AN/- Okay guys, I thought that I would upload my second chapter straight away because its done
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"Wow, look at all the buildings!" exclaimed Sophie.
"Yep, they need lots because there is going to be lots of people staying here for a while." Replied Annabeth.
The way she spoke really scared me. Something serious is going on, and judging by the way Annabeth is talking, its very serious.
We all got out of the car and grabbed our bags, Annabeth walked off to the Athena cabin, and i took Sophie and Jack to the Poseidon Cabin. We walked over to the huge cabin right on the water edge.
Sophie and Jacks jaws fell open in amazement.
"you used to live in this?" Jack asked.
"Yehhr, why? Dont you like it?" I asked.
"Of course we dont like it, we love it!" Exclaimed Sophie.
"This place is amazing! It even has a pool and gym," added Jack.
We walked over to the bunks, 'well this where you guys will be sleeping for a while, im not really sure for how long though."
"Percy, why are we here?" asked Sophie.
" yehhr, it cant be good, look how Annabeth acted," added Jack.
"well im not exactly sure guys, we'll just have to wait and see."
It was at that moment that the bell rang saying that we all need to meet at the dinner hall. Sophie, Jack and I all headed over to the hall and luckily got in before the rush so we could sit up the front. After ten minutes Chiron finally came in and everyone fell silent.
"Good Afternoon campers," he said, "i would like to welcome you to camp half blood. Some of you may have been here before, and for others this is a very new place. All of you guys must be wondering why we are all gathered here and how long for. Thats why i am here to answer all of those questions. Firstly, i do not know how long you guys will be here for, it could be over a month or for as little as two weeks, it all depends on how long the games take."
"The games?" a few people shout out in confusion.
"Hush my dears, i will explain everything in good time. It has come to the attention of the gods, your parents, that there has been a lot of rivalry between the gods as to whose offspring is the best at many aspects, such as battle, brains, survival, communication ect. So the gods have come up with a way to see who is the best, who will have a victor. They have called the event the Half blood games. As you guys know there are already twelve different 'districts' each represented by a god. There will be two children selected from each district, one male and one female, to participate in the games. And the Gods have chose one person from each district who they think are worthy enough to mentor the two chosen children throughout the games."
"So what sort of games do they need to be able to do?" Asked Charles Beckendorf. [AN, I know he died, but i have brought some people back to life :P haha]
"Oh Charles, it is not plural, there is only one game they need to be able to play, and it is more a game of life than anything. You see, there will only be one winner, obviously, but to win you must survive, and surviving involves killing the people in the game."
Gasps and shrieks come from all around the hall, then murmurs of outrage.
"Silence Please," Yells Chiron. "the two selected from each district will be trained for a week with their mentor and trainers, that will be their last preparation before they are placed in the arena to fight and survive. Only one district can win, that may be both of the warriors selected, or it may be just one. It depends how selfish you are. Do you want all the glory or to share? Because if chosen, you should be proud, you are going to represent your parent and your talents. And the winner will be allowed to go and meet their parent."
"There are cameras placed everywhere in the arena. This is so that the mentor and audience will be able to see what is happening at all times. And yes, when I say audience i mean the rest of you that have not been selected to participate in the game. The mentors will watch from their own rooms with big tvs, so that if they need to, they can send down gifts to help. All of the districts only have a certain amount of gifts, so be careful when you send them. Now i would like to announce the mentors for each god."
I couldn't believe what was happening! Us kids were being put in an arena to fight to the death just so that the gods can see who is the best. Its completely stupid! Innocent children will die because of the cockiness of the gods. I felt Sophie quickly grab my torso in a hug. She has realise that she is the only girl and will be going into the arena. She has only been to camp once, so she has barely mastered fighting, let alone her powers. I slowly start to feel a warm, moist spot on my shirt, as
Sophie sobs into my shirt.
I look over at Jack and see that his eyes are red and puffy as he tries to hold back his tears. I put my arm over his shoulder in the hope that it will comfort him and let him know everything is okay.
"oh and by the way children," Chirons adds, "there is to be no powers used, which means no shadow travel, hades children."
I glance over at Annabeth and see that she is crying as well. So this is what she knows. Her mother must have told her everything. I bet Athena has a plan, she always does since she is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.
