Here's some advice: don't ever underestimate your friends in a fight.
Trust me, as a demigod, I'm full of experiences. I've fought almost any enemy you could imagine: dragons, sphinx, giants, and even gods. But you wanna know which one was my toughest fight? It was my duel with Annabeth in a Capture the flag game.
Seriously, after seeing my friend fight for her life against countless monsters, I thought I knew all of her strategies and tactics. But in just three minutes in my quarrel with Annabeth, I was certain I was gonna be chopped into mincemeat and be served in dumplings.
I'll tell you what happened in that game of capture the flag; I mean, I'll tell you what really happened. Annabeth has her own version, but don't listen to her. She exaggerated the tale. You can be guaranteed that I am telling the truth.
The evening started pretty normally. Wait, hold on, allow me rephrase that. The evening started normally for us. I'm pretty sure seeing dancing satyrs, a friendly hellhound, and singing dryads would be quite unusual for an ordinary mortal like you. But anyways, the night was going quite the same as any night before an epic game of capture the flag.
After dinner, everyone was very excited. I was garnering my armor when my friend Robbie, a newcomer from the Apollo cabin, tapped me on the shoulder.
"Hey Rob!" I greeted the kid, but Robbie had some sort of rueful expression on his face.
"Bad news Percy," The boy said, "The Dionysus cabin got grounded for stealing wine, meaning they won't be able to participate tonight's Capture the Flag. Instead, Athena's cabin got switched to the other team."
I groaned. Usually for Capture the Flag there were two teams: blue and red. I was with the blue team along with the Apollo, Athena, and Hephaestus cabins. Ares, Demeter, and Dionysus were in red team. But apparently, according to Robbie, Athena got switched to the red team for tonight, which was bad news.
Clarisse was from the Ares cabin, and she's not the type of girl who you'd want to mess with. She has a belligerent attitude and is as aggressive as her father. Usually, she's the captain for red team. The Demeter cabin used to not have many competitive people, until this other new guy, James, arrived at camp Half-Blood. And let me tell you, Jame's terror too. It took four muscular Hephaestus boys to best him in the last week's game of Capture the Flag.
But worst of all, the red team now has Annabeth.
Annabeth is some kind of prodigy. She's the smartest person I've ever met, excluding her mother, the Goddess Athena. Her strategies were usually the best, and the other kids usually follow her with no questions. But not only does Annabeth have brains, she also have quite a lot of fighting skills. She took down five hellhounds once, which was something even I'm not sure I could do. I'm almost certain she'll be the captain of red team's Capture the Flag this time.
On the other hand, in the blue team, I'm pretty much the best guy, so I'm usually the captain. Robbie is pretty good, but his skills only match that of James. The only other person on our team that has skills comparable to mine is Glian.
Glian was a very mysterious but polite and gentle guy. He always wear a dark cloak that masks his head, so we hardly ever see his face. He speaks very seldom, and on the times when he does, it was always when it was important. All in all, he's a shy but pretty cool guy.
There was the sudden sound of the bell, signaling that it was almost time for the match. All the other members of the blue team gathered around me, asking me what to do.
"We don't have Athena anymore, Percy!" A kid cried out.
"You have to go against your girlfriend, Annabeth!" Another blurted.
"We're gonna die!" Another panicked.
I shook my head. It doesn't matter what their skill levels are, but if all of them were as quiet as Glian, I think we would stand a much better chance.
"So here's the plan guys!" I called out. All the campers of team blue immediately fell silent, hanging on to my every word.
"We're gonna split into two groups." I said, "The first group will go and try to capture the other team's flag. The second group will stay behind and protect the flag. Any questions so far?"
I looked around, thinking there was no way that anyone could misunderstand such clear orders. Surprisingly, yet unsurprisingly at the same time, a hand of a little girl rose up.
"Yes, little girl in the green shirt?" I answered.
"That's a cute necklace you're wearing," She replied, "Where'd you get it?"
I wanted to scream in despair. The necklace was a gift from Annabeth for my 17th birthday, but it had nothing to do with the game.
"Lemme rephrase my question," I sighed, "Are there any questions related to the capture the flag game?"
I looked around once more and felt relieved when I saw no hands. And for the next hour, I assigned each person to a group.
Well, that was chapter one guys, how'd you like it? Please review and tell me what you think!