Ok, so remember how I told you fighting with a sword is hard. Well, now imagine running with it. To the woods. Not exactly sure why the camp has woods, because I mean, seriously? Who plays capture the flag with all those trees in the way? It's such a disadvantage. So, once I got into the woods, I was really tired. So I sat down on some random rock, you know, nothing important going on, just a girl who would turn thirteen in almost two days who was running...why?

Why did I run? I'm not really sure. It was just, I was scared of Percy, and of what he would do to me for dropping his sword. Ok, so I know what you're thinking now: Oh my god(s, depending on what you believe), this child is subject to abuse. The reality of it, no foster parent had ever laid a hand on me. I just didn't know what to expect from the demigods or at camp. For all I knew, they used Greek torture devices as punishment for having a dirty cabin. So, back to me in the woods on a rock.

After I stopped freaking out, I looked around me. There were some green girls peering at me from behind trees, but as soon as they saw the direction of my sight, they disappered. Like, they melted straight into the trees like they were that stuff you always learn about in science class that's hard when you punch it and soft when you relax your hand into it. But something told me that if the green people ran head-on into those trees, they wouldn't ricochet off. Anyway, I was trying to remember what the name was for them when something landed on my head. And not, like, a leaf. Something hard that made my vision dim and go fuzzy. Then I learned what it was when it cam into my line of (really bad) vision. It was a club with spikes on it. I turned around and saw what looked like a giant motorcyclist, but with yellow teeth.

Now, I don't know about you, but my general reaction to living things bigger than me is to be somewhat frightened. I'll admit it, I screamed. Wouldn't you? My sword looked like a toothpick compared to this y, and I didn't really know how to fight with it in the first place. I screamed again for good measure, and because I was hoping someone would hear it and come rescue me. It took awhile for anyone ,to come. During that time, you might expect me to do something heroic like single-handedly defeat the ginormus biker. In actuality, I hid behind a tree. The first person to show up was a boy, maybe a year older than me, who seriously looked like a stereotypical California guy, with tan skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. He whipped his head to the side to get his bangs out of his eyes. "Whoa. What is that?" He asked

"I think the more important question is, how do we fight it?" I said, a bit more confident now that the monster had a larger human target to aim at.

"Like this." He went around behind the monster and stabbed him in the back of the knee. The thing let out a "Eurgh" and fell forward. Towards me. I had the common sense to move, but not fast enough. His arm fell on me and it was heavy. I could barely breathe. The surfer dude stabbed the monster in the back and it turned to dust. I sat up, coughing, because wouldn't you if you had something's arm that was twice your weight on your chest?

"You alright?" He asked. I nodded and stood up with his help. He was about half a foot taller than me, which isn't exactly a huge accomplishment. "I think that was a Laistrygonian giant, it fits the description but I've never reallly seen one."

"Well, as long as we know what it's name is, we're all saved, aren't we?" I snapped. I wasn't exactly in the mood for this, this was a seriously traumatizing day for me.

"Yeah, well we've got to go to the big house, monsters aren't supposed to be in here. What were you doing here any-"

"What is it?" Percy came running towards us, sword out. "Oh, uh, hi, Dia. What's going on."

'Laistrygonian giant in the woods, we got him, though." The guy said.

"More like you." I muttered. ,

"Yeah, I stabbed him, but you were excellent bait to distract him."

"Can I bear the compliment?" I said darkly. Then I started walking n my own to the big house. Surfer boy caught up with me.

"So your name's Dia?" He asked. I didn't respond. I'm Kent." He held out his hand. I kept walking. "Ok, so look, did I do something wrong? Would you have preferred to be mutilated by that monster, because next time I see one, I'll put it on hold for you if you want."

"Look, Kent, thanks for saving me, it was great, so again, thanks, but I'm turning thirteen in less than three days and still haven't been claimed!" I was going to continue on my rant, but I was feeling light headed. I put a hand to the back of my skull and, when i pulled it away, it was sticky and red with blood.

"That's not good." Kent said. "Can you walk?" I nodded and started walking to the big house. When we got there, I was put back in the bed where I had been last time. I don't really remember what happened after that because I, once again, passed out.

LALALALALALALALALALALALA

Love it? Hate it? Sorta like it but still...something? I would love to know!