Aria II

Yeah. Protect the chariot. Thats so easy when there are hellhounds flooding into the restaurant. As soon as it happened, Aria drew her knives. She charged into the crowd, completely ignoring her post. She rushed the crowd of hellhounds, killing demon mutt after demon mutt. Suddenly, she saw the new kid. She felt something she'd never felt before. Self-Conscious. Suddenly her twin brother, Ash appeared next to her.

"Ash, I told you to stop doing that!" she said.

"Oh, come on." Ash sighed. "You got distracted."

Ash regarded the boy. He shrugged and charged through the hellhounds with his celestial bronze staff. Soon, all there was was a large pile of golden dust, which Ash waved his hand and it simply flew off to his stash. Their father was Aether, god of Stars and Dust. Of course Ash got the cooler side. What could Aria do? Teleport, and only under the light of the night sky. Talk about boring.

"It was…" The guy started. Then he shook his head.

"Hey man. Let's get you to Camp Half-Blood." Jason said. "By the way, this is Ash," Ash nodded at him, "And Aria." Aria managed a flimsy wave. "And Ash and Aria, this is Xander."

Ash shook Xanders hand. Aria waved again. She cursed herself for seeming so awkward. Jason smirked at her knowingly. Leo walked back in to his shop and everyone else climbed into the chariot. The pegasus took off towards camp. On their way, Xander pulled out a flute and started to play. He really didn't talk much, did he? When they passed the strawberry fields, Xander suddenly had a solemn look like he'd just left his best friends funeral.

"You ok?" Aria asked.

"This is where I watched my mother be killed. Ruthlessly. By an army of flying leopards. I got put in an orphanage."

Her heart broke for him. Who knew such an innocent person went through all that?

Finally they landed in Camp Half-Blood. Ash went off to the Cabin for a nap. Aria escorted Xander to the Big House to meet Chiron.

"Hello, Xander." said Chiron. His beard seemed to get a new gray streak everyday.

"Um… Hi." said Xander nervously. He seemed to have noticed Chiron was a centaur. So everything from Chiron's waist down was a horse.

"After today you must be confused. Go to meet Kayla at the Demeter cabin if you want explanation. Aria, why don't you give him a little tour?" Chiron asked. "I have to continue organizing the search."

"Search?" Xander asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid two core members of this camp, Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase have gone missing. Percy is the son of Poseidon and Annabeth, the daughter of Athena."

"Those are my favorite ones!" said Xander.

"Uhhh… We should go." said Aria. "Chiron has work to do."

So Aria and Xander left, and started the tour.

Turned out, Xander loved the camp. After she finished showing him the ampitheater, they sat by the lake.

"This is my favorite spot." She said.

"I can see why." He said.

And that's where it happened. Xander had started to skip a stone across the water, and the stone froze in midair. The ripples did not move, nor did Xander. She looked behind her. There was a camper riding a pegasus, frozen in time. Connor and Travis Stoll were messing with Clarrise La Rue, and were most likely going to regret it. Will Solace and Nico DiAngelo sat in the shade of a tree together, Will's mouth frozen open. Time itself had frozen. She turned, and was suddenly face to face with a girl about her height, with glowing golden eyes. She had a scythe in her hand.

"Who are you?" Aria asked.

"I am the daughter of a mortal and the Lord of Time." the girl presponded. "You may call me Kiara."

"Okay… And what are you doing here?" Aria said slowly as she slowly pulled out her knives.

"I have come to take vengeance on this camp for destroying my father." Kiara said.

Aria knew this was probably not a good idea, but she slashed the daughter of the Lord of Time across the face. Everyone unfroze, but when the black spots cleared her eyes, she realized she was cornered.