Thank you all for reading! By the way, I know I messed up that sentence back in chapter 6. I said 'the warm sheets were warm and inviting'. What I meant to say was 'the sheets looked warm and inviting'. So sorry about that. Anywho, here is chapter seven. Thank you to all of you who favorited the story. I'm glad you like it. Oh, and I wanted to talk to the reviewer NIKEismynamedontwearitoout because they asked if there was going to be romance. Well, to answer your question NIKE, I'm not too much of a romance writer but considering a good half of you would hate me if I didn't put any in, I do have a few scenes in my head. And I am very glad that you think Nico is attractive.

Laina's POV

A Darned Vampire Sinks My Happy Boat

As soon as we got close to Camp Half Blood I started shaking. Partly yes, because it was cold, but for the most part it was because I was excited. When you find out that the best books you have ever read in your entire life are actually real you tend to become slightly giddy in the head.

As we got closer I got better and better at looking through the mist. I could see Peleus very well now, for his green scales reflected the light like a mirror. We were less then a mile away and I think I was annoying Starfly with all my squirming. When we got close enough to the hill, Rachel gave the command, 'hazafous' which means 'ground'. Starfly's wings turned and we swooped so low I had grass flying up in my face.

I had never liked landings on planes. The noise that the air makes when it's whooshing against the walls just freaks me out and makes me think we are going to crash. But in this case the landing was the best part of it. You can feel the wind against your face but you knew you aren't going to fall off. Something about being on a Pegasus is just reassuring. In fact, at one point it was so fun I was laughing hysterically at the concept of it. Rachel turned to look at me and she too was laughing. We laughed together on a silver Pegasus as we made our way to the camp for half gods. Sounds crazy huh? Well it was. As we zeroed in on the ground we were both giggling like mental patients on laughing gas. In fact, we were both so freakishly happy that we didn't even notice the fact that there was a lone figure standing in the shadows of half blood hill.

Third person POV

The figure was averagely short and averagely tall; averagely fat and averagely thin. If you saw the figure from far away then you would say it looked absolutely one hundred percent unsuspicious. But of course it wasn't.

"Go on ahead Debbi. Show them what Empousi are made of." Kelli said eagerly.

Debbi could tell that Kelli was anxious to kill them. They both were, they hadn't had a good meal in weeks and both their mouths ached and ached for the wonderful taste of fresh blood. Not to mention the fact that Kelli had lost to the demigodish sort before and did not want to risk it again.

"Come on now Debbie we don't have all day."

Debbie gulped and stared up at the two happy figures on the Pegasus. She had never killed unnecessarily before and wasn't anxious to start now. But she didn't want to disappoint her mother so she pulled the gun out of her pocket.

"There you go." Kelli said eagerly, eyeing Debbie's every move. They were both in their real forms and their cheerleading bags lay at their feet. They hated having to disguise themselves as mortals. It was so… unsatisfying to be around such tasty snacks and to not be allowed even one. Granted, they technically could eat them but that would arise a good deal of suspicion and when there is suspicion there are answers. And when there are answers there are witnesses, and well, Debbie wasn't in the mood to have to drink more than the proper amount of blood.

So here she was, standing in the forest, just feet away from the grand old Camp Half-Blood and she was too chicken to shoot any half bloods. It was so outlandishly dumb that Debbie felt the need to smack herself. Her mother was standing there, waiting for her daughter to do what she had literally been born to do and Debbie was too scared to even try.

"My dear," Kelli said resting an arm on Debbie's shoulder. "Are you going to shoot them or am I going to have to do it. They are approaching camp and soon they will be within the boundaries. Our gun is magical so the bullet will not make it through if they get inside before you pull the trigger."

Debbie took a deep breath. She needed to do this. It was the only way to gain her mother's respect. "Alright mom. I will do it."

Kelli squealed excitedly and watched intently as her only daughter raised the gun to eye level and pointed it at the two demigods. She aimed carefully, predicting the movements of the girls and making sure that she had the gun adjusted accordingly. A bead of sweat trickled down Debbie's forehead and she could only hope that Kelli hadn't seen it. She stared squinty eyed at the girls, pretending to be focusing on how to kill them but actually just fretting over the task that awaited her.

The problem wasn't that she couldn't physically hit them. She had had tons of practice with things like this and could probably do it blindfolded. No, the real problem was that she just didn't want to. She hated killing people, even when it was just for meals. She closed her eyes every time and plugged her nose until the blood was all gone.

