"You are the first person in thousands of years to have the power of ars decor."

That line kept running through my head. I probably looked like an idiot, frozen in place with my jaw dropped, but I couldn't help myself. I wasn't used to feeling special or important.

Annabeth finally cleared her throat and said, "Ars decor is a tricky power to have. You would need to paint pictures in advance, and they would have to be of something that all of your enemies could relate to. You would also need to practice a lot, and I mean a lot. But with enough practice and an amazing picture, you could stun an army. Of course, we hope that there wouldn't be any more armies to stun..."

She paused and looked at Piper and Chiron.

"but you never know. And the best part is that after you have painted the pictures, you could store them for new generations to come. Piper has a power called charmspeak, where she tells people to do something and they do it. Most of the time she can tell people anything and they'll do it, but it works best when their telling them to do something that they want to do. In some ways, it is a lot like your ars decor. Therefor, she will teach you all that she can in your own little class. It starts tomorrow."

Right after she said this, a large group of half-bloods came into the cabin. They all had golden or light blonde hair and blue eyes like me.

"Ah," Chiron said. "It's time for bed. Sleep tight, you have a big day tomorrow."

I was super exited, but I was really tired. I had spent the day fighting wild centaurs and running around trying to find my cabin, so I gave in and closed my eyes. My last thought of the day was that that day was the weirdest one ever, and that's saying a lot.

I thought that I could finally rest after a long, exiting day, but boy was I wrong. I had a dream that even my imagination couldn't come up with.

I was on a small ledge in a very big cave. It was dark, but I could see teenage girls walking in from an entrance. At least, they looked like girls if you glance at them. But if I concentrated hard enough, they had hair made out of of fire and legs that didn't match.

After about ten minutes, all of the girl/monsters finally gathered near the ledge I was standing on. It seemed like there were a million of them! They almost filled up the whole cave, and they were all chatting with one another, so I felt like my ears were going to fall off. Then suddenly, a voice that was right next to me screamed, "Shut up!"

I jerked my head toward the voice just as a eerie silence fell upon the cave. At first, the speaker was a pretty African-American teenager who was wearing a very beat up cheerleader uniform. But as I concentrated, she turned into another one of those monsters. I kind of wished she was down there with the other ones so I didn't have a clear image, because what I saw both terrified me and weirded me out.

She was as white as chalk with completely red eyes and fangs. She had flickering flames where her hair should have been. A/N Just as Percy describes her! Lets nickname her paint brain! She was still wearing the cheerleader clothes, but one of her legs was like a donkey's, and one was made out of bronze. She didn't seem to know I was there, but I still didn't dare to make a sound.

"Fellow empousai!" she said.

"As you all have heard by now, Gaea has lost the war with the Olympians. She has been destroyed like Uranus before her. This is the second time our master has been defeated. I am sad to say that I have planted my trust in the wrong people, or whatever you call them. But we will not give up! We haven't drank, like, any demigod blood! We are the largest race of monsters in the world. We don't need a deity to start a war and control us! We can do it ourselves, and we will succeed!"

There was a major amount of applause. The top monster looked proud of her little speech. I didn't get what she was saying, but I knew that it could not be good. But then she suddenly stopped smiling and turned my way. I realized that she could now see me.

"What is it with demigods eavesdropping on me!" she said.

The last thing I remembered is her biting my arm.

So sorry for not updating. I will try to update much quicker. I also need to say two things:

1. As you may have noticed, I don't respond to reviews. If I'm going to be writing, Iwant it to be my story. But I do read each and every one of them, and they make me super happy. So keep reviewing!
2.I will not be continuing my other story, Inside the explaining house. I already have my hands full with this! So sorry to all who put in an idea.