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The Ever Twisting Wind: Of Monsters and Titans

Chapter One: Who Voted for Democracy?

Beta: ShadowofAxios

It started off as a typical day.

Though that only lasted up till a mighty roar echoed through the balmy afternoon air, as a diamond headed red dragon tried to snap its jaws at Camp Half-Blood's failing barrier.

"For glory!" Andi Potter, clad in Greek armor, shouted as she charged at the dragon with Skyline in its sword form.

She was followed by a squad of a half dozen other campers, their celestial bronze weapons drawn and hide shields held at the ready to defend them.

"Get back! Stay in your phalanx!" The burly Clarisse shouted from her own squad as she saw them break their formation to recklessly charge the monster.

The dragon's long neck craned towards them at the sound of Andi's war cry. Spotting them, the beast spread its wings in an intimidating display and reared its head back as it breathed a gout of fire at them.

Andi just spread her arms out wide and the air responded to her will. Swirling rapidly it formed into a shield of wind that blocked the flames. Her squad hastily huddled together behind the constructed shield, sweat dripping from their faces thanks to the heat.

Sadly, this left them wide open when the dragon charged at them with its claws drawn back for a swipe when its fire died. The campers scattered at this, some holding up their shields in a bid to protect themselves, others just fleeing. Neither option helped much as campers in both categories soon found themselves badly cut up by the dragon's deadly sharp claws.

Andi was one of the few in her squad that managed to avoid injury.

"Scatter! Attack its flanks!" Andi ordered. Her group was a little too busy trying to avoid being diced to ribbons by the dragon to obey though and Clarisse's squad, still in their phalanx was still too far away and advancing too slowly to help.

Andi's eye twitched in irritation. Looks like I'm going to do this by myself. As usual.

Putting thoughts to action, she changed her blade into into its bow form and leapt into the air. Drawing her bowstring of wind back, she peppered the dragon's side with wind arrows. "Hey ugly, over here!" She cried out as she gained some altitude, trying to get its attention.

It worked, sorta.

The muscle bound monster turned around to face her. In the process, its long tail swiped at the demigods who were all still standing far too close to avoid it, sending practically the whole squad flying to the ground.

Andi winced at the sight. Opps.

Flames filled its maw and it released a pillar of fire at the daughter of Zeus, who simply danced around it with graceful ease.

Okay, gotta finish this git off quick. Andi thought, trying to figure out the right course of action to destroy this thing.

She was running through her options, all the while avoiding the dragon's flaming breath, when she noticed that her squadmates had finally finished getting away from the monster. The others have cleared out. That means I can use the big guns.

Andi gripped her bow like a club and cocked it back. Her knuckles white, she cried out "Αερο (Aero)!" as she gave it a powerful swing.

As if echoing her motion, a large blast of air fanned out from the swing, flying at the dragon and nailed its flank. The wind grinded against the monster's scales like large fan blades, slowly but surely eating into its hide, then flesh and finally bone.

An enormous hole took the place of its stomach and the beast dropped dead. For a moment, her magnificent kill lay there for the world to see and Andi admired the view. But all good things must come to an end and a moment later, the dragon disintegrated into gold dust that was scattered by the breeze.

She excitedly looked towards the other campers expecting to hear some cheers for her epic victory. She frowned though when all she could see was Clarisse barking orders and having the wounded tended to.

Andi dragged her body into her large cabin, ignoring her dad's statue, and walked into her magical wardrobe to enter her room. She peeled off her armor, dumping it to the floor and went to clean up.

Hunter barked her a welcome as she passed by his doggy bed and Andi gave him a tired scratch behind his ear before heading into her bathroom.

She splashed water on her face as she looked at her disheveled appearance in the bathroom mirror. She hadn't had much sleep lately, the dark rings under her eyes were proof of that. Her hair had grown out a bit, but looked messy, as if it had never been touched by a brush.

At least I've finally hit five feet, so there was some good news. The daughter of Zeus thought to herself as she began preparing for bed, even as her mind wandered.

So much for Camp Half-Blood being a safe haven for demigods. Andi griped as she got together her stuff for a shower. Ok, maybe I'm being unfair.

