Lookin 4 monsters

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Lily walked into the forest and sat down on top of a huge rock pile called Zeus's Fist. She had been tending the gardens all day long and she wanted to take a nap. She also wanted to see what kind of monsters were stocked in the woods at the moment.

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Ariel walked around a tree, scratching her head. This was supposed to be a walk, not a search and rescue. She had lost her hat again. "Where are you..." Ariel mumbled. Suddenly she spotted it, beside a big rock pile. She picked it up and flipped it on to her head. "That's better." Ariel said. Then a pebble landed infront of her. She looked up and saw a girl sitting ontop of the rock pile. She was staring deep into the forest. "Hey!" Ariel called. "What are you doing up there?"

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''I am waiting for monsters to attack me." Lily said knowing that it probably sounded ridiculous. "Well I want to get some real training done because those stuffed dummies just don't cut it for me." Just then Lily heard a growl coming from the bushes. "Did you hear that?" Lily asked Ariel. "I think It may be a nemian lion or a hellhound." At that moment the source of the growl came out of the bushes.

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"Woah!" Ariel yelled, startled. She quickly scrambled up the rock pile to where the girl was sitting. She crouched, heart pounding. "Umm... I'll just leave that thing to you." She said. Ariel drew her dagger from it's sheath on her leg, just in case she needed it.

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The hellhound burst through the bushes foam frothing at its mouth. "Woah that thing is a WHOLE lot bigger than Mrs. O Leary!" Lily exclaimed her two katanas raised in defense. "Ok you sneak over to the side & stab it's neck. I'll rush in & distract it!" With that Lily leaped off Zeus's Fist & slashed the hellhound's nose.

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"Umm... Sure" Ariel stammered. She wasn't about to admit that she hadn't faught any real monsters before. She creeped of the rock pile while the other girl slashed the hellhounds snout. Now around to the back of the monster, Ariel twirled her knife in her hand and jumped at the monster. She landed on the beast like you would ride a horse. Instantly, the helll hound started to try to throw her off and Ariel stabbed her knife into it's back. The beast slowed it's assult and Ariel quickly attacked the back of it's neck. The beast collapsed and Ariel rolled off. She stood up, still shaking, and walked up to the he'll hound. "Is it dead?" she asked, poking it with her foot.

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"Well let me see." Lily slashed one of her swords across its neck. It desintigrated. "good job." Lily praised. "Monsters desintigrate when you kill them so thats how you know if its dead." Lily admired Ariels dagger skills. "Your pretty good with a dagger arent you?"

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Ariel ran her hand across her sweaty brow. She had never seen a monster up close before and that one was fairly scary. "I never really hung around the orphanage grew up in very long, so I had lots of free time to practice my tecniques. Actually, now that I think about it, I found this dagger being blown along a sidewalk on a fairly windy day. Maybe it was my dad." Ariel wondered, looking up at the sky.

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Lily sheathed her swords and turned to face Ariel. "Who is your dad? My mom is Demeter the goddess of agriculture, plants, and the seasons." Lily thought she knew the answer but she wanted to be completely sure.

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Ariels dagger, now clean was dropped into it's sheath. "My dad is Aeolus, the god of wind. Actually, I don't think we've excanged names yet. Mines Ariel." She said. Ariel looked around, as if another monster was going to jump out.

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"I had a feeling your dad was Aeolus." Lily said matter of factly. "My name is Lily." she noticed ariels nervousness and said. "dont worry, if another monster comes I can sneak around behind if you want. But that implies you as the bait." Lily eyed the bushes for a second before turning back towards Ariel again. "would you like to do some training tomorrow?" Lily asked the daughter of Aeolus. "How old are you? I am 9 years old and I have been at camp for 3 years sraight wthout dying. Well the last part is kinda obvious."

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Ariel smiled at Lilys last commet. "Im 15, but I've only been here a few weeks." She said. "Sure, I'll train wth you tommorow! It will be fun." She picked up a nearby rock and ran her hand over it. It felt smooth and flawless. Ariel dropped in her pocket. She liked that kind of stuff, cool, yet natural.

