Sky-

The cab dirver hit a bump, and Areena looked up. I turned. Her head had accidentally fallen on Mason's shoulder. I have to admit I was a bit jealous. Mason was really cuite, but that was a whole other catagory. Besides there was something about Steve and Areena... Oh well. When we got out at the Golden Gate Bridge I breathed in the cilly fall air. It felt good to be back in San Francisco. I shot a glance at Areena. She was looking around. There was a sad expression on her face. I knew something was up. "What's wrong?" I asked. *My dad, Jennifer, and my new "brother"* She put air quotes around the word brother. I gave her a confused look. "Umm, excuse me?" I asked playfully. The pain in her eyes told me not to joke around. "What is it?" I asked again. Soon she was explaining the whole thing about her mom, Athena, her step mom Jennifer, her dad and his job, and her soon to be step brother. I nodded the whole time, trying to sound like I understood, but I just couldn't relate. I never stayed long enough to get to know my mom, and I never knew my dad. I wish I had though. "Well Areena, I'm sorry about that. After this is all over, I hope everything works out for you," I said. She nodded gratefully. I smiled sympathetically at her. We kept walking. I shot constant glances at Areena. *We're here.* I heard Mason's voice. I turned. He was pointing at the bridge. It was just as beauitiful as I remembered. "All right, now we just gotta find the Titans' lair," I said. Like always my hand slid to my sword, and I walked toward the bridge, dodging death by cars about 5 times. Eventually I saw a trapdoor-looking thing on the side of the road. I felt around. There was no latch. I took out my sword. I felt around for a weak spot and found one right in the center of the small door. I hit it with the butt of my sword as hard as I could. Nothing happened. I tried again. Nothing. Once more. Still, nothing. I decided to try something I had not attempted since Chiron had found me. I raised my hand to the sky and closed my eyes. I focused on the clouds and the sky. I pictured thunder rumbling and lightning flashing. Just a few secconds later I heard the rumble of thunder and saw a flash of light. My eyes still closed, I shot my hand down and pictured the lightning striking the small door. Just a moment later I was almost blasted back off my feet. I stood my ground. When I opened my eyes I was swaying. All the energy seemed to have been sucked out of me. I heard someone shout my name. The last thing I remember, Mason caught me before I fell into the street. When I woke up my head was resting on something soft. I looked up and the first thing I saw was Mason tending to a fire. I turned my head and saw Areena. Then I saw Adromida nibbling half-heartedly on a granola bar. I sat up and realized the thing my head had been on was my backpack. Everyone looked at me. *You ok?* Mason asked. I nodded. "Ya," I said sleeply. *Hungry?* Areena offered me a granola bar. I shook my head. *Well you need some food! You've been pasted out for about 6 hours. My eyes widened. 6 hours?!" I asked. She nodded. I took the granola bar and started hungrily on it.

Sky-

"Th-the labyrinth?" I asked, scared out of my mind. I didn't know a lot about the labyrinth, but I did know that if you got lost in there, there was NO getting out. I looked at Mason. He looked afraid to, he tried to hide it, but I could tell. Then I looked at Areena. Our eyes were both gray, mine had just turned that stormy color because I was so scared. "Um, Areena, I don't think thats a great place to go." I said. She looked at me sympatheticaly. "I know, but we've gatta go in there." "Why?" I asked. Realasation flew into Mason's eyes. "I get it! The entrance to the titans lair is in the labyrinth! Thats why we found it! There was a reason why you were able to open the dore, and why Areena found the symbol!" I looked at Mason like he was crazy, but I knew he was rite. "All rite, well if we gatta go in there, then lets go!" I walked in first, Areena behind me, then Mason, then Adromida. When we got to the actual labyrinth, well, I can't really describe it. It was huge, for one. Well here, imagine a maze. A leafy, stony, brick filled maze. Then double that size by 20, add skulls, skeletons, old nives, and swords, then add in the over-powering stench of about 20 gazilion monsters, and you've got the labyrinth. Wonderfull rite? "Wow." Areena ghasped, her voice shaking. I was shaking from fear, but I wouldn't admit it. ""A-Areena?" "Yea?" "You've got the brains, do you know how to get outa here? Or possibly to the lair?" I asked. "Or possibly a hot dog stand?" Mason asked. I looked at him. "What? I'm hungry." He said. I rolled my eyes. I heard a low rumble I looked around. Then I saw it. A 50 foot tall cyclops. We all screamed. Wow, so manly for the kids of the gods. We pulled out our swords. Then the cyclops grabed me. It lifted me up, I screamed. I stabed the thing in the hand, then i droped my sword. "Oh come on!" I yelled. The cyclops was obiously getting annoyed with me, because he shook me so hard I felt like I was ganna be sick. "Sky! Stay calm!" Areena yelled. I looked at her, my eyes narrowed. "My mother hates me." THe cyclops broke into tears, and shook me harder.  "Ya sure! Stay calm. Kinda hard when an emotionly disturbed cyclops is trying to kill you!!!!" I yelled. Areena rolled her eyes. Mason threw his sowrd and it hit the cyclops in his only eye. It droped me, and I screamed. Falling feels strange. Its like being pushed threw water, a lot of water. And then you don't stop. You just keep going, and going, and going. I was screaming, really loud. It was making me crazy. I closed my eyes, still screaming. Then I stoped. I opened my eyes. Mason had caught me. I was blushing madly. "Thanks." I said. Jumping out, and brushing myself off. "Any time." He said, slightly blushing to. "Areena pointed up. "Uh guys, you can finish your emotional problems later, rite now we got trouble." I opened my mouth to argue, but the angry roar told me that could wait. I pulled out my sword and turned around.

