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Magicians welcome to Camp half-blood
Carter Pov
When I first saw this guy, I thought I had found what Bes would have looked like before he lost his height to Khonsu and if he had a normal face. That thought was thrown out the window when he talked to Percy like he did, but really Johnson this guy either really didn't like Percy or he just didn't care. Either way it was going to be awkward in more ways than one.
"So, you let the location of camp half-blood be revealed to regular mortals and you put the camp at risk by calling these outsiders to help with a problem that they had no business getting involved in?" he asked in way that seemed more like he was demanding answers instead of asking for them.
"Excuse me Mr. D was it, I don't mean to be rude or anything but those monsters were not Greek they were Egyptian." I said trying to be polite as possible with this guy.
"Kid I don't know who you are or where you came from but I can tell your no demigod so you shouldn't be here." He said as if he was talking to someone he didn't have time for.
"Look here you. I don't know who you are but I do know that without our help your campers would have been Serpopard snacks. Oh, and your welcome by the way." Sadie Said looking this guy straight in the eyes. I didn't know about Percy but I thought that just for a second I saw Annabeth smirk before her face went back to normal.
"Oh, really cause from where I am standing missy all I see are a couple of kids who couldn't even take on one of my campers in a fight let alone take out those monsters out there and before you try and say anything yes I knew those monsters weren't Greek but monsters are monsters doesn't matter what they are or where they came from so quit wasting my time. MR. D said giving the same glare Sadie was giving him right back.
"How about a bet then?" Damion spoke up looking like he was getting annoyed by this guy as much as Sadie was.
"You want to make a bet with me, kid you don't know who you are talking to but ok fine lets here what you have to say this should be good coming from a mortal.' MR. D said looking like he was going take my cousin for all he was worth.
"The bet is this if I beat one of your campers you have to listen to what we have to say deal?" Damion said extending his hand to shake.
"Deal but don't say I didn't warn you kid." He said as the man turned away not even bothering to shake hands and started walking to the training area.
Out of all the ideas my cousin has had I thought this is the worst one he will ever have I mean sure they were kids too but they were demigods who were trained to fight monsters and… huh I guess Sadie was right they were almost the same as us apart from the whole demigod thing. [Okay, fine Sadie if it will make you happy yes i said you were right no would you let me finish] Now dont get me wrong my cousin was no slouch in a fight. But still I could not help thinking to myself this was a bad idea.
Damion Pov
So, yah I just made a bet that I could bet one of these demigods and probably looked like a fool when I said it but I was getting real tired of this guy thinking that we were just some punks who had found out about this place because Percy told us about it. I mean come on did this guy not just see the fight that had happened just a few minutes earlier. All I knew was that it was time to put up or shut up and I was not going to give this guy the satisfaction of knowing that he had won.
As we entered the training area I had to admit that it was actually kind of cool it was somewhat like a mini colosseum but you could tell it was meant for training more than anything. When I got to the ring in the center of the training area I saw a rack of weapons that ranged from swords to daggers to spears and even a hammer or two that lined the training area but I pulled out my staff and wand seeing as they would most likely say I cheated if I used any of my amulets that I had in my bag which I slip of my shoulder and dropped it into the duat this caused a stir of whispering about how I had just made the bag vanish but I paid it no attention as my opponent just so happened to enter the ring at that point.
The girl that entered the ring seemed like she was having a hard time making up her mind about how she wanted to look she had spiky black hair and a black leather jacket. She wore a silver circlet on her head like a princess's tiara, which didn't match her skull earrings or her Death to Barbie T-shirt showing a little Barbie doll with an arrow through its head. She seemed like she was trying to be a goth version of a princess and those electric bluish green eyes were fixed on me. She had a shield in one hand and a spear in the other. All in all, the girl looked ready for a fight and the look on her face was one of confidence like she knew that this was going to be simple or that is what she thought however I don't think she was expecting a magician as an opponent.
As she got into her fighting stance I took mine as well MR. D stood up and raised his hands then stated the rules.
"I want a good fight the rules are as follows no killing and no major injuries, if you leave the circle at any time you lose the fight will end when one of you can no longer fight or one of you submits other than that there are no restrictions. He said and dropped his hands Yelling "Begin."
The girl charged me with her shield in front and her spear poised to thrust forward to hit a weak point in my stance as she went to thrust I used the staff to parry her strike and she looked surprised almost as if she were not expecting me to do that. She went for a sweeping strike at my center but I held up my wand and shouted "Heh-sieh" her spear was sent back as if it had been deflected she stopped for a second and looked at me like she was studying me then she spoke
"What's your name and how did you do that?" she asked with a confused look.