This was the complete opposite of her mom. Kelli would bite into the humans with pleasure and happiness, not even thinking about how many lives she was ending and how many dreams she had prevented from happening. Debbie tried to do the same thing, and usually succeeded, but here in the shadows, watching as her next meal flew happily around, not even thinking about the fact that it was going to be dead in a matter of seconds, Debbie felt, well, scared. Guilty, almost, for what she was about to do. She had felt guilt many times before, after each meal in fact, but never had it been so bad that she was almost willing to disobey her own mother. But now she felt it. Now she felt the need to drop the gun and back away from all of this. Leave her old life behind and become one of those vegetarian Empousi that she had read about in a book Kelli had made her read. But even she knew in this moment of insanity that that couldn't be done. If she disobeyed her mother she would surely be locked in a cell in Alcatraz like the poor old Briares. Maybe even something worse. But what she did know was that this was going to be her last kill. No matter what Kelli said she was not going to be a part of this any more. Maybe she would have to lie, run away, do whatever, but she was not going to kill another living thing. She moved the gun slightly lower in the air and her shoulders tensed as she prepared to shoot.

I'm sorry. She thought in her head. I do not want to do this.

She took one last deep breath before doing exactly what her mother wanted her to do. She tightened her grip on the gun and finally, finally, she pulled down the trigger.

"NO!" Screamed Kelli. "YOU IDIOT!"

Debbie smiled as the bullet shot through the air faster than the odd quarter that had fallen on them on their way to the hill. Even though it hadn't hit its target yet they both knew where it was going. The pain had been too much for her. She couldn't hit them.

"How dare you?" Kelli screamed, her face red with rage. "After all I've taught you!" She looked back at the small piece of metal that was still whizzing through the air. She let loose a scream of anger before grabbing the gun from Debbie's hand. One bullet remained unused and Kelli knew that she had to kill what her daughter had not. She held the gun up towards the girls one last time and pulled the trigger down. This time it did not miss its mark.

Elaine's POV

You know, I wish that I could say that we saw the figure in time.

That we prevented the horror with hours to spare.

I wish that I could tell you that we did exactly what Percy did; got into trouble and then saved the day.

But the truth is we didn't.

The truth is that we didn't see the figure on the hill. We didn't see her take a small black thing out of her pocket. We didn't see her hold up the black thing and aim it in the air in our direction. We didn't even see the smaller black thing shooting through the air on its way to come kill us.

But I did see it before it hit us.

A loud scream echoed in the air.

"NO, YOU IDIOT!" Someone yelled.

A fuzzy vision filled my head and in this vision I saw two girls with large fangs and bloodshot eyes. One was holding a gun and another that looked older than her was standing behind her glowering at her.

"After all I've taught you!" The glowering girl screeched, her face redder than a tomato.

I looked past the younger girl at and saw me and Rachel on the Pegasus headed towards camp. A black dot was headed right towards us and my eyes widened. I gasped as the realization hit me.

The two girls in the woods were demons.

And the black dot coming our way was a bullet.

Oh Gods.

I didn't have time to have any reaction to this sudden thought. I knew that the shot would hit us any minute so I did the only thing logical to do. I reached around Rachel, grasped Starfly's mane, and yanked it hard. The vision shimmered away and Starfly shot up in the air.

"NO!" The younger, higher voiced demon shouted.

At first I thought it was because we had ruined her plot but I realized only milliseconds later that that was not the case. The shiny bullet pierced through the air and engraved itself in Starfly's side. His wings stuttered and we jolted around in the air. I hadn't realized what I had brought upon us when I pulled Starfly's mane. I realized it now though.

The bullet wasn't going to hit us. It was going to go slightly over our heads. When I yanked on Starfly's mane I caused him to go to where the bullet was aiming.

I caused him to put his heart in front of it.

I caused him to die.

I let out a whimper as we tumbled through the air. Rachel was screaming bloody murder and I would've been too if I wasn't in such shock after what I had done. Starfly's body was tumbling out of the sky with us on his back, a bullet in his heart, already almost dead. His wound was seeping red blood and it was spreading around, covering his entire right side. I knew that there was no way for me to try to save us. We were all doomed just because I pulled on that mane.

I didn't just cause Starfly to die.

I caused all of us to.

I started crying then, real crying. Bawling and screaming worse than any child temper tantrum. If I hadn't been so destroyed I would've said that my cries shook the earth. To me it seemed like the ground was rumbling far beneath us and responding to my every word. We were only seconds away from hitting it hard and the only thing I could think about was keeping Rachel safe.

