ALEX LUPINE

I was currently waiting for the gang to wake up while watching tv in the living room of my cabin. Man my mom pulled out all the stops on this place and I loved it!

Just then Kerri walked in dressed in a pair of black pajamas with stars on them like the night sky. As she got herself a bowl of cereal everyone else came in wearing pj's except for Domino who looked like she was ready for war by wearing her armor.

"Domino we seriously need to get you a new wardrobe. This isn't ancient Greece anymore so you can't walk around like that," I told her.

She huffed in annoyance but still nodded in agreement before getting breakfast like the others.

I waited a few minutes before getting up and walking into the dinning room to make my announcement.

"Alright everyone listen up because I am now going to announce how training is going to go."

That got me their attention in an instant. "Now first off I will be taking Kerri into the woods to train her primordial powers. While I am doing that the rest of you will be doing training with Domino."

They all paled at that and paled even further when they saw the crazy evil look in Domino's eyes.

Jessica and Jake then latched onto both of my legs like they were lifelines and yelled in desperation, "TAKE US WITH YOU!"

I shake them off before saying, "no. Now whatever she says goes and if you don't listen to her... well it was nice knowing you. Go get changed Kerri we leave in ten minutes. As she set off to change I looked back at the others terror stricken faces and muttered to myself, "may the gods have mercy on their souls."

DOMINO STEINAR

I smiled and looked at everyone. The eyes where a void looking at the place Alex has just walked from.

"Okay so before we start I need to ask you all a question." They looked at me but with the same look in there eyes. That made me want to laugh. "I need new clothes."

That snapped them out of it. Thea looked the most confused by that. "What? Why?"

"Well I have been talking to Alex about how people live now and he said I should get new clothes. I may be old but I know nothing of these times so I will take his advice."

"I guess you should, but I don't know when you will be able to do so." Jack commented taking another bit of his cereal.

I never had cereal before to day. I guess it okay, I might like it more but there are just so many things that are new. This cabin looked like that on the out side but on the inside it was like a large house. When we first walked in I was shocked. I felt like I was in this world for the first time again and that was not a good feeling. "I'll keep that in mind. Once you finish eating get changed and meat me down at the beach." I got up to walk to the door but before I left I remembered something. "I suggest wearing light clothing." And with that I left to make sure their day is full of pain.

From what I seen they need work. They may all be friends but don't work as a team and that's what I'm going to force them to do by the end of the day. We are going up against the entire camp do to Alex. I'm fine with it but they are weak and have little to no training in battle. They would need help so first to start this day I will make them fight me to see where improvement is needed.

I'm not sure if we have a plan for the games yet. I was going to try and come up with some kind of plan but I was taken from my thoughts when I heard a "Hey" come from behind me.

I trued to see a girl with short spiked black hair, with her was an Apollo boy with brown hair. "Is there something you need?" I really wanted to know way they stopped me most don't talk to me or Alex out of fear.

"You know you completely wrecked my cabin and brought it to the grown."

Did I? "apologies."

"Why do you look so confused?" The guy asked I as I started to turn.

"Because I have no memory of what you speak, just a few images. I would offer you to stay in my cabin well yours is being repaired but its not my call."

"You know you don't seam as bad as everyone says." The girl chimed.

"I'm the best at first impressions." I chucked then continued my way to the beach.

It did not take long for me to get there and get every thing set up for training. It was a few minutes after that my cabin mate showed up here. It seams they toke my advice. They all wear shorts and tank tops.

Jack was looking at the the stack of logs. Each log is six feet the weight being a foot along with some wooden swords and shields with one spear. "So what are doing to day?"

I picked up two long wooden swords the rest on a rock next to me. "First you all fight me."

"Four against one is not that fair."

"I know. Now fight."

Jack and Lucien picked up a circle shield and a sword, Thea the spear and Jessica a sword.

The first thing I seen that there stance was all wrong, next the way they held there weapons.

