A/N: this might be a little longer and more dramatic than the others, so just warning you.
When we got off the plane, we took a taxi to the hill. We saw a few monsters from above, but when we got closer, there was full on battle. Percy and I drew our swords and jumped in to fight. Will took out his bow and arrows to shoot down the monsters that were getting weaker, but were not getting killed. Chiron trotted up after a while, and greeted us. He said we should go unpack so we could be lighter on our feet and fight better.
On our way to the cabin, I asked Percy if there was anything on his mind.
"Yeah, we have a new camper. Apparently she is like us, but different at the same time. She has our powers, but she doesn't look like us. What do you think? Percy said as we walked into our cabin.
I opened my mouth to answer, but before I could say anything, I noticed a girl in the cabin. Not Annabeth or Rachel, but a new girl.
"Hi, I'm Nerine. If you are wondering what my name means, it means "of the sea" or "wet one" in Greek ,so you can understand who my parentage is. What's your name?"
Percy was the first to respond.
"My name is Percy. This is Ariadne. You must be our sister," he said, putting reaching out to shake her hand.
She took it, and I reached out to shake her hand too. She had a surprisingly light touch, like she was made of water. Percy must have noticed this too, because he knit his eyebrows together in thought. Then he went out the back door.
"So, Nerine, how long have you been here?" I asked as I put my things away.
"I guess it's been a couple days. I got claimed on the first night, at the campfire. I was happy, because I have always loved the water, and I was swimming at a year old. I guess that's pretty much all I got from Dad, besides my powers and eyes. See? Sometimes they are sea green, depending on my mood. Other times they are as blue as the water at Fiji. If I have a certain mood, or I have recently used my powers, they are both. Sometimes one is blue and one is green, or they are green with specks of blue or vice versa, or one green with blue and one blue with green. It really depends on what I'm doing. What about you?" she said, kind of realizing she was droning on and on.
"Uh, well, my eyes are usually green all the time. I got claimed before I got to camp, mainly because I look like a girl Percy, and I used my powers on a dracaena. I can control water, hurricanes, and earthquakes, but that drains me. So what do you think of the whole no cell phones allowed rule?" I replied, putting on the armor Chiron left here for me.
She shrugged, and turned on a radio. I guess it was battery powered, so I just ignored it, but then my favorite song came on, and I couldn't help but sing with it.
As I sang, Percy walked in. He stayed silent so I didn't know he was there until the song ended and he clapped.
"Oh, Percy. I didn't see you there. Well, as you can tell now, I have a terrible singing voice," I said, hoping he would believe me.
"Dude, that was amazing. But we should probably get back. Nerine, are you coming?" Percy said.
Nerine shook her head, and showed us why. Her foot was bandaged up, and her hand was burned pretty badly.
"Hey, I can get Will to fix that if you want. You know, so you can fight," I offered.
She just shook her head and told us to go on. I hesitated, but left. Will was walking by, and I told her about Nerine.
"So, you have a sister, but she doesn't act like you and Percy, and she doesn't look like you either? That is a little bit suspicious," he said as he took my hand.
"I know it's suspicious, but what else can we do? It's not her fault her father is Poseidon, and I know she isn't a lot like Percy and me. That shouldn't matter to you. What matters is I have a sister and a brother now. Plus, I have you. Why ruin it arguing over my sister?" I asked.
Will just shook his head. "Ariadne, it's not that I don't trust her. I think she is a goddess in disguise. I have never heard of any children of Poseidon with eyes like that. It's just not right."
I stared at him in disbelief. "I can't believe you, Will. I finally have a little sister, and you think she is a goddess trying to test us, or even trying to pull me away from you?"
As I said it, I realized the possibilities of it being true. I mean, for all we knew, she COULD have been Hera or Gaea testing my loyalty.
"Ariadne, I'm only saying it's a possibility! I'm happy for you, but you need to realize, people like that don't just come out of nowhere. There has to be a reason she didn't want to fight, and she DOES sound a lot like a water goddess," Will defended himself, which was typical of a boy. I was starting to wonder if joining the hunters was such a bad idea.
"Will, I love you, but you aren't being supportive. I thought you were different from the other guys I have met. I guess I must have been wrong. Why are you being bitchy?" I said, wishing we weren't fighting.
"If that's how you feel maybe we should break up. We're over. I'm sorry Ariadne," Will said.
I turned and ran back to the cabin, and ran into Percy on the way back. I was crying by this point, and Percy took me back to the cabin to see what was wrong. I told him everything.
"Will and I were talking about Nerine, and he said she was a goddess testing my loyalty. I said, 'no she isn't.' Then he said that it's not that he doesn't trust her, but that she could very well be a goddess in disguise. I told him I thought he was different. Then h-he said, 'if that's how you feel then w-we should break up. We're over.' That's when I ran off," I said, crying on his shoulder as I got the last word out.
He just hugged me, and told me it would be okay.
"No it won't, Percy. I loved him. I thought he would be there f-for me, support me, t-trust me, everything I thought he was dong up until now."
I was sobbing, and soon Chiron came in to see what was taking us so long. When he saw what was going on, Percy explained, and Chiron's expression softened.
"I'm sorry child, but I hope you can still fight. We need everybody we can get. Are you going to be able to fight?" Chiron asked.
I nodded, and got up to leave. Percy stopped me.
"Are you sure Ariadne? I mean, you will be seeing Will a lot." Said Percy, obviously worried for me.
"Yeah, Percy. I'll be fine. Let's go." I said, a little bit to quickly.
Percy gave me look like he didn't believe me but got up anyway. We left the cabin, and there was full on battle. I heard Will yell for the Apollo campers to shoot their bows and arrows, and I ignored it as much as I could. I drew my sword, and then started fighting. Suddenly, I heard a scream of pain from one of the archers, and I recognized it as Will. He had gotten hit.
A/N: Like what I did there? Comment who you think hurt Will. Also if you think it is a mortal wound. Whichever gets the biggest response is what goes in the next chapter. But, I warn you, the story is almost over. (Excuse my language in the break up part.) There may be a sequel, but I haven't figured it out yet. I just know that it's going to start out on a school bus. That's all I am telling you. R&R! L8ts. (:
