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Summary:

Bella encounter a strange group of people in the woods after the Laurent incident. They lead her to this camp for people like her. Only one problem; they're in the middle of a war. M cause I'm paranoid. Set in NM and in between TLH and SoN.


Chapter 1

They came out of the trees one after another. Fifteen girls, give or take, in total. Silver bows and quiver hung on their backs, glowing in the faint moonlight. They all wore the same outfit; silver parka, blue jeans and black combat boots.

One of the girls stepped forwards. She had black, short chopped hair and electric blue eyes. Under her silver parka, she had a Death to Barbie T-shirt. "Who are you?" she asked, her voice filled with power.

However, Bella didn't feel threatened by her voice. She only felt intimidated by all the girls staring at her, waiting for her to talk. "Why should I tell you? I don't even know you!" she said, trying to cover her real feelings. All eyes looking at her tended to be uncomfortable. Then her mind went click and she realized something. "You tried to kill me! you shot an arrow that missed me by an inch!" she yelled.

"Calm down," the other girl said. "If we wanted to kill you, you'd be dead. No, we don't kill humans, or in your case, demigods."

"A demi- what?" Bella asked. she was sure she'd hear wrong.

"A demigod, child," a new voice spoke up and a girl stepped out from behind the others. She was about twelve years old with auburn hair and silvery yellow eyes, like the moon. She was beautiful, Bella noted.

"Child?" Bella asked. this girl was younger than herself.

"You will have to make a decision," the girl decided, ignoring Bella's question.

"A… a decision?" Bella repeated. Okay, why not? This day couldn't get any weirder, anyway. Girl, was she wrong.

"Yes, a decision," the girl said again. "Set up a tent and treat her wounds." she told one of the girls.

"Yes, my Lady." the other girl said.

"Thalia, we will move out in twenty minutes," the girl said.

"Of course, Lady Artemis."

"Now, what is your name?" she asked Bella.

"Bella," she answered immediately.

"You need to make a decision, as I said before," Artemis said. "There is two choices; one, you can come with us and let us escort you to Camp Half-Blood. Or, you can join the Hunt."

Bella stared at her as if she was talking in another language. "Go where or join the what?" she asked the girl in front of her.

"Sit down, Bella," Artemis told her. Bella did as she was told and another girl came over and healed her wounds. Bella had just about forgotten about that. "Bella, there is things you do not know about the world you live in…" she began. Bella sat quietly and listened to the goddess explain about Greek mythology and how it was real. "I do not usually let mortals watch the Hunt, but I will make an exception for you since you are a maiden." she finished.

Bella stared at her, mouth agape. "You mean it's real?" she asked incredulous.

"Yes, it is very much real. I am the goddess Artemis." Artemis said.

.*.*.*.*.*.

"Shhh, be quiet!" the boy hissed to his younger brother.

"I am!" the youngest hissed back. They sneaked around the cabin and towards Cabin Four.

"You know what to do, right?" the eldest of the two asked.

"Of course!" the other said.

Just as they neared the cabin, the conch horn blew. "Styx!" they said at the same time. Thunder could be heard in the distance.

"We'll do it another time." the youngest said and the eldest agreed. They ran for the Big House before Katie Gardener could notice them.

.*.*.*.*.*.

"Ah, Connor, Travis, so glad you could join us." Chiron said as the two walked in.

"What is it, Chiron? Why are we here?" Annabeth interrupted. She would much rather work on the ship so she could get to Percy faster.

"Ah, yes, naturally. I have asked all Senior Counselors and Rachel to join us here because there is a new prophesy. We have reason to believe that it have something to do with the Second Great Prophesy." Chiron said.

Shocked silence followed. "What do you mean?" Jason asked.

"Rachel, if you don't mind, will you recite the prophesy?" Chiron gestured to Rachel.

"Well, it isn't exactly a prophesy, Chiron. It is a… warning, you could say. Well, anyway, I got a dream about the Second Great Prophesy. Well, a voice in my dream said: Illegal Child, be aware. I have no idea who it is, but I know that this person or child, will have to come with you." Rachel explained.

"Illegal child?" Jason asked. Rachel just nodded. "Does that mean a child of the Big Three?"

"Possible," Annabeth cut in. "But who? We already know Jason and Percy will come, but who else?"

Everyone turned to Nico, who was half asleep on his chair. "No, I don't think it is Nico." Rachel said.

"Why not?" Piper asked.

