Thalia's POV

"Okay, hunters. Listen up. Here is the rules- one: DO NOT KILL THE CAMPERS. You cannot- and I repeat- not shoot them, kill them, maim them, sit on them, or under any circumstances force them on top off my pine tree and tie them there in there underwear to make them join the hunters. Remember the last girl that joined? She was so "boy deprived" as she quoted, she married a DEER! Okay, rule number two: Stay in the Artemis cabin, don't socialize with boys so we can avoid fights and please, don't bother the Aphrodite kids. I really don't want to have to deal with your Oscar de la Rente stench again. Once is enough, don't you think? And third: WIN CAPTURE THE FLAG. Oh, and no fart arrows."

"WHAT? But Thalia! That kid deserved it!" shouted Phoebe defensively.

I rolled my eyes and popped my gum. I wasn't planning on playing on the hunters' team for capture the flag. I wanted to be on the demigod's team. I am a demigod after all.

As I trudged up the hill, I saw my friends waiting impatiently for me. I decided to sneak up behind Percy and scare him that never gets old. *Cue mental evil laugh*

But, before I could, someone beat me to it. I saw Percy jump up, pull out Riptide, and try and slash the other persons head off. I started laughing like crazy, which caught Annabeth's attention. She screamed, "Thalia!" and rushed down the hill to pull me into a hug. I laughed and hugged her back.

"Hey Annabeth. How have you been?"

She pulled away. "Great actually," she said.

I thonked her head. "Oh, stop being so evasive. Did Mr. Thick Skull over there get the hint yet?"

She beamed, and then giggled. "Who are you and what have you done with Annabeth?"

Then she laughed. "Thalia, he got the hint. Right after we got back to camp actually."

I nodded. "That's a good thing. Other wise, I might have had to knock some sense into him. The good old fashioned way. Okay, let me say Hi to you little boyfriend."

I sprinted up the hill and screamed, "Yo Perce!"

He turned away from whoever he was yelling at and saw me barreling toward him. Just as I was about to tackle him he jumped left. I went crashing into the ground. There's nothing better than introducing your jaw to the dirt.

I got up and laughed it off. I gave Percy a quick hug, and then asked, "So who scared you?"

He hitched a thumb behind him. "Nico Di Angelo."

I frowned. "You mean that twelve year old kid?"

Percy chuckled. "Wow Thals, you've been out of it for a long time. Nico is freaking fifteen."

Whoa. Then… "Wait, do you mean that your nineteen?"

"Yes."

"You're an old man now!"

He laughed. "Nope, your just a child now."

A new voice came into the picture. "Why is it so noisy in here? "

And then, Nico Di Angelo came into sight. He was no longer that helpless little twelve year old. He was hot. He wore all black, much like me, and he had dark features and pale skin. He was taller than me, and he appeared to have just materialized before us.

Percy narrowed his eyes. "Hey Nico. Thanks for scaring the Hades out of me."

"Anything for you, Perce." He seemed to register I was here. "Hey. You must be Thalia. Annabeth talks about you a lot."

"Yes. I'm Thalia. And, by the way, you did a nice job scaring Percy here. I was going to do it myself."

Percy made an indignant sound. "Why does everyone hate me?"

Nico and I both laughed. Just then, Chiron trotted up to us and said, "Thalia! Its great to see you. I'm so happy you could come, but if I may ask, would you please get the hunters settled? Genevive is already trying to slit an Ares kids' throat."

"Okay Chiron."

I turned around and shouted at the Hunters to get their sorry butts into the Artemis cabin. They better prepare for the amount of trouble they're about to be in. Didn't I already give that speech?