Hello all of you Greeks! I bet you weren't expecting me to update this soon! But, hey, I got bored when I got back from school, so I sat down and started writing. Of course, that did almost nothing to make me less bored, so I kept writing. And here is the result. And now I'm not bored! So it's a win-win situation!

Honestly, do you really think that I own Percy Jackson and the Olympians? This is the 16th, or is it 17th? chapter and I have said it so many times. I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Kapeesh?

Bethany couldn't help but stare as they passed the group of kids. They had almost hit a girl standing recklessly in the middle of the road because JJ's father hadn't even seen the girl until after they went around the bend. But what alarmed Bethany more was that not only were there three teenagers walking in the middle of nowhere, being reckless enough to almost get hit by cars, what alarmed her was that one of them was holding a sword. When the car had passed the group, a girl standing farther away from the road had drawn a sword. Bethany turned to JJ, who had seen the kids too. Odds were that JJ had noticed something that Bethany had missed due to the fact that Mortals with the sight had a clearer vision than demigods. Bethany had seen three mostly normal looking kids, one wielding a sword. Bethany asked JJ, "What did you see?" JJ swallowed, "Well, There were three demigods standing by the side and on the road. One had long dark-brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and was wearing some really complicated looking armor. Another, the only boy out of the three, was wearing regular clothing with some bandages and had blondish brown hair. The third was wearing some gothic style helmet, and she was the one who drew her sword, which said something in Latin on it, Miles in Nocte. Her armor had a lot of ancient Hellenistic looking designs, but don't hold me to that. Besides, Hellenistic art styles have spread, so it could be any type of design from India to Spain. Do you know any of them?" Bethany shook her head no, "I don't. It surprises me because I don't know anyone who looks like any of them at camp. They might be…" "They might be what?" JJ asked. Bethany continued, "Greek demigods aren't the only type of half-bloods. We recently learned that there were Roman demigods too. But why would they be all the way in New Hampshire?"

Amanda was very, very tired. Against her unsaid promise to herself, she had managed to shadow travel Camille and Amy to Mt. Washington. She had been resting for the past couple of hours, but the weariness refused to leave her. Amanda didn't show it though. When they had finally gotten moving, although Amy had offered to help her along, Amanda had reassured them that she was fine. Fine for the time being at least. Amanda wasn't entirely sure how long her legs would hold before she dropped.

Camille was the first to notice Amanda's absence. She had been paying close attention to Amy and Amanda after they had refused to tell her something after she had gone away to hunt. She hated not knowing things. Camille stopped, causing Amy to bump into her, "What's wrong, Camille?" Camille turned around and said, "We lost Amanda." Camille and Amy started searching the woods that they had come through before Amy found Amanda having tripped on a rock and not having the energy to get back up. Amy turned to Camille, and Camille said, "We should probably find some place to put her before she falls down somewhere dangerous. Besides, we have been walking for awhile, and should probably take a break." Amy didn't argue. Camille and Amy looked around the area for a few minutes before deeming that the closest form of shelter were the caves nearby. Half-dragging, half-supporting their weary and practically unconscious comrade, they made it over to one of the caves. There was no sign that an animal had ever been in this cave, so Camille and Amy brought Amanda into he cave. They did not expect to see three kids sitting in a circle around the remains of a campfire.

Megan turned around to look at JJ and Bethany, "What's wrong? Did you guys see a ghost?" Bethany and JJ both started trying to speak at the same time, luckily with the same words, "There were kids outside." They looked at each other for a second, then Bethany said to JJ, "You explain what just happened." JJ began to explain to the best of her knowledge, "We almost just hit a girl. She was wearing a suit of armor, and there were two kids, one boy and one girl, behind her, also wearing suits of armor. We think that they're Roman demigods." Megan practically hopped out of her seat, "REALLY? I mean, how is that possible? I thought that the Roman camp was all the way in California. Why would they be here?" Bethany shook her head, "We don't know. But JJ says they were wearing armor, and one had a sword that she drew." JJ nodded, "It had some writing on it, probably Latin. I said Miles in Nocte." The air in the car suddenly became a lot tenser. For the first time in about an hour, Kelby, who Bethany thought hadn't even been listening, asked, "Who was holding the sword? What did it say?" JJ replied, "A girl standing by the side of the road with two other kids was holding the sword. She was wearing Hellenistic armor and a gothic helmet. The sword gave off a golden glint and read the word Miles in Nocte on it." Kelby looked around the car, then said as quietly as he could, "We have to avoid those people. They-" Megan interrupted Kelby, "Why? Why would we even run into them again?" Kelby continued, "They're after us for some reason, and I'm not being paranoid. The sword of the girl who tried to kill Bethany read the words Miles in Nocte on it."

Oooo… I just love that word. So, how do you like the chapter? I worked really hard on it. I think we are having the first real interaction between the Greeks and the Romans here. Also, I just told you that one of the Romans is after the Greeks, or at least Bethany. Can you name the Roman? Why is she doing this? I know that you're not actually going to review or respond, so I just hope that you enjoyed the chapter.