This is AU, so guess what? I DO own all the characters. =P Except for the gods and titans of course. =D

I'd like to give credit to my beautiful sister Windchimes of Maple for being my Beta Reader. She's done an amazing job. And I'm also gonna thank her for reminding me to use the line-breakers. The story makes so much more sense now. =P

I'd also like to give credit to ChocolateCurls, my other amazing sister, who taught me how to use the bold option =P

Happy reading!

Chapter 1: Awakening

Eric Marcovic was a son of Hephaestus (the god of fire and the forge) who had turned against his kind - demigods.

He found the demigods and became a part of them, winning their trust.

Brooke was infatuated by him first, but after his switching sides, she'd been furious.

Eric raised his muscular arm up, and angrily shouted: "Aaaaargghh!"

At first, he appeared the same. But suddenly, flames whirled around his arm, which furiously increased and singed off the sleeve of his vermilion-tinted t-shirt. His eyes were malicious, and his lips furled. The clenched fist of his other arm lit up in hungry flames, and Eric stepped forward.

"Mommy" Halcyon timidly said.

Eric ravenously guffawed.

"Come on, Hal...you've got to show a little more courage. He betrayed us all"

"Not me. I didn't even know him" Hal replied.

"HALCYON SAPPHIRE! Up on your feet ...NOW!" Brooke commanded.

"Aye, aye, captain?" Hal questioned, flinging himself high in the air, till he disappeared.

"Wow, some brother" Brooke mumbled, in shame.

"Ba-Ha! Your brother was so protective, he fled!" Eric pointed.

"Ugh. I can take you on"

"Can you, now, Brooke?"

"Umm, is that, like...a question?" Brooke challenged, distorting Eric's vision by whipping him with water and putting out the fire on his body.

"Aaaaargghh! Now you've done it, daughter of Poseidon!"

"Have I, now?"

Eric created an Ignis Fatuus, which were flames that took forms of illusions.

Brooke stared at it. It was intriguing, gorgeous. She couldn't take her eyes off it.

Then, Eric blasted an array of fire winds, which shot down Brooke like flamethrowers. She plummeted down the building, screaming.

She gave up all hope, and was deeply disappointed in her twin Halcyon for bailing on her. She was falling on her back and let loose, stopped screaming and nearly hit the ground, but felt something cool on her back an inch above the ground.

"So this is what death feels like" she mumbled.

Then she opened her eyes, noticing a dark Manhattan around her, with not a single light, which seemed odd.

Then, she heard her cell phone ringing. Someone changed her cell's ringing tone to 'Oops! I did it again' by Britney Spears. She hated it when Hal did that to embarrass her in a crowd.

She was still on her back, and pressed a button on her cell. Then she asked: "Hello?"

"Hey, sis"

She recognized Halcyon's voice, but before she could say anything, she realized the cool thing on her back was a huge purl, and the purl shot up to the beacon-lit patio. She suavely descended onto the patio, and she saw the sky glimmer. Then, Halcyon descended down with great speed, water tendrils surrounding him and struck the patio, denting it, and hurling Eric out the building.

The aftermath was a mess. The place looked like it rained like crazy. The concrete had erupted, the beacon had gone off, and Brooke stood soaked from head to toe, and her mouth dropped open.

"I'm surprised I could call you from a trillion feet from the building!" Hal announced.

His body too, was completely soaked, and a crooked, mischievous smile gleamed on his face.

"I don't believe you did that. That was wicked cool. Dad and Thetis are going to be proud"

"First, 'WICKED COOL'? Where're you from? Hippie-Ville? And second, I know" Hal joked.

"Ha-ha. I'm still older by a minute, so shut up"

"58 seconds" declared Hal, bummed out.

"Yeah, that's almost a minute, Hal…

…Um, Eric's IS going to return with vengeance. You know that right?" Brooke reminded.

"Gee, I'm aware" Hal admitted.

They looked down the building, but Eric had gone. They saw a dent on the sidewalk, with splattered water and char marks.

"And I'm scared" Hal concluded.
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"Hi. I'm April. April Olivine," the 15 year old girl with black hair, pale skin and green eyes said, "Daughter of Demeter"

"Oh! Welcome, April! This is DemiGuild. Here's where offsprings of gods and mortals stay and train to safeguard planet Earth. My name is Minerva, and I'm a satyr, as you can see" said the nice lady at the desk, with a female upper body and a goat's lower body.

"Um, are you a monster?" April questioned.

"Gee, thanks. No, I'm a satyr, a silenus. We satyrs are half-human and half-goats. Gods refer to us as little woodland creatures, which is pretty offending, might I add" Minerva said.

"Oh. Okay. Um...aunt sent me here, and I'm kind of lost"

"That's okay, Ape. Can I call you that?"

"Uh, no"

"Let's go! I'll give you a tour!
Minerva took April around, holding her hand. April was already freaked that Minerva had two arms and two goat feet, which were shaggy, but when she took a look around, she was more than astonished.