Sky-

"Well, the day we get outa this death trap, is the day I'll be happy!" I said. The minotaur had shocked all of us. I was simply annoyed now. There had to be something in here that was intelligent. We walked for a long time; nothing bothered us. I kept looking over my shoulder. I felt like something, or someone, was watching us. It made me shiver. I looked up. That's when I saw it. I was so angry, I thought I was going to explode. Cameras. Cameras were on all the walls and celings. We were being watched, but by the gods, not monsters. I tapped Areena's shoulder. She looked back at me. *Ya?* I pointed up. "The gods are watching us." She rolled her eyes. *That's great Sky, I know.* "No! Not good watching like, 'Hey kids! You're doing a fine job!' but watching as in a comedy show for the gods. Not just for the gods, but for Mount Olympus," I said. She looked like she still didn't believe me. I grabbed her shoulder and pointed up. "See those cameras? Hesphtus put them there. Or maybe Dinosterous, but the point is they're there so they can give Olympus a live video feed of us. They're making a comedy out of us, Areena, I know it," I said sadly. She had noticed the cameras and nodded. *Is this a bad thing?* she asked. "Yes! Our parents are watching us like little kids watch Elmo! They're turning our survival in this stupid maze a joke. Can't you see?" I asked. She nodded, and I thought I saw her eyes water. *Can't believe them!* Mason scoffed behind us. We both looked at him. *The cameras! Mount Olympus is turning us into some kind of comedy!* he shouted. I nodded. "I already figured it out. And if they are watching then I've got just one thing to say: The gods are annoying!" Adromida's eyes shot toward me. *Are you sure that's a good idea?* she asked. I nodded. "Of course! Why do the gods have to act like they're better than us? Why don't the minor gods get any credit? Why do the gods act like we're useless until they need us to do their dirty work?" I asked. Thunder rumbled in the distance, and I grinned. "That's all I have to say," I said. When I finished, my friends were looking at me like I'd just accepted an invitation to my death, that I didn't have to go to. I simply walked along like it was nothing. My strayr used to always say that I had a habit of ticking off the gods.

Sky-

The story about Athena and the spiders was amazeing. I thought that after that I would have been scared of spiders to. As Areena told the story I got an idea. A stupid one yea, but an idea. "Areena, not to cut into your story, but how do you think telling this story infront of the Olympian counsil is making Athena feel?" I asked. Areena thought about it a bit, but I knew what the awnser was. *Humiliated. Angry. Sad. Annoyed. One of those.* She said. I nodded. Well since Olympis is treating us like a reality tv show, and humiliating us infront of our parents, why don't we humiliate them by telling all the myths we know about them that would make anyone ashamed?" I asked. Yes, a stupid idea. Not to mention the gods were watching us, but it just seamed like the right thing to do. Slowly Areena nodded. Mason turned to me, *Sky, had anyone ever told you that you have a major habit of ticking off the gods?* He asked. I blushed. "Yes." I admited. He didn't seam surprised. *Figures.* Adromida said. I heard a rumble behind us, but not like a monster, like a human. But the only humans capable of finding the labarinth were demi-gods. We all spun around to see a girl running towrd us with 6 feet of wicked black iron. The sword had a black leather hilt, and around the edges it was crystal bronze. The blade scared me to death. I think that was its goal to. She came at us yelling. We all jumped to the side, and ducked. I pulled out my sword and blocked her every move. At one point she had me pinned to the wall. I probubly would have died  if Mason had not come up from behind and tried to slash. But the girl was to quick for him. She rolled outa the way, and his sword almost hit me. Areena, and Adromida were next. They slashed and dodged, and rolled, but they couldn't pin her. Eventualy Mason got his sword un-stuck from the wall with my help, and we charged at her to. All of us together could barly pin her, but eventualy all of our swords were pointed at her neck. "Who are you?" I asked. *My name is RJ, RJ Jones. My mother is Nyx.* She said. "Um, who?" I asked. I could tell me not knowing teribly affended her. *I wouldn't expect you to know daughter of Zeus! No one cares about Nyx! Even though she is one of the most powerful olympians!* She shouted. I scratched my head confused. I was about to make a really smart comment like, 'who's Nyx again?' when Areena steped in to save the day. *Nyx is goddess of night and shadows.* RJ nodded. Now I began to realise how that would be true. Her eyes were the darkest gray you could imagine. Her hair was long, black, and curly towrd the bottum. Her skin was pale, and her clothes were black. Like her shirt was black, and she had a black demi-lavato jacket on and her jeans were dark blue. Her nikee sneakers were also black. She looked like night. I also noticed that she looked a lot like Nico DiAngelo, son of Hades. I wonder if that was the theme with those guys.

