"Nico, how long will it take for them to get used to me?" I had been in the Hades cabin for two weeks and still most of my sibling avoided me like the plague. All except for Leeza, she warmed up to me instantly.

"I'm not sure Kira. They've been together for a couple months before you came, and some of the other cabins don't treat us that friendly. They learned to rely on each other and having someone new come in is probably a bit of a shock. Your attitude doesn't help to much either."

I took offense to that last comment that he made. "What do you mean that my attitude isn't helping!"

"Well, you baby Leeza, and not the rest of them. They see you as liking Leeza and hating the rest of them."

"She's five! Do you know how hard it is to be at this camp when you are five!" I exclaimed this really loudly and campers passing by our cabin did a quick glance to see if everything was alright.

"No I don't know what it's like to be at this camp when you are five Kira. Do you?" What a stupid question.

"Nico, I've been at this camp since I was four, so yes I do know what it's like to be at this camp when you're five. It was so difficult! I don't want her to end up like me, which would be really bad."

Nico now looked confused. "Why don't you want her to turn out like you? Do you really think so little of yourself?"

"Yes!" I yelled. At that point someone came into our cabin, it was Travis.

"Are you okay Kira? We can hear you yelling from quite far." When he said this he had an impish grin on. I was pretty sure that he had been eavesdropping.

"You are such a liar Travis. You were so eavesdropping at the door weren't you?" I sounded so stern, like a mom. Jeez that was a scary thought, or was it? I was twenty three after all.

"You are just like a mom Kira. You know everything." Great so I was right, and Travis just proved it.

"Go away Travis you could use this time to go torment someone."

"Cold as always Kira." That impish grin was still on his face and it was starting to annoy me.

"Just go away Travis." He raised his hands, dipped his head and then left from the cabin.

Turning back to Nico I answered his question. "Yes Nico, I do think so little of myself. I was in Leeza's same situation eighteen years ago, and look at me now. I have my hair dyed, I'm single and without a boyfriend haven't had a date since I was sixteen, and to top it all off I act like a mother. I don't want Leeza to end up like me."

"So what are you trying to prevent from happening to Leeza?" That was actually a good question.

"I'm trying to prevent her from a person without to many feelings. Did you know that the day I came back to camp was the first time I had cried six years? The last time I had cried before that was when I was leaving Camp half-blood. I don't want her to end up cold." My voice was firm.

"Why don't you show the same to the rest of them? Don't just specifically focus and baby Leeza. Remember that all of us didn't really have loving parents, when a couple of us did, but most of us have had a hard time and could use some motherliness."

"Great. I'm becoming a mother without kids. How sad is that?" My voice was becoming a bit whiney.

Nico just laughed and we left the cabin together with Domino. Believe it or not everyone in the cabin loved Domino. They all took turns sleeping with him at night and spent their spare time playing with him. I thought that it was really cute.

After being told that I was really motherly I needed some sanity, so I headed to the training area and grabbed a sword.

"You looking for someone to spare with?" I knew who the voice belonged to.

"Sure Percy, just don't complain if you get hurt." He laughed and we started sparing.

He was really good, just as good as Luke. Our swords clanged really loud and eventually people stopped their training and were staring at us. Sweat beaded on both of our foreheads. I wish that I was using double swords, that was what I was best at, but I had decided to practice one handed sword play.

Think Kira. What can you do right now that would decide that match? Dozens of strategies flowed through my mind; I picked the simplest one and put it into action. I purposely swung high so that he would have to duck to dodge, then I tried to hit the hilt of his sword. I had practiced this with Luke and if you hit the hilt properly the sword would come loose and he would most likely be at my mercy.

It was harder than I thought it would be though. I couldn't get a clear shot at his hilt, and then something happened that I hadn't been counting on. Domino was all of a sudden sailing over my head and knocked down Percy. Percy, having been taken by surprise, ended up collapsing under Domino's immense size and weight.

"Domino! Off!" Domino hearing my serious voice instantly came off of Percy and bounded to my side. "Sorry Percy." I said to him while helping him up. "Did Domino hurt you at all?"

"No, don't worry Kira. That was an interesting battle plan. I thought you would try to disarm me, not sick your hellhound on me."

I blushed red with embarrassment. "I was going to disarm you, but then Domino barged in. Normally he fights with me, so he went into one of our battle plans. Sorry. By the way, why aren't you hurt at all? I was sure that I nicked you once or twice, but there was nothing."

"Oh." Now he was looking a little uncomfortable like this wasn't his most favourite subject. "Well, um, I took a, um, dip in the river Styx to, um, defeat Kronos?" His eyes looked a little apologetic.

After being back at camp for two weeks I had come to expect just about anything from him. I approved of him though to be Annabeth's boyfriend. He was caring and strong, dim witted at times, but he would always redeem himself. I did have a conversation with him though that if he hurt Annabeth in anyway I would kill him. That was a very nice chat. Hey, even if she isn't my real sib, she's still my little sis.

"Oh really, mm hmm, well you still fight amazingly, one of the best fighters that I've seen at Camp half-blood, while I've been here any ways." I meant it, he was better than Luke and on par with me, I needed to train some more.

"Domino, come back!" It was Sebastian's voice. He came running up the hill with the rest of our siblings. When he arrived he regarded me coldly. "Oh, hello Kira."

"Why are you always so cold and distant to me sabastian? Aren't siblings supposed to stick together?" It had been a burning question on my mind for quite some time now.

His response totally threw me off edge. "You're my rival how am I supposed to act, all friendly?"

Well then, I was flattered and I wanted to laugh out loud. "Well then sabastian how about we make a pact as rivals. You can challenge me three times a month to a fight, and in return you at least try to act a little friendlier. Look at me and Percy after all, he's another one of my rivals, but we're really friendly to each other."

"We are?" Shut up Percy and go along, and yes you idiot. You're on par with me on swordplay!

"Duh Percy. You're on par with me in swordplay, although you haven't faced me yet with twin swords."

Sabastian contemplated my offer. "Make it four times a month and it's a deal."

This kid sure knew how to bargain. "Sure thing sabastian."

We shook hands and that cemented the deal between us. Camp sure was getting very interesting.