Confusion: Not always the best state of mind. (KATNISS AND GUITARGIRL.)

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Nala Herris
Confusion: Not always the best state of mind. (KATNISS AND GUITARGIRL.) 12832_113184484948_22455674948_744874_5155251_n_large

Terpsichore

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Everything was new to Nala this week... new mother, new suitcase... new home. She sighed to herself, not exactly sure how she felt about everything in this camp, which is exactly what led her to the beach. Her father used to take her out here on the island, to the Long Island Sound, and they would spend a couple of nights by the ocean. This is what led her to the beach. The familiarity of the briny sea air and the rocks beneath her feet was almost comforting... almost. Nala leaned back, her legs spread out on the sand in front of her, her weight resting on her hand behind her. Was she just supposed to accept that her mother was a muse? A muse of dance, nonetheless. Was that considered cheating? Nala didn't know, but the whole thing left her with a semi-uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach.

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I figured I wanted to talk a walk with my pet Polar Bear. Don't ask me why. I walked to the beach. I saw a girl on the sand. I was about to walk away, but my brain tald me otherwise. I walked up and said, "Hey."

I was walking down the beach when I noticed a girl. "Hi." I said walking up to her. "Can I sit with you?" I asked. I looked at her, she looked new.

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Nala looks up skeptically at the two, but smiles anyhow. "Hi," she says, looking back and forth between the two of them. She never used to draw the attention of so many people in the city. At least when she hadn't been dancing, she didn't. She shrugs at the girl. "I don't care! Sit, if you want." Nala shrugs indifferently. She was relatively open to people. Then she looked at the boy who looked about her age, noticing his polar bear. "Holy goodness!" she exclaims, simply unable to contain herself. She jumps backwards slightly, eyeing the creature. "Is that... a polar bear?!"

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I looked over at the guy. "Holy crap! That is so cool!!!!!" I starred in astonishment at the bear. "Can I pet it?"

My pet growled. "Uh he's not used to girls, but as long as I'm around, he won't bite you," I said. I was never used to people ASKING me if they could pet him. It's still really bothering me that I still haven't named him. "Hey," I asked, "Do you know what I could name Him? I don't exactly have a name for him yet."

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Nala looks at the polar bear. How was it even living on Long Island, especially now in August when it was about a thousand degrees every day? The boy had said it was okay to pet him, but she wan't sure. Still, she was amused by the thing. She looked up when her spoke. "I don't know... I've never seen a polar bear with a name." Nala laughs halfheartedly. "Oh, and by the way... what's your name? I'm Nala."

I smiled. She was nice. "I'm Calyx, son of Khione," I said. "I was thinking of naming him Ace, do you think that's good?" I asked.

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Nala nods. Khione... the ice goddess? That's what she thought. Now she sort of understood why he had a polar bear. "My mom's Terpsichore, if you've heard of her." She chuckles. "Ace.. it seems to fit him." She shrugs indifferently.

"Yeah, I've heard of her. A Muse right?" I said. Yeah, his name was gonna' be Ace. I looked over at Ace, he was snarling at the water. "What is it bud?" I asked. I looked at the water and I saw it bubbling. I lifted my hand, and twisted the sapphrire on my ring. It grew until it be came Niphetos, my ice-shard sword.

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Nala nods once again. "Yeah, a muse. The muse of dance." She pointed her toes reflexively before stiffening at the sight of the water. Her hand instinctively flies to her belt, where her dagger is located in its sheath. She grips the hilt so tightly her finger must have been turning white.

"Stand up," I order. "Ace! Come!" Ace walks over to me. Yes! He already knows his name. I whistle. My pegasus Snowflake stand by my side now. The water it now glowing. "Ok, this can NOT be good," I said, "Do you have any idea what that thing in the water might be?"

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Nala stares at the water before tearing her attention away, her hand still on her dagger's hilt. She wonders vaguely where Calyx was getting all of these animals from, but she doesn't bother with asking. At his question she shakes her head nervously. "I have no idea..." she trails off. Nala knew next to nothing about monsters, and she'd had little to no time to train since her arrival at camp. She hesitates before standing up, looking back at the water and watching it carefully. "I thought monsters weren't supposed to come into camp!" she exclaims.

"Well, they have them for training. But I have a bad feeling that thing isn't for training!" I said. As the water rose higher, the glowing became more intence. I shielded my eyes, and when the glowing stopped, there was a twenty foot sea monster. "Holy crap!" I yelled, "How are we gonna' kill this thing?!"

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"Uh... uh..." Nala stammered, tripping backwards over the sand. "I don't know!" She shouts in exasperation. That thing was enormous. Hm... what could she do?! She unsheathed her dagger, holding it protectively before her. She could try; though the idea sounded ridiculous, to control it with dance... but then she'd likely end up passing out, and what if it didn't work?!

