A/N: Hello once again! This is chapter seven! Let me warn you though, it is very, very long, I must say I got a little carried away, don't let that put you off though! There is all sorts of things in this one; an argument between an Olympian and Olivia O: , Capture the flag (It has some violence in, people do get injured.) with a little twist O: and even a feast! So get reading!
Olivia stayed awake the whole night, keeping watch for anything that might want to attack them on their journey back. Unfortunately for the girl, the engines stopped working at three in the morning.
"Dammit!" She whispered to noone in particular. She made her way downstairs, carefully trying not to make noise, and not awaken anyone. She crept to the captain's part of the boat, passing all of the bedrooms, silently peeking her head in, checking if the Gods were resting. Fortunately, they were. Olivia fianlly reached the steering wheel, to try to see what the problem was-the ship was running very low on fuel, it still had enough for about a 90 minute journey, but that still wasn't enough to get them to the camp, as they had about three hours to go. The boat, being a new version, had turned into warning mode, and had stopped, it would use emergency fuel if it was started again, but Olivia didn't do that. She sighed, cursing mentally, she made her way back to the stairs, accidentaly stepping on Oliver's backpack, which was thrown right in her tracks. It sounded as if she stepped on something glass, as you could hear shattering. She scrunched her nose whilst closing her eyes, stepping back. The girl looked around the main room of the boat, Thalia only turned in her sleep, meanwhile the other three made no movement at all, she sighed with relief. She didn't bother looking in the bag, she had to get up top again. However, what she didn't notice is that all of the Olympians were woken up by this. No wonder, however, two were expert hunters and the other was a warrior, they were trained for thousands of years. Olivia was too tired to think straight, she didn't realise they were following behind her.
Once outside, the girl cursed once more, for running out of luck, she had to do something, but she didn't know what. She was down to two choices; Use one of her powers, or call for Gary. She slipped her phone out of her pocket, with caution, knowing they attract beasts. After two failed attempts, she gave up, predicting that the battery probably ran out. Olivia sighed, dropping down on the chair. She put her head in her hands, rubbing her face, and then looked up again, knowing she had no choice, she had to once again do something she promised herself she would never do again. The teen stood from the sitting position and made her way down the stairs, to the bottom balcony. She breathed the air in. Meanwhile, unnoticed, the Olympians made their way after her, carefully trying not to raise Olivia's awareness. They stood on the top balcony, watching the girl's next move.
"Maybe I should help. I mean, I could call Father, or something of such, It looks like she's helpless." A deep voice whispered.
"No." A smooth one objected. "I want to see what she can do."
"Is there anything?" The third one asked, a little higher than the other two.
"We will have to see." The second one once again said, being interupted by Olivia raising her hands above her head.
"Here we go." The third one said, ending the conversation.
Olivia then slowly stretched her hands out, full length, on each side. She breathed the air in, once again, bringing her hands into her chest. She closed her eyes, concentrating. The girl then suddenly snapped her eyes open, they darkened in colour, and shot her arms forward infront of her as if catching a ball. A tornado formed, with a single move, the water bowed as the wind touched it, spreading itself to the left and the right, pushing the boat along, at an astonishing speed.
"I didn't expect that." The deep voice said once again.
"Me neither. I am sure she swore to herself not to use her powers again after something took place at camp." The highest out of all voices claimed.
"First of all; don't judge a book by its cover." The smooth voice said, it was obvious the figure was smiling, it could be recognised by how it was stated. "And second of all, yes, but she said she wouldn't unless she had to, it is perfect timing, she was out of options. She did however break the promise though, meaning she no longer has to keep it." It added. The three figures watched the girl for a while, as she created more and more wind, to push the boat along.
"Let's get back to bed before she realises we're gossiping about her behind her." The first voice said. With that, the Olympians made their way back to the inside of the boat. Their footstep could be heard, and Olivia turned her head, but she didn't catch a glimpse of what was making the noise, confused, she looked back, concentrating at what she was doing. The 15 year-old kept it up for one and a half hours, half of the time of the journey they had left. She was now very weak and tired, it had been four and a half years since she last used any of her powers, it was far too dangerous for her to unleash anything of what she was capable of doing, ever since she nearly killed three other campers, she promised herself to never use any of her abilities again, she was scared she would hurt someone. Since it was a long break, she didn't yet have the hang of keeping up that amount of wind for so long. After having stopped creating a deadly tornado, she made her way down stairs, and turned the engine on again, the boat had started using the emergency fuel, which would last them just enough to get back to camp. Everyone aboard was still sleeping, and she didn't want to wake them, so she made her way back upstairs, and sat on one of the beach chairs.
