Chapter 4

I woke up to the sound of a buzzer. I looked around to see where the radio was, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I looked up at the clock hanging on my wall. It was six in the morning. I hated waking up early, but since I couldn't stop the buzzing I had to wake up. I got my clothes and headed towards the bathroom. Hermes was already awake. He was in the living room, reading a book or something. He always woke up early, a bit too early. I got in the bathroom, got dressed, brushed my teeth, and brushed my hair. I met Hermes in the living room.

"Good morning, sleepyhead." Hermes said with a grin on his face.

"Where is the radio?" I asked.

"It's not a radio. It's your room. The camp does it. It turns off and on automatically."

"And you didn't tell me this, why?"

"I wanted to see what you would do. Not as funny, as I thought it was going to be."

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny." I said in a sarcastic tone. I walked to the kitchen and served myself some cereal. I finished the cereal quickly. It was quiet, until I heard a knock on the door. I opened the door and saw Patrick. He had two friends with him.

"Hey, Alex. I will like you to meet my best friends, Percy and Megan. Percy and Megan are both half-blood."

"I'm son of Poseidon, god of the sea." Percy said.

"And I'm daughter of Athena." Megan said.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Alexandra, but you guys can call me Alex." I said. I looked behind me and saw that Hermes was standing right behind me. "This is Hermes. He is here with me."

"Who are your parents, Alex?" Percy asked.

"That's the best part. She is daughter of Zeus and Hera." Patrick blurted out. " Oh. Sorry, Alex."

"It's okay." I said.

"So, you're my Dad's niece. Doesn't that make us cousins?" Percy asked. I looked at Hermes, so that he could answer that question for me.

"Theoretically, yes both of you are cousins. Technically though, both of you are not cousins because Percy is a half-blood." Hermes explained.

"Oh." Percy said disappointed.

"We have to go or else we are going to be late for class." Megan said. We all headed out to the main building. Patrick showed me what I had to do in order to get my schedule every day. He showed me my file and gave me a piece of paper.

"That's what you are going to do today. Now, try and find Hermes' schedule." Patrick said. I looked at the cabinet.

Now, let's see. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H. Okay now. Ha, Hi, Hermes. There it is, the only name in the He section. I took it out and gave it to Hermes.

"It looks like we have the same schedule." Hermes told me.

You probably made the secretary do that .I rolled my eyes at him. My first class was Dark Magic. I thought of what Hermes told me the day before about how people here could choose whether they would be good or evil.

We had to leave immediately after we found our schedules. Hermes and I had Dark Magic. Megan and Percy had Fire Intensity, and Patrick had Combat lessons. I didn't have any classes with Patrick, or Percy. Megan and I had Water Works together and that was it. We headed towards the Dark Magic campground.

On the way there, I noticed one guy was following us. He was heading the same way we were. Hermes seemed to follow my eyes and saw the same thing. He immediately pulled me towards him by the waist. He kept his arm around my waist ready for anything.

"Really, is that really necessary?" I asked.

"Yeah. I need to protect you in every circumstance." He replied with a smile on his face.

"Fine." I pouted.

When we finally reached the campground, I noticed many kids. The class was divided in two groups, half blood, and full blood. But, everyone seemed focused on one person, the person who was following us. He was tall and had blonde hair with blue eyes. He was beautiful, and everyone wanted to be with him. Hermes and I stayed in a corner as far away as possible.

When the teacher, Mr. Evans, walked in, the room grew silent. The teacher was tall and had a hunchback. He had a long nose and long skinny fingers. He looked creepy.

"To your seats everybody." He said in a cold voice. Everybody went to his or her seats except Hermes and me. Mr. Evans looked at us with his black stone eyes. "You two, present yourselves to the class."

I elbowed Hermes for him to go first. He just pushed me up for me to go first. I looked back at him and frowned.

"I'm Alexandra, Protector of Mankind, but you guys can call me Alex." I said.

"Full description about yourself please, Alexandra." Mr. Evans said.

