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Meanings of names in order of appearance:

Llanna- Oak

Nuru- Brilliant Light

Shahar- Moonlight

Chapter 1- Llamas, Ducks and Drunk Giraffes

Lucas' POV

I saw her face contort every time a new camper was picked, I felt like running up and hugging her just to stop her from looking so pained. Hera turned on me, her blue painted nail pointing. One gasp was all she needed. Lottie. She choked out a gulp and then my future was decided. To out wit a goddess that had driven Hercules to insanity and forced goddess' and spirits alike to flee. Lucky me.

"Oh stop looking so sad, It's not the end of the world!" she laughed. I felt like screaming at the injustice of it all! The camper from the Selene cabin, Shahar, seemed so helpless and small. She wasn't even very good with any weapon. "Stop mopping and get introduced!" Hera said "I want to give you the best possible chance of surviving!" she continued sarcastically turning away, no doubt to tease Chiron a bit more.

"Well, my name is Lukas..." I said awkwardly, trying to break the ice. You could've of heard a ant fart. "Well that worked" I muttered. Lottie scowled darkly at me but, thankfully, said nothing.

"I suppose my name is Llanna" the girl from the Demeter cabin said. I couldn't help it

"Are you sure, I always thought it was Llama. Just goes to show, you learn a new thing everyday!" I said. Percy sniggered then got three angry females scowling at him. I'd hate to be in his shoes. Oh, wait a second, I am.

"Hiya, my name is Nuru the only child of Hemera!" Nuru said, making eye contact with all the girls, even Thalia. That was hardly wise. Nuru was a player ever since he learnt that he wanted to kiss his mirror (or should I say mirrors) which was when we were in kindergarten together and he tried to flirt with my mum. Llanna blushed, Lottie frowned and hid her face, Shahar ran up to Percy and buried herself into his chest, soaking his t-shirt, and Thalia looked like she wanted to hit something small and fluffy. Hard.

"Mmmmnumuhnuhuh *sniff*" eight year old Shahar said from somewhere in Percy's t-shirt.

"I think she said 'My name is Shahar from the Selene cabin'. You all know who I am" Percy supplied while cuddling the little girl. Thalia gritted her teeth.

"My name is Thalia or Sap Head as Pretty Boy calls me!" she said. She seemed angrier at being with Nuru then with possibly dying. Everyone turned to face Lottie, even me.

"Quit starring!" she fumed "You all know who I am!" we all quit starring since we wanted to see the sun rise again. Shahar untangled her self from Percy

"I know what Hera has done!" she said, her face brightening slightly "She's got the opposites like Demeter, Poseidon and Zeus. Nyx and Hemera. Selene with Artemis and Apollo! Don't you see?" she was right. Hera was purposely trying to make us argue.

"I never thought I would say this, but I think I hate Hera even more!" I said as the same thought went through everyone's head. Hera turned towards us saying:

"Really Chiron, you should give rides! You could charge to get money to do up the camp a bit more!" Chiron was looking very angry but was trying to conceal it. "Right kiddies! Go off and pack!" she continued, gesturing vaguely at the cabins. We trudged towards our cabins, ignoring the mutters from the other campers. I got to my bed and pulled a bag from under it.

"Thirty centimetres in width and fifty length ways" I said to it for the first time in two years. Nothing happened. I was the same little Disney back pack. Good... I looked inside. Thirty centimetres by fifty, exactly. Hepatitis' Magic Bag, a gift from my dad. Eat your heart out Dr Who. Same size on the outside, as big as you please inside. Perfect. The one thing I haven't figured out is why I had to get 'Limited Edition- Daffy Duck' bag. Meh. I stuffed in some clothes, some shoes, a thermos flask of Nectar and finally I strapped my bow on my back. Lethal weapon. Check. Food of the Gods. Check. A pink and yellow bag. Check...

Lottie's POV

I was going to kill her! How could she do that to someone! The sick mother f-f... argh! I was stuffing anything I could find in the store room into my bag. It was all my fault that Lukas was picked! All I had to do was keep quiet and pretend not to know him! All my fault! I tied my hair up into a messy bun below my ear and stormed back towards the arena where Hera was waiting along with Percy who was sitting on a bench hugging Annabeth and whispering in her ear. Seeing them like that with Hera watching made me want to either vomit or kill something. Hera started tapping her fingers loudly on the building behind her.

" Hurry up already!" she cried causing the couple to return to reality and break away. Next came Llanna with a massive bag being dragged along the path behind her. Useful. Then came Lukas. I stifled a giggle when I realised he had a Disney bag the size of a fat guinea pig. Really useful.

"I know what it looks like but it was a gift from my dad!" he said, flushing red.

"Are you sure your dad likes you?" sniggered Llanna. Lukas humphed and turned away. I felt awkward approaching him. He might blame me for what happened... and with good reason

"I'm sorry..." I muttered as I past him, not being brave enough to stay and chat. He grabbed my shoulder looking concerned and pulled me back to face him.

"I don't blame you! I blame Hera and besides, I've been bored ever since the 'The Battle for New York'" he said quietly before turning away. I saw what he was looking at and blushed furiously again.

"Hiya peeps... and lovely ladies!" It was Nuru, he reached out for my hand but I snatched it away before I could embarrass myself. ... phew. Sorry, I had to get that out before I screamed out loud. For the first time in my life I was actually falling for someone! I was worried about what Thalia and Melissa would say... would they still like me?

