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A few days after Percy had been attacked by the Minotaur, we were walking by the lake. All of a sudden, an idea struck me.
"Percy," I said. "How did that Minotaur get to you? You're invincible!"
"I was thinking about that too." He said. "I saw him pull something out, but I was fighting too hard to care. Then, I felt a drop of water on my hand. Maybe it was a potion of some sort."
I can't stand not knowing things.
"I've got to go back to my cabin to research it. It's got to be one of the oldest concoctions in the underworld." I said.
I gave him a quick kiss, and ran down to my cabin. When I got there, I immediately went to the library we have. I found the underworld section, and wiped off all of the dusty covers. The books looked like they hadn't been used in a very long time. It took me a few minutes to find a book on potions with my dyslexia, and even longer to find the right section.
A few hours later, I immerged, looking much frazzled. After hours of research, five books, and countless articles, I had found what I was looking for. I went out of my cabin in search of Percy, but as I did, the dinner bell rang. I ran to the mess hall, and sat with my cabin. I was tempted to go sit with Percy as I had done many years ago, but with Mr. D. sitting right there. I doubted I could pull it off.
After sacrificing some of the food to the gods, I sat down to eat a REALLY good meal. It was fried chicken and mashed potatoes. My favorite! I was enjoying my food so much, that I didn't see Chiron looking over the camp with that mysterious glint in his eyes. I'm glad I didn't, because I hate it when he does that. He knows something I don't, and that bothers me!
After everyone finished dinner, Chiron stood up, and banged his glass with his spoon.
"Your attention please." He said.
After everyone had quieted down, he continued.
"Tonight, I have decided for us to play capture the flag. No training, no preparation, just playing."
A cheer rose from the crowd. Then, he read off the people on each team.
"On the red team, there will be…" He read off some kids from the Demeter, Ares, Hermes, Apollo, Hades, and some minor god's cabins.
Good! That left me and Percy together!
"On the blue team, there will be…" This time, he read off the kids from the Athena, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Poseidon, and Zeus' cabin.
Even better! Thiala would be on our team too!
She and Percy exchanged a glance as if warning the other that if they messed up, someone was going to die.
"Come on, you guys." I said as I lugged them off to get their armor.
Once we were in the neck of the forest, Chiron stopped everyone.
"Oh, I forgot to mention something." He said. "I have unleashed a few monsters into the forest as a little extra challenge."
Everyone groaned.
"Now, on your mark, get set, GO!" He yelled.
We all ran.
In the short time that it took everyone to get their armor on, I had devised a plan. I had quickly told everyone, and hoped that it worked. Some of my brothers and sisters would pretend to sneak around from three different directions. Hopefully, some of the other team would take the bait, and go get them. A little while later, Percy and a couple of Hephaestus kids would come and make sure that they weren't getting ground into pulp. In the mean time, Thiala and I would go get the flag while the others made more distractions and guarded OUR flag.
Everything went well. Everyone remembered their part and did what they were supposed to.
All of a sudden, I heard a cry of terror from Thiala. She never, EVER screamed, so I knew something was up. I ran towards the direction of the scream. Clearly Percy and I had the same idea, because I almost ran into him. Together, we sprinted to Zeus' fist. There, we found Thiala, bound and gagged against the rock. There was a figure next to her, clearly in pain, with some arrows through both of his arms. I couldn't see who it was.
We ran to her, and I quickly cut her ropes while Percy went to the unknown person. In a matter of seconds, he had him pinned to the side of the rock, with a sword against his throat. As Thiala and I looked on, we saw someone who we didn't know. He looked strangely like, well, like Luke. Thiala knew who it was immedaitly.
"Connor Stoll!" She cried. "You little… go to Tarturus!"
She couldn't come up with a name bad enough to explain how she was feeling, I guess.
"Really, Connor, really?" I asked.
"Dude, seriously?" Percy put in.
I guess we all had something to say.
"Sorry Thiala. If it makes you feel any better, you have a wicked shot with that bow."
Thiala smirked.
"Yep." She said.
Percy and I helped Connor to the big house, while Thiala returned to her job. I REALLY wanted to win this, and it was up to her to get the flag.
It's a good thing that Percy was helping me, because even with Connor on his feet, he was still pretty heavy.
"I never told you what I found out." I said.
"About what?" Percy said.
"The potion, Seaweed Brain." I said.
Boy, he can be SO clueless sometimes.
"I found out that it was the… well, I can't pronounce it's name, but it is the oldest, darkest potion in all of the underworld. It must have been intended for someone else, since it has been years since the battle."
He nodded.
Then he said, "Well, then who was it for?"
"I have no idea." I said.
"Well, I guess we will have to…"
He was interrupted by the screams of campers. I guess the game was over. We quickened up our steps, and made it to the Big House, dropped Connor off at the camp hospital, and ran to the forest. As it turns out, our team had won! That was good for us this time, but next time, the Ares cabin would be out for blood.
We joined in the cheering, and made our way back to the cabins for the night. Percy and I walked hand in hand to the cabins.
Before we left, I gave him a hug and said, "Goodnight Seaweed Brian."
"Goodnight Wise Girl." He whispered, and we each went off to our separate cabins.
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