DJ

"We actually get to use these things?!"

It was a brisk Friday morning and DJ was looking at weapons in the tool shed with Daphne, a daughter of Demeter.

"Yep," Daphne explained, "every demigod needs a weapon, unless you want to get slaughtered by monsters. So, see anything you like?"

DJ looked around the shed. There was a shotgun, a couple knives, and a ton of swords, but she didn't see anything that was really her. "I don't really see anything here that I like."

"Hmmmm. Do you already have anything then?" Daphne asked.

DJ tapped her bracelet and Voltage expanded out. "I've got this shield, and a tazer from some guy who I think is my dad." She pulled out the tazer and showed it to Daphne.

"Hmmm." Daphne said. "See the prongs here?" DJ looked and realized they were bronze. "That's Celestial Bronze. It's a type of metal that specifically kills monsters. Try turning it on."

DJ flipped the switch and the tazer grew into a three foot long, double-edged, bronze sword. "Whoa." She said. "This is freaking sweet!"

The conch horn blew. "Hope you're ready for capture the flag."

DJ had played a lot of sports before. Volleyball, soccer, track, gymnastics. You name it, she probably did it. But she had never played anything compared to capture the flag at Camp Half-blood.

Since it was her first game DJ was put in charge of guarding her team's flag with Sarah, a daughter of Boreas. "The trick to guarding the flag," Sarah explained, "is to put it in a high up spot." Sarah flew (Yes. Flew) up to the top of a nearby tree and stuck the flag up there.

After that the conch horn blew and the game was on. DJ could hear the sounds of fighting a little ways away, but nothing too close to worry about. She braced herself for anyone coming through the woods to challenge her.

And then someone did.

Three campers burst through the bushes and came charging at DJ and Sarah. "Ares! Charge!" Yelled the one in the lead who brandished a spear.

"Oh great," Sarah muttered, "Clarisse."

"You two get the flag," Clarisse yelled to her teammates, "I got these two." She charged at Sarah who vaulted over her and ran towards the other two. Clarisse turned to DJ. "Looks like it's just you and me then."

And then she charged.

DJ blocked her first spear strike with Voltage and swung at her with Bolt. Clarisse parried with her spear and when their two weapons clashed DJ felt something run up her arm. It wasn't pain, it was more like a shot of energy, fueling her up. DJ kept swinging Bolt and Clarisse kept blocking with her spear, and each time she did DJ's strikes got quicker and quicker.

"How are you still up?" Clarisse asked in disbelief. "The electricity should have you on the ground by now!"

"Electricity," DJ pondered, "good idea." She didn't know where that thought came from, but she went with it. She clashed with Clarisse's spear one last time. She felt the energy flow up her arm, but this time she redirected it out her other arm and a blast of electricity nailed Clarisse in the chest and sent her sprawling on the ground.

"DJ, what was that?" Sarah exclaimed.

Suddenly she gasped, her face bathed in yellow light. Chiron came cantering out of the woods nearby. "Everyone stop fighting!" He yelled to the other campers. "The game has been called on account of a claiming!"

"What's going on?" DJ asked.

"Look above you." Sarah said. DJ did and caught a glimpse of a golden eagle hologram above her head, just before it vanished.

"Hail Donna Joe Flann," Chiron bellowed, "daughter of Zeus."

And DJ fainted on the spot.