To YAY13- Thank you, I'm glad you liked it and Helena will be appearing a bit more in later chapters.

To EponymousAnonymous- There shall be infighting in later chapters and as for how far they will go to 'be a dick', let's just say things will be like putting me in a chemistry lab alone.

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Thora ran as fast as her feet could carry her, sprinting across the arena and up towards the pavillion. Anticipation blossoming inside her at the thought of seeing her brother again, she had missed him dearly while he had been away. Zane was one of the very few people who succeeded in keeping Apex away from her for a while. When he left, she thanked every God she could name that he allowed her to be Head Camper, or that would basically mean the same as her buying a one way ticket to Tartarus.

Her heart thundered in her chest as she saw the gathering of people on the pavillion, their cheers merging together as they spread across Camp. She pushed through the throng, shouldering a few campers to be able to get further towards the centre, where she knew Zane would be. Thora heard the cries of her name as she disappeared into the crowd.

"Ugh, I swear if she hits anyone I'll kill her" Aden complained, running after her bright eyed friend.

"Be more worried about what she finds" Will retorted, the hours of heavy labour in the forges allowed him to run with little falture in his breathing.

Aden sighed, hating it when he was right. She knew that Zane might be hurt and that seeing him so, after a very long time of worrying and isolation, would be a heavy impact on Thora. Aden just prayed that Zane was alright.

"Oh, he's fine" Helena said happily, running beside them with a spring in her step "Got a few more scars but nothing bad". At that it seemed like Thora had doused them with a wind current, as they all sighed in relief.

Thora ducked under a burly looking campers arm as he reached out to clap a friend on the back. She felt like a child, who had run from her parents and to the front of the crowd, crawling under legs, just to see the procession pass. Whatever Zane's quest had been about, it definitely looked like it had been important, judging by everyone's celebrating.

The throng of Demigods, satyrs and nymphs alike, moved towards the big house and as Thora got closer to the leading group she could hear the clop of hooves on cement. Chiron. He basically looked after everyone here, seeing that our Camp Director Mr. D (Dionysus) was useless. Now she was no child of Athena, but Thora could put two and two together. She knew that if a group had returned from a quest then Chiron would be right along with them.

It took her a few tries, but she managed to force her way out into the clearing where Chiron trotted along. Though as soon as her eyes landed on him, she wanted to jump right back into the mass of bodies.

"Thora!" Zane greeted enthusiastically, stepping towards her. He looked exactly like he did when she had last seen him, bar the scar that she could see the tip of from beneath the neckline of his shirt, same ashen brown hair and tawny eyes. But one glance at her panicked expression, had him follow her gaze.

His slate eyes glared at her with the same intensity that they used to, multiplied by his present irritation. There was no mistaking his peppered ginger hair, the dark lines that were dug across his forehead, though she used to think he got the lines from frowning at her so much. What caught her attention most was the ugly, electricity burn scar that covered half his face, she had left it when she took her chance to escape Andressis. He had tried to stop her and she had shot him in the face with lightning, at the time she had no idea what she was doing she just put her hands up to defend herself when he came at her and Bam! Light show!

He smiled coldly and turned to face her, showing the scar in it's full glory, fighting against the hold of the two broad chested campers holding him "Well, if it isn't my favourite arsonist".

Thora took a step back, hearing commotion behind her as her friends pushed through the crowd. They stopped as they saw who she was confronted with, Aden quietly breathing her name.

"Micra" The word left her mouth as no more then a whisper, but he had heard her. For it was him. The man who posed as a teacher at Andressis High school to keep her there as a prisoner stood in front of her.

His smile turned into a full smirk "Looks like the girl remembers me. You've grown up so much since I last saw you" He turned to face Zane "Hasn't she, Whitescar?".

Zane's tawny eyes narrowed on him and he gestured to the campers holding him "Take him inside, I'll catch up". The campers complied to his request and began dragging the man inside, him chuckling all the way.

Zane turned to Thora, his eyes softening slightly as they landed on his younger sister. The crowd dispersed as he walked towards her and gestured to the archery braces sitting on her arms "You've been practising" he noted.

