I'm sorry I took such a long time to write this chapter, but I have exams just round the corner. Due to that, I wouldn't be writing one more chapter for quite some time. Enjoy and review!

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Katrina

I got out of bed, got dressed and thought things through. Kronos, my father? That's ridiculous. Gods might get moony-eyed over a mortal, but a titan, especially the king of all of them? Not likely. But then, the voice was certainly older than any gods. It just might be him. Oh, what if he is my father? And how will Percy react? Connor and Travis keep going on about how Percy bashed him up, if he finds out who I am…no, I wouldn't think of it. It's just too horrible. Wait, Percy has battled Kronos before, so he would know how to describe him. I can ask him for confirmation. Yep, that's what I'll do. So I walked to the Poseidon cabin and began my enquiry about my "dad".

"Percy, can I ask you something?"

"You just did. But if you mean another question, go ahead."

"Can you describe Kronos for me?"

"Kronos?" Percy was clearly confused, "Why would you want me to describe him?"

I shrugged, "Just curious."

"Well, his voice is ancient, way older than the gods, and is raspy and metallic. His presence turns time to liquid and he radiates evil, so much that he can freeze you just by looking or talking to you. And when he possessed…someone, his eyes were gold."

"Oh." I replied. The voice that spoke from the pit was definitely ancient, and he did freeze me in place just by looking at me. Oh great. Kronos is my father. I've just confirmed that. Now what do I do? I guess the easiest thing to do is to keep quiet about it, and continue living in Camp Half-Blood. Since I had no other choice at that time, I decided to do that until I could think of a better solution. So I went back to my cabin, took my sword, and got ready for some swordfighting, which was our first activity.

I was just about to leave the cabin along with everyone when I spotted something on my bunk. I bend down and picked it up. It was a necklace with a silver scythe pendent. The symbol of my dad. I grabbed the pendent and the whole thing began to morph. The scythe grew bigger and the silver turned to celestial bronze. The necklace disappeared as well. Soon it was a full-sized weapon. There was a topaz stone set in the hilt. On an impulse, I twisted it, and the hilt suddenly shortened and the blade shot up, so instead of a scythe, I was holding a 3 foot long celestial bronze sword. There was writing on the hilt. It read: Κατρίνα Κλιαργουότερ. Katrina Clearwater, my name. Before anyone else could see it, I shrank it down to the necklace and wore it around my neck, then rushed out to join the rest of my cabinmates.

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Before I knew it, it was Thursday, the day for capture-the-flag. Our team was with Athena, Apollo, Demeter, Poseidon, Nike, Phobos and Deimos. The opposition team was Zeus, Hades, Dionysus, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Palaemon, Melinoe, Nyx and Nemesis. Hypnos was supposed to be on our side, but they were snoozing. Morpheus as well. How surprising. Today, we were the blue team. We had set the flag at Zeus's fist (more commonly known as the Poop Pile) and had Demeter cabin to guard it with poison ivy or something. A few Apollo cabinmates were stationed there as well. Nike, Phobos, Deimos and Athena were going to attack the opposition and distract them with the rest of the Apollo campers. Poseidon cabin (a.k.a. Percy) was supposed to defend the creek with whirlpools and hurricanes so that no one can cross except the members from our team. We were supposed to 'steal' the flag as that was our specialty. We all got to use magic items. I chose to use my new scythe. When I first used it in training, I was afraid someone would ask how I got it. Thankfully, no one did, but Connor did comment that it looked nice. From then on, I kept it near me. He just might steal it. Soon, Chiron blew the horn to start the game.

I morphed my necklace and the scythe sprang into my hand. I decided to call it Xpovos, ancient greek for time. I rushed into the woods, away from bulk of the battle. After running around 50 meters, I met Nico, facing the other direction. He must have heard my footsteps because he started to turn around. But before he caught sight of me, I felt dizzy, like when you're in a rollercoaster, and the trees blurred into a speeding green mass. A fraction of a second later, just as Nico completed the turn, I was in front of him by about 100 meters, out of sight. I leaned on a tree, breathing hard. Whatever I just did, it took up a lot of my effort. I guessed I simply sped time up around me, and completed what would have taken a minute or two to do in a split-second. I steadied my breathing and looked around me to find the flag only a few meters away. There were some elaborate traps around it, made by the Hephaestus cabin, and some wicked thorns by Dionysus cabin. There were guards from Melinoe and Nemesis. There were people from Aphrodite too, but I didn't count them because all they were doing was gossip. I could have mistaken them for children of Pheme. There were too many guards to defeat on my own. Just then, Nike cabin broke through the dense trees and rushed at the guards, who all started fighting except those whose mother was a certain goddess of love. The guards had formed a defensive ring around the flag, and there was no way I could sneak around and get it. So I did the logical thing. I entered the battle.