"Well, for one, Nico isn't an illegal child. He was born before the Big Three pact." Annabeth said.

"Then who?" Clarisse asked.

"Thalia maybe?" Piper asked.

"It could be, or maybe someone we haven't met yet? Or someone in the other camp?" Katie spoke up.

"Could be," Annabeth nodded in agreement.

"Well, I think you should go back to your activities now and if someone thinks of whom it might be, report to me." Chiron said and everyone went back to their regular activities.

.*.*.*.*.*.

"I think I'll just go to the camp for now," Bella told Artemis ass the other Hunters packed up the tent and everything else.

"Of course," Artemis said.

"I just… I can't give up on love just yet," Bella explained.

"Isabella, I do understand. I may not agree, but I do understand. You have been hurt, but you do not want to give up. It shows strength." Artemis told her and put a hand on her shoulder. Bella was slightly taller so the goddess had to reach up a little.

"Thank you," Bella said. "For understanding." she explained.

Artemis just smiled. "Let's get going!" she called to the others. "Thalia, I will have to get going back to Olympus. You will be in charge for now." she told her Lieutenant.

"Of course, my Lady," Thalia said.

"Take Isabella here to Camp Half-Blood," Artemis said. "Close your eyes." she told Bella and took one last look at her and began glowing.

Isabella closed her eyes and waited till Thalia told her she could open them before she did.

"Come on, Isabella, we got a long trip ahead of us." Thalia smiled at her.

.*.*.*.*.*.

Leo Valdez was working on the Argo II with Piper, Jason, Annabeth and half of the other campers in Camp Half-Blood. They had been working on the warship for weeks now, but they had still a long way to go. It wasn't even half done yet!

Anyway, he was just fastening some bolts when he heard the horn. Not just any horn, a hunting horn. He turned to Jason.

"The Hunters!" Jason and Annabeth said at the same time and ran for Half-Blood Hill.

.*.*.*.*.*.

Isabella walked alongside the Hunters. They had traveled for a few days now and already were they almost to camp. She had to admit, she was excited to see what this camp was. The other Hunters, well, it was mostly Thalia, had told her much about it. Thalia seemed to like the camp, so Bella thought it would be okay.

"So, who's my parent?" Bella asked.

Thalia looked at her for a long time before turning to look ahead. When Bella thought she was not going to answer, she did. "We don't know yet. You should be claimed in a day, maybe two." she said, receiving a nod from Bella.

"Are you a demigod too?"

"Yeah, I am," Thalia said.

"Who's your parent then?" Bella asked curiously.

"Zeus," Thalia said shortly.

"Really?" Bella asked with a smile. Thalia just nodded and Bella's smile turned into a frown. "What's the matter?" she asked, concern covering her voice.

They ran for some time before Thalia answered. "I don't want to talk about it, okay?"

"Sure, that's okay," Bella said. "So, who do you think is my parent?" she asked jokingly.

Thalia shrugged. "Are you any good in archery?"

"I have never tried actually." Bella said.

"Swordfight?" Thalia asked again.

"Not tried that either."

"Do you learn things fast?" Thalia asked.

"Yeah, I do." Bella answered and was lost in thought.

"You may be a child of Athena, goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy," Thalia smiled. "I have a friend who's a daughter of Athena. Her name is Annabeth, you'll probably meet her when we get to camp."

As if on cue, a Hunter blew the hunting horn, signaling that they were there.

A hill came into vision and Bella could make out the features of a pine tree and… was that the Golden Fleece? "Is… is that the Golden Fleece?"

Thalia nodded. "Yes, and that is my pine tree," noticing the look on Bella's face, she added, 2I was a tree for a few years." As if that explained everything.

"Sure, why not?" Bella muttered to herself.

.*.*.*.*.*.

Annabeth ran with Jason, Piper and Leo up the hill and waited. She was truly excited to see her best friend, except Percy, again. just thinking about Percy made her sad.

Her loving, caring and handsome boyfriend was at some other camp, missing his memories and she couldn't help him. His smile and stupid comments. The way he always put everyone before himself. Everything about him.

She was ripped out of her thoughts by the Hunters. They came out of the woods, one after the other. Their silver parka's wrapped around them in the chill wind. The one in the front stepped forwards and wrapped Annabeth in a hug.

"Annabeth!" Thalia screamed as she let the girl go.

"Hi, Thals!" Annabeth said cheerfully, though, you could see the sadness in her eyes.

"Any news? Have Grover…" Thalia trailed off.

