APOV

"D*ie,di*e,di*e," I yelled at the computer. I was playing a new game, it included taking over kingdoms and driving a army to war. I felt a finger tap my shoulder. I looked behind me to see Ares, God of war."Sup?"

He growled at me. I continued to stare. "What`s up," he muttered. "The stupid war games are what`s going on," he cried. Tears streamed down his face and I sat next to the big guy(on my bed) after I had pulled out my headphones.

"So,the games are destroying your image?" I had to ask and he kinda laughed.

"I`d think you were a child of Athena."

"I`m not smart enough for her."

He laughed more. "So, I hear you`re good with problems."

"My image is getting around," I said."Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!!!"

"That is really creppy."

"It`s not as bad as my witch laugh!!!!!"

"Anyways," he continued. He obviously wanted to get off the topic of laughs. "I really need help adjusting to the games sorta making funny me."

"Well,you need to describe your problem more..." I whispered. I wanted to say it softly, because I didn`t know what he would do. "You need to tell what`s excatly making you think they are making fun of you."

He breathed a deep breath. I hinced at it and I was not expecting what was going to happen. He started to sing!!!!!!!!! I am not kidding. He went into whole Opera mode. I just sat there, with my jaw hanging loosely.

"The games are curseing my image. I want them to stop and it`s only irritating me. I`ve sent over two thousand messages to companies and producers. It`s only getting worse and I am so sick of it!"

The song sounded an awful lot like Misery by Marron 5. I started to tap to a beat and let him sing. It was really kind of cool.

"There isn`t anyone who will listen to me. The games are getting awfully bad and they don`t have my have my back. No, they don`t have my back. I wanna get them back for the torture. I wanna get them back."

I continued to tap along and he started to smile. I sang along.

"I know they really got you bad. I know you wanna get them back, yeah you wanna get them back. The only thing is ,you really can`t. No, you really can`t."

Then the music got slower. It went to Give you heck, by the allamericanrejects.

"Yeah,they wanna make me fall so hard. The truth be told, I also play the games too. Yeah,they`ll never see what they`ve done to me. Because if they want, they will never. When they walk by, they hope it gives me heck!!!!!"

I slowed the music even slower and quickly speed up to match Up in the Air, by Thirty Seconds past Mars. "No,no,no. they don`t think that. I bet you, I think they just like your agent. I think they wrapped the idea so much in the air, they seen it only a thousand times before."

He started to think for a moment and he started to sing again. " I keep the creators in line. It`s like they never wanna let me win."

"Tell me what you need to do!!" I was singing along with Rockstar by Nickelback.

Finally, Aress jumped off the bed and did a guitar solo. He actually kinda rocked it. "Yeah. I need to get help and get them to get stop the games!!!!!!!"

I couldn`t stop laughing. "I didn`t know you sang!?!"

He laughed too. "You weren`t bad yourself."

"Bad?!"

"Fine. You are Apollo`s blessed one." I put up my fingers to the rock-on sign. He repeated the sign and smiled.

"I have one question,though."

"Yeah," he said. He pulled out his we*apon and picked dirt out of his fingernails.

"Why did you sing your problems?" Wrong thing to say. Listen,if a god/goddess sings at your house, don`t talk about it. His face went snow white and the blood rushed down his face. You could see the gold blood rush out of his face.

"I thought we had to sing our problems. That`s what Aphrodite told me."

I burst out laughing and he picked my up by some skin on my neck.

"My, you really are skinny."

"You`d think," I said back.

"So,we don`t have to sing our problems?"

"Why in the world would you think that? Oh, yeah. Your girlfriend told you. Heehee. That`s too funny. I really liked that, though. I should make that a requirement."

He paled again. "You don`t tell anyone about this." Whoops.

"Fine,fine," I cried. "Just let me go. I just can`t wrap my mind around Aphrodite doing that. Hephaestus, totally. Aphrodite, no way. Dude!!!!!! I think he made a clay statue of her. Le gasp. He`s messing with you."

"No," Ares screamed. He set me down. "He wouldn`t do that. He`s my brother."

"Techinally..."

"Hush up smart one. How would you know what he might do."

"Books."

"That makes no sense," he bellowed. He looked around my room.

"There`s nothing in here. Seriously. Nothing happens to my room that I don`t notice," I reassured him. He didn`t seem satifised. He continued to look through my room and sniff in random places. I hacked.

"Well,there`s something you don`t know about. Look," he whispered and opened my door. Two nets came down and I was now entwined in a gold cage. I didn`t struggle. I knew they only got smaller.

"Muhahahaha. I got you Ares. Wait,what`s the mortal doing here. Grr. She only disrupts my plans. Ugh. Maybe she`ll take you too," a voice bellowed.

"Hephaestus!!!!" I screamed. "What`s your problem?!?!?!?!"

The voice didn`t respond to me. "I`ve caught you, Ares. Now you can`t take my wife away from me!!!!!"

"So you do love her," I yelled. I was trying to solve this case, since when I found out about it.

"Of course, mortal. Now hush."

"LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA," I screamed. Nobody tells me to be quiet.

"I will take away your voice, Mortal,"Hephaestus yelled at me. "I will have your own blesser take away your gift!!!!!"

"Don`t bring the kid into this," Ares cried.

"I`M NOT A KID!!!!!!!!"

"Hush mortal," Hephaestus cried at me again. I could tell he was getting tired of me.

"LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Ugh. Mortals. I`ll just shut you up myself," Hephaestus said. I started to rock my cage back and forth. I wanted to get out. Soon Ares did the same and he took ahold of my cage and stopped rocking me.

"Shh," he hissed. I nodded and kept yelling my La`s at Hephaestus. Ares quickly tried to tie our cages together with success. He rubbed his hand quickly agaisnt them as I sang my loudest. I looked towards my computer and willed it to turn on. It did and started to play music really loud. Ares looked at me funny, but shook it off.

"Hey," I hissed at Ares. I took a deep breath and sang really loud before continuing. "What are you doing?"

He finished whatever he was doing and screached at his hand. "Shoot. Ugh. I can`t get this to mend. Will you try?" I nodded and rubbed my hand agaisnt the cages. They gave really easy. The gold melted under my hands and I fell out of my cage. Ares eye`s got big and he sang at his loudest.

"You are the mortal!?!?! How dare you? And are you singing Ares? "Hephaestus screamed. I laughed at the comment and rubbed the bottom of Ares`s cage. I sang International love, by Pitbull as loud as I could. Ares soon fell out as the gold melted through out my hands.