"Right kiddiewinks! Now you're all, finally, here I can tell you your first task!" Hera said gesturing flamboyantly to the crowd and us. Jeez I hate her... Hera waited for suspense as the seven of us squirmed impatiently.

"Your first task is to retrieve a shaft of Atë's mirror!" We all starred at her vacantly and she gasped with exasperation.

"My Lady! Surely they are to young to face-" Chiron interrupted

"Shut up you old mare!" screamed Hera at the centaur. Poor guy. I'd hate to be Zeus.

"Where can we get a bit of this mirror" Thalia asked carefully. Hera wafted her hand around.

"Oh, I'll send you to somewhere close to your destination and it probably will come to you" Right. I didn't like that sentence.

"Right, all ready?" Hera asked and then before anyone could answer or escape she said: "Then you'll be on your way!" then clicked her fingers with a laugh and then we were... nowhere. That's different. With an astounding flash the whole world appeared making me jump back and manage to land on my face. Daughter of the great goddess Nyx as delicate and graceful as a... a giraffe that's been on the whisky.

"Ouch, there's a log there" I said grumpily, being the helpful person that I am. I got up and looked around, surveying my surroundings, Percy was on the floor with Shahar still lost within the folds of his shirt, Thalia had managed to get her foot over her shoulder, Lukas was in a bush, Llanna was making friends with a tree and Nuru was brushing at his hair furiously.

"I always knew Llanna was a tree hugger" said Lukas yanking at a stick in his hair

"You cant talk! Until a few seconds ago you were one with the bush!"

"Please don't argue, It's what she wants!" bawled Shahar.

"Look what you've done!" said Percy shoving Lukas in the chest.

"Just because you want to be alone with him!" said Nuru throwing down his brush "I need peace and quiet!"

"What your problem pretty boy? You need your beauty sleep!" shouted Thalia. Everyone was stressing out over there sudden situation and taking it out on somewhere in their close proximity. Wow, I didn't start or get involved with a fight. Meh... first for everything I suppose.

"Guys" I said anxiously since we really should be on our way before something with fangs and a bad case of halitosis eats us.

"WHAT!" everybody said in unison, turning on me. Eep. "Nothing" I said quietly before backing away. First five minutes and they have cabin fever. Jeez... we're not even at sea! I decided to wait until they either knocked each other out or they calmed down, which ever came first. When Nuru fainted (yes he did faint, but you shouldn't judge people!) the group finnally calmed down enough to realise they should get going. We soon twigged that we were in a massive plain, probably near a desert, filled with small shrubby plants and stunted trees. When night desended we stopped for the night.

"Right!" Thalia said throwing down her bag "I take it all of you have sleeping bags" Silence. Oops. "Where did you think we could be, Las Vegas?" she shouted. Percy protested and I thought about the day when I plotted to run away and start a life as a science book eater... and I almost forgot about the massive butt ugly snake woman. "Hmph... Lottie, Nuru! Go finds something to burn!" She finished angrily. I closed my eyes tight for a moment and exhaled. Eep. I stepped towards the edge of the camp, hoping he wouldn't follow. Footsteps followed me. Damn. I walked faster as if I was hopping he'd give up for some reason.

"Lottie! Wait up!" Nuru said, his voice echoing slightly. I stopped hesitantly and scrabbled around in a pile of leaves desperate for a distraction. He was right behind me know, I could hear him panting.

"Hi" I mumbled under my breath feeling awkward in the silence that reigned.

"What you did this morning was really good, I should have listened before I went and fainted!" he smiled, touching my arm gently. My heart melted and I turned around while memorising a patch of ground.

"Ummm... thanks" I said nervously as I gripped at my hands

"You know Lottie, even though we're supposed to be enemies or something, I'm glad I was picked for this" he replied glancing into my eyes quickly. Why

"Yeah right, me of all people!" I smiled, trying to cover up the nerves. He could just be messing with me to try to get a response and mock me but half of me wanted to except that he liked me.

"That is exactally why I like you, you are unexpected and unexpectable" his hand slid into mine just for a second before he moved away into the evening light, glowing slightly. Oh... the sun thing, eat your heart out Twilight. I gulped before scrounging around in the under growth for a good amount of kindling. I made myself blend into the lengthening shadows and ran back to the camp. My mind was buzzing with thoughts of Nuru and our hands together, had I just imagined that fleeting second when our hands met?

When I got back to camp I noticed Lukas scrutinising my expression trying to understand my feelings (which he was very good at) I just scowled at him and got into bed (the ground) under the beautiful stars. Nuru lit the fire with a click of his fingers as if it was as easy as pin the tail on the donkey without the blindfold. I sighed quietly and drifted off into a twisted dream of Nuru having halitosis and Shahar completely melting into Percy's hip. At least it was nothing to do with cows...

I know the Lottie + Nuru thing won't be to most peoples liking because it's a bit Mary Sue but don't comment yet because it will become clear soon! The next chappie will be interesting with the first challenge, any ideas what it will be, *sly smirk* all will be revealed soon enough my dearies. What did you think about Lukas' POV? Tell me if you like or dislike! Review all those who haven't even if it's to say me and my story should burn- in which case you should probably go to Lives R Us ;D

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