Gah... How much longer till I'm not following the Rp...? About three more chapters, I say to myself. Well, self. Time for you to hush up and start writing. You have an impatient Skippy waiting for this chapter.

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After we got some blankets from the Big House, I began to lead Danny up the treacherous, life-taking, monster ridden hike towards the mountain province.

Just kidding.

The only monsters inside camp boundaries were Zavid and Jesse's appetite.

After awhile, we made it there. I hummed as we walked through the mountain region of camp. Danny was looking around, asking me questions about some things that were there, and I answered him to the best of my ability. Which was rather well, mind you, since I had been there for eleven years. I knew almost everything there was to know about the camp and it's people. Except for the new ones, of course... I was too tired to try and mess with them.

Anyways, so Danny asked questions, and I answered them. After awhile, I stopped, and he almost ran right into me.

"What is it?" The half-monster asked as he looked around, wondering why I had stopped. I looked around at our surroundings, trying to figure out where we were. After awhile, I remembered, and I sent him a smile.

"Come on," I told him, starting to climb the mountain to our left. "There's something you need to see."

Danny hesitated as some pebbles slid out from underneath me. But he began to follow after I got ten feet above him, curiosity winning over his caution. "What is it?"

I flashed him a quick smile before I made my way up the mountain further. "You'll see." I paused, looking around to make sure it was the right mountain. I nodded when I had made sure that it was, and continued to make my way up.

Danny followed me, and the few glances I sent down to him, he looked rather curious. Most people had that same look whenever they first played Capture-the-Flag in this region, and I knew what he was thinking. So I answered his silent question.

"The mist that shrouds the camp prevents every mortal- and immortal, from seeing everything that lies within." I explained. "Including our two thousand feet tall mountains." I added as I made it to the top. I turned around and offered Danny a hand up, and he accepted.

"Wow. That's pretty cool." He said as he, too, came to a stand on top of the mountain.

I smiled at him and moved away from the edge and more towards the center of the mountain. Sitting down, I stared out across the way. "I love coming up here in the dream world." I told him as I gazed at the smaller mountains around us. Eventually, if you looked far enough, they turned into rolling hills and, after that, the Pacific Ocean lapped silently at the coast of Oregon. "The sun rises are beautiful."

"I'll bet." Danny said as he came to sit beside me, smile on his face. "How'd you find this up here?" He asked me as he gazed out across the way.

I let out a small laugh. "Funny story, really." I said. "It was during one of my first years at camp, when all I ever did was bounce off the walls with energy I don't have today. We were playing capture the flag here, and I was sent out to search for the other teams flag. A giant bird found me and picked me up, and it carried me here. Panicking, I hypnotized it, my first time ever. Though it didn't w quite work out, so I ended up still needing to kill it." I shook her head. "Anyways. So the bird brought me here, and after I killed it, I began to call for help. Nobody found me til late into the night, but I've been in love with this place since."

"Scary story for such a beautiful place."

I nodded in agreement. "But I still love it here. I just wish I could get there, to the ocean, especially now that the camps is frozen."

"I'm sure Zavid will be able to think of something to get rid of the ice." Danny assured me.

"I hope so..." I murmured. I shivered as the wind suddenly picked up, piercing the blanket that was wrapped around me. I tried to hide it from Danny, but he noticed.

"Are you cold?" He asked me.

I shook my head. "N-no." I lied, though I knew it was useless. "I'm good."

Danny sighed. Standing up, he took the blanket that was draped over his shoulders and wrapped it around me. The gesture surprised me, though I'm not sure why. Danny was a gentleman. That much was obvious as soon as you looked at him. But I still smiled softly at him.

"Th-thanks." I told him through chattering teeth. Another breeze came, and I pulled both blankets closer. "But won't you get cold?"

He shrugged and sat back down next to me. "I'd rather be cold than watch you be cold."

I smiled at him. He was so kind. But I couldn't let him be cold, so I took the edge of his blanket and leaned over, wrapping it around his shoulder that was out of my view. "I'd rather the both of us be warm."

Danny smiled at me. "Thank you."

I smiled back before I turned to look at the ocean far beyond my reach. Why couldn't camp just be over there? My life would be so much better if I could swim at that moment. And the waves lapping at the coast of Oregon... That was just torture.

"It's really nice and quiet up here." Danny said softly, not wanting to break the peaceful quiet that had fallen between us and our surroundings.

"It really is," I agreed. I looked up at the constellations that were quickly appearing in the night sky and smiled. "With no light pollution, either."

"I noticed that." Danny said as he, too, looked up towards the sky. "It's really nice."