"I will get you Ninja. Just wait," Hephaestus yelled. I laughed.

"I`ll be ready for it. I can`t wait," I said back. He growled at me and dissapeared. Ares continued to look at me.

"Wow." Those were the only words out of his mouth.

"What?"

When I and Hazel woke back up from the vision we were in the big house. Leo, Alex and Jennifer were next to my bed and everyone else was next to Hazels. Hazel was already awake and explaining what had been happening lately. Leo had his eyes closed and his head down on my bed. Jennifer and Alex were listening and watching Hazel tell her story. I sat up and snuck outside. I wasn't sure where to go but back to the beach.

I sat at the edge and stared out across the skyline. I watched as the sun set and waited until I might fall asleep, but before that could happen, I saw two familiar figures walking atop half-blood hill. I ran towards them and found myself face to face with my two best friends from grade 6. I gave them both a big hug "I've missed you so much!" I told them. "Makenna?" My friend Micah asked.

"That'd be me!" I told them, smiling. "Awesome!" My other friend Mireya said excitedly. "Are you a half-blood?" Micah asked curiously.
"Of course I am!" I said. "And you are too otherwise, as you know Micah; you wouldn't be able to enter camp without being one." I began to lead them towards the big house and Micah asked the question that I had been dreaded, she gasped and asked "What happened to you?!" I paused thinking of a liable way of answering her. "Why don't you ask Percy and Annabeth."

Micah was so excited once we got to the big house, she was jumping for joy. Chiron got someone else from the Athena cabin to give Micah and Mireya a tour of the camp. I had a feeling that I wouldn't be seeing them all that much.

Once they left I turned to Leo and Alex, they were standing next to each other, and I hoped that Leo was finally getting along with Alex. Alex smiled in that devious way. Leo was looking out the window, I could tell by the look on his face he was thinking about something. "What ya' thinking 'bout?" I asked as I walked over to him. He turned to face me as I gave him a hug. His eyes widened and he began to smile. He closed his eyes a blinked out a small tear. I stared curiously at his face, trying to figure out what he was thinking. I stared a little longer until he responded "just," he started, "I don't understand how you fixed those training dummies."
Seriously, that's what he had been thinking about?

I wanted to take his mind off of that for now, so I brought up our relationship. As much as I didn't want to, I said, "I still haven't impressed you enough, you know." Leo jumped; at least I woke him up from his little trance. Before he could say anything I turned to Alex and said "we'll be right back." I opened the door and dragged Leo out.

I brought him straight to the beach. I took off my shoes and let the sand spread in between my toes and urged Leo to do the same. I walked part way into the water and grabbed Leo's hand. "As I had been explaining before," I started, "I love you and I just don't deserve you." Leo tried to interrupt but I gestured for him to shut up, and he did. "I need to find myself, my meaning; I've always wanted to date you its true. I loved you, with your snarky remarks and ridiculous puns, the ones when you were the only one laughing I laughed with you, even though I knew you couldn't hear me." I paused and waited for him to say something but he just stared into my eyes. "I love you and I want to date you, but first, I need to learn to love myself."

"To be honest," Leo explained, "the first time I saw you I thought—I thought that I wouldn't like you. I thought 'great, another camper to bug me.' But now I see I was wrong. I've never loved anyone as much as I love you." I tried to say something but couldn't make out the words. "If anything," Leo continued "I don't deserve you."

Chapter One

Kimra stared up at the powerful wolf standing over her. She could see many skinny wolves behind him, cowering.

"Well?" The wolf above her growled. "By Lupas, What are you doing here?" His voice rang, sharp in Kimra's ears. She didn't answer, afraid of what he would do if he knew. Kimra tried to stand up, but he blocked her path. A pretty, blue she-wolf approached the wolf, snarling at Kimra.

"I am sure this wolf was just unaware of our presence, Arturo." She fixed Kimra with knowing eyes. She knows! Kimra thought, staring fearfully at the ground. Arturo studied Kimra, wondering if the she-wolf was correct. He didn't.

"No, Katnis!" He snapped, sending Kimra a shock of fear. "This female does not belong here! She should of smelled us long before she got this far!" He snapped his head towered Kimra, his eyes glowing. "You have until Sunhigh to get out of our territory." Kimra looked up. The sun was already halfway to it's highest.

"Now!" Arturo growled and Kimra raced off. Leaving the wild wolves behind her, she ran far from there, to a spot on a hill surrounded by green grass and trees. She breathed in the ceder scent and looked to a hole in the hill. She climbed through it and found five tiny pups sleeping in her rabbit-fur nest. She chuckled and curled up around them. She was still on the wild wolves territory, but she couldn't move the pups for another moon.

"I thought this was where you had gone." Kimra bolted upright, ready to defend her pups. She stared wide eyed at Katnis, who was walking through her front door. "Relax." Katnis rolled her eyes as Kimra started snarling. "I wont harm you or your pups. I just want to help." Kimra narrowed her eyes.

"Help what?" She growled, still crouching over her pups. "How long have you known I was here?" She pressed. Katnis looked at her dumbly.

"I could scent you." She said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world of wolves. "I was protecting your pups you know." Kimra's eyes grayed over.

"You can't protect them now." She whispered solemnly. "They are to young to travel and its almost sunhigh." Katnis smiled. "Actually, there is something you can do if you want the pups to live." Kimra looked up, her eyes gleaming.

"How?" She yelped. One of the pups squealed and Kimra layed back down.

"By joining the wild wolves pack." Kimra stared at her, her eyes filled with horror.

"No way! Arturo will kill me and my pups!" Katnis laughed.

"That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!" She looked at Kimra, smiling. "We need you and your pups. We need more wolves in the pack if we are ever going to get to paradise." Katnis' smile vanished and Kimra's gaze softened.

"Paradise?" She whispered. "Whats that?" Katnis looked at her, sorrow in her eyes.

"Its where wolves have been trying to reach since the time of Lupas. The path is long and dangerous, but at the end lay no hunters. There are fields of elk, and other wolves, and no danger awaits us at the end of the death path." Kimra stared at her.

"But, think of all the wolves that will die on this journey! And you don't even know where it is!" Kimra looked at her pups with deep thought. "Is it worth it?" she said, more to her self then to Katnis Katnis nodded.

