Ashley grumbled as she opened her eyes to scan her surroundings. Due to the scorpion sting, her arm itches and the room seemed unnecessarily bright. Her eyes ended up focusing onto the scowling face of Will Solace.

"You're going to give me a heart attack one day, you know that?"

"Thanks...that was my goal."
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  Ashley made sure no one was watching as she turned on the sink and flipped the golden coin. The only person she had to call were the people at camp.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering. Show me Annabeth Chase." The water from the faucet formed  a flat circle of mist that revealed Annabeth Chase who happened to be working on her homework. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail and her eyes were furrowed in concentration. "Oi wise girl!"

Annabeth's head shot up, a smile finding its way onto her face. "Ashley!" Then the smile was gone as soon as it came. "Wait...why are you in a jail cell?"

"Oh ummm funny story actually...so um..I sort of hallucinated a monster and stabbed someone. I mean it didn't kill them...but still," Ashley winces as she confesses."Also the psychiatrist said I'm probably bipolar. I...well I don't know. I think Luke trying to kill me with that stupid insect finally is getting to me."

"Oh Ashley...I'll try to get their as soon as possible. Where are you? What did the lawyer say?" Worry and sympathy worked its way onto the child of Athena's face.

"I'm being held at Metropolitan Correctional center. the lawyer said if I plead insanity I might only get a couple of months in juvie. So I guess I'm doing that."

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Ashley's eyes lifted as a girl with black blue hair and green eyes entered the cell...if you can count being thrown as entering. Ashley sat upright, her eyes cold and analytical. Her face was calm and smooth, but the girl's eyes revealed her true emotions. Fear, confusion, and an undertone of mischief.

Her hair was French braided with several strands framing her face perfectly. And above all, her ADD was as obvious as the color of the sky. Her eyes scanned the room feverishly, jumping around and having trouble focusing on on spot. Dark circles lay underneath her green eyes, no doubt from insomnia side effects. Her fingers tapped mindlessly against her arms which were crossed. And she was in the right age range...she could easily be a demigod and wouldn't know till she has an unfortunate run in with certain death.

Ashley didn't know just how right she was. It wouldn't be till much later that she would find out that her 'friend' was a child of Loki himself.

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"Wait...so let me get this straight. You want me, the notorious Ashley Al'Ghul, to pretend to date you to piss off your homophobic step dad?" Amelia nods and Ashley sighs, her hands in a praying pose in front of her mouth. "Fine, but you have to buy me clothes from Hot Topic. I can't afford their stuff, and I'm to lazy to steal."

"Really? Thanks Buckster!"

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Shink! The Celestial bronze sword of Ashley Al'Ghul impaled the monster standing above Percy Jackson.

"Ouch!" Was all the Monster could mutter before he burst into green flames. Ashley watched with a sad smirk as Annabeth threatened the kid who had been bullying Percy. At this point, she had come to the realization that she didn't dislike Percy Jackson...she was jealous. Of course, without the help of a certain child of Loki's, she probably would have never been able to tell the difference.

"Annabeth..Ashley...how did you? How long..."

"Doesn't matter seaweed brain, we've got to go before the police come. I mean... to them it looks like we blew up the gym...Oh and you better bring your friend there." Ashley states, her eyes shifting to the confused cyclops toddler. He was already Percy's height, if not taller.

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"What happened?" Good question. Clarisse may be a child of Ares, a god that wasn't exactly thrilled with her and Percy at the moment, but Ashley had never seen her this riled up.

"That happened!" So that's what felt weird, Ashley thought to herself. Thalia's tree needles were looking unusually yellow, it's bark sickly. At the base of the tree was a bullet looking puncture wound. A sick feeling filled Ashley's stomach. It had never occurred to her that Thalia could die if she was already dead.

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"Um...are you sure this is a good idea?" Ashley nervously asked as she approached the hippocampus, wich let out a nervous nicker.

"Yeah, plus my dad owes you a favor since you cleared my name." Percy's response was not reassuring in the slightest to the grandchild of Hades.

"I still think this is a bad idea...that Percy is what people call hubris." Despite her response, she continued to climb onto its back. It took off immediately, diving underneath the water and knickered as Ashley gave it an unamused glare that could scare off even the gods.

"Says the girl that said 'You'd be lucky if I took time to steal your lighting bolt'!" Ashley gave Annabeth a betrayed look as they approached the Princess Andromeda at an astonishing pace. The four 13 year old demigods carefully climbed off of the backs of the hippocampus' and onto the ship. "Stay vigilante...it's quiet...too quiet."

"Ok. Bye Rainbow!" Tyson cheerfully waved goodbye to his new friend.

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"Every time a demigod joins us, the gods grow weaker and we grow stronger. He grows stronger." Luke gestures to the box and Ashley groans.

"Do you really think Kronus will thank you for bringing him back? I get it, the gods use us. But he is also using you!" Ashley let out an exasperated puff at Luke and he frowns.

"No he's not...he promises a new glorious area!"

"Did he promise that you shall be part of it? Promises can be empty...you know this as well as I Prince of thieves." This was a nickname Ashley hadn't used in quite some time.

"Ah security, you've arrived just in time."

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"Don't worry seaweed brain. Tyson isn't dead...I can feel it in my bones." With that, Ashley left with Reyna down the halls of the C.C. resort.

If anyone who knew Ashley saw her after her makeover, they most likely would never have recognized her. Her olive skin was moisturized to perfection. A thin layer of makeup covered her face, hiding all her 'blemishes'. She wore a simple sea green greek toga. Her hair seemed to have been curled.

Circe was in over her head. Not only did she now have a magic immune Al'Ghul, but also a magic immune child of Athena. Circe was most definitely not prepared for this. Ashley threw the rest of the anti-magic pills onto the ground. Wasting no time, guinea pig Percy Jackson raced towards the pills and ate one. Percy shifted back into his human form along with six others. The others charged Circe as the three teens disappeared down the hall.

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Percy Jackson threw his last golden drachma at Luke who dodged, landing the coin into the water. Ash instantly knew what he was doing and smirked.

"You truly tricked us all, didn't you Luke? Even Dionysus, and he's a god! I really must apload you." Ashley mockenly clapped one hand against the one holding her sword hilt.

"You already knew that. Now put the swords down or I'll have to kill you."

"OOo I'm shaking in my custom baby seal leather boots!! I'm so scared...truly." The sarcasm was thick on Ashley's tongue as she continued to mock him.

"Who poisoned Thalia's tree?" Percy asked in order to keep Luke's attention.

"I did! Weren't you listening?"

*Yawns* "No not really. I thought Chiron did it?"

"No you idiot! He wouldn't have the guts."

"You call betraying a friend guts?" Percy seemed truly disgusted by Luke's words.

" I would have given you the fleece when I was done!"

"Are we idiots though? Turn around." At Ashley's words, he turned around to come face to mist with an astonished Camp Half Blood, who had mostly stopped eating dinner to pay attention.

"Doesn't matter...you won't be leaving here alive."