Hey Guys! This chapter should be pretty good. I included capture the flag, which I always liked. Hope you guys like it. I don't own Percy Jackson!
Chapter 4: We Capture a Flag
The rest of that dinner was uneventful compared to being claimed in the middle of a meal.
After dinner, we went to the giant amphitheater and sang campfire songs. When we were the happiest, the flames glistened purple, but after a while, the flames lowered to a lowly orange. It went on like that for a while, changing from purple to orange to purple to orange until it got kind of boring. It looked like everyone was getting kind of restless, except the Apollo people, who were built for this kind of stuff.
After a couple more hours of purple and orange, Mr. Brunner stopped the singing. He yelled "The campfire is now over!" No one looked disappointed except the Apollo people.
Then, the other camp director (Mr. D, I was told) began. "As most of you human scum know, today is a capture the flag day." Everyone cheered. I had played capture the flag before, so I was excited. "As I was saying, Chiron and I will officiate; you all know the rules, yada yada yada, let's just get on with it."
I turned to Travis whom I was sitting beside, "Who's Chiron?" I asked
"Chiron is the centaur," he replied sarcastically, "And I am Travis, and this is Connor, and we are at Camp Half-Blood," he finished.
"Ha ha very funny, now let's go play Capture the Flag," I said, and we headed over to the forest.
When we got there, everyone was putting on armor and helmets with either red or blue plumes. As a new member of the Athena cabin, I got to wear a blue plume. It was the Athena, Hermes, Hephaestus, Nemesis, and Demeter cabins against the Ares, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and the rest of the minor gods' cabins.
I got my sword and shield, which were both too big for me, and headed into the forest. I had to walk all the way across the forest to get to the creek which was where our flag was located. Our flag was gray, ten feet long, with a painting of a barn owl above an olive tree on it. I recognized the barn owl as very familiar to the non-solid owl floating above me when I was claimed by Athena.
I started chatting with Jenna Stallworth -the head of Athena cabin while Annabeth was gone- about the quest of the seven (That's what she told me it was called). "So, will you say the prophecy again?" I asked her
"Seven Half-Bloods will answer the call
To storm or fire, the world must fall
An oath to keep with a final breath
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death," She said
"Well that sounds pleasant," I said. I thought about what I had just hears. Seven Half-Bloods will answer the call- obviously, that meant there had to be seven. To storm or fire the world must fall- that didn't sound good. I would rather the earth not fall, thank you very much. An oath to keep with a final breath- that can't be good. Wouldn't that imply dying? And finally, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death- the line that troubles me the most. Foes bearing arms would mean a final battle between good and evil. The Doors of Death was what we called the front door to my 2nd Grade school, although I had a feeling that this would be a whole lot more dangerous than school.
Then the horn sounded, followed by yelling and whooping by the campers. I was supposed to cover the middle of the forest to try to stop any campers trying to cross into our territory. I was timid at first, but I got over it after I saw Connor and Travis (whom I was with) beat down on a couple of Apollo kids. Then Mitchell of Aphrodite (who was the only Aphrodite that wasn't terribly annoying) came running toward us. I decided to step up. He swung at me but I stepped back and thrust my sword into my leg. I made a pretty good cut on his leg. He retreated.
A couple more people came at me. One Apollo camper came at me. I beat him pretty good. Then, a son of Hypnos came at me halfheartedly. He almost fell asleep during our battle. Then, Clarisse came at me. I was trying to decide how to divide my will.
When she got there, she swung her sword at my leg. I parried. Then, I went for a jab at her arm, but I was slow and she parried, sending my sword skimming along the ground. For a second, I thought she was going to try to kill me anyway, but she took off towards the flag. I knew we didn't have enough firepower to hold off Clarisse for long.
Then, I noticed the fighting around the other team's banner. The only person not locked in battle was a small Apollo kid. "Connor!" I yelled, "Flank me!" I picked up my sword and we charged into battle. Connor fought the Apollo kid while I went for the flag. At that moment, everyone stopped their battle and charged at me. Jessica came off her battle to try to help, but I didn't need it. I may not be strong, but I was really fast. Connor was running beside me, yelling and screaming. We both thought we were going to win.
Then, we noticed what was happening on the other side of the forest. Clarisse had our flag and she was sprinting to get to the boundary line. It looked as if she was going to win.
Then Travis stepped out from behind a tree. It obviously startled Clarisse. Travis just needed to hold her off for a few more seconds for us to win. Clarisse knocked Travis down with the flat of her sword and started to run, but Travis had wits. On his way down, he stuck his foot out and tripped Clarisse, making her fall to the ground. The trip gave us just enough time to speed up and cross the boundary line. We had just won capture the flag.
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