"Think about it. Your pups will be safe. They will be raised in splendor. There will be nothing to hurt them there." Katnis nodded toward the rising sun. "Just, think about it. The pack will be leaving tomorrow at sun up. Show or no show, we're leaving. Good day and may Lupas be with you." Katnis turned and strutted out of the den, never looking back. Kimra looked down at the small bundles squirming beside her. She let her head flop onto her paws with a grunt.

"No danger awaits us at the end of the death path." She repeated Katnis' words to herself, deep in thought. "No danger."

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Katnis nosed Arturo in the side. "Come my dearest. It is time to address the pack." Arturo growled at her.

"Where is he? Mica was supposed to be here!"

"You called, Sir?" Mica strode through the entrance of the cave. Arturo snarled.

"I called you a sun's paw-pace ago! Where have you been?" Mica didn't shrink at the words, he stood taller at his masters rough voice.

"I was on a patrol for the she-wolf from earlier today." Mica's voice remained steady and true. Arturo's gaze stopped flashing, and his voice returned to its normal level. "Well? What did I come here for?" Mica scuffed his paws as if he had somewhere else better to be. Arturo sighed.

"That she-wolf last night." He started pacing. "She might have been useful to the pack. She could bear us many pups, and she will probably become a good elker." Mica stared at him, blankly. "Well? You're the deputy! What should I do?" Mica didn't answer immediately, as though he was considering.

"Let her join." He said simply. "If she shall be useful, might as well."

Might as well indeed! Katnis thought. She shall be here soon. Mica paced himself to match Arturo. Arturo nodded.

"Might as well." He repeated. Suddenly, Jake rushed in.

"The female from sunhigh is here! Kitty and John are with her!" Arturo looked startled. He, Jake, Mica and Katnis trotted out of the cave. Katnis winked at Kimra as she passed. Kimra smiled shyly, or as close to a smile as you can when your holding five pups.

"What are you doing here?" Arturo started calmly, never raising his voice. "You were supposed to leave at Sunhigh." Kimra gently dropped the pups at her feet and replied bravely.

"I have come to join the pack." Arturo was confused. How did she know? He thought to himself. But one glance at his mates smile, and the truth was revealed to him. Arturo bowed his head at her and turned his attention to Kimra.

"What makes you think that you are able to join?" He proceeded. "Why do you wish to accompany us on our journey?" Kimra looked shocked.

"I...i heard about the paradise, and I...I want my pups to grow up happy and safe. Not being hunted by Twolegs and bears." Kimra licked up a stray pup and nosed her back into place. Arturo looked at Kimra, then to Katnis, then to Mica. He sighed.

"Very well." He concluded, staring at the pups. "You may become a part of our pack, but be warned. Your pups or even you may die on this journey. You must agree that no matter what, you and your pups must never leave this pack." Kimra looked up at him.

"I do."

"Then I, leader of this pack, condemn you as a member of the wild pack. Thunder, Purity? Please lead young Kimra and her pups to the nursery." To she-wolves stepped forward to Kimra's either side and took two pups each.

"Come dear." The tall gray one, Thunder, barked softly at Kimra. "Your pups shall be most safe here." Kimra nodded as they led her into a smallish cave filled with yaps from the young pups it contained. Two small gray ones ran as fast as their little feet could carry them into Thunder.

"Momma, Momma!" A small gray female yapped. "Who are these?" Kimra looked down at her.

"Foxy, Dusty, these are some new play mates." She studied the pups, then turned to Kimra. "What are their names?" She asked her. Kimra looked at her five precious pups.

"Lupan, Lupa, Remus, Rebus, and Athena." Kimra replied, nosing each pup in turn. Thunder looked surprised. Then her gaze softened and she shoke her head.

"Well named. Purity? Would please tell Arturo the new names of these newcomers?" Purity nodded and trotted of towered a larger cave. "Now dear, lets get you a nice soft, Rabbit and Elk-furred nest." Kimra shuddered at the glorious thought. But as she glanced down at her pups, she couldn't help but wondering. Have I done the right thing? Or have I simply brought them closer to their deaths?

Chapter 2

As Kimra watched Athena and Remus play, she kept a close eye on Jake. She had been told that he sometimes bullied newcomers. Jake seemed like a wolf who kept to himself, a shy male, to Kimra. But a nurse can never be to wary of her pups. As Jake got close enough to sniff a sleeping Lupa, Kimra parted her jaws and snarled. Jake, getting the message, flattened his ears and slowly padded away. Kimra turned her attention up towered the sun. it was almost Sundown, the time that the pack left their current camp and journeyed closer to where paradise lay waiting.

"All wolves old enough to hunt Elk, gather here to hear my words." Kimra left her pups playing in the nursery at Arturo's call and padded towered the cave where the leader slept. She took her place at the side of a pretty, white and gray she-wolf. She looked around at all the other wolves. Some of the wolves were holding small leaf bundles in their mouths filled with prey and herbs.

"Are you feeling at home here?" Kimra jumped at a voice next to her. Posideon had sat next to her and was staring intently at her. Kimra relaxed at the sight of the wise, old wolf.

"As much as I did on the prairie back were I used to live." Posideon nodded.

"What about your pups? Is their father here?" Kimra stiffened. The question had shocked her. She had never known the father of her five lively pups.

"My pups are fine. They fit in well and enjoy playing with others." Posideon sensed he had hit a soft spot and, thankfully for Kimra, dropped the topic. All gazes suddenly turned to Arturo as he signaled for the gathering to start. His howl echoed around the caves and the gathering began.

"Wolves of my pack. As your leader, I am here to announce that we shall begin the journey at Sundown. It will be cooler and there will be fewer predators and hunters to attack us. All the same, nurses, keep your pups close. If one strays, it might never return. And mentors, control your apprentices for the same reason.

"We will travel until tomorrow at Sunup. There, we will build camp and regain our strengths and hunt. Heed my words and be ready to leave at Sundown." As the leader finished, the elders began gossiping and the nurses returned to their pups. Kimra gathered Athena, Lupa, Lupas, Remus, and Rebus together to rest for the long, dangerous journey ahead.

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"Tag! Your it!" Little Athena tagged her brother so hard, he fell over. Kimra quickly bent and picked him up.

"Athena!" She scolded her young daughter. "No tag during the journey. Remember?" Athena flattened her ears.

