Reyna's PoV

Night Games

The Argo II landed with majestic grace. It was made out of spare metal and dark wood. But the dragon head on the front was made of what seemed to be pure gold. It showed no sign of being powered by anything. It flew steadily, signifying it must have a good captain. It landed in the open field a few fifty yards away. The bottom flew open. First a boy around sixteen with blonde hair and sky blue eyes walked out. He was hand in hand with a girl with choppy chestnut hair. Her eyes were a deep color of blu- gree- brow- they were a color. After that a tall, blonde girl ran out of the ship. She quickly charged our line. Plenty of the Romans behind me drew their swords. As I slowly drew my Imperial Gold dagger from my belt, the girl ran beside me and tackled Percy. He motioned for us to place our weapons away. Next came a boy with curly black hair and grease all over his face.

"Hi, uh were-"

"Gracieus!" Someone yelled. Octavian was pointing at them and everyone was scowling.

"Dang, the rumors about you Romans are true, your totally tight, loosen up a bit!" the boy with the curly black hair exclaimed. All the Romans were gaping.

"What the styx did he just say?"

"Who the underworld does this guy think he is?"

Many people were beginning to yell at them.

"Guys, calm down, I'm sure- what's your name again?"

"Leo"

"-Leo was just kidding, right?" Percy yelled out. This was an amusing sight. But I had to do something. These were my people, and they were being insulted by some useless Greeks! But what could I do? These people were supposed to be the answer to our problem. So, I did the next best thing-

"Welcome to Camp Jupiter, I do hope you'll join us for our night game" I placed on the best smile I had, which is nothing. Smiling is for the weak, like the Greek. (Lol, Rhymes)

"Uh night games, what are those?"

"You don't remember, Jason?" He shook his head.

"Well I for one love games, and especially at night!" The curly haired kid proclaimed. I scoffed.

"These games will ruin you" I told him. He simply smiled at my remark.

This was going to be fun. I usually never competed in the night games, but tonight was special. Percy had taken a handful of Romans who were willing to join him with the Greeks and made their team. We however outnumbered them two to one. Not to mention this was one thing the Romans for fun. War was like a game to us. We took it seriously, but games intended something was easy, and war was easy. Not to mention, the Greeks, Ha! Weak. Senile and weak!

The game was capture the flag. We had hid our flag deep in the small patch of forest. And when I mean small, I mean fifteen acres! I was the only person on flag patrol. My idea, really. I was one of the strongest Romans at camp. As long as Jason didn't come along, our win was assured. However what came next was unexpected. The kid with curly black hair came strolling into the open patch we placed our flag in. Leo I believe his name is. As soon as eyes our met, the smile on his face vanished.

"Shit" He slowly reached for his tool belt.

"Hands up!" I yelled, sounding somewhat like a cop. The tip of my blade was a few inches from his neck. I had obtained an Imperial Gold claymore for the occasion. His hands quickly flew up in the air.

"Uh, Reyna right? Nice to meet you, names Leo" he held out his hand. I slightly swung my blade and cut his palm. He yelped in pain. He then materialized a small hanker chief from his belt. It stopped the bleeding slightly, but little red droplets still fell from it. He turned around and started walking away.

"Stop" I commanded. He merely chuckled. "I'll attack" I threatened. I started running towards him, sword at the ready. But before I had the chance, water was splashed in my face. My sword was ripped from my hands, and I felt the cold blade on my throat. He had had a small cup full of water. I pulled the wet hair out of my face and saw him holding the claymore with two hands pressed on my throat. There was a smirk plastered on his face. It made him look even more like an elf. We turned in a circle as he made his way over to the flag. But before he did, he pulled a rope from another pocket in his belt. He tied one of my hands to the base of a tree. I tried in vain to untie the knot, but it was way too hard. The kid had triple knotted it. He pulled the flag from the dirt.

"Wow" he said. "Didn't think It'd be this easy" he smirked even more. "Well I suppose you want this back" he placed the blade in my free hand. I quickly got to work on cutting the knot. I must say though, I was completely shocked. Were the Greek as dumb as I heard? Or was it just this one kid.

By the time I cut myself free, the freaken elf was nowhere in sight. So I decided to cut the news to my team. Perhaps they had already caught him trying to bring the flag back. Unlikely, I was supposed to be their main defense system. However, luck was on my side. I heard some rustling up in the trees, and some leaves were starting to fall from one in particular. I looked up. And who other than Leo was sitting in the tree with the flag.

"Uh, hi. Thought maybe you'd pass me and leave. Get it?" he held up a leaf. "Leave-"

"Get down" I glared up at him.

