A/N Yay Next Chapter! Ok this time you see a but into Dawn's psyche, hope you like it. Incase you didn't receive it I switched the original chapter 4 with another chapter that was supposed to come before this current one sorry. SO yeah go back and read chapter 4 if you haven't already.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Rise of the Guardians

Chapter 5: Late Night Worries

Beside Dawn her brother Julian fell to the ground a knife protruding from his back, she turned aimed her arrow and shot at the empusa thankful that at least it hadn't been a demigod. She aimed for the empusa's head and fired turning around to continue shooting arrows at the enemy not even bothering to stare at the monster who had killed her brother.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Will heading from wounded to wounded trying to heal as many as he could in the midst of the battle while occasionally firing an arrow at a monster. She noticed the sibling he was trying to heal had an arrow lodged in her ankle yet Kayla still fought as Will whispered his prayers to Apollo to heal her. The second the Arrow was out Kayla ripped the Arrow out of Will's hand and aimed it at another monster.

All over the Williamsburg bridge her siblings were shooting arrows at every monster they saw heading toward the empire state building. The few who had run out of arrows were currently using their throwing knives in the hopes to by themselves some time. Many of her siblings had already fallen injured but only those who had fallen unconscious or dead had stopped fighting.

It was one of the things you learned from being a demigod, you continue fighting, no matter what.

Dawn brought down another monster heading for the bridge it exploded into a cloud of dust, before grabbing another she winced as she realised that this would be her last piercing arrow, the rest were exploding or sonic and they were to many people around for them to be used. She could risk seriously hurting her siblings/comrades if she used them.

None the less she raised her arrow once more but stopped her eyes widened, shocked at what she saw.

Their standing right infront of her was her daddy, the man who had raised her since she was 2 years old. She lowered her bow in shock and that was all the enemy needed before she felt a knife being plunged into her stomach.

Dawn awoke breathing heavily, cold sweat sticking to her body as the images flooded her mind.

She put her knees to her chest as she tried desperately to slow her heart rate.

The war had taken a toll on her. Many of her friends and family had been killed in an attempt to stop Kronos's rise to power. Infact it was half the reason Apollo had encouraged her to head back to Burgess. He thought that her being away from the place that would hold so many memories of comrades she had lost in the war would help her, she had argued that it wouldn't be safe while Apollo had promised that she would be safe.

A part - a big part was worried that she was making a big mistake returning. She knew she was putting her family at risk by being there, but her father - Apollo, had promised her that he would do his best to stop the monsters before they reached Burgess. However while that did calm her a little she couldn't help but think about Percy Jackson and Thalia Grace, whenever she thought of the gods and the promises they made - and then proceeded to break.

She could still remember in the weeks before she ran away being absolutely terrified that more monsters would come for her before she had finally left home.

Dawn shook her head. She was a better fighter the she was when she was ten years old. For crying outloud she even fought in war-

Damn it. She thought as the dream came back to her mind. Flashes of monsters turning to dust right infront of her ran across her memory, comrades and friends falling as they were killed by monsters she hadn't been fast enough to save. Getting stabbed in the stomach for a single moment of weakness.

Dawn looked toward the window and smiled when she saw the white haired boy sitting in a tree watching over the small town. Her mind calming as she saw watched him just staring peacefully over the row of houses as everyone slept safe and sound in their nice warm beds.

She owed that boy more then he'd ever know.

He had followed her when she had run away from home. At first she had been uneasy about the spirit following, thinking he was just another monster wanting to eat her, but after the first night she had realized that wasn't the case.

The white haired boy was ... looking after her. Making sure no harm came to her, leaving food for her to find, so she was never starving, standing over her at night while she slept making sure no harm would come to her.

She had wanted to thank him, but a part of her was afraid that if she made it known that she knew he was there he would leave, so she never said anything.

Sometimes when she was lying on the ground attempting to sleep, she would hear him talking to her. Asking her to go home, telling her, that her mother and brother and little sister would be worried about her were worried about her.

She never listened - she couldn't do it. Not after everything that had happened.

She shook her head as she felt more memories she didn't want coming back, and slowly got out of bed and opened the window smiling as she felt the cool air fan her face. She closed her eyes as she felt the last of her worries melt away.

She sighed and turned back to bed. She had a big day tomorrow after all - first day of school and all.

A/n Hope you liked it. Please leave a review and if you see any mistakes please leave them in a review or PM. Constructive critiscms only please no flames.

Oh and I would like to thank all the people on the fanfiction group Writers Unit who helped me to figure out what Dawn's psyche would be, and also for the help they gave me on other fanfic's I had been working on.