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Hera's cabin

"Nobody enters my cabin without permission!" Hera boomed. Jenny shrank back.

"I'm sorry, Lady Hera, it was an accident!" Jenny cried. Hera appeared next to her.

"Really, dear, how do you enter a cabin by accident?" Hera asked.

"Well…Hercules-"

"Hercules?" Hera interrupted. It occurred to Jenny that Hera might not like Hercules all that much. After all, he was the son of Zeus, and Hera was Zeus's wife.

"Yes, Hercules pushed me in and locked the door!" Jenny cried.

"Really?" Hera's eyes flashed, and I mean that quite literally. "He wants me to incinerate you, does he? Oh, he'll pay for that." She blasted the door open. "Just don't come inside again unless I tell you that you can."

"Oh, don't worry, I won't." Jenny said, running outside as fast as she could.

Hera said, "I am going to find Hercules."

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Hera stormed up to the forest. Jenny watched her go with relief. The she saw Percy running toward her. "Jenny! What was that about? Are you ok?"

"Yes, Percy, I'm fine." Jenny said. Percy sighed. "Good. You don't want to mess with Hera. Annabeth could tell you that from experience."

Jenny was going to ask, but decided she didn't want to know. "Right. Uh, what should I do now?"

"Um…come with me." Percy brought her back to the arena. There were more people practicing now then there were when Jenny had been there before.

"Allie!" Percy called. A girl looked up and ran over to them.

"What's up?" She asked.

Percy said, "Jenny, this is my half-sister, Allie, daughter of Poseidon."

Allie looked at Jenny. "You're Jenny, right? Nice to meet you."

"Hi. Nice to meet you too." Jenny replied.

"Allie, I was wondering if you could help Jenny find a sword in the armory." Percy said.

"Sure. Come on, Jenny."

They hurried to the armory.

It took almost an hour, but they finally found a perfect sword for her. It was just the right length and weight. "What's it called?" Jenny asked.

Allie said, "This one was just made. It doesn't have a name yet. You can name it."

Jenny thought about it. "Defender." She said.

Allie nodded. "Sounds good. Oh, hello, Hercules, what happened to you?"

Jenny whirled around to see Hercules. He did not look good. Hera, evidently, had found him.

"You locked me in Hera's cabin! She was going to incinerate me! You are a jerk, to put it lightly!" Jenny yelled angrily.

"You sent Hera after me! You have no idea what the past hour has been like!" Hercules yelled.

"I'm sure you deserved it!" Jenny snapped back.

Allie looked awkward. "Um…I'm just going to go…and you two can sort this out…by yourselves." She ran off.

Jenny was holding Defender, but she hadn't had much training yet, whereas Hercules had no weapons but had years of training.

This was going to be close.

The next hour involved lots of yelling and explosions and nearby campers running and screaming.

Jenny slashed at Hercules again, but he dodged her and swiped her legs with his foot. She fell, but as she hit the ground she cut him with Defender. He was bleeding, but he tackled her on the ground and managed to pull Defender out of her hands. He jumped up and pointed her own sword at her. She stood up slowly. He sneered at her.

"Don't feel so brave now, do you, Jennifer? I've got you now." He laughed. Jenny could see the big house from where they were. Mr. D was sitting there, but he wasn't paying any attention to what was happening. Idiot.

"Well, I guess I can finish you off myself, eh, Jenny?" Hercules was ready to behead her with the sword, but at the last moment Jenny ducked and pulled Hercules down on the ground. She grabbed Defender back and they both stood up. Jenny slashed at Hercules again and again, stepping forward with each slash. Soon she had him right on the edge of the canoeing lake. Without hesitation, she pushed him into the lake with her foot. He fell in with a splash. She laughed.

"Now who's an idiot?" she sneered. She turned and walked away.

She walked up to the creek, and sat down at the edge. She sighed and laid back in the grass and closed her eyes.

"Tough first day?" said a voice. Jenny opened her eyes. Hermes was there. He sat down next to her. Jenny smiled.

"Yes. I've nearly been killed several times."

"Nearly. That's wonderful!"

"Speak for yourself." She rolled her eyes. He laughed.

"Hey, I was wondering if I could stay here during dinner?" Hermes said.

"Why are you asking me? Oh, right, it's my camp, I forgot. Um, that would be fine."

Hermes smiled. "Thanks. Gods don't usually eat here, but I figured, hey, why not, just this once."

Jenny smiled back. "Yeah. That would be cool if you could stay. You could keep Hercules from killing me."

"I'll do that."

"Thanks." They sat for a moment, and Jenny looked into his eyes.

After a minute she looked away. "It'll be dinner time soon. Come on." They got up and headed to the mess hall.

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