She blinked at him "You went to Andressis". It wasn't a question.

He sighed, knowing she wouldn't stop until she had the answers she needed "Yes, Chiron wanted us to find Micra, and bring him here before he could make other Demigods forget".

Thora nodded slowly "Were there" Her voice was shaky, this being a very touchy subject for her, but she steeled herself, "Were there anymore Demigods?".

He shook his head, a small smile jumping onto his lips."No, he hasn't gotten hold of anymore Demigods since you left".

"Good" With that said, Thora spun on her heel and stalked off. Her enthusiasm for seeing her brother gone. Zane sighed, knowing when she was annoyed with someone or didn't want to talk to them, she was as blunt as a door nail.

He made to go after but was stopped by Aden, as she stepped in front of him "Just let her cool off" He made a face and she rolled her eyes "I'll talk to her, No offence mate, but you're obviously not her favourite person right now". Aden turned and started on her way after her friend.

Zane ran a hand over his face and turned to walk to the Big House "I should've told her" He muttered.

"Yes, you should have. You know that the only thing Thora ever wants is to be told the truth" Will shrugged before he and Nathan walked off together.

Zane watched them walk off in the direction of the Aphrodite and Eros Cabins, This wasn't anything new, but Zane caught sight of a bit of tinged blue skin peeking out of Nathan's camp shirt and he snapped his mouth shut. He knew about the prank war raging between the four friends, he decided to let sleeping dogs lie and not ask about it. Zeus knows they'd get their revenge soon enough.

"Thora!" Aden called as she walked through the forests surrounding Camp. She had left to find her straight after she had walked away from Zane on the pavillion. She had already been looking for Thora for close to an hour, and now Aden was beginning to think she should just return to her Cabin. Thora was known for disappearing without warning for a couple of hours on her own, especially when she had to think. So Aden was sure she'd be free of a guilty conscience if she turned back now.

And that was her plan before she stumbled upon an arrow stuck to a tree, she pulled the arrow off and recognised it as one of her lightning prone companions arrows, the give away being the silver feathers at the end. The weird thing was that there was an apple skewered on it, the apple even had a bite in it. That struck Aden as odd, Thora hated apples.

She kept walking and stopped when she heard voices.

"So he just turned up with this Micra guy and didn't bother giving you an explanation on where he went or what he was doing while he was gone?" Aden didn't recognise this voice, it was hoarse, almost gravelly, but definitely feminine.

"Pretty much" This was definitely Thora. It was light and feminine but held an edge of her famous attitude.

"Brothers"

"My point exactly"

Aden walked out behind a tree and found more trees hit with arrows holding apples and other types of fruit. She looked up and her fiery eyes were met with Zeus' fist rising up above the trees. A little way above the tops of the trees, two girls were perched upon a ledge. One was Thora, as Aden had presumed, With her bow at the ready, next silver feathered arrow nocked. The other girl was sitting on a ledge just above Thora. Her hair was a light grey, not as pale as Thora's crisp white more like the colour of a receding storm cloud, it fell to her shoulder blades in gentle waves. In her lap was a giant pile of fruit. Well, that explained the apple.

Aden watched as the girl threw a piece of fruit up into the air, occasionally taking bites out of a few, while Thora aimed her arrow and, with deadly accuracy, shot the piece of fruit straight through the center.

"Nice shot" She commented as she stepped out into their view.

Thora looked down at her bow as her friend drew nearer "Thanks". Now, Thora wasn't trying to be rude but it was in her nature to be as short as possible when dealing with things that upset her. And Aden knew that well, So she good naturedly turned to the grey haired girl and smiled.

"Aden Firestar, Daughter of Poseidon. And you are?".

This was when she got the response she didn't expect, the girl looked her up and down with a calculating look, her cold, stormy blue eyes focused. Aden took the time to look at the other girl, Deep-set eyes, reasonably prominent cheekbones, not unlike her rather high ones but they weren't one and the same, the girls hair wasn't thin but it wasn't thick either. She wasn't a stunner like most Aphrodite and Eros girls claimed to be, but she had a look about her that gave her her own type of beauty. When Aden was done she turned her amber gaze to the girls face, only to be startled slightly when she found the girls eyes already on her.