I smiled softly at his words. My eyes began to wander, tracing the shapes and outlines of every constellation I saw, silently connecting them to the myths I loved to read. They weren't really myths, since I was a demigod and all, but you get the point.

"Could you tell me about the constellations?" Danny asked when he noticed that I was still starring up at the stars. "I don't know much about them."

"Well, that one, right there," I said, tracing a path in the stars. "Is called the Big Dipper. It's a constellation of a bear, who was a mother to the one next to it right over... there." I traced a smaller one in the sky to the left of the larger one. "It's said that they were the first mortal wife and son of Zeus. He turned them into bears to put into the sky after they were killed by a... um..." I thought for awhile. "I think they were shot down by a hunter who had mistaken them to being bears because of the fur they were wearing that day, if I remember correctly."

Danny nodded, though he did look a bit confused by the story. "That's a nice story. What else?"

"Well that one over there," I traced some more stars. "Is called Scorpio. The one over there," I drew my hand along the sky and traced the figure of a man. "Is Orion. Orion was a giant, who was bred to rival the twin archers. But he didn't like his role, and joined Artemis in her hunt. He was the second guy to ever join her hunt, and also the last. He had fallen in love with Artemis, and she loved him back. Apollo didn't like how much he loved his sworn virgin sister. He sent upon the giant Orion a craziness for hunting that could not be satisfied. He began killing more than just small critters like rabbits and mice. He took out several large herds of deer, and even killed Ares' sacred boar. This upset in the balance disrupted Gaea in her sleep, and she stirred.

"She saw what her son Orion was doing," I continued. "And she sent upon him the giant scorpion Scorpio. The creature came straight from the ground, right behind Orion. The giant didn't stand a chance as the scorpion stabbed him with its tail, injecting a dose of poison that would put even the God's into a coma. The giant died immediately. Artemis heard this news from her brother, and ran to his fallen body. Crying, she put him into the sky, before she began to hunt for the scorpion that had taken his life.

"For three days she hunted the scorpion, and on the third she found it. She killed it, and when she did, Gaea spoke to her through its corpse. She told the hundreds what Orion had been doing, and justified her reasons for killing the giant. Artemis was horrified by the news, but she knew that the earth goddess was telling the truth. She had watched as her friend and love slowly went insane from the heat of the hunt, unaware that it was really her brother who was to blame.

"Artemis then sent the scorpion into the sky," I traced the scorpion again. "Naming him Scorpio. She turned Orion's form towards the beast so that he'd always be hunting it. She used the two as a reminder to all hunters the terrible fate that could come to them if ever they hunted for fun and not to feed, which would end up upsetting the balance of nature once again. But really, the huntress used the two as a spiteful reminder to never allow men to hunt in her group again, because they were reckless and would always do anything they could to try and win her love and devotion."

I finished the story with a soft sigh before I turned a bit red. "Sorry." I said quietly. "It's one of my favorites."

Danny grinned at me. "No, it was a great story! I've never heard of Orion or Scorpio before."

"You should really read into them." I told him with a sheepish smile. "All of the stories of the constellations are amazing."

I smiled back softly. "We'd end up sitting here all night as I explained each story." I said with a small laugh. "I'd give you their stories from every myth written in history, including my own thoughts on them."

"I'm fine with that, as long as you are." Danny said with a small smile. Hie smile faltered a little. "Unless... unless you're tired, of course."

I shrugged, about to tell him that I wasn't tired, but a yawn interrupted me. "I guess... I guess I am a little tired." I admitted reluctantly.

His smile returned. "Then I'll let you sleep."

"You're not going to sleep?"

He shook his head. "No. I want to watch the stars a bit more."

"Hmm." I hummed softly before I yawned again. I got comfortable in my position, legs drawn up to my chest and arms holding them close as I rested my head on my knees. I looked out across the mountains, my eyelids getting heavier by the second.

Danny chuckled softly. "Honestly," He murmured. "It's alright if you fall asleep."

I sent him a glance and smiled at him softly. "I know. But I like talking to you."

He returned my smile with his own. "Me too."

I smiled fully and drew my blanket closer to my body, making sure that there were no openings to let the cold wind in. "Plus," I said. "My feet are cold. I can't fall asleep when my feet are cold. It's one of those many weird things about me."

Danny laughed at that. "If I had another blanket, I'd give it to you."

"It's okay. That would just speed up the process of my feet warming up, and that would mean I'd have less time to talk to you."

He laughed again. "I'm flattered."

I smiled at his laugh. I liked it. I loved it. It was smooth, like water running over stones, and it wasn't choppy like waves. It was perfect. "I still don't understand what those triplets don't see in you." I found myself saying.