"Yes mum." Athena yapped as she sped off to play with Lupas. Remus seemed to be growing a little slower than the others, and that worried Kimra. Prim had told her that it was just a phase, that he would probably grow to be the largest pup of the litter. Kimra disagreed. She new the young, week pup would never make it to the paradise. He was too small. So Kimra spent most of her milk and time on the runt of the litter. And as Kimra glanced around the path, she realized that all the wolves were in group. All the elders were in a group, the nurses together with their pups, the apprentices with their mentors, the warriors, everybody had a group. But me. Kimra thought bitterly. I am not allowed a group because they think I am dead weight!

"That's not true." Kimra jumped at the sound of Katnis' voice behind her.

"How did you know...?" Katnis shrugged.

"Just a hunch. But its not true. You can always join the nurses. They could use the extra protection." As Kimra looked over at them, she realized Katnis was right. The nurses looked miserable, with the thousand pups yapping and running off. The sight made Kimra giggle and she nudged her pups towered them. As they realized where they were going, the pups took off to play with the nursery pups. Kimra turned head to thank Katnis, but she had disappeared. Kimra shrugged and returned to the pups, gladly starting a conversation with the nurses.

"Pups." One nurse rolled her eyes. "They can be so lively."

"Yes, Cherry, I do agree." A white she-wolf with brown tipping replied shyly. Kimra stepped up to the plate.

"I think lively is a good thing." She conversed. "Younger pups need their energy, and older pups need their training." Some nurses nodded in agreement. Others stared at her blankly.

"And how would you know, street wolf!" Ally, a lush pink she-wolf, spat the insult. "I'll bet you picked those pups off of another mother! You aren't fit to be a nurse!" Kimra turned her head and the nurses gasped. Kimra snarled, pulling back her lips and showing her teeth.

"I'm not fit? I"M NOT FIT!" Kimra launched herself at Ally. Ally flattened hers, apparently she hadn't considered Kimra fighting back. Kimra darted in and out of Ally's grasp, her paws striking hard and pushing Ally to the ground with every blow. By now, a group of wolves had gathered around. Some tried to help Ally, but Arturo always stopped them.

"She needs a chance to prove herself." He told them. "If that means Ally, so be it." Kimra was beating Ally like an Elk. Arturo finally nodded and many restrained wolves and she-wolves leaped to Ally's protection. As they dragged a subdued Kimra off, Arturo stepped towered Ally. She was laying on her side with scratches covering her.

"Prim?" Arturo searched for the she-wolf with the knowledge of herbs. "Can you fix her?" Arturo asked her, his eyes brimming with hope. Prim stepped back a step or two and nodded her head.

"Lupas has taken mercy on her." She  raised her head to the sky. Kimra looked up. A new star was in the sky, a dim, refined star. Yet, Kimra thought. Yet its there? Wolves, our ancestors, live up there. Hunting for endless Elk as we are.  Kimra's ears burst at the howls that erupted around her. Feeling that it was only right, she howled as well and then returned to her pups.

"Goodnight my little ones." She sang softly to the bundles curled up around her. "And may Moonclan light your path.

Chapter Three

Kimra arose at the sound of wolves howling. The journey. Kimra remembered, bolting up right.

"Mom!" Athena cried as the warm body left her. "Where are you going?" She yipped annoyingly. Kimra turned to her daughter.

"I am  going to help the others get ready to go. I will bring you back some breakfast later, my little one." Athena sighed heavily.

"Hey Lupan!" She yipped, prodding her bigger brother in his side. "Wana go exploring in the echoing cave?" Lupan's head shot up, worry in his eyes.

"We aren't allowed in there!" He barked, concern bordering his voice. "Mom said it was strictly for the Leader and Prim, the medicine wolf!" Athena rolled her eyes.

"Well duh silly." She snickered. "That's what makes it so exiting and explorable!" Lupan looked deep in thought.

"Well I guess, as long as we don't touch anything." Athena rolled her eyes. Why did he have to be the sensible one? Lupan stood and Athena burst out of the den, Lupan close behind her. Athena and Lupan had to sneak around Prim and Arturo while they were talking to Mica in front of the cave enterance. As Athena passed by, she could have sworn to Lupas that Mica winked at her. She shoke off the thought and ran towered Lupan.

"Come on slowpoke!" Athena yapped, racing around her brother. She flattened her ears as a voice echoed through the cave in front of her. Come on slowpoke! It said. Athena grinned."Cool!" She shouted. Cool! Athena bounded around the cave, Lupan always at her heels. Athena yelped as her feet suddenly slipped out from under her.

"Lupan!" She screamed, but her brother had already caught her.

"I told you to be..."His growl faded as his mouth dropped open and he stared in wonder at something behind Athena. Athena turned and gasped.

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Lupa panted up to JK, who was tearing up a fresh deer. "Athena and Lupan are missing!" Lupa sputtered, still panting. JK looked up from her meal. "I woke up and they weren't there!" JK toke a deep breath and sighed with relief that it wasnt something worse.

"I am sure there here somewhere." She said calmly. "They can't have wandered too far." Lupa looked doubtful.

"Will you help me find them?" She asked JK. JK rolled her eyes.

"Of course I'll help you! Where should we start?" Lupa looked at her.

Where do we start?  Lupa thought hard. "Well," she began. "They aren't in camp,  they aren't with Mum, and they aren't hunting. So if we track their scent, we should find them." Lupa stood up and ran to her litter mates nests. She pressed her nose to the floor and snifed. JK tilted her expectant head.

"Well?" She asked Lupa. "Where did they go?" Lupa  looked at her.

"This way?" She reponded, pointing her muzzle North-East. JK shoke her head.

"North." She explained quickly. Lupa nodded, looking a bit disapointed. But just as JK opened her mouth to comfert her, Lupa sprinted to the North, her nose hovering above the ground. JK sighed with relief for her best friend and ran after her. She winced as Lupa turned West, and set her east with a flick of her tail. Each time she did, Lupa growled with anoyance at herself.

"Stop." JK whispered to Lupa, putting out her paw. Prim, Mica, and Arturo were deep in descusion at the point where the trail ended. At the entrance to the echoing cave. The largest cave Lupa had ever seen.

I just arrived at camp half-blood and I already liked it there and I hadn't even met any friends.

