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Chapter Three

I opened my eyes. Amazingly, my brain was still functioning and my head wasn't throbbing, like I had expected.

"Hello sweetie."

I looked up. The most beautiful woman I had ever seen stood before me. She had long, flowing black hair with bright blue eyes. She kept changing though. One moment she had black hair, the next, she had blonde curls.

I was in a white room, sitting in a white fluffy chair. Everything seemed white and plain. Then, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the light was pulsing; it would fade from color to color.

"Lady Aphrodite," I murmured.

I wasn't really in the mood to curtsy, so I just stood there awkwardly. After all, what could she do to me? Well, besides killing me.

"Secret," Aphrodite smiled, "How are you enjoying life?"

I probably looked at her like she was crazy.

"Well, I just saved two new demigods and I shadow traveled them all back to camp. I just woke up. What do you think?"

I bit my tongue after the words slipped out, "Sorry Lady Aphrodite. Life is boring, I guess. There's nothing but training to do."

Aphrodite giggled. I found that extremely annoying.

"Dear Secret… You didn't wake up yet! You're still unconscious. This is a dream!"

My arm twitched slightly, as if someone was trying to shake me.

"Oh well, our time here is short." Aphrodite sighed. She held up a mirror and sat down on a chair that had materialized in the air, "And your life is boring? Well, I suppose that's my fault. I haven't given you any challenges yet!"

I swallowed my complaints.

"What kind of… challenges?" I whispered.

Aphrodite smiled, "Well a quest for love of course! You want an interesting love story. I'll give you one! Don't worry, daughter of Hades. There will be plenty of fighting. That's what you do best, right?"

I stared at her, a lump in my throat. My arm twitched again.

"Good luck, dear! You have my blessings!"

A warm tingly feeling spread through me. Before I could look down to see what had happened, the whole scene disappeared and I woke up in the infirmary.

I jerked upright.

"Whoa!" Grover jumped back from my sharp move.

"Oh, hi goat boy," I sighed.

"You ok?" Grover asked, handing me a glass of nectar.

"I'm fine… I think I've never felt better!" I grinned. It was true, my headache was still gone and my muscles felt well-rested.

I sipped at the glass of nectar as Grover explained what had happened.

After Grover finished talking, I stood slowly. No pain erupted in my head. I grinned and flew out the door.

"Secret!" Grover yelled, chasing after me.

"Well, well. You didn't die." I turned to see Dionysus. He gave me a dirty look and returned to his card game.

"Are you going to bid?" He asked impatiently.

At first, I thought he was talking to me. Then, I realized that I wasn't the only demigod at the table.

Felix and Jay sat next to Chiron, inching away from the wine god.

Chiron cleared his throat, "Mr. D, I was just about to ask Secret to take these two to their cabin."

Dionysus sighed, "I suppose. Go on Sarah, take them away and get them killed."

I rolled my eyes mentally, "Yes Mr. D…"

Standing, I beckoned to the two and headed towards the cabins.

Jay and Felix jumped up from their seats and ran after me, happy to get away from the wine god.

We strolled past the volleyball court.

"Did Chiron tell you…?" I asked awkwardly.

Felix nodded, "Who do you think our parents are?"

I studied him, "Um…" Then I shrugged, "it could be anyone."

Before anyone could talk again, I abruptly pointed at the first cabin. It was the grandest out of all the cabins, and there were over 50 of them. You could see that there were two being built and another being renovated.

"This is Zeus' cabin. No one lives here. Not since Jason and Thalia." I muttered. I remembered Jason's death in a flash. My eyes watered a tiny bit.

.:Flashback:.

"Watch out!"

I turned to see the blonde haired boy knock me over. Something flaming flew over our heads in a deadly hiss.

"Jason!" I gasped.

He drew his sword.

"Stay back!" I snapped at the two new demigods we were taking back to camp, "You see that giant tree? Run to it and don't stop! Get to the big house. Get help! GO!"

I drew my own sword out.

