"I think she's waking up."

She could hear the voices, but she couldn't see the faces. Her eyelids felt heavy and over-rested, but she could move her arms and legs.

"Did we give her enough Ambrosia?"

"I think so, but we can't risk anymore."

She felt a hand touch her arm followed by a jolt of electricity that shook her body, forcing her eyes to snap open. Annabeth and Percy were staring down at her, with an alarmed expression.

"Where am I?" She shot up in alarm. "What happened to me?"

"Calm down, you're in the infirmary and you're safe. You had a panic attack." Annabeth answered, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

Eirene thought back to the events of earlier today. "Panic attack? Why was I panicking?" Surely nothing could scare her at this camp that she hadn't seen before.

"You were having a delayed shock."

"Why?"

Percy laughed. "No need to be so alarmed, it's completely normal. You were probably overwhelmed by the camp and didn't have enough time to soak it all in before you charged into it."

"And when your body was at its most relaxed point, you reacted." Annabeth finished.

Eirene looked out the window. She couldn't have been out long, could she? "It's still day time." She noted, hoping it meant she hadn't missed too much of the action.

"Oh, you weren't out for long. At most twenty minutes."

Eirene touched her temple and grimaced. She had a throbbing headache, and she felt horribly weak. Looking around she saw what she knew was ambrosia perched on the counter and picked up the liquid drink and the cubed squares. Before the alarm on Percy and Annabeth's face even registered to her she had already finished the first cube and was onto the second.

"Stop, for the love of Zeus, stop!" Annabeth yelled, grabbing the square and the tumbler out of Eirene's hand.

"Oh gods, oh gods, what are we going to do?" Percy was running his hands through his hair and looking expectantly at Annabeth whose jaw was still open and eyes filled with shock.

"What? Why? What's wrong?"

"We already gave you ambrosia; you aren't supposed to have anymore!"

Why not? She enjoyed the taste of Ambrosia very much, and often she would indulge in the load that Zeus would send her. The look of alarm of their faces still didn't make sense to her. Annabeth then did something very strange. She shifted off her seat and knelt down on the floor, facing Eirene as she took her hand in hers. Her voice was very soft and slow when she spoke.

"Eirene, do you know what Ambrosia is?"

"Yes, the food of the gods. It helps replenish demigods in times of low energy,"

She nodded evenly. "Yes, that is true. But it's also capable of literally burning demigods from the inside if ingested too much."

Finally, Eirene started to understand why they looked so worried. For the time being, she did too. "Are you trying to tell me that I'm going to die?"

"Yes. No! I mean, we have to get Chiron in here." Percy stood up and walked towards the door without Annabeth stopping him.

"But I always eat this much. And I don't feel weird."

This time Annabeth looked surprised and titled her head to the side. "You've eaten ambrosia before?"

"Yes," Eirene nodded. "Sometimes when I fight those monsters, I get very worn out. Then I miraculously see the food lying on the grass ahead of me, and I know it was gods sent. Often times I indulge in it." The moment she finished speaking, she knew it was the wrong thing to say. Annabeth face now once again looked alarmed, but also confused and a little bit intrigued. She could tell what she said interested Annabeth in a way only a child of Athena could.

Chiron walked in with Percy, concern shown on his frequently stoic face. "Eirene," He stepped towards her and gazed down. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Am I going to die?" was all she could ask. Annabeth stood up and leaned over to whisper into Chiron's ear.

"Have you ever seen it happen?" Annabeth asked, not moving her eyes from Eirene's face.

"Yes. It usually starts with rapid sweating and then blurry vision until their skin become so unbearable hot that the person themselves burst into flames."

Eirene's heart dropped. "What?'"

"But you said you've done this before, and you feel fine?" Annabeth countered.

"There's nothing wrong with me!" Every single eye in the room was plastered intently on her, and it made her was sprint. Why was everyone trying to freak her out? She felt fine and she had done this before. Maybe it had other effects for different campers, but she wasn't like other campers. She was different in a way that no one else was: She was impossible.

"She isn't showing any symptoms of rapid bursting-with-fire-ness." Percy scooted closer and moved his head from side to side. "Testing for blurry vision: Can you tell who I am?"

Eirene could see Percy's girlfriend rolling her eyes at his antics from the corner of her eyes; which were now rolling too.

"We cannot get too hopeful. She'll need to be kept under surveillance for a few hours." Chiron ignored the protesting expression on Eirene's face and turned to Annabeth. "Are you able to watch her?"

Annabeth scanned Eirene with interest. "Of course,"

It had been fifteen minutes since Annabeth was appointed Eirene's 'babysitter', and so Eirene didn't feel any hotter than usual, and her vision was still 20/20. Chiron had left and Percy returned to his activities shortly after. Feeling particularly bored, Eirene was relieved when Annabeth started a conversation.

"It's very interesting how you aren't showing any signs yet."

"Interesting?"

"Well, yes. I could say weird, but I'll go with interesting. Because a normal demigod would be dead by now, but you're not exactly normal are you?"

She considered lying, but what was the point? Annabeth would see right through it. "No, I'm not."

"Are you even a demigod?"

"Would you have let me live this long if you believed I was a monster?"

She chuckled, amused by the truth in the question. "Probably not, but…can I ask what exactly you are?"

Eirene stayed silent for a while, eventually choosing to ignore the question. "That guy…the one who carried me back here. What was his name?"

Annabeth paused for a moment, thinking. "Andrew Parker."

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