I looked up to the trees thinking I heard a nose. Jessica tried to take this time to strike. I paired her sword stepping aside making her stumble, with a very hard hit to the beak of the knee she fell to the sand. I swung at Lucien but he cough my sword in his shield, but what he did not expect was for me to twist his arm to move his shield so it can bloke a strike from Thea. As that was happening I punched him hard in the noise and he fell to the grown. Letting go of the sword steel stuck in his shield I grabbed the spear as it came at

me once more. I push Thea back with her spear taking the flat end to Jacks knee to make him fall for the moment. I toke this time to turn to Thea swing at the side of her head with a hard thump. As Jack got up I lock the spear in his shield removing it. He swung at me with grate power so I stepped to the side hitting him in the back of the head with the flat of my sword. Jack hit the sand so hard a small cloud covered him.

I looked back to the trees. "You did not have to try so hard." Thea said sitting on the grown rubbing her ear.

"I didn't." I looked back to them Jessica knee was a dark purple, Lucien noise looked like it was steel bleeding, Thea ear looked to have a small cut in it and Jacks arm is covered in bruises. I sighed throw my noise. "Get up. Each of you pick up a log."

They looked like they wanted the day to end. "I with I could of used my bow." Lucien said.

"You need to know more then the bow and if you understand how those with a sword and shield fight it will aid you. Now move." This is going to be a long day.

KERRI MAYZE

I followed Alex into the woods dressed in a pair of shorts and t-shirt since he said the training would be hard.

When we finally stopped he turned to me and started to speak to me in a tone that meant I shouldn't ask questions until he was finished. That and his hard gaze spoke volumes of how important his next words would be.

"Listen up Kerri because from this point on I am not your brother or your friend but I am your teacher. You may hate me for what I put you through but in the end you will also thank me for it. I am going to be teaching you how to use your mothers powers over the night and darkness."

I got a little confused since it was daytime so how would I use my powers over the night?

"But Alex how can I use NIGHTTIME powers during the DAY?"

He chuckled at me a little before explaining, "Kerri your powers aren't influenced by the cycle of the day. Sure right now your powers will be weaker when using them during daytime but as you progress you'll be as strong in the day as you are at night."

OK so that made sense.

"Now enough talk. Your training starts now. Before you can use your powers you have to be able to access them. So I want you to close your eyes and concentrate. You should feel a sharp pull from inside, when that happens grab it and force it forward. It will try to resist but don't let it go."

I did as he said and within a few minutes I felt stronger than ever! I felt like I could take on an army no sweat!

Alex looked at me in approval for a brief second before going stoic and saying, "alright the easy parts done. Now we are going to be learning what powers you can use at the moment."

This actually lasted an hour before I finally found out what I could do with my powers at the time. I could shadow travel short distances, turn invisible while in the shadows, and I had something Alex called shadow sonar which basically let me see movement in the dark like bats do with echo location from up to a mile away.

He didn't say anything as he closed his eyes I what I thought was a prayer and before I could ask what he was doing a flash came and temporarily blinded me. When it died down I saw Alex holding a katana much like his only smaller and it had my mothers symbol engraved on the blade.

"Kerri I think now its time I teach you how to use a sword. This is from your mother and will grow as you do so that it always fits. She wants to see you but can't because the Olympians mainly Zeus would piss his pants and take this as a threat to his throne. But she will see you one day if you be patient. Now I will teach you a style that I have developed over the years that is versatile and is actually very hard to master but I know you can do it. I call this style the 'Puppeteer style.'"

"Why do you call it that. Sounds kind of lame."

"I call it that because this style revolves around making your opponent move the way you want them to. Basically with this style with each strike you make you are actually leading your opponent into your next strike without them knowing. Using their own fighting styles against them until you decide to strike the final blow. This can also be used in hand-to-hand combat but we'll get to that later. Now let's get started, by the time this day is out I will have you fighting like a true child of a primordial."

I gulped seeing the evil gleam in his eyes and hoped that I lived through this hell I intentionally put myself into. But no pain no gain right?

PERCY JACKSON

I woke to a loud angry "Percy Jackson!"

