What I Once Was

"FAWN!" a voice screamed from the Nike cabin. "GET UP HERE!"

A normal person would run as fast as they could if they heard this (especially because it was probably the wrath of Asphe.) but I knew that it wasn't I who was in trouble. I climbed the ladder to the cabin door and walked in. There in front of me was poor Bismarck in the corner of his bed looking frightened to death while Asphe stood like a dark cloud looming over his bed with an angry look in her eye. "Help...me," Bis quietly whimpered.

Asphe evilly frowned and jumped up to punch Bismarck in the face. Before she could hit him I pulled her back, right before she swung. Asphe struggled to get out of my grip but I had the wind on my side. She aimed for my foot but I dodged it and flipped her over onto a chair. She smashed through it and hit the ground. She frowned once again, rubbing her butt from the smack down. "Okay," I sarcastically smiled. "What did Bis do this time."

"It's not my-" Bis stampered.

"Nuh-hu, let her speak," I cut.

"Well it was my turn to watch over Chiron's niece's, Lorabelle and Cozette but I had to go to training and they can't come with me so I asked Bis to do it. When I came back to pick them up, they were gone because Crainy over here decided that he didn't need to completely watch them."

"I looked away for a second!"

"A second to long!"

Once again Asphe lunged for him but I hit her with a wave of air which caused her to fly over into another bed. "No fighting, I prefer for neither of my friends to die."

Completely ignoring what I just said, Asphe ran forward but this time Bis unleashed his massive golden wing and flapped hard sending her flying (once again) into the wall. "Oh is that the best you can do Crainy?" Asphe smirked.

"Bring it on Fe-Fe."

This angered her more and she jumped forward as did Bis. Before they could do anything I yelled, "STOP!" and set up an air wall between them. "If you really want to solve this we need to get out and go looking for them before Chiron finds them."

"Your right," said Asphe "Plus they're is always more time to punch Bis in the face!"

We all walked outside and climbed down the ladder. As we were walking along Bis spotted Lorabelle with baby Cozette in her hands. He angrily stared at them and Lorabelle's eyes lit up as wide as apples. She started running but Bismarck was faster, he picked them up but Lorabelle didn't try squirming because she knew it was useless and because of Cozette. He set Lorabelle in front of me and handed Cozette to Asphe. I was surprised to see how much of a calm baby she was. "Why'd you run away?" Asphe asked.

"We didn't like Crainy," Lorabelle sadly replied.

"Oh well, I can't punish you for that! Actually you're going to get a cookie for not liking Bismarck!"

"Who's Bismarck?"

"Oh that's his last name he prefers. Now next time you run away from him make sure to come to Fawn or one of us, Okay?"

"Okay!"

Then Lorabelle took hold of my hand (because Asphe was holding onto the baby) and we walked over to the mess hall to get one of their really disgusting cookies.

I wasn't really feeling the campfire tonight so I headed back to the Zeus cabin. I wasn't in Zeus, I was daughter of Aeolus but it was as close as I could get. I looked over at the guards surrounding the camp and the giant mechanical dragon in front. It's gold scales shone with light. I've only had to do night duty four times and it's hard. Especially if you're on the other side of camp because you don't have much light. Not many monsters come from that direction because it apparently it holds tree's that can drive a person mad-or anything mad. I walked in the cabin and jumped in my bed. To change I always went behind a curtain I made because I felt uncomfortable with a Zeus statue staring at me 24/7. I started up at the ceiling. It was mostly blank but I had started decorating it with stars. Being alone in a cabin was some much better than having others. I played with my light pink hair and soon drifted off to sleep.

I was in a room it full of dust and spider webs, there was a huge pot in the middle and bubbles were bursting out of it. In the corner of the room there was a group of cyclopes. There was a younger male cyclops and older female cyclops and two others who were probably the parents. They sat down in quite large chairs even for their humongous bodies. I climbed on the chair of the youngest cyclops. "Okay," said the father. "Let's review the plan one more time. So Lewis you will attack the dragon and if you need help call on Elleta. Elleta if Lewis doesn't need any help then you shall attack camp with the rest of us. You will be the forward attack and once Lewis is done with the dragon he will join you. Your mother will becoming on the left while I will be coming on the right. Your goal is to kill or eat as many demigods as you can. I will be looking for the girl and if you see her then put her in the golden pouches."