"I'm a goddess or a full blood as you call it." I hesitated for a second, "My parents are Zeus and Hera." I mumbled quickly. Mr. Evans looked at me with the same expression in his face. He wasn't really amazed. He pointed at an empty seat besides the young boy who everyone loved. I walked towards my seat and sat down.

"You don't need to present yourself, Hermes." Mr. Evans said coldly. Hermes got to sit across the room from me. I didn't know why I was so nervous. I didn't know whether it was who I was sitting by or whether it was me being separated from Hermes.

"Hey, I'm Edward." a voice whispered at me.

"Umm, hi." I whispered back.

"I'm son of Aphrodite. That is why I'm so handsome and everyone loves me." He said.

"Not everyone." I told him, giving him one of my stuck up looks I gave my Dad. I ignored Edward the rest of the class hour. We learned about my grandfather and my father. Everyone glanced at me or Edward occasionally. At the end of the hour, I practically ran towards Hermes.

"How was it over at your side?" I said.

"Boring, what about your side?"

"Don't even make me start." I said looking at Edward. Edward was looking at me also. I wanted to know what he was thinking.

Why does she not like me? Everybody loves me, but she is different. I need to find a way, she will love me.

I laughed at the thought. Hermes looked at me like I was crazy or something.

"C'mon. We need to get to class." I said. I looked at my schedule, Water Works was up next. We headed towards the lake at the other side of the campus. It also seemed that Edward was heading the same way. He ran up to me and Hermes.

"Alex!" he yelled, "Wait up."

"Hermes, walk faster." I whispered at him. Hermes was confused. He stopped and we waited for Edward. I looked at him with an angry expression. Edward finally caught up.

"Hermes, do you mind if I walk her to class? Its water works right." He said. Hermes seemed confused at first.

"No problem. You two go ahead. Meet you over there, Alex." Hermes said and in a second, he was gone. He loved teleporting. I hated it though because I could never be able to do the same thing.

Who does he think he is? Being able to just take me or walk me to class.

"Hey." Edward started.

"Hey." I replied.

"How come you don't like me?" he said.

"First of all, you are the most arrogant person I have ever met. You think that just because your son of Aphrodite you are perfect. Well guess what, you are not perfect." I said.

"Fine Mrs. I Know Everything. You know you are just like me. You think you know everything. Guess what you don't."

"Fine." I said.

"Fine." He restated.

"Good."

"Good."

"Stop repeating what I say."

"Stop…Oh, sorry." He said. Both of us laughed. It was weird, how we were angry at each other a second ago and now, it was as if it never happened.

"Stop it." I said.

"Stop what?"

"Stop trying to make me like you." I said.

"I thought you had a boyfriend, Hermes." He said.

"Oh, no. We are just friends. He is just very overprotective of me." I explained.

"So you are available." He said as he raised his eyebrow. I laughed.

"I guess you could say that. But, I'm really hard to get so don't start daydreaming." I said smiling.

"Good, I like girls who play hard to get." He smiled.

" Ha! You wished I played hard to get. I don't play." I said staring at his blue eyes. He was easy to talk to, and even though he was arrogant at times. He wasn't that annoying. We finally arrived at the lake.

"Today, we have a special guest." Edward told me.

"Who?" I asked.

"Poseidon." He said. My eyes opened wide. I looked around for him, he wasn't there though.

Probably going to make an entrance like usual.

Edward laughed. I looked at him, but forgot about it when I saw Hermes walking up to us.

"I see you two know each other well." Hermes said as he looked down on Edward. His eyes then traveled down to his hands. I didn't notice that Edward was holding my hand. I looked at him with a shocked expression on my face. He let go of my hand immediately and left to his seat. Hermes and I walked up to Mr. Rivers, our teacher. Luckily, he just told the class our name.

I liked Mr. Rivers. He was laid back, fun, and not creepy like Mr. Evans. In this class, I sat between Hermes and Edward. Both of them were holding my hand. It was weird. Megan sat behind me. I got to talk to her for a moment or two without Edward or Hermes butting in.

"Megan, I need help. Both Hermes and Edward love me and are trying to win my heart." I said quickly.