 When me and Leo arrived back at camp Chiron was galloping around, that sounds better than walking in this case, looking for us. When we walked in he glared at Leo. "What in the name of Zeus were you doing Leo!" he was almost screaming at this point. "I was showing Makenna bunker 9." Leo responded. He sounded pretty confident in himself but I could tell Chiron was just too mad at this point to reason with him at all. Then he turned to me. "Makenna I did not expect this out of you" he sounded a little bit calmer talking to me but he was obviously still mad. "I'm sorry, sir, but I didn't know it was a bad thing for Leo to show me his favorite place." "I'm sorry" he said "I guess I didn't tell you the curfew." "Oh yeah, I didn't even think about that." I realized I probably should've asked when the curfew was. "I'll let it slide this time" he said, finishing the conversation.
Leo and I started walking and talking. Leo asked if we were dating judging by what had happened earlier and I said no. "WHAT!?" Leo asked. He was obviously shocked at my response but also a little disappointed. "I still need to impress you more." I said simply. He paused for a second, and then smiled. Judging by his smile I could tell what he was about to say.
"I love you so much" he said after what felt like forever. I gasped I mean I thought he was going to say something silly like 'well yes actually you do' but I wasn't expecting that. "YOU DO?" I asked shouting a little louder than I'd have liked. "Yes" he said and at this point I was positive he was just joking. "But I haven't even known you for that long!" I said, again being a little louder than I'd have liked. "Well," he began "you're just my type, you think you need to impress people, you think you're funny but at the same time you don't, you don't think very highly of yourself, you don't think you're important so you would be willing to risk your life for someone even if it would be painful, you have fiery red hair…I like that, you always have a smile across your face even though sometimes it's fake and you are a great kisser." I was stunned. He totally just read my entire expression. It's like he read my life off of a page then summed it up in the exact same way that I would have (except the last thing I don't think very highly of myself hey wait a second…).
I started sobbing. I had always thought I would never be able to find someone that understood who I was and how I felt. One of the campers who had been standing in the distance came rushing over when she heard me. Leo asked what he had done and I explained that he was the one for me. Leo smirked and took a deep breath when the girl arrived. She had longish blond hair with a slight gray forelock of hair hanging over her dazzling gray eyes that suited her perfectly. She wore jean shorts and a camp half-blood tee-shirt. "Leo what did you do?" she asked immediately. "I told her how I see her" he responded defensively. "Oh," the girl began "well that explains everything." She sounded a little snarky as if this wasn't the first time Leo had made a girl cry. "Annabeth," I said quickly. The girl gasped. "How did you know my name?" she asked. I simply said "I read about you and Percy and all of you seven in Rick Riordan's books."
"OH!" she said quick as a rabbit. "That explains that." "But still" Annabeth turned back to Leo "what in the name of Athena were you doing!?" "Um…Annabeth I can tell you if you want" I said. I could tell by the look on Leo's face he was acting confident when in reality he was obviously scared out of his mind and that I could help. "Well, go ahead." Annabeth decided finally. I explained everything that had happened. I explained that Lao had shown me around camp and how I had gotten claimed I told her everything about bunker 9 including what happened with the Argo 2 and she nodded her head every time I began something else. Finally I ended with what had just happened but I didn't tell her everything that Leo had said to me. No-one needed to know how my brain worked just yet.
"Alright" Annabeth said "but if I catch you cheating on this girl or anything else that makes her cry or sob again" she paused just a second so she could raise her fist higher "I will personally beat you." Leo looked surprised. "Wow Annabeth standing up for random people now are we?" Annabeth sneered at him. "There's something about this girl I think I'll like" she explained. I thanked Annabeth and we all headed off to bed.
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I lay in my bed staring at the dark ceiling for a while until I fell asleep. I had a dream about a monster standing in the dark. When it zoomed in closer, a face most frightening popped out of the figure. I woke up to find Leo peeking in through the crack in the door. "Come in" I said. Leo jumped in with a paper in his hands. He handed it to me and I stared blankly at its fine texture and fancy writing. "That's the camp schedule." he explained. "Wow," I said "breakfast sounds hard." Leo slowly smirked then he began to laugh. "It is," He responded "you have to chew and everything!" we laughed together for a while and I was happy until six people walked in. The one on the far right was Annabeth, next to her stood a boy that looked the same age as her who was slightly taller with dark black hair, he had the same gray streak in his hair as her too and I realized that he must be Percy. I scanned across the crowd of people in my doorway and realized they were the characters from the books. "Let's see here" I said pointing my finger at Annabeth "Annabeth" I started moving my finger along each person saying their names as I looked at them. "Percy, Jason, Piper, Hazel, and Frank." I explained as each of their expressions changed to slight shock. "Wow Annabeth you were right she does know us all." Percy said.
 

*P.s To the reader's I'm just doing my chapters in parts so yeah! This is part one.*

"You bet I do" I said "I know everything about all of you." "Oh, really?" Frank asked. "Yes I do" I responded getting less and less confident about myself by the minute. "Okay, then say the basics about us." "Okay" I responded finally. "Annabeth first," I began "Daughter of Athena, last name is Chase grey eyes currently dating Perseus Jackson. Perseus Jackson, most commonly known as Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon. Jason Grace son of Jupiter Legion commander of Camp Jupiter, currently dating Piper Mclean. Piper Mclean daughter of Aphrodite, you wield the weapon katoptris don't you? The same one that Helen of troy used in the war. Hazel Levesque daughter of Pluto, you have a curse that enables the rarest of jewels from deep in the ground to pop up cursed currently dating Frank. Frank Zhang son of Mars you have a special power that is rare to your family that enables you to turn into different animals that you know stuff about, also your life depends on a piece of firewood." I spoke so simply that it sounded casual. "Wow" They spoke in unison.

"Okay time for us to leave" Leo said as he winked at me I blinked and paused for a minute until smiling back. "See you at breakfast" he began "also I can't wait to kick your butt in capture the flag later!" I smirked "Good for you, being optimistic I see" I said "but you'll never even come close to beating me!" Then he walked out and I was left sitting there thinking of what to wear when an orange camp half-blood tee-shirt appeared on my bed. I put it on and found a note underneath. "Dear Makenna," it read "Sorry I forgot to give this to you earlier; it's been really busy here lately. I hope you fit in and so on. Please don't spend too much time with Leo; he's a bad influence on you. You are obviously a good person…Sincerely Annabeth." "Thanks Annabeth" I spoke aloud.
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 Later, after breakfast, every one met at an area of which I recognized from the book, the entrance to the forest for capture the flag. The air smelt musky, dirty and metallic. Like blood on a sword in the middle of a forest. I walked over to a small shack standing all alone somehow I guessed that it was the armory. I walked in and found Leo getting help with his armor. He jumped when he saw me laugh at him. "What!" He asked angrily. "You still need help with your armor even though you've been here how long?" I explained. "YES!" he said. I waved away the person that had been helping him, "I got it from here" I explained and they walked out. I un-strapped everything and restarted. Tying everything up perfectly in to place. "Not to tight?" I asked him. "Actually its perfect" he said, he sounded shocked. "How do you know how to put on armor?" he asked. "I don't actually know" I explained. Cause "It was just instinct I guess."