"What does she look like again, Poppa?" Lewis the cyclops asked.

"She has light pink hair you'll be able to tell it's her, she daughter of Aeolus."

My heart pounded in my chest. I was the only daughter of Aeolus in the camp and the only one with light pink hair! Why me? Then Elleta the cyclops nicely answered my question. "Why do we need her Poppa?"

"The new boss needs her for his...plans. Now everyone get some rest. Tomorrow we will be getting there at 6:00 sharp."

They all got up and started walking away. Suddenly I was swirling really fast in darkness monsters unimaginably scary stood there but I kept swirling a silent voice kept repeating,"They're coming...they're coming..."

I woke up breathing heavy and looked over at my clock. It was 5:30. I jumped out of bed and got dressed into my armor and garbed my whip and shield.Then I ran as fast as I could to the big house. I pounded on the door and a sleepy Mr.D answered. " Oh it's you. What do you want," he yawned.

"I need to see Chiron."

"Ugg fine. Chiron! You have a visitor!" He yelled. "A very short and annoying visitor."

"Let her in!" he yelled back.

I walked in the door still breathing heavy. Chiron stood on the stairs. "What's wrong?"

"I had a dream," I huffed. "Cyclopes are attacking us at 6 sharp. They're coming for me. Something dark...and dangerous is coming to this world in swirly-ness. It was unimaginably scary. All dark, evil and giant. It just seemed to resemble evil."

Chiron's eyes widened. "Where they...never mind. Do you know their attack?"

"Youngest boy on dragon with possible help from sister if he doesn't need help then they will attack center. Mom on left Dad on right. The dad will be coming for me while the rest of them will be killing and eating as many demigods that cross their path."

"Let's go get ready for battle," Chriron smiled.

We gathered everybody and set them up in battle groups. I had Asphe and Bis by my side. "Have we ever fought against a cyclops before?" Asphe asked.

"Fought against one, yes," Bis replied. "Killed one, no."

I looked down at my clock as it hit 5:59. There was complete silence and then we herd loud footsteps pounding against the ground. The dragon crouched down ready for battle, and then they emerged. They were bigger than I remembered in my dream. "Holy Hera," Bismarck astonishingly muttered. "We're all gonna die."

Then they attacked. We ran forward screaming battle cry. You could hear the head of the Apollo cabin screaming fire to his fellow soldiers as the arrows whisked through the air. I cracked my whip. I could make it a long or as short as I wanted so that was kinda of helpful when hitting a 80 foot cyclops. I hit him in the eye and in doing so I felt like Wonder Woman and accidentally got his attention on me. He pricked out a bunch of arrows that hit him and threw them at me. I put my shield up and heard the "plunk" as they easily bounced off. Next to me. Bis and Asphe were throwing retrieving spears at him which were making imprints of green blood on his skin. Bismarck took out his sword and flew up with the other Nike kids and chariots and started fighting him from above. The cyclops knocked off a guy on the chariot and knowing the Asphe would want to join us I threw her up into the air and used it to make her land perfectly in it. Then I used the wind to propelled myself up into the air with them. "LOOKING FOR ME!" I shouted

He smiled but turned around when he herd the screams of his son. There on the ground laid dead Lewis. His mother and sister also turned round in horror. Perfect timing. I took out my "finisher sword" as The father roared and I shot myself right to his heart and plunged the sword into his chest. He screamed as his son and himself dissolved in to black ashes and then disappeared. The mother and daughter looked over at him and then at Lewis. Realizing they had no chance the ran from camp as fast as their legs could take them. "VICTORY!" we cheered.

Then someone screamed. We all ran over to the sound and there next to balling Lorabelle was Chiron in a pile of golden ichor, with his eyes closed.

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