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"Wow you are 15." Lily said curious. "DO you want to see something cool that I can do?" Lily asked. "Watch this." She knelt to the ground and waved her hand over a patch of grass. Immediately the grass started to grow and grow and grow. Soon it was at least a foot tall. Then Lily waved her hand over it again and the grass stopped growing. "Isn't that AWESOME?!"

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Ariel stared at the long grass stunned. "Wow!" She exclaimed. "Thats so cool! The only thing that happens to me is the wind reflects my mood. So that's the easiest way to tell how I'm feeling." Ariel was still amazed at Lilys talent. "Can you do that with anything else?" She asked.

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"I havent tried to do it with anything else.'' Lily said. "The wind reflects your mood? Wow thats better than making grass grow."

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"Really?" Ariel exclaimed. "I don't have any control over it like you do. You could make a distraction anywhere, while all I can do is stir up dust when I'm angry." Ariel smiled at Lily. She liked hanging out with her. "How long have you been able to do that?" She asked

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"I have been able to do it for about a year now. I used to have no control over it. It would be like I walk past a tree and suddenly the tree starts growing. I walk past a bush and then the bush starts growing. It was freeky." Lily explained to Ariel. "So do you have any other things you can do with the wind?"

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Ariel smiled at Lilys story. "Thats funny. Not you being creeped out, but the plants randomly growing." Ariel explained. "I can't really do anything else except move light stuff. Very light stuff." A breeze blew by and Ariel put her hand out, palm up. A leaf blew off the ground and landed in her hand. "See?" She said, letting the leaf blow off. "I can't wait until I can move bigger stuff, like rocks."

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"That is still WAY cool. I feel bad for mortals cuz they cant do any of this stuff." Lily said sadly.

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Ariel noticed the sadness in Lilys voice. "Ya, but if they all had powers like this, then we would probably have a lot more to worry about than normal monsters." She said softly. Ariel hoped she hadn't offended Lily by saying that, but it was the truth. "Not all mortals would use the power for good." She explained

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"True just like some demiods may not use thirpowers for good." Lily explained. She shrugged' "That's just life I guess."

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"Yeah..." Ariel said softly. She bend down, squinting her eyes at the ground. After looking for a bit, she picked up a small, flat rock. Ariel wound up and threw the rock, the way you would skip a stone. It bounced of the ground a few times, then headed for the bushes. Ariel expected to hear a clink as her stone collided with another rock, but instead heard a soft thud, followed by a tiny yelp. Growling suddenly erupted from the bushes. Ariel whipped into battle stance, slipping her dagger from it's sheath. "Heh, heh... Oops." She mumbled appologeticly.

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Lily jumped back onto Zeus's Fist and unsheathed her swords. "It's OK It probably would have smelled me anyways." She assured Ariel.

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A hellhound sprang out of the bushes and charged toward Ariel. "Ill be the distraction this time." Ariel shouted to Lily. She ran toward he monster and hoped her plan worked. As she neared the beast she dove, feet first, and twisted to avoid the monsters snapping jaws. As she passed it's back legs, she slashed towards them. She had a inward glow as she felt her blade connect with flesh. Ariel quickly sprang up as the hellhound limped around. "Ok, go!" She exclaimed as she rolled away from the sharp teeth.

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Hearing Ariel's signal, Lily once agaon lept from Zeus's Fist. This time she brought her first blade crashing sown on the monster's head. Her second blade slashed across the hellhound's neck, and with a final howl the beast turned to dust.

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Ariel smiled as she push a bang out of her face. "Wow, I guess practice does make perfect!" She said, complamenting Lilys sword skills. She whipped her knife on her already dirty shirt for the second time and slid it into it's sheath. "Say, let's go to the Capture the Flag!" Ariel exclaimed. Not waiting for an answer, she ran deeper into the forest, towards the CTF starting point.