A/N- Hey guys! I promised that I'd update soon and I did! I'll be uploading another chapter this week because on Friday I'm going camping and I won't have Internet. I'll be back by Monday and I'll try to get a new chapter up by then. Disclaimer- I don't own PJO.

Ellie's POV

I slammed the cabin door shut on my way out. I needed time to think about this whole half blood ordeal. I was kind of mad at mom and Percy. Mom should've told me the truth. Percy could've at least given me hints about it. He didn't even bother to visit last year! He's the only reason I came home, I could've just skyped mom from the dorms. I loved my mom sure, but I was never really close to her as Percy was. When she told me that I had to be sent away to California I was pretty mad about it. At first I felt neglected, I mean why couldn't she send Percy? He was older than me; I was only 10 at the time. But I guess she had to protect us from the monsters like Percy said. I hadn't even noticed I was crying until I felt a tear drop rolling down my cheek. I wiped it away quickly. No Ellie you're not going to cry. Don't give them another reason to think that you're weak. I took a deep breath and looked up. I was in the training area.

"Ellie! Over here!" I turned to look at who yelled and saw that it was Leo. Smiling I made my way towards him.

"Hey! What's up?"

"Nothing much, just training. Wanna join me?" he said, handing me a sword.

"Sure, but this sword just feels wrong. Are there any other ones?" I asked. The sword in my hands felt odd, like it wasn't meant for me. It was too heavy for me.

"Yeah, come on." He said. I followed him to the armory. There were swords and daggers lined up against the one wall. On another wall bows were mounted on shelves with a bag of arrows next to them. The third wall had armor hanging from it. I picked up a sword, but it didn't feel right either; this one was too light. This went on for about five minutes. Me picking up swords and placing them back. I sighed. This was getting me frustrated. Finally I picked up the last sword. When I held it up it felt like I wasn't holding a sword. I felt as if I had an extension to my arm. I don't know any other word to use to describe it than right.

"This is the one. I like it." I announced smiling.

"Its name is Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegār, its Persian so I don't know what its doing here. It means the emerald-studded sword. It was used to kill a monster vulnerable to all weapons except this one. So I guess it's a pretty powerful sword. Maybe even more powerful than your brothers." Leo said. How he knew about Persian legends? I have no idea.

"Yeah well I can't pronounce the name so I'm going to call it Emerald."

"Alright lets go." He said enthusiastically. This boy had a bit too much energy. He led me to the field where a bunch of other campers were training.

"Ok I have to go to bunker 9 so you'll have to spar with someone else." He said looking back to a couple of campers trying to catch what appeared to be a mechanical lizard.

"It's cool." I said, dismissing him with a wave of my hand. He just stood there looking at me.

"Now go!" I yelled. He took off running.

"Right, sorry." he called out. I sighed. I was now standing in the middle of a field looking quite stupid. My mind started to wander off when someone spun me around.

"And who are you?" a beefy looking girl sneered.

"Ellie. And you are?" I said. I was not going to get on this girls bad side, but of course me being me made her mad.

"So you're the new camper? I was expecting someone I don't know, stronger. You're just a weak little girl." She spat in my face. Well someone had anger issues. I was not in the mood to deal with her bullshit so I started walking away.

"Look at her, she's to weak to even deal with her problems!" she declared to everyone training. Great. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. Damn you for leaving me Leo.

"Just leave her alone Clarisse, she's new." Another voice said. It belonged to a short girl with blonde hair and gray eyes. Just like Annabeth's, maybe they were siblings.

"Oh shut up Sage!" Clarisse yelled. A few people took a couple steps back.

"No you know what Clarisse? I'll fight you." I said. I was getting sick of her and her attitude.

"Alright lets see what you got Princess." She smirked at me. Someone in the crowd yelled out," But she's not wearing any armor!" and they were right I wasn't.

"Fine lets make this fair," Clarisse removed her armor and said, "Ready?" I smirked. "Bring it." My right hand tightened its grip on the sword, ready to strike. She lunged and I dodged her blow. I raised my sword and lunged at her arm. I managed to make a cut just below her elbow. By this time, an even bigger crowd had formed. Clarisse was furious that I actually managed to injure her.

"Ellie? What are you doing?" someone yelled out. I turned to see who it was. Wrong move. Clarisse had made a gash on my arm. I saw that it was Percy who yelled at me. Idiot, he got me injured. I turned back around and aimed for her, but she dodged it. People were chanting and placing bets on who would win. She aimed at my calf this time. I jumped up, spinning in the air, and brought down my sword on her leg. I made a gash on her thigh and she screamed at me.

"You little-"

"Now Clarisse, watch your language. There are children here." I said. We were circling each other, daring the other to make a move. She swung her sword and I brought mine up. The sound the two swords made when they clashed was music to my ears. I spun around and with my free arm, I grabbed her sword handle and pulled it towards me and brought my sword to the side of her neck. She was still in shock when I pulled on her sword and managed to take it. I backed away now holding two swords. She charged at me and tried to tackle me. I swiftly jumped to the side and kicked her down. I pointed my sword at her neck and said," I win."

The crowd cheered and I heard someone say, "You owe me 20 dollars."

"Alright everyone back to training." Someone yelled. I turned to see who it was. It was Chiron in his centaur form. He started walking towards me.

"That was quite impressive. Where did you learn to fight like that?" he asked.

"I honestly don't know. I just did what came naturally."

"Just like your brother." He said smiling.

"What about me?" Percy said jogging towards us.

"Your sister has your swordsmanship talent."

"Yeah, I saw." He told Chiron.

"That was amazing by the way." He said putting his arm around my shoulder.

"Well children I'm afraid I have to leave, I'll see you at the campfire. Oh and Percy, you might want to take Ellie to the infirmary she has a gash on her arm." Chiron said, patting my brothers back.

"Well Ellie lets go, I want to introduce you to more people after I take you to get patched up." Percy said.

"Whoop-dee-doo. They get to see me in all my sweaty glory." I said.

"Don't get sarcastic with me." Percy said in a serious tone, I knew he was joking though.

"I do what I want."

"I've noticed. Now lets go!"