I swung Xpovos at a Melinoe camper first, who was the closest to the flag. She raised her sword to meet mine, and our blades clashed together. I twisted the scythe, and its long hilt knocked her sword to the ground. I was about to knock her unconscious when she smiled, raised her hands and intoned "Άνοδος και μου χρησιμεύσει." Rise and serve me, I translated. Cracks began to open up on the ground, and ghosts rose from the gapes. They were all dressed in battle armor, and armed with swords and spears. Just my luck, to have to fight a troop of ghosts and the other campers before I can reach the flag. So I did the only I thing that I could do. I closed my eyes and imagined the world slowing down. I didn't feel any fast-forward action, like I did in the past. Instead, I felt nothing at all, but when I opened my eyes, everything was barely moving. Birds ahead beat their wings at the speed of half a mile per hour. Swords were coming down sluggishly, one inch per second. My opponent's ghost were taking forever to unsheathe their swords. I took an experimental step forward and found that I could move at normal speed. I smiled. This was brilliant, nobody could possibly win against me now. I moved into action.

This time, everything was easier, using a lot less energy. Before the girl could blink, I ducked under one ghost, came up and stabbed one, then swung around and slashed apart another three. The blade sliced through the armor like it was liquid. I slashed and stabbed in a most unorthodox style. In just one second, all the ghosts had vaporized into ghostly vapor. I threw my blade at my opponent, who was staring at me open-mouthed, knocking her out cold. Strangely, Xpovos returned to my hand after landing on the ground. I've never experienced that yet. Maybe I just unlocked some secret power in the scythe or something. I turned around to face another camper when a volley of arrows appeared from those Apollo cabinmates who aren't guarding our flag, knocking out some of the red team members. Nike cabin continued attacking the remaining guards. There was no one blocking my way to the flag. I leaped forward, grabbed it, and ran away, speeding up time slightly. I burst out of the trees and found myself in the middle of a battle, much larger than the one before. Nico was surrounded by an army of skeletons. Thalia was busy shocking people with small blasts of energy. Our teammates from Phobos and Deimos were scaring the red team out of their wits. A few were even crying. At the creek a few meters away, Percy was battling the Palaemon cabin, water powers against an army of sharks. Thankfully, Percy was on the winning side. I launched into super speed, striking down skeletons, dodging electrical blasts, countering sword thrusts and, most importantly, protecting my flag. In no time at all, I was out of the battle before anyone even realized that the flag was with me.

I ran towards the creek, normal speed this time since I was too tired to do anything else. Percy saw me and was about to create a bridge made out of water when I got a strange impulse. I shook my head at him and ran forward. Just before my feet submerged in the water, I shouted "freeze!" I know, it sounds stupid, like a policemen shouting that out to a bunch of unruly children, but the water froze into ice. Luckily Percy was standing on top of the water, so he wasn't affected. I'm afraid to say that the sharks and campers from the Palaemon cabin weren't as fortunate. They got stuck in the ice. I ran across the frozen creek and leaped to the other side. The flag banner changed to a caduceus over a grey background. Percy raised his sword and shouted "We won!"

The battle stopped immediately. Everyone turn to look at me, shock evident on all their faces. How I got through all of them fighting was beyond them. I wasn't going to explain to them my newfound powers. It would give away my father's identity and then everybody will hate me. So I didn't say anything and they just kept staring at me until Chiron broke the silence by saying "The winner of today's capture-the-flag is Katrina from the Hermes cabin!"

Afterwards, there was this announcement about me winning and even Dionysus's speech couldn't dampen my mood. He said something like "So, the newbie, whose parent doesn't even bother to claim her, won. Oh goody. Now maybe she would get claimed. The other gods always get so proud when one of their children wins something. I wonder how they can get proud when their children are certainly nothing to be proud of. Now go on and give her the laurel wreath. And quickly. I want to get this over with." Maybe it didn't affect me because my parent did claim me, I don't know. So Percy got the laurel wreath and placed it on my head. Then there was the normal campfire sing-along and then everyone went to bed. Did I mention that capture-the-flag normally takes up a whole day?

So I went to bed along with my cabinmates. We were all in a good mood and they all kept congratulating me, despite most of them being too tired to open their mouths. I plopped down on my bunk and hoped for a peaceful, dreamless night. And, for once, my wish was granted.

Next is Thalia's POV. Or maybe Nico's. I bet you still can't guess who Katrina's mother's mother is! I'm sure most of you are guessing Hecate. Well, you're wrong! I'll probably review it in the next chapter. Please comment and review!