"Now I'm not quite sure I want to" he grinned. But, without further notice, he did jump down. And sprinted away with a pile of dust trailing behind. Please, I'm the fastest runner in this camp. But as our chase progressed, I had second thoughts on that. I was a meter behind him and that was as close as I could get. He turned left, me trying to copy. He was fast and agile, and I was slowly losing him. But soon after, I figured out his stamina was limited. I was gaining on him just as fast I was losing him. But, life's a bitch! I tripped over a large root sticking out of the ground. The fall blurred my vision. But with that, I felt myself being picked up. The Leo kid was helping me to my feet. But as soon as I was steady enough to stand, he dashed off with a 'Your welcome'. He wasn't getting away that easily. He was straight in front of me, so I pulled out my dagger, and threw. Now, my aim is pin-point, so calm the hell down. It just grazed his leg, allowing him to fall with a 'THUD'.

"Ow, son of a bi-"

"Shut up!" I kicked his leg. Just as my victory over him was assured, it went wrong.

You see, to add some fun to the game, we add a third team. This team however has no intention to capture either flag. They simply make it harder for the other two teams. Although the third team is usually half of one team, meaning they have to be sneaky and cunning. One had tied my arms around the base of the tree, and another had done to same to Leo. And just my luck, one of them was one of the Greeks!

"Come on Piper, I thought we were buds!" Leo pleaded.

"Your dead for this you stupid Greek!" I found Gracieus was a strong word, so I tended not to use it. Octavian however made it his primary word. The girl simply shrugged and ran off laughing with one of the Romans. A crude sight if you ask me. Tonight was the night I was going to show those Greek bastards who they were dealing with! And now I'm tied up beside one! And was tied up by one! The whole order of life is crumbling away. The flag was lying be us and out of both out reaches.

Only a few minutes later, Leo had broken his bonds and was now standing, checking his leg.

"How in the underworld did you do that?' I asked, struggling against my own bonds. He held up a pocket knife along with another cute smirk on his face. Wait, cute? What the fuck Reyna? Alright, alright, forget I ever thought that.

He picked up the flag, and began trekking his way back. "Well aren't you going to untie me?" I shouted after him. A few moments later he walked backwards in front of me. His eyebrow was lifted up in a quizzical way.

"Untie you?" he asked. "The girl, who not only hates me, but cut my leg".

"I'll give you gold, Greeks like gold right?" I begged. I usually never begged, but if I was caught tied up and had lost the flag, I'd be humiliated!

He thought it over for a second.

"Well-l-l-l, no" he simply replied.

"B-but there must be something you want" I pleaded. His smirk grew larger. Oh shit.

"Well, I was hoping to go sight-seeing in San Fran, but apparently, I can't leave without permission from the Praetor, and someone to accompany me" he said. "And it just so happened that I figured out, you're the Praetor, and you could accompany me". I gaped in horror.

"F-fine, I'll do it. Now untie me!"

"Swear on the river of Styx".

"The river of Styx? Are you kidding me? Do you know what happens if I don't accomplish the terms?"

"Yeah". The little bitch!

"Fine, I swear on the river of S-styx". He smirked, and then proceeded to untie me. Once I was free, I tackled him and placed my dagger at his throat. "Drop the flag, now!" He rolled over so that he was on top of me.

"No" he replied, still smirking. I tried struggling, but all in all, he was stronger than me. He took a piece of rope off the ground and tied my hands. "Well Reyna, it was nice talking to ya, but I got to run!" But even before he could stand up properly, he was thrown against a tree. The same girl tied him up against the tree once again. However this time, she took his tool belt.

"I forgot about this" she said, holding up the belt. She then ran off. I attempted to stand with my tied hands. I was finally able to get up.

"Um, little help". I looked over to him. I scowled then proceeded to walk away. "Hey wait up" the kid came running up beside me. He was holding the flag in his hand. I didn't even bother asking how he got untied again without that special tool belt of his.

We walked in silence until we finally made it out of the forest. The field was scattered with battle after battle. Percy and Jason were fighting ten Romans back to back. They each had a shining gold sword. Annabeth was fighting another three with twin blades. Frank pushed through the crowd as a large grizzly. Leo started trying to sneak around the mesh of chaos.

"Oh no you don't" I ran after him and pushed both of us over. The noise attracted about two thirds of the large battle. Romans everywhere began looking over at us. However what really attracted their eyes was the large red flag attached to a golden pole. They began to charge after Leo, but Jason and Percy interjected. I had a Romans cut my hands free then give me his sword. I yelled for the Romans to go after Leo. I quickly ran up and intercepted Jason and Percy. The fight wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. Assuming they've been fighting this entire time, I had numerous amounts more energy than they did. But they still did outnumber me two to one. Although I couldn't win, I could buy my people some time to catch and return the flag.

"KAKAW!" Leo soared through the air along with the flag. Frank had transformed into a giant eagle and was now carrying Leo back to their own flag. This game was over. The Greeks had beaten us. The Greeks had beaten Rome!