Hello again! It's me, back for another totally explosive chapter! (Not really, it's more of a filler until you guys can help out for the next chapter, but it'll be enough until you do). How have you all been? Good, I hope. So sorry for being MIA. All I can say is, shit happens.

Anywho. This is the next chapter of TIOS. A little bit happens here... And they start a game of truth or dare! I always said there would be one, didn't I?

Because of this, I need YOUR help! Truth or dare isn't as fun without you guys giving me some ... creative ideas about what you can get YOUR characters to do. Hehe, fun, right?

On a slightly different (but only a little bit) note, I've now got a Tumblr account. Yes, yes, I know, TUMBLR, GAH... my friend convinced me! The Tumblr account has exactly what I need - a blog, in which you guys, my readers, can write to me and tell me all about what you think your characters should do. THAT WAY, you're not wasting a review! Plus, you guys get to see all sorts of cool other stuff, like the full version of the poster, and notifications where I am in updating. The Tumblr page is found here: racejackson updates. tumblr . com. Of course, you need to take out the spaces to get it.

SHOUT OUT TO: As always, awesomegrl77, Caley Wheeler and ClareBear. Also, StormOrBlaze, coz the stories that this guy writes are epic! And ... Daughter of King Orrin.

DISCLAIMER: WE DO NOT, IN ANY WAY, OWN THE PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS SERIES. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT MOST OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY ARE NOT OURS EITHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

"You always get us into these messes!" spat Lily venomously, craning her neck around the chair she was tied to. "It's every single bloody time you talk to me that this happens!"

"It's not as if I planned this, dummy!" retorted Jenna, giving her sister the evil eye. "Besides," she continued, "this has only happened a few times before. It hasn't happened since 1734; it was May, I think."

Lily tilted her head. "Yeah, I think so…"

~l~

The day that Riley Mitchell decided to hang out with Rowan Lore from Apollo was the same day that she got her first crush.

Riley hadn't meant to hang out with Rowan or Rowan's best friend, Mitch. It totally hadn't been her intention at all. In fact, if she had a choice, she'd be hanging around the forge or her cabin. Really, those two locations where the only ones in camp she frequented (apart from the Mess Hall, because Riley totally loved barbeque nights).

But that was beside the point: Riley was now in the presence of Rowan and Mitch and their hot, mysterious friend from Aphrodite cabin.

Dylan Braddon was an older camper, who'd been one of the first to join camp after the war with Kronos. He was a friendly person, the type of guy who you could go up to with any problem and he'd be more than happy to help – unless it was something to do with fighting, because he sucked at all forms of it and generally kept to his jock sports. Not only was he friendly, and nice, he was, as Riley had always thought, fairly hot; he was all blue eyes, shaggy blond hair and muscles.

Yes, he had nice muscles.

They were all just chilling when suddenly, someone from Hermes (probably Jessie Roth) shouted for attention. Not one to complain about whatever Jessie was doing, Riley turned her head to watch what she had to say.

"TRUTH OR DARE!" she yelled.

That was basic camp stuff.

~TIOS~

Before Jessie and her friends called for truth or dare, Anya and Ava were up at the Big House, talking to Chiron about the two new campers – who were, at that point, watching the orientation video.

"Chiron, it's just weird, ok?" said Ava, arms crossed and brow furrowed. "These kids just waltz into camp, looking like shit and saying that they got sent here by Jenna. I don't know about you, but that means that she's up to something."

Chiron stroked his beard. "How much do you know about Jennifer?" he asked finally, looking between the girls. They exchanged apprehensive looks. He smiled at their reaction. "I suppose that you don't know much, yes?"

"Well," started Anya uncertainly, "I thought I knew her well enough. But then she disappears and sends a bunch of kids our way. Not that I don't appreciate her trying to help them," she added hastily. "But you would think that if she was alright, she'd come back instead of just … leaving without reason."

