"Uh..." Jason looked around before his eyes came to rest on me, "Nico. Yes Thalia has been promised to Nico so stop harassing her with your idiot proclamations of love." What had I gotten into?

Thalia's POV

I was furious. I pulled both Nico and Jason by their ears out of the tent and threw them to the ground.

"Explain." I barked.

"I had nothing to do with this!" Nico said, cowering in fear.

"Listen Thalia. Can't we talk about this peacefully?" Jason said nervously. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

"No! You just forced me with it", pointing to Nico, "without asking me first!" I was on a roll here.

"But - "

"What kind of older brother are you?" I snarled.

"I'm - "

"No respect for women here! And you!" I said, turning to Nico, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"I - "

"That's right, NO ONE LISTENS TO THALIA ANYMORE."

"Please - "

"Oh no you don't, you little booger!"

"THALIA GRACE." A new voice announced. I turned to see Atalanta. Jason and Nico ran and hid behind her. Cowards, "What in Hades are you doing?"

"Giving these two imbeciles a piece of my mind!" I growled. I swear, I saw Jason and Nico whimper.

"Why don't you take it out on Theseus? You still have to duel him." She suggested.

I thought about it for a moment, then said, "Deal."

I walked back into the tent, "Theseus, son of Poseidon, prepare to be defeated!"

He stood up and got all in my face, "Don't count on it."

"Bring it."

-5 minutes later after I put on armor and we moved to the dueling field-

Theseus was standing across from me, wearing only one of those weird Greek skirt things. I resisted the urge to laugh. We both were equipped with only a sword and a shield. The rest of the guys at camp were watching, jeering, cheering, etc. I blocked all of it out and concentrated on Theseus. He was stronger than I was, but I was faster.

He lunged and I blocked. Okay, he's also impulsive. We parried a few blows before he kicked my ankle, tripping me. So he wants to play dirty, eh? Watch me. I rolled before he could remove my head from my body and got back up, behind him. He whirled and blocked my thrust just in time.

I feigned to the right and came in from the left, leaving a scratch on his left arm. It seemed to throw him into a rage. He ran towards me shouting all kinds of obscenities. I kicked him in the shin so that he teetered towards my left, leaving his right side exposed. I was about to jam into him when he regained his balance and brought his sword down, leaving a gash from my shoulder to my hip. It wasn't deep, thank Hades.

However I was running out of energy and I had to end this soon. I hooked my shield underneath his and ripped it off, leaving us both shieldless. I then hooked my wrist underneath his and twirled his sword of his hand and before he could recover, I kicked him so hard that I wasn't sure if he'd be able to have children later. He fell and I put my sword at his neck.

"Surrender." I gasped. I pressed my sword into his neck to draw some blood for emphasis.

"I surrender." He said. Then I passed out.

Nico's POV

When I saw Thalia faint, Jason and I ran over to catch her before she fell.

"She's losing too much blood!" I said, my voice getting dangerously high.

"Orpheus! Get over here!" Jason yelled. Orpheus looked at her and then started pulling her shirt off.

"Not here." Jason, Atalanta, and I all growled. He blinked and Jason carried her to Atalanta's tent. Atalanta pulled off shirt and put a blanket on her while we three respectfully looked away. Well Jason and I looked away, I bet you ten drachmas Orpheus was looking, that little creep. No wonder Hades didn't let him get away with his lover, Eurydice in the myths. It was cuz he was a little pedophile.

Atalanta got nectar and ambrosia while Orpheus prayed to his father and recited some hymns. The gash began to knit itself up until all that was left was a thin scar.

"She needs only rest now." Orpheus gasped and then he fainted too.

-Later-

My duel was with Achilles. But since I knew where his Achilles's heel was, our duel lasted about two minutes. I guess its sorta cheating I can't help it if the Greeks made his bad foot into a legend!

The only people Atalanta was letting into her tent weas Orpheus, Jason, and I. I'd been sitting there for about ten minutes when Thalia started twitching and mumblings things like: ….burger…Artemis…Mountain…Othrys…capture…Then she jerked up and shouted, "Artemis is in trouble!"

"What?" I managed. She got out of bed, only to trip over the sheets. I caught her and gently set her back on the bed.

"I had a dream." Nope this isn't Martin Luther King Jr style, demigods dreams are never good, "The Titans. They captured Artemis. We have to help!"

"Stay here. I'll find Jason and Atalanta." She nodded.

I left her camp and looked around. I saw Paris, the pretty boy looking in a mirror, Hector, his older brother looking at him in disapproval, Menelaus and Ajax arguing over something, Hercules lifting weights, Achilles practicing, Odysseus thinking, and Theseus sulking. But no Jason.

I looked into the big tent which was currently deserted. Oh crap. I saw Atalanta and Jason sitting really close to each other and I mentally kicked myself because I knew that they were having a 'moment', but saving the Goddess of the Hunt is a little bit more important than Aphrodite's idiot plans. I coughed really loudly and they sprang apart.

"Erm…sorry guys. But Thalia had a dream that the Titans have Artemis captive." I said awkwardly.

"Artemis? We have to help!" Atalanta said. Obviously.

"Yeah so I'll meet you guys at Thalia's tent in 5 minutes?" I asked.

"Yup." They chorused. And I got the hell outta there.

I walked back into Thalia's tent to see Paris, the pretty boy flirting with her.

"You're so beautiful that I'd go against the entire Greece for you." he said in a girlyish voice. If only he knew. Cough Helen Cough.

"Back off." I snarled from behind him. He turned around quickly and stuttered, "N-n-n-ico…you're back s-s-s-o soon."

"Yeah. I am. Leave." I towered over the guy. He scrambled out of there. I rolled my eyes, "He's all talk, no action."

Thalia laughed, "I know. I saw the movie Troy."

"Me too! And Disney, Hercules, Clash of the Titans…pretty much every Greek movie made is inaccurate." I said.

She laughed again and I realized this was probably the most civil conversation I'd ever had with her. It was pretty nice actually.

"Where's Atalanta and Jason?" Moment of normalcy over.

"They're coming…I kinda interrupted their little…erm…moment." I said awkwardly. She threw a pillow at me, "Ow! What was that for?"

"You idiot! I was freaking trying to get them together! You can't just around barging into people's rooms! You…you…MOMENT-RUINER!" She looked livid her cheeks turning red with anger. I, of course being the moment-ruiner idiot that I am, started cracking up which in turn made her beat me with the pillow more.

"Um Thalia?" A voice asked from the door. We both looked up and realized what a weird position we were in. I was laying on the floor shielding my beautiful face, while Thalia was standing over me, with a pillow in her arms looking like a mad woman with her hair messed up and red face. Thalia and I made eye contact and started cracking up all over again.

"So…can we go save the Goddess of the Hunt now?" Atalanta asked, but I could tell she was biting back a smile.

"Yup." Thalia grinned and pulled me up, "Let's go."

Whoa I don't update for 2 days and I get like 18 reviews? Maybe I should update less often ;)

On the other hand, thank you for 115 reviews! It looks like Nico and Thalia are sorta-kinda-maybe-not getting along!

Btw I just realized how off-track this story is going from the original plot...how do you feel about that?

Review! :)