One hour and twenty minutes later, they reached their destination. Olivia smiled, happy to finally see camp again, she had to rest, she could feel the joy od jumping into her comfy bed, and covering herself in her warm douvet, she couldn't wait to be off this boat. Just before they docked, she made her way downstairs to be met with everyone looking well and healthy after that night of sleep. She forced a smile, to which everyone smiled back to before speaking.
"I thought I'd let you know we're here. So, gather your things, and I'll dock the boat." She said, they all nodded at her, the Gods widely grinning at her, to which she narrowed her eyes to, but ignored it.
Olivia made her way to the steering wheel, and turned the wheel right, directing the boat to stop by Percy's cabin, which overlooked the sea. Suddenly, a horn at camp blew, Chiron must have noticed they arrived. Everyone at Camp Half-Blood was woken up by this signal, and they started gathering around outside the cabin, waiting for the heroes to step out accompanied by the three Gods. Only four heroes proudly stood with Athena, Apollo and Artemis, as they made their way towards the big house. They noticed Chiron, waiting for them, some distance from the house, probably wanting to be the first to hear about their adventure. The centaurs face fell, as they approached him.
"What's up Chiron?" Oliver asked, looking cheerful.
"What happened to Olivia?" He asked, looking very worried.
"What do you mean?" Thalia started, looking rather confused. "She was right-" She turned pointing behind the group, to which Olivia was trailing behind a second ago,everyone else turning behind them. "-there." She finished her sentence.
"She probably went back to make sure the boat is secured properly, or she's talking to some other campers." Percy suggested. The Gods looked at each other, as if they were sharing the same thought. Chiron took note of this and then looked back at Percy.
"Right..." He said, knowing Olivia well, he was certain she would come to the big house before she went anywhere else, this was quite unusual for her, to disappear just like that. "Well, let's not waste time, come on, let's get you cleaned up, there is something waiting for you at the house." Chiron added, focusing on the Gods. They all followed him inside, meeting the surprise that was awaiting their arrival.
Meanwhile Olivia just managaed to stumble to her cabin. She had to leave the rest of her crew and the Gods, being too vulnerable to provide anything, not even words. She turned the shower on, and left it to warm up, walking towards her cupboard, half awake, grabbing her Mickey Mouse pyjamas and some underwear. The girl grabbed her towel and made her way back to the shower. She undressed herself, throwing her clothes about as she went, she didn't care at this moment, she was on her last bit of strength after that tiring night. She placed down her clothes and she let her hair fall by her shoulders, removing the bobble. The teen stepped in, her eyes shut themselves, and she advanced towards the source of the hot water that dribbled down her body. She breathed out, as she felt her tensed muscles relax, she had to support herself on one of the walls of the shower, as she was too weak to stand solely. After the shower woke the girl up a bit, she managed to dress herself, before falling down on her bed, and falling asleep instantly.
Chiron had started to worry about Olivia, after he took the guests to the big house and received no word about her whereabouts. He made his way towards her cabin. He knocked once. Twice. Three times. And once again. No answer. He took a step back, his hooves knocking against the rocky ground.
"Olivia!" He shouted. The centaur hadn't received a response, which worried him even more. He smashed the door open, and entered, barely fitting in, due to his size. He made his way around the cabin looking in every room. Finally, he reached her bedroom and sighed with relief, finding Olivia in her bed, her head barely sticking out from her duvets, happily away in her dreamland.
"Olivia." He said. The girl shuffled in her bed.
"Olivia." He said a bit louder. Olivia groaned, moving around in her bed.
Chiron smirked knowing the stubborn girl won't get up if he only repeats her name. He picked up the bottle of water that was standing by Olivia's bed and poured it over her head. Olivia jumped around her bed as the cold water came in touch with her delicate, tanned skin. She threw the wet covers off her and sat up looking at chiron with her mouth hanging open, water dripping down her face.
"Why would you do that?" She asked, getting up from her bed, in search of a towel. Chiron was always like a father to Olivia ever since she came to camp, the two had a close relationship. She wiped her hair and face as Chiron laughed at the girl who was running around the cabin like mad, being woken up all of a sudden.
"You refused to get up after I called your name, I had to improvise." He answered.
"So you pour water over me. Great plan. Now my hair is all wet. Thanks a lot." She threw him an annoyed smile, while she tidied her bed. "So why are you here?" She asked, finally sitting down.
