>"Argh!" Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stiffled laughs.

>"Sorry!" Thalia said, turning pale. "I didn't mean to-"

>Anger roared in my ears. A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia's face and dousing her head to toe..I raised Riptide, but before I could even defend myself, Thalia yelled and a blast of lightning came down from the sky, hit her spear like a lightning rod, and slammed into my chest... I got to my feet and willed the entire creek to rise. Hundreds of gallons of water in an icy funnel cloud

*pgs. 88-89 TC*