(A/N) This is the past of Kathryn Huang who was submitted by angelfirecho.
Fear –Kathryn Huang, or Kath as she liked to be called, was very proud of her most recent performance. She much preferred kata to sparring but she didn't think that her latest bout was unsatisfactory. It was her last event of the day and she was in the locker room changing back into her street clothes. Since she was the only girl in her age group, the locker room was almost empty. The only other person in there was a larger, older girl who looked like she would be much better as a body builder than a martial artist. She had her street clothes on and Kath wondered if she was late or if she was just looking for someone. Kath decided not to ask. She was supposed to meet up with her coach in two minutes and she didn't want to spend the rest of the day walking around in her gi.
"Excuse me." the girl said as she noticed that Kath was there, "Are you Kathryn Huang?"
"Yes. Can I help you with something?" Kath asked as she shoved her gi in her bag.
"I think you can." the girl sneered and then her form started to twist, "All you need to do is die!"
The girl was now taller than anyone that Kath had ever seen but the girl wasn't beanpole skinny. She was as buff as before if not more muscular. Her teeth were now jagged points that shone through her nasty grin. However, the most shocking difference was that the girl now had one large eye in the middle of her face.
Kath let out a small squeak of terror and bolted further into the locker room. There was only one way out and that door was being blocked by the monster which had appeared in front of her.
"There's nowhere to go demigod. I can smell you." the monster bellowed.
Kath looked around for a place to hide but she didn't see anything except for lockers. She wasn't sure if the monster was kidding about being able to smell her or not. She hoped that it was. Kath stuffed herself in one of the lockers and pulled it shut.
She could hear the thing getting closer and closer. It stopped right in front of the locker she was hiding in. It seemed as if it was deliberating. Then the locker door swung open and Kath was face to face with the thing. She let out a short scream which was cut off as the monster tried to fit its fist into the locker. No matter which way it tried to twist its hand, the thing just couldn't get past the frame of the locker.
"Don't think this means you are safe gods' spawn." it threatened and shut the door.
Then Kath heard the click of a lock. It had trapped her in the locker.
"Just need something to break it down." the monster muttered as its voice faded away, "Maybe a chainsaw."
Kath tried the door but it wouldn't budge. She barely had enough room to turn. As the seconds became minutes, she got more and more desperate. She kicked at the door and beat at the walls. Something had to give. She had to get out of here. Kath couldn't just sit here waiting for the monster to come back.
"Help!" she screamed.
She didn't hear anyone coming towards her but that didn't mean she could stop trying.
"Get me out of here!" she yelled, "Hello! Anyone?!"
Still no one came. Kath started to hyperventilate as she heard the heavy footfalls of the monster. It stopped near her locker and Kath shoved her eye to a slit in the door to watch what was happening. There was the monster and it had just dumped a chainsaw on the floor. Standing across from the monster was Kath's martial arts coach. He must have noticed that she was late and went to see what had happened to her. Kath wasn't sure whether she was relieved that he had broken into the girl's locker room or horrified by the fact that he wasn't wearing any pants. From the waist down he was a goat. He had shaggy hindquarters and he didn't have feet; instead he had hooves.
"Alright cyclops." he bellowed, "Where's my student?"
"In the locker." the cyclops told him, "And as soon as I'm done with you, she'll be my next snack."
"Hah." Kath's coach snorted and raised a wooden club, "Not likely."
The cyclops barred its teeth and reached for the chainsaw but Kath's coach was faster. He charged, brought his club down on the cyclops' arm, and vaulted off of that to smack it in the back of the head. The cyclops roared and threw him off. Kath's coach landed on his feet and kicked a bench at the cyclops. It batted the bench aside but the distraction was enough for Kath's coach to get behind the cyclops and give it an even harder whack to the head. It roared and dissolved into a pile of sand.
Kath's coach dusted his hands off, revved up the chainsaw and cut the lock off of Kath's hiding place. As soon as she came tumbling out, she scooted away from him.
"Come on Kathryn." he told her, "We don't have time to lose. You need to go to camp."
"What are you." she asked in a whisper.
"I'm a satyr." her coach told her, "I get sent out to schools to look for demigod and bring them safely to Camp Half-Blood."
"Why?" asked Kath.
"To protect them from monsters such as the one which just tried to eat you." her coach told her bluntly, "Demigods attract monsters which try to kill them. Camp keeps them safe from that. Let's go."
Kath caught her bag as her coach tossed it to her. Then she followed him out of the locker room. They briefly stopped to tell her family where she would be going and then they were on the move. A white van came to take her and her coach to the camp. The driver had eyes all over his body but he seemed friendly enough. On the way, Kath's coach explained all about demigods, the Greek gods and everything else that would be in the orientation video.
"Now remember, you may not get claimed right away, or ever." her coach told her, "Don't get too discouraged. It doesn't happen for everyone."
Kath nodded and followed him onto the porch of a large farmhouse. A man in a tiger print shirt, another satyr, a man in a wheelchair and something invisible were playing a card game.
"Ah, another demigod." the man in the wheelchair said, "My name is Chiron. I am the camp director. What is your name?"
"Kathryn Huang." Kath replied.
"That means you're one of mine." the man in the tiger shirt stated and peered at her closely.
He had a purple fire in his eyes and he looked off. His eyes were blood shot and he seemed like he was annoyed. Suddenly, he sat back and snapped his fingers. A glowing purple hologram appeared over Kath's head.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood Kathryn, daughter of Dionysus the God of Wine." Chiron stated and everyone in the porch gave her a quick bow.
"Cabin 12. I'll take you." the younger satyr offered and stood up, "My hand is terrible anyway."
Still the satyr looked at Kath's father before leaving. Once he got a nod, he put down the cards and moved to stand by the porch steps.
"You have two brothers." Dionysus told her, "I hope you will all get along."
Then Kath followed the satyr down to the ring of cabins while her coach took a seat at the table.