Chapter 2: Activities

Percy's POV

Since Chiron told us to go back to our regular activities, Annabeth and I went to the arena for sword fighting. Our families followed us and sat in some bleachers.

"These are all kids, where's the teacher?" Dr. Chase asked.

"You didn't tell him?" I questioned.

"When I told him about you, I didn't think to mention your deadly qualities." Annabeth smirked.

"Hey guys! Before I start class, Annabeth and I have a grudge match to finish!" I announced.

"What's the point? I'm going to win." Annabeth grinned.

"I'm the best swordsman in the last few hundred years." I countered.

"We'll see." She smirked.

"Percy's the teacher." Athena explained.

Poseidon looked proud and mom smiled. Paul and Annabeth's parents looked surprised.

"Where are your brothers, by the way?" I suddenly noticed they weren't there.

"Dad said he dropped them off and Christine's parents' house." Annabeth shrugged.

"Ready?" I grinned.

"Always." Annabeth replied.

Annabeth and I started fighting. I was using Riptide and she used her new bone sword.

"What did you name your new sword again?" I asked as I blocked one of her blows. "Boner?"

"Drakon." She corrected as she nearly decapitated me.

"If you hadn't missed, I would be headless!" I exclaimed as I blocked another attempt at my head.

"Who said I missed?" She smirked as she tripped me while my legs were vulnerable.

She was sitting on top of me and attempted to swing down near my head as I blocked her.

"Clever." I grinned as I pushed her off me with the force of my sword against hers.

"Is that a surprise?" She quipped as she stumbled, but got right back up.

"Not really." I smiled as I tried to strike a blow near her head.

"Good." She said as she dodged my blow.

Then I used the move Luke taught me to disarm my enemy, grabbed her sword, and pulled her against me like I was holding her hostage.

"And don't try anything, because you already taught me not to get distracted by my enemy." I grinned.

I threw our swords far enough away so she couldn't reach them. Everyone cheered.

"Nice." She smirked as she kissed me. "But how do you know I didn't let you win?"

"Because pride is your fatal flaw, so I doubt you swallowed your pride." I smirked back.

"Shut up." She playfully hit me.

We both laughed. Then I noticed the surprise on her parents' faces. Athena is the only one who didn't seem surprised and smirked.

"Can we have our grudge match now?" Clarisse asked.

"Next class." I said.

"So you'll fight teacher's pet, but not me?" Clarisse quipped.

"Fine. But I've never let her win, so it's not favoritism." I shrugged.

Clarisse got out her sword to fight, but I just used Luke's disarming technique.

"Match ended." I smirked.

Clarisse looked frustrated, but didn't try to get revenge. A horn blew, signaling the end of class.

"Did we really fight for most of the hour?" I questioned.

"Wouldn't be the first time." Annabeth smirked.

So we walked to archery. Annabeth and I got the same activities because Chiron took it literally when we told him how we promised to never separate again. Annabeth got a bow ready while I sat to watch.

"Aren't you participating?" Dr. Chase asked.

"Percy can't shoot an arrow to save his life. It always goes where he doesn't want it to." Artemis was here.

"Maybe we should bless you just in case you need to shoot one." Apollo appeared.

"I don't think that would help." Annabeth teased.

I grinned because she was probably right. I watched as Annabeth hit the center of the target every time. I'm better at sword fighting, she's better at archery. It balances us out. The horn blew to signal the next activity. We walked over to the canoes. I was the teacher for this class too.

"How about Annabeth and I go against Athena and Poseidon in a conoe race? Two Gods versus a teacher and student." I suggested.

Everyone cheered in response.

"Game on." Athena and Poseidon agreed.

So Athena and Poseidon got into one canoe, while Annabeth and I got into the other.

"Ready? Set. Go!" Thalia called.

Annabeth and I paddled like our lives depended on it, and so did Athena and Poseidon. They were ahead for a short time, but we caught up. We were neck-and-neck with them. Then we were ahead of them. Annabeth and I beat Athena and Poseidon by twenty seconds.

"How did you two get so fast?" Athena questioned.

"Steroids?" Poseidon suggested jokingly.

