Authors Note: Sorry about not updating for so long! I had to go to a conference for 3 days, and this is taking me some time to think about. I hope you like this chapter! And Happy New Year!

A traitor? I'm no traitor. "Mother, understand that-"

"Because you're my daughter, I won't rip that Camp into pieces. But I will send in some of your siblings, and you must choose who you're with. You've got until 10:45 to think about it."

I take one step to find myself falling and clawing to hold onto something. I hit rock bottom, and I wake up. I look around, and it's about 1 am. I get up, and I notice someone else is awake. I'm too far away to tell who it is, but I try to go back to bed. I go back to sleep, and don't wake up till the next morning.

I walk with Annabeth, and she has this weird look, and I don't blame her. "I know what you're thinking Annabeth, and I swear that I'm not bad at all.

"I know that. It's just that…"

"That what?"

"Your mother is Mother Nature. Do you know how strong she is?"

I've never really given a thought about it, but she continues.

"She's extremely powerful. Like Percy Jackson…"

She drifts off, and I've heard from rumours that Percy Jackson is her missing boyfriend. I don't ask her about it though.

"So, what're we going to do?"

"Well, we usually train, so you want to practice with your knives?"

"Course! Let's get going!"

We walk to training, and I throw one knife at a target, and it hits the bullseye.

"The key is in the wrist."

"Sistra! Have you been training in secret? I've never seen anyone like you!"

"Oh, well, it's not my best. This is my best."

I throw 3 of my knives, and they hit the bullseye.

"Sistra! You have a huge talent! Come; let's practice with that shotgun…"

I go up to the knives and pull them out. I didn't tell anyone else about my secret talent (except Leo, but whatever, he swore on the River of Styx he wouldn't tell, so it's all good.) I walk with Annabeth, and I shoot some targets. I nearly miss the bullseye, but it's still there.

"Not bad. You should practice a little more, but you should get to your mythology lesson."

I grumble as I walk with Annabeth, but cheer up a little when I see I'm not alone. I'm with two daughters of Aphrodite, and I wave to Piper. The other girl isn't really familiar, but she glares at me. Then there's Leo. I wave at him, and sit between Piper and Leo.

"Hey guys. What's up?"

"Nothing much. We're just waiting for Chiron and Drew here-"

"Who's Drew?"

"That would be me."

I look at the girl who glared at me, and I say to her "Hi! I'm Sistra."

"Who's your godly parent?"

"Err…"

Before I could answer Drew, Chiron enters the room.

"Good morning class. Now, who finished their assignment on Kronos?"

Nobody raised their hand, except for Piper. I raised my hand.

"Sistra? You did the assignment?"

"Err….no. I was actually going to say that I have no idea on what you're talking about, and what are you talking about?"

"Yes, I understand why you don't have it. Now, please excuse me while I give a lecture to these-"

At that moment, Annabeth rushes in. "Chiron! Something's happening!"

I check my cell phone and I turn pale. It's 10:45. I rush outside with Chiron, and the class follows. I look and my eyes nearly pop out. There's a huge earthquake in the middle of the camp.

There's a voice there, and it's technically talking to me.

"Sistra…..have you made your decision?"

Everybody stares at me, and I'm speechless.

"I warned you…."

"What is she talking about?"

I turn to see Leo asking me that question. I start to hesitate, and I notice the ground is starting to split under Leo's feet.

"Leo!"

I grab his hand right when he starts to fall in. I don't have a very good grip, and the ground crumbles beneath me. We both fall in, and I think of the ground to be nice, soft and safe to land on. We hit the bottom, and to my relief, we don't break our anything. I assess the damage I got. No broken bones, just a few bruises. I look at Leo, but I can't find him.

"LEO! Where are you?"

I see a flame, and I run to it. It turns out to be Leo, with his magic flame stuff.

"Thanks for trying to save me."

"No problem. But then again, there is a problem. We fell into this abyss. Oh mother…"

"What?"

"Oh, nothing! Seriously, it's nothing."

"You said 'Mother'."

"Err…"

"You can trust me, right? Tell me."

"I can't."

"Sistra, it can't be that bad, can it?"

"Yes, it can be that bad!"

"How bad can it be?"

"How bad can it be?! How about my mom being Gaea?!"

I lost my temper at that point, and I hide my face in my hands. Leo gapes at me.

"Your mom's Gaea? I did not expect that…"

"That's what I said when I found out."

There's an awkward silence, then I point in a direction.

"There's a tunnel over there. Let's go that way, unless you have a better idea."

He shrugs, and we walk that way. My mind starts whirring with ideas that could and couldn't happen.

"So…when did you find out your mom's…Gaea?"

"About two days ago."

"Oh…"

"I think you have a bad past with her, right?"

"How'd you know?"

"Instincts."

"Okay then. Anyways, she was there when I set the place on fire, when my mom died."

"I'm really sorry. I'm not really like her, I think."

"You think? You're not like her. You're so not like her. One thing is you're not sleeping."

I smile, and hear a voice at the end of the hall. It sounds melodious and…hypnotizing.

"Leo, plug your ears!"

He does, but I hear my father calling me, and I see a picnic with him, and best friend. Lucille. She moved away, but you can't miss her dark green eyes and red curls. I run to them, and Leo's pulling me back, and he blocks the entryway with flames. I lose it, then I can't hear my father anymore. I fall to my knees, tearing up.

"Sistra! What happened? It was a bunch of sirens, that's all!"

"I saw m-my dad. And my f-friend."

A new wave of tears overcomes me, and Leo picks me up and hugs me.

"C'mon, you can do this. You're strong, right?"

I nod, and pull myself together.

"What're we going to do now? The tunnel's blocked with fire. Thank you Leo."

"No problem. Can't you make your own tunnel, considering your mom's Gaea?"

"I'll try. You may want to step back, if this doesn't work. You know I never did this before?"

"Wait, WHAT?"

I focus on the earth making a tunnel, and I open my eyes. There's a huge tunnel, which seems to go on forever.

"For someone who has never done this before, you're pretty good at it."

"Thanks. C'mon, I want to get away from those cursed sirens."

We walk in the tunnel, and it's pretty creepy walking in the dark with a human torch.

"Leo, does it hurt when you're on fire?"

"No, it actually doesn't. It's kinda like water."

"So when you're in water, it's like fire?"

"Haha, very funny. Do you hear that?"

We stop, and there's a vibration.

"Err…Leo? Have you ever faced a giant before?"

"In fact, yes I have. It was-"

"By yourself?"

"No, why?"

"One's heading towards us."

"WHAT?"

We run, but there's rumbling, and I pull Leo away, and just in time. The ceiling in front of him collapses, and a giant snatches us.

"Let us go!"

"Yeah, what she said!"

The giant ignores us, and puts us in a cage in a room lit with torches.

"You two stay here."

"As if we had a choice!"

He leaves, and I go in a corner and sulk.

"Really? A child of Gaea is sulking?"

"Oh, so now I have expectations?"

"Yup."

I get up to punch him when I notice something. The cage around us is made of something. Metal.

"Leo?"

"Yeah?"

"I have a plan."

I hoped you liked that! I'll try to update more often, seriously. Hope that cliffhanger was a good one.