I got my armor on and headed out. I found Annabeth and asked her where I could find a weapon. "Oh, yeah you might need one of those, huh?" Annabeth sounded embarrassed like it was her job to help new campers. We walked back over where I had just gotten my armor and Annabeth opened a hidden door at the back behind an empty clothes rack. "Do you prefer a sword or a dagger?" Annabeth asked. "Sword." I said. "Alright" Annabeth said, pulling a bucket of swords out into the open.

I tested a few until I found a medium sized simplistic sword. I thanked Annabeth for helping me and I walked outside to find a dummy that I could practice on. I found one behind the stands and I began practicing what I already knew. I twirled and found myself face to face with Percy and Jason. "Hi" they said in unison.

"What the…" I started but Jason cut me off. "We saw what you just did." He explained. "Yeah," I said "I Just used an attack I designed on that dummy." "You designed that?" Percy asked. "Yep" I said. "I want you to try it on me!" They spoke in unison again but this time they looked at each other awkwardly. "Me first!" Percy said as quickly as possible. "Um…okay, sure, I guess I could try to teach it to you guys." I began "but first I have to know if you're on my team for capture the flag. "Yes, we are." Jason said. "Alright then, here goes!" I decided smiling at them.

Me and Percy got positioned and right as he drew his sword I struck using a twirl and a jump in my step. "That was step one 1" I explained as he dodged my attack, just as I had expected. I was now behind and before he could turn around I wrapped my arm around his waist directing my sword directly under his chin so in-case he struggled he would die. "Step 2!" I shouted. I forced him to the ground and as he raised his sword, Riptide, to my back, as most people tended to do, I launched myself into a back flip just above his sword. I landed just above the ground, and paused just for enough time to breathe. "That was step 3!" I used my sword to leap into the air; I used the momentum to swing and fall to the ground. I raised my leg just in time to kick the back of Percy's knees, causing his knees to bend forward and him to fall on his face. "Step 4…" I shouted as I used my finger nails to grab the dirt to slow my slide. I popped my elbow up so that it thrust me into the air and I landed on Percy's back with my sword tip pressed against his spine. "…final step…" I got off of Percy and reached a hand out to help him up. "Step 5."

I looked around and asked Jason if he wanted to try to defend against one of my attacks and he quickly shook his head no. Only then did I realize the crowd that had formed around us. They all seemed to be gawking at me. "Who's next?" I meant it as a joke but a girl with a deep voice from the back of the crowd stepped forward. "I want to be next!" She exclaimed. But Chiron called for us to come and hear the teams.

"The two teams will be as follows…" Chiron cleared his throat and continued on "Jason, our guest, Percy, Makenna, our newest camper, are on the Hephaestus and Athena team. The other team will be the Ares campers." Only then I realized that not all of the camp was competing and I began to feel a little more confident. Each team grabbed their flags before embarking off into the forest. When we were fairly deep in the forest everyone stopped as Annabeth pulled out paper and sketched a quick map of the forest. She marked where you're flag would be and where the Ares campers always put their flag. We were each assigned a different position. I was border patrol with Percy and Annabeth. Basically, as Annabeth later explained, we protected both the defence and the offence from any pursuers.

We just walked back and forth for a while fighting off the odd person that would come what we called, too close. Then the girl from earlier charged me out of no-where. "Clarisse?!" Annabeth asked with slight annoyance in her voice. Percy charged in to defend me but I slipped under Clarisse's attack and swiped my leg underneath her, causing her to fall on her face. She made a horrid screeching sound that made Annabeth and Percy cover their ear's but I continued to hold her down with all my strength. I smacked the butt of my sword atop her helmet causing Clarisse to pass out. "What should I do with her now?" I asked. "Um…" Annabeth and Percy mumbled in unison. "OH! I have an idea!" I summoned a series of thick, unbreakable, obsidian bars and levitated a few more to form a small cage around Clarisse. Annabeth and Percy just stood there gawking at it when something large, black and furry jumped out of the bushes right at Percy and Annabeth. I did the first thing that came to mind I jumped with a slash in front of the creature. What-ever it was had made a huge gash in my thigh just before it disintegrated into dust and blew away. The pain surged up my thigh and into my brain but I didn't have time to think about it my friends were slowly coming back to reality but weren't quite there yet, and in the blink of an eye we were surrounded by hell hounds.

I lashed out. I completely ignored my thigh just thinking of my friends and sliced at any hound that was stupid enough to jump. But I saw what they were planning. They were gonna keep jumping at me until I failed and then they would pounce as a pack, burying me underneath them. Even though I knew what they were doing I didn't have the time to plan, so instead I followed along with it until Percy was okay to fight again. "Whoa" he said. "Yeah, okay, I get it your shocked and all but right now I need you focusing on your sword slashing into those hounds and turning them to dust." I shouted. Percy saw all the blood on the ground from me jumping around defending and asked "What the heck is all this blood coming fro…" he saw my leg. "MAKENNA! You're hurt!" He yelled. "I don't care!" I screeched back. "One of my friends is in trouble! And she just so happens to be your girlfriend!!" I could see the gears beginning to work in Percy's brain now; he noticed Annabeth and the trouble we were in. He gasped. "Okay I get it now!"

Together we jumped into action. Percy fought the ones off of me and I backed them off of Annabeth. Once they were all gone I heaved a breath of relief. "We did it" I said as Annabeth began to awake. "You," Percy began "Go to the flag and get someone to bandage your scars." "Wait, my scar's what do you…" I stopped my train of thought noticing the huge gash in my stomach. "Oh dear." I sighed. "Great, something more for people to stop and stare at me when I am so un-important." I said. I really hated to be in people's way. "If I weren't here I wouldn't be in people's way" I finished. "What do you mean?" Percy asked. "I mean" I began "if I hadn't been here at all I wouldn't have gotten hurt and gotten even more in your way." "You saved us though!" Percy exclaimed. "Thanks for trying to make me feel better Percy, but, you know that I'm just gonna get in other peoples way because I'm hurt, where as if I hadn't been here no-one would've had to have wasted their time healing me. " "You can't seriously think that!" Percy exclaimed but I turned and walked toward the flag, at least then I wouldn't be in his way.