I cracked open one eye to she a steaming Chiron in my door way. I shout up immediately, I don't want to get on his bad side today. Hes kind of been on edge after Alex big announcement at the meeting for the games.

"Do you know what time it is?"

"No sir."

"It's mid day and you steal sleep."

"I'm sorry Chiron."

"Get to it then."

We walked off leaving my veins running as if they are ice rivers. I got dressed quickly. It's not like I had much to do, just change into a fresh pair of shorts and my camp half-blood shirt. After finding my shoes I exited my cabin to get blinded my the light. I held my hand up in the sky to bloke the sun. Chiron wasn't kidding, how did I even sleep so long?

As I started walking to the mess hall I seen Beckdorf talking with two of Annabeth's siblings. I could only guess they are asking him for

something special to pull a head in the game. As I got closer the Athena kids walked of and Beckdorf meet me half way.

"Annabeth is looking for you."

"Let me guess she can't pick out what shoes match her shirt." Beck smiled at that. I get the feeling thats the first time he has smiled all day. "I don't understand why every one is so worked up about this. It' just five."

"Six."

"Whatever. We have like ninety on are side."

"It's better to be safe then sorry."

"Okay I understand that you work in a forge so you have to make sure thing are running smoothly and all but this is nothing to worry about. Trust me on this."

"I'll stick to my gut on thins on."

"I guess that's fair." Us demigods just get gut feeling about things some time and it best to follow them, most the time it's safe. But right know my gut is telling my to get food like Grover just toke control of me.

"Anyway you should talk to Annabeth."

"Were is she?"

"Shes actually on the other side of the mess hall."

"Oh. That makes thing easy. See you around." I started walking to were she was standing but i guess I was going to slow because she turned grabbed my wrist and made me walk faster.

"Come on seaweed brain."

I looked over my shoulder and thought in Grover's voices 'Food' turning my attention back to Annabeth I asked. "So what's this about."

She dropped me wrist and slowed he pace. I hope it was nothing bad. "We need information."

"Information on what?"

"Not what, who brain boy."

"You're going to spy on the new campers."

"They're not really campers."

"What do you mean 'they're not really campers'."

She came to a full stop. "If they cared for they camp they would follow the rules."

"Is this about that Alex kids cabin."

"No it's about traditions. So I want to teach them a lesson."

"You know one of them is your brother."

"Then he should know why we are going to crush them." That kind of scarred me.

"Clam down you are started to sound like Clarisse."

A shadow crossed he face. "Don't."

"Okay. So .. um ... whats your plan?"

"Simple we watch." I did not realizes it till now but we stood a few feet from where the dirt turned to sand. Annabeth walked to the sand and look a mix of shock, confused and maybe pity. I walked standing next to he and seen the new camper walk in a circle with large logs on there shoulders.

Jessica almost fell but Jack is walking behind her so her grabbed her log with one hand to steady her, but he lost his grip with the other hand and his log feel. They all stopped and looked around. Waving it off he picked it back of quick and they walk once more. The sand was probably hard to walk in.

"Wheres Domino?" I looked to Annabeth who as now on my right. When did she move?

Before I could ask her about it a heard a girl yell. "DODGE!" As I turned I got hit straight in the chest by something every hard. I tried not to but I fell back into Annabeth. I think we should have flown like fitly feet by that but it was six or seven because Annabeth's back meet the hard surface of a tree stopping us both.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" I heard Annabeth yell. And very very loudly if I might say.

Shaking the daze from my head I got up so I was not sitting on her. Which I'm glad she did not seam to notions. I sure did. "You know what happens when you catch a spy? You teach them a lesson. Right? Sometimes people need a little reminder every now and then."

My vision came back. I did not even know it was gone but when you smack your had hard the happens. Domino was crouching in front of Annabeth and she looked paler them I have ever seen, even from snow.

"Yo- You wouldn't do anything."

"You sure you want to test me?" He voice sent chills down my spin. She sound void of all emotions but a calm anger. I think Annabeth heard that to because she got even paler and I think I did too.

