Okay, I re-read my last story and realized I made like A BILLION mistakes! I'm SOOO sorry that must have been torture for you guys! That's because I had to rush through it! I'm so sorry, I promise I'll revise and edit from now on! BTW I'll only write a new chapter if I get a satisfying amount of reviews….Oh, about 20? Maybe less… Depends on how many are good reviews! WELL HERE IS…..DA DA DA DA…Chapter 2! Oh BTW again, here's a few points you may want to know before we make it to CHB:

Thalia isn't a hunter.

Luke isn't a traitor.

There's nothing between Thalia and Luke. They're just REALLY good friends (sorry Luklia fans! I just don't like the pairing!)

Thalia's appearance is different (I've always figured she had a punk Avril Lavigne aura to her)

Bianca is not dead.

And if anything else that contradicts the book appears, than don't criticize, just read. ;D

Chapter 2

"Ah!" I jumped back farther. I was terrified. An old hag just said she wanted to kill me…How else was I supposed to feel?

She had snakes crawling about in her hair…Wait, no. The snakes were her hair… Gross. She seemed to have what looked suspiciously like blood dripping out of her eye sockets. That made me want to vomit.

"Oh, Dearie," She said in that same creepy tone, "Don't run. It just makes my job ever-so harder."

"Who—what are you!" I demanded, trying my best to stay calm and sound brave. Now that I look back at it, trying to intimidate it seems kind of stupid and pointless.

"Darling, my name's Megaera, the Fury of jealousness."

"Well," My voice shaked, "W-what do you want from me?"

Megaera laughed. Not like a ha-ha laugh, but like a horrendous shriek that made me want to run screaming back to Ol' tubby Mrs. Melonie; hopefully my new friend would find Mrs. Melonie much more appetizing than me.

"Oh, I want nothing from you; I want you," She spread out her arms like wings and pounced at me. Naturally, my reaction was to run screaming "Help! Oh, dear God HELP!" through the forest. Megaera was right behind me every step of the way. No matter what I did, I couldn't lose her. I tried ducking behind trees, and in bushes. But it didn't work. I started to feel like that thing was just playing with me. Eventually, I got to the point where I couldn't run anymore. I stopped by a few rocks and a river, breathing heavily.

"Aw!" Megaera sounded so sad I almost felt bad for her, "You done already? Humph, I've met half-bloods with way larger stamina than you!"

"Hey!" I defended. "Wait…What's a…That."

"That?" She asked quizzically, "You're not athletic…you're not smart…What do you have?

"Stop it!" I demanded, anger creeping up in my voice, "A…A half-blood. What do you mean?"

Megaera rolled her eyes, as if the question was asked so often it was annoying, "You know. Half god, half human: Half-blood."

"No…" I was well beyond confused. God? Had she said God? "So…Like Jesus?"

"Oh, please!" She shrieked with laughter, "You way too annoying and insufferable, as well as less important, to be anywhere near relatable to Jesus Christ!"

"Wow…I think…My self-esteem just hit rock bottom." I muttered, "Than what do you mean!"

"I mean you're a demi-god! Some Greek god, or goddess, partnered up with a human and created you: some pathetic excuse of a demi-god. Fortunately for me, I found you before that horrid camp!"

"Dude!" I shouted, "Enough with the insults! And…Wait, what's this talk about Greek gods and goddess' and…and a camp? There's a camp involved?"

She rolled her eyes again, "Whatever. I'm supposed to be eating you, not discussing what could have been with you!"

"…Huh?"

"Oh, the heck with it!" She leaped at me. This was it. It was all over now. I'd never got it go to high-school, or prom, or graduate. I'll never get married and start a family, either. Worst of all… I'd never gotten to say goodbye to Ty—No. That's right, I made Ty a promise. If we ever had an opportunity, we'd go for it. This camp. That was our opportunity.

I rose my arm up just as Megaera was about to sink her fangs into me, and a miracle happened. Megaera had frozen solid, and smashed on the ground below her.

Did I do that? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course I did that! I'd turned Mrs. Melonie's house to stone, didn't I? I must have done this, too. I glanced at my hands and, sure enough, they were purple; just as they had been before. Something else was the same, too. Not only the unnaturally colored hands, but my motivation. Both times I'd done the impossible; I was doing it for Ty. I was yelling at Mrs. Melonie because her lack of care for him, and I killed Megaera because I made Ty a promise. I had to find him.

I made my way out of the forest, and onto the street. I didn't hear any sirens…that was strange. Maybe the police thought Mrs. Melonie was a couple fries short the combo meal, if you catch my drift, and simply thought she bought all the stuff or something. I decided to take my opportunity and find Ty…He loved to go to the plaza around the bank, maybe he was there. I walked a few blocks, attracting a lot of glares at my PJ's, and eventually made it there. Cosmos Videos. That was his favourite place; the owner would let him try out the games. It was a small joint. I peered through the window and saw rows and rows of what was probably the latest stuff; but no Ty. The only other place in the plaza other than the bank was a gym and a pizza shop. I doubted he'd be in either one of those places since he had no money.

