Percy Jackson and Camp No Blood

Chapter 6- I find out Chris's plans

I got down from the top of the cabin and checked out what class I had next. It happened to be hunting which I knew must take place in the woods somewhere. This class actually sounded pretty cool, maybe I would get my first taste of animal blood by the end of the day, and I was getting pretty tired. So I headed off toward the trees eager to get some sort of vampire food in me.

It took me a while because the trees were so far away from where Lex dropped me off and I had absolutely no idea how to turn into a bat yet so it took a lot longer. But I knew this class would be worth it. I reached the edge of the dark woods and looked inside them cautiously. Was this where the werewolves lived? What if they did live here? Lex wouldn't be here to save me again if this wasn't where hunting was.

"Percy is that you?" Came a voice from inside the trees.

Relief spread through me rapidly. I was at the right place, no werewolves lived here. I stepped between two very large pines and my sense of smell heightened greatly. I could smell something that was very strong but I had never smelled before in my life. Was this the smell of blood? Because whatever it was smelled really good.

"Come on then! Watch out for that thorn bush there Quince! Ah here we are then. Looks like everyone's here including our newest member Percy Jackson!" Called the teacher smiling at me an gesturing me forward. "Rapturn tells me you're a very extraordinary vampire. So then if you others could give Percy a nice warm welcome."

Claps rang out through the forest although I couldn't see who they belonged to because it was so dark in here. I did however see the teacher pat me on the back and send me towards my original spot.

"By the way Percy my name is Mr. Rishel and I will be your hunting teacher for our time at Camp No Blood." He said smiling through pointed teeth. "Alright class today we will be learning the art of night seeing. This is essential for nighttime hunting because without it a vampire would only have his sense of smell. In order to complete this task of seeing in the dark you must first clear your minds."

Everyone around me that I could see relaxed their faces and dropped their arms. And then I saw one familiar face. Lexington was in this class as well.

"Alright now that your minds are clear," He said in a softer voice than before. "You must now imagine the brightest light you can think of in your mind."

I did what he asked and imagined the sun and then I opened my eyes and realized everything around me was bright as if the time of day had went from night to day in less than a minute.

"Now raise your hand if it's working." He said looking around.

I raised my hand and so did Lexington and a few others that I didn't recognize. And before long, Mr. Rishel had us split up into partners to go catch a rabbit and the first one back would get a prize. Some sort of test or something. Me and Lexington got together immediately and set off in the direction of a river that would definitely supply some animals.

We reached the river and instantly found a rabbit hole that we inspected.

"Hey Percy want to know how to get them out of there?" He asked me.

"Sure Lex. Sounds cool." I said smiling.

He just simply shouted into the air loudly and it did the trick. Soon after he shouted a rabbit ran out of its hole and started running into the woods.

"Dangit we lost it!" Cried Lex looking disappointed as it disappeared.

"Hold on Lex not yet!" I said smiling. I turned around toward the river and lifted it out of its trench. Then I turned around again holding onto the water with my powers and then formed it into a circle before placing it in the area the rabbit was in.

It worked. When we walked over to where I had dropped the water we found the rabbit running around frantically in the center of it.

"That was brilliant!" Said Lex turning into a bat and then flying over to pick up the rabbit.

We headed back towards Mr. Rishel but to our surprise someone else had already gotten a rabbit. He dismissed us and told us to go to our next class which for me and Lexington was fighting.

According to Lex, fighting was on the second floor of Rapturn's office building. It used to be the old stargazing observatory but now it was a fighting arena. We got to the place and walked up the stairs to find that the building was already full of vampires.

"Alright, can you all see me? Can you all hear me? Yes? Good now today we will be taking a fighting test to see where we're at just remember! No killing your partner!" He said smiling.

I gravitated toward Lex at once and asked him what the teachers name was.

"Mr. Strone, he's not one to mess with trust me. He once threw a kid to Brazil for saying his name wrong. No lie." Said Lex looking serious.

We started "fighting" and I felt that odd feeling I had in Rapturn's office when Chris showed up. I suddenly found that I had no sense of anything, this couldn't happen. Not here. What if I hurt Lex seriously but it was already too late I was leaping into the air again and then everything became a blur.

It ended in about three seconds and I found Lex on the floor. He had several cuts in his chest but nothing that could kill a vampire right?

"Percy! Oh my god! We need to get you to Rapturn's office and fast. My god your one of them." Said Mr. Strone pointing down the stairs.

Everyone was staring at me as though I had done something seriously wrong and unexpected. So I headed down the stairs and into the office that was Rapturn's.

"Percy? Why are you here?" He asked me looking confused as I entered the room.

"Mr. Strone just sent me sir, the thing with fighting happened again and I really hurt someone." I told him very quickly.

"Ah I see well I guess my greatest fears have come to surface. You are what we vampires may call the warrior. It is very important that you stay within the boundaries of Camp No Blood at all times. We cannot allow someone as important as you to fall into the clutches of Chris and his army." Rapturn said.

"A- army?" I said confused. "You didn't tell me he was starting an army!"

"After Chris left Camp No Blood, he began recruiting vampires so that he can overthrow us. He's forming an army of vampires that would rather eat humans." He explained. "Which is why it's very important you stay safe, you're the only one that can stop him."

I just exited the room right then and there my mind running crazy with thoughts. And of course I knew that by the end of the night, I would be breaking one of Rapturn's rules. After all, I was going to Camp Half Blood to visit Grover and Annabeth. Tonight.