During breakfast I had no trouble getting a spot because the whole Hermes table sat on one side and the ones who sat on my side were only at the extreme edge. Only Chris was brave enough to sit next to me and the whole cabin stared at him in horror.

"If I really was an empousa or a harpy don't you think I would have already killed you by now?" I asked loudly so the whole cabin could hear me.

"That's what you would want us to think!" A kid exclaimed from the end of the table. I was just fed up with it that I chucked half of my egg at him and it him square in the face and it slowly slid down his face, leaving a trail of yolk.

"Shut up!" I exclaimed. I took the rest of my breakfast and I threw it into the brazier saying a quick prayer and walking away.

The rest of the camp watched me leave; obviously they had never seen anyone leave breakfast before. I was glad that I was able to give them entertainment for a day. I walked over to the sword pit and I pulled a spear out of one the holders.

I turned, angrily, towards the practice dummy and I circled it for a while. I lunged at it and I began to spear and slash it to pieces. I spun around kicking and punching it, pretending it was the kid that I threw my breakfast at. Finally when the dummy was shredded to pieces and I was sweating buckets I stopped to take a break. I turned around and I saw my cabin and the Athena cabin staring at me.

"What now?" I asked irritably.

"Allegra, you were amazing, I've never seen someone fight so well," Bryce said in awe.

"Yeah, well, I was pretending it was that kid," I explained pointing at the kid I threw my breakfast at and he shrank down a little, cowering, "Yeah, bitch, what now?"

I almost ruined it by laughing when he looked like he was going to piss his pants, but I kept my meanest face on and he slowly disappeared into the crowd. I sat back down next to Bryce talking as we watched kid after kid verse each other in duels.

"Allegra, you want to duel?" Bryce asked suddenly looking at me expectantly.

"Yeah, sure, I guess so," I replied and I got up.

Bryce pulled a sword out of his sheath that was longer than his arm. He looked extremely menacing with the sword in his arm and he had a glint in the eye like he was examining with his utmost concentration. After a while of pacing he finally attacked.

When he attacked he was like a cheetah lashing out at its prey. And I was his prey. He slashed, jabbed, and thrust at me making me slowly back up. Finally, I got a hold of my fear and I blocked one of his slashes. He looked surprised and I took advantage and ducked under his sword. It whacked him with the butt of my spear and he moved back a bit. He slashed at me and I jumped back, but he still cut part of my stomach, right above my hit from the Fury.

He grinned savagely at me, almost like a vampire on the hunt. He lunged at me, throwing me off balance and I fell to the ground. He walked over casually to me and put his sword at my throat.

"Dead," he growled, grinning at me.

"I noticed," I replied climbing back onto my feet, "Bryce, you were amazing!"

"I've been here for five years so I would hope to be good," he explained laughing.

When I looked around I saw that everyone else had dispersed throughout the camp so they could do their own activities. I looked back at Bryce and he was still looking at me intently.

"What?!" I asked irritably.

"You look beautiful like this," he replied.

I know that most girls would have fawned over him, but, honestly, I ran away, well after slapping him. He shouted after me, but I was already speeding through the camp, tears blinding my eyes. He was probably playing some mean joke on me with the other cabins to see if he could get a fake date with me. They were all probably laughing at me right now.

I sat down by the lake on the side that was touching the forest. I sat rocking back and forth crying my eyes out, wishing for the day to end. I saw the canoers point at me and stare, but I paid them no attention. They were probably in on the joke too and they just wanted to see me crying.

After an hour or so I fell asleep on the bank of the lake, listening to the small waves lapping up against the shore. I had a horrible dream:

I sat up looking around and I tried to walk around, but I ran into a steel bar. I tried to go past it, but I realized that I was inside a cage. I looked past the bars and I saw a huge stands with chairs and thousands of people were sitting in them watching me. But they all seemed to have eyes like Bryce's.

It was slightly unnerving to have these people watching me and I remembered why I hated public speaking so much. They were all evaluating me and judging every action I made, especially my missteps.

Suddenly the whole audience burst into laughter and some even pointed at me. Bryce's words reverberated throughout the building coming back to my ears each time. I began to scream myself hoarse shouting at them, telling them to stop it. My words fell on deaf ears and the people continued to laugh.

And if my dream wasn't bad enough an earthquake hit the stage. My cage began to rattle and shake moving me around. Then the audience began to chant my name in a familiar voice and their voices drowned out Bryce's.

"Allegra, wake up! You were having a nightmare!" Hayley exclaimed, shaking me.

"How did you find me here?" I asked rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"I'm not a daughter of Athena for nothing," she replied.

"Oh right," I said slowly, still tired.

"What happened with you and Bryce?" she inquired.

"He was pulling a prank on me," I explained bitterly.

"By saying you were beautiful?" she exclaimed, "He was serious! He's not the type that pulls that kind of prank!"

"Oh……. Woops."

AN: Hoped you liked it and the Guess Allegra's Parent Contest is still going on! Remember, only private messaging for entries! Hoped you liked the chapter! Tell me what you think! And I'm in the double digits for chapters! Go me!