DAVID

I woke up with a start after yet another night of that dream. Will and I have spoke to one another before about our strange dreams and neither of us can figure out a connection between them. Though being demigods it HAS to mean something, right? Well I decided to put that thought back for now and get dressed and pack a few things I felt I might need. I then got into my car and drove over to the hotel Will said he would be at. When I got there he was waiting with a young girl...and his sister Juniper. I've been crushing on her for a while and Will knew this. Why would he not mention this to me? I blushed and kinda hid myself as Will walked over to the car and sat in the shotgun seat.

"Hey David," He said with a grin, "Glad you could make it."

"Yeah..." I said with a slightly agitated tone.

"Something wrong?" Will asked me

"Yeah, why didn't you tell me she was here," I whispered as Juniper and the new girl walked over to the car.

"Oh," Will said, "Sorry man didn't think it would be a big deal."

"How would it not?" I said, but then stopped myself as the girls took their seats.

"Hi David," Juniper said, "Long time no see."

"O-Oh Y-Y-Yeah," I said nervously, "I've just been, uh, pretty busy lately."

"I see," Juniper said, "Well this here is Gina, Gina this is David."

"Nice to meet you," Gina said shyly. I nodded to her and started up the car.

"So where do you guys wanna go?" I said to them

"The mall," Juniper said, "Gina's kinda low on clothing."

"Sure why not," I said, "Let's go."

I drove the car while playing some music on the radio. Everybody was talking the whole time so I got to know a little bit about Gina, according to Juniper and Will I now knew about as much as they did. I then got into the mall's parking lot and got a space fairly close to the entrance.

"Alright we're here," I said, "How about we all stick together for safety."

"Good idea," Will said. Then we all walked into the building.

JUNIPER

Well here we are, ready to try and get to know more about Gina. She still seems to not trust us much so I worry a bit about why she might have left the camp. As we walked inside Gina seemed a bit nervous so I put my hand on her shoulder to help her calm down, but she flinched a bit at my touch. Now I was almost scared to ask her why she left the camp, if she is that paranoid something terrible must have happened there. I just lead her to the nearest place that sold clothing and started helping her shop, she looked like she was starting to cheer up a bit as we looked at clothes but I couldn't help but see her eyes were a bit watery. I went to ask what was wrong but stopped myself. Gina definitely needed some time to get to know us before she would open up to us. For now I just tried my best to keep her in a good mood. Gina went into the changing room with an outfit she really took a liking to. She came out with a red shirt and a black skirt that went down to her knees.

"That looks great on you," I said, "What do you guys think?"

"I can't say you're wrong sis," Will said

"Yeah Gina you look great," David said. Gina smiled a bit and looked a bit embarrassed.

"T-Thanks," She said shyly. I looked at her for a sec and thought there might be something missing. I went over to her and put her hair into a ponytail, "Huh, What are you..?"

"There," I said, "I think that looks even better."

"Huh?" Gina said, she looked in a mirror then at me, "Thank you Juniper..."

"No problem," I said, "And you can call me June if you want."

"O-OK, June," Gina said. I then went around with her looking for other clothing for her to buy, we got about 5 outfits for her, which put a bit of a dent in my funds, but it was worth it. Gina seemed much happier now. I hope that soon she'll trust me enough to talk about whatever she is dealing with.

GINA

I really appreciated what June did for me before. It brought back so many memories of when I still lived with my mom. I miss her so much. Right now I am wondering if I can trust these guys, they have been nice to me so far, much nicer then most, but they also do not know who my father is. Will that change anything like it did before? Or will they still care about me this much? But as I was thinking about this I heard somebody yell.

"It's After me, It's after me!" Said the voice. It sounded like a girl. Gina looked to see a girl with dark skin running through the store and people looking around for what she is talking about. I looked behind her and I could not quite make out what I saw behind her, it looked like a dog, like a great dame's size. But after focusing I saw that it was a lion. It was walking after the girl innocently from the eyes through the mist, but in reality it was stalking that girl. Will immediately ran over to her and started carrying her.

"Lets get out of here NOW!" he said, and didn't need to say twice. We all ran out of the mall with the beast close behind us. when we got out into the parking lot the lion jumped out the doors and roared at us. Juniper then made plants grow from underneath the beast and it started to sufficate. after being constricted for a good minute it turned into dust. The girl Will held was crying, she looked younger then us, the poor thing. I wanted to help her but I had no idea how I could, I felt utterly useless.

MEGAN

I am Megan, I am 14 years old and arrived at this mall a few days ago. I have been looking for my foster mom, she said she would meet me in this mall but I cannot find her, but as soon as I came here that lion started to chase me. And now here I am crying like a baby in the arms of a guy I don't even know. Him and some girl were trying to comfort me but I was more crying about another fact, that my foster mom obviously just abandoned me here. Why? What did I do? Those were things I hoped I would soon have the answer to.

"Hey it's ok the monster is dead," said the boy

"Put me down!" I said in a tantrum

"OK OK," He said as he gently set me down

"Who are all of...," I said, then I noticed somebody I knew with them, "Wait Dave?"

"Megan?" David said, "What the heck are you doing here?"

"I was...looking for my foster mom...looks like it happened again..." I said

"Oh my gosh..." Dave said

"Uh Dan, who is this," The boy said

"Oh guys, this is Megan, we lived in the same foster home for a while," Dave said

"Oh," the boy said

"Megan, this is Will," Dave said, "And that is his sister Juniper and our new friend Gina."

I noticed Gina was a bit surprised to be called a friend by him, but I didn't pay much mind to it. I just wiped my eyes and hugged Dave. He was the only person I could actually call family anymore. I always asked if he could adopt me now that he had his own place, but he said that he would not be able to. So I just got put into another foster home, and since then I have been abandoned over and over, but this time was far to much.

"Dave," I said, "I am gonna stay with you this time!"

"Megan you know I can't take care of you," Dave said

"You can better then the last few people did!" I said

"C'mon let's just bring her with us," Will said, "So who's your godly parent Megan?"

"My godly parent?" I asked

"Oh she's not a demigod," Dave said, "She just can see through the mist."

"Oh I see," Will said, "So do you guys mind taking her along with us for a while?"

"I see no issue," Juniper said

"But guys," Dave said, "How are we gonna take care of her."

"Just leave that to me and Will then," Juniper said

"Don't you mean "Will and I," Will said tauntingly

"Oh don't start with that," Juniper said

"Thank you!" I said, "I won't be a burden I promise!"

"OK it's settled," Will said, "Welcome aboard."