When I made it to the flag Leo stared at the gash in my stomach. I sensed something or someone behind me and I twirled around with my sword held at eye level ready to block and found myself face-to-face with and enemy from the other team. I used my special attack on them and ended up putting them in a mini cage too. I turned back around to find someone else behind Leo trying to grab the flag. I bolted behind him grabbed the person by the neck. I forced them down with the tip of my sword and made them get up and walk into the cage. Leo just stood there in silence. "You've impressed me enough." He pronounced and before I could say that I hadn't yet he kissed me.

Great, a new guy comes to camp and my, future girlfriend, already knows him! I keep thinking about how all this is gonna turn out when Makenna starts to cough again. She collapses and starts spitting blood. We try to help her up and get her back to the big house but "I'M FINE!" she screeches'. She looks at me with tears streaming down her face; but she quickly wipes them away and stands up again. She is obviously not okay, but before I can tell her that Alex and, who I now knew as Jennifer, already had. Makenna coughed a little more until I she was standing straight again. We continued to talk and as when we finished we started the tour.
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We showed them around everywhere and when Jennifer started spitting facts about Greek mythology that even Annabeth would be jealous of the mark of Athena appeared over her head. Makenna and Jennifer started jumping up and down with joy. "Why are you so excited?" I asked. They both turned their heads toward me and Jennifer explained that she liked Athena so much and that she was proud that Athena was her mother.

We finally started walking again. When we passed the gift shop Alex leaned on the window and looked on through, I assume, to see what they sold. Everyone stopped and when I turned back to see what was wrong, Alex too had been claimed, but he was claimed by Hermes.

We started walking by the cabins and when we passed the Hades cabin Makenna stopped just as she'd done when she was claimed. She just stood there, as if in a trance, and the coughing started again. I ran to help her and that's when I realized the coughing was worse than it had been each time before. I tried to take Makenna back to the big house and this time, when she tried to argue, she passed out.

Alex helped me carry Makenna as Jennifer started freaking out. She tried to tell us how to support Makenna properly but she kept stopping to shed a few "omg" tears. (I call them that because she kept saying OMG over and over as she cried.) When we finally got her back Percy and Jason were arguing at each other, Frank broke into the conversation every once in a while to support them, but it just seemed to cause more fighting. But all that went silent when we rushed in. We laid Makenna back in her bed as everyone sat there in silence. Finally piper asked who the other two were that had come in with us. They introduced themselves "I'm Alex" Alex began, but Jennifer was too busy gawking at Annabeth, Percy and Piper to introduce herself so Alex did it for her instead.  "And this is Jennifer." "We're friends of Makenna's." He finished. "Nice to meet you!" Annabeth said holding out her hand. Jennifer hastily raised her hand to meet Annabeth's and then flinched when her hand met Annabeth's hand. I explained what had just happened and when I was done Annabeth proceeded to ask them another question: "How do you know Makenna?"

They paused for a second then Alex answered. "Actually a club, on a site, where we make fan art of you guys…" We were shocked. Makenna hadn't told us about this "fan club." "Really?" Frank asked after an awkward pause "Could we see it?" Wow, frank had just asked the question no-one else wanted to. But sure enough Jennifer pulled out her laptop and showed us some of her and Alex's drawings.

I was amazed, they drew us almost exactly as we were, and they hadn't even met us before. "Why did you label some of them crappy?" Percy asked. They skipped over a picture of Makenna "Hey, wait a minute, go back one." I said. I looked at the picture of Makenna and all I could think was that she was beautiful, then, I looked at the title. It was labelled 'That's me!! ((Yes, yes I am ugly.))' I was stunned. All I could think was who would dare to label like that! Then it hit me. It said that's me, had she really, no she couldn't have, but…there it was. "Why did she title it like that?" I asked. "Because that's what she thinks of herself." Jennifer explained. We all started to argue about how that couldn't of been her. There was just no way someone as nice as she was, would think that low of themselves. Suddenly the sound of one voice startled us all. It was Makenna. "Stop it," She said. She sounded sad and depressed. "I hate myself because I am worth nothing and that's why I titled the damn picture the way I did."

We all fell silent. Honestly, I felt a little guilty; we were all sitting there arguing about her like she wasn't even there. She sat up and faced us with tears in her eyes. Her bandages were bright with blood and sweat beaded her face. "No you're not!" We all shouted at once. "Yes I am!" She was yelling louder than all of us could've combined, and she was out right crying now. "I am weak," She began; her tears were coming faster than ever now. "I am weak, I am helpless, I can't protect my friends when they need help, I get in the way, I have ALWAYS thought that I deserved to die and I can't even express how much I hate myself!"

 At that point Jennifer stepped in front of us and showed us the stuff that Makenna had drawn to show her feelings. She had drawn AT LEAST five heart drawings just for me, and at least one for everyone else. A lot of them had some sad story involved but they were all beautiful. Without any of us noticing Makenna had managed to get up and leave the room. I went to follow her but Jason stopped me and he walked out alone. "What were you guys arguing about before we came in?" I asked. "We were arguing about," Percy paused for moment to take a deep breath. "We were arguing about how rudely Jason had regarded Makenna earlier and we had just resolved the problem when you guys walked in." I sat there for a moment as a single tear dripped down my cheek, but I wiped it away before anyone could see. "So," I began "basically…He's apologizing?" "Not quiet," Percy explained "he's gonna start over."

Everyone watched as we sat down holding hands and smiling. "What did you do with it?" Annabeth asked and Makenna frowned. "First," She said gritting her teeth a little, "Please do not call a spider an it. They are living creatures to you know. Second, I know you don't like them but I would appreciate it if you were to, at the very least, respect them. Lastly I set him on the outside of the boat. Next time we set down he should run off." Annabeth looked cautiously at Makenna. "Why aren't you afraid of them?" She asked. "Why should I be?" Makenna responded. "It's not their fault they were put into this world. Besides they won't hurt you if you don't hurt them."