I had to do something or something was going to happen. With out thinking I grabbed Annabeth's arm pulling her just and as I was walking backwards with her I spud. "Well this was a nice talk and every thing but- but we mus- must be going." She Just stared at us with

that same clam anger. I turned with Annabeth and ran straight for the woods that are nicely on the right of us.

Before a got get out of ear shot I heard Domino yell. "Stop!" I thought she was yelling at us but that was soon followed by. "We will continue after the high sun passes." Thank the gods she was thanking to the other on the beach. I pray they live to see the next sun rise.

We soon stopped running and Annabeth turned to me. "Why did you do that I had every thing under control!?" She whispered screamed.

"Under control? Under control?! You looked like you could have given frosty the snow man a run for his money!" I said back in the same tone.

"Well I would have if you did not ruined everything!"

I breathed deep and thought for a moment. "Look lets just agree to never speak of this." I said with make voice back.

"Agreed." She looked back to he old self. "Lets just get back to ca- Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

She did not answers but just started walking and put on her cap. I went the way I thought she was walking. I was right because that Alex was swinging his katana to the grow and hard. It's just the Kerri was standing in front of him.

ALEX LUPINE

I had to say that Kerri was doing well in learning one of my personal styles and at this rate she would be able to stand toe to toe with even an Olympian before the week was up.

Right now we were sparring and I sensed two campers heading towards us. I knew that the Athena kids would send campers to spy on us but I knew Domino would never let that happen and neither would I.

I was slashing down at Kerri when I heard someone shuffle in the bushes.

I just ignored it and watched as Kerri redirected my strike to the side before leaping a short distance away.

"Good work Kerri but now I think its time for a new lesson."

She cocked her head to the side and asked, "what's that?"

Thrusting my hand out I wrapped my fingers around the throat of someone who thought they could sneak up unnoticed. I shake my hand a bit and a Yankees cap falls off to reveal a certain daughter of Athena.

"The lesson is what to do with spies."

I had the daughter of Athena off of the ground as she struggled to break my grip.

"Let me go," she demanded.

"Alright," I said before chucking her about ten feet into a tree.

She got up holding her side probably from some bruised ribs as I spoke in an emotionless voice while letting some of my power out to make sure she listened, "Now you listen here Athena spawn. The next time I see you or any camper try to spy on me or my friends I will personally send them into a coma for a year. What I did to you there was not even a fraction of my true strength so don't even think of trying that again."

Percy then came out to probably try to be a mediator. He's a good kid but a little naive and thick-headed at times.

"Don't say anything Jackson just take her and leave. I was going to go easy on you and the other campers but now your little friend has just unleashed holy hell upon herself and the rest of the camp. Now there will be no mercy."

He didn't hesitate to run and pick up the now unconscious Annabeth and run off. I guess Athena's favorite daughter couldn't handle the little bit of power I displayed, pathetic. I don't hate her but she really gets on my nerves all the time.

I turned back to a stunned Kerri who said with excitement, "will you teach me how to be that strong?"

I laugh at her antics but answer, "yes I will tech you to be that strong. When I'm done with you you'll have monsters running in fear from the first moment they smell you. Now lets get back to training without any further distractions."

We then got into our stances and charged to meet each-other in a flurry of blades. Who knew being a teacher was this fun?

CHIRON

"So how did it go?" I asked Dionysus as we played.

"Oh it was fine tho Ares did attack a demigod so Zeus put him in his place."

"He attacked a demigod." I was not surprised in the least bit. "Ares has always had a short temper."

"Yes. Add that it all the chatter nerves and it will not work out well."

"What's got them all on worked up?"

"Lets just hope they're wrong about it."

I was going to puss this a bit more but I seen Percy Jackson carrying a unconscious Annabeth. I got out of my wheel chair and ran to them taking the small girl from him. "What happened?"

The boy huffed with little breath. It seams he was just running. "We were walking in the woods and got attacked."

"You know the dangers of the forest. Come let us help her." I turned making way back to the big house.