"Edward is in love with you." She said shocked, "Do you know how lucky you are compared to other girls? You are going to be hated by a lot of people, so watch out."

"Okay. Are you one of those girls?" I asked

"No way! I like my boyfriend just the way he is." She said. I looked at her with a confused face, wondering who it was. "Percy is my boyfriend."

"Oh." I said. Hermes then pulled me back. I gave Megan an I am sorry look and followed Hermes. Hermes held me close as we walked the boardwalk. At the end of the boardwalk, Poseidon was standing. I ran towards him, giving him a big hug.

"I missed you so much." I said.

"Me too. It's been how many days, Hermes?" he asked.

"I believe it's been a week." He said.

"Oh. Anyways, I wanted to know if you wanted to be my assistant for the day Alexandra." He said.

"Only for this class though. Hermes might kill me if I skip any classes."

"You bet I will." Hermes said.

"Fine. Hermes you're doing a great job on watching over her." He said a bit disappointed I wasn't able to stay with him all day.

We showed the class different water moves like whirlpools, walls of water, and water waves. We finished class with a small battle between my uncle and I. The first one who fell lost. I was a bit clumsy, so after he hit me with a wave, I fell to the water. As revenge, I made a huge gigantic wave come up to him from behind. Everyone laughed as the class saw my uncle, soaking wet. Eventually, he also laughed.

Edward was the one who helped me by using some air and fire moves he learned. I was dry in less than five minutes.

"Thanks." I said.

"Your welcome." He replied. I turned towards my uncle and gave him one last hug. As Hermes, Edward, and me walked away, I looked back and gave him a one last small wave.

"What class is up next, Hermes?" I asked.

"It looks like I don't have this class with you." He said.

"What? I thought you asked the secretary for us to have the same schedule." I said.

"No, I didn't ask the secretary for the same schedule. It was just luck, I guess. Anyways, I have Combating Lessons, and you have Fire Intensity." Hermes said.

"Can I see your schedule, Alex?" Edward asked. Hermes handed Edward the schedule. Edward quickly skimmed the schedule and looked at me with a wide grin that I could have sworn went from ear to ear.

"We have the same schedule." He said.

Great. There goes my day. I thought. Edward gave me a little scowl, and Hermes noticed right away.

"May I speak to Edward, Alex? Alone." Hermes said. He was furious, ready to kill someone.

"Sure thing." I said as I walked away a few feet. I went through Hermes mind to see what he was going to do,

Alex is my girl and my girl only. He will not take her away from me ever. If he hurts her, I will kill him.

I then went through Edward's mind.

Ha! Hermes is so mad because I'm stealing Alex from him. Now I know that I am just one step away from a date with her.

I was confused.

Was he able to read other people's mind too? I thought back to the moment at Water Works. He could have laughed at the thought of Poseidon showing off. What about that scowl he gave you, Alex? He could have given me that scowl because of the thought I had. It all makes sense.

I was determined to find out his 'secret', during class. Edward walked towards me as Hermes looked after him with a annoyed face. I wanted to hug Hermes goodbye, but Edward was pulling me away. I only managed to give Hermes a small wave.

"What did Hermes tell you?" I asked.

"Nothing. Just to make sure nothing happened to you." He said.

"You know I always know when someone is lying to me. Don't lie to me or you might get hurt." I said.

"What are you going to do read my mind to know whether or not I lied?" Edward said.

"Maybe." I told him.

"Maybe what?" Edward said a curious expression in his face.

"I might read your mind to know when you are lying. You just asked me that didn't you."

"No. I thought of that though. So, you can read minds." He said.

"Crap. I was supposed to find out whether you read minds, not me telling you my secret. Just don't tell anyone." I said.

"There is only one condition."

"Okay, I'm kind of scared to find out though."

"You have to go on a date with me."

I was annoyed. I didn't know that this was the way he was getting his date. This was black mail, how dare he black mail me. I was furious.

"Do you like aggravating people or something because you are doing a great job at it right now. I will go on a date with you, but you have to tell me some of your secrets." I said.

