Days passed by since that lunch. Katie grew used to her cabin mates.

Riley was that one kid you had in every class. The friendly one, who was always talking, and always seemed to care. Katie learned that he had just come to camp around Christmas time. His dad was a nature photographer that traveled the world. At fifteen, Riley had already lived long without any monster attacks. One day while traveling up in Canada, some events happened that could not be explained. And it convinced Riley's father that it was time to admit the truth.

While Riley was more than welcoming to Katie's arrival, Jaz needed to warm up to her new "sister". She was not a bully but more of the angry, older sister that you did not want to mess with. Being talkative seemed like a popular characteristic among the Demeter cabin; Jaz however, gave it an angry edge. Most of what she talked about was ranting or teasing for someone's pain. Katie had not yet uncovered the mysteries of the journal. She still saw Jaz scratching harshly into its pages but Katie had not gained the courage to ask the questions.

Olivia was the protective sister Katie never had, who felt the need to show her everything that her first day at camp. She had the "talking gene" as well and jabbered constantly no matter if someone was listening or not. Sometimes it was the plants she talked to. She would give them words of encouragement while watering or mending them. Katie noticed this after working those many hours in the garden.

Unlike Katie's power to move plants at her will, Olivia and the others could only make them grow. That's it. They could speed up their growth, although it was not advisable when they were trying to sell the strawberries that they grew. Katie had experimented in her private time, when she got it. She would check just to make sure she wasn't losing her mind. Katie could grow plants like the others, but she could also make them do her bidding. They would go wherever she told them to, move how she said, and perform tasks that you could not imagine.

After a week at camp she had met a few of the other campers but most were still unknown to her.

Whenever she had time away from her new family or the fields or training, Katie hung out with Will.

Will was probably her closest friend at camp. He was relatively new as well. He lived in Florida with his mom up until last November when she died. He never went into details with Katie. She saw the sadness in his eyes when she first asked and decided not to bring it up again. The pair met almost every day during their free time; they also had many lessons shared together. It was nice having someone outside her cabin mates to talk to. They told stories about their families back home. Both of them missed it terrible but had no wish to return because of the pain it would cause.

Will was the only one who knew Katie's secret power. She showed him one day while they sat on the sand dune by the beach.

It was free period; they had one hour left until they needed to meet with their cabins before dinner. Will's was telling the story of when he got up in front of his class and read a poem to his first crush. He still remembered what he wrote word for word. It was the most cheesy love poem an 8-year-old could write. Katie fell backwards on the dune, laughing once he finished. Will's cheeks turned a rosy red.

"Ohh," Katie cooed, "you're blushing!"

"Okay, okay, that's enough," Will grabbed her hand and pulled her back up trying to end his embarrassment. "What about you? Do not tell me you never had a crush that you embarrassed yourself in front of."

"Nope, I am more of a shy, love silently from the sidelines, kind of girl." Katie confessed.

"I know that I have known you for a few days now but I have a feeling you're going to be just as loud as those other crazies in your cabin." He nodded in the direction of the cabins. "Trust me. No one here is shy."

Katie smiled to herself. The longer she was here, the more like herself she felt. It was comforting to know that maybe she could come into her own.

"I'm starving. How can they expect me to run around training all day and then sit around for an hour and wait to get something to eat? I should see if the Hermes cabin got any more mortal food in." he stopped and thought for a moment. " Do you think you could help me sneak into the fields and get some strawberries?"

"Uh-uh!" She wagged her finger. "No way! Do you know how long it takes to grow those?" she yelled and pulled her arms across her chest.

"Oh, c'mon, you have those special flowers-help-grow-powers." Will complained.

This gave Katie an idea. She was worried, but it was Will. He was her friend.

"Okay, you're hungry? I think I might be able to help. But you have to swear no to tell anyone?"

"I swear, I swear." He practically jumped out of the spot he was sitting. "Where's the food?"

Katie shifted her place. She moved her legs around so they were under her, sitting on her calves. She bent her head down. Her hands were in front of her, about six inches apart, hovering above the ground. Her eyes closed. Katie focused on what she wanted. Soon she felt a tingle in her finger tips.

Her eyes shot open. There in the space she was focusing on, a flower was blooming.

A sunflower.

"Holy Ophiotaurus," Will whispered.

She turned to look at him now. He could not take his eyes off the flower.

"I didn't know you Demeter kids could do that sort of thing?"

"None of the others can, that's why you can't tell anyone. They don't know that I can either." She admitted. "I hope you like sunflower seeds."

A smile touched his face.

"Who doesn't? C'mon."

Will stood up and then reached down to pick up the flower. He motioned for Katie to follow. The pair walked to the edge of the beach. For the rest of the hour they told more stories, picked seeds, washed the in the ocean, then popped them in their mouths.

When the horn sounded, they went back to their cabins, and promised to meet up again at the campfire that night.

They never got the chance.

As the campers all made their way down, with their cabins, a chain reaction of pointing and screaming brought them each out of their excitement for the evening.

"Look!" Someone from the descending group yelled.

Out of the forest, a hunched over figure came. From what Katie could see it looked like a camper. It was not a monster. He was calling for help.

Many people began running over to the boy. Katie had agood guess of who he was before the others began to shout.

"It's Luke!" she heard.

