When I awoke, we were hovering over Camp Half Blood.

"W-what? Where are we?" I said, scrambling to look down. The sight made me sick. I couldn't stand heights. I suppose that it was because Hades really lives undergroud, and heights aren't his things, either.

Logan laughed.

"Over Camp Half Blood" he said. My emotions contorted from fear to confusion.

"But we were in Georgia last night!" I said protestantly.

"Apparently, your little brother was a pretty fancy flyer." Brian headed us into a drop to the large pine. My stomach dropped as Goldenbreath plummeted to the

"Crap" I whispered to myself, clutching Goldenbreath's mane.

I clamped my eyes shut, and when I opened them again...we were over the property line. Two kids walked up to us. One was a petite girl wearing a short denim skirt and a shirt that read Got Magic?. Her short red hair was contrasting to her brown eyes and freckles. The other kid was a boy, taller than me...about Logan's height. He had dark hair and blackish eyes. He, to my surprise, was wearing all white.

"Hey!" The girl shouted, running up to us, "What are you doing?"

She finally reached us, panting. "Pegasi rides are above-camp only."

I stepped forward, annoyed.

"But we're not doing a pegasi ride. We're kinda on the run from some...ah...umm...gods."

She stepped back.

"Um, okay then. My name is Celeste...I'm a daughter of Hecate, goddess of magic. And you guys are?"

I stepped forward, ready to blow these demigods away with my title.

"I'm Achyls, goddess of the night and the changing of seasons, daughter of Persephone and Hades. I am the slayer of Ares's Sparti."

She smiled.

"Pretty impressive title!" She said.

Brian stepped forward and held out his hand. Celeste took it and shook it.

"I'm Brian, son of Athena. Nice to meet you." He said in a very buisness- like manner. Logan stepped forward cooly.

"I'm Logan, son of Ares." He said, grabbing my hand.

Celeste blushed. WTHades? I thought, but I didn't say anything. She grimaced at me when Logan took my hand.

The other kid stepped forward.

"And hey, I'm Derec, son of Hermes. Want me to show you to the Hades cabin?" He asked me. Now, I have to admit….he looked pretty good, his black hair glinting over his eyes. Logan sneered.

"And WHY would she want you to do that?" he asked.

I dropped Logan's hand.

"No, no….it's cool. Mind taking my stuff for me?" I asked Derec. Derec grinned.

"Sure, it's cool." He grabbed my stuff off of Goldenbreath and we started towards the cabin.

"Sooooo….you're a goddess?" He asked me, surveying my violet eyes.

I giggled. What the crud? I don't giggle!

"Yeah, I am. I just had a mortal cover for a while." Derec reached into his pocket and grabbed some kind of electronic device.

"Here's something I invented with Iris (the goddess of the rainbow)'s help. I took the device from him, and I realized what it was. It was an Iris - messager! An Imer for the demigod!

"OMZ (Oh My Zeus, thank you JMS ;) Derec! This is sooo cool. Can you make one for me?" I asked, interested.

"Sure. I've got tons of cases made, but for you….I've got to make a new design. I'll have it over at your cabin by tomorrow. Sound good?"

I bit my lip.

"Errrr…I don't know. That boy you met a second ago? Yeah, he's my boyfriend. I don't know if he'd be cool with that….but I'd love to have you over." Derec, for some reason, looked hurt.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked him, touching his arm.

He turned to me, and the light reflected off of my arm band.

"No." He said as he reached forward to kiss me. I almost returned it, but then a "HEY!" erupted into my ears. I snapped my eyes open to see Logan.

"Oh….hey." I said, blush rising to my cheeks. Logan ran over to us and he looked at Derec.

"WHAT, exactly, were you about to do with my girlfriend?" He asked, his red and gold sword drawn. I have to admit, I was really impressed.

Derec put his hands into his pockets.

"Nothing. Hey, Achyls, I'll see you later?" I nodded, and he handed my bag to Logan. Derec took off in a jog towards the cabins.

I tried to talk with him, but Logan was acting as if I'd just hit him in the face. I sighed.

I was split.

Soooo….I pulled an late-nighter in honor of….nothing!

To some of my readers….

JMS: You're awesome. I hope that you know that.

"CC": You rock…..thanks for everything.