I asked where we were. Harry said that we were in Becker Forest in New York. I never heard of that forest. Harry said only demigods could see the forest. He said the forest is for training heroes like you.

"How do you know we're demigods?" I asked him

. "The gods gave me a power I suppose," he started saying. "Demigods can only see me." "Why are you here?" I

asked worriedly.

"The gods are holding a tournament in Olympus," he explained.

"And you're telling us this...because?" Ace asked.

"Why don't you join?" Harry asked. I tried to process the thought. I still couldn't believe all of this was real. "What

do we get if we win?" I asked interested.

"The gods promised the champion any gift," Harry smiled. "Why are you helping us?" I asked curiously.

"Your parents asked me to," he smiled at us." Concentrate on the pond," he instructed. "Then raise your arms." I

did what he asked.

The water shot up forming a geyser. "I'm the son of Poseidon," I realized.

"Correct," Harry nodded. "Who am I?" Ace asked curiously. Harry smiled at him. "Fight me," he ordered. "But I never been trained!" Ace protested. That didn't stop Harry from attacking. They used no weapons. It was only hand-to-hand combat. Ace did pretty well considering that he never trained before, but I knew that Harry would eventually win. Suddenly, Harry stopped fighting and smiled at Ace. "You said you didn't know how to fight," Harry reminded. "But you held up a good fight."I'm the son of Athena," Ace beamed. Harry just laughed at his wrong answer. "I'm afraid not," Harry chuckled. "You're the son of Ares," Harry corrected. "He's the god of war," I elaborated.

"How are we going to win if we don't know how to fight?" I asked questionably.

"I, of course, will train both of you," Harry answered.

Ace and I agreed to join the tournament. We asked curiously when was the tournament. He said that it is on July 4. I said that the tournament starts in Independence Day. "Yes," Harry answered. Ace said is 1 month and 4 days from now. "So we have a lot of work," Harry said.

He brought out some weapons. He told Ace to pick a weapon suitable for him to use. Ace noticed two twins' swords. He grabbed both of them and slash a tree in half with only two slash. Ace said that it was perfect. Harry gave me the sword I used to defeat the dragon. He said that my father Poseidon gave it to me. He told me that one of Poseidon's cyclopes made it for me.

Harry announced that it was time to train. He said that first we needed to train with our weapons. He said to use the surroundings for our advantage. He showed an example by jumping on a rock to increase his jump to slash a tree. He told me it was my turn. He said for me to go behind Ace. I use the same thing Harry did, but I did a flip when I was in the air. I went behind Ace and put my sword near his neck. "Excellent," Harry complimented. Ace announced that is was his turn.

He didn't use a rock as I did, but use a tree. He used the tree to do an amazing flip. "Practice with the dummies," Harry instructed.

"They're not ordinary dummies," he added, smirking as he went inside the house.

"What is he talking about?"

Ace asked slightly confused. I just shook my head. I had a bad feeling about these dummies. When I try to slash the dummy, he blocked it with his sword. I saw Ace running away from the dummy, but it was too fast! I told him that we needed to fight not run. I ran through the woods.