Annabeth shook her head sadly. "No, nothing, but we're sailing to the Roman camp as soon as we get the ship done."

Thalia nodded and turned to her brother. "Jason! It's so good to see you under better circumstances!" she hugged him too.

"Hi, Thalia." he replied and embraced his sister in a hug.

"Not that I'm not glad you're here, but why are you here?" Annabeth interrupted.

"Oh!" Thalia said and turned to the Hunters. "Isabella, please come here!" she said. a girl about seventeen stepped forwards. Her hair was brown as well as her eyes. "To answer your question, Annabeth; Lady Artemis wanted us to bring this girl to camp. She is a demigod we came across. This is Isabella," she told them. "Isabella, these are Annabeth, Jason, my brother, Piper and Leo."

"Nice to meet you, Isabella." Annabeth said.

"Please, call me Isa," Bella said and shook the hand Annabeth held out. "And it's nice to meet you too."

They all greeted each other and soon, the Hunters left to hunt a monster.

"Let's get you to Chiron, shall we?" Annabeth asked, a smile on her face, but Bella could clearly see the sadness.

"Sure," Bella said. "So, your mother is Athena?" she asked as they walked towards the Big House.

Annabeth looked at her shocked. "How did you know?"

"Thalia," Bella said.

"Of course," Annabeth laughed slightly.

"I wonder who my parent is," Bella wondered.

"You take this fast," Annabeth noted.

"Yeah, well, I'm used to weird things. It seem like I'm a danger magnet." Bella shrugged, making the other girl frown.

"Danger magnet? What do you mean?" Annabeth asked. sure, she knew the dangers of being a demigod, but shouldn't this girl been at camp already?

"It's complicated," Bella answered, she really didn't want to talk about them.

"Yeah," Annabeth said. "Well, here we are, the Big House."

They walked in to see Chiron sitting in his wheelchair. "Hi, Chiron!" Annabeth said.

Chiron looked up at them from his book. "Ah, Annabeth, who might this be?"

"Chiron, this is Isabella, but she prefer Isa. She's a new camper, brought here by the Hunters. They found her in the woods and Lady Artemis told them to bring her here." she explained.

Chiron looked at Bella a long time before nodding to himself. "Welcome, Isabella! Have the Hunter and Artemis told you everything?"

"Yes, sir." Bella smiled kindly at him.

"You take the news surprisingly well." he noted.

"Yeah, well, I'm used to weird, like I told Annabeth." Bella shrugged again.

"Do you want a tour of the camp?" Chiron asked, though he was already standing up from his wheelchair.

Bella watched as the activities director turned into a centaur with the back part a white stallion. It shocked her slightly, but not much since nothing could really shock her anymore.

Bella followed Chiron through the camp, hearing him explain the different things; the armory, the arena, the Amphitheatre, the cabins, the stables where the pegasi were, the pavilion, the canoe lake and everything else. It was many things to take in.

"So, which cabin is mine?" Bella asked when they passed the cabins.

"We don't know yet. Tonight or tomorrow we will hopefully find out, though I don't know. I assure you that we will know in top three days." Chiron answered. Bella nodded and they continued their tour.

.*.*.*.*.*.

"Who's the new girl?" Connor asked his brother.

Travis looked at him. "I don't know. The Hunters brought her here."

"I know that. I mean, who you think is her parent," Connor said.

"I don't know," Travis said again.

"You think we'll find out today?" Connor asked again.

"Dude! What's with all the questions?" Travis asked his younger brother. "You don't have a crush, do you?"

Connor looked at him. "Dude! I don't even know her, of course I don't!"

"Sure you don't," Travis smirked.

.*.*.*.*.*.

"So, Isabella, I'll leave you here, so just do whatever you want. Just remember, campfire is at nine. I would advise you to find one of the Senior Counselors. I believe you have already met Annabeth, Leo, Piper and Jason?"

"Yes, I have," Bella said. "Thank you, Chiron." After that, she just walked around camp, watching the other campers doing their activities. The next day she would do the activities herself.

"Hey!" she heard someone shout behind her. She turned to see a boy around fifteen or so walking up to her. "Hi, you're Isabella, right?"

"Yeah, but call me Isa. You're Leo?" Bella asked.

"Nice to meet you, Isa," Leo said as he walked beside her. "Chiron told me to show you around. So, how old are you?"

"Seventeen," Bella said. "You?"

"Oh, I'm fifteen, turn sixteen in February." he smiled broadly. Bella laughed.

