ready to defeat this thing. Even more surprising: they didn't even look scared.

Nina, Fabian, Amber, Mick, Mara, Alfie, Patricia, and Jerome all hid under the table. They all got into a somewhat fetal position, ready for an earthquake. Nina kept her eyes shut the whole time. She could feel the pressure and the tension from under the table.

This can't be happening, Nina thought. It's just a nightmare, and I'm going to wake up soon.

"I thought I killed you four years ago," Nina heard a boy say. It was mostly likely the one that ran in, the one with black hair and green eyes. "Back for seconds?"

Something grunted. "I'm just the beginning, Perseus Jackson. You may not know this, but it's not just me that's coming. There will be more."

"What're you doing here, anyway?" A girl's voice said. She was the one with blonde hair and gray eyes.

Nina had to open her eyes, out of curiosity. She saw the boy and girl pointing at the monster with… a sword and dagger? What kind of sixteen year-olds carry lethal weapons? The monster slowly backed up, still holding his stance. His body was pointed toward the fireplace.

Then she saw Trudy standing in the sidelines. She knew the monster was aiming straight for her. Nina knew she couldn't just leave Trudy for dead. So she did the only thing sensible.

Nina threw herself to Trudy, pushing Trudy out of the way just before the monster head-butted on the old fireplace.

Nina was panting like crazy. She was relieved, of course, but still terrified. She could've died!

The monster grunted as he got himself up once more. As he got up, he saw Nina. His eyes changed from mad to pure fury.

"It's you again," he said. "The little Death Princess."

Nina just stood there, shocked. "What are you talking about? I'm no death princess."

"Don't try to fool me with your trickery, Death Princess," the monster said, getting ready to charge once again. "You're not getting away with it again."

Nina screamed as she awaited her death.

Then something happened.

Her chest felt a little warm. Then warmer and warmer as the monster got closer and closer to her. Her chest felt as if it was a pot of boiling water, and the bubbles were rolling.

When she felt the blinding red glow, and she had to shut her eyes. When she opened them again, the monster was gone. He just… disappeared. Not even one trace that the past fifteen minutes or so ever even happened. All the things were in their perfect places. The wall was back to what it was before. There was nothing.

As Nina's housemates slowly emerged out from under the dining table, the boy with black hair, Perseus, said, "Okay. Whatever just happened was creepy."

Trudy stared at Nina, as well as everyone else. Then the girl with blond hair spoke up. "One thing I know for sure: we've got to get these kids to Camp."

I'd love some constructed critisism. Notice how I put contructive. I believe that's aboout it.

-FFE