"Percy, you take guard at the creek, Chris you.." I zoned out after hearing my position as I put on my armor. If you haven't guessed it by now, today is capture the flag. Chiron said he would watch us closely to see how well we have improved, but I haven't seen him yet so I figured he was running late or something. Honestly, I don't think I've improved much anyway, none of the swords I've practiced with suited me well.

In the five days I've been at Camp Half-Blood I've learned a few things, though. One: Ares kids are the meanest, ugliest, and biggest kids I've ever known. Two: If you want junk food, like a donut, for example, you talk to the Hermes Cabin. How they got it though, I had no idea. Three: Do not, under any circumstances, mess with the Apollo cabin. They'll make you talk in rhymes for at least a week. (Nico got a little dose of that) And last, the Aphrodite cabin and Naiads are huge flirts. Of course, I didn't really expect anything less from the Aphrodite cabin, but when I caught a naiad waving, flirtatiously, at me under the water, I almost fell out of my canoe which caused her to giggle like crazy.

Speaking of canoes, I'd say that was the only thing I was good at. I was terrible at archery and I was literally slower than a tree. I understand that with Poseidon being my father that I would be good at canoeing but I couldn't exactly challenge a cyclops to a canoe race, now could I?

When I was about to ask when it started the conch horn blew and kids, that were taking offense, ran off in different directions. I stood my ground at the creek hoping no Ares kids would come this way. The Athena cabin managed to persuade the Ares cabin, the Demeter cabin, and Nico to work with them. Of course, Grover and I called Nico a traitor like any good friends would have, but Nico just protested as he usually did. Grover and I were with the rest of the cabins. Hermes, Apollo, Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Hephaestus. I'd say we had this in the bag, but the Stoll brothers told me to never underestimate the Athena cabin. The Stoll brothers were Connor and Travis Stoll, sons of Hermes, and after getting my wallet back from them, I took a liking to them. They were twins with brown hair and blue eyes. The only reason I could tell them apart was because Travis was taller than Connor. They were pranksters and usually pranked the Demeter cabin.

Lost in my thoughts, I didn't notice a couple of Ares kids coming my way until they were right in front of me.

"Hey guys, we got fresh meat! And he's all alone." The biggest guy said with a smirk on his face. Well, I guess I learned something else today. Ares kids like to play dirty. Which is bad for me.

"You guys know the rules, no maiming." I responded nervously. Getting beat up by a bunch of ugly kids was not on my to-do list today.

"Who cares about dessert? It's time to break in the newcomer." He replied. Well, I guess I was gonna get a free visit to my uncle Hades.

I held the unbalanced sword up ready to try and defend myself in any kind of way. The Ares kids stepped forward and I stepped back. There was no need to act like I wasn't scared, I'm sure my face said it all. We repeated this until if I took another step I'd be in the creek. That's when he swung his sword and I brought mine up to meet his. Seeing as I just felt the force of his sword, I think he really was trying to kill me. I figured I could hold out for about five more seconds. The training from Clarisse, a big Ares girl who insisted on calling me Prissy, wasn't really helping me at the moment. I figured this guy had years of training, too, so my chances of winning was 0. When the pressure was too much I stepped back, into the creek.I'm not sure what happened, but as my foot made contact with the water strength surged through me. I pushed up and the guy backed off. He swung again and I parried easily, shocking them. This continued and I could tell the Ares guy was getting angrier and angrier by the minute because he was getting more reckless. When he swung again, I hit the hilt of his sword and twisted sending his sword flying to the ground, a disarming move Clarisse taught me. Before he could register what happened I flipped my sword and hit him in the face with the base of my sword. Almost immediately he fell to the ground, two other guys just stood there looking shocked. Then one of them finally snapped out of it, "You're gonna pay for that, punk." He said. That seemed to get the other one out of his daze because he started towards me along with the other one. Two against one was so unfair. Gods, I really hate Ares kids. Then, I felt this tugging in my gut and next thing I know the two guys are being blasted in the face with water from the creek. They fell on the floor coughing as a Hermes kid came running across the border with the other teams flag in hand. The Athena kids stopped chasing after hearing the conch horn signalling the end of the game. We won. I looked on the ground at the three kids I'd just beat and decided that I liked Capture the Flag. I liked it a lot.