Danny looked a little sad at that, but also curious. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, I don' understand why they don't like you." I clarified. "You're funny, you're fun, you're nice, sweet, giving, caring, kind, and completly adorable. What's there not to like about you?"

Danny's face darkened a little, in what I assumed to have been his cheeks reddening, but I couldn't really tell in the darkness of the night. "Really?" He asked. "No one has ever told me that before..."

I scoffed. "Then those losers are blind if they can't see something as obvious as that."

After awhile, a smile spread itself on Danny's face, and he wrapped his arms around me in a hug. "Thank you."

I was shocked by the hug, and it took me awhile to hug him back. I smiled as I did. "You're welcome." I responded. "Though I wasn't saying it to be nice. It was the complete truth of what I've been thinking for the past few hours I've known you." It felt weird, saying that, and I didn't even realize I had said it till it was out there. I turned a little red, but the blush quickly left.

"Really?" Danny asked as he pulled out of the hug, sounding a bit unbelieving. I nodded.

"Yeah. I think that any girl could find herself falling for you within seconds." I told him with a smile. "Especially with those little aquatic horse ears of yours." I added with a giggle.

Danny cast a sheepish glance at his horse ears that were still in the place of his human ones. "Thanks..." Danny said with a tone as sheepish as his look. "You're really nice."

"It's not difficult." I told him with a small laugh at his sheepish look. "I find it more fun to point out the best qualities in people and things rather than bringing out the negative all the time, or even occasionally." I reached up and touched his ears again, feeling their smoothness beneath my fingertips. "Why spend all my time being negative when I can spend it being positive, y'know?"

This time, when I touched his ears, Danny didn't laugh uncontrollably. Instead, he smiled softly at me. "Yeah."

I smiled and removed my hand from his ears. "So what about you? Would you rather be positive, or negative? I already knew what his answer would be. He had always been positive, the few hours we've known each other. But I had asked him because I was hoping that he'd explain.

"Positive, of course." Danny responded immediately. "My life is already so full of negative things and people, why not change it?" He added with an honest shrug.

I smiled softly and reached up to fix his hair a little. "One of the things that makes you so perfect." I told him softly as he allowed me to fix his hair. "Pushing aside the negative that threatens to consume you and becoming your own person in the end."

Danny smiled at my words. "Ty, you're so nice to me. I can't thank you enough for being such a good friend."

Friend. I smiled at the word. It wasn't used often to describe me. "There's no need for thanks, Danny. It's what friends are supposed to be, nice to each other and all."

The half-hipocampus nodded in understanding. "I've never had a good friend before."

I grinned. "Then I can be your first good friend, and you'll be mine." I told him. "Sound like a deal?"

Danny smiled and held out his hand for a shake. "Deal."

I reached out and accepted his hand, shaking it formally with a grin on my face. "Well, my dear friend. It looks like we have our very first deal."

He grinned back at me. "Awesome."

I released my hold on his hand and smiled before I yawned. "What should we do now?"

Danny chuckled as he returned his hand to his lap. "Like I said before, you can sleep."

I wiggled my toes from inside my shoes. They were warm, but I didn't want to tell him that. "My feet are still cold, though." I lied.

"I would warm them up for you if I could."

That put a funny picture of Danny sitting on my feet to warm them up in my head, and I laughed. "Thanks, but no. I'm good."

Danny smiled as I laughed. "If you say so." He leaned back till he was lying down, staring up at the night sky.

I smiled at him and stayed sitting up. Pulling my hair tie out, I let my still wet and intensely curly hair fall around down my back. I plucked some twigs and leaves from my hair that were still left over from my earlier tumble into the river.

"You still have sticks and everything in your hair?" Danny inquired, shocked.

I couldn't help but to snort in response. "Everything gets stuck in my hair." I told him. "You have no idea how many pencils I've lost to this stuff, only to have it stab my neck when I went to bed hours later. And even then I couldn't find them." I chuckled, and, as if to prove a point, ran a hand through my curls. My hand got caught on something, and I fumbled a bit before pulling out an inch long pencil. ""See? And the last time I had put a pencil in my hair was last week."

His deep blue eyes, that looked black in the dark, widened in shock. "Oh wow."

I giggled at his expression. "Yeah. It's a mess." I ran a hand through it again to make sure I had everything out of it. "I need to get it shortened again. I keep getting it caught in things." I pulled on one of my curls and stretched it out to it's full two foot length to show Danny just how long it really was. The curls made it appear only half of the length that it really was because they were so tightly wound. "It's too long."

"I think it's pretty long." Danny told my with a smile.

It took me awhile to register that as a compliment, and when I did, my cheeks heated up. I was glad that the only light was from the stars, making it too dark for Danny to see my blush. "You think so?" I asked. "I'm not a big fan of it, especially since if I don't take care of it properly with all the right products and such, it frizzes up all over the place like I'm a freaking lion."