"So, who's your parent?" she asked.

"Hephaestus," his smile grew even bigger. Bella nodded. "You know who your parent is?"

She shook her head. "No, Chiron told me we would find out in top three days."

"Oh, well," he said awkwardly. "You want to see the big project the camp is making? It's for the war against the giants that's coming up soon."

"War?" Bella frowned. She didn't like the sound of that.

"Yeah, it's this prophesy…" he explained everything as they walked towards the Argo II.

"So, you know who this Illegal Child is?" Bella asked.

"No, but we'll probably find out soon enough. We think it's a child of one of the Big Three; Zeus, Poseidon and Hades." Leo said and Bella nodded once again.

"So, this ship is the project?" she asked.

"Yup!" he answered, popping the 'p'. they walked a little further before Bella stopped and gasped.

"The Argo II." Leo said proudly.

"It's… it's… it is beautiful!" Bella said with her mouth agape.

"Yeah, I guess you could call it that." he nodded in agreement.

"You've made this?" she stared at him like she couldn't believe it.

He shrugged. "The whole camp has helped. It's no big deal."

"No big deal?" she asked incredulous. "It's a huge deal. When do you have to have it done?"

"We have until summer, that's when we start our journey to the Roman camp." Leo said with a smile.

"That's not a long time to build a whole ship," Bella frowned.

"Nah, but we'll make it. We have to," Leo said. "Anyway, let me introduce you to my two best friends of all time; Piper and Jason!" he motioned for a pretty girl around his age and a handsome boy.

"Hi, Leo!" Piper yelled and waved at them. Jason just waved and went back to work.

"Piper is a daughter of Aphrodite and Jason is a son of Zeus." Leo explained, turning back to Bella.

Bella nodded. "So, is there anything else you do around here? I mean except the activities and building?"

Leo grinned. "Well, you should look out for the pranksters such as the Stoll brothers. Travis and Connor are sons of Hermes and the Senior Counselors of the Hermes Cabin. They love to pull pranks, especially on Cabin Four."

"Cabin Four?" Bella asked confused.

"Demeter. Travis has a crush on Katie Gardener, the Senior Counselor of Cabin Four. They both like each other, we all can see that, but they don't see it themselves." Leo laughed, Bella joining him shortly after. They continued the tour, going the places were demigods usually went and met new people. Bella had seen most of the places before when Chiron showed her, but it was nice to hang out with Leo.

.*.*.*.*.*.

Finally, it was time for the campfire. All the campers came to the Amphitheatre to join in the sing along and eat s'mores. Leo walked in with Bella, Jason and Piper.

Bella took in her surroundings and almost dropped her jaw. It wasn't the fact that the whole camp had gathered that made her react that way, no, it wasn't the fact that it was an old fashioned Amphitheatre they used in Ancient Greece. No, it was the fact that the fire was several feet tall and glowing blue!

Piper studied the girl as she took everything in and smiled. "It is beautiful, isn't it?"

Bella looked at her. "Yeah, it really is. But, if I may ask, why is the fire like… that!"

Piper laughed. "It depends on the mood. If the campers are happy, it is one color and several feet tall. Are the campers unhappy, it is another color and not as tall." she explained.

Isabella nodded her head. "So, where do we sit?"

"Well, you can sit wherever," Piper told her then looked over at someone. "Come on!" she grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her over to a group of campers.

"Hi, Piper!" Annabeth said.

"Hi," Piper said. "Everyone, this is Isa. Isa, these are Annabeth Chase, who you already met, Travis and Connor Stoll, sons of Hermes, Clarisse la Rue, daughter of Ares, Chris Rodriguez, son of Hermes, Katie Gardener, daughter of Demeter, Will Solace, son of Apollo, and lastly, Nico di Angelo, son of Hades." she introduced everyone.

"Hi," Bella waved at them.

"Hi, Isa!" they said in unison.

Creepy, Bella thought. She sat down between Connor and Piper. Leo and Jason, who'd gone off somewhere else when they walked over, came and joined them.

The night was soon over, the others asking Bella questions and her asking back.

"Isa!" Connor said. "Hi, I'll show you the way to the Big House since you haven't been claimed yet you have to stay in the Big House." he gave her and mischievous smile.

"Sure," Bella said, unsure.

"So, excited for tomorrow and the activities?" he asked.

"Yeah, I am," she said.


AN: So, what do you think?

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Bella/? (just review and tell me about your recomandation)