A/N Ok here's my first few stories. I'm not that fast at writing, so I'm only going to do two stories per post. Sorry! BTW, I'm writing them in the order I get them, so I'm sorry if you're not in the first few. Thank you to everyone who responded! I will try to write them ASAP! Disclaimer: I own the story but not any of the characters from PJO.

Avery Collins

Avery was walking around camp. She had gotten there the day before, Medusa hot on her heels.

Flashback

Avery had first seen Medusa while she was on the NYC subway. She was there with some of her friends from Miami, and was going to meet them at Macy's on Broadway, when the hag came running at her. A boy, not much older than her, dragged her off the train just as the doors closed. He looked familiar, but she didn't know where she had seen him. He had gripped her arm all the way out to the street and down a few blocks. She thought he seemed skittish and asked him why.

"Don't talk, just run. Medusa's right behind us."

Avery turned around and saw the hag from the train. "Medusa?"

He grabbed her again and started sprinting. They ran and ran with the hag behind them, until they saw a valley with strawberry plants and a big blue house. Avery stopped for a second and stared. The valley was picture perfect. The grass was bright green, and the water behind it sky blue.

"She's right behind you!" the boy yelled.

Avery turned around and found that he was right. Medusa stood behind her, trying to take off her head scarf.

"Don't look at her!" he yelled louder, "She'll turn you to stone!"

Avery turned her head as fast as she could. She started running for her life. Down in the valley there were some people looking at her. They motioned for her to come toward them. She raced down the hill with the boy right behind her.

"Are you ok?"

"What happened?"

"Was that Medusa?"

Their words confused Avery, and she sank to the ground. A very tall man came over to her. She realized that he wasn't a man at all, but a man with a horse's body. "Hello there!" he said. Like a mythological creature chased people there every day. "What's your name?

"Avery, Avery Collins."

"Avery, do you know where you are?"

She looked around her. She saw a climbing wall, some buildings that looked like cabins, and lots of woods. "Is it a summer camp?"

"Yes, very good!" said the centaur. "This is a summer camp for the children of the Greek Gods."

"What?" Avery was very confused. Greek Gods? How could that be?

"Grover here", he said pointing to the boy, "knew you were a demi-god, and brought you to camp. You will be safe here."

End of flashback

Avery now stood there, looking over Camp Half-Blood. The people here were nice, and a lot of them had the same interests as her. She was still getting used to the Greek God part of it though. Last night she had stayed in the Hermes cabin because she didn't know who her godly parent was. She really hoped she would find out tonight. The Hermes kids were nice, but she wasn't that kind of person.

That night at dinner, Avery stared unhappily at her food. She really wanted to be claimed. She wanted a bed of her own, and a family to be with. As she sat there looking at her food, people suddenly started to look at her. She looked up and saw Chiron coming towards her.

"Avery Collins, your father has claimed you. You are a daughter of Apollo, the sun god, god of music and poetry."

Avery stood up and went over to the Apollo table. Her new family cheered and made room for her. She talked to them and learned how most of them had the same interests as her. They liked drawing, painting, music, and archery! Finally, Avery felt as if she had a home.

Alexander Blake

Alexander was excited. He was on his first quest ever with his friends Thalia and Nico. How he, a son of Hermes, ever got to be friends with children of the Big Three, he didn't know. They were on their way to the Empousa's den, to try to convince them to come to their side for the coming war. Alexander had to be strong, or else the Empousa would try to seduce him and drink his blood.

He fixed his straw hat and took a breath. They had traveled for a week to get to the den, and finally, they were almost there. He looked over at Nico who was doing his weird meditation thing. Thalia was straightening her bow and arrows. Thalia had been called in from the Hunters of Artemis specially for this quest. They had needed a girl who was brave and strong, and in Alexander's three summers at camp half-blood, Thalia fit the need perfectly.

They stepped over the hill and into a cave. Alexander fingered his weapon of choice; knives. He was the best knife thrower at camp and that was the main reason he was chosen for the quest. He was determined to show Thalia and Nico what he could do.

As they entered the cave, they were very surprised. It looked like wizard's den. Not an empousa's. The place was carpeted, and had couches and coffee tables scattered around. There was a magic ball on a table, and a bunk bed with 5 bunks. Floating books and giant TV's covered the room.

Two empousa's were sitting on one of the couches playing cards. Thalia, Nico, and Alexander slowly walked over to them.

"We know why you're here", one said without even turning around.

Thalia spoke, "Then will you join us?"

"Show us your skills, then we'll decide"

"Fighting?"

"Yes"

They backed away to get ready. Alexander grabbed his knives and took a deep breath for the second time that day. "Don't mess up" Nico muttered. His eyes were closed, and he was gathering his power. Thalia was restringing her bow. She looked at him and smiled "Don't worry, we have the best skills at camp, we can do this easily."

They slowly walked to the center of the room. The Empousa were waiting for them, a sly grin on their faces. They stared at each other in silence. "Go."

The demi-gods tensed ready to show their skills. Thalia was the first to move. She saw a few targets in the back of the room, and started shooting, rapid fire, at one of them. Her silver arrows flew straight and true, right into the center of the bull's eye. When she was done with her arrows, she put her bow down and called down lightning. It shot from the ceiling, burning a hole in the carpet. The Empousa were still staring at them, but their faces had softened.

Alexander stood ready. He grabbed his knives, and one by one, threw them at the wall. His effort paid off. Now, on the wall, the word JOIN was spelled out in knives. The Empousa's faces were still rock hard. But Alexander still had another trick up his sleeve. "Looking for these?" he held up some of the cards the Empousa had just been playing with. The Empousa looked surprised. She looked back at the cards on the coffee table. They hadn't moved. She looked back at Alexander.

"How?"

"I'm a son of Hermes, the god of thieves" he answered

Still in awe, the empousa looked at Nico. Nico was ready. He raised his hands and the ground beneath him cracked. Twenty dead soldiers rose from the crack. They stood in rows at attention. Nico gave them a command and they changed formation. He said something else and they held their weapons ready. The empousa now looked scared. Nico made them sink back into the ground before the empousa got threatened.

"Will you join us?" Alexander asked

"Yes. Tell Chiron we will be there when the war starts."

"Good. We will leave now. Goodbye."

They got their knives and arrows, and left the den. When they got over the hill, the stopped and smiled at each other.

"We did it" said Nico

"Of course we did" Thalia said

"I'm not surprised" said Alexander, "that was some mean army, Nico"

"I know" he said

When they got back to camp, they were heros. The campers gave them wreaths and carried them around camp on their shoulders. Alexander was tired when he got back to his bunk that night. His bunk surrounded him and asked him questions. He answered them as best he could, and finally got to bed. Alexander looked back on the best week of his life. He smiled. "Thank you dad, for everything."

A/N So that's it for now! I'll try to do more tomorrow, but no promises! How do you like them? I welcome ANY reviews because I know I'm a bad writer, but I really want to get better. Thanks!