I'm sorry this came later than normal but it's here. Also a shout-out to TheHoff, zeusrocks, andgreenblue22 for letting me use their OC's for this Story. I do own my OC's, Anthony Sleam and two new characters that will be introduced in this Chapter. I unfortunately do not own PJO.

Chapter 6 The Stranger

Daltons POV

"Oh crap." I said.

"Hey it's not a bad plan." Annabeth said.

"Oh, I know it's just that I don't care for random prophecies and being told the fate of the world resting upon my shoulders." I replied.

"Hey, some would kill for this opportunity." She replied.

"Well let them!" I said.

'I am fed up with this crap' I thought.

"Just calm down Dalton." Jon said

"NEVER!" I yelled in reply and ran away to clear my head.

"Dalton wait!" But I was already gone.

I ran off to the woods knowing fully of its dangers. I sat on a large rock and tried to clear my head. Why me? Why now?

'I sound like a wimp.' I thought.

I heard a rustle behind me and got out my two tazers. I activated them revealing them to be two identical katanas, rippling with electrical energy.

I looked in the direction of the sound and found a German Sheppard. I thought to myself, 'What the Hades? Why is there a German Sheppard in the middle of monster infested forest?'

"DISTRACTION!" someone yelled from behind the dog.

"Wait, what?" I said in confusion.

I saw two arrows come out of the trees and knock both katanas out of my grip.

"Who uses a dog as a distraction?"I yelled.

"Obviously, not you." the stranger yelled back.

"And obviously you're crazy!"

"Depends on what you mean by crazy."

'I had gotten distracted by a dog! A freaking dog!' I thought, berating myself. I held my hands in the air in surrender.

"Sammy, come here boy!" the obvious guy called to his dog.

'What? Did he name his dog Sammy?'I thought.

"Did you name your dog?" I asked.

"Yes I did. You got a problem with that?" he replied.

I couldn't stand this camp. It's insane!

"By the way my name's Zach." he said.

"Dalton." I replied stunned by his casual approach, like he never shot at me.

"Are you a camper?" I asked cautiously.

"Nope." he answered.

"Oh, ok." I said.

After a while I asked how he was able to get into camp then if he wasn't a camper.

"Oh, I'm a Demigod but not a camper." He said. "I preferred a solitary hunting lifestyle. But I am getting tired of this scene."

"You should go on back to camp. You could go on some crazy, life changing and world-threatening adventure." I said sarcastically.

"Really? Well now I'm defiantly interested." He said.

I was seriously tired of being around people. I got off the rock, grabbed my weapons and ran off before he could react.

'Why is everyone insane?' I thought.

Darren POV

'Why is he so nervous around me all of a sudden?' I asked my self.

Ever since Dalton and Jon were determined and Anthony looked me in the eyes for the first time, he has been avoiding me like a plague.

I saw something flit through the trees toward camp. It was a guy of about 5'6 and a blue hooded jacket with a white stripe down his center and a black scarf around his face and tinted yellow goggles. His clothing covered all his features except his agile build and his golden bangs that covered his face. The most peculiar thing was he had a German Sheppard running by his side. He carried a bow black as night with arrows with the brilliance of the sun. He ran toward the Big House at full sprint, his dog barley catching up.

"Excuse me!" he said as he rushed passed me.

I just stared and pondered if I should follow him. I chose to follow him and see if he presented a threat. I glanced around and saw Anthony and thought it would have to wait before I took off.

Anthony POV

Who was this figure that was running toward the Big House?' I thought.

I saw Darren run after him and had a feeling of unease come over me. Ever since earlier today I've had a bad feeling about Darren and had no idea why but I tried to stay away from him. After our claimage, we were accepted into camp and year-rounders.

Zach POV

Wind tore at my clothing as I ran toward the Big House. The guy I pushed past was chasing me through the camp.

"Get back here!" he yelled at me.

I just kept running toward the Big House. Hopefully I won't get in too much trouble for charging into camp fully armed.

"Stop!"

'Like that ever stopped anybody.' I thought.

I kept running because for some reason I thought if he caught me my plans would be delayed.

I pulled down my face wrap to breathe better. I looked around to see if anybody was around. I hastily pulled it back up as I approached a group of onlookers.

"Who is he?!"

"Why is he chasing him?!"

'Who the hell cares?!' I thought.

I was hoping I wouldn't attract too much attention but that plan had failed miserably.

I continued to run and saw Chiron standing in his true form, a centaur. See I had been here and met Chiron before but decided I needed to do solitary training in the woods. With Sammy of course.

"Zach? What are you doing here? I thought you were training in the woods." Chiron asked.

"I heard something was going down so I decided to get some not-so-fresh air!" I replied while still running from Darren, who was oblivious to the conversation.

'Why can't this guy take a hint' I thought

Jon POV

I was about to walk outside the door when Percy stopped me.

"Looks like we're brothers!" he said cheerfully.

"Looks like it but Dalton ran off to the forest and won't agree to Annabeth's plan and Anthony won't go near Darren since our claimage." I said.

Percy nodded in agreement and was about to say something when we heard something outside.

"Zach? What are you doing here? I thought you were training in the woods." We heard Chiron asked.

We rushed outside to see what was happening when we saw a blue-clad figure aiming an arrow right at Darren.

"I'd like to join camp now." the stranger said.

Darren, without much else to do, said, "Why should we let a fully armed nutcase like you into camp?"

"Because I'm more experienced than you by far." The stranger said in return.

Anthony POV

I ran to the Big House, lungs burning, not hoping to have to fight. I arrived to see the blue character aiming right at Darren. I decided to let them go about their business and went to find Dalton. I asked one of the year-rounders if they had seen him. They had said they had seen him heading toward the Aphrodite cabin. I thought about Dalton's personality and thought I should have figured. See he's considered a player and treats women 'uniquely'. As I approached the cabin I heard a lot of giggling and thought to myself 'of course'. I knocked on the door and heard quite a few shuffles and worried murmurs before being told to come in.

I walked in slowly for fear of seeing something I didn't want to. When I opened the door, most of the girls were straightening their clothing while Dalton finished dressing, still unclothed. I turned quickly around, embarrassed of what I just saw, and quickly turned and shut the door but as I did, I ran right into another camper. She screamed as she was knocked over, almost down the stairs. I acted quickly and grabbed her hand and pulled her back up into me and looked at her. I realized, a little too late, I was blushing like an idiot, and not to mention still holding her in my arms. I let her go but she hugged me tightly. At this I was confused.

'All I did was not let her fall from my own stupidity.' I thought but didn't complain because I actually found the girl to be quite beautiful. She had chestnut brown hair that went down to her waist but I couldn't see the rest of her face because her head was buried in my chest. Her skin was tanned but not dark and she wore a green and white striped shirt-hoodie and blue jeans. She backed away and I got to see her face. She had green eyes but not like Jon's and Percy's. Hers reminded me of an open field. She looked at me with a worried and grateful look in her eye. I was about an inch taller than her but she was still eye-level with me. She blushed as I continued to stare at her and when I realized it, I blushed just as hard.

"Hi I'm Clare. Clare Summers" she said as she put her hand out, still blushing.

"Hey I'm Anthony. Anthony Sleam." I said, practically mimicking her and shaking her hand. I marveled at how soft her skin was and realized I was gripping her hand too tightly and released my grip and I saw color return to her hand. She looked at me, still blushing slightly, and smiled sweetly, and it wasn't a false one like I was used to but genuine.

"Hey did you just arrive today? I haven't seen you around here." she asked.

I snapped out of my gaze, lost in the meadow of her eyes.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I just arrived today." I replied. "When did you get here?"

"First thing this morning actually" she said. "I haven't been determined yet." she then stated sadly.

"I have a pretty good idea." I said, getting lost in her eyes again. They brightened up at that statement.

"Really? Who do you think?" She asked eagerly.

I just kept staring into her eyes, getting lost, but was broken out of my trance when Dalton finally stepped out of the Aphrodite cabin.

"Hey Anthony, oh am I interrupting something?" he asked.

"Um…no its nothing." I replied.

"I'll talk to you later" I said to Clare, smiling.

She blushed madly at that and I think I did too.