Camp had after all only recently developed a problem with dangerous monsters trying to get into its grounds. All because the magical pine tree that was all that remained of Thalia, the other daughter of Zeus, had been poisoned.

As a result, it was dying, which meant that the power that had fended off both mortals and monsters alike was slowing dying too.

Which meant bad news for every demigod at Camp Half-Blood.

Andi herself was miserable over everything and she was not alone. Most of the campers after being ground down by the endless patrols to keep the failing magical borders of Camp safe were starting to feel the same.

The only one that could keep the campers focused and at the ready was the trainer of heroes, Chiron.

But then her dad went and fired him, blaming the centaur for not doing anything about the situation. Well, him and Argus too. But Andi was mainly concerned with Chiron.

The child of Zeus tried talking to her dad's giant statue in her cabin. She'd tried to explain that the camp needed Chiron, how he'd trained so many of them for centuries and done so much for Olympus, but her mosaic ceiling didn't even boom, it just looked rainy instead.

Her father was ignoring her. Like usual.

It hurt, but she had grown used to it by now.

Unless I'm going to possibly die, he's probably never going to want to just have a nice chat. Andi thought to herself with a resigned sigh as she stepped into the shower.

Since things were going to hell in a handbasket, Andi had taken it upon herself to rally the campers to patrol and combat any invading monsters.

She had been doing this for the past two weeks.

Personally, the daughter of Zeus thought she was doing a good job, she didn't know why the other campers were complaining.

They had managed to stop no less than a dozen attacks and had done so in a pretty epic fashion each time too!

Okay, sure, some campers got hurt here and there, but come on! People were sent to the infirmary every day when they were training for this very reason!

Being in a coma for a week like Brittany from Cabin Ten isn't a small matter though. A traitorous part of Andi's mind reminded her, but she ignored it. It wasn't like anyone got permanently hurt.

That was a matter of pride for her.

Speaking of her pride, one thing she was especially proud of about her handling of the whole situation was that everyone was calling her a badass nowadays. It was hard to take down some of the beasties, and where whole squads of campers had failed, she had succeeded. Hence, all the praise she was getting.

But right now?

All I want is some sleep. Andi thought to herself as she finished putting on her pajamas and collapsed onto her bed.

Chiron rubbed his eyes as he finished healing another camper in the infirmary.

He had another day to pack his things, but he personally felt they could wait for now.

Still, with the chatter among the campers, he couldn't help but worry over one of his more… eccentric wards.

Former wards. Chiron bitterly thought.

He was centaur enough to admit that he felt a sense of betrayal at Olympus for exiling him from camp. Sure, he understood Zeus' reasons and how they related to the Crooked One, but it still stung his integrity.

As if he would let harm come to any child here, outside a quest of course, but even then he tried to prepare them as best he could. Why, he had asked for this job! And never once had he done anything to betray the parents of the campers. He had seen them perish, achieve greatness, and flourish many times over along with their divine parents.

He'd helped Olympus time and time again, trained their greatest children, and even smoothed over some really bad situations that the gods themselves created.

And this is what all those centuries of hard work and dedication had led to? Exile because of one wayward boy with a chip on his shoulder? Because the Crooked One was on the rise once more?

That pill was both bitter and hard to swallow.

The trainer was shrewd enough to know this was a chance to covertly recruit allies for the coming war. Like how the gods more willing to consider that the titan king was on the rise were preparing in their own way, behind Zeus' back of course.

And the god king wondered why everyone did things behind his back? He just couldn't see that he was wrong over certain things. And in the rare instances that he did, was too stubborn to admit it.

Which of course tied into his current objective.

Try and have the sky king's demigod daughter understand what her father had failed to after thousands of years.

A less difficult hurdle, but still trying in its own right.

Andromeda was so much a mirror of her Father, it wasn't even a joke. Well, if it was then it was one that he didn't find funny at least.

But not everything about the girl was bad, she still had some of the good qualities that her father showed. Rare though the instances that he did so were. Chiron just needed to nurture these qualities in Andi.

A lot.