"Useless" She muttered before she jumped down from the ledge, forcing Aden to lift her hands above her head as a shower of fruits cascaded down upon her, before she disappeared into the shadows of the forest without so much as a good bye.

Aden watched her go, her mind whirring and alarms going off, something about that girl didn't sit right with her."Well, that was rude".

Thora jumped down and walked up to her friend, shaking her head "No, that's, Cassandra. Don't take it personally, that's just what she's like".

Aden turned to give her white haired friend a weird look "You know her?".

Thora nodded "Yeah, her name's Cassandra Burnham. Daughter of Hades, She's a bit cold but she's nice enough when you get to know her".

"Fair enough, but something feels off about her".

A roll of bright purple eyes "I know, I can feel it too, Addy, but I don't think it means anything".

"If you say so, Dove, you're the intuitive one"

Thora narrowed her eyes in annoyance at the nickname. It was from her middle name Duvessa and since she had a talent with birds, Aden started calling her Dove. She liked the nickname , to an extent, but she hated it mainly because the many symbols of Aphrodite included the dove. "I know, it's a gift really".

Aden smiled and it soon dropped when she remembered why she was here in the first place, Thora, sensing her friends line of thought, started tugging at her braid anxiously. The topic they were sure to move onto made her stomach tight with nerves.

Aden's dark gaze landed on her friend in a stern questioning gaze "Why'd you run?".

"Because"

Aden sighed, Sometimes this girl was too stubborn for her own good. And everyone knew it. "Because of what?"

Thora didn't reply. She leaned against the base of Zeus' fist, all but pulling her braid from her scalp.

"Thora, you can't hold it in forever! You need to talk to someone about what happened at Andressis".

Back when they were thirteen, Thora and Helena were given a mission to go to Andressis high and have a look around. Seeing as they were both light-footed and sneaky by nature, they were Chiron's own personal choice. To mortals, Andressis appeared to be a beautiful work of architecture, a place that parents, with unknowing demigod children, would find appealing to send their child. But Helena and Thora had a natural immunity to the mist that affected the mortals and they could see Andressis for what it was. It was a Gothic style building, it had towers and turrets and a huge courtyard. To Thora, there was an ominous feeling about it, but she ignored her gut and focused on the mission they were given. But it appeared that the people at Andressis knew they were coming and as soon as the pair had gotten the slightest lead on what was happening there, they had been grabbed by some workers and taken to Micras. Where he had eventually gotten their Godly parent out of them, his pleasure at having daughter of Zeus in his hand was apparent and obvious. Helena had been roughly escorted back to Camp, to tell everyone what had happened. Aden, Will and Nathan had been distraught and had begged Chiron to let them look for her. After four months had passed with no word, Chiron had hesitantly let the three of them, joined by Helena and Zane, go after her. They came back empty handed after a fruitless three weeks searching. But then after almost a year of her being gone, Thora had turned up at the Camp boundary, dishevelled, injured and exhausted, her scent had made her a sitting duck to monsters and she'd been chased by half a dozen when she reached Camp. Nate had been on boundary patrol that night and had found her and taken her to the infirmary. Neither of them had talked about that night with anyone else. But no one ever asked, they were just happy she was back. Though Thora still refused to speak about what had happened to her at Andressis, even almost three years after it had happened.

"I don't have to, Aden!" Thora snapped, her eyes on anything else but her friend.

"It'll help, Thora, I know something bad happened, I can see it in your eyes. Hell, everyone can! You just have to open up to us!" Aden explained.

Thora sighed as she let go of her hair and pushed off the rock face "Never going to happen".

Aden knew this wasn't the way to go with her friend, stubborn as a mule, so unfortunately, Aden had to be patient and wait until she was ready to talk. "Alright, I won't push. But know you can always talk to me. I'll see you at the party".

