Natalie Monologue

So...yeah...Natalie's a demigod. Not only is she a demigod, but she's a daughter of Zeus. I couldn't help but wonder how she survived for so long without getting...you know...killed. Children of the big three are insane monster magnets. But, I guess, considering there are at least 6 of us still alive, we must be good at surviving. Either that or monsters are even more stupid than we think.

I did not expect Natalie to be a demigod. I guess I'm slow on the uptake. The whole summoning lightning thing should have been a sign...but I didn't connect the dots. (Yes, Natalie we had those in the 40's, geez)

So, as Natalie explained, I pretty much froze. I couldn't believe it, for one thing, but I also realized how big an idiot I was. (OK...OK...Am)
I saw a hand grab the back of the little girl's shirt and pull her back. She laughed and I saw Natalie's head sticking out of the window.

"Goodbye, Nico." She laughed and dragged the little girl back inside as she waved to me. I smiled and turned back around and started to walk.

I was walking towards Camp Half-Blood with my hands shoved in my pocket when the drowsiness surrounded me. One second I was perfectly fine, and the next I felt like I was going to pass out. I knew right away there was something doing it to me, but I didn't have time to decide what to do. I stumbled over to the nearest bench and collapsed, my eyesight fading. Soon I drifted off to sleep.

I never like the whole...demigod nighttime adventure thing. We can't control ourselves, and we can sometime see some pretty disturbing things. But I had no choice, and I had to do it. I prepared myself for the worst when my vision began to clear, even though I was asleep.

But of all the things I was expecting, I wasn't expecting to be standing in the yard of a house. The house was the color of the sky, with white shutters, making the windows look like clouds. It was fairly small, but the yard was huge. There were children's toys littering the grass, most of them balls. Ropes hung from the giant oak tree to the
I could right away it was Natalie. Her hair was in pigtails, and she was actually wearing a dress (shocking), but she still had the bright blue eyes I recognized. Mini-Natalie ran into the yard and grabbed one of the ropes and began to climb it, making her way up the tree. She was actually a fast climber, especially since she couldn't have been more than six years old.

It was pretty weird, watching a six year old version of Natalie. I felt like I was invading her privacy, even though this seemed like any other day that could happen to any other family.

It only took Mini- Natalie a few minutes to reach the top of the tree. (Fine, I'll stop calling you Mini-Natalie) She was at the top of the tree, which led to the flat part of the