"Luke! He's back!"

"He needs help! Where are the Apollo kids?"

Hearing the panic, Chiron came from the pavilion where they just had dinner. He trotted down to the scene.

"Apollo cabin, I need your top healers in the infirmary right away," he ordered, "everyone else, back to your cabins."

When back in her cabin, Katie didn't speak anyone, nor did anyone else speak to each other.

The next day seemed quieter at camp than the normal days. Everyone went around to their lessons, but all seemed to talk in whispers to each other. She knew what they were talking about of course. Luke. His return the previous night shook up the camp pretty well. They all seemed to have some sort of attachment to him. Katie was the only one who hadn't seen him. That's, of course, until she went to meet Will.

He was still the newest Apollo camper there, and did not have a lot of experience with his healing powers yet. Luke's return gave him a chance to watch others heal and learn how to use his powers.

Katie was meeting up with Will before lunch. He was in the infirmary working with Adam and Luke. She did not want to go in and interrupt any healing business but heard laughing and decided, why not introduce herself.

Before making her way inside she quickly grew blue asters. The name for asters came from the Greek word for "star"; it seemed to fit with what she had heard about Luke.

Katie took a deep breath and walked in.

She saw a group of boys around the bed closest to the door. Luke was lying on the bed while Adam took the bandage off his left bicep. He handed it to Will who was standing nearby, and took the blood soiled thing and threw it in the garbage can. Meanwhile, there were two other boys around the bed. Both talking animatedly, it sounded like they were trying to recreate some hilarious event that had happened. The boys looked similar; brown, curly, tangled hair, sly smiles, upturned eyebrows. Brothers Katie guessed.

One of them, taller than the other, turned and noticed her in the doorway.

"Looks like you have another visitor." He said.

She recognized this boy. It was the one who stared at her on her first day. Katie knew by his eyes. They were that' piercing blue that she had never seen before. She walked forward, step by step, getting closer to the group.

"These are from the Demeter cabin," she put on her best smile and placed the asters down on the table next to his bed.

"Thanks," replied the boy named Luke, "I haven't seen you around before."

Any time some one talked about Luke, it was usually one of the girls here at camp gossiping about how "absolutely gorgeous" he was. now that she was in front of him, Katie could see why they thought he was handsome. Medium length, Sandy hair and tan skin made him look like the surfer-type of boy. Not at all Katie's type, but attractive enough even with a scar along the side of his face.

"I'm Katie Gardner, Daughter of Demeter as of last week."

"Well, Luke," Adam spoke up. "Keep drinking that nectar and you should be back to normal. I will see you guys later," With a small wave he moved swiftly to the door.

""Oh, yeah," Luke muttered. "Let's see you go on a quest. There is no going back to normal."

Luckily, Adam did not hear him as he was walking out.

"Katie, I'm ready, if you wanna get going," said Will.

"Oooh, Will!" Katie turned around to see the blue-eyed boy was the one talking. "Have yourself a little girlfriend now, don't you?" he said.

Will, shook his head and grabbed Katie's elbow to lead her to the door.

"It's okay Will," the same boy said. His brother stood to the side, laughing."One day."

Katie hadn't even been properly introduced to this boy, yet already she did not like him. Will was her closest friend here and she was not going to let him go through this. She turned to face him. Trying to put the most innocent smile on her face that she could and hoping her plan would work.

"Oh, you have a girlfriend! That's so sweet! Who is she?"

His smile quickly turned into a frown. Katie's plan fell right into place, along with an evil smile.

The brother started laughing but was quickly cut off by a look from the taller twin. Luke was still lying on his mattress, he looked back and forth between Katie and the boy like it was a game of tennis.

"Good one, Gardner. Since you and Willie aren't together, maybe you should date me?"

"In your dreams," Katie responded shortly.

"Feisty," he smiled and took a step closer. "I like it."

Katie moved a step closer. Now they nose to nose.

"In your dreams."

Quickly, Katie turned around, whipping him with her hair. She grabbed the now chuckling, Will by the arm and walked out of the room. On the way, she heard Luke laughing hysterically. Another evil smile crossed Katie's face.

Once outside the Big House, Will jumped in front of Katie and stopped her in her tracks.

"That," he pointed back into the house, "was awesome."

"Not really," Katie shrugged. Will moved to the side, and they returned to walking, unsure of where they were going. "Who was that anyway? Those twin boys back there?"

"Those were the Stoll's, Travis and Conner. They're not twins. Travis is our age; he is the one you talked to. But his brother is a year younger. Nobody really stands up to them around here; you and Clarisse are the only ones I have ever seen."

Katie had met Clarisse before. She knew the daughter of Ares was not one you would want to mess with.

"Why are people so scared of them?"

"They're . . ." Will started counting on his fingers, "thieves, troublemakers, pranksters, jokers, and that fact that there are two of them helps with their cause. I could go on and on."

"He just seems like a pest to me."

"I've never seen Travis back down from a stand-off before, its interesting."

"Well, he doesn't know me at all. I just meet him. He doesn't know how to fight back against me."

"Well one thing's for sure; Travis won't forget what just happened in there. Be prepared."

I know this took a long time to get posted. sorry. now that Travis is here, we can have a lot of fun.

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Sincerely- Scripted