After that, I was stumped. Maybe he'd gone back to Mrs. Melonie's house. But as soon as he realized I had left, he'd obviously run and go looking for me. What was I going to do? I remembered Megaera saying something about a camp. She called me half-god and half human, but not as important as Jesus. What was that supposed to mean? My head was reeling. I needed help. And if Megaera wasn't lying than there was only one way I'd get it. Because my next action was going to be that of a psycho, I decided to do it in the forest where nobody could see me.

"Um…Hi." I said to the sky, "Mom…Or dad…Or whoever's nice enough to listen." I felt like a nutbar talking to myself like that, but it was my only shot, "Um…Yeah, so, I just found out I'm a half…Uh, half you. You guys are, like, the Greek Gods, or Goddesses. Like Apollo, and Athena. To be honest, I've never believed in you guys before…I just really need your help. You see, my little brother—He's missing. And I need to know where he is so we can run away. If you'd be so nice as to give me a hint of where he is…Or make him appear….Or make me appear there. Just, you know, do your thing...Please."

Nothing seemed to be helping. I waited for a while, sitting on a stump, for some kind of sign. After about 15 minutes of adding random pleases and thank-you's, I started to get fed up.

"You know what—Fine." I stood up and spoke as loud as possible, "I don't need your help! I've never needed anyone's help ever! I'm probably the most independent 11 year old ever! I'll find him BY MYSELF."

My shouting most of caught some attention. I heard some shuffling, and out of the bushes a giant with one eye and a club appeared. It was the one who attacked me yesterday. I decided to stay in the bush until it left, but than it did the unexpected.

"Aria! Help!" It was Ty's voice…Coming out of the giant. What. The. Heck.

"He's got me Aria!" Ty's voice said again, and then made a strangled cry that sounded so painful I had to cover my mouth to avoid screaming. "Help me! Help—Oh forget it."

He said that last thing in a rough, brutal, husky voice. After that, he left the way he came. I just had to follow him. I mean, how else would he know what Ty sounds like unless he had Ty? Besides, even if he didn't have Ty, I could defend myself with my newly found power.

I crept after the giant, hiding in bushes and behind trees so he wouldn't notice me. I was freezing to death. My pajamas were damp and soggy; while my slippers had sucked up so much cold water it was really no different than walking in the snow. But I had to keep going. I had to help Ty. Eventually the monster had led me to a cave; with no cover except for a corner and a wall that I could hide behind while eavesdropped.

After the beast turned the corner, I ran up to the wall and pressed my frost-bitten back to it. I closed my eyes and focused all my attention on listening.

"Ow…ow…" I head Ty's faint voice moan. But I couldn't be sure it was him.

"Shut up!" A more brutal voice spoke, " This's the first time I've ever had an Ares kid, and I don't wasn't you whining to ruin it!"

Ares kid? I ran through my mind, trying to find an Ares. He was Greek. The god of…of war? Wasn't that Athena? Oh, well he's in charge of something violent. And…and he was Ty's dad?

"I…don't know what you're talking about…" He spoke quietly.

"Doesn't matter!" The monster shouted, "Most Ares kids are tough, I suppose that gene missed you!"

"Ouch?"

"Oh, I'll give you something to whine about." I heard a sound. Kind of what yu get when you punch a punching bag. I peered around the corner and saw Ty. He was on the ground. Bruised, broken, blood and battered. I almost cried. How could anyone do that to an eight-year-old? Especially Ty? He's so sweet and innocent…

I raised my hand to do my magic stuff. It turned purple and I willed the giant to fly into the air.

"What….What the heck?" He screamed as he flailed around in the air.

I ran over to Ty and held him, "Ty! Ty wake up!"

"Aria?" he responded weakly.

"Yes," I'll admit. I started to cry. But, hey, don't blame me. This was a lot to take in for an eleven-year-old.

"You little brat!" The giant screamed from above, "No silly magician can take me down!"

He started to flail a lot, and I felt my control over him breaking. Uh, oh.

He dropped several feet to the ground, free of my control.

"You insufferable, little, half-blood witch!" He started looming over to us, "I'm gonna—,"

I never got to find out what he wanted to do. His head was too busy rolling away from his body, which was turning into dust. He had been beheaded.

At first I didn't see what happened. Than a tall, blond girl with storm-cloud colored eyes appeared out of nowhere, holding a cap.

"Way to go, Annabeth." A tall(ish) boy with black hair and sea green eyes appeared from around the corner I was hiding by.

She flashed him a smile and then turned her attention to us, "Hi, my name's Annabeth. That's Percy.—," The boy waved at us,"—Don't worry. We're going to take you where you'll be safe from monsters."

I was stunned. I had no idea what to say after what had just happened.

"Where?" Ty asked curiously, but still fragile.

"Well," Percy started to answer, "a nice little place called Camp Half-Blood."

BTW that combo meal crack…Yeah I was basically saying she was a nutbar (crazy, psychotic, etc.)…js for our dumber readers :D lol jkjk I believe that everybody's smart in their own way ;D

~Lolita La'Epic