Capture the Flag. Percy Jackson loved many things, but this game was unarguably one of his favorites.
"Percy, left!" Annabeth's voice brought him out of his daydream as he narrowly blocked a sword strike to his side. He blunt ended the poor kid, sending him sprawling. He flashed a quick smirk to Annabeth.
"Thanks, Wise Girl." Annabeth smiled a little
"Eyes on the prize, Seaweed Brain." she mock scolded as they fought their way through to their flag. Percy protected Annabeth as they ran back to their home base, cheers errupting as they arrived. A horn sounded, and Chiron galloped up the hill, beaming. All the other campers gathered around as Chiron announced the winners. A new camper stepped up and patted Percy's shoulder.
"Team Percabeth wins again, huh?" he chuckled. Percy just smiled
"Yeah, I guess we do. What did you say your name was?" Percy questioned. The boy stuck out his hand.
"Theo, Son of Aphrodite."
"Percy, Son of..."
"Everybody knows you Percy. You're a legend." Just then Chiron announced it was time to go down to the campfire.
"Nice talking Percy!" Theo called as he took off to catch up to his brothers and sisters. Percy just sighed contently as he looked up at the night sky. Right then, it was amazing to be Percy Jackson. As they celebrated around the campfire, Percy could feel the joy in the air. 1 year after defeating Gaea and making peace with the Roman demigods, everyone finally felt as though they could relax a little bit and enjoy themselves. Percy was more than happy to do just that. First with the Titans, then Mother Earth, Percy wanted nothing more than to just kick back and be care-free. Once sing-a-long was over, they all got free time, Percy finding Annabeth so they could hang out. But just as the were walking away from the campfire, a familiar voice called out to him
" Hey Jackson! Long time no seem!" Rachel Dare called as she jogged over to the 2.
"Rachel, hey. What brings you back to camp?" Percy asked. Rachel playfully puched his arm
" What, am I banned from joining the fun just cause im not a demigod?" she taunted. The 3 shared a good laugh, and man did it feel good to laugh. He and Annabeth had agreed to spend their summer vacation away from the Roman college, and to come back to Camp Half-Blood for the summer. They had been there for 1 uneventful month so far, which was fine by Percy. Even still, they all seemed hesitant to relax completely. Good things never lasted for demigods. Still, as the 3 walked the beach, Percy hand-in-hand with Annabeth, he couldn't help but feel relaxed.
'Man, life sure is good right now,' Percy thought as they all enjoyed the stars. They talked about college, and their friends, but mostly about their plans for the future. Everything seemed normal, at least demigod-normal. He was at Camp, arm around his beautiful girlfriend, enjoying life. So why did he feel so... uneasy?
"Everything ok, Percy?" Annabeth questioned
"Yeah, dude, you look a bit... off." Rachel affirmed
"Yeah, I'm fine, why?" Percy asked. Annabeth shrugged
" Just checking." she stated. Just then, Chiron blew the horn, signaling time to prepare for bed.
"Better get to our cabins." Annabeth sighed, then suddenly stepped towards Percy and briskly kissed him.
" Goodnight Seaweed Brain."
"Yeah... night." Percy muttered in surprise. "Night Rachel."
"See you in the morning, Jackson" she giggled. Percy took off running towards his cabin.
'I'm probably just being paranoid' he decided as he got ready for bed. After she was ready for bed, Rachel sat down and opened an old-looking empty scroll she had gotten from the gift shop. She had recently begun making drawings that she would sell to campers, and she had been doing them on these scrolls because it looked cool. She looked out the entrance of the cave, quill in hand thinking of what to draw. But when she looked down at her scroll, she just barely caught what looked like the last line of...
'Oh no.' she thought as the scroll seemed to roll itself up.
'Thus it begins'