"I don't think I'll be going"

Aden smirked "You say that, but Will and Nate will find you and they will make you go".

Her trademark smirk worked it's way onto her face weakly as she turned to Aden "They have to catch me first".

Aden laughed "Ah, yes the fly away trick, works every time".

"That's why I use it, Karya"

"Touche, Duvessa, Touche"

Thora laughed, sounding much more like herself, and turned to walk off in the direction that Cassandra took off in. "I'll see you later Aden, and thanks for checking up on me"

Aden turned to walk off in the other direction "No problem".

She walked through the forest and started to head towards Camp. Thora's behaviour had been worrying her as of late, she'd been more jumpy and insecure, never letting anyone touch her and if they did she'd get violent pretty quick. Aden knew that the whole storm cloud accident had seriously scared her into hating physical contact, the idea of hurting someone she cared about being a main weakness. Aden had already tried to get her to talk before. Hades, everyone had, Chiron, Nate, Will, Helena, Zane and even Mr. D tried! Though he had been inconsiderate and almost ended up with a black eye, safe to say Thora had to be carried off.

She laughed at the memory, pushing a branch out of her face, when all of a sudden a bright glare of light shone in her face, making her cry out in shock as she stumbled back, her vision darkening and spiralling with strange patterns. She let her guard slip as she raised her hands to her eyes, that was long enough for a pair of hands to wrap around her wrists and another around her ankles.

"Hold her still!" A voice barked.

"I am" Another answered.

Her feet were swept out from under her and she was carried off. Aden immediately thrashed around, fighting against their strong grip she managed to pull her right hand back and before the hand could reclaim it she thrust it forward, satisfaction mixing with her panic as she heard a crack and a cry.

"By the Gods, she can punch!"

The hand wrapped itself around her wrist again, tighter than before. She began to scream threats at them as she felt her wrists being bound with rope. "You cowards! You have to blind me so you could grab me huh? Shows how much courage you have! By Poseidon's undergarments if I get a single chance to toss your sorry asses in Tartarus, I will do it!"

"Can we gag her" An irritated voice asked, and she found it somehow familiar, though she couldn't put her finger on it.

"Unfortunately not"

"Hey!" She started to squirm more, hoping to free her legs and get a well aimed kick, but the hands held strong. She pulled her foot back swiftly, causing the hand to let go of her foot. Instinct took over as she let it drive her foot forward and meet its target. The voice cried out in agony and her legs were dropped. The hands holding her own loosened and she took advantage of that and pulled them free before she scurried to her feet and took off running.

"Get her!" One of the voices cried.

"Dude, you get her, she kicked me in a place that Chaos created to only be treated kindly!" The second cried, pain lacing his words.

Aden laughed, at least she got a good hit. She ran on hoping to make it to freedom. Maybe it was the Gods feeling particularly annoyed at her, or maybe it was her idea to run through the forest with no sight, but Aden felt her body slam into a hard object, sending her sprawling to the ground, slightly disorientated.

"No, that's a tree" She moaned.

"Nice move, Firestar" The first voice commented, causing Aden to growl slightly, though if she had been more with it, she would have questioned how they knew her name.

"You two are idiots, you're lucky I blinded her first" A third voice added, this one hadn't spoken before and, again, Aden found their voice familiar.

"Whatever, Bates, you know what to do right?" The first voice asked.

The second voice, Bates, grunted, most likely getting up, Aden thought. "Of course, I know, you've told me the plan a thousand times already". Bates sounded like he was getting closer, and Aden was right as a few seconds later, she felt herself being picked up and thrown over a broad shoulder "I'll take her back and you two go after Veton".

"Exactly".

'Veton?' Aden thought and then it struck her 'Thora! Oh Gods! Oh Gods! Oh Gods!' With new found strength, Aden began squirming again but Bates tightened his arm around her, rendering attempts useless as she was carried off.

William Ravenkey and Aden Firestar belong to DivergentShadowhunter99

Helena Norton belongs to YAY13

Cassandra Burnham belongs to EponymousAnonymous