Lobo: Hello you lovely peoples! Well, we've only had one review for this entire story, but we're getting there. Anyway, a very special shoutout goes to Alexandra2658 for being the first and only person to review.
Ninja: Thank you Alexandra2658! You're amazing!
Night: And because of her amazingness and encouragement, we are updating early! So without further ado… we do not own anything besides our OCs!
"Don't give up Marissa. Even if you can't see, you can fight. Use your other senses. Listen to my voice. Where's it coming from?" Percy said.
I had been watching Marissa and Percy go at it since sunrise. She was getting better. At least, she wasn't getting hit as often recently, and she had landed a few blows on Percy.
"Good job Marissa. Aurora, your turn. Marissa, go take a break. You deserve it. Remember what we've been practicing Aurora. You can't be afraid of the sword."
"I'm not afraid of it. I'm afraid of hurting you," I said. And it was true. I was always afraid of hurting the people around me. Either way, I took Percy's advice and by the end of the session, I only had a few gashes and bruises. As he struck, I blocked his sword and flung it out of his hand, pointing my blade at his throat.
"Nice job. You're getting better."
"Thanks. You better get to some water and heal before those get infected," I said, nodding to his wounds.
"Yeah. You guys better get to the infirmary," he said, turning toward the Poseidon cabin and putting on his jacket against a strong winter wind.
"Alright, let's get you to the infirmary," I said, grabbing Marissa's arm after turning the hilt of my sword and turning it back into a necklace. "Leo should already be there since an Ares kid beat the crap outta' him. You really need to teach him how to not get an Ares kid mad." I laughed.
"And you need to get to the lake. I hear Nico was looking for you. Said he had a surprise for you. Go meet your boyfriend. I can find my way perfectly fine."
"Too late. While you were talking, we've been standing outside of the infirmary. I'll catch you later Marissa. Oh and correction, Nico is not my boyfriend," I laughed, running toward the lake.
When I got there, Nico was standing next to the frozen water in the aviator jacket he usually wore.
"Hey. Ready to do a little ice skating?" He teased, knowing that I suck when it comes to things like running, skating, jumping, or even walking. He held up a pair of blue ice skates and I took them, changing my Converse for them.
I watched as he tried to skate onto the frozen lake, laughing whenever he'd fall. I followed shortly after tying my skates. I glided out onto the water next to him, laughing at his antics. He stared at me, shocked. Yeah, it's hard to believe I can keep my balance, but I took skating classes so I'm pretty decent at it. We stayed out on the ice for what felt like ages before the conch horn sounded signaling that it was time for dinner. We quickly removed our skates and returned them to storage before running up to the Pavilion.
Nico sat alone at the Hades table since he was the only child of Hades at camp. My mom still hadn't claimed me so I was stick sitting at the Hermes table with the Stoll brothers. It's not like they were mean or anything. They were just really annoying. Marissa was with the Aphrodite kids and her boyfriend Leo was with his siblings at the Hephaestus table. I was hoping mom would claim me within the first few weeks of camp, but it had been a month and I still hadn't been claimed. I was starting to think that maybe I wasn't a demigod after all, but that thought was soon banished when I met my mother face-to-face.
Lobo: Cliffhanger. Duh duh DUH!
Night: Well, this was sort of a filler chapter because we wanted to put that little scene on the ice in before we got to the drama, and the drama-filled part of the story is rather long so we decided to split it into two chapters. But, you'll find out who Aurora's mom is in the next chapter so this should be exciting.
Ninja: Wow. You sounded so excited when you said that.
Night: Shut up. Anyway, please review. It means a lot to us because it lets us know that people are actually reading what we post and we aren't just some antisocial nerds who spend all of their time writing and have no life whatsoever.
Lobo: Anyway…
All: Stay weird. Stay awesome. Stay demigods.
~Lobo, Ninja, & Night
