"You're lucky you're not dead."
"I've been saying that since I was 10."
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A year has passed since Luke left Arya at camp.
Everything seemed to be changing so fast it was hard to keep up with. A growing sibling relationship, the added responsib...
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"I've been throwing stones, waiting by the river/ I've been on my own, praying like a river You've been gone too long, I'm waiting out the winter/ and I've been on my knees praying like, praying like a sinner" - Sinner, Andy Grammer
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THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW
ARYA WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE on border patrol today. But when she saw that Clarisse was leading a battle of ten campers against two, elephant-sized, mechanical bulls she wasn't just going to walk away.
Instead, she did the thing demigods were known for and made an impulsive decision by summoning her magic spear, then running into the battle with no armor on.
It briefly occurred to her she might get in trouble later, but she wasn't going to dwell on that.
The bulls were massive things made of metal. The pieces overlapped each other making it near impossible to penetrate them. Not to mention the steam coming off from them from there inner workings were enough to make anyone's eyes water. The campers were struggling to take them down, most of them had never faced a threat of this size before. Clarisse was leading them, doing the best she could, but between the bull's size, make, and their add-on ability to breath fire. It wasn't an easy task. Most of the fighters couldn't get within ten feet of the creatures.
Even Arya, who was the best fighter at camp, struggled to get a hit on the things. Every time she got close, fire would come out of their mouths and Arya would have to duck away. From her distance, she tried to throw her spear to fatally penetrate the bulls, but she was unaware of their weak spots, which resulted in Arya hitting random spots on the bull with no results other than a few small tears in the armor. They were wearing down the group of demigods fast.
Clarisse eventually noticed Arya and called out to the girl.
"Tuna-Head!? Wanna use your water powers on the fire breathing bulls?"
"Don't you think I would if I could!?" Arya called back as she rolled out of the way of a fireball. "I used it all up a few days ago when the Chimera attacked!"
Arya ran up, blocked, and forced the rhino to change directions before it could impale her with its horn.
"No! We filled it up this morning!" Another voice called out to her causing Arya to turn her head towards it. She realized it was Silena Beauregard of the Aphrodite cabin who was preparing her shield for a fire attack.
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