"You're a pretty lion then."

My red color deepened, and I was amazed that I wasn't red enough for Danny to see, even with the lack of light. "Th-thank you." I stuttered. "I... I think I still might get it trimmed, though. At least just a little to get rid of any split ends that might be there."

He nodded in understanding. "Should I cut my chin hair, too?"

I gave him a skeptical look and shook my head. "Na. I think it makes you look all the better."

"Your opinion is biased," He chuckled. "Since you've never seen me without it before."

I tried to picture him without his stubble, thinking over my answer, but I didn't like the results of that thought, so I shook my head again. "I think I'd still like you better, appearance wise, with it."

Danny smiled. "Thanks. Since I keep the stubble, you keep the long hair. Deal?"

"That's an unfair deal."

"How so?"

"That's basically asking me to lose more things in my hair and get it caught in everything more often just so you can remain all handsome and adorable." I told him with a huff of air, blowing some of my curls away from my face.

"I'm what?"

I rolled my eyes. "You heard me. You're handsome and adorable."

"I-I am?" Danny stuttered.

"Um, yeah." I said with a small giggle. "Especially right now." I said as I gathered my hair in a bundle and began to put it up.

Danny looked to be at a lose of words after that. He looked confused, like he was trying and failing at processing my words. I finished putting my hair up and smiled at him.

"Did you forget how to speak?"

"I- no, I-," He stuttered in response.

I giggled and pretended to write notes down with the inch tall pencil in that was still in my hand. "Compliment... Danny... to make him look... even more cute and adorable... as he tries... to find... his voice..." I said as I pretended to write. I glanced over at Danny and smirked. "Repeat... everyday. If he stops stuttering... find something else to say... to try and get him to stutter... again."

"I-I don't m-m-mean to-o stut-t-t-ter!" He ducked his head in embarrassment.

I giggled again and continued to write fake notes. "Make sure... to tell him... that he is adorable... when he stutters." I thought for a second before continuing. "Also, make sure to tell him... he's even more adorable... with those horse ears... and especially so when he's... embarrassed." I sounded out the final word as I pretended to write it down.

Danny looked to embarrassed to respond. He had sat up sometime during my fake-note writing, and was currently trying to hide his face behind his legs that he had pulled up to his chest.

I chuckled and watched Danny as he tried to hide. "You can ask me to stop, and I'd gladly oblige, you know." I told him. "But if you don't, then Ill just keep talking."

"Please do stop." Danny managed to get out, deep blue eyes peering at me from behind his legs.

I smiled and nodded. I closed my mouth and pretended to zip it shut. Danny let out a relieved sigh. "Thank you."

I smiled softly at him, wondering if I had gone too far with my teasing. I looked out across the mountains, filled with a sudden energy after ignoring my need to sleep for so long.

"I think I'm going to sleep now." Danny said quietly.

I felt a sudden sadness, a sudden emptiness at his words. But I nodded. "Okay."

Danny laid back down on the ground. "Good night, Ty." He yawned as he brought his legs close to help keep his uncovered body warm.

"Night, Danny." I responded. I looked over at him and noticed how cold he was. I pulled a blanket off of me, the one he had sacrificed to help keep me warm. I gently covered him it before I brought my own closer to myself. I turned my gaze back to the Pacific Ocean far off in the distance, but my eyes couldn't help the small smile Danny sent me as he pulled the blanket closer to him before quickly falling asleep.

I watched him sleep for awhile. I couldn't get to sleep myself, so I just sat there, watching him for a few minutes before I turned my attention back to the coast of Oregon. I thought as I did. I thought about how much I had been thinking that day. It wasn't often that I thought as much I had the day I met Danny. I was a "do now, think later" kind of person. It was strange, really, how much he made me think. I liked it, sort of, but I thought that thinking appeared to be more of a him thing than a me thing. Gods. I was thinking a lot. And I thought, not for the first time that day, that I loved Danny.

I glanced over at Danny's sleeping form and smiled softly.

Yeah.

I loved him.

There was no denying it anymore.

I, Ty Winters, a simple human who had been born to the god Hypnos and a mortal woman, was in love with Danny Rivera, the half monster who had just come to the camp with a group of others like him, born to a mortal and a hipocampus, horse of the sea. And I loved that I loved him. Yeah, it was a rash and sudden love, but it was perfect. There wasn't anybody in the world like Danny. He was one of a kind, and I loved him.

Gods. I loved him.

I just wish I knew if he loved me back.

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Gaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Such a long freaking chapter...! *flails*