"I will tell you tonight. Meet me at the boardwalk." He said smiling, except his lips didn't move. He was thinking of this, so clearly he could read minds too.

"You know you are such a genius for figuring that out so quickly." He thought. I smiled at him. It was nice that I wasn't the only one that I could read minds. I then turned my attention towards the negative. I wasn't able to keep secrets. I couldn't lie to him. I couldn't trust my mind to keep secrets.

"You know it." He thought.

"You know it hasn't even been a minute and, it's kind of annoying already." I added with a harsh tone.

"Sorry. C'mon, I want to introduce you to Mr. Smith. He is one of my favorite teachers."

Mr. Smith was one of the youngest teachers I had seen so far. He had brown eyes and brown hair. He had a small statue of a phoenix on his desk. You could tell he taught a fire class. Once again, Edward and I sat by each other.

Edward and I actually didn't pay attention in class. We were both discussing in our minds. When class was over, Hermes teleported to my class.

"Hey." I said.

"Hi. Can I talk to you for a second? Alone." He said glaring at Edward.

"Sure." I said. Hermes and I walked a huge distance, so that Edward wouldn't hear us. I knew it was useless because Edward could still read one of our minds.

You know it. Edward said.

Can you like stay out of our heads for a second? I promise I will tell you what happens during our…you know. I said.

Fine. Just don't be late for Mrs. Floras class. She hates people who are late for her class. He said, and like that, he was gone. Hermes then stopped.

"We need to talk." Hermes said.

"Isn't that the reason why wee walked half a mile in the middle of nowhere?" I said.

"I guess so." Hermes said as he looked down to the floor. "Look, I heard that you and Edward have a connection. Just watch out. If he hurts you in any way, tell me immediately." He had a crushed and concerned look on his face.

It was like the love of his life just died, and I knew that the worst part was that I was the love of his life, and I wasn't dying. I was falling in love with someone else. I started heading for Mrs. Flora's class without saying a word to Hermes. He looked after me, but didn't follow. Instead, he walked to class.

I'm so sorry, Hermes. I thought as tears overwhelmed my eyes.

I stopped and looked up. I was in the woods still. I climbed up a tree. One place where nobody could find me, I was in place where I was alone just myself and I. I couldn't even find peace and quiet in my mind now thanks to Edward. This was the only place where I felt that I was here in the present.

I felt pain, as if someone punched me right at the gut. For the first time in years, I cried. I cried about my family. How hurt they were and what I did to them. They didn't deserve me.

I cried for Hermes. I don't hate him. Sure, he might be annoying at times but I felt something for him. I don't know what, but I felt a certain thrill when I am with him. He didn't deserve me neither. He deserves someone better, someone who wouldn't hurt him unlike me.

I also cried for myself. If I had obeyed in the first place, I wouldn't be in this mess. I wouldn't be confused or hurt or anything. I would be at home training.

"Hi." A small voice called. I looked around me, but didn't see anybody. I knew for sure that I wasn't reading someone's mind.

"Down here." The same voice called out.

I looked down towards the ground. Leaning towards a tree, was a girl with short, black spiky hair. She looked older than I was by a lot, yet she looked beautiful. She had pixie-like features like her nose and small eyes. I climbed down the tree in order to see her face to face.

"Hi." I said back.

"I'm Marlene. I'm daughter of Athena and Ares." She said.

"I am daughter of Zeus and Hera. My name is Alexandra, Alex for short."

"Nice to meet you. Umm. Are you okay? Why were you crying up there?"

"You just don't know what I've been through. It is frustrating. I better get to class." I said as I started walking towards the nearest way out of the woods. The ground came up and made a barrier not allowing me to leave. I looked back at Marlene.

"Sorry, it's just that there is something about you that intrigues me." She said as she took hold of my arm.

She closed her eyes and stood there swaying slightly. I read her mind. I wasn't sure what was going on in her head. It was like a movie, she seemed to be reading something. She was reading my life to be exact. I was intrigued. I relived old nightmares and happiness in my life, along with the recent hardships. We both opened our eyes at the same time.

