Hey, I'm back. Sorry this update took much longer cuz I'm no longer in middle school now *cries*. Anyways, I have a lot of homework so warning: slow updates. SORRY.

Chapter Four: I take an unexpected toilet water shower

"Well! A newbie!" yelled a husky voice. I turned around to see Clarisse strolling towards us with three other meanies behind her. They were all wearing camouflage jackets, and I was already guessing the reason why they were here.

"Clarisse," I sighed. "Why don't you go polish your spear or something?"

"Sure, Miss Princess," Clarisse replied, smirking. "So I can run you through with it Friday night." I rolled my eyes inwardly. I really didn't need to hear that threat again.

"Erre es korakas!" I said, exasperated. It felt good to curse her in Greek. "You don't stand a chance."

"We'll pulverize you."

I sighed again, ready to make a smart comment when Clarisse shifted her gaze to Percy.

"Who's this little runt?" she said.

"Percy Jackson," I said, "meet Clarisse, Daughter of Ares." Even though I phrased the sentence like that, I was pretty sure that nobody would like to meet Clarisse for the "initiation" that was probably going to happen after. Sadly, I usually just stayed out of the way of the initiation, unless I wanted to crawl into bed and find it filled with red paint and barbed wire, then wake up to get beaten up. It's best to let the new guys figure their own way out.

Percy blinked a few times. "Like…the war god?" he said.

Clarisse sneered at him. "You got a problem with that?"

"No," he said. "It explains the bad smell."

I couldn't hold in a tiny smile. At least he had some kind of sense of humor.

Clarisse narrowed her eyes and growled at him. "We got an initiation ceremony for newbies, Prissy."

"Percy."

"Whatever. Come on, I'll show you."

I glanced at Percy and felt a pang of…something for him. Maybe I was kind of sorry for the guy, since he'd just lost his mother, and now he was about to remember the smell of you know what comes out of your large intestine for a while.

"Clarisse—" I started, acting a bit instinctively.

"Stay out of it, wise girl."

I tried to hide the pained look on my face (and failed) and I did stay out of it, because theoretically, it really was none of my business anyways. Percy glanced at me. His expression said, none of your business. I wanted to tell him that this wasn't some mortal middle school. He couldn't possibly win Clarisse in the fight he was probably expecting to earn his rep, unless he was a son of Ares, though he sure seemed a bit puny to be one. Percy handed me his minotaur horn and balled his fists, but before I could even react, Clarisse somehow got hold of Percy's collar in a whirl. She started dragging him to the bathroom. Uh-oh, I thought. Percy kicked and punched, but he was making absolutely no progress in scoring a point. It was only when she'd disappeared into the girls' bathroom with a flailing Percy, did my brain actually start to function again. I dropped the minotaur horn and ran after them.

Laughter rang out from the bathroom and a few passing satyrs cast wary looks at the cinder-block building. I managed to wave at them as I ran past, like Hey guys! We're just having a girl party in the bathroom!

"Like he's 'Big Three' material." Clarisse's voice echoed. "Yeah, right. Minotaur probably fell over laughing, he was so stupid looking." A few snickers followed. I stood in the corner, and I had unconsciously started watching through my fingers. Clarisse forced Percy to bend down on his knees and started pushing his head toward the toilet bowl. I didn't move or do anything to help him. Then, something happened. It turned out that he didn't need my help at all. I heard the plumbing rumble and the pipes shudder. I frowned. Suddenly, water shot out of the toilet, making an arc straight over Percy's head, and smacked Clarisse right in the face. I'm not kidding, it was a spectacular sight. Water blasted out of the toilet again, and Clarisse was sprayed so hard that she was pushed down onto her butt, then pushed back into a shower stall. Clarisse struggled and gasped, but the water stayed on her. The three other meanies started coming towards her, but then the other toilets decided to bomb them with toilet water too. They were pushed back into shower stalls and those came on too. The water seemed to turn and push them towards the door. When they were forced towards me, I realized that the water really had turned and bent to spray Clarisse and her uglies straight out of the door. The water wasn't really focused on me, but I still had an extremely unexpected smelly, cold shower.

Once the Ares girls had gone, the water shut down immediately. The entire bathroom was flooded. I stood rooted to the spot in shock, staring right at Percy. Because right where he was sitting, there was a circle of dry floor right around him. There wasn't even a drop of water on him. Absolutely nothing. He stood up slowly. My brain felt like it had been filled with water and then drained again. The gears started to turn slowly, and I said:

"How did you…" I didn't need to finish.

"I don't know."

We walked to the door. Outside, Clarisse and the other meanies were lying sprawled in the mud, and a bunch of people had gathered around to stare. Clarisse's hair was flattened across her face and she was dripping wet. Not to mention that she smelled like the human large intestine. She glared at Percy with absolute hatred.

"You are dead, new boy. You are totally dead," she spat at him. A small idea started to form in my mind.

Percy glared back. "You want to gargle with toilet water again, Clarisse? Close your mouth." Clarisse lunged at him before I could even cry out, but her friends grabbed her and held her back. Obvious anger from Clarisse, I thought. My mind starting running a thousand miles per hour. Dead boy…hatred…you are totally dead…gargle with toilet water…

I almost smiled to myself. Percy would be perfect for Capture the Flag this time.

"What?" Percy suddenly demanded. I realized that I'd been staring at him the whole time I was thinking. "What are you thinking?" he said.

"I'm thinking," I said slowly, "that I want you on my team for capture the flag."

Sorry about the damn shortness of this chapter, but okay whatever. I will improve next time, I swear...on the River Styx like a PJO fan (like me!) would.

-mi5hao