Sorry I haven't been updating! But I have actually forgotten about this story, and just saw it now! I reread it, and found out that it was actually good! So here's the next chapter for you!

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Immediately after the horn sounded, signaling the start of the game. I was pulled away from my spot by none other than Nico. He led me towards a secluded spot in the woods, pushing past other campers. I wonder what he was thinking.

"Nico, stop." I say, pulling away from his grip. Unfortunately, he stubbornly refused to let go.

"No." He took my hand in his. I just hope that he couldn't see my face, beet red from embarrassment. "Sadie, stay here. If the fighting gets rough, well…you'll be safe, safer here than anywhere on the front lines." He explained.

My eyes widened. He actually had the nerve to treat me like a, well, like a girl! Of course, I am a girl, but you get what I mean. "Nico!" I threw his hand back. "I can take care of myself!"

"Of course I know that, but…" he tried to explain.

"Ugh. What's with boys and their trying to protect girls all the time?" I complained. I threw up my hands in frustration.

Nico smirked. "Well, I always make it a point to save pretty girls from harm." He took my hand, again, and I blushed furiously. Then, I just realized what he said.

"Wait." I pulled him back. "You think I'm pretty?"

He stiffened, and let go of my hand. "Um…" he looked anywhere but me. "That's not – you got me completely." He was blushing. I had to stifle a laugh because of his reaction.

He was so embarrassed that he didn't even notice someone sneak behind him, ready to cut his head off. I stopped laughing.

Nico noticed. "What? I got something on my face?" he attempted to wipe his face with his sleeve.

"Duck!" I yelled, then tackled him to the ground. His breathing became raspy, his chocolate eyes were filled with confusion, which was really cute- sorry, getting off track.

Anyway, that's when he realized that he was actually this close from getting killed. He pushed me off (Which I will yell at him later about), and rolled to his side, dodging another strike. He stood up as fast as he could, raised his sword in an arc, and cut his attacker cleanly in the shoulder. I could see his eyes as he did that: cold, lifeless, and ruthless.

It was literally a bloody mess. The attacker fell into a pool of his own blood. Blood still spurted from the wound in waves. Nico inhaled sharply, realizing what he had done.

"Medic! I need a medic! Chiron! Anybody!" He yelled frantically. He was beginning to hyperventilate, mumbling things like, "I'm so dead, I'm so dead," to "Clarisse is gonna kill me." He clutched his head with his hands, curled up into a ball, and rocked back and forth.

"Coming!" I heard somebody yell. Chiron came running, well galloping actually, to our side. "What seems to be the problem, my dear?" he asked soothingly.

I nervously pointed at Nico, then the other camper. Chiron looked alarmed, then blew a conch horn, different than what I heard before.

Some kids came rushing up to us, carrying bandages, some kind of apple juice drink, a few squares of something that looks like bread, and other medical stuff. They took the injured camper from the ground, and into a stretcher, and started to fix him up. In no time, he had a linen bandage wrapped around his shoulder, and his breathing was steady

The game had to be cut short because of Nico's little accident. He was in the Big House, sitting by himself on the couch. His face was hidden in his hands.

I sat across him. I looked at him closer, and couldn't help but still notice his similarities with Anubis. Black clothes? Check. Brown, puppy dog, eyes? Check. Pale skin? Check. Powers over the dead? Definitely check.

"I'm so dead, I'm so dead…" he repeated over and over again.

I stood up and sat beside him. I put a hand on his shoulder reassuringly. "Don't overreact, Nico. It was an accident."

He didn't seem to hear me. He didn't even look at me.

"Where is he?" An angry shriek came from outside. I turned around, just in time to see a girl with stringy brown hair stomped inside, and scanned the room. Once her eyes locked in on Nico, she stomped over to him furiously. Nico turned around, and if it was possible, his face paled even more.

"You are so dead, di Angelo! Do you hear me? DEAD!" she grabbed him by the hair, and dragged him outside. He threw him onto the dusty ground, and barked something that I couldn't understand. Greek, maybe?

"What's going on?" I heard Carter ask beside me. I looked around, and noticed a ring of campers had gathered around the two. Some of them looked at Nico sympathetically, but the rest shouted, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"That's Clarisse, daughter of Ares." Carter said, pointing to the girl. "Some guy seriously injured her brother a while back."

"Um… that guy is Nico." I informed him.

He raised his eyebrows in suspicion. "Weren't you with him?" he asked.

"Yes…" I answered back sheepishly.

"Then I'm pretty sure you had something to do with it." He concluded.

"I did not! This time." I whined.

He sighed. Then turned to Nico, who was currently being beaten senseless by an angry Clarisse. Why wouldn't he fight back? Some of the campers had worried looks on their faces, and were all watching Nico, as if they were afraid he would fight back.

Finally, I had enough. "Stop it!" I demanded. I rushed forward to Nico, who was lying on the ground. His nose was bloody, his eyes were bruised, and he had a bloody lip.

"Or what?" Clarisse sneered.

"Or this." I yelled "Heqat!" and my staff appeared in my hands. I saw Carter behind me pull out his sword. Clarisse saw that, and I swear her eye flinched, but it wasn't obvious.

"A stick? You're seriously gonna fight me with a stick?" she laughed in my face.

That got me mad. No one laughs at Sadie Kane! I threw my stick to the ground.

"Ooh, I'm so scared." Clarisse taunted. She clutched her hand over her heart. "What am I going to do?" she said sarcastically.

I smirked evilly. Any time now, I thought. As if on cue, the staff morphed into a hungry, rampaging lioness. It leaped at Clarisse, who had eyes wide open in surprise. She fell backwards, in the same direction as the lioness, and digging the butt of her spear (when did she get that?) into the ground. The lioness impaled itself onto the spear, shuddered for a bit, then dissolved, leaving nothing behind but my staff, broken in two.

"Is that all?" she stood up.

I pointed my index and middle fingers at her, with my thumb parallel to the ground and the rest curled.

"Hah-ri!"

Big, golden hieroglyphs for the word quiet shined in front of her, and then exploded in her face. She was thrown backwards a few feet, and when we came closer, saw that she was fast asleep.

"Wow." Percy said in awe. Then he whispered to the person next to him, "

I wanted to celebrate. I wanted to go check in on Nico I wanted to-

Then blacked out, tired from all the magic.

The next chapter, Sadie meets some new friends. Submit you OC's to me and I will put them in the next chapter. Till then!