Stella wanted to bang her head against the wall of the Hermes cabin. She had been here for about 2 weeks, 2 weeks! And she hadn't had the slightest hint of being claimed by her stupid parents. She felt almost...out of place.

Don't get her wrong; she loved Camp Half-blood. The people there were so friendly, well except Nico, for some reason. She had already made three best friends during her stay: Matt Reynolds, son of Hermes, Nyssa Mumford, daughter of Hephaestus, and Amy Wong, daughter of Apollo.

On the other hand, it wasn't just not being claimed that had Stella in a mood, staying in the Hermes cabin was getting old real fast. Tiffany had insisted on making Stella read this book called The Maze Runner, but reading was not Stella's forté. It was like someone doodled all over the pages making the words impossible to understand. Matt eventually got tired of having to sleep on the floor, so him and her were now sharing a top bunk, which really was not comfortable. She did like the guy, but she wasn't really sure what he felt, and sleeping in the same bed just made her want transi exire in caverná (go die in a hole). Then there was the constant pranking (though she did participate in helping with most of them) and the stealing. In all, the Hermes cabin wasn't the best place to stay.

Stella groaned and slammed down her book. She had thought everyone in the cabin was at lunch. Apparently someone else decided to skip it too.

Matt heard her and poked his head up from the upper bunk, "What's wrong, Sweetheart?"

"Nothing," she muttered.

He raised his eye-brow, "Well, 'nothing' seems to be bringing you down." He patted on his bed for her to come up. "Sit."

She was half way up the ladder of the opposite bunk when Matt pulled her onto his bed, making her fall on top of him.

"Hey! Let me go!" she giggled, trying to pry his arms off of her hips.

His grip tightened as he whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her back, "Make me."

Stella turned over to look into his emerald eyes. Should I tell him? she thought.

"What are thinking about, Stella? Tell me what's going on behind those shinning eyes of yours," he whispered, as he leaned in so that their foreheads touched. Stella wanted to say something, but was afraid to break the moment.

Suddenly, someone opened the door. They immediately dove away from each other while blushing redder than the strawberries in the fields outside.

A teenage girl with straight, black hair, sliver highlights and brown eyes peeked in, "There are you two! Me and Nyssa have been looking all over for you!"

"Why?" Stella asked, as Matt was just awkwardly looking down.

She shrugged, "Something about her brother's dragon going crazy. Oh! Matt, I found your missing bow and arrows at archery practice!"

"Yes!" He hopped off the bunk and pecked Nyssa on the check. "Amy, what would I be without you?!" he said before running off to get his bow.

Amy laughed, "You'd probably be a hobo out in the streets!"

Stella just shook her head smiling.

Amy spun her head around, thinking to look suspiciously at Stella. "Did I just interrupt something?" Amy wiggled her eyebrows.

Stella felt herself wanting to grin. She pushed down those feelings and hopped down. "Come on. There's a dragon on the loose," she said, secretly hoping Amy would fall for the new subject.

❇❤«Time Jump, just a normal boring old time jump! *sob* »❤❇

"Oh, don't worry! I'll go find your brother's dragon! How hard could it be?" Stella mocked Amy while kicking a rock at a tree. That's what she had said to Nyssa before everyone split up to find this dragon. That was some hours ago. Nyssa was a good friend and all, but sometimes she expected a bit too much from Stella.

She heard something step on a stick behind her in the midst of the woods.

"Hello?" she called.

No answer.

She shrugged and continued walking. She was not one to be jumpy. Another snap.

Stella froze and slowly turned around. There sat a giant, golden, mechanical dragon with glowing red eyes. The Dragon made a sound, rather like a roar, as it blew fire on top of Stella.

Stella fell backwards from the force. She would have been fried like Nico's chicken nuggets, if it weren't for her fire skills. She had learned this when she encountered a hydra down in Tartarus. She still wondered how she had all these abilities. It was as if the fire just went straight through her.

The dragon pursued its new-found prey. It seemed as though it was reloading for another blast of fire.

Stella growled. She did not like being knocked down, by some puny mechanical Dragon. She was told not to use any of her powers by Bob and Damasen unless she needed to, but she ignored the thought. "You want fire? FINE! I'll give you fire!"

Stella thrust her hands out waiting for the beast to be covered in flames. Nothing happened. She tried again, and again. Still no flames. "What?!" Stella shouted, looking at her perfectly normal hands. This wasn't normal. The wasn't normal at all. In Tartarus she could easily... "..once she steps through these doors, she will be mortal." Thanatos's words hung in the air like poisonous gas to Stella. Mortal.

Stella grabbed for her machete. The sheath was empty. She saw it about 10 yards away.

She tried to speed jump to it, but pain shot through her ankle. She was yanked back. Her foot was caught in between the thick roots of a maple tree.

The dragon snapped it's jaws at Stella. She was stuck. For the time in her life, Stella was literally stuck in a life-threatening situation.

"Son of a Gorgon!" she spat at the dragon.

Just as she thought she was about to be chomped to bits, a boy with dark curly brown hair jumped in front of her.

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(A/N:)

Yeah, I made a cliffy. :/ Sowy.

What do you guys think about Matt and Stella? Yay, or nay?

Credits for Amy Wong's character goes to @amy_wong_ Check out her account!

If anyone else wants a character in here feel free to comment, their name, looks, additude, and godly parent and I'll try to add them in here.

Anyway I was looking through which parts got the most reads. And I lost half my readers after Will Solace: Nico Returns with a Girl. Why? Why must you hate on Nico. Sigh. Ouch, guys, ouch. Is there like a Solangelo problem here? I'll fix Nico to another ship if you want.

Until next time:
Wweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :D