(A/N: Hello everyone! This is my third chapter and I hope you enjoy it!)

Chapter 3: Kyra Learns How to Heal

Point of View:

James Star

"Charge!" a dracaena hissed, pointing her long, pointy javelin at the campers. The dracaenae charged at us, ready to throw their javelins.

"Archers, fire!" I ordered, grabbing my bow and arrow. I aimed my arrow at a dracaena and released. Arrows rained down on the enemies. Many were killed but there were still a lot of dracaenae left.

"Draw swords and charge!" I shouted, unsheathing my dagger. I rubbed the dragon and charged, along with the other campers. I slashed and stabbed at the dracaenae and I killed many. Then, a dracaenae appeared in front of me. She lunged at me, her spear ready to stab. I ducked just in time. Her javelin was inches away from my head. I knocked the javelin out of my way and stabbed at her. But she dodged my attack and lunged again. I jumped backwards, but I was too late. The javelin stabbed my stomach. I fell to my knees, clutching my stomach and groaning in pain. Luckily, the javelin didn't go deep into my stomach. Anyway, the dracaena hissed with joy, "Die, half-blood." The snake woman stabbed at me. At the last second, I rolled over and the snake stabbed the ground next to me. I got to my feet and stabbed her chest. The snake woman screeched in pain.

"Tricked ya," I muttered with a smile. Then, the dracaena disintegrated into a pile of sand. I looked for Kyra. I saw her fighting multiple dracaenae and her fighting skills were incredible for a beginner. I saw her stab and slash at them. Then, from behind, a dracaena stabbed Kyra in the back.

"Kyra, no!" I shouted. I ran over to her. I killed each of the dracaenae. Kyra was on the ground. I saw several cuts all over her body. I knelt beside her. I touched her wrist. Her heart was beating but she was still unconscious. I picked her up and ran to the Big House. I looked back at the battle and saw Percy. He smiled and mouthed, "I'll take care of them, don't worry." I nodded my thanks and ran. While I was running, Kyra woke up and asked, "James?"

"Shh, you need to relax. I'm taking you to the infirmary to heal," I answered. I opened the door of the Big House and went to the infirmary. I saw Jennie and the injured girl on one side. Jennie glanced over her shoulder and said, "Hello James."

"Hey, how's Samantha?" I asked. Samantha was the girl that was injured while she was a look-out duty. She's also the counselor of the Aphrodite and the most beautiful and the bravest of all the other Aphrodite girls, but not as pretty or brave as Silena Beauregard.

"She'll…be fine," Jennie replied with uncertainty. I placed Kyra onto the cot next to Samantha. I walked over to the Aphrodite girl and looked at her. When I walked over, Samantha greeted, "Oh, hello James. Don't you need to be at the battlefield?"

"No, Percy will take care of it," I answered. "You have to rest, Samantha." Samantha giggled, "You're so cute when you're worried." I immediately blushed a bright red color. "Uh…th-thanks," I stuttered. Kyra giggled and Jennie smiled. I quickly walked towards Kyra to treat her. I gave her ambrosia and nectar. Then, Jennie said, "James, can I talk to you for a second?" I nodded; both of us went out of the Big House.

"James, I'm not so sure if Samantha will live. The javelin that injured her was full of poison and the poison spread too quickly," Jennie said sadly.

"But dracaenae don't use poison," I replied.

"Only dracaena leaders do," Jennie corrected. "Let's go back inside." We entered the infirmary and saw something that surprised Jennie and I. Kyra was standing over Samantha and healing her. When she heard the door close, she turned around and looked at us.

"Hello, Samantha's going to be fine now. Poison was in every inch of her blood veins but I got the medicine," Kyra said with a smile. We stared in awe.

"How did you do that?" I asked. Kyra shrugged, "Maybe I'm destined to be a doctor."

"James, I can take care of both of them now. Go kill some monsters for me," Jennie assured me, softly kissing my cheek. "Good luck." She lightly shoved me and I went out of the door. I took out my dagger and went to the top of the hill. I didn't need to fight because the campers were mopping up the rest of the dracaenae. I ran down the hill and met Percy.

"See, I told you I could handle it," Percy said with a smile as I halted to a stop. I smirked, "But if I was here, we could've finished more quickly." Percy shrugged, "At least we killed them all." I nodded in agreement, "Well, how many are injured?"

"Twenty of the campers are injured and five died. We're going to honor the dead campers at night," Percy answered with a bit of sadness in his voice.

"All right, tell the campers to get the wounded to the infirmary. I'll take the dead," I ordered. Percy nodded and walked away. I carried the dead campers to the Big House. I dropped them off at the infirmary and covered them in the blankets. I sighed, I was unhappy that the some of the campers were dead. I glumly walked to my cabin for a nap. I opened the door and slumped onto my bed. I was so tired that I fell asleep quickly. It was my second time sleeping that day.

(A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter is going to be capture the flag, by the way. Well, please review and feel free to say suggestions).

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