So, I really have nothing to say rather thanks for actually reading my story. Let's get started. Oh yeah, the stuff in this chapter belongs to Suzanne Collins, not me.(You'll see what I mean)

As they walked towards the Big House Chiron walked out of the house to greet them.

"Greetings, Acacius" Chiron said as he walked towards them.

"Hey, Chiron" Acacius replied

Turning to me Chiron said, "Greetings..."

"Matt" I replied, "Also, no need to introduce me to the camp, I know most of the stuff that goes on here"

With a confused look on his face he turned towards Acacius for answers.

"Riorden" Acacius said to him.

After Acacius said that the confused look cleared from Chiron's face and turned into a look of understanding.

Turning towards me again Chiron said, "Well then, we'll show you around camp an then we'll find you some weapons from the armory so you aren't wandering around defenseless."

Walking away from me I started to follow him.

Waving his hand to the right side of him he said, "As you know this is the Big House, where we have our counselor meetings, and where we assemble before a quest is made." continuing on he kept talking, "You will be staying in the Hermes cabin until you are claimed by your father or mother, which is it?"

"Father" I replied.

"Alright then, now, what weapons have you ever used?"

"Ummm, Bows, and... nothing else, I'm also not very good with bows, but I'm very smart." I added.

"Ok, we'll go talk to Will first, he'll be at the archery range." Chiron said while he hurried on.

As we were walking there we passed the field where people were learning sword fighting, something about it seemed natural...familiar to me. Turning my head forward again I started to jog to catch up to Chiron as he got to the archery range.

Turning towards us will addressed Chiron first, 'Hey, Chiron, new camper?"

"Yes, Will, this is Matt, he just arrived with Acacius." he replied

Sticking out my hand I said, "Nice to meet you Will."

"Nice to meet you too, Matt." he replied, "Now, you can only be here because you either have some skill with archery or you want to learn."

After I nodded he continued

"So, which type of bow do you use most?" he asked

After hesitating for a second I replied,"Compound."

Nodding Will walked towards the building behind him, "Ok, first thing you need to know, this is where we keep all of our bows. Second all the arrows are...

"Tipped with Imperial Gold or Celestial Bronze, I know" I said before he finished.

Before Will could say anything in return Chiron interrupted and said "Riorden"

"Ok" Will said, "now, were is that Compound bow?"

After finding the compound bow Will turned around and gave it to me, walking back towards the archery range Will yelled, "Alright, everyone off the range, newbie here!"

After everybody was off the range will handed me an arrow and said, "Hit that target, the one 10 meters away."

Drawing back my arm and pinching my shoulders together I held my arm up for a second and then let the arrow fly, it landed about halfway inside of the gold ring. Grunting Will pointed to the target 20 meters away. This time the arrow landed on the red, scraping the yellow. Will said nothing and pointed at the 30 meter target, this time my arrow landed on the red again, but only just. "Again" Will said while picking up his own bow. Drawing back again I sensed Will do the same, staying relaxed I held my position for longer than necessary. Then, right before I was about to shoot, I dropped my aim my a quarter of an inch, and released. Will released a half a second after me. And I realized my instincts were right, he had been trying to shoot my arrow out of the air. As my arrow sailed under his and lodged itself in the blue art of the target. His arrow sailed over mine and landed harmlessly in the ground.

Looking on in shock the campers were trying to comprehend what just happened, Will never missed a shot, never. And then I had outsmarted him. Walking away a guy in a dark jacket walked up to me and said,"You, archery kid, I want you on my team."

Looking at him with a confused look on my face he explained "Tonight is Capture the Flag with the Romans."

As understanding dawned on me I said,"Oh, thanks, anyways, my name Matt."

"Nico" he said.

"Wouldn't you have to make an alliance with the Hermes cabin for me to be on your team?" I asked.

'Nope" he said, "Since you haven't been claimed yet you aren't apart of any cabin, unless your father claims you right now" as he said that he looked above my head.

"Nothing yet" I said.

Dinner

As I scraped a portion of my plate into the hearth I said to myself, "For Hestia, thank you for welcoming me to your hearth."

