AN: I don't own anything

As I quickly ran back into my cabin I turned and saw a few Hell Hounds at the edge of Camp so I told Thalia and she went off to get her Hunters to take care of it. I first noticed something was wrong when I heard a scream so I ran out to where I saw the Hell Hounds and saw a lot of monsters and plenty of wounded Hunters; I spotted an un-hurt one and yelled at her to go alert the Camp I'll protect her sisters. As she ran off I raised a shield of silver flame behind me to protect the wounded Hunters but still allowed Campers to help me out. It was a tough battle by the time the Campers got the Hunters Back in Camp Thalia and I had huge gashes across our chests, legs, and arms and the crowd was reduced down from somewhere near a hundred to twenty.

"Thalia! David! Get back in Camp we can take the rest!" Annabeth, who was still soaked, yelled.

"No we can still fight, duck," Thalia ducked and fired an arrow at a monster behind me as I swung my swords above her head and we got rid of three more monsters.

Seventeen.

Thalia sent a barrage of arrows into the sky as I took out four monsters.

Thirteen.

Nine.

Then I summoned a silver flame in my hand and threw it at two monsters in front of us as Thalia short three behind us.

Four.

Then I took out three to our right and she took out the one to our left.

Zero.

"How many did you guys take out?"

"Well originally there were around one thirty, the Hunters took out about thirty and David and I took out about fifty each," Thalia answered before falling over from exhaustion.

"Hey I got sixty," before passing out myself. Don't judge me; I've used a lot of energy in the time I've been here without sleep.

After about three days, or so I was told, Thalia and I woke up. All the Hunters were fine and around Thalia's bed, I noticed one was holding her hand as Thalia started to stir but didn't say anything. As I stood up a daughter of Apollo came running over.

"I wouldn't stand up if I were you."

"Thanks but I have been through worse. Right now I have to talk to Mr. D about why they could harm me."

"No, sit down, you aren't supposed to walk, if you still insist I will get a wheelchair and take you."

"Thank you…?"

"Hope."

"Why thank you Hope," I said while sitting down in the wheelchair.

"Thank you Hope, I would like to talk to you again sometime."

"The same to you David see ya."

"Bye," I said while maneuvering the wheel chair over to face Mr. D and Chiron, "How did those monsters wound me?"

"Well from what I hear the Elder Race is vulnerable to Titan blood…"

"Which Titan would attack without Kronos?" I interrupted.

"I didn't say it had to be a Titan, it just had to be the blood of a Titan. A being who has the blood of a Titan who wants revenge at any coast. A being who just has been released from their prison."

"No, she wouldn't, she wouldn't," I stuttered and slouched down into the wheelchair.

"You are a lose end, and she used you, I agree it seems it isn't like her but she has been imprisoned for so long that changes people. You know love is an easy emotion to manipulate."

"I don't believe that it was her I can't."

"I know and you may not be human-god hybrid but you still have a fatal flaw, giving your all to your closest friends and wanting to believe the best in them, it was what made you so easy to manipulate. I'm sorry." As Chiron finished I glared at him then spun the wheel chair around and willed it to take me to the infirmary so I could talk to Percy, Grover, Annabeth, Thalia, and possible Hope.

"Guys," I called as I rose out of the chair, "May I talk to you?"

They all said yes and Hope gave me a caring look and I nodded and she stood up and followed us out to Zeus's cabin.

As I explained what happened I noticed that Hope kept glancing over at Thalia and I wondered why. I also was wondering why everyone else seemed on edge about her, like it messed up their group chemistry to have her there.

"So Chiron thinks she was using you? She didn't seem like that type of person when I was there," Annabeth glared at him and I wanted to know what happened there to make her give him that glare.

"Yeah and you barely knew her, though it turns out the same could be said about me."

"I'm still surprised you took out over a hundred monsters by yourselves," Annabeth brought up trying to lighten the mood when we heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's Nico, may I come in?"

"Sure."

"Hey everyone," he said somewhat too cheerfully for a son of Hades, "How are you David?"

"Been better, you?"

"Okay," I noticed that he and Hope were avoiding each other's gaze. I then explained what had happened.

"I'm really sorry, dude."

"Yeah but what has the Prince of Hell in such a good mood."

"Nothing."

"Well alright but it seems like such a good feeling to just let it go to waste, may I?"

"Sure go ahead."

I then placed my finger on his forehead expecting to absorb joy, elation, or even surprise; yes I got elation but I also got love and fear. "So who is the lucky person?"

"What no one," his fear increasing just as I removed my finger.