His determination that he saw often misused to get his way even when wrong and the shrewdness that he occasionally showed were both qualities that Andi had adopted from her father. Chiron was determined to cultivate these qualities positively in the daughter of Zeus.

"Hiya Chiron!" Andi greeted enthusiastically. She sunk tiredly into the deck chair across the table from the centaur on the balcony of the BIg House. With just a glance, he could tell she was exhausted by keeping up with the punishing patrol schedule that the camp's failing wards had made necessary. She was handling it better than most of the other campers though despite the above average effort she had put into the patrols. That was a relief for Chiron, at least.

"So, what's up?" She asked, her electric blue eyes scanning him curiously, a glimmer of hope in her eyes. "Did Pops take back what he said?"

Chiron just offered a sad smile. "No child, but I wish as much as you do, that he will eventually." He stapled his fingers on the table and continued. "No, I wanted to go over what happened earlier this morning."

"Oh, when I totally trashed that stupid lizard, right?" She smiled brightly at this, looking ever so proud of her victory.

Chiron restrained a wince. "Yes, that. But I'm mainly concerned with how you led the other campers in that fight. I'm proud at how ready you are to be on the frontlines of every fight, it's admirable." He let out a sigh. "But I would like to point out, and pardon my bluntness, your rather reckless zeal and how it led up to it causing your fellow half-bloods to be hurt."

Andi sank lower in her seat, releasing a groan. "It was a fight. Of course people are going to get hurt. I do all the time, but I get right back up."

"Yes but not everyone is like you, Andromeda." Chiron stressed sternly. "Not everyone can take the kind of damage you can. Or recover as quickly."

Andi just blinked at him. "Well, they should learn to take a hit better."

Yes, he could see this was not going to get anywhere. Not with how she was so ready to deflect the issue.

Gods, why couldn't the apple have fallen farther from the tree?

The centaur decided to try another route, he'd backtrack to that later on. Hopefully at least.

"There was something else I wished to discuss."

Andi crossed her arms, a frown marring her face. "Yeah?"

His fingers laced together. "I've noticed that outside your standard Hogwarts magic, all your other spells are quite flashy."

"What's the problem with that?" Andi replied defensively.

The trainer took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say is, that I've been around for a long time, and while not a practitioner, I know quite a bit about magic. And while some of the more explosive spells you've learned are effective, I believe you're overlooking some of the more helpful basics."

"I don't see the basics helping us right now with monsters knocking on our cabin doors."

"But those basics will help you build up towards more powerful magics won't they?"

Andi waved Chiron's suggestion away dismissively. "I just skipped them and went for the good stuff. If there are spells that I do need later, I can learn them then. But I doubt that'll ever happen."

Now he was frowning. "I think that's just wasting your potential. Just as with training, you need to start from the basics and move from there to the more advanced techniques. That's essential to magical knowledge as well."

And it was shameful for someone dubbed Hecate's new champion to do otherwise.

Oh, he was rather irate at how Hecate so blatantly railroaded Andi into the position when she was in the midst of recovering from a battle. He would have wished she had time to think on such an important decision, she was thirteen after all, and it was not really fair to have her make the decision then. However, the magic goddess was a shrewd one and had even appealed to Zeus over the matter.

And Zeus was always one to have his children glorified with immortality.

Because Hercules was so happy with that. Chiron mused with a snort.

Especially if it gave him the excuse to eliminate a certain child of Poseidon without looking like an absolute hypocrite.

But that was another issue, for another time.

The child of Zeus just shrugged uncaringly.

Seeing that Chiron knew that what he was about to say would likely not win him any favors with the girl, but he had to try. "And doing something like that is similar in how you are leading the campers, wasting their potential with your recklessness."

It was sad. Chiron suspected that Andi was so dismissive of the value of potential and the need to fulfill it because no one had ever told her that she needed to do so. Instead, they only ever paid attention to her when she pulled off something particularly eye-catching. As a result, she had learned to only care about those flashy abilities to the detriment of her overall abilities as she overlooked the basics.

Andi just groaned again.

He ignored it and continued. "This camp is home to those with a wide diverse range of skills, think on that. Use that potential instead of just using them as warm bodies to fill your ranks and as cannon fodder. If you do this, your coming battles will go far better."