"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that. You are probably thinking I'm a weirdo or something." She said.

"It's okay. Thank you for letting me relieve my life and helping me find encouragement."

"How did you see what I was seeing? You are the first person to know I have my powers already."

"I have developed many powers also, including reading minds." I smiled.

I liked hanging out with Marlene. She was easy going and was easy to talk to like Edward. She had a certain charm. It was like I knew her for my whole life.

"I have to go. I'm probably late for class." I said.

"Don't worry. Here take my arm." She said.

As soon as I took hold of Marlene's hand, we both teleported. We went back in time and were standing right in front of Mrs. Floras classroom.

"Thank you. See you around." I said.

"You too." She said as she headed back to the woods. Edward grabbed my elbow from behind me. I was startled so much, I accidentally slapped him on the face.

Ow! What was that for?

Sorry, I thought you were… never mind.

Thought I was who, you know you can't keep secrets from me.

Watch me.

Images of pain flooded my mind all at once. I couldn't handle it. It was too much pain. I fell down. I looked up at Edward.

I can also control peoples mind and cause pain. So, I recommend you not to make me do that again.

I thought you liked me. .

I lied. I don't like you… I love you, Alex.

Sweet, but very corny and kiss-upy..

Whatever, in this class the room is divided in two, girls and boys. Of course, you know what side that would be.

Ok. See you later.

Bye.

I walked in the room. It was amazing. It looked like a forest in here. There were trees and everything. I walked up to Mrs. Flora. She was talking to another student at the time. I looked around taking in the beauty of the classroom.

"May I help you, sweetie?" a familiar voice asked. I looked to see who it was. It was Mrs. Flora herself. I immediately recognized her. The long black hair, piercing green eyes, and small nose could only belong to one person, Andrea. She used to teach me back home and now she was here. I immediately hugged her.

"I missed you so much." I said.

"Me too. Why didn't you say goodbye to me? I was a bit hurt you know."

"Sorry, but I couldn't find you anywhere, and I was hurried by Hermes."

"Oh. But, just because you and I are friends doesn't mean I will give you special attention."

"Okay. I'm just so glad to you're here with me."

"I am too, now sit down."

I followed Andrea's directions. She talked about how we could heal ourselves during battles. Edward was constantly disturbing me, but I managed to ignore him all hour.

Andrea wanted us to work with partners. Everyone looked at someone they knew except me, I really didn't know anyone in this class except Edward. I wished Marlene was here. Disappointment filled the classroom when they found out that Andrea had already picked partners.

Edward's partner was a certain Andrew, who was even more arrogant than Edward was. I, on the other hand, was paired with one of the meanest goddess in camp, Christina. I had seen her bully some kids in camp before, while I was walking to class. I was determined not to let Christina stomp all over me and think she was superior.

Please give Christina her own medicine. Nobody here has the guts to do so, and it would be quite a show.

I looked over at Edward. He gave me his brilliant smile. I turned towards Christina.

"Okay. Look here is what's going to happen. You are going to do all the work and I'm going to 'supervise' those guys over there." Christina said.

"Who do you think you are?" I said a bit louder than I intended.

"I'm pretty sure I am Christina. And what are you?" she responded.

"Alexandra, call me Alex. Oh and instead of supervising those guys over there, why don't you actually do something in your life like I don't know, think." I raised an eyebrow. Her mouth opened in shock. "Close your mouth. You will catch flies that way." I sat down and motioned her to sit also.

"Who are your parents? When my Daddy tells Zeus about this, you will be gone." Christine said with a smug smile on her face.

"Too bad my Dad is Zeus." I said. The look on her face was priceless. She was torn. She had been defeated at her own game. Everybody laughed and yelled 'Burn.' She sat down in the chair.

"You are now on my revenge list." She said.

"Does it look like I care?" I said and started working on the assignment. We were trying to build a tree out of clay. Andrea said that it will be needed for our next lesson together. When we finally finished, I stood up and started walking towards Edward who was leaning on the wall.

"How was that?" I asked.

