"Heroes, warriors! Fall in!" an old-looking centaur yelled.
Everyone followed as he said and surrounded him. Behind him were 2 boys carrying two flags: one with a red-colored banner and another one with a blue-colored banner.
"Who's he?" Ysabelle whispered as she stood next to Annabeth.
"That's Chiron. Our activities director." Annabeth answered.
Ysabelle's eyes grew wide, "You mean the centaur that trained Hercules and all the other heroes?"
"In the flesh." Annabeth replied with a grin on her face. She was so amused with the way Ysabelle was acting.
Ysabelle grew speechless as Chiron looked around and stopped his eyes at her.
"Ysabelle Augustin, come up." he said as he motioned his fingers to him.
Her eyes shot from left to right as she walked forward to him, nervously awaiting what he could possibly want from her.
"Everyone, this is Ysabelle in case you haven't heard." he said as she gave everyone the most awkward smile she's given.
"It's alright Chiron, she's part of the reds." Annabeth said.
Everyone, including Chiron, gave her a look like she was insane.
"Alright then Annabeth, Ysabelle will be in your team. Don't forget to give her a helmet." Chiron replied as Ysabelle walked back to Annabeth.
"Got it." Annabeth said as a boy passed her a helmet. She gave this boy a kiss and passed on the helmet to Ysabelle.
"Here," she said. "You're gonna need this."
"Am I gonna die?" Ysabelle asked in a small voice.
Annabeth giggled, "Don't worry about it, Ysabelle. We'll protect you." she answered.
"But I don't even have a sword or... whatever." Ysabelle said.
She turned her head back at the boy, "Percy, grab my old set of bow and arrows, please."
He nodded and ran back to the Athena's cabin, coming back a few minutes later with the set. Annabeth took the set and gave it to me.
"You can use these for now. Maybe they'll help you get claimed faster." she said and gave the set to Ysabelle, who held on to it like it was her life.
"Everyone in positions for Capture the Flag! First team to catch the enemy's banner win." Chiron said and everyone started walking away to their area of the forest.
"Ready? Ready?"
"You sure you're up for this?" Annabeth asked.
Ysabelle gulped nervously.
"You know which tree to get on to?" she asked.
Ysabelle nodded. "I just hope I don't get-"
"NOW!"
Battle cries from both sides of the forest were shouted. Everyone started running and as the reds and blues started to clash with each other, Ysabelle did her best to get out of everyone's way and away from everyone's swords.
"Finally." she murmured as she sat on the highest trunk of the tree.
There were no footsteps, battle crys, or even murmurs to hear in the area she was in. She looked around, thinking that maybe she had gotten on the wrong true, until she caught a glimpse of something red in the corner of her eye. She turned and looked.
"Thank you!" she whispered as she sat back down and stared at the flag, making sure that there was no one around it.
If there was, she knew what to do.
As she rested on the tree, she heard water splashing. She quickly opened her eyes and turned to the flag. There was a person in a blue helmet running after the flag. Ysabelle stumbled and got the bow and arrow together.
Taking a deep breath, she raised the bow up, closed on of her eyes and pointed at the thigh of the blue soldier. As she exhaled, she let go of the arrow and to her surprise, it had hit the thigh of the soldier. The soldier fell on his knees and took the arrow out of his thigh. As he was getting up, he took his sword out and looked around cautiously, with eyes wide open like a deer in headlights.
Another blue soldier came running towards the flag. Ysabelle, without thinking, pointed at the other soldier's thigh and had hit it accurately. She then saw the first soldier turn his head and he looked straight at her. He started running towards her, and that's when she started freaking out.
"ANNABETH!" She yelled as she saw Annabeth coming from the bushes behind the flag. She quickly injured the soldier closes to it, and ran after the soldier who was after Ysabelle.
Meanwhile, Ysabelle did her best to buy Annabeth some time. She was stupidly pointing and shooting at the arm of the soldier that held the sword. About 4 arrows later, she had finally struck the arm. The soldier cried out in pain and dropped the sword on the ground, as Annabeth ran over and picked the sword from the ground. While the two of them were preoccupied, they heard the water splashing and turned to see Connor Stoll, holding up the flag on the other side of the river.
"Dammit." Ysabelle whispered.
Back at the Hermes Cabin, Ysabelle was getting ready to take a shower. Once again, she was taking a new set of clothes out of her duffle bag when Connor Stoll came inside.
"Better luck next time, newbie." he said as she scoffed.
"Better luck next time, newbie." she murmured.
Connor laughed, "Somebody can't take competition."
"It's not that I can't take competition, I just don't like losing." she defended herself.
"Same thing." he replied as he sat on his bed and watched her.
"What do you want, Stoll?" she hissed.
"Well, I was thinking that since we're gonna be cabin mates for a while, we might as well get to know each other." he answered simply.
"I won't be here by tomorrow, trust me." she replied.
"Exactly why you're going to be the center of attention tonight, at the Hermes table." he said as she untied her hair.
"What's the Hermes table?" she asked.
"I'm glad you asked." he said. "The Hermes table is the table in where the children of Hermes have their meals. Every different cabin has a different table." he answered.
"Mm, Sounds fun." she said, with sarcasm dripping off her mouth. She grabbed a towel and walked out of the cabin for a shower.
Connor shook his head with a smile and his eyes got stuck on her bed. The set she was using earlier was on it. He stood up and took a look at it. He took an arrow and studied it carefully. His eyes then focused on the fletchings.
"Red and black feathers.." he trailed off when he realized what he was holding in his hands.
He dropped the arrow on the bed and sat back down on his bed. He closed his eyes and concentrate. The arrow was so familiar.. he was sure that he saw it before, and not a long time ago, but only recently. Like, he only saw it this morning during...
Connor's eyes shot open in awe.
"Oh Gods, Travis is going to freak."
Oh Connor, you smart boy. And yes, I used Chiron's lines in the movie cause I really couldn't put what I wanted him to say together. R/R! :)