Annabeth seemed to be the only person to notice that I said 'person' not lady and his look of fear, because first she looked at Nico then Thalia and finally Percy with a calculating look on her face. She finally looked at me and I winked to show here that I knew what she was thinking and it wasn't a slip on my part. Luckily no one else noticed the exchange.

As we all filled out of the cabin Grover, Percy, and Nico went to catch up, Thalia and Hope went off towards the forest, while Annabeth turned to me to ask the question on her mind, "What's up with children of the Big Three, is that what I have to look forward to with Percy?"

"Hey I'm not… well not completely anyways. And I doubt it Percy, has nothing but love, admiration, and joy from thoughts about you. And it's not just children of the Big Three, there are just fewer children of them so it seems more prominent than the other cabins, but other cabins have people like us all the same."

"Well seriousdly three fourths of the children of the Big Three are…"

"Hey if he is then one day you could talk about you hair and nails together," needless to say I got punched in the arm.

"I'm serious!"

"And so am I, Percy has nothing but love for you, you can ask Aphrodite or your mom if you doubt me."

Then Annabeth looked at me and saw I wasn't looking her in the eyes and knew I had to be think about something, and it didn't help when I started to blush, "I don't even want to know."

"But hey if he's like me and things get boring…"

"Argh shut it, I don't even want to hear it."

"Hey threes a party that's all I'm saying," I quickly stepped back into the cabin before I would get slapped to get ready for bed seeing as it was nine already and even if I wasn't tired I needed the sleep since tomorrow was my masters sword fighting class with the Athena cabin.

"Good morning Annabeth have any good dreams last night?" I asked knowing I was going to be hit but it was worth it

"No you idiot, why did you even have to say that?"

"Hey your eighteen, that and Morpheus owed me a favor till last night," I said winking at Annabeth.

"Why you little…" I'm so glad she couldn't finish that statement before Chiron called us down to spare.

"Chiron I don't think that, that is such a good idea, she wants to kill me right now," I said creeping away from Annabeth who held bloodlust in her eyes to match mine from Friday.

"What better way to work out your problems then fighting."

"Fine," I said while putting on my helmet and shield.

"Start."

After about five minutes of sparring, her arm rubbed against mine and I sensed lust, embarrassment and rage.

"Guessing from the lust and embarrassment, I would have to say you liked the dream," I said teasingly, I know teasing an already pissed off daughter of Athena, not smart.

"Rawwww!" She yelled charging forward.

"You know you shouldn't let your opponents get to you Annabeth," I said while disarming her, then whispered, "So who was the third?" Annabeth's blushing face was so worth any retaliation that she could get against me. Unfortunately Chiron heard everything and was trying so hard not to blush also. "What? I'm not allowed to mess with people?"

"Just drop it and go away please."

"Fine Chiron, but it was worth it."

"Let's see you tell me that after she gets her revenge."

Heading back to my cabin I finally let the pain and betrayal sink in. As I looked back at every time I read her emotions it was fear and awkwardness not love and joy which I felt. Right then I should have known something was wrong but I thought that it was just because everyone has always left her. How naïve of me, I should have listened to Scatty. Just then Thalia walked into the cabin.

"What's wrong?"

"Do you want to know the best thing about being a half-vampire? It's being able to feel emotions. Do you want to know the worst? Being able to feel emotions; it is a double edge sword. I feel love, joy, happiness, and pride, but I also feel depression, loss, hate, and emptiness. While those aren't all emotions, do you know what I mean?"

"Yeah, while you aren't human, emotions make up humans, gods, and animals; while they may hurt they are a part of life. If you want the good emotions you have to tear through the hard and upsetting ones; you have to deal with them to grow if you let them fester you become what I was; isn't that what you just taught me?"

"Yeah, but while it is impossible to preach without experience it still never hurt this bad and I absorbed some of your feelings so I know exactly what you felt but it is different and seems more painful in first person when you can't make it stop by just lifting your hand," I said while placing my hand on her arm then removing it at the end of what I was saying to emphasis my point.

"You may not be able to stop them by removing your hand, but you have friends, not just at this Camp, who will be willing to share in it with you to try and lessen your pain."

"That's just it, while I am thankful for friends who care so much I wouldn't wish this pain on any one; I have been told I am the strangest vampire since that I don't need to take feelings to feel alive, yet I do. I do because I can't deal seeing people I care about suffering; yes I like to mess with people sometimes that doesn't mean I like to see them in pain it is to enlighten them to how you can turn bad situations into good and funny ones. Though still why I have experienced things through taking peoples pain that still doesn't account for first hand pain, people always subconsciously hold back from their friends to prevent harming them. For a being with no human blood I am extremely human."

"You say that as it is a bad thing, while humans are capable of horrible tragedies and pain we are capable of much better things: love, imagination, stubbornness, compassion, connecting, faith, etc."

"But I'm not human nor should I try to be it doesn't end well for anyone."

"I never said you should act human, you should be yourself, there has never been anyone like you, you were first, and you should define how you act. No one should have to be someone they are not. You should never be anything you are not, trust me don't destroy yourself in trying to live up to want your parents want you to be, you know you, they don't know you."

"Hmm, for a humani you give good advice."

"Well for a vampire you are pretty emotional."

"Touché."

"You are also very sporadic with your emotions."

"No offense but maybe it is you who are so sluggish with your emotions."

"No, it is definitely you."

"Well you know something, I'm suddenly grateful that I put a warp receiver out by the dining pavilion."

"Why?"

"Annabeth is out there."

"What did you do?"

"Ask her, see ya," I said before touching one of the many symbols around my bed and disappearing.

"Attention campers the Hunters vs. Campers capture the flag game has been moved up to tonight," Dionysus said once everyone got there then he made his drink wine, and thunder rolled over the Camp as well as Thalia, Chiron, and I all gave him a look.

"Sorry," he grumbled turning it to a diet coke.

After breakfast I went to Master's Archery class with Chiron, then war tactics with Ares cabin, after that I decided to use the hour of free time to meditate. Then finally dinner came and left and it was time for capture the flag.

"Hunters take your flag, since you, David, beat the entire camp you can be the leader."

"Annabeth you, Percy, and Clarisse will go after their flag. Hope you distract Thalia. Everyone else you go after the flag but don't get in their way. I will stay and guard it the same way I did in our game. Do you think that is a good battle plan Annabeth?" Annabeth didn't lie having the spot light suddenly thrown to her but she didn't show it.

"Yes but I believe that we should leave a group of people in an area easily defended so the Hunters will think that is where the flag is."

"Brilliant, let's go, Clarisse you carry the flag so they will think that when I run into another direction that it won't be with me," I said thrusting the flag into her hands before I took off running into the forest only to meet up with them at Zeus's Fist before we split up again.

Once all was set and Chiron said go I realized that my stunt didn't confuse my sister as she sent a lot of her hunters after me who I knocked out and moved them into a cave to protect them. Once Thalia got there I realized that she only had one other Hunter left who was probably guarding the flag valiantly but it was going to be futile. "What happened to Hope, you blew her off that easily she's very pretty you know."

"Still, this is a battle, where are my warriors?"

"they are safe in that cave, I put them there to make sure that they wouldn't get hit," I said the entire time Thalia and I are doing the all too familiar dance of sword fighting. It got so intense that for ten minutes after the game ended, we won, no one could stop us.

"For someone who boasts the power of a god you sure are weak."

"Who said I'm even trying, you are drenched in your own sweat I have none and we have been doing this dance for at least fifteen minutes."

"Then maybe you should change your boast to 'stamina' of gods."

"This is only my lowest level of sword fighting and without any magic or martial arts, you have me at a disadvantage and you think you stand a chance, you are a fool," this is when Chiron decided for the sake of both of our health that he was going to stop this.

"What are you, children?"

"Yeah."

"Technically," we answered without stopping.

"Well stop this fighting."

"Why? It is how we…"

"Get out our stress and…"

"Built up power, besides…"

"It is more fun this way; it's…"

"Not like anyone will get hurt."

To everyone's surprise Nico and Percy joined in our dance and all of a sudden the most powerful kids at Camp were fighting each other. Finally Grover played a spell to bind us which unfortunately held.

"Aw, you guys…"

"Had to go…"

"And spoil…" Nico joined in.

Followed by Percy, "Our fun," he said before we all got slapped by Annabeth.

"Will you grow up!"

"Aw Annabeth, what fun is there in growing up if you still can't have any fun," I said while burning off the plants which held me down.

By the time I stood up everyone was just finishing getting out of their binds themselves, though none as cool as the way I did it.

"How long were you guys going to fight, especially you two, you just woke up after three days out."

"Exactly…"

"We have…"

"Too much…"

"Energy."

"Stop doing that."

"Fine and guess what? See ya," I said as I put on my hat and disappeared

"Augh, he is so infuriating! And you, Percy, come with me," She said stepping forward and grabbing Percy by his hair and dragging him back to his cabin to talk, a scene everyone thought was funny.

"Well your brother sure is an unusual and sporadic person," Chiron finally able to speak again.

If people want a character after them tell me because they are going to be leaving camp and meeting new people so I will need more characters :)