A/N: As a request from A Day With No Laughter Is A Day Wasted (No spaces, it just won't show up on my computer if I type it the right way), I am going to inflict pain on our favorite character, Perseus Jackson.

After an attack at camp, Percy gives into his fatal flaw and lives to tell the tale. Curse of Achilles included, but he doesn't die… just gets banged up.

Percy's POV:

"Down! Block-Aaaaannnnddd STRIKE!" I hollered and swung countless hits at the new camper. She was doing pretty well with her sword. As a child of Ares who was quite quiet and modest (rare), she was making all of her strikes and blocks clean. This newbie had some fighting experience.

Eventually I caught her on the side and knocked the blunt of my sword on her helmet. She fell on her bottom.

"NEXT!" I hollered and bent down next to her while the next kid jumped up into the ring. "Good job. Better than some people who come here. Nice strikes but work on your defense. See you next time." I smiled and gave her a hand up.

She left and the next one came up. He looked like he was from about sixth grade. His bright red curls made it hard to guess which house he was from but the look in his blue eyes told me that he was a Hermes child.

"Ok, we are working on defenses right now. Be careful," I said and he nodded. "GO" I shouted and whacked the blunt of my blade on the outside of his thigh. He stepped on my blade and brought his overtop. I slipped mine out from under his foot and went in for a jab. He stepped away and came around back. I ducked his swing and kicked his foot out from underneath him.

"NEXT!" I said and wiped some sweat from my brow. "Nice job there. Don't forget to be aware of everything around you, it will help." I helped him up.

The next was a girl who looked to be about my age, but never got to camp in time.

"What do we do here?" She asked and looked around everywhere.

"You are going to train. I am Percy, the swordsman at camp. Just try to keep up and block." I said and sent a wide swing at her. She held up her sword and blocked. I came at her with a punch and a block was sent my way. Slowly but surely, she was making headway.

"I'm getting the hang of this!" She exclaimed. Before we could go for a new attack, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. A flying streak of fire was heading right for us. Before I could yell instructions, I pounced on the girl to knock her out of the way. She gave me the funniest look and then saw the fiery arrow that sprouted right next to her head.

"Holy shi-" She started but was blocked out by everyone's screams.

"Campers!" I screamed and tried to get them to calm down. "We are under attack! Get ready for battle!" "Put this fire out then you can come and help us." I told the distraught looking girl. She was happy to pat out the flames. A rush of campers filed out of the arena and we looked outside. A small wave of monsters, enough to keep us busy, came up the hill. Some insider… Another traitor…

"CHARGE!" I screamed in harmony with another echoing voice to my right. Annabeth's group which she gathered from Mythology class and the climbing pit was right behind her and all suited up.

We ran and fought. I saw the first girl I worked with today slay a monster or two and a group of the youngsters were taking down a giant.

Annabeth fell inline right beside me. I smiled and we fought at our hardest to defend off these monsters.

I looked around and saw that everyone was doing pretty well. I cut the head of an empousi and worked on a band of Cyclopes. The number of campers this year were extreme and they seemed they could handle it. Good training even if it wasn't planned.

I ran towards Annabeth who was dodging strikes from gorgons. I jumped off someone's shield and they gave me a boost towards the air. I hacked a gorgon and she exploded into dust. Annabeth slew another one and the last one we took on together. She put on her cap and I kept it distracted. I cut a hold in her wing and Annabeth eventually jumped on her back and cut at the head.

"Nice Wise Girl!" I shouted and she took of her cap.

I turned to look at the fight and we were demolishing the monsters. When I looked back at Annabeth, I knew nothing was going to be the same.

A black shadow was bounding behind her.

"ANNABETH!" I screamed and her smile washed away. In her mid spin to see what was behind her, I jumped, tackling her to the ground. We rolled a little on the ground and then I felt the weight of the hellhound on me. Eyes closed I felt it's knuckles scrape against my back. I pulled Annabeth closer, hoping she wasn't hurt and then I felt it.

It got angry with us playing dead and so it walked away. On it's way it walked on my back. The small of my back. It's imprint didn't scratch it but made it feel like I was disintegrating. I screamed and Annabeth's eyes opened. My body collapsed and I put all of my weight on her.

I was in between consciousness and unconsciousness. My vision blurred and I felt Annabeth reach out from under me with her knife. Apparently the hellhound came back for more but it exploded in dust before it could rip us to shreds.

"Percy?" She asked and I couldn't move. My lungs were barely working and I could feel the pins and needles start from the small of my back and spread through my body. "Percy, what's wrong?" She asked and she slowly pushed me over. I lay on my back in indescribable pain.

"Achilles…" I choked out and let another scream ripple through my body. It stopped short when I felt my heart skip a beat and my breathing take a toll on me. "Hurts… So badly…" I managed before I lost sight and fell into a black abyss listening to the pleas of Annabeth, screaming 'Percy! Please! Wake up!'

A/N: He doesn't die though. Anyway. That was the first chapter!