Okay guys! I finally got a chance to update, so tell me what you think! I'm introducing another character, one you might recognize....

Isabel's POV

Alyssa led me away from Nico and steered me towards the border of the forest.

"So," she inquired, "what's up with you and Nico?"

I rolled my eyes at the puerile remark. "Umm, does it matter? But just so you know, nothing."

"Uh huh." Alyssa didn't believe me.

"Yeah, and until I figure out how to make you believe me, I'd appreciate it if you drop the subject."

"Whatever you say," Alyssa responded with a smirk. "You're the invalid."

I scoffed at her remark. "Invalid? I have a twisted ankle."

She seemed more serious now. "Maybe, but you look very pale, and that has to mean something. I need to ask Nico if that shadow travel can have adverse affects on half-bloods who aren't of Hades."

I found myself defending him. "It's not his fault. He didn't want me to get sick like this. It was an accident."

Alyssa pursed her lips. "Well, we're right around the corner from the Big House, so I'll have Will check on you. Will Solace. He's the one that saved Percy's best friend... oh, you don't know Percy. Percy's the one who led all of the half-bloods in the Second Titan War. His best friend took a knife for him in a battle, and he asked Will to heal her." I could just hear a stroke of admiration in her voice, and wondered who this "Will" was.

I realized something. "All of those storms last year, were those because of the gods?"

Alyssa's face darkened. "The Second Titan War. Kronos tried to take over, and we almost didn't make it through."

I stayed silent, knowing this must have been very important.

We turned a corner and Alyssa pointed ahead of us. "That's the Big House, where Chiron and Mr. D live. The infirmary is there too."

I looked where she was pointing and saw... a big house. I think I was expecting something a little bit more crazy from these people. We walked straight up to it and I saw two men on the front porch playing a board game, or as I like to call it, a bored game. One of the men was in a wheelchair, and the other was a pudgy man that smelled like grapes. The latter of the two spoke loudly when he saw me arriving.

"Oh look, you've found another one. I don't know how many of you kids I can stand. Chiron, why don't we throw this one on the streets and be done with her?"

The man in the wheelchair, Chiron, didn't focus on the other man's comment. Instead he turned to me. "Hello, dear, you must be Isabel. Don't worry about Mr. D. Nico told me you would be coming."

"Where is he?"

"Nico? He has gone to the arena to help teach the new students swordfighting. But you need to come with me... actually, I think Alyssa can take you in to the infirmary. Could you do that, Alyssa?"

"Of course, Chiron."

"Oh, yes," Mr. D injected, "I'm required to welcome you. Now get along!"

Alyssa led me inside the house quickly. "Who was that?" I asked.

"Chiron is the activities director, and Mr. D is a god who was sentenced here by his dad. He'll be here for another forty-five years or so."

"He's a god?"

"Yes, he's the god of wine." That's why he smelled like grapes, I concluded.

"Okay, so where am I going now?"

Alyssa almost jumped. "Oh my gods, I forgot about your ankle! I have to get you to the infirmary."

She led me out of the room we were in, through a few others, then into a room larger than any of the others had seen. Five beds were lined against each wall, and cabinets hung on the walls around the room. "This," Alyssa told me, "is the infirmary. The Apollo campers work shifts here if there are any patients."

"Um, who are these Apollo people everyone talks about? I don't really think I want a bunch of kids as my doctors."

She laughed. "They're the children of Apollo, and Apollo is the god of healing. Will is the best doctor we have." Again I heard the admiration in her voice as Alyssa spoke of Will. But she didn't see a boy about our age enter the room as she spoke.

"Who's the best doctor?" he wondered aloud.

Alyssa was dumbstruck. "I—I—I was gonna say that..."

I didn't know what was wrong with her. "She was talking about about some guy named—" Alyssa pinched me, but I continued. "Umm, some guy named Will."

"Well," he said with a smile, "that's news to me. I'm Will Solace by the way, and I think I'm the only Will in the Apollo cabin." My jaw dropped for a second, but I regathered myself quickly and sneaked a glance at Alyssa. She was glaring daggers at me.

"Umm..." Alyssa seemed to be too upset to say anything, so I decided to introduce myself. "I'm Isabel Knight, but Chiron probably sent you here for work, not chat, and my ankle isn't getting any better by itself."

"Right," Will replied, "why don't you come over here..." He walked over to me and helped me to one of the beds. I realized that Alyssa was bright red.

"Um, I have to go..." Alyssa tried to cover up her very apparent anger and just about ran from the room. I knew I wasn't a daughter of Athena, but I had a pretty good deduction of what was going on.

"Well," Will said, "it's sprained, not broken, but you'll need some ambrosia, because you're looking pale." He reached into the closest cabinet, pulled out what looked like a brownie, and handed it to me. "Ambrosia," he explained. "It's the food of the gods, and has extreme healing powers. But half-bloods can't eat too much, or they'll burn up. Literally."

I broke off a small piece and ate it. It tasted better than anything I had ever eaten before and I instantly felt better. The pain in my ankle was much lower, and I felt ready to leave. I sat up, but Will knew I couldn't leave yet. He had me lie back down, and grabbed an ankle brace from the cabinet.

"An ankle brace?"

"Yeah, " he laughed. "Are you surprised that I'm using something so normal?"

I was shocked. "Umm, yeah, that's almost exactly what I was thinking."

"Son of the god of prophecy here! I could pretty much tell you were about to say something like that. Apollo is the god of many things, so I have many godly traits of different kinds. It's very useful." As he spoke he was checking to see how tight to make the brace, or something like that, and when he finished, he slid the brace onto my ankle and fastened it. "Your ankle will be as good as new in a day or two."

I stood up and realized my ankle didn't hurt near as badly, so I took a few steps around the room, remembering everything that was going on.

"So this is the camp Nico told me about?"

Will's demeanor changed a little bit. "Nico told you about camp?"

"Um, yeah, he killed a giant that was about to kill me when I was in L. A. Then he brought me here after he took me to the Underworld."

"He took you to the Underworld?! You know, Hades kidnapped a daughter of Demeter for her beauty. Remember Persephone? I wouldn't put it past Nico to do the same." It took me a minute to realize he was saying Nico might think I'm pretty and decide to capture me. I was flattered that I would be thought pretty, or beautiful, to use Will's words, but I was mad that he could think that Nico might kidnap me. I knew Nico wouldn't do anything like that. I was about to tell Will that when a panicked look flashed across his face.

"Just... stay safe for me, Isabel," he told me. Then he hugged me. At that same moment Alyssa walked in, looking cool and composed. Will couldn't see her so I immediately backed away. I could tell that she had noticed so I hurried toward her.

"Um, gotta go!"

As soon as we were outside, Alyssa turned on me with her worst gray-eyed stare. "What was that about?"

I knew this would not be good. "Okay, before you say anything I have to tell you. I know you like Will, but I think he likes me and I don't know what to do. I don't like him! He was telling me how Hades kidnapped Persephone because she was beautiful, and said Nico might do the same to me. He almost flat-out told me he thought I was beautiful. How do I deal with that? And then he hugs me. And I know that this is not the way I wanted things to go. You see what I mean? You won't get mad at me, will you?"

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