“I said no.”

“Come on,” he says.

“I said no!”

“Why not?”

“Because I don’t date jerks,” I reply.

Alec is speechless. He’s been hitting on me ever since I was a sophomore, and he was a junior.

I turn around, and walk into the parlor. Rebecca, Vitta, and Emma are already here waiting for me.

Rebecca explained everything about camp, and stuff. I understand it all now. The kid that grabbed me in the alley was another camper. She and him were to bring me to camp, but I refused; I’m not going anywhere until I’m really in trouble. The cyclops wasn’t that big of a threat. The kid in the alley killed it. That was two weeks ago by the way.

“So whats up?” Emma asks.

“Alec tried asking me out again,” I say.

“Are you serious? I’m surprised he had the balls to...since he got you detention,” Vitta says.

“Yeah.”

I scarf down some pizza, and drink all of Emma’s Mt. Dew.

“Hey!” she yells. I shrug my shoulders.

Someone taps my shoulder. I turn my head. It’s Trent Parksin...from school. He’s in all my classes which is weird. Anyways; he is super hot, and really sweet. We’ve talked from time to time. I've caught him staring at me a couple times too.

He has black hair, and deep, dark, gray eyes. He’s about 6’8”, and he’s super muscular. A lot of people think he’s weird, but in reality, he is super cool

“Hey,” he says.

“Hey,” I reply. I can already feel my cheeks getting red.

“Can we talk in private?” he asks.

I look at my friends...They are all nodding their heads like Yes! Go! Why are you still here?

I turn back around to him, “Sure.”

We walk outside. Alec is sitting across the street at the ice cream shop with all his friends. They’re probably waiting for me to say yes to Alec, but it will never happen.

“So, what do you want?” I ask.

“Uhh. Umm.”

“Spit it out,” I demand.

“Do you wanna go out with me?” he asks.

“Sure,” I say trying to hold back my excitement.

Trent picks me up in a hug. Then sets me down.

“Sorry. I was just really nervous,” he says.

“It’s okay,” I say.

I look over at Alec. His jaw has dropped three feet. I swear.

“So I’ll see you around?” he says.

“Yeah. How about we go to the park tomorrow?” I say.

“That’ll be nice,” he replies walking away.

I look at Alec. He, and his friends look mad. I stick my tongue out at him then I walk back into the parlor.

“Sooo,” Rebecca asks.

I wait a minute. “He asked me out!” I practically shout.

“Sweet!” Emma yells.

“Yep! We’re going to the park tomorrow,” I say.

“Awesome!” Emma yells.

---

Trent pulls me along, “Come on! We need to go!”

“Go where?” I shout.

We keep running with the dracaenae on our tail. I have a good idea of where I’m going, but not completely sure.

“Camp!” he yells.

Yep...I was right. I see a car pull up. I see Rebecca in the driver’s seat.

“Get in!” she yells.

We hop into the back seat. Alec is in the front passenger seat.

“Drive!” Trent yells.

“You! You’re a demigod too?!” I shout looking at Alec.

He nods, “Son of Ares.”

“And you?” I question Trent.

“Son of Thanatos,” he answers looking guilty.

“Really? And all of you knew this?”

“Yeah.”

I facepalm, “What great friends you guys are.”

“Hey. I’m not your friend,” Alec states.”Unless you wanna be more than friends?”

Rebecca elbows him.

“Never going to happen!” I yell.

“Can you drive faster?” he says changing the subject.

“No!” Rebecca shouts.

The dracaena has left, and been replaced with a hellhound.

"We're here!" Rebecca yells.

We all jump out. Alec, Rebecca, and Trent grab celestial bronze swords out of the trunk.

We are in the middle of nowhere. There are just woods.

"Go into the woods. Follow the path to camp!" Trent yells.

I run into the woods. I find the path, and follow it. I keep running looking back every once in a while.