Makenna grabbed her bag off of the floor and began reading a book. I coughed "What're you reading?" I asked trying to look at the front cover. "My favorite book." She responded closing it and showing me the cover. "Mark of Athena," I said, "Wait a second is that about our travels?" She blushed a little "Yeah…" She said. "I always loved it when it was your turn to tell the story. You were always so humorous even if it was a bad time. I love that about you." She looked me in the eyes and smiled. All of a sudden I heard Festus warning we were about to land. Makenna was the first one out of the room.

We ran up to the helm and listened to Festus. I froze "Were here." I said, partly to myself. Makenna grabbed the Wii remote and stopped the ship. We hovered above a huge mall that looked more like a palace. It was a creamy color and had a huge sign over the main entrance, although I couldn't read it from where we were. I lowered the ladder and we climbed down one by one. I helped Makenna down first.

When we got in Makenna spotted something on the second level and bolted up. I followed after Makenna. Annabeth gave everyone else somewhere to go and look. I went up the escalator. Makenna ran past a couple of small stores before turning a corner. Man she was fast. I stopped to take a breath "Alex!" I heard Piper scream and zip past me. I opened my eyes and turned to look.

Alex was flying. I looked around hoping to see Hazel but instead all I saw was Makenna facing another gold dude. I ran as fast as physically possible to her then called out for Annabeth. She saw me, grabbed Percy and ran to our aid. Jason was standing with Piper gawking at Alex. Frank, Taylor and Jennifer were already behind me. Makenna was shooting magical arrow after magical arrow at the golden men. Annabeth had her dagger drawn. Jennifer touched her charm bracelet and ended up duel wielding two short swords. Makenna shielded Taylor. Frank also shot arrows. Percy charged with Riptide.

This entire time and was watching everybody else instead of helping. I lit my hand ablaze and threw fire at them. The first flame was deflected by their armor, so, I pulled out a hammer. I stood right next to Makenna. Makenna slung her bow on her back and drew her sword instead. She charged and I got the crazy idea to charge too. I wasn't at all paying attention to anyone else. I closed my eyes for what felt like a few seconds. Next thing I knew Makenna was on the floor trying to defend Taylor against the golden guy. I looked around, Percy was scratched up and defending Annabeth. Frank and Jennifer were obviously loosing strength but seemed alright otherwise. I jumped in-between Makenna and the gold dude.

"Get out of my way Valdez or I may have to kill you too." I tried for a smirk, "Aw, but then there would be no more fun." I heard Makenna cough behind me. I glanced at the dude's sword, it was covered in blood. I felt a sudden rush of anger I had only ever felt once before, last year when the eidolons zapped Hazel and Frank. This feeling was, different though. It felt as if it was me or she and I would rather I die over her. "I won't kill her," The man said in a creepy sort of way, "I will use her to revive my father."

Okay, I was seriously pissed off now. I was barely aware of Makenna shooting arrows at him from behind me, just missing my shoulder. There was no way I was going to let him take the one good thing in my life from me.

UPDATE:  This is a very important update, since, I got to play the NES Version of Athena.

The game itself.  Why does it feel like something the Angry Video Game Nerd should review?  The graphics are horrendous.  The sound is ear piercing.  And when you miss something important, you cannot go back because the screen won't let you.

I found areas where you think you're advancing.  Like there are 2 floors to each level.  Drop one, you're on ground 2.  Drop on Ground 2, you're back on Ground 1.  Sometimes, you're powerups disappear.

It is easy to get stuck in certain places.  Your weapons have to be specific in order to break blocks.

Oh, I also forgot to mention the "warp zones."  I thought you could proceed without beating the end level boss, but you can't.  It just sends you back to the beginning with all of your powerups gone.

Bottom Line:  NES Version sucks.  Plus, I've seen the ending, and it is, well, glitched.  Just like Level 4 of Cheetahmen II.  Or Level 6 if you mess with the cartridge.
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For some reason, after favoring a deviation, I looked up the video game called Athena, or Athena's Wonderland.  I figure I can review it, even though I never played it, in order to get rid of a barely written bland journal.


The Review


The game starts off with Athena finding a door and going to another dimension, and in the process, her dress is gone and she fights in a bikini.  I mean, what other character fights monsters in a bikini (besides some Dragon Quest characters)?  Heh?  Sources I found say that she grew bored with a normal life with a lack of adventure.


Arcade Version:  What is there to say?  Insert coins, kick some monster asses, and try to beat the game so you won't have to insert more coins.  Not sure how the controls handle because I never played it, nor found it in any of the arcades.

NES Version:  To be honest, after watching the videos on YouTube, I was horrified that the game suffers through that kind of development.  The game has, let's just say not much to offer, except slow movement.


Protagonist:  I like how the creators (SNK) used a female character for the hero.  That shows that there is such thing as "Girl Power" in arcade games (besides Ms. Pac-Man) or in video games in general (besides Samus Aran).  Yes, she starts out in a bikini and bare hands, but it won't be like that forever (she would be dead by the time she reached the halfway point of the 1st level if she stood in a bikini) because she does find some protection from breakable rocks, and powerful weapons.  And if you're lucky enough, you'll get the ultimate sword which spikes up defense and strength (in the game, defense is called HIT), but with every attack costs 1 HP, and if enough HP is lost or if time expires, then the ultimate sword is lost.

Setting:  Medieval Times.  Go to figure.  Lot of classic games are set in the Medieval times.

Gameplay:  Sidescrolling to the right and finishing the level.  Always a classic.  But some levels have bosses in the end or somewhat in the middle of the level.  Fighting enemies with weapons, trying not to get killed, and all sorts of stuff like collecting items you find on your way; from breakable rocks and enemy drops.  Some help and some are harmful, or do the opposite.

Music:  Cheerful happy music, probably to make the player feel better.  But yeah.  It does have music.

Sounds:  What you would expect from any classic arcade game.  My favorite one is when a Health Plant is growing.

Bosses:  Yes.  What game would be complete without bosses?  You got killer trees, octopi, and even the final boss himself, Dante (not from Devil May Cry).

Reputition:  This game is known to have a horrible reputation due to bad controls and a female hero.  For me, it had potential when it was released in the arcade.

Other:  If there ever was a remake of this game, it would have better graphics, better controls, more bosses, more weapons, and difficulty settings.  And bonuses, like artwork, a "create your own level" area, and other costumes (naked NOT included).

Overall:  It looks like a fun game.  Though it is short.  And it shows that Princess Athena is no ordianary princess.  She doesn't wait to be rescued.  She kicks monster ass.

Score:  Cannot give it a score since I have not played it.