(A/N: It's my second chapter! It's probably going to be longer than my first chapter. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!)

Chapter 2: Kyra, the New Camper

Point of View:

Jennifer Ray

All right, who knows the way to Metropolitan Museum?" I asked.

"I think I do," Karen answered, raising her hand. I nodded, "All right, you will lead us there. Now, should we use the van?"

"There's heavy traffic. I think we should use the pegasi," Amelia replied. I nodded again, "All right, let's go." Amelia, Karen, and I went to the stables to get the pegasi. The stables smelled really bad. I ignored the smell and went to my favorite pegasus, Cocoa. I patted her head and hopped on. Amelia and Karen mounted their pegasi and we were ready to leave. I lightly kicked the stomach of Cocoa and the horse started galloping. It went faster and faster and then, Cocoa expended her wings and started flapping them. Then, I was soaring in the air with Amelia and Karen following me.

After ten minutes passed, Amelia, Karen, and I arrived at the museum. The outside was made out of stone and at the entrance, there were stone pillars. Mortals were coming in and out of the museum like ant working to finish their hill. The pegasi dropped us off at the stairs and they flew away.

"All right, let's go," I said, climbing up the stairs. We entered the stone building and went to reception counter. I checked my pockets to see if I had money. Luckily, I had thirty dollars. I hope this is enough, I thought.

"Hello, how may I help you?" the lady at the counter asked.

"We want three tickets, please," I answered.

"All right, that will be thirty dollars," she replied.

"Exactly thirty dollars?" I asked, taking out my money. She nodded. I sighed with relief and handed her the money.

"Thank you, have a nice day," she said with a smile. We walked away, but in front of us was a security guard and we had to pass him in order to find the girl. My group and I walked nervously passed the guard. Surprisingly, he didn't seem to notice that we were equipped with dangerous Greek weapons. I sighed again; we were safe, for now. When we passed the guard, we found ourselves in a dome room filled with paintings and sculptures.

"All right, we have to split up to cover more ground. Contact me if you see the half-blood in the picture or any monsters," I ordered.

"How are we going to call you if we can't use our cell phones?" Karen asked.

"We use walkie-talkies," I answered, handing a walkie-talkie to each of them. "Let's go." I ran through the left corridor and started to search. I searched all over the place but I couldn't find the girl. I sat down on the marble floor. Just when I was about to give up, I saw a large group of kids. And in that group of kids, I saw the girl in the picture. They must be having a field trip because there was a teacher with them. I took out my walkie-talkie and said, "I see her. Come to section 3B."

"All right, I'll be there in a sec," Karen's voice crackled in the walkie-talkie. The group started walking away and I followed.

"There in section 3C. Come quickly before they move again," I ordered.

"Roger that," Amelia said as though she were in the army. I placed the walkie-talkie in my pocket and pretended to be a regular person, looking at the paintings and images. All of a sudden, the wall burst blasted open and a group of dracaena poured into section 3C. The young girl, her class, and the mortals started screaming and running all over the place.

"Dracaenas are here, you better hurry up," I said into the walkie-talkie.

"Get the half-blood!" a dracaena hissed, pointing at the half-blood.

"No you don't," I muttered, grabbing my bow and arrow. I fitted the arrow onto the bowstring and released, killing the dracaena leader. The monsters wailed in pain and disintegrated, turning into a pile of golden sand. The group of dracaenas turned to me.

"Get the girl!" a dracaena hissed, pointing at me with her scaly finger. Oh, crap. Karen and Amelia better get here, I thought. I took out my two twin daggers and charged. I slashed, stabbed, and dodged. The dracaenas must have been advanced because none of them were dying. Just when I was getting tired, two arrows whistled past my face and shot two dracaenas. I looked behind me and saw Karen and Amelia.

"Finally, you came," I muttered.

"Sorry, we were in section 10E. It's far away from here," Amelia apologized.

"It doesn't matter, just fight," I ordered, charging again. I slashed and stabbed. But the snake women kept blocking and dodging.

"Oh gods, this is hard," Karen muttered, wiping a drop of sweat from her forehead. I nodded in agreement.

"I got a plan: Two people distract one dracaena and the other attacks from the back," Amelia suggested.

"It's our only hope. Let's go," I agreed. "Karen, Amelia distract them while I kill them." They both nodded and we started our plan. Karen and Amelia charged one dracaena, trying to get its attention. While doing that, I snuck behind and stabbed it. It screamed and disintegrated. I grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at a dracaena's eye. It hissed in pain and I stabbed its chest. Five down, seven more to go. Karen and Amelia grabbed a pile of sand and started chucking them at the enemies. While the dracaenas were blinded, I said, "Find the girl, we have to get out of here." We searched for the girl. While we were searching, a pack of hellhounds hopped in front of us, blocking our way. My group and I started stabbing at the hounds, killing many. Finally, when their numbers were lowered, they retreated, growling in defeat.

"Let's go, we have to move quickly," I ordered, running to find the half-blood. We ran down the halls, dodging screaming mortals and sculptures. Finally, we found her. I ran as fast as I could and finally caught up to her. I grabbed her arm and said, "You have to get out of here. Follow me." Karen and Amelia caught up to me.

"Jennie, the dracaenas and hellhounds are behind us. And they don't seem too happy," Karen said nervously. I looked around. There was no other way. Then, I saw a window. I ran towards the window and jumped, shattering the clean glass and landing a bush. Because it was a fifteen foot jump, my legs felt like they were broken. Behind me were Karen and Amelia.

"Did we have to jump?" Amelia groaned. "My legs are dying."

