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Okay so I'm really sorry this one took so long. I've been insanely busy lately and my grades aren't exactly what they used to be…so yeah I'm trying to fix that. Anyways I hope this chapter is better than the last one. R&R please!

Olivia's POV:

I felt the sun warming my face, telling me to get up. I ignored it and, groaning, rolled over and buried my face in my pillow. Maybe I will suffocate… I thought hopefully. I didn't have the energy to drag myself out of bed this morning, no way. My training had started the day after I arrived at this psychotic camp and, although I was in good shape, every last one of my muscles screamed its protest to every move I made. On top of that I'd finally gotten to talk to Andrew last night to explain my disappearance, but he'd freaked on me. Something about thinking I was dead. Silly boy was too worked up to think of asking my mom where I was. If he had he'd have known I was not dead. I rolled my eyes. As much as I loved him, I couldn't help but question his intelligence on numerous occasions. After all, he didn't have the excuse of ADHD and dyslexia for being in summer school.

Giving up on my half-hearted suicide attempt with a sigh, I dragged my head up off the pillow and sat up, stretching. I heard a knock on the door and was about to answer it when I noticed a girl fast asleep on a nearby bunk. I froze in surprise, staring at her. She was snoring softly, her inky black locks splayed across her pillow. She was still wearing jeans and a T-shirt. I couldn't help but wonder when she'd showed up, and what on earth she was doing in my cabin. The beating on my door continued and I heard somebody yelling.

"Libby! Can I come in?" I heard what I realized was Annabeth call. I nodded in response, before realizing she couldn't see me. Feeling extremely stupid, I called back to her.

"Sure, C'mon!" I glanced at the raven-haired girl to see her beginning to stir. Yawning, she sat up blearily, rubbing the sleep from her eyes just as Annabeth came in.

"Thalia!" Annabeth exclaimed when she noticed the girl.

"Hey Annabeth!" Thalia greeted her while standing up. Annabeth hugged her, but then pulled away.

"The hair?" Annabeth inquired curiously, playing with a few strands of Thalia's nearly shoulder-length ebony hair.

"Lady Artemis didn't exactly like my style…" Thalia explained, making a sour face. Annabeth laughed at the face Thalia was pulling.

"Well, you look great. It's just…different, for you." she said.

"Thanks, and I know," Thalia said.

"So, you ready to go to breakfast?" Annabeth asked her.

"Uh…just gimme a sec to change," Thalia replied.

"Kay," Annabeth told her. Thalia disappeared into the bathroom to change, and I decided to take advantage of her absence.

"Annabeth?" I began.

"Mmmm?" She responded.

"Who's Thalia? Why was she in my cabin?" I queried.

"She's your half sister, that's why she was in this cabin. And technically, it was her cabin first," Annabeth explained.

"Oh," I said. "So how do you know her?"

"She's my best friend," she explained. "We've been through a lot together."

"Oh, ok," I said. I was going to ask why she was here, but just then the sibling in question walked out of the bathroom.

"Alright! Let's go Annabeth. I'm starved," Thalia said.

"Okay," Annabeth said before walking out the door with Thalia, both chatting away as they walked. I guessed they were catching up with each other.

Feeling somewhat left-out, I wandered out the door, closing it behind me. I was walking toward the dining pavilion slowly, not in any hurry, when I felt somebody behind me tap me on the shoulder. I turned warily, only to find some guy from the Hermes cabin whose name I didn't know.

"Yeah?" I asked him.

"Hi, my name's Shannon," he told me. I bit my tongue, fighting my sudden uncontrollable urge to laugh. Who the hades names their son Shannon? Looks to me like somebody really wanted a daughter. Taking a deep breath, I answered while trying my hardest to keep my voice steady.

"Hi Shannon, I'm Olivia. Err…may I ask what you want?" I replied.

"Oh, I don't want anything. I just figured you looked kinda lonely, so I thought I'd come over and talk to you," he explained. I was sort of taken aback at his answer.

"Oh, ummm…okay," I replied. We chatted about lots of random things all the way to the dining pavilion where I waved goodbye to him, walking off to my table where Thalia was sitting.

"Sooooooooo, you're my sister huh?" I said, attempting to break the silence.

"Yep, I'm actually getting a break from being with Artemis to help train you. I'm glad, it's nice to see my friends again."

"Oh, so how long have you known Annabeth?" I asked, scrambling in my head for things to talk about,

"Since she was 7," Thalia told me.

"Wow, that's a long time," I said. I felt really dumb. I might as well have started talking about the weather.

"…Yeah," she responded.

We sat in silence until I finished and walked off. I wandered for a while, before going to train for a while since I had nothing better to do.

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After sword training for about an hour I felt worn out. Giving up, I went back to my cabin to clean up. I felt so grimy though, that I just took a shower. About thirty minutes later I was dried off and laid down, feeling strangely exhausted.

I was walking through the woods. The acrid smell of smoke reached my nostrils. The forest around me was on fire. There were flames everywhere, and I couldn't find a way out. Just then a bloodcurdling scream reached my ears. I know that voice, I thought. Then it clicked. Andrew! My heart racing, I ran every direction, only to find flames or fallen trees blocking my path. I could hear him screaming, for help…for me. The screaming got louder and I knew I was close. I pushed past some bushes only to see Andrew, bleeding. Somebody appeared, their arms raised with something in their hands. I was frustrated because I couldn't tell what was going on. Andrew screamed louder yet, I moved to help him, but flames rose up in front of me. "Andrew!!!!!!" I cried.

"Ah!" I jerked up, looking around to find myself alone in my cabin. Oh my gods what an awful dream… I shook my head. I needed to see Andrew so badly. I couldn't help it. After everything that had happened to me in the past week, it was just too much. I started to cry.

Thalia came in at some point, and was rather surprised to see me crying.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked, her voice soft.

"Nightmare," I explained quietly.

"Oh, it's alright. It was just a bad dream," she said, patting me on the back. I nodded, knowing she was right. It wasn't long until my crying subsided into the occasional hiccup.

"You wanna talk about it?" She asked me. I shook my head, not trusting my voice.

"Kay," she replied. "But ya know it helps to talk about it," she insisted. I grinned.

"I think I'm good," I told her.

"Alright," she said with a shrug. Suddenly she grinned impishly, and poked me in the stomach. I shrieked with laughter. I was extremely ticklish there,

"Oh oh oh, so you're ticklish are you? " she teased before repeatedly poking me in the side. I rolled around giggling uncontrollably.

"Mercy! Mercy!" I choked out between giggles. She grinned and complied.

"Thank you," I sighed, out of breath. But as annoyed as I was that she'd found out about my ticklish spot, I was really happy for the first time since I got to camp. I was having fun. Maybe having a sister wouldn't be so bad after all.

Okay, so I have a good idea for the next chapter. I know this one wasn't very good. I have an idea for a quest later on, too. I know this chapter and the last couple chapters haven't been good at all, but I promise I'm working on it! Review please?