James woke up early in the morning. He changed into his regular clothes and went to the Big House. He entered the room where Grace was. When he got there, Grace's eyes were open.
"Grace, are you awake?" James asked. Grace turned her head and looked at James.
"Yeah, I guess so," she said softly. "Where am I? What am I doing here? Why were we attacked by mons-"
"Hold on, Grace. You are at Camp Half–Blood. You got injure at school remember? And we were attacked… I don't know why we were attacked. Probably because of my scent," James explained.
"What's Camp Half–Blood?" Grace asked.
"Well, it's a camp for special people," James answered. "You're a half–blood."
"What's a half–blood?" Grace asked.
"You know the Greek gods, right?" James asked. Grace nodded. "Well, they're real. And some of the Greek gods get married to mortals and have children and the children have powers like their dad or mom. I think that covers it all."
"So… I'm a half–blood? Who's my parent?" Grace asked.
"Nobody knows yet. But we'll find out soon," James answered. "Well, I have to go now. Bye." James ran out the door and went back to his cabin. All of his half–brothers and sisters were awake now.
"James, ready for the ultimate Capture-the-Flag game?" one of his sisters squealed. "Oooh, I can't wait to win."
"Capture-the-Flag?" James asked.
"Yes Capture-the-Flag. It's Friday. We always have it on Friday," the girl replied. James went to the calendar and checked. It was Friday.
"All right, ready to win this game?" James said. Everyone nodded. Then, a conch horn blew. Everyone hopped out of their beds and went to the battle arena. When they got there, Chiron was waiting.
"Hello, fellow campers. Today, we will have Capture-the-Flag. The teams are Apollo cabin, Hephaestus cabin, Poseidon cabin, and Athena cabin. The other team is the rest of the camp," Chiron announced. "Into the woods, now!" Everyone ran to the woods. When they got there, there was a table with all their weapons and armor. James grabbed his bow, arrows, and daggers. He decided not to have armor this round. When everyone got in their positions, the conch horn blew again. Everyone cheered and charged. James took out his dagger, rubbed the dragon, and charged. He crossed the creek and into the enemy territory. Then, an arrow shot at his feet. The arrow missed but a group of enemy campers appeared. They surrounded James. James smirked and took out his other dagger.
"Charge, Ares!" Clarisse screamed. The group of campers charged at James. James dodged two people who were about to tackle James. Instead, the two campers knocked into each other and fainted. Clarisse lunged at James but James grabbed her arm and knocked her sword out of her hand. He kicked her back and she fell to the ground. James took out his smoke arrows and shot them at the ground. Smoke emerged from the arrows. James quickly ran away and towards the enemy flag. But, before he got to it, Nico appeared.
"You're never going to get the flag," Nico said, summoning ten skeletons.
"Yes I will, Nico. I always beat you," James said, taking out his bow and an arrow. He fitted the arrow onto his bow string and shot it up in the arrow. Nico quickly made a shield of bones cover his whole body. From the sky came hundreds of arrows. The skeletons disintegrated but Nico was still there.
"James, one touch with this sword and you'll be in the Underworld. If I were you, I would give up," Nico said, drawing his Stygian iron sword.
"But I won't be touched," James replied, with a smile. Nico charged and attacked James. James easily blocked it and elbowed Nico in the back. Nico fell to the ground with a thud. James ran to the flag and grabbed it. By the time James got the flag, Nico was back on his feet.
"You'll never win, James," Nico said.
"Oh, yes I will!" James yelled. James and Nico both attacked each other. (Flag vs. Sword). James whacked Nico in the face and Nico went flying. James ran back to the creek. Then, he jumped. But, an arrow shot his foot before he jumped. He fell into the creek and the camper who shot James retrieved the flag and ran back to Zeus' Fist. James swam to the surface of the water and screamed, "No maiming each other!" But he was too far to be heard. Then, behind him, someone jumped, hitting James in the back of his head. He saw a camper getting his team's flag and jumping to the other side of the creek. James ignored the pain in his head and he jumped out of the water, hitting the camper in the stomach. He fell back to his territory and his allies got to the enemy and captured him.
"Hey, James, come here!" Percy called. James climbed out of the water and to Percy. His head was in pain, and so was his foot.
"James, are you okay?" Percy asked.
"No, I'm not okay," James moaned. "But I'm still playing." James took the arrow out of his foot and drank some nectar. Then, James ran back to the enemy territory. When he got to the flag, no one was there. James bolted to the flag and grabbed it. He sprinted back to the creek and he jumped. No arrows shot him and nobody hit him in the head. He landed safely onto his territory.
"Victory is ours!" James shouted. Then, Chiron galloped towards James and his friends.
"Congratulations, no dish washing for a week. As for the other campers, they have to do extra work," Chiron announced. "Now, back to your cabins and get some rest!" Everyone ran back to their cabins and had a nice nap. James hopped into his bed and slept peacefully.
