"Don't miss."

The whisper came from a voice right next to Katie's ear. She was at the archery range. Her arrow had been in place until the voice came and startled her. She jumped in reaction. Instinctively, she released her arrow. It zoomed through the air, and hit off target.

Katie did not have to turn around to know whose fault it was. She recognized the voice, as soon as the sound entered her ear.

"What do you want, Stoll?" Katie did not bother to look at him. She notched another arrow and took aim once more.

"Nothing, I just came to say "Hi" to my favorite daughter of Demeter,"

Katie launched her arrow. She hoped for a bulls-eye, dying to impress Travis. No, not impress him. That would mean she had some sort of wish to make him like her. She wanted to scare him.

It had been two days since Katie met Travis in the infirmary. Rumors had surfaced about the stand-off they had. Katie received pats on the back and a thumb-up from some of the people who heard. Others gave her a look of pity. They seemed in agreement with Will, that Travis was never going to let it slide. Turns out, they were right.

Those two days seemed like a lifetime to Katie. The constant bothering from him was driving her insane. And if he was not bothering her with his presence at her side, he was watching her. She would see him from across the way staring with that smug smile. Katie heard the stories of his pranking, but nothing had happened yet. She could only assume that he was planning.

She wanted to scare him. Unfortunately, Katie's arrow hit just off to the right of the bulls-eye.

"I told you not to miss. That's 0 for 2."

She turned to face him now. He stood next to her, hands in his pockets.

"What do you want, Stoll?" Katie repeated.

"You always say that. How come, I don't get a "Hey" or a "How are you today?" or even a smile?'

"Hmm, I don't know," Katie faked a tough decision. "I guess it would be because those are only things you do for people you like."

The horn signaled the end of the lesson. Katie walked forward to retrieve the arrows she shot.

"Oh, Gardner," he laughed, "deep down, I know you like me. You can't resist me."

"Watch me."

Katie left Travis standing where he was while she returned her equipment. Some of the Hephaestus kids showed her the armory, it was filled with any deadly weapon imaginable. After training for a few days Katie had found the weapon she was most comfortable with was a dagger. Now, you may be thinking, "wow I didn't think Katie was a violent person like that" and she isn't, the dagger was just what she was most comfortable with. Carrying around a big sword seemed like showing off to her. Katie was not all that talented with the sword either. She could shoot a bow and arrow but it just was not her style. The dagger seemed to be calling her name when she placed it in her grasp. It could be easily strapped to her leg and out-of-the-way so she would not have to worry about it dragging her down. Katie was quick and agile she was not one to be in the middle of a fight so the dagger did not need to help her out so much fighting, but it could be handled during emergencies.

Being honest, it wasn't much of a dagger. A worn out brown handle and a simple blade was all it was. Etched into the blade was the name Dunamis. One of the perks of being a half blood of Greek decent was the ability to understand the Greek language. This being said Katie knew exactly what the daggers name meant; unforeseen it power, strength, and force. The Hephaestus campers assured her that Dunamis had been used in the ancient Greek wars.

Katie returned her equipment to the shed nearby shed. Michael was there placing the bows on the shelf with his buddy, Lee Fletcher. She handed over the weapons to the boys, who returned her with a thank you song of embarrassment, at Kate's expense.

Michael had become big brother for all needed purposes. He had helped Katie when she got lost around camp and helped her find a weapon. He had tried once again, like that first day, to persuade her to use a bow but alas it did not work.

After returning her things, Katie walked to her next destination. Unfortunately, on her walk, she gained an unexpected visitor.

"You headed to see Willie again?" Travis asked, walking up on her right side.

"Why do you care?" Katie responded shortly.

"Oh, I don't care, just making conversation."

"Why are you following me?"

"Because I know you enjoy my presence."

"Just proves you know nothing."

"Are you always this quick?"

"Are you always this annoying?" Katie stopped in her tracks to turn to the infuriating boy. He stopped as well. The look on his face is mocking the fake look of thought Katie previously wore. "Never mind, don't answer. I already know what you are going to say, just go away." Hastily she stalked off.

Now, it was clear to Travis where, she was going. The gate to the Strawberry Fields was a few meters away.

"Okay, I will leave you alone," he stated as he reached her side again. "But just because I am a nice person, I clue you in that you may want to see what is happening to your cabin as we speak." And with that, he left her standing where she was, jaw dropped.

Turning on her heel, Katie ran. She knew this was coming, the prank was inevitable.

Oh gods, Katie thought, what did he do? What could he do?