"Perfect." He replied with a smile. We headed off to our last class, Combat Lessons. I knew I was going to master this class with my fighting experience. I touched my necklace my Dad had given me. The necklace brought so many memories. I knew it had only been a week since I was gone, but it felt like forever.

"They miss you too. Trust me. I will miss you if you were gone for a day." Edward said. I smiled at him, and happiness went to sadness as I saw Hermes afar off. He was staring at us. Edward's eyes followed my glance.

"Hermes!" Edward yelled. "Why don't you come here instead of spying on us?" Hermes said nothing, still staring. I knew he was hurt inside, and it was all because of me. Tears started coming to my eyes again. I fought against them. Edward couldn't see me cry.

Edward looked at me and started pulling me to start walking again. I could not walk though; I was concentrating at Hermes' feelings. He wasn't hurt, he felt happy surprisingly. I didn't understand. I went through his mind.

Alex, I know you can read minds. I found out the day of the fight with your father, when you went through my head. I have the power to know who is going through my mind and why. I cannot read minds though, but if you are listening to my thoughts right now, I want to tell you that I am happy for you and that I don't care if you choose him over me as long as you are happy, I am happy. I guess it is time for me to move on. I met this nice goddess here. I hope that she can get my mind to forget about you. It won't be easy and we both know that. Just remember, I love you no matter what.

The tears on my eyes won the battle. I ran away as fast as I could. Edward couldn't see my cry, not now, not ever. I ran to the woods where I met Marlene. I hope that she was there. I kept running. I looked back once to see that neither Hermes nor Edward was following me. I was slightly relieved. I kept running. I started slowing down and eventually didn't know where I was. I was lost in the woods. I tried to find the way out, but I couldn't. It was hopeless. I finally gave up and climbed up a tree.

I focused on my Dad to see what he was doing. I missed him so much. I wished that I wasn't so mean to him. In my mind, I saw him sitting down in his chair staring silently at old photos of me when I was little. I saw for the first time in my life, my Dad actually crying for me. His mind was filled with memories, including recent memories that didn't look so good. For example, the time I told him that I hated him for not letting me visit my uncle's house one time. I noticed how hard I was on him.

I climbed higher and higher until I was at the top of the tree. I felt like nobody could find me here, or that I could find my way out of here. I heard footsteps below. I looked down to see who it was. It was Hermes. Edward was nowhere in sight. I could tell that Edward knew we had to talk.

"Hey." Hermes said while kicking a pile of leaves.

"Hey." I replied looking out into the distance.

"C'mon let's get to class. You got five more minutes, you know." He said in a cheerful mood,

"Don't tell me what to do." I snapped back. I was angry at him for no reason. It wasn't his fault or was it. He was the one that got me all confused in the first place. He was the one that decided to come along and protect him. Who did he think he was? My anger grew more and more. Hermes climbed up the tree in a moment and grabbed me from my waist. He then climbed down the tree with the same speed and ease.

"Why are you even mad at me for?" he said.

"I don't even know."

"Ok. Then stop getting all mad at me."

"I can't. It's all your fault."

"My fault! How is it my fault?" his voice in a higher pitch.

"You…" I started and stopped to try to figure one reason why it was his fault. He raised one eyebrow. "This is why I hate you so much."

"What did I do?" he said in the same high pitch.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing. You have no flaws, unlike me. You are so. So…perfect. Ya! You are so perfect, and that's what I hate about you."

"You think I'm perfect." He had a disgusted look on his face.

"Ya." I said.

"Look at me." He yelled at me. "Look at me. I'm…I'm a murderer. If it weren't for me, my parents would be alive. So, don't ever call me perfect. Look at yourself. You are the one who's perfect. You have everything you can ever dream of: parents, money, power, authority, education, friends, guys who drool over you… What else do you want?"

I was stunned. It was as if someone had punched me in the stomach and took my breath out. I wasn't strong enough. I fell to the ground making myself a little ball. Then, I started crying. Hermes kneeled besides me. He picked me up and held me like a little baby. He kept saying I'm sorry when it wasn't his fault, but mine. It was all my fault. He shouldn't be even be here.