Sky-

We were all looking at RJ. I bet she felt pretty weird. First she fights us, and we fight back, then we don't know who Nyx her mother is, then were staring at her like she's a nutter. She clicked the butt of her sword, and it turned into a knife. She turned to look at us. *I know about the prophecy children of the gods. I also know that a daughter of Nyx is in it. Me. And when you need the night, I'll be back. But until then, good luck demi-gods.* And with that she melted into the night, leaving with a small night breeze. *What was that?* Mason asked. I shook my head. "No idea. The prophecy doesn't say anything about a daughter of Nyx! And she sounds WAY older than she looks," I said. *Maybe she did something, and Zeus thanked her for it, and made her her mother's servant. Her messenger maybe. Maby Nyx wants to help us?* Andromida wondered out loud. "But that's impossible! Nyx made an oath that says she will NEVER have any children with a mortal!" I shouted. This made NO sense! Was RJ the product of a broken 3,000-year-old oath? *This is wrong. RJ shouldn't be alive,* Areena said. We all nodded in agreement.

OK, I guess RJ should go to camp half-blood then.

Parents: Her mother is Nyx, goddess of the night and its darkness, and her father is a dentist in LA called Jim Winnek

Name: RaeJane (Really call her RaeJane, and she will punch you. She prefers RJ) Winnek

Hair: Long black that gets a little bit curly towrd the bottum

Eyes: So dark gray they're almost black

Skin: Pale, like she stays up all night and hasn't seen the light of day for a while

Other: Very athletic. Runs a lot. Is great with her weapon

Weapon: A necklace with a pendant at the bottum, that had a star in the center. The pendant is black and the star is gold. Push the center and it turns into a black iron sword with a black leather handle.If she says knife, it turns into a black iron knife with a black leather handle

Special Marks: A scar on her left cheek a fury gave her after she intruded the underworld trying to speak with Hades.

RJ-

I sat at the big house with Chiron. I was about 13 but unlike other demi-gods I had met my mother, and she had told me that night was a mysterious thing, that I needed to act that way. I would be 14 soon, and I was sick of listning to her go on and on about acting like a prophocey. Being mysterious and hard to figure out. I heard a few kids begin to round others up. They were all wearing armor. I jumped up on the railing and watched them do it. Eventualy the y came over to me. "You need to come." The one in the front said. "Sory dude, but I don't listen to guys with feathers on their heads." It was true. The Hermese cabin had put feathers on most everybodys helmets. The guy didn't seam happy to hear that. "Come on daughter of Nyx." He said. That was odd, campers here usualy didn't talk like that. Especialy to me. They would never talk to me like that. They had all heard a story about Nyx driving some guy insane because he upset her when she was just 2 decades old. They were afraid I was going to do that to them. Obiously not now. I looked around the crowd. Just about ever camper in camp half-blood was there. Including Sam. She was an old- timer like me, and both our parents were minor gods so we were great friends. I looked at her. She raised her shoulders like she didn't know. "Why?" I asked. The guy in the front looked rite at me. I felt burning horrible images run throught my mind. That kid wasn't a kid. He was Ares, god of war. I fell to the ground and muttered to Chiron. "Ares." I grabbed my necklace, turned it into a sword and looked at Ares. Concintrateing anywhere BUT his eyes. They could drvie you mad by just looking at them slightly. I looked at Chiron. He was getting up. He looked pritty funny in his party ponie t-shirt with his fluffy horse behind stagering to stand up. "Ares, why are you here?" He asked.

(I think we should swich on and off from the first ones we did: Areena, Sky, Mason, and Adromida, to the second ones: RJ, and Sam. What do you think? That way we  get to do both RP's)