Sitting back down at the Hermes table I finished eating my dinner right before Chiron made an announcement. Looking up at him he started to speak, "Thank you all for being here tonight, as most of you already know. We will be playing capture the flag tonight, but instead of two teams there will be 4 teams. Each team will be made up of a combination of Greeks and Romans. Most of you have already made your teams, so go find them. We will start as soon as every team has gotten to their flag.

Standing up I walked over to Nico, who had been joined by a really buff guy, probably Frank. A girl wearing medals on her Camp Jupiter shirt, probably Reyna. And then Hazel, the girl with curly chocolate brown hair. A I got over there Nico said, "Good, now we can start, Frank, Hazel, Reyna, this I Matt."

As I tentatively raised my hand I gave them I small smile.

"What's he good for?" Reyna asked

"I'm here because I can knock you out from over 30 meters away" I replied.

Smiling Reyna said, "I like him already."

"Ok" said Nico, "let's get started."

After spending 10 minutes explaining the plan to us he asked, "Everyone good?"

As we all nodded in agreement we got our weapons and moved towards where are flag was. As we got there the horn sounded from outside of the woods, following my part of the plan I ran forward until I got to where the action was taking place. Climbing into a tree I concealed myself behind leaves where people wouldn't see me easily. And waited for the battle to begin. I was supposed to take out the most powerful people on the field. My targets were Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Clairesse, and Calypso. As I notched my first arrow I saw the enemy team in the distance. As the rest of our team moved out of the woods to confront the other 3 teams I saw Annabeth and Percy walking on the opposite side of the field with the majority of their team, looks like they were going for assault. To the left of me Leo and Calypso were side-by-side as well, with very little of their team. And to the right Clairesse walked out with what looked like all of her team. As all of the teams halted at the edge of the clearing I waited nervously for the first move to happen. Then, all of a sudden, Percy raised his sword and the Romans and Greeks alike moved in unison towards the center. At the same time Leo and Calypso started to jog forward towards Percy and Annabeth. Nico and Reyna only moved about halfway into the clearing. Close enough to retreat easily, but also far enough out for them to join the fight.

As the two teams converged on each other they started to pick up the pace until they were charging at each other full force yelling war cries. As the two teams converged I saw that Leo and Calypso were standing across from Percy and Annabeth. And they were separated from the fight. Closer to us than to their own flags. Perfect I thought to myself. Raising my bow up to shoot I aimed at Percy's head. But in the instance I realized he was about to walk forward. So instead I moved my aim a slight bit forward and let the arrow fly. As I watched the arrow fly it bounced straight into Percy's temple and knocked him out immediately. Taking advantage of Annabeth's confusion the two of them quickly jumped towards her. Just as I nocked another arrow they forced Annabeth to the ground. Taking careful I aim I shot towards Leo this time. This time I hit him in the back of the head. After I hit him he stood up and stumbled after falling on top of Annabeth. Pushing Leo off of herself, Annabeth sprung up into a fighting stance across from Calypso.

As Nico had told me I slid down the tree and went up to him to join the battle. Nodding to me Nico pulled out his sword and Reyna did the same. Charging forward together they joined the battle and started to wreck mayhem as I stayed back and picked people off from a distance.

Once I ran out of arrows I pulled out my sword and ran out to join them as they were cleaning up the last enemies. As I joined them Nico said to me,

"Alright, let's go get their flags"

Nodding I followed the two of them until we got to the edge of Blue team, Percy and Annabeth's team. And Orange team, or Leo and Calypso's team.

"Ok, Reyna and me will take Orange's flag as they'll probably have more people guarding it." Nico said, "Matt, you go and scout Blue's flag, grab it if there's no one guarding it."

Moving in opposite directions I started towards the edge of Blue's area, and started to work my way in towards the center of Blue's territory. After about 10 minutes I came upon a clearing with a small river running along the edge of the clearing. And in the center, the Blue flag, looking around I didn't see anyone, so I started towards the flag. Just as I got to it I thought I heard someone behind me so I spun around ready to fight. Looking behind me I saw no one, and as I was about to turn around I heard someone behind me. For sure this time. Spinning around I was just lucky enough to get kicked in the chest and sent flying through the air about 5 yards.

