A/N Sorry for going M.I.A for a while, but I am back! I was trying to put up a couple of chapters on my other story (Stuck in Between) seeing as all I had was the prologue. I went back and changed the part where Katrina and Jade had the same schedule in Chapter 2(Olympic High). I realized having them in some different classes would help this chapter. If you read that chapter before I changed it, feel free to go look at it, but I will make the change prominent in this chapter also, so there is really no need. I hope you like this chapter, I worked to make it longer that usual, *cough, cough* considering some of you think I write too short of chapters (hearttoread). Enjoy!

Jade

As I walked up to the table that Katrina was saving, I heard her arguing with some cheerleader girl who was trying to sit in my seat. "I was here first!" Katrina said, obviously having to have said it more than once. The girl just plopped down and stared at Katrina defiantly.

"Yeah, well me and my friends have had this table for the entire year, so scram. This is our school, not yours," the girl replied stubbornly, flipping her blond hair over her shoulder as her cronies gathered around her.

"Well, why don't you find somewhere else to sit, because I'm not moving," Katrina said, crossing her arms.

Blondie sneered. "I can make your life miserable, girl. Now, move. I'm sure you can find a nice seat on the wall, considering you don't have any friends to sit with."

She sighed and looked over her head and saw me glaring and Blondie and her groupies. "But I have a friend." she said with a smirk on her face.

"What? You have a friend? Is she imaginary, because you have only been here for half a day. I doubt you have made any friends yet. So, move or I will-" she started to say.

"Will what?" I said, my voice sounding dangerous. I stood behind her, arms crossed, a scowl on my face. The girl whipped around to face me, eyes widening in shock when she saw me. It was probably because of the way I dressed. "I believed I asked a question. Now, do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?"

She sent me a nasty glare but slowly got up and left, but not before muttering, "This is not the end, newbie." As she and her groupie left, I sat down next to Katrina, who was still smirking at me.

"I knew they would run away when you came. But something did seem a little off about them…" Katrina observed.

I sighed, thinking back to what they had said. It did seem a little strange that a mortal threatened me; not being able to talk to Katrina about the possibility of them being monsters, I settled for saying what she would have. "You mean how they all seem to share one brain. I happened to notice that too," I said jokingly.

Katrina laughed, but in the process accidently knocked over the drink she had gotten for lunch. I was sure it was going to crash to the ground when her hand shot out incredibly fast and snatched it a second before it hit the ground. I stared at her in shock, and a blush crept onto her checks as she set the cup back on the table.

"Nice catch! You have really fast reflexes," I stated as she picked her drink up of the table, sipping it.

"Oh, it was nothing. Just a lucky catch," she said in a dismissive voice. She was obviously hiding something from me, but I didn't pry. Besides, there is so much she doesn't know about me.

"So, are you going to try out for track this year?" I asked, trying to change the topic. At our last school, she had been the track star. She did the hurdles, where you basically run around the track while jumping over hurdles. She had always come in first and never knocked over or even touched any of the hurdles. It was an understatement to say that everyone had been impressed.

I looked over at Katrina and she looked like she was fighting with herself inside of her head. I was about to ask if she was okay when she blurted out, "Shut up!"

"What?" I asked, confused and a little hurt. She looked mortified as she focused back on me.

"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking aloud, that's all," she said, though I wasn't convinced. I knew she was hiding something from me. I was about to question her some more when the bell that ended lunch rung. She jumped up and rushed off to her Math class, muttering something about seeing me later. She was literally saved by the bell. I sighed as I got up, wishing for once that I was actually good at math. I shrugged, I could always grill her in art.

Katrina managed to avoid me for the rest of the school day. Our Art, Biology, and World History teacher had put us all in alphabetical order, and I was nowhere near her, seeing as she is an R and I am a H. In English literature, some guy had sat down next to her and attempted to flirt with her, which resulted in a black finger, black streaks in his hair, and a large ink stain down the front of his shirt, all from the pen Katrina had been gripping a little too tightly.

She had been sent to the office, where it took about fifteen minutes for her to explain why the exploding pen was not her fault. When we finally got outside, the student parking lot was almost deserted. "Come on, let's get to the subway station before your train leaves and you have to wait for the next one," I said, walking quickly across the parking lot, Katrina rushing to catch up to me.

Suddenly, I heard a low growl. I froze in my tracks, listening for the sound again. I was facing Katina, and she was staring behind me in fear. My limbs unfreezing, I grabbed Katrina and pulled her behind one of the few cars left in the parking lot. I wasn't going to let any monster hurt my best friend.

I heard the growl again and I pulled my sword out of my book bag, tossing the bag on the ground as I heard Katrina gasp in surprise. Wondering how she could see my sword, I peered out from behind the car to see the Chimera about a foot away from my face. I jumped back in surprise, narrowly missing the spout of fire it spit at me.

I ran to the left, and away from Katrina. If there was one thing that I didn't want to happen, it was Katrina getting hurt. The Chimera followed me, leaping to crush me against the ground. I swung my sword, connecting it with the Chimera's paw. It yelped, and then lashed out with fury.

It rushed forward, spewing fire. I made the sunlight reflect into it's eyes, blinding it. I swept my sword down in an arc, confident that I was about to send it to Tartarus. Sadly, I forgot about the tail. It came around and whacked me hard in the gut, sending me skidding backwards until I crashed into the car that Katrina was hiding behind.

The Chimera slashed at my shirt, tearing a hole in it and my skin. It placed a heavy foot on my chest, making it hard to breathe. I closed my eyes and concentrated, vines coming up and entangling it's legs and pulling it off me. I reached down to grab my sword, than looked around franticly when it wasn't there.

It was lying on the ground, halfway across the parking lot. It had flown out of my hand when I was being pushed around by the Chimera's snake tail. I thought of the sword reappearing in my hand, and felt the familiar tug whenever I used my magic.

I felt my hand close on the hilt of my sword, and stood up to face the Chimera, who had finally got through my vines. It roared in anger, charging at me. I fended of the snake with my sword and ducked to escape incoming blasts of fire. The Chimera then blasted fire straight at my head, and its tail tripped me. I stumbled backwards into the car, my ribs aching from where it had stepped on me. I probably bruised them, maybe even broke one.

The Chimera whacked me in the chest, hard with its paw. I doubled over in pair, and looked up to see the snake whip out to bite me with its deadly venom. I was seconds away from the lethal when I saw a flash of red. I was wondering if it had spit fire at me until I felt a heavy force slam into my side.

I landed hard on the ground, banged up, but safe. I looked over and saw Katrina kneeling on the ground, clutching her shoulder. Wait, no! She saved me from getting bit, but got herself bit instead. She reached down and grasped my sword hilt with her good arm and threw it with deadly aim at the Chimera's open maw. The monster gagged, the dust that monsters turned into when they died pouring out of it's mouth.

Soon it was just a pile of dust on the ground. I rushed over to Katrina, who was kneeling on the ground, her face scrunched up in pain. "Katrina!" I yelled, dropping down beside her. She looked up at me, and looked like she was about to ask something when she passed out. I reached down and caught her, pulling her into a sitting position.

I was worried she might die. The only reason Percy lived was because her fell into the river. I figured the only thing that would come out of that would having a very wet friend who was still in the danger of dying. There was only one possibility that could save my only friend. I had to take her to camp.

Surprised? Remember, Jade is a daugther of Hecate, so she can control things with magic (incase you forgot)
Sorry about the rushed ending, but I needed to get this chapter up. Comment and tell me what you think!