six days.

In six days my reality was strpped form me. It was replaced with one of gods i do not believe in, and people who should not exist. And yet i find myself to be less concerned than i should be. I find myself missing the homestead and all of the people on it and yet i find that somehow i do not want to go back. The hunters have been in camp for three days, i have spent every day with maria. I know she will have to leave soon so i intend on spending every moment i can with her.

As i am making my way back to the cabin i am sharing with Nico i am interrupted by Annabeth running up to me only slightly out of breath

" i was hoping to run into you today, i was wondering if you would be willing to spar with me." she said. She had an odd look in her eyes, it was as if she knew something i did not.

"Perhaps" i said hesitantly, she had so far not had much interest in me beyond the time period from which i had come. i t seemed odd for her to want to ask many questions about where and when i had come from.

"This must seem odd, i know but i wanted to get a read on your skill level, considering what lady demeter told us you will need to be able to handle yourself in a fight." she is right i suppose, though i have no idea what this quest might be it might be good to refresh on some skills and train more if i am to survive in this unfamiliar world.

I gesture to her to lead the way, she gives me a small smile and leads me to an arena. We pass a building i assume to be a stable of some sort as i can hear horses inside. When we arrive at the arena there are a few teens practicing on wooden dummies and some doing more serious training with other campers. She leads me to an open space and asks what weapon i would like to start with. I eject my hidden blade and flip the grip into my palm. She seems surprised for a moment before she unsheathes the dagger at her hip and we square off. After about an hour we called it a tie and shook hands both knowing that we would never get the upperhand on one another.

"You are well taught. That makes my job much easier." she is out of breath but smiling as she sheathed her dagger. "I don't know about you but i find myself quite hungry and i do believe it is near dinner time." i look around and realize that she is correct, evening was settling around the camp as the activities of the day wound down. After dinner i went back to the cabin and fell immediately into a deep sleep.

After breakfast the next morning i headed the the archery range that was just beyond the combat arena and set to work practicing my archery. That took up several hours of my day without me even noticing, it was good to get back into an old habit. After a while the muscles in my shoulders began to ache and i somewhat reluctantly stopped shooting only noticing then that i had a crowd gathered around me watching me practice. I cleared my throat and made a quick get away as my cheeks flushed. How i had not noticed the crowd made me just a bit uncomfortable. As i was fleeing i noticed maria off alone while the hunter set about taking down their camp. I headed in her direction and stood quietly beside her waiting for her to either speak or tell me to leave.

"I miss the homestead you know" she muttered quietly, she paused for a second before continuing. " the girls from this time will never understand what it was like even though some claim they do because their fathers also hit their moms. They don't understand what is was like to feel so utterly helpless and being able to not get help or do anything yourself. I was lucky you were passing by that day, Not many would have stopped to help. Not only did you stop him but you gave us a home and i will never be able to thank you enough for that." she then hugged me and for a moment we stood there until she calmed down. "Sorry i should get back to my work" and with that she headed off teh help break down camp.

The hunters were leaving the whole camp ,knew it but nobody knew why, only that they had orders that they were needed elsewhere. I watched them leave and as i watched them go i felt sadness as i realized that the only person who knew anything about me was leaving me behind in this foreign place. Though i had a feeling i would not be staying long.

Author's note:

well... i think i might be back maybe... we'll see