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Amelia spun her head round and looked upon the boy who stood there. He had short brown hair and green eyes which were covered up by large round glasses that had a thick black rim. There was a small black book stuffed into his trousers while a lethal looking dagger with a bronze tinge was wielded expertly in his hand. The Karpoi stopped and turned slowly, hissing and dropping kernels as they went.

"Now, come and have a go you miscreants, if you think you have any chance of defeating me!" They jumped, incredibly high for there height, with their teeth bared ready to bite but the mysterious boy threw his dagger at them. It hit Millet full on who barely had time to scream before he erupted into a pile of seeds which scattered in the wind. He ducked the other two and grabbed his dagger from where it had fallen then stood up and faced them again. This time they were careful, circling around him, looking for an opening. Wheat got behind him and sprang silently, aiming for a surprise attack but somehow the boy knew what he was doing, he turned and slashed at it, chopping his head off. Before it could reach the ground though, it exploded into yet another pile of grains. That just left Barley who looked ready to run but it seemed the boy had faced him before.

"Don't you ever learn?" Barley's green eyes took on an angry expression and he charged for the boy's feet, he wasn't expecting it and fell to the ground. The dagger clattered to the ground as it started biting him, aiming to tear him apart by the looks of it. Amelia without thinking just picked it up and threw it, she gasped when it sunk into Barley's head. Its eyes went wide then it at last disintegrated into nothing more than a pile of Barley seeds. Amelia smiled in amazement at what she had just done. She had just saved somebody's life, and not only that, thrown a dagger out of instinct and hit with pin point precision to where she must have been aiming for! The boy groaned and whispered some words as blood leaked out of the various bite marks all over his body. Amelia rushed to his side,

"What was that?" she brought her ear down to just above his mouth.

"Back…pack," he panted, sweating with the pain. She looked around and spotted a blue backpack with multiple pockets just dumped on the ground. She ran over and picked it up. It weighed a ton! She groaned and hauled it over to where he lay.

"What now?" she questioned, wanting to help this strange boy who had saved her,

"Amb…rosia…and…ne...ctar"

"What?"

"The…pink…bottle and…the…cracker…s," she rummaged around in the backpack and found the items; she brought them out and handed them to him. Why would he want them? Was he hungry? She was as confused as questions zoomed through her mind. He tenderly ate a little bit of the cracker and sucked a little bit of drink from the bottle. He immediately looked better as his wounds closed over and colour perked up in his cheeks. What was that stuff? He smiled at her and she stood up to offer her his hand. He took it gratefully and hauled himself up. Now she was standing up she found that he was taller than her by about 2 inches. She looked up and into his eyes.

"Thanks for saving me,"

"You're welcome Amelia," she smiled then froze,

"How do you know my name?" he blinked and looked nervous,

"I've met you before, way before I knew that I was a demigod but still… My name's Kaleb," she was still confused,

"Um… I don't remember ever seeing you, meeting you or the name you have. Were you important?" he looked stunned for a moment then a look of disbelief crossed his face.

"I don't know,"

"Then where did we meet?" he thought about it for a moment,

"At the spelling bee. You know the one when you were five and I was nine. We teamed up and named our team 'The Awesome People'. Do you honestly not remember?"

"Sorry, but no, I don't remember anything like that," he seemed off put for a moment and really awkward but a sudden blemish came up on his cheeks and he smiled slightly. It made him look young and really sweet,

"You mean a lot to me though," Amelia almost laughed out loud. They barely know each other yet she seemed to have made an imprint on his life.

"Now why would that be?" she asked,

"You were my one and only love. You kissed me when we won the spelling bee and it was a wonderful sensation, it was like…"

"Ok, too much information," she looked traumatised. He was the young boy with sandy coloured hair from a photo she had. Well did anyway before her house was burnt down. The image of what was left brought tears to her eyes. Her dad had been there and had snapped that moment forever. She could never remember where it was or who he was; all she knew was that she had been very happy at the time. Now she looked at that boy all grown up, there seemed to be no resemblance apart from the eyes, his hair had grown darker which was the same with his skin. He now had glasses too. This boy was in love with her, because of a moment when she was five. He had to know she didn't feel the same way before things got worse,

"Look, Kaleb, you're a really nice boy and I…"

"Amelia!" she spotted Nico running towards her with such a relieved expression on his face. "Are you OK?" he asked, noting all the scratches, cuts and painful bruises that were all over her skin.

"Yea, it hurts slightly but I'll live," he brought out a plastic bottle and held it out to her.

"Here, drink this. Trust me, you'll feel better but don't have too much, a sip should just about do it," she brought it up to her mouth and tentatively took a sip. The flavour exploded on her tongue, it tasted like her dad's special Oat and Raisin cookies. The ones he'd bake every weekend for her and Alex. Top secret recipe that had been handed down through generations, he'd taught her it and when Alex was old enough she would have taught him it as well. But now things are different and her brother's life could be on the line. About to get snuffed out and it was all her fault…

She handed the bottle back to Nico,

"Thanks," she was already feeling better, fuller of energy and less beat up. "What is that stuff anyway?" she questioned curiously,

"Nectar, and if you come across a cracker like substance that when taken in has sort of the same effect then that is ambrosia," Nico replied helpfully, "Who's this?" Amelia looked startled, she'd hoped that Kaleb would have just walked away quietly but no, he had instead hung around, looking all loved up for her.

"Um… Nico, this is Kaleb," she turned to Kaleb, "And Kaleb, this is Nico," they eyed each other suspiciously, "Oh, just shake already!" she groaned, wanting it to be over and done with,

"Hi…" Nico said uncertainly,

"Hello," Kaleb replied, happy it seemed,

"What's that?" Kaleb looked horrified but tried his very best to hide it,

"What's what?"

"That book in your trousers, what Is it,"

"Nothing much, just a journal," he looked strained as he said that, sweat droplets running down his face,

"Can I have a look at it?"

"No, you don't need to,"

"I've seen it before somewhere else, somewhere where it should still be. I just need to verify that it is something completely innocent," Kaleb looked mortified and scared,

"It is just a journal, no cause for alarm,"

"And I'm saying that I only want to look. Give it here," Nico stepped forward to take it but Kaleb sprang back and held his dagger out in front of him. When had he retrieved that? Amelia was stunned, the speed of this guy,

"Hey, calm down, let's not kill each other over something so small," Amelia said standing in the middle of the two.

"Where's the nearest place with water?" Nico asked, again Amelia was stunned,

"Uhh... the treasure lake, it's about 5 minutes from here," Nico nodded,

"Lead me there please, nice to meet you Kaleb but…"

"I'm coming," Amelia silently groaned,

"Look, Kaleb, you don't need to. I'm only…"

"I'm coming," he said again, refusing to back down, Nico shrugged but didn't look to happy about it. Amelia sighed,

"Fine, but I'm not talking to you,"

"Fine by me, did you know that the word silence is silentium in Latin?" Amelia ignored him and led Nico to the lake, wondering why on earth he would need to go somewhere with water. Oh well, she'd find out.

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