"I still won, didn't I?" Andi shot back, glaring angrily.

Chiron let out a sigh, as he realized he was getting nowhere. Resigned, he waved his hand to dismiss Andi.

Hopefully he'd have another chance to help her.

Will had just finished stringing another backup bow by his cabin, when he saw Andi slinking away from the Big House with a sour face.

Placing it on the rack, the son of Apollo got up and jogged over to her with a smile. "Andi!"

She turned to see him, and returned a nice little smile of her own. "Hey Will."

"Had a chat with Chiron?" The blond asked, hoping it was over what he thought it was.

And the frown returned, with a vengeance. "Yeah." Andi said, kicking some dirt lightly. "He was going over some of the stuff from this morning. He was saying that I got the campers hurt because of my recklessness."

"About that…" Will trailed off, something which caused her frown to grow. "You can't say he was wrong."

"Not you too!" Andi groaned. "You're saying that too? Why are you all complaining about that?"

"Well, no one likes to get hurt." Will began only to be cut off.

"It was a fight. That's kinda unavoidable." Andi shot back tiredly.

"That's true and the campers understand that. They just want you to be a bit more cautious with their safety." Will explained carefully, knowing full well that he was treading on dangerous ground. "The infirmary was kind of filled today."

Andi just shook her head. "So what? Like I said, it was a fight. People get hurt in those all the time."

Will was about to argue, but before he could open his mouth he felt a strong grip on his arm. He turned his head to see Clarisse.

"Be right back." She said, dragging the son of Apollo off.

"Hey! Let go!"

Clarisse ignored him and dragged him to the side of her cabin, glaring daggers at him. "Are you nuts?" She hissed furiously.

Will just yanked his arm back, rubbing it with a frown. "About?"

"You know Potter's the type that just doesn't listen. The best thing to do is manage her like the loose cannon that she is."

"...She's a person Clarisse." His sky blue eyes narrowed. Sure, he wasn't intimidating like Clarisse, but her comment made his stomach knot up. "You can't just point and tell her to shoot."

"Yeah?" The daughter of war laughed. "Watch me. I'm doing everyone in this camp a favor."

Will could only ball his fists. He knew Andi was sort of wild, and lacked control over some things, but she still a person… not a weapon for Clarisse to control.

You couldn't control wind, his dad learned that the hard way with Hyacinthus.

The son of Apollo turned and walked away, hoping that he could do something, anything, to help Andi.

He just hoped there was something that he could do.

It was a couple days later and Chiron's replacement as activities director had finally arrived. And it was for that reason that the daughter of Zeus found herself called to the Big House by Mr. D via messenger satyr.

Andi wasn't too thrilled with the idea of Chiron being replaced, but knew there was nothing she could do about it and so was resigned to accept it. She didn't have to be happy about it though.

She knocked on the door and heard an "Enter" come from inside. Opening the door, she saw Mr. D lounging on the sofa, flipping through a copy of Wines of the World.

"Amy." Mr. D uncaringly greeted in his usual name forgetting way.

"So this is the 'leader' of this camp?" The man seated across from Mr. D, the new activities director presumably, asked the god.

Andi puffed up at being called that, her previous unhappiness at Chiron's dismissal set aside for the moment.

"Heh, more than you were of anything." Mr. D told the man in a mocking tone.

"Yes." The man said with a clearly forced smile.

Mr. D snorted. "Though that's not saying much about either of you."

Andi deflated at that, but the man just kept up that forced smile of his.

"Anyways," the god continued ignoring their responses. "Amy, this our new activities director, Tantalus."

At his introduction, Andi gave the guy a good look and found the guy to be a complete creepo. He was deathly pale and bony, wearing a threadbare orange prisoner's jumpsuit, had blue shadows under his eyes, filthy chewed down fingernails, and grey hair cut so bad, it looked like it had snogged a weedwacker.

He gave a her a crooked smile with his uneven yellow teeth.

She blanched at the mere sight.

"Andromeda Potter." He greeted in a pleasant tone.

"Uh, hi." She said warily.

