Attention, attention! My Best friend – and the co-author to this story! – is leaving to go to Germany today, and since she will be gone for almost all the holidays, and I won't see her till next year, This chapter is in honour of her!

Chapter Five – Meet my two best friends, 'Terrifying Monster' and 'Is Kat alright?'.

Liz

I was now sitting on a leathery couch in the big house. It was very worn down and was a green-yellow colour that reminded me of vomit. It creaked under my wait when I sat down on it and made a weird groaning sound whenever I shifted my weight.

I tried not to move since the weird groaning sound reminded me of that, that thing that almost killed me… I shook my head, I must not think about that, I told myself for the fifth time that day. But no matter how much I told myself that, for some reason, it kept coming back to me. But not just that, this 'Terrifying Monster' thought had a best friend, his name is 'Is Kat alright?' they liked visiting me. By now, me and those thoughts were pretty much best buddies, except for the fact that I despised them.

Anyway, needless to say, I was very worried about my step-sister, and sipping on this grape juice wasn't going to help. Nether is the annoying boy that was sitting next to me. He just babbled on and on, about how he was new at came too. He was apparently soooo excited that he wasn't the newest one here, since he had arrived two days before me. He had this whole speech, it seemed, planned out. His name was Harry, he was claimed earlier today as the son of Demeter, which he wasn't happy about since it wasn't 'cool' enough. He wanted to be the son of one of the big three, like the famous Percy Jackson, but 'sometimes you don't get what you want, and you just have to live with what you get, and either way, you're still the son or the daughter of a God!' I wasn't sure if he was reassuring me or himself.

And still the marvellous speech continued, until it reached the point where I was about ready to sew his mouth shut, but fortunately for Harry, Chiron came into the room to stop my evil plans. I sighed, before turning to the tall centaur, annoyed that I would have to put up with Harry later.

"Elizabeth," Chiron started, I cringed when he said my proper name, which made him pause. "Liz. I presume that Harry here has filled you in on all the facts about demigods and Greek mythology?"

Chiron studied me with curious but caring eyes. I nodded, though Harry had only talked about himself, I filled the gaps just fine. All that thinking, and not to mention the monster, had made me tired.

"If you don't mind, sir, I'd like to rest now." I stood up, looking at the centaur for permission. He nodded.

"Harry will show you to Cabin Eleven, which is where you will be staying until you are claimed." Chiron stated while glaring at Harry when Harry groaned. Clearly, Chiron didn't like Harry either. I smiled smugly, this was going to be fun.

That night, I dreamed of my step-sister, Kat. She was with some boy, safe. Well, that was a relief. Her and the boy were in a cab, I think, I couldn't really see because I was looking at them as the driver would if he/she turned around. They had the darkly tinted windows up, making Kat's pale skin look even paler.

When the boy suggested something, her (weirdly) black eyes turned serious. I couldn't hear what they were saying, it was like I had my hand firmly over my ears. Their muffled voices got even softer as they started discussing the topic that had gotten Kat so serious.

I noticed that Kat's always messy (she barely ever brushed it) cream brown hair was tied in a small pony tail. The boy she was talking to had very short blond hair, a round, kind of chubby, face, and wide blue eyes with glasses.

I was trying to hear what they were saying, when the driver suddenly hit the brakes with I screech that I could hear. I tried to turn around to see what the commotion was, but I couldn't. All I could see was Kat and that boy. Kat yelled, which was her equivalent to a scream the boy grabbed Kat's wrist, forcing her to look at him. He told her something and she nodded. The boy slowly got out of the car, where I could hear muffled screams of fear and agony.

Once the boy was out of the car, Kat turned and looked right at me. Fury, she mouthed, Help.

I woke up in a rush – Kat was in trouble.