"Sorry it was the only way." I answered. I whistled and Cocoa and her friends appeared, hovering above us.

"Let's go," I said as a hellhound leaped through the window. I hopped onto the pegasus and lifted the girl up onto the saddle.

"Let's go," I ordered. Cocoa started flapping her wings right when the hellhound was about to bite of my legs. Karen and Amelia quickly followed.

"That was a close one," Karen muttered.

"Well girl, what's your name?" I asked the girl.

"My name is Kyra Sunner," Kyra answered shyly. "Where are you taking me?"

"Somewhere safe. You'll meet many friends there," I assured her. Then, we arrived at camp.

Point of View:

Kyra Sunner

"Where are we?" I asked curiously.

"You're at Camp Half-Blood. It's for…special kids. Like you and me," Jennie answered. "I'm a daughter of Apollo."

"Greek myths aren't true," I said. Jennie smiled, "Kyra, you are very wrong. Greek gods are still alive and they…hook up with mortals to make children called half-bloods; half human half god." I nodded, still a bit confused. Then, a huge hill appeared. There were cabins, an arena, and many other things there. We landed at the top of the hill and dismounted our…flying horses.

"What are the horses called?" I asked.

"Pegasus, they are flying horses," Jennie answered.

"I can see that," I muttered.

"Follow me, you have to meet Chiron," Jennie ordered, walking away. I followed, waiting to see who Chiron was. As we were walking, Jennie asked, "How old are you?"

"I'm twelve," I answered. She nodded. We stopped at a huge building. It was basically a barn. Jennie gestured me to go in so I climbed up the stairs and opened the door. There, I saw a horse/human person and a big man wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

"Ah, I see you have brought the girl," Chiron said. "But where is James?"

"He didn't go. Instead, he fell asleep," Jennie answered. Chiron nodded, "Oh well, James will have to give her a tour. Well, welcome to Camp Half-Blood, Kyra. You can wait outside for James. He will give you a tour." I nodded, walking out of the huge building.

"I'll get James. Wait here," Jennie said, walking away. I sat down on the steps, waiting for the boy named James. After a few minutes passed, a boy came out of a cabin. He had black hair, brown eyes, and was tall. When he looked at me, I blushed. I thought he was sort of cute. He walked over with a tired face but smiled when he stopped in front of me.

"Hello, are you Kyra?" he asked.

"Yes," I said shyly.

"Nice to meet you, I'm James, counselor of the Apollo cabin. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood," James greeted, holding out his hand. I lightly grabbed it and shook his hand.

"All right, the building that you just entered is the Big House. It's where you hear prophecies and where Mr. D and Chiron play pinochle." James said, pointing at the building. "Now these are the cabins." James said each name of the god or goddess. I found out that the cabins were formed into a circle.

"And in the center of the cabins is a camp fire, where the campers sing and eat marshmallows at night," James said. "It flames are very high if the campers are happy."

"How?" I asked in wonder.

"Hestia controls the flames," he answered. "Now, to the right is the bathroom where you shower and do all those other stuff. Also, there is a canoe lake. I don't think it's necessary to go to the bathroom. Anyway, to the left is the arena. You can see the people training. Follow me." I got up and started to follow James. We entered the arena and saw people wrestling and training.

"This is where campers wrestle, swordplay, and do archer," James explained. All of a sudden, a boy ran over.

"Hey James, what's up?" he asked with a smile.

"I'm just giving a tour to Kyra here. Kyra, meet my best friend Percy," James replied. Percy gave me a smile which made me blush. He was cute too. He held out his hand and said, "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood." I shook his hand.

"Well Percy, I have to continue the tour. Chiron said that I have to shower last and do dish washing if I don't finish on time," James muttered. "Kyra let's go." James started to walk away and I followed.

"Now, the next place we're are going to is the armory. It's where the weapons are stored," James explained as we arrived. "You can take a look around if you want." I entered the building and saw spears, swords, daggers, and many other things. And they were all bronze.

"James, why are the weapons bronze?" I called.

"That bronze is called celestial bronze. It is the only weapon that can kill monsters," he answered. "But it will go through mortals." I nodded, walking out of the bronze-weaponed building.

"All right, the next place is the pegasus stables," James said. "Do you want to see them; it smells pretty bad in there. Actually, really bad." Then, all of a sudden, I heard someone scream.

"What was that?" I asked nervously.

"The camp is under attack, get any weapon in the armory, quick," James muttered, taking out a tiny dagger.

"How are you going to kill monsters with that tiny thing?" I asked. He rubbed his thumb somewhere on the dagger and a blade as long as his arm emerged.

"Oh," I muttered. I ran to the armory. Instead of grabbing a sword and shield, I grabbed a bow, a quiver full of arrows, and a dagger. I put the dagger in the scabbard and ran outside, bow in my hand. I saw James running uphill and I followed. When, I arrived their, a lot of campers were waiting, ready for battle. But I couldn't find the person I was looking for: James.

"Excuse me; do you know where James is?" I asked a camper.

"He went to look for the camper that got injured," he grunted. As he said that, James appeared, carrying a girl in her arms. I saw that she had a javelin stuck in her stomach.

"Jennie," he called. "Bring the girl to the Big House and heal her. She's injured badly." Jennie came running towards James, grabbed the girl, and carried her away. Just then, a camper yelled, "A large group of dracaenae appeared, James!" I grabbed an arrow and fitted it onto my bowstring. The battle was about to begin.

(A/N: Well, I changed some of the story. I hope you liked it more than the other one. Please review and give me suggestions.)

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