"Ok, now's the time to use your powers!" I yelled. I froze some of the lake, but it didn't stop it. Then I made a huge snowstorm over it. "YAAAH!" I yelled. I made a winter breeze carry me up onto the back of it's neck. I sliced it's neck. I thought it would cut it's head off, but it's scales were REALLY thick. "Ok Nala, I'm out of ideas!" I yelled. The monster thrashed around, but I held fast.

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Crap. Nala was going to have to do it... wasn't she? But Calyx was on top of the thing. She didn't want him to go flying off or something. Maybe it dancing would be better than it thrashing randomly about. At least then she could control it... her mind spun with ideas. She'd never tried to control something so large and inhuman before, but she assumed her power would work, with a lot of energy. She thought this all through in less than a second, closing her eyes for a moment. She made her decision... she was forced to. She channeled an immense amount of strength, shooting it straight at the monster. Suddenly, it froze, and she knew it was under her power. But it was a bit too much. She forced it to move backwards, very slowly, its arms raised above its head. It should have been relatively defenseless, assuming there were no flaws in her powers. She moved, facing the monster directly. She needed Calyx to kill the thing quickly. She couldn't keep this up for too long, and even now she was becoming woozy and lightheaded.
'Stay focused, Nala' she tells herself, watching the two carefully.

Ok, one minute, this thin was gonna' fling me off it's back, and the next, it's backing up. I saw Nala. I understood at that moment that Nala was giving me time to kill this beast. I took my sword, and shimmied down to it's rib cage. Ok, I only got one chance. "Here goes," I say. I find the weak spot in it's chest, and stab with all my might. It roared, and just about broke my eardrums, but I got it. As I stabbed it, it disinagrated into golden dust. As it did so, I was falling toward the lake. CRAP! "Nala!" I yelled. I had spent my whole life in Alaska, and there's one minor problem with that. I didn't know how to swim.

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Nala watched him, sighing in relief when she could release the giant and stop using up energy... it had taken too much as it was. She watched him fall. He should be fine... but then he called her name. Her whole head ached, but she was able to process what was going on. Oh gods... why couldn't he swim? It wasn't like she didn't want to help him, but she didn't think it would have been too intelligent to go diving in after him when she was dizzy like this. She was going to have to use her powers again, which probably wasn't the best idea either. She wrangles up what energy she has left and takes control of him. Right are, left arm, kick. She forces him to swim towards the show. She just hoped he didn't take in too much water. She'd never actually tried to make someone swim, and it would look sort of funny on shore... like he person was doing a strange robot. She suppresses a small laugh, tiredly watching him make his way towards the shore.

Ok, I was falling, now I'm swimming? I don't know how to swim, I can't be swimming! Wait, I couldn't control my limbs. As I finally got to shore, I sighed a relief. Nala had used her powers to help me swim. As I walked up the shore, I noticed she was pale and weak. I got out the little bottle of nectar from my pocket. Still good. I gave it to her. "You ok?" I asked.

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Craaaap. Nala was fading fast. He better get to the shore quickly. She had the odd urge to curse him out, but it was merely the effects of exhaustion setting in. She knew she didn't want to do that, after all, it wasn't really his fault the monster showed up. Anyhow, the minute he didn't have to swim any longer she released, seeing spots in her vision. She groaned internally. That hadn't been smart. She sunk to her knees, holding her head in her hands. Stupid powers. She didn't even notice Calyx by her side until he started talking. Obviously she wasn't okay, but she didn't point that out to him. She knew he was just being nice, and when she got tired she got moody. But she'd be okay once she took the nectar. "Thanks," she tells him, taking the bottle and opening it. She took one small sip at a time, not sure of how much her body needed or how it would react if she drank anything. She felt less lightheaded and dizzy, but she was still pretty exhausted. "Sorry," she mutters, sort of embarrassed for pretty much falling over after all of that.

"It's ok. Trust me. One battle I was in with a sevnteen year old, and I froze him solid, and half the Treetop Village. Now THAT can serisouly wipe out somebody," I said. I smiled to show her that there were no hard feelings "You did awesome!"

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Nala nods, smiling slightly. "Thanks," she said once again, propping her head up on her arm. She was still pretty tired, but this she was able to cope with. Before she'd been sure she was about to either pass out or vomit, or both. She chuckles slightly to herself. Maybe she shouldn't try and control enormous monsters on a daily basis.

"Your welcome," I say. I whistle. Snowflake, my pegasus flys in. "You want a ride to the Infirmiry?" I ask.

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Nala shakes her head vigorously. "No... I don't need to go, I'm better now," she states, which she was. Her head had cleared, she was just a little tired. Plus, if the infirmary was anything like a hospital or the nurse's office at her old school, she wanted nothing to do with it, though she wasn't sure how she'd avoid it in the long run. She shuddered slightly. "I was iffy before, but after that nectar I'm fine."

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