"Practice. A lot of upper arm strength." I shrugged.

"We've been stronger since we got back." Annabeth referred to Tartarus. "Plus, we've both held up the weight of the world for Atlas. Literally."

They gave us a look of understanding. The horn blew for lunch not too long after that. Annabeth and I sat at my table.

"I thought it was customary to sit at your Olympian parent's table." Dr. Chase stated.

"We lifted that rule because of Percy's conditions of his reward when he helped save Olympus." Dionysus sighed as he walked to his table.

"I'm going to sit with the other kids. Don't want them to get jealous." Athena smiled.

She headed to her table. Mine and Annabeth's parents sat down.

"You never did describe what happened when Percy became the Savior of Olympus." Dr. Chase said.

"Um... I don't like to talk about it." Annabeth said.

Even though Thalia brought Luke back to life, Annabeth doesn't like talking about how evil he seemed, or how he sacrificed himself to save Olympus. The memory of him dying bothers her too much.

"It was more Luke than me who saved it anyway. I'm just the one who lived." I steered them away from the story.

"You two were equal. You fought most of the battles, and he made the near-ultimate sacrifice." Annabeth reminded me.

I smiled and grabbed her hand. "So do we need to sacrifice the food to you while your here?"

"No, just give me a bite." Poseidon smirked.

I gave him my hamburger and Annabeth took her pizza to Athena. Annabeth sat down next to me again.

"Good news everyone!" Chiron announced. "The karaoke machine has been fixed! You will have karaoke tonight."

Everyone groaned. We couldn't take any more of the Apollo cabin's singing! It would be worse now that Apollo himself was here. That's why some of us paid the Stolls to break it in the first place!

"Don't worry, Apollo and his cabin won't get the microphone the whole night this time." Dionysus chuckled. "I can't take their singing anymore."

Artemis snorted with laughter.

"Hey!" Apollo and his kids exclaimed.

"Anyway, we're still doing capture the flag on Friday, we'll just have screens up so your parents can watch." Chiron added.

"Sucks for Drew. She usually makes out with Sherman in a random part of the woods." Annabeth giggled.

"Sucks for Jason, because he was planning on doing the sane thing with Piper." I smirked.

"Does she know that?" Annabeth questioned.

She's very protective of Piper.

"I don't know." I shrugged.

Annabeth got up and hijacked Piper from the Aphrodite table. Aphrodite giggled, and Piper's dad looked confused.

"I guess this is as good a time as any. This is my best friend, Piper." Annabeth introduced Piper to her parents.

"Hi." Piper waved.

"Ouch. I think you broke my heart." Thalia feigned pain.

"You're like my sister, you don't count." Annabeth said.

"Whatever." Thalia giggled.

"Hey Piper, where's Leo?" I asked.

A small explosion at the Hephaestus table answered my question.

"Oops." Leo coughed.

"That was smaller than last time! Keep up the good work!" Annabeth called.

The Hephaestus kids laughed. Leo smiled as he retried whatever he was doing.

"Has Annabeth ever told you the stories about our quests?" I was suddenly in the mood to talk about it.

"Not really, no." Dr. Chase shrugged.

"Good." I grinned.

I told the stories of all the quests Annabeth and I were on together except for the ones associated with the Giant War. I swear, it's like I still have PTSD from the Giant War. But I guess that's fair.

"That's really interesting." Dr. and Mrs. Chase agreed.

"Now I get why you laugh every time you say Hoover Dam." My mom laughed.

"And he ended up taking me there and retelling the same jokes." Annabeth giggled.

"I loved that Dam Cow." Poseidon chuckled.

"So that's where you met Rachel." Paul concluded.

"Yep." Annabeth is friends with Rachel now, but she still gets jealous when we mention anything before Rachel became the oracle, and therefore wasn't allowed to date.

"Yeah, but that's not the point." I pointed out.

The horn blew to signal that our activities continued.

"Who wants to see me and Annabeth race up a lava wall and have a chariot race against Clarisse and Mark?" I wiggled my eyebrows.

And we did just that. Annabeth won at the lava wall, and she and I kicked Clarisse and Mark's butts in chariot racing.