Jason and I stood back to back, trying to see our enemies.

It was dark on the hill. You could barely see anything.

I could hear the two demigods panting and something else…

"DUCK!" I yelled, pulling Jason down. I swung my sword.

Hiss! Something was cut, and I knew it had dissolved.

"Get to camp!" I whispered to Jason. He nodded and we began to retreat.

BOOM!

We had reached the tall pine tree. Something tackled me down.

"NO!" Jason reached up like he was trying to grab something. Lighting struck down. The hill was illuminated for a moment.

I gasped.

Monsters stretched all the way down to the base of the hill. I didn't know there were this many… and I didn't know if the boundaries could hold this many demons.

I slashed with my black sword as the first monster lunged at me. I could feel the sword absorbing the monster's energy. My special sword could hold energy… awesome right? My storage space, you could say.

I lashed out again. The next monster was harder to kill. It knocked my sword sideways. It fell out of my hand.

I drew out my spare knife and threw it at the monster.

It dissolved. Luckily, my sword reappeared after a short while.

"We need to hold them off!" I yelled to Jason.

We were trapped against the giant pine tree.

Jason brought down another lightning bolt, slashing out again.

I yelled and a dozen skeleton warriors erupted out of the ground.

Instinctively, I lashed out at another monster. I pointed my tip to the ground concentrating. Another dozen skeleton warriors clambered out… plus a few skeleton mice. I didn't see how that would exactly help…

"Jason! Secret!" I heard another voice yell. Suddenly, the first few waves of monsters disintegrated.

Jason and I kept on battling the monsters, wildly swinging.

"Let's get back!" I yelled to Jason, who was summoning another loud clap of thunder and a flash of lightning.

He nodded, taking my hand. We ran back, occasionally stumbling. I hissed in pain as a fireball skirted my arm.

Another flash of lightning struck the first few monsters.

I could see Jason already tiring. I wasn't doing any better.

Another wave of dead warriors clambered up.

We reached the demigod lines.

"Get them!" I yelled. I could tell my powers were slowly draining. My energy level was dropping.

I slashed another monster. I drew a little bit of energy into my own body.

Another wave of skeletons came up.

It looked like we were winning. We had to be!

The battle ended suddenly when the monsters started retreating.

I smiled victoriously, turning to Jason. Before we could hug each other, something blinding flashed towards us. Jason pushed me. I stumbled back as I watched a giant flaming ball of fire crash into my cousin.

"NO!" I screamed, tears streaming down my face. I rushed forward, but I knew it was too late.

Somehow Jason and I had overextended. I sunk down on my knees, sobbing.

"No… Jason…"

"Jason?" Felix asked.

I felt a tear trace my cheek. Wiping it away angrily, I flashed Felix an angry look before heading to the next cabin.

I'd been only ten years old when it happened. Jason had been like a brother to me. He used to tell me stories of the war with Gaea. He'd been one of the last ones left. Even his sister, Thalia, had died in battle.

"This is Poseidon's cabin…"

Oh boy, I was really having a bad day today. The death of Poseidon's son had sent another shard of pain into my heart.

I continued showing the boys around, until we reached the Hermes cabin.

"This is where you'll be staying until you get claimed."

"Hey! It's our famous hero, Secret!"

I grinned as I saw the cabin counselor, Greg.

"'Sup? These are our new recruits. This is Felix and Jay." I pointed to them in turn.

"Well hello Felix and Jay. I'm Greg, the Hermes cabin counselor." The boy smiled. He had brown curly hair and chocolate brown eyes that swam with humor.

"Hello."

"Ready for capture-the-flag today?" Greg asked, turning to me.

"Ready as ever!" I grinned, "Which reminds me, can you get Felix and Jay armor and a weapon?"

Greg nodded, "Sure. Let's go guys. Fred, you're in charge!" He looked back and pointed at someone.

I turned and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Jay jumped in front of me, "Who's your godly parent?"

I stared at him for a moment with my almost-black eyes.

"Hades."