As I lay there trying to get my breath back I waited for the guy to get right on top of me. And just when he was about to knock me unconscious I surged upwards and somehow managed to hit him underneath his jaw and knock him out as well. Backing up as the rest of the defenders came out of the woods to get me I yelled as loud as I could.

"Blue flag! Nico! Deep inside of the center of the woods! Watch for an am-"

As one of the blue guys rushed me it cut my sentence off. Dodging to the side I heard one of the guys say, "Awww, look at that, he thinks his teammates will come help him." chuckling he continued, "Cute."

As anger coursed through my body I hit the guy that I evaded with the flat of my blade. As he collapsed onto the ground I realized that my vision was starting to splinter a little.

Wahhh? What's happening? Maybe that guy hit me harder than I thought.

As the other guys growled at me I realized what was happening to my vision.

"Ohh, no... this is really bad" I muttered to myself.

Stumbling away I turned to start running until one guys said, "Oh look, he's running away to mommy! How cute!"

Laughing the guys advanced me.

Ok, I could deal with other insults but this was it. They were gonna get it now.

Turning around I embraced the splintered vision and let loose, once I regained control of myself I looked behind me to see all of them on the ground, hopefully unconscious, and grabbed the flag. Running towards our boarder I made it there first and so I scored the first point for us. Just as I planted the flag in the ground I heard running footsteps behind me. Turning, I saw Nico and Reyna running towards our territory breathless, with a few minor scratches. About 5 yards before they were about to cross onto our territory a demigod suddenly jumped from the bushes and grabbed Nico. Holding Nico, the guy shoved his sword straight through Nico's gut.

Before Reyna could even raise her sword I raised my hand and skeletal hands erupted from the ground and started to pull the demigod towards the ground. With waves of fear rolling off of me towards the surrounding area I walked towards the demigod that was being held down.

"You." I spoke the words venomously, "You, created a rage so deep in some people's hearts, it will never be satisfied. So, I banish you to the fields of punishment for all of eternity, you will suffer for what you have done."

"No! You can't do this! Please! N-" his pleas were cut short as a he vanished into the ground.

Sliding down towards Nico I saw Reyna bent over his body, crying. As I slid onto the ground I became aware of other people gathering around.

"No" I said force-ably. "He will not die. I will draw the injuries into my own body if need be."

Looking up Reyna asked, "How?"

"I am a Son of Hades, why not?"

Putting my hands over him I heard some gasps from the crowd around us. Searching I finally found his soul, already having left his body it was fleeing towards the underworld.

"Oh no you don't" I muttered.

Sort of grabbing the soul I forced it towards Nico's body. And as I dragged the soul closer I heard Reyna gasp.

"His wounds... they- they're closing." she said.

Keeping my concentration I kept pulling on his soul until it fitted perfectly into his body. And then, I finally let go.

Opening my eyes I saw Nico sitting up, rubbing his eyes like he had just had a bad night's sleep. Just as a smile creep onto my face, my eyes rolled to the back of my head and I started to spasm uncontrollably. At least, that's what happened according to Reyna.

After I woke up I saw Reyna standing over me. As I sat up I gripped my head as it exploded with pain. Quickly putting some ambrosia in my mouth Reyna quickly stepped back. As the flavor of delicious apple pie exploded inside of my mouth. As my headache receded I sighed.

"Thanks"

"It's the least I could do" Reyna replied, "After all, you brought back Nico."

"Really?" I asked, "wasn't sure he was actually alive or just a reanimation."

"He's alive again, in flesh and blood" she replied.

As if on cue Nico walked in with his face grim with news.

"We've got a new prophecy" he said.

Reciting it from memory it sounded like this.

The sons of death and a daughter of war

Shall travel far

For world of dirt and up above

They shall go

Water's son and wisdom's daughter

They shall go

For the son of fire

Is in love for life

A sealed fate

Death has made

And hope of love is faint

For the son of death's life

Is never easy

Hope you all enjoyed! Sorry for the cliffhanger. But there need to be some questions, otherwise no one wants me to continue. See if you can figure out some of the prophecy, keep in mind Suzanne Collins and another on of Rick Riorden's series. Thanks

-WOAM