Chapter 2? Okay yeah. Please just review!
Percy, Grover, and I walked down to where the commotion was going on. A girl with a bright orange Camp Half Blood t-shirt and beautiful blonde hair braided to the side walked up to us. "Oh, I see you got her," she said and smiled at me. I smiled back and Percy gestured to her and said, "Rose, this is Annabeth. Annabeth, this is Rose." We nodded at each other for the end of the introduction. "Let me show you around," she insisted.
I started to follow her through Camp Half Blood. I don't know why it embarrassed me so much when guys stared at me too long. I was used to regular people doing that… Not half bloods. Annabeth showed me many places, but the two I liked the most was the archery fields and the stables. When we went to the archery field, I kind of veered off away from Annabeth filled with curiosity. I walked up to an abandoned bow and quiver filled with arrows. I just couldn't help myself. I pulled on the quiver and grabbed the beautiful, wooden bow. My dad taught me to shoot when I was little, but it's been a while. The wind blew and I realized how beautiful the day was. The sky was my favorite kind of blue, dark blue—but not too dark, everything was green, and the weather was warm. I took a deep breath and slid an arrow out of the quiver and pulled it back with the bowstring. I aimed at the distance target. I was probably about one hundred feet away, but now it seemed further away. When I finished aiming, I exhaled and released the arrow. That's always been my style for shooting. The yellow painted on the target was the center, and the red paint was on the outside of the yellow. My arrow stuck itself in the red painted area. I sighed and my short moment of peace was interrupted by laughter. I turned around and a boy with sun-kissed blonde hair and bright, blue eyes walked toward me and took the bow out of my hand. He slid an arrow out from my quiver and shot it in less than a second and it smacked in the middle of the target. I rolled my eyes and muttered, "Show off," He laughed again and took another arrow and released it from the bow and it split the arrow that was in the center already straight down the middle. "Now that was me showing off," he said and turned towards me. He was a lot taller than me, but not huge. "You… Remind me of someone," I noted. He smiled. Ugh, perfect teeth too. "You must've met Apollo. He's my dad," he answered. I nodded. Well that made perfect sense. "What's your name?" he asked. "Rose," I replied, "You?" "Will," he said. I smiled at him not knowing what to say, now. "Rose!" I heard Annabeth calling, "There you are! Come on! It's dinner time!"
I followed Annabeth to dinner with Will behind me. "Each cabin has their own table. It's dumb, but we all have to sit with our cabin," she explained. I gave her the 'don't leave me I don't know anyone here' look. "You'll be fine," she said, "You're sitting with cabin 10, the Aphrodite Cabin." She pointed to a table with a group of beautiful boys and girls sitting together. I walked over to the table awkwardly and sat down at the end by myself. I felt better alone. In fact, I kind on didn't want anyone sliding down and sitting with me. People checked me out to see who I was, but, thankfully, no one moved down. The others were gossiping and talking about how beautiful everything is. Somehow I felt like I was just different from all of the other Aphrodite demigods. A man that was a man from the waist up and a horse waist down walked into the center of the room. My eyes widened at the sight of him, not knowing what he was, but here, I guess, that's supposed to be normal. He raised his hand so everyone would be quiet, and, it worked. "Tonight," he began, "we will be playing capture the flag." Everyone's eyes lit up except for mine. "There will be two teams," he continued, "Red and Blue team. I will choose the team you will be on, and whoever gets the flag first… Wins." I relaxed a little. It couldn't be that hard.
I ended up of the team with the only four people I know. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Will. My only question was this: Why are we getting strapped with armor, and armed with swords? Will walked over to me and must've noticed my confused face. "This isn't your normal capture the flag game," he stated, "You have to fight for the flag… Literally." I took a deep breath and noticed he had a bow and arrows. "Where can I get a bow?" I asked, "I know nothing about sword fighting and I can kinda shoot." He smiled and took my hand and led me to the bows. I scanned the selection of them. I ended up choosing a beautiful, wooden Recurve bow. I fastened my quiver onto my back and turned to Will, ready. "I'm not gonna die, am I?" I asked nervously. He chuckled and replied, "I don't think anyone can kill a girl with a face like yours." I blushed and turned away.
The red and the blue teams were divided on each side of the woods. I walked over to some of the Aphrodite half bloods and stood with them. One walked over to me and said, "New girl? My name is Silena. And you?" I responded, "Rose." She nodded and smiled at me. "Um, who's the horse guy?" "Oh," she said, "That's Chiron. Pretty much the camp leader." I nodded in response. Suddenly, what sounded like a horn blared. Everyone started running towards the woods then some slowed, some kept going, and some stopped to strategize. The Aphrodite boys and girls went one way, so I went with them. After walking quickly we spotted the flag. It only had one guard, shockingly. The girls squealed in excitement then did nothing but stared. The guys only stared also. Why aren't they going for it? I looked at them like they were nuts. I started walking straight towards the guard, who was literally two inches in front of the flag. "What are you doing?!" they hissed, "You'll get hurt!" I ignored them and kept walking straight up to the guard. Now, my ability was practically useless except for the fact that I can be super misleading and get what I want through beauty. The guard noticed me and stood up straighter in front of the flag. I took my radiant blonde hair out of its ponytail and shook my head and continued to walk gracefully to the guard. I dropped my bow and quiver and took off my armor. His jaw was already on the ground, and I got super close to him. If I moved a centimeter, our lips would touch. "Hey," I said softly. I think he just about died. He leaned in for a kiss and I kicked him in the stomach and he fell back. I snatched the flag and sprinted passed that girls and boys that were not helping me what so ever. They came running behind me for protection as we made our way back to our base. I sprinted as fast as I could (I'm not a bad runner) in the last one hundred yards. When I made it, everyone started cheering and crowded me. Others came back to the base and crowded me as well. Percy came up to me and said through the excitement, "How did you do it?!" I shrugged and half yelled over the noise, "The guard was a sucker for a pretty girl!" He laughed and we made our way back to the pavilion.
"Congratulations to the Blue Team!" Chiron said, "And congratulations to Rose Smith for capturing the flag!" Cheers erupted from the crowd and, soon, the crowd of demigods cleared out and I made my way to the archery field and sat down in the grass. After a while of relaxation, Will came up and sat down next to me. "Did you even shoot one arrow?" he asked. I shook my head and replied, "No, just used the gift… The gift my mom gave me, I guess." He looked at me in amazement. "You're different from all of the other girls in your cabin," he pointed out. I agreed, "I know. We found the flag and I think they were too scared to mess up their nails to get it." He laughed and we sat in the grass together until the sun started to go down.
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