The DemiGuild looked like just another building in the middle of nowhere, but inside, was a secret portal which led to the ACTUAL DemiGuild. Minerva and April appeared at the portal and took a step in. For a second, everything was black, and then, she saw - grass. There was grass for miles and miles. There were at least a thousand kids around, ranging from three year olds to twenty year olds, all moving around, some dueling with weapons, some creating fire, water, plant tendrils, and all sorts of things. Some ate; some flew on backs of pegasi, and others rode on hippocampi in a miniature ocean. April's mouth dropped.

"This place is…cool…" she uttered.

"You think so? Let me remind you, this IS sort of like school, so you still WILL be graded"

"Oh. You just had to ruin it, didn't you?"

They forwarded a little more, and a nice-looking manse appeared, which was a million feet high and outside it, a sign read: 'Demigod Regiment'

That freaked April out, since she figured she'd have to train like soldiers or something.

"Don't worry, that's just a name. Inside, it's pretty cool" Minerva assured.

"Oh. That's nice"

Then, they entered the manse, and saw an elevator and flight of steps.

"Can we use the elevator, please?"

"We have to! Demeter's cabin is the 17th one!"

The two of them entered the elevator. The elevator was huge, and could accommodate at least a hundred kids at once.

There were buttons on the panel with various symbols.

Minerva pressed the button with the tree, since April was the daughter of Demeter, goddess of agriculture and nature.

Then suddenly, the doors of the elevator flung open, and the Sapphire twins, Brooke and Halcyon walked in.

"Hello, there, children of Poseidon, how was the pursuance?" Minerva asked.

"It was great! I used this amazing move, and turns out, Eric Marcovic was the mastermind there. Humph, he almost had Brooke beat, but I saved the day...again!" Hal excitedly mentioned.

"Again? Please, Hal" Brooke shot back.

"You didn't attack him because you're secretly in love with him!"

Brooke flushed tomato red.

"This is April Olivine, daughter of Demeter" Minerva said, hinting at April and deviating the topic.

"Hey, April. I'm Halcyon. But call me Hal" Halcyon greeted.

"Hi...Hal" April nervously said, blushing.

"I'm Brooke, Hal's sister" Brooke mentioned.

"Hey, Brooke" April said.

Hal quickly pushed the button with the rolling waves, which were symbol of Poseidon, god of seas.

The elevator quickly ascended, and stopped at the Demeter floor.

"Bye, guys" April managed, following Minerva out.

"Buh-bye" Hal and Brooke said together.

The doors shut.

"You're such a flirt, Hal" Brooke said.

"WHAT? I was NOT flirting! Just saying hi!" Hal defended.

"Well, she was blushing"

"I can't help being incredibly handsome and suave"

Brooke rolled her eyes, and they stepped out into the Poseidon floor.

"…And that thing about Eric? Don't ever talk about that. EVER" Brooke concluded.
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Chloe masticated her food with no interest.

She was only a day old at camp, and seemed to act strange.

She seemed deep in thought, oblivious to the medium-rare platter of steaks, which everyone else was ravenously chewing on.

Chloe Garnett was the daughter of the Goddess of Magic, father was Giovanni Garnet, a renowned chef across the globe. His signature dish was the 'Garnet Cappelletti', a sort of chicken ravioli with secret ingredients confined to the Garnet family.

And yet, Chloe chewed the broccoli without any signs of disgust.

She got up and ran towards the elevator, which slid open. She got in, and the elevator quickly descended.

She made it out of the regiment, and ran towards the darkness. The moonlight gently brushed the grass and trees.

She saw a shadow moving across the grass and nearly fainted. Then, the shadow rose and became a dark figure of a human. The figure revealed itself to be Milo Umbrus, Son of Erebus - The God of Darkness.

"I've been waiting here all evening" Milo said.

"I was finishing up dinner" Chloe replied.

"Okay then. Are you ready?"

"Yes"

They then walked up to a beautifully worked with coffin, engraved with gold and black.

Milo raised his hand, and created a black, wispy flame on his palm.

Chloe imitated, except the flame she created was a deep purple.

Then, the two demigods released the flames onto the coffin, and the coffin started to wither, revealing a dusky corpse.

The corpse slowly rose, and its eyes glowed a misty purple.

"Ah, Son of Erebus and Daughter of Hecate. You have done well by awakening your master.

"Rise, my Titan lord Epimetheus" Milo and Chloe said together in a monotone.

Then, a dark ball of energy came out of Chloe's body, and her eyes became a pool-blue. She collapsed and her pale skin returned to the natural peach hue she always had.

Epimetheus and Milo walked into the woods, Milo still under Epimetheus' hex, and they shot into the ground, with a major blast of grey energy.

If you're still a little confused, I think the second chapter will coagulate everything. =) Hope you liked it! R, please!