Parker and Spencer stood over my shoulder with their mouths open. I couldn't believe it, but for the first time I saw fear in Spencer's eyes which was impossible because Spencer is never afraid. Monsters, titans, war, giving her report card to her high expectation mother, you name it. But I was really scared too because the few sentences on the black sheet of paper would frighten any demigod.

"We have to go again," Parker said, trembling. I couldn't agree more, but there was a small problem which may disallow us to leave.

"What about the monsters? They're practically waiting for us," I said. Spence looked outside the window. She then went to the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife.

"We've been training for this moment for years Soph," Spencer began, raising her knife. "We will escape forcefully. If anyone else gets a glance at this letter..." She shook her head in disgust. I don't blame her, that short paragraph was terrible. Even my dyslexia was worse when I was reading the letter.

"So we'll kill the monsters?" Parker asked.

Spencer shrugged. "Do we have another choice?"

Seriously, I would have expected this girl to be a daughter of Ares, not Poseidon. She's so eager to fight sometimes and so feisty. I mean my half-sister Annabeth was eager to go out into the world and fight monsters, but she and Spence have different reasons.

"Then you guys are doing the dirty work, I work hard for this perfect hair," Parker pointed at her perfect 'do.

"Fine. Looks like it's you and me smarty," Spencer told me. I suddenly felt really nervous. The truth is that I'm not really into fighting. Blood scares me. I may be the daughter of Athena who's the goddess of war strategy, but just like Mom I don't like war. I would rather have tea with the enemy and talk about our differences until we resolve them.

"Uh, maybe I shouldn't fight...?" I said probably really awkwardly. Spencer and Parker looked at me like I was crazy.

"Soph, we need you! C'mon, Annabeth's a really good fighter, you should be too!" Parker told me.

You didn't want to fight Parker! And stop comparing me to Annabeth! I wanted to yell out.

"What I meant is that I'll be the... distraction," I said just to get them off my back. As soon as I said the words, I regretted it.

"See! That's the Soph whom we know! You distract the monsters and then I'll jump them! They won't suspect a thing!" Spencer yelled out. Wow, so much enthusiasm.

"Then continue yelling! I'm pretty sure the monsters will still not suspect a thing!" Parker loudly whispered.

Spencer then became quiet and literally pushed me to the door. My arms and legs became numb. "No! I want to live!" I yelled out.

Spencer looked at me confused.

"Uh I mean... just a little drama to confuse the monsters," I quickly said. That seemed to clear things out for Spence.


Today's the day I die, I thought. My throat suddenly became dry and I wanted to run back inside. Be a man Soph! I told myself.

That's when I saw a... well, at first I wasn't sure what it was. Then something flew above me. Was it a bird? No. Was it a plane? No. But when it landed, it seemed to paralyze me. Not because it used magic or it had the Medusa stare or something like that, but I was paralyzed because it was a vampire. A girl vampire. And she looked pretty ugly.

For starters, her eyes were red and her skin was flaming. If Parker saw her, she would probably faint from the vampire's style. Then her legs... One was bronze and the other either needed to be shaved or was just a donkey's leg.

It felt like someone else was watching me, studying what I was doing. I ignored the feeling.

Snap!

A twig snapped somewhere off to the west. It couldn't be the vampire, she stood right in front of me. I wanted to check who or what made the sound, but the vampire begun speaking and her voice gave me goosebumps.

"My, you've been a naughty girl Sophie," She told me, showing her fangs.

"You're one horny vampire," was all I said. Maybe Spencer's feistyness rubbed off on me.

The vampire looked at me with annoyance. "Children these days," she rolled her eyes. "Do you know who I am puny child?"

"Bella Swan?"

The vampire roared. "I hate Twilight! Thinking that vampires are hot! We're blood sucking creatures! Is that a turn on or something!?"

Yeah, ask Parker. Like I would know what majority of girls like, I'm too nerdy.

Speaking of Parker, where is Spencer?

"I am Mormo! The all powerful companion of Hecate! And you've been a really bad girl to escape your home Sophie," the vampire growled. "Someone deserves a punishment."

"If it's spanking then please, no," I told her. Damn it Soph! It's like Spencer took over my personality or something.

"No, I'll eat you," Mormo snapped.

Oh. Yikes.

Mormo then charged at me. Her mouth was wide open. This was it. Thanks for killing me Spence. My heart was beating so loudly and quickly. Then I don't know what happened, but I grabbed a piece of bark which conveniently lied next to my house. I used it as a shield, closed my eyes, and hoped for the best.

"Ah!" I heard a loud scream which scared all birds away. I opened my eyes and I was so relieved. Mormo's teeth were stuck on the piece of wood.

Then- great timing BTW- Spencer jumped out of the window holding up my step-dad's gun and screaming a war cry. She proceeded to shooting Mormo. Mormo did one of those exaggerated arm flapping. She then fell down.

"The name's Please. Bitch Please," Spence said like James Bond.

"Thanks for coming on time," I scoffed.

"Hey, I was looking for a better weapon. Parker found a way to make mortal bullets into monster effective bullets," Spence held up the gun proudly.

And that is the quick story of how we escaped our step-home and begun our journey away. But something still bothered me. The black letter. Plus, there was that someone who was there when I was facing Mormo. I dismissed my feeling of fear by thinking that it was just an animal. But it still bothered me...