Calypso

I immediately strengthen the borders around the clearing and head to the beach where I sensed the seen people I leap from tree to tree, slowing down as I approach the beach. I come to a complete stop in the tree closest to the beach and lose myself in the leaves.

Of the seven, three are girls and four are boys.

A blonde girl, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes and a cute impish boy stand behind a boy with sea-green eyes. A chubby boy and a golden-eyed girl stand behind a boy with electric blue eyes. Both groups are facing each other in a not-so-silent stand off.

They seem to be arguing, until finally the boy with the sea-green eyes yells at them, "Shut up! We're all obviously half-bloods so let's start with introductions."

Everyone quietens down and listens, even the blonde-haired boy.

"Alright, I'm Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon," Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon says.

The blonde girl steps forward. "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena."

The kaleidoscope-eyed girl says, "Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite."

The cute impish boy speaks next, grinning crazily. "Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus."

The blonde boy steps forward warily. "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter."

The girl behind him sounds nervous. "Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto."

The last boy speaks. "Frank Zhang, son of Mars."

The blonde girl; Annabeth pulls Percy back and whispers hurriedly in his ear. His eyes widen slightly before he smiles reassuringly at her then turns to face the others. "Okay, I get that we're Greeks and you're Romans, and we have like, a really, really long history of bloodshed; but we're all stuck on an island! So, maybe we should work together to get off it? Then we can contimue with the killing and hating each other."

Annabeth rolls her eyes and kicks Percy in the foot, but the 'Romans' nod reluctantly and my curiosity grows. What did they mean by half-bloods? Why were they referring to Greek and Roman gods?

I have to pay attention again as they start walking into the forest. When they are a few metres into the forest I drop down next to 'Leo' and bring my knife to his throat.

"One wrong move and he dies," my voice rings across the forest.

Hazel lets out a strangled gasp while Leo emits a short girlish yelp.

Leo's aura is surrounded by fire. The words fire-user pops into my head. From the expression on his face, he is considering using fire to escape.

I press my knife harder against his throat, drawing a drop of blood. "Don't even think about it Fire Boy."

I know I have confused the others and I figure out that he hasn't told them about his ability. I turn my attention to the leader of the 'Greeks'. "Why are you here?"

Percy steps forward calmly. "We don't know, we just woke up here. Do you know why we're here?"

"No," I reply shortly, my brain whizzing with all the possibilities.

I am brought out of my thoughts by the Piper girl. She steps forward and speaks calmly and evenly. "Let Leo go."

I feel an urge to comply and nearly drop my knife. After all, I am being unreasonable. I should let Leo go.

No, I'm being tricked.

I shake my head, trying to clear it and send a glare at Piper, making a long gash down Leo's arm to prove a point. The cut is shallow but still deep enough to bleed heavily. Unknown to them, Leo has his other arm behind his back and is trying to set me on fire. I feel a slight tickling sensation and I smirk at Leo as he looks at me in confusion. So only Leo can hear I whisper in his ear. "That won't work on me Valdez."

Percy pushes Piper back behind him and Leo continues to stare at me in astonishment.

"What do you mean by half-blood? Why do you keep referring to ancient gods?" I continue questioning them.

"We'll tell you all we know if you let Leo go," Percy bargains.

I shove Leo back to them, where Piper starts fussing over him in a sisterly way, only stopping to send glares at me.

"Let's start with introductions. I'm Perc-"

I cut him off, "I heard who you are, Jackson. Just tell me what you meant before!"

Percy simply shrugs. "The Greek and Roman gods exist. We are demigods, half god, half human. I'm a son of Poseidon, which is the god of the sea"

I nod not believing a word they're saying. "I've got somewhere you can stay when it gets dark."

I turn around and start walking back to the clearing. So, now not only am I stuck on an island, I'm stuck on an island with a bunch of lunatics! Thank you, Fates!

There I go again, what the Hade- heck is a 'Fate'? Even in my normal thoughts, I think things that confuse me. Maybe this group of seven aren't the only lunatics on this horrid island.

Percy manages to ask two more questions before I'm too far ahead. "Wait, what's your name? And where the Hades are we?"

I turn back around. "I'm Calypso, and you're on Ogygia."

Then I continue walking back.

-SAW