I could not let her die because of my mistake.

I imagined the ground as a soft pillow that would cushion her as soon as she hit it.

I imagined it bending in such a way that no matter how hard she fell she would be fine. I heard thunder from the sky and I felt like the entire world was in my hands. I felt like if I made one wrong thought or one wrong breath I would kill every living soul. But I also felt like I could save Rachel.

I felt… Powerful.

I held my arms above my head and my small wimpy muscles tensed. The hill was really shaking now and I felt a small trace of dirt in my veins. I felt very unpredictable, like I could change the entire way things were going to turn out with a simple flick of my pinky finger. I knew that this wasn't normal. No mortal was supposed to have this much power.

But what if I'm not a mortal? I thought. What if I'm… Laina?

The thought was only in my head for a second or so but that was long enough for me to realize that I really did believe Rachel and Affie. No matter whom they really were or what their real names were. I did believe them. For the first time I knew that there were people in the world that I could trust with everything I knew, all of my hopes and dreams and secrets.

And one of those people was about to die.

I swallowed a gulp and slowly forced my hands into fists. This may not seem like a big action to you but it took a great deal of precision and carefulness to make sure that I didn't mess up. I felt the earth way, way below me, responding to what I was doing, and a small smile appeared on my lips.

It disappeared soon after though. I looked down at the slowly approaching ground. Right now it looked somewhat goopy but with chunks of hardness buried inside. I knew that this wasn't safe to land in and Rachel would be killed almost instantly. I squinted my eyes and concentrated on liquefying. It was a very difficult task and reminded me of trying to get a small perfect line on a piece of paper using a very thick paintbrush. I could feel the sweat trickling down my face and I knew that I only had a few more seconds before we collided with the hill. I could hear the demons yelling in the woods but I couldn't concentrate on what they were saying. It felt like how Percy described carrying the sky. It seemed like I was carrying a ton of trucks and I couldn't let go or release them or else a lot of people would be killed. I wanted to stop and just let myself die but I knew I couldn't.

I grimaced as my back cracked under the weight. My fists were becoming too tight and the ground was getting hard again. I had virtually no time to fix it. All I could do was squint harder and lighten up on my fists. My eyes felt red as though I had just been crying (which, now that I think about it, I actually had been) and I felt like I had just run fifty marathons in a row. We were getting closer and closer to the grass but luckily, time seemed to be going in super slow motion. This gave me longer to concentrate but was also just more time to fret over what I had done. I almost wished I would die already and get it over with.

I felt an odd shock go through the air and I loosened my grip dramatically. The ground turned into brown and green water.

I looked over off at the woods. Another bullet was coming at us. And I don't mean, in our general direction. I mean, right at us.

I watched the bullet with lazy eyes, not even bothering to try to save myself. I knew that there was no way that I would ever be able to dodge it, even with things going as slow as they were. The ground was completely liquid at this point and I figured that if I wasn't about to be hit by a bullet then I might've actually survived. I thought about my mom at the mall. I was positive that it was past twelve by now and she was probably getting worried. I felt a tear stream down my cheek as I thought about how hard she had worked to raise me and how sad she was going be when some mysterious person shows up at her door to tell her that her only daughter is dead.

I just hoped that they would tell her how I died and she won't spend the rest of her life wondering sadly next to my father. I didn't have any siblings to worry about but my dog Selena was definitely a concern. I loved my family a lot more than I imagined and right now, in the face of death, I knew that I always had. My last remaining tears trickled down my face and I sighed, ignoring the tickling feeling in my stomach coming from going straight down in the air. I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst.

Suddenly it was as though someone took the remote of the world and changed it from super slow mo to fast forward. The bullet continued moving towards me and before I could react it was at me.

When that minute was over, Starfly wasn't the only one with a piece of metal engraved in his heart.

Alright, I hoped you enjoyed it. I'm sorry it took longer than usual for me to post. I found this chapter difficult to type because I am not used to action scenes. Did you like the third person POV? Did you find it weird to have it in the middle of a chapter? Did you think I did alright with the action? I would appreciate the answers to these questions along with the one about what a Mary Sue character is. I'm not too good on the emotional bits but I'm hoping to get better throughout the story. So don't hate me because I'm bad at it. I promise that things will become a good deal better in the next few chapters. Whether Laina is part of them or not, you are going to have to wait and see. By the way, longest chapter!