Alright, after that 'Flashfoward' style prolouge it's time to take a step back in time, meet the characters, meet the monsters, and most importantly meet an actual 'go somewhere' storyline.

Disclaimer: Still not sure if I need this (review and let me know :D), but I don't PJO, or much really.

Tims POV

Two weeks earlier

Another day at Camp Half Blood, wake up, train, listen to rock music, train, hang out, train, dinner, train, ignore camp fire sing along, train, sleep. So unless you thought I love trainspotting, you'd realise this is the rigorous life of an underling of Clarisse. I'm Tim Glaciel, son of Maria Glaciel and Ares. I thought that today would be just like every other tuesday (which is the same as everyday of the week) , but hades, my old math teacher couldn't have guessed I could be this wrong.

My sarcasm has always got me in trouble, detention for a year trouble, $1000 fine trouble, public humiliation trouble, but fighting hordes of greek monsters along side Sleepy and Beauty...that was new even to me. When Clarisse had questioned whether or not the new balance rope would hold her wait, it's seemed kinda like a gift from the gods, again, couldn't have been more wrong. The words "Sure, and then you'll learn to fly with the other pigs..." muttered under my breath sent the whole cabin into laughter, except Clarisse. Heres a tip, always make exeptions to general rules for Clarisse.

"YOU! You'll pay for this newbie..." Clarisse grimaced. "Oh, and some pigs can fly, Percy killed it in the Titan War though...but you wouldn't know a thing about that, would ya newbie?"

Ugh, Titan War this, Percy that, I wish my dad could've claimed me a wee bit earlier so I wouldn't have this reputation as a coward for being claimed the day after it ended. Then again, why ask my dad for that when a simple hello seems a too much. Clarisse ate my breakfast, in an attempt to punish me, I wanted to insult her but I heard my mums voice telling me not to. So I done as I always done, I trained.

2 Hours later, I'd broken a sweat. For some reason, most likely divine, I could swing a sword around for hours without tiring, yet 1 mile into a cross country I'm vommitting. There's no therapy like dicing off dummy-heads therapy. It would have been perfect, I'd found my groove, I'd hit quadruple didgets of destroyed dummies and I was feeling good. Typically, the moment I'm grateful for something, THE FATES TO THE RESCUE, something ruins it, in this case someone. Not just any someone Shelly Van de Mare.

Shelly was brought here same time as me, claimed at the same time, and had the same issues from her Aphrodite cabin mates as I had from my Ares siblings. Yet, she made no attempt to get to know me at all. She was beautiful, like most her cabin, but she was different. Long red wavy hair, on olive skin, to fit her slender, elegant frame. My jaw dropped the way it did when I seen a weapon commercial, too much. She gave me this look that said, umm can you stop that? I'm too cool and good looking for you. She probably didn't mean that at all, but I'm a pessimist so thats how I interpreted it. She walked right up to me, reached her arm out, leaned in, looked me directly in the eyes, winked and...grabbed a sword from the rack behind me. Whoa, whoa, HOLD UP! A girl from the Aphrodite Cabin training, this ain't right. If I'd had a camera, I would've taken photographic evidence. Then even more surprisingly, she used it...and she used it good.

We trained together in an unawkward silence, til she looked up, wiped sweat off her forehead, and held out her non killing hand, "I'm Shelly, of the Aphrodite Cabin. Introduce yourself." she said it calmly, and confidently. She sounded bossy, but for some reason I felt obliged to. Oh, right. My siblings had warned me about charm speaking. Who cares, she's pretty.

"Tim Glaciel, Son of Ares" and shook her hand, which was surprisingly rough. She smiled, casually diced off a dummy head as you do during introductions and said "Your good, wanna train with me?"

She was good, but I was a child of Ares, I continued to disarm her, again and again. Everytime she would last longer, everytime I had to use a new move, she was observant and quick to adapt.

Battle 78, my tired body was telling me. I started with a side sweep, she dodged back and with extra momentum came hurling toward me, I parried her blow. She done some kind of deadly ballerina trick where she span around fast sword out, I ducked, and tackled her...and that tackle created one of the most awkward moments of my life. Here I was, perched on top of this beautiful girl I barely know, and who tells us it's time for dinner...Chiron? Nope. Siblings of mine? Nope. FATES TO THE RESCUE! The Aphrodite cabin, all of them.

"Oooh, see I told you the newbies got along" One them squeaked in between her giggling.

"Please grow up you guys, as for you two. Dinners ready" said the leader of the cabin, Piper McClean.

"Well, uh, I better, um, go eat. Nice meeting you, bye!" I said at a million miles an hour, and hurried out of the arena just as fast.

And so, I went to dinner and ate dinner, ate it, and was about to leave before...FATES TO THE RESCUE! Rachel, the Oracle, blurted out a prophecy...just my luck.

Three must go to rescue one

Or camp ruins for those to come

A deadly path that they must face

One to be lost, without a trace.

Due to what most would call unfortunate circumstances, and I call my life. Shelly was chosen, but don't worry, she has a cabin leader to protect her! Did I mention it's Clovis...He volunteered sleeptalking, and nobody dejected. Our fearless leader, Clarisse was about to go, but then in the corner of her eye, she seen my dread.

"Actually, newbie just volunteered" She pronounced. Noone heard my protesting over the mixture of cheering and laughter.

So, Chiron settled it. And within an hour, I was out of Camp Half Blood with Sleepy and Beauty as my companions with no clue where to go.

Just my luck.

Woot, unfolding plot that is kinda justified. I apologize for this chapter dragging on, I just kinda wanted to get a 'Ares Cabin' narration, opposed to the usual Grand Hero, everybody loves me deal. Anyway you can tell me off when you REVIEW, if you can be bothered read, you can review. Ciao.