"Best keep your eye on this one, the troublemaking type." Mr. D informed with a frown.

"She is a child of Zeus like we are, isn't she Lord DIonysius? It's only natural." The ghastly man observed.

Mr. D lowered his magazine, his people's eyes twinkling with annoyance. "Mortals, dead ones especially, shouldn't be comparing themselves to gods."

"My apologies, Lord Dionysius." The apparently dead man offered insincerely. "I meant no offense."

As he finished speaking, an opened jar of Cheese Puffs appeared. One of the snacks flew into Mr D's mouth. As he chewed on and swallowed it, the wine god acted as if it had been the greatest Cheese Puff in the world.

Tantalus drooled at the sight, making Andi inch away.

"Oh, would you like one?" Mr. D said in faux surprise.

Tantalus gave the tiniest nod of his head.

"Well, help yourself." The god motioned him to the jar.

Tantalus got up, slowly moving towards the jar like a starved but cautious predator.

His hand was half a foot away when the jar suddenly jerked into motion and moved out of his reach. The man then swiped at it, but the jar just floated above his head. He released a snarl and jumped for it, only for the jar to float away from him, as if it was laughing.

No wait, that was just Mr. D snickering as he watched on with amusement.

"You have to try harder if you want it, dear boy." Mr. D said with mirth.

"No no, it's fine." A breathless Tantalus said even as he continued to eye the jar of food covetously. "I'll just grab something to eat later."

"Oh? Already? Well then, we can have another laugh, I mean chance. Yes, chance. At dinner."

The new activities director grimaced at the mere thought even as Mr. D smirked.

Andi just watched the whole scene with wary fascination.

She knew Mr. D could be kinda mean, but this seemed outright cruel for some reason.

As if reading her mind, which he probably did, Mr. D shot her an exasperated look before telling her in a chiding tone, "You really need to brush up on your legends, Amy."

What was that supposed to mean? She'd been doing just that. She'd been spending hours each day extensively going through all the lore about monsters as of late to better defend the camp.

Mr D just rolled his eyes.

"I believe I'm going to take a walk about camp, Lord Dionysius." Tantalus said quickly and started to shuffle Andi out the door. "Andromeda can show me around."

"Hey!" Andi complained about the girl handling. She had a no creepo policy on her body.

And this was a direct violation of it!

"Whatever." Mr. D said dismissively, going back to his magazine. "Just be there for dinner."

Tantalus grimaced again at the mention of dinner but nevertheless managed a nod.

"So, what'd you do?" Andi asked the guy, looking at his prison garb.

"Nothing. Just a small joke that was blown completely out of context." Tantalus hedged. "The gods were never very forgiving towards jokes on themselves."

Andi nodded. She had been in situations where her pranks got her into trouble before, though thankfully not with the gods.

"That blows. Though I've learned that sometimes jokes only seem funny to us, but are actually hurtful to others." Andi offered, imparting the lesson she learned the past year. "Maybe your joke was something like that?"

"In hindsight? Perhaps." The prisoner agreed. "Though I must commend you on being wise enough to realize that. I wish I was half as wise when I was your age."

Andi felt her pride swell at the praise.

By this point, the duo had reached the cabins and Andi began explaining the various cabins to the man. Though he skirted around Cabin Four like it was cursed and stayed a good distance away from Cabin One. Besides that, he also wasn't too interested in the cabins themselves, seeming instead to be more interested in talking to Andi about herself.

In fact, he was so interested about learning about her that after touring the cabins he suggested that Andi take them to some place they could relax and just chat rather than continue with a tour of camp.

Andi took him to the dock by the canoeing lake. It was where she often practiced her powers and was within sight of most of the other activity areas in camp, so Andi felt safe there even if she was with her creepo dead brother.

It turned out however that she needn't have worried. Her brother, despite his creepy appearance was a great guy. He was genuinely interested in her, in a way that no other family member she'd ever met was. He set there patiently listening as she told him all about herself. Praised her for all her accomplishments. And perhaps most importantly was sympathetic about all her worries.

When she told him about how she didn't know what to think about him replacing Chiron, he comforted her.