When the cabins were in sight, Katie immediately saw the crowd that had formed. She saw her cabin mates but they were not the only ones. As it was the beginning of the summer, more and more campers were coming to Camp Half-Blood. Newcomers had stopped to stare while on their way their own cabins. Olivia looked on the verge of tears. Jaz's face had morphed into its famous death glare. Riley stood his ground, face showing no emotion.

Then Katie saw it. The Demeter Cabin roof looked like a rainbow threw up on it. The grass roof was covered in rocks. Not even real ones rocks, they were the fake colored pebbles that you buy at a pet store to put in your goldfish bowl. And stuck in the stones were a hundred paper windmills of every color. Besides the roof, the entire building was covered in colored sand. Everything, the door, the garden, the porch, the windows, the flowers, all of it was covered.

Katie was going to hurt those Stoll's. Then she heard a laugh. Katie whipped her head around towards the laugh along with all the others around the building. And there they were.

Travis and Conner stood there hi-fiving and chuckling. The awestruck group stared at the boys. Katie had to refrain herself from running over and punching them both in the face. As fiercely as she could she walked over.

"Oh man," Conner said, "this was all your idea man. You deal with It." Conner ran away from the approaching Katie. Sure he did help execute the prank but it was all because of Travis and his bruised ego. Travis was the one Katie needed to yell at.

"Hey, Gardner, do you like what I did with the place."

"Clean it up, now."

"And why would I want to do that?"

"Why did you do it in the first place?"

"Because I don't lose, this is payback. And watching your reaction is fun. You get all angry and your eyebrows scrunch together. It's hilarious!"

"You know what else is hilarious?" Katie asked, moving in for the kill. "Your face, after I beat you to a pulp." Travis ran like the wind. Katie did not follow. She did not know what came over her.

Using her powers she sent her energy through the ground. The grass moved at her will. The blades grew and latched themselves to Travis's ankles causing him to face plant into the ground. He hadn't made it very far. A short walk away Katie stood over Travis.

"Are you going to clean it up now?!"

"You did not say you had powers?"

"Are you scared?"

"Of grass? Ha! You wish." Katie sent another jolt of energy through the ground, this time the grass successfully tied down Travis's hands. "Okay, okay, calm down." Katie scowled more. The blades grew tighter and tighter around Travis. Then they slacked.

Someone had snuck up behind Katie and grabbed her wrist breaking her concentration.

"Let him go Katie," Michael whispered in her ear. Trying to gain control again Katie forced her energy out. Michael was left with no choice; he lifted her off the ground and half dragged her away from the scene of the crime inside of the Demeter cabin. The bystanders left as well and the Katie's siblings followed her and Michael inside.

"Let me go Michael!" Katie shouted.

"Trust me; you will get plenty of chances to hurt that boy. Now, how long have you had powers?"

"A while," Katie mumbled. The group stared, "since before I got here, okay! I didn't know how to tell you guys."

They continued to eye her up and down, not knowing what to do. After an extremely awkward pause, Olivia, being the voice of reason, spoke up.

"Katie, I think we can all agree that you should have told us," she sat down at the edge of Katie's bed and spoke directly to her." But I can see why you wouldn't."

"Thank you! So can I go now?"

"Oh no you don't, you are not getting off the hook that easily! You need to cool down. Stay inside. I will go get the Stoll's to clean this up. Until they're done, stay here," Olivia demanded.

One by one they walked out. First Olivia, then Michael who shook his head, with disappointment or laughter, Katie could not tell, Jaz strutted away without as much as a sideways glance at Katie. Last to leave was Riley. Before he walked out he held out a fist to the girl.

"Nice job, sis," he said. Katie acknowledged the fist with a bump from her own and a smile. Then he left.

Not long after, Katie could hear the sounds of shovels on the roof. She lounged on her bed reading her book overwhelmed with the feeling of happiness. Even though she had not personally made them clean up the mess, some part of her knew that her powers had scared him. Then a voice came to her from the window next to her bed.

"You on cabin arrest now, Gardner?" the mischievous boy asked. She stood up and met Travis by the window.

"At first I was angry, being stuck in here for the rest of the day, but now I see I have a front row seat to the show. It's fun watching you tidy up the mess you made. Tell me, how does it feel to have to clean up this prank?"

"Did you just say you like to watch me work? I knew you loved me, Gardner, but that's just creepy," he taunted with a smile.

Well that backfired, Katie thought. Travis began laughing. Instead of letting her temper loose and sending plants after him Katie did something else. She punched Travis Stoll in the face.