"Ahhhh!" I hear someone scream. It sounded like it came from the road. I hesitate to run back. Never leave a man behind is what my dad says; he's was in spec ops and delta force. I run back to the road. Rebecca is laying on the road curled in a little ball unconscious in a pool of blood. Her eyes are open, and she has a big gash on her forehead, and one on her stomach.

"Rebecca!" I yell running over to her.

Trent, and Alex are breathing heavy. The hellhound has no scratches or anything on it.

"We told you to run!" Trent yells attacking the hell hound.

"I'm not leaving you guys to die!" I yell back.

"Go. Take Rebecca, and go!" Alec yells.

I pick Rebecca up in my arms, blood everywhere. I run down the path. I see a pine tree. As soon as I pass it, I appear to be in an open area where people are walking around. Camp half- blood. This is Camp half- blood.

"Help! Help!" I scream.

Six people in a group stare at me. Four others run over.

"What happened?" one of them asks. He has jet black hair like Trent's. He has black eyes, and he's sorta scrawny. He's about 6'5", and looks about nineteen.

"No time to explain!" I yell running back to the road.

"You can't leave!" someone yells.

They try to pull me back, but I punch one in the face, and keep running. I run to the road, and grab a weapon from Rebecca's trunk which was left open.

"I told you to go to the camp," Trent yells. His shoulder has a big claw mark on it. It is gushing blood. Alec is lying on the ground moaning.

"Yeah. If you haven't noticed, I don't follow orders well," I reply.

I turn around expecting a hell hound, but find a cyclops.

"What the hell?!" I yell.

"Every time I defeat one, another monster spawns," he replies.

He charges. Trent taught me a few sword techniques before hand. I'm sorta good, but not really.

"Hey ugly!" I yell. The cyclops turns his attention to me.

"Yeah you. Come, and get me!" I shout running around.

"You're going to get yourself killed Peyton!" Trent yells.

He realizes what I'm doing, and runs up behind the cyclops. He plunges his sword into its back.

I stop running thinking the cyclops is dead, but he's not. He is running at me full speed. I try to react, but he grabs me in his massive hand, and throws me.

The world is in slow motion. I see trees, and bushes fly past me. Trent is looking straight into my eyes. He has fear written all over his face. I manage to smile before I smash into something hard. I slide down to the ground. A rose sprouts right at my feet then withers into ashes. I watch Trent as he defeats the cyclops, and runs over. He sits down, and cradles me in his lap. He keeps saying everything will be okay. I start to daze.

He smacks my face lightly, "Stay with me now. Stay with me."

Everything starts to disappear, and fade. I begin to see fire, and hear screams. There is a man on a boat waiting for someone.

"We haven't got all day. Get on," he says.

I jump onto the boat. I look down at the water. It is black. That's really weird.

---

"We are here. This your stop," the guy says.

I get off the boat, and look around. There are big arrow signs. I follow them, and walk into a building. There is a big line of people. They all push me to the front.

"Peyton Armstrong," a person booms.

I look up to see a some what council. One person is missing.

The person in the middle goes on, "Race: Demigod. Sex: Female. Age: Seventeen. Godly Parent-"

"Sorry I'm late. Something happened at camp, and yeah, nevermind," a voice says walking into the facility. He goes up, and sits in the last chair.

I look up to see the boy from camp. The one with jet black hair, and black eyes. He looks at me. His face cringes when he sees me.

"Ahh, I need to go. I forgot about something," he says which is weird because he just got here.

One of the council members begins to speak, "But-"

He runs out the building.

"Alright someone tell me what going on. Right now!" I demand.

"You are-"

They disappear, and everything goes black. An action replay of fighting the cyclops plays in my head. I begin to see fights of me in school when me, and Alec would go at it. It seems as if my life is flashing right in front of me.

My vision focuses. I see Alec sleeping in a rocking chair. I turn my head to the left to find Trent holding my hand. He is sleeping in a chair. I see the black hair boy sitting on a couch. I don't see Rebecca.

I try to get up, but the boy comes over, and pushes me back down.

"Get your rest. You'll need it," he says.

Notes

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