Mr D, sitting opposite from Chiron at the table, snorted. "Jennifer Morgan does things without reason. But Arya does not." Thunder crackled in the background.

"What?" said the two girls in unison.

"My dear friend," scolded Chiron, "you know that that topic was forbidden by Zeus himself."

"Only because she asked him to," retorted Mr D, shuffling his cards around and taking a swig was his soda can. "We all know that she's been around longer than him, and therefore has more authority."

More thunder crackled in the background.

"What are you talking about?" asked Anya, starting to get annoyed by all the she's and forbidden by the gods comments being thrown around.

Unfortunately for her, Keenan and Lief came charging out onto the porch at the very second, babbling all about demigods and fighting and stuff. Ava sighed, her calm, collected façade dropping for a second to reveal how exhausted she really was. When her gaze met Anya's, they exchanged knowing looks.

"Ok, all I know at the moment is that you guys are crazy and need to find the nearest funny farm!" yelled Lief, throwing up her hands. Anya chuckled, which caused Keenan to round on her with pleading eyes.

"You don't believe in this shit, do you?" he questioned. His gaze was smouldering, which was an odd look for eyes that were so blue. It made her blush. "Do you?" he repeated. "Because this is crazy."

"No shit, Sherlock," she replied sarcastically, somewhat annoyed that he'd gotten to her. "I've kinda been dealing with it since I was twelve."

His eyes hardened.

"You're all nuts," he decided out loud, "all completely insane. You can get fucked, for all I care. Come on, Lief, we're leaving."

"We won't stop you," said Chiron softly, causing Keenan to look at him and nod. The boy grabbed the girl by her arm and started to drag her away.

"Just leave then, you coward!" Anya called after him. "Let yourselves be killed by monsters! What do we care?"

~TIOS~

"If you just put your arm there and pull, we can get out!" hissed Lily. If it weren't for the fact that she was tied up, she would've hit her sister a very long time ago. Jenna was really starting to piss her off now.

"No, if you put your leg there, then we can get out!" Jenna countered quietly, an edge to her voice. "If you'd stop being so retarded, you'd realise that your way is the wrong way!"

"Of course, of course!" exclaimed Lily, all thoughts on staying quiet flying out the window. "Jenna's always right! It's her way or the highway, as usual!"

"Yes, it is!" snapped Jenna. "It'll always be that way, Lily, because, whether you like it or not, I'm older and more powerful than you! So shut up, and just do what I bloody say!"

~TIOS~

"Ok, so everyone knows the rules of truth or dare," said Jessie. A few campers in the back of their little gathering grinned and nodded, elbowing each other. Jessie cleared her throat for attention again. "However, we've had some new campers since the whole camp last played, so we need to discuss them again.

"Firstly, we all separate into different age groups. They will be, as always, the three to fives, six to nines, ten to thirteens, fourteen to fifteens, and all the others. I want one of the older kids to go with the youngest group – Percy and Annabeth, maybe? – and the six to nines are to listen to everything Claire Daniels, from Demeter, orders. The reason we're splitting everyone up is basically, the older kids can get really rowdy. Clear?"

There was a general sound of assent from the crowd. Jessie continued as if she hadn't heard them at all.

"Secondly, the dares. Now, ten to thirteens tend to want to choose dares like the older kids, but I don't want any of that. There will be no removing of clothing, no physical contact of a romantic type and there will be, under no circumstances, any dares that involve resisting pain. No injuries, got it? Good. These rules apply to all groups, sans the last two. Anyone fourteen and older is allowed to do whatever dares that they want.

"Thirdly, any truths that come from this game are never to be mentioned to anyone outside of your group. In fact, try to forget the truths, if you can.

"Fourth, you can only decline a truth or dare once. After that, you can't decline.

"And lastly, only I know the full set of rules, so what I say goes. If you have any doubts about a rule, come to me."

Jessie paused to look at the faces of the crowd. She smiled.

"Have fun!"