"Oh dear sister, he won't be gone long. I'm just standing in for a while. Once this mess is sorted out, he'll be back." He assured her. "But in the meantime, I just want us to get along. Like family should."

Andi liked the idea of that. She liked it a lot.

He also shared her worries about Thalia's poisoning.

"It saddens me a great deal as well that such a fate has befallen our sister. It is one of the reasons why I accepted this job. I want to help make sure she recovers and to catch the criminals responsible for this heinous crime." The son of Zeus confessed to Andi earnestly.

Hearing all this, by the end of their talk, Andi couldn't help but begin to trust the man despite his terrifying appearance.

The two siblings talked for hours, but all good things must come to an end and as dinner approached, Tantalus was forced to take his leave to report to Mr. D. With an apologetic goodbye and a promise to talk more later, he departed.

As Andi was about to head back to her own cabin to freshen up before dinner, she felt her arm being hooked and turned to see Katie, a nervous look on her face.

"Andi, I need your help."

"With what?" The daughter of Zeus asked with concern, since Katie was looking real spooked.

"Oh you know, plant stuff, gardening stuff. Things you need an extra set of hands for. Now."

"Um, well-"

"Thanks!" Katie beamed and practically dragged her away.

Andi just went along with it.

"Andi, stop talking to that man." Katie hissed quietly once they were completely out of sight of Tantalus.

"Why? He's my brother."

Katie looked as green as her eyes. "Andi, don't you know what that, that sicko did!? He's not someone you should trust." She chided in a big sister fashion. "He's probably just using you."

Andi frowned at that, digging her heels in, making them come to a stop. Righting herself, Andi looked at her friend.

"He's not that bad. Have you even talked to him?"

Katie gagged at the very notion. "Like I would want to even breathe the same air as him!"

"He's dead, doesn't exactly need air."

Katie just rubbed her eyes. "Andi, just do me a favor and stay away from him. He went to the Field of Punishment for a reason. That's all you need to know to say that he's bad news." She placed a hand on Andi's arm. "Please stay away from him?"

Andi just shrugged. "Can't promise anything at this point."

Katie looked dejected at that, but wasn't willing to give up just yet. "Andi, if you don't believe me then go research who he is. Then you'll see that I'm in the right here."

Andi shot Katie a stubborn look. "I'll think about it."

Katie gave a sad sigh but nodded. "That's all I can ask for."

With that the daughter of Demeter said a quick goodbye and walked off towards her cabin.

Andi just continued towards her cabin to clean up for dinner, upset that her friend was trying to tell her who to and not to trust. The only one who got to make that choice was her.

No one else.

"Man, now we have to deal with bulls?" Andi muttered as she stared at the elephant sized bronze bulls. Fire expelled from their snouts, their ruby eyes glowing menacingly. They were the latest threat to Camp Half-Blood and the campers were preparing to face them.

"Scratch that, fire breathing bulls made of bronze." The daughter of Zeus started to float in the air, pushing up a sleeve. "Okay, let's do this!" She cried out and soared ahead.

As she did, she didn't hear any war cries as she kicked an arc of air into the face of the bull to the left. "Come on you wannabe burger patty!" She reeled her fist back and punched. The air blast that she created with the move, crushed one of the automation's eyes.

Where the heck are those guys? Andi pondered worriedly as there was no follow-up to her attack.

She gained some altitude as the bull inhaled and released a gout of flames and spared a look at the other campers to find out what happened. She was worried that they had been ambushed, but that wasn't the case.

"Guys!" Andi shouted in exasperation as she saw what really happened. Dodging flames and blowing them away with a wave of her hand, she spotted Clarisse organising the other campers, including those supposedly in her squad, into a phalanx.

Fine, I can do this myself. Andi glowered and shot into the sky like a missile. She flipped her body to look downwards, the soles of her shoes pressed against a thin platform of solid air. She pushed off it, air screeching behind her as she came back down like a meteor.

A protective dome of air formed around her, swirling wildly as she collided with one of the mechanical bulls, a loud gonging noise filling the air as the monster stumbled fifteen feet. It's side now held a large dent that filled half its flank.

