After changing into some normal clothes, Connor and I walked down to the Arena. "You better watch yourself," Connor, for the first time, was serious. "Clarisse will have it in for you. Plus, your untrained." Clarisse doesn't scare me. I could mess with her head any day. And as for her sword-fighting skills, I am trained in fighting. But I'm not going to tell her that. Or anyone for that matter. Let them think whatever they want. It's not like they asked (and if they would I would just shrug my shoulders).

"I know. I'll be careful." He grinned at me.

We entered the arena to find some Ares kids already there including Clarisse. "Hey losers."

"Clarisse! Long time no see!" Connor waved at her and she scowled. "City Girl, did I introduce you to Clarisse's siblings? That's Mark, that's Sherman, and that's Robert."

"Nice to meet you guys." I gave them that big fake smile.

"Pick a sword." Clarisse challenged me.

"Huh?" I pretended to be confused. Connor gulped.

"City Girl, you are doomed."

"I said pick a sword." Clarisse and the others raised their eyebrows at me, trying to look intimidating.

"Sure." I went over to the weapons table and picked up a sword. Not too heavy, not too light. Perfect.

"Ready?" Clarisse didn't wait for an answer and charged. I blocked, stepped to the side, and jabbed. She looked stunned. And that moment's confusion gave me the upper hand. I charged back at her, and slashed. She managed to block it just in time, and then we were on for a full on battle.

"Stop!" I heard someone say. Luke. But we didn't care. We were going at each other with faces of hatred, wanting to pulverize the other. I couldn't really see anyone's faces, but I could sense they were all stunned.

After about 2 minutes, we both retreated. We couldn't defeat the other. And we were tired. I looked at Connor, whose jaw was dropped. Luke looked impressed. The Ares kids were furious.

"Where on earth did you learn to fight?" Luke asked me, his voice full of interest. I shrugged.

"Oh my gods." Connor stared at me. "We are gonna kill in Capture the Flag.

The rest of the day went by; archery, riding pegasi, fighting monster techniques, rock climbing, swimming, dinner, and the camp sing-along. Connor still couldn't get over the sword fight. Luke kept giving me these sideway glances. And the whole camp seemed to have heard about it. At dinner, at least ten people came to congratulate me. I guess Clarisse isn't as popular as she thinks she is.

As I lay on my bed reflecting on the past days, I decided on one thing. I was going to like it here. And I was going to be popular.

A/N: Uhh...totally unrealistic that she withstood Clarisse without training at CHB…JK! You'll find out more about her past later on, and find out how she was able to do that. Daughter of Ares maybe? ;)

Luke is impressed. Maybe he'll recruit her?

Capture the Flag is next!

Will Clarisse do exactly what she did with Percy? (get distracted with her so the Hermes cabin can win.)

Brooklyn is one person on the inside and one on the outside. How is that going to turn out?

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