"Why are you saying sorry?" I managed to say.

"I shouldn't have said that to you." He whispered in my ear.

"You had every right to tell me that. I'm sorry. I truly am. It's just that…"

"Shh. C'mon let's get to class before we are too late."

"Okay."

I got up and we walked all the way to Combating Lessons. I turned towards Hermes giving him a small smile.

"Thanks for everything, Hermes."

"Your welcome. Now, go I have to get to my own class. Bye."

"Bye."

I walked away as Hermes just stood there. I was wondering what he was thinking about. He was imagining that as I turned for class he turned me and kissed me passionately on the lips. I stopped and looked at him. He turned bright red as he remembered I could read minds. I felt like running up to him and actually kissing him. But, it was too late and he had teleported to his class.

I turned back around and looked for Edward. I ran up to him once I saw him. He was standing by one of the blue flags.

"Hey." I said.

"Hey." He mumbled.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"My partner is not here. He left yesterday night. Now, I can't battle anyone."

"Am I not here. I'll be your new partner, duh."

"Like you can beat me." He said.

"Ya I can beat you." I said as I took out the sword that Cronus gave me. Edward took out his own sword and threw me a helmet. I then remembered that Edward could read minds, so I couldn't use my main weapon.

In an instant, he charged at me and attacked to my left. I dodged it and swung the sword low at his feet. He jumped high in the air. He was mine now. I made the wind keep him in place, and throw him to the ground. He got up as if it didn't affect him. He threw a small sword at me. I caught it with my bear hands. His eyes almost popped out of his head as he saw me catch the sword and throw it back at him with twice the speed and force. It hit him square on the helmet making the helmet fall of his head. I knew this meant I had won.

"Wow. That was amazing. I've never met anyone beat me in battle. You got to teach me that move." He said.

"Okay. I said.

"I think you're capable of maybe beating Sahara." He said. Everyone around us gasped as he said her name.

"Who is Sahara?" I asked

"Sahara is daughter of Ares the great god of war. She is said to be invincible, well actually is invincible. Nobody has been able to beat her in anything." He led me through a crowd of people. Everyone gathered to see Sahara.

"Hey Sahara!" Edward called out "I bet my friend here. Can beat you in your own game?"

"We'll see about that she said." As she finished the fight quickly by cutting, the poor guys hand like I cut Hermes.

She walked up to me. She was a bit taller than I was. She looked at my necklace. She tried grabbing my necklace and yanking it off, but I was too quick for her and in an instant grabbed her arm and wrapped it around herself.

"I wouldn't touch that if I were you." I said in her ear, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

She untwisted herself and pushed me back. I fell to the ground. She grabbed her sword. She came on a full on attack. I rolled over, the sword missing my head by inches. I got up and had my own sword in my hands. The battle went on; all you could hear was metal hitting metal.

I had to admit she was good at this game. I had to work hard on blocking each fatal move. I knew that this was her talent because she didn't think about anything. She didn't think about strategy or what to do or anything.

I knew this fight would never end. One of us had to crack eventually. I decided to mix it up a bit by using a bit of my magic, but she counteracted it by making me slip. She cut my hand. She smiled, as she knew that she had it in the bag now. I was in pain and shock. As I looked at my hand, she took out a dagger and made a small cut on my face. I fell to the ground. Blood trickled down my cheek. I wiped it off with my hand.

"The fight is not over." I said as I touched a small bowl full of water. All the water was gone and I was a different person. I wasn't human then, instead I was water.

I was unbeatable and I knew that. Nothing could hurt me. She charged at me and with fury tried to hurt me in some way. She became frustrated as she saw that it was impossible.

"Let's end this now." I said as I tried to drown her. She smiled as she saw my attempt.

Suddenly, she made the ground rise a bit higher. The ground tried to suck me up. I turned to my human self again. I couldn't move now, my feet cemented to the ground. Sahara walked up to me.

"I told you. I never lose." She said as she punched me on the face. Everything else was a blur. I blacked out.