Andi tumbled along the ground and shot back to her feet, panting a little as she pulled back her bowstring, pelting the other bull with suppressing fire in rapid succession. Not that it was damaged much, sure her arrows was piercing the bronze armor that made up its hide but they were just small nicks to the automaton. It barely even seemed to notice them.

"Potter! Bring it over here!" Clarisse hollered.

Andi spared a glance at the campers at that and noticed that they had finished forming up into a proper phalanx with their celestial bronze spears glimmering in the afternoon sun.

"What if it flanks you guys?"

"I have that covered!" Clarisse sneered. "Just steer it so it's to our front, Airhead!"

She said steer, funny. Andi snorted mentally but agreed with the plan and lured the bull she had injured towards the phalanx. Even as she did though, she noticed that Clarisse had positioned a number of campers armed with bola launchers that the Hephaestus cabin had whipped up on the flanks.

Smart move on her part to counter the possibility of the bull flanking the phalanx, since if it tried, it would just bring itself into range of the launchers.

"What about the other bull?" Andi asked as she closed on the injured bull to put the plan into action.

"Princess' got it handled. I guess." Clarisse replied, gesturing across the hill to where Percy and Annabeth were combating the previously undamaged bull. Though it was now sporting quite a few cuts that were bleeding fire. Percy's handiwork no doubt.

But the two also seemed to be shouting at each other. Oh, and there was this strange big kid with them too. Weird.

"Ignore them! Focus!" Clarisse said gesturing to the unengaged bull.

"I've got it!" Andi shouted as she conjured a wind rope and tried to lasso the injured bull. Unfortunately, she was by no means a cowgirl and missed terribly on her first try.

Well, so much for her Wild West impersonation.

"...I've got it this time!"

The second time though she just used her powers to conjure the ropes around the rampaging bull. It bucked hard and set its whole body ablaze to break free and Andi was forced to dig deep to keep her grip on it. She blasted air from the soles of her shoes and pulled it, steering it towards the bristling line of spears that was the campers' phalanx.

The bull fought her for every inch of ground but Andi didn't give in, and slowly but surely dragged the monster into range of the bola launchers.

"Fire!" Clarisse ordered as the bull crossed into range. Immediately, the air was filled with the sounds of small explosions as the bolas were fired into the air with great force and fell onto the bull.

Weighed down by the dozens of balls of solid celestial bronze, the bull fell down to the earth with a thump.

"Charge!"

As one, the campers advanced in an orderly row and pierced its bronze hide with their long celestial bronze spears, delivering hundreds of stab wounds. Fire wept from the wounds and the rogue automation let out a mournful bellow as the damage became too much to handle and its ruby eyes dimmed and its body became limp.

"Alright, another baddy bites it!" Andi cheered.

Off in the distance a shout of "BAD COW!" was heard, followed by a sickening crunch. Andi and the other campers turned to look at what was happening in the fight with the other bull, just in time to see the huge kid punch the skull of the other bull in like it was made of tinfoil.

"Whoa, go new guy!" The daughter of Zeus whooped.

Done and done! Thanks to the team of Nameless and Axios as always.

To start things off, Andi hasn't seemed to have gotten the leadership gene from daddy dearest, huh? Well, yeah, that's the point. We subtly touched on it that in the last book. So keep in mind, this is a fault of hers, and will come into play later on.

Nameless: As we can see, we finally gave clear examples of Andi as a shitty leader. Before anyone complains, keep in mind that someone can't be good at everything. They'd be a Mary Sue/Gary Stu if they were. This is one of Andi's major weak points, deal with it.

And so enters Tanty Ass himself, and Andi likes him, kinda. You have to remember, with Thalia poisoned, and Andi's stress over the stuff that's going off in rapid succession, she just wants someone to be family. Sure, she's got her friends, but she's in the mindset of "Direct Family" is always best, this will come into play later as well.

Nameless: So Andi has been hoodwinked by Tantalus. Well, chalk this up to her ignorance of who he is, her desperate desire for loving family and his own people's skills. Don't worry she won't stay under his 'spell' for long.

And so, Percy and Annabeth, with Tyson, has entered the story. It's gonna get fun~!

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