~ A/N: Sorry about the cliff, people. I know it has taken me awhile to update but I've been setting up a joint account. When you get a chance check out this profile mattsuduko and Athena0228. We haven't posted any stories yet we're waiting on the seven day time limit but I'll let ya'll know when it's up. I have an interesting story. Now this is all true. Well my dad, my siblings and I were working in the front yard and had a small fire in the backyard going. Now we live on the water with woods on both sides. So we were picking up pinecones and large sticks so my dad could mow the lawn then taking the large trashcans full of sticks and stuff and putting them on the burn pile. Well my little brother ( he's ten ) put a pile on the side of the burn pile instead of directly on top. Now the wind was blowing towards the woods. So the grass caught on fire then the woods! My dad was training to be a volunteer firefighter so he got all the garden hoses and started spraying down the fire. When the firemen finally got here most of the fire was out but then they had to douse the area so no more would spread. Isn't that scary? It's a completely true story, fortunately no one was hurt. I'm glad my mom was at work or she would have freaked! ~

~ Chapter three- NO! ~

~ Charity's POV ~

I ran towards Nico waving my arms and screaming " No! " at the top of my lungs. He turned and sheathed his dagger.

"What's wrong, Charity?" he asked like nothing was wrong.

"You were about to kill him!" I screamed.

The Stoll brother turned and looked at me, "Dude, I was teaching him how to sneak up on the opponent."

"Oh. Sorry." I mumbled feeling stupid and embarrassed.

"No prob! See ya later Charity" he said waving and running off.

"What did you think I was going to do? Kill him? He's my sword training teacher." he informed me.

"Sorry." I muttered again.

"It's okay. How did the ride go with Lance" he said with venom.

"Great! Want to go swimming now?" I questioned.

"Sure, let me go get Percy and Annabeth." he said.

"Okay see you at the lake in twenty minutes!" I yelled sprinting to my cabin.

I walked into my cabin and went to my armoire. I pulled out my purple and green string bikini and went to the girl's bathroom. I pulled my long black hair into a ponytail with my hair band/dagger. I freshened up my make-up. Then put my bathing suit on under my clothes. When I walked outside I found a very happy Annabeth. "What are you grinning about?" I asked smiling.

She spun in circles and said, "I feel absolutely amazing!"

"I see! You look great!" I said laughing. She was wearing a red halter with her red swim trunks. Her gold hair was in a perfect ponytail and she was wearing blue earrings shaped as tridents.

"Like them? They're from Percy. They have I love you, Wisegirl. Engraved on the back of each one." she explained, grinning like a madman.

"I love them! They're beautiful! You're really lucky to have a great guy like Percy as your boyfriend." I said smiling.

"I know! He's so sweet!" she answered.

"Good for you! Ready to go get Lance?" I asked her.

"Ooh! Seems like Charity's got a crush on Lance!" she taunted.

"Do not!" but I felt my cheeks heat up.

"Uh-huh." she said unconvinced.

"Okay, okay! Let's go get him." I said giving her a shove.

"Okay!" she said jogging ahead of me. I followed her to the Apollo cabin where we knocked on the door. The door swung open and a older guy answered.

"Um...is Lance there?" I asked.

"Hey Lance! There are two beautiful girls waiting for you!" he yelled. We both blushed and Lance came running towards the door. He shoved the older guy and blushed.

"Sorry about Thomas. He's weird." he replied.

"That's okay. Come on let's get to the lake!" Annabeth yelled.

Lance leaned over and whispered to me, "Weird but right."

I blushed yet again and smiled. Annabeth winked at me and bumped me with her hip. I hit her back and we ran to the lake. We stripped off our outer layer of clothing and jumped in where Percy and Nico were already wading. When I hit the surface I sank down and got my foot stuck. I yanked hard but the rock that it was jammed under wouldn't move. I swan down and tried to move it but it was too heavy. I felt my oxygen slowly run out. As I lost consciousness I looked up and saw a shadow swim towards me.