"Damion Kane, as to how I did that the answer is magic." I said a look of satisfaction on my face at the fact that I could make her pause to find out what the heck just happened.
"What's your Name?" I asked hoping that she would return the favor since I technically didn't have to tell her anything.
"Thalia Grace" she said as if she hated her last name but I couldn't tell for sure about that.
I decided it was time to fight back so I went on the offensive and thrust my staff to try and hit her square in the chest but she saw that and used her shield to block and used the opening to go for a strike at my foot she missed just by an inch if I had been any slower at moving my foot it would have been shish Kabobbed for sure. However, aiming for my foot was just to distract me so she could knock me off balance with her shield and it work cause I fell to the ground with a thud. She went to make me submit to defeat but as she came near I shouted "Hu-Ai" when she went to take a step she fell face first into the dirt I got back to my feet and so did she much faster than I had hoped.
"Nice little trick but it won't do you any good." she said circling me.
Man, she had no idea how right she was I would have loved to have used that trick over and over but words of power can only be used once and then must recharge before they can be used again. This Thalia girl was good and she knew it. She launched a flurry attacks at me luckily, I was able to dodge or parry them. Using words of power would only drain me even with my connection to Ptah it would still drain me if I was not carful for now it was just buying me time. Unless I came up with a plan this was not going to end well and that's when it hit me as she went to strike I thrust my staff forward and yelled "Sa-mir". Instantly Thalia froze up as pain hit and I moved to strike knocking he down but she managed to get back up before I could press the advantage. She was still under the effect of my spell but her will power and adrenalin were helping her push through the pain. After a few more minutes I was on the ground with her spear pointed at my face and my staff pointed at my chest it was a tie or that's what it looked like.
"If I had just a bit more energy." I grumbled under my breath. This is one of those times I wished that the gods did not have to reduce their presence because of Apophis being execrated cause man I could really use Ptah's help right now if only to show them who was the winner of this fight but I would settle for a tie. 'At least this showed that MR. D that we are not just some kids who got lost in the woods and didn't belong here.' I thought to myself as the girl pulled Back placing her spear in the dirt and extended a hand to help me up.
"That was a good fight not many can duel me to draw." Thalia said trying not to look impressed.
I smiled and gave her a look that said I would have won if it had been different. She looked at me with a look that said that I was either a fool or just plain nuts. As MR. D stepped forward with the centaur at his side he looked at me like I was some kind of enigma as if were a puzzle that did not belong. This must have been hard for him to take that a camper of his was almost beaten by some nobody as he put it. But that fact just made me smile on the inside more so then I was outwardly.
"So still think were just a bunch of kids who can't handle themselves?" I asked Looking him straight in the eye.
"Look kid all I know is that I got a bunch of campers in the infirmary and some Egyptian trespassers who think that they can waltz in here like they own the place. Yah I know all about your gods and how they work, so do me a favor and go home while you still have the chance or I will let the Aries cabin to tie you up and use the lot of you for target practice." The old man said still giving me that look that said get lost.
"Dionysus Please let us at least thank them for coming to our aid." The centaur said stepping forward and shaking my hand. "That was a good fight to duel Thalia to a tie is no small feat, I am Chiron welcome to camp half-blood.
"Thanks." Said Carter looking like he was a bit skeptical about whether or not he meant it or not.
'Well, well, well looks like Dionysus seems to still think heroes are just a bunch of good for nothing sellouts.'
"Wait Ptah is that you?" I thought as the words echoed in my mind.
'Nice to see you again too Damion.' Ptah said letting me know it was him alright.
"I thought that you and the other gods had to withdraw when Apophis was execrated?" I asked mentally.
'Yes, this is true but I am the part of me that never left you plus it seems that someone is making enough chaos energy that the gods have to keep it in check so that is what is letting us talk.' Ptah said giving me the heads up.
"Setne, who else would be crazy enough to try something this ludicrous. The only question is where did he get an army of Serpopards and also how did even know about this place?" I asked mentally hoping that the answer was not as crazy as I thought it would be.
'The army of Serpopard was most likely brought from the duat as to how Setne knows about the camp well that I don't really know that one.' Ptah said not really helping me out as much as I would have like.
At this point Percy saw my expression as I carried on a conversation in my head with Ptah and asked if everything was ok. Now this is where things were going to get interesting to say the least I mean using magic is one thing explaining that you are having a chat with a god in your head totally different level of weird at least for these guys for my cousins and I not so much. All I knew was that things were going to get complicated and in more ways then one.
