Lillith and John stood in the Hephaestus workshop together. After they landed their Pegasus' and lunch they had to go and pick out their sword. Lillith was not looking forward to a whole afternoon of swordplay. She had never done it before and her body was fairly weak so she knew that se would suck at it. The workshop was hot and stuff but full of sharp but impressive looking weapons. John the blond haired kid that seemed to get along with every Pegasus at the stables immediately went over the the golden bows that were hanging on the walls. He reached up to touch on of them when...

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said a black haired boy in a jumpsuit. He was covered in grease from head to toe and was wiping his fingers off on a dirty old rag. His. Hands were massive much like Patricks, Amber's silent Hephaestus friends were.

"Why not?" Asked John.

"No one told you about the curse in the Hephaestus cabin? A lot of the things we are working on a breaking and their have been a lot of accidents. We're mechanics, this kind of this is in our blood but for those outside our cabin might get really hurt. It's safer for you not to touch unless one of us is here. You two must be the new kids in the Hermes cabin right?" Lillith and John silently nodded. "Right well let's see if we can find you guys a weapon to use." He said then lead them deeper into the workshop. Lillith looked around.

"This place is impressive." The guy turned his head and smiled at her.

"Glad you think so. I'm Fred by the way."

"I'm Lillith and the other one is John." She said noticing that he wasn't paying attention to them looking at the bows again.

"Well it seems that this guys choice is some kind of bow. What about you, anything here catch your eye?"

"No, not really. I hate to be difficult but nothing that I've seen has really made me want to use it like John."

"If that's the case then I'm pretty sure your not an Ares kid but still a demigod has to have a weapon to defend themselves. So let's see, you're quiet small so try this one." He said handing her a thin bronze sword. It felt alien in her hands but it was light.

"What metal is this made of?" She asked him.

"Celestial bronze. Al the weapons here are made out if the same material, it's very rare but it's the only thing that kills monsters, or sends them back to Tartarus for a bit until they reform that is."

"They can really do that?"

"Yeah. It normally takes them a long timed though. By the time the come back you'll probably be long dead of old age...not that that will happen. Demigods never live very long anyway." Lillith thought of the wound in her leg. She wasn't a demigod but she still wasn't gonna die of old age. "How does that feel?"

"I think the weights good..."

"But it's just not right." Fred finished for her. She nodded and handed it back to him. "Alright try twin daggers. These are a little harder to use because you have to get close to your enemy to hurt them but for someone like you that are small it should be okay." Lillith took the daggers in her hands. They were light and small, they fitted well into her hands. She smiled.

"I think that I can work with these."

"Okay great." Said Fred with a smile. "Good luck with your training." He said and Lillith walked out of the workshop while Fred went to talk to John about the bow he was looking at. Lillith manages to find her way to the field were the Hermes cabin were already well into their practising. Amber easily took down the girl in front of her and motioned Lillith over when she saw her come on to the field.

"What you get?" She asked when Lillith got to her.

"Twin daggers."

"Nice. There's is some armour for you just over there. It normally has to be fitted but your so small that you should be able to fit into the smallest of the armour we have." Once Lillith put it on she looked at Amber. "How does it feel?"

"It a little bug but I think I can manage in it."

"Okay good. Now come on I'll teach you how to use those daggers of yours." She said spinning her own sword in the air...