"Well, I need you to come with me to the big house." He answered her, smiling. Her face dropped.
"What? Why? What have I done?" She anxiously questioned him.
"I'll be waiting outside the cabin." He said, patting her on the back, and leaving her to ready herself.
Olivia sat there wondering about what mistake she has made; once again. She was once again lost in her thoughts, eliminating the things that Chiron might want to talk to her about.
"Olivia!" Chiron knocked on her door with his staff.
She sighed, standing up, and reaching in her cupboard for clothes to wear. She picked out black skinny jeans, a black justice league 'trinity' shirt, a hoodie, and black converse. Olivia met Chiron outside her door, and they walked together towards the big house, the centaur refused to answer Olivia's questions; Why are we going to the big house? What is so important? What happened? What did I do?
They walked in through the double door to the main room, and Olivia now tired of not getting an answer said,
"Look Chiron whatever I did, can you just please give me the punishment, I really don't need a two hour lecture today, I'm not in the best of states." Oblivious of the nineteen figures that were sat in the room. She was taken back once someone cleared their throat. Her head snapped in the direction. Olivia's eyes widened. She gulped. Sat in front of her were the twelve Olympians including Persephone, Hades and Dionysus.
"Well...this is...different." Olivia mumbled, Chiron chuckled at the dumbfounded girl. "Its a pleasure meeting you all here." Olivia cleared her throat. "May I ask what business calls you to the Camp?" She asked trying to maintain her confidence. Olivia noticed Thalia, Annabeth and Percy sat in front of the Gods.
"Take a seat." Said the man sat in the middle of the group, he seemed to be taking the lead, he had dirty blonde almost light brown hair, blue eyes and a beard. All of the Gods were wearing civilian clothes, which made it even harder for Olivia to recognise each and every one of them. She looked around, and noticed that Athena, Apollo and Artemis were cleaned up, sitting at the table, looking better and healthy. But she had decided that the man who gave her the order was Zeus; King of the Gods. She approached the empty seat next to Oliver.
"You look like death." Percy commented on the girl's appearance. It was true, however-she had dark circles under her eyes, there was no spark in her eyes, no smile on her face.
"Do you want a medal for that realisation?" She snapped, only loud enough for him and the rest of her friends to hear.
"We have called you here, because I don't believe that you were given the proper thanks yesterday. Well four of you anyway." Zeus started. "We are very grateful for what you did. Rescuing my children from that island took a lot of courage, especially when someone like Oceanus was the one behind all this." Zeus added. Olivia clenched her jaw at the mention of Oceanus' name. "Percy, Annabeth and Thalia you have once again shown courage and leadership to complete a mission, and accomplish the task." He smiled at the three. Oliver's face fell, but Olivia smirked looking down, raising an eyebrow.
"Actually sir-" Thalia tried to interrupt but Zeus waved it off.
"No, Father, I think you better listen to her." Athena said before her dad had a chance to speak. Olivia lifted her eyebrow at the happening. He nodded at his daughter, and then looked at Thalia, gesturing for her to continue.
"It wasn't us who should get the credit for this. It was these two that did all of the work. We were only there for support. We weren't necessarily needed." Thalia said, smiling at Oliver and Olivia. Olivia's head shot up, and she nit her eyebrows together, shaking her head, confused at what Thalia was saying. Oliver however smiled at the praise her was receiving.
"It can only be one of you who gets the reward. Who is it going to be?" Zeus stated, the other Gods started to whisper at what their King had said.
"Olivia, I think you should take it, I mean you are the one who got the boat, who thought of how to get the three out, the one who found the way back..." Oliver trailed off, looking sad to have to give up whatever the prize was.
"Well, Olivia, are you going to take the prize..?" Zeus questioned.
Olivia looked at the other half-bloods who were smiling at her, then the Gods, whom seemed to be waiting for her answer impatiently. She eyed everyone suspiciously, and then answered.
"No."
The Gods were surprised by this, and they started to murmur again, while her team looked at her, confused at her answer.
"Are you throwing away this honour?" Zeus asked, also bewildered by her answer.
"Yes. I am." She said, keeping a straight face.
"Why is that?" He rested his chin on his hand, which was propped up on the long table.
"I won't take an award for something I would not have achieved without the whole team. My lord, if you are going to award a prize, at least make sure it is fair. I'm sure you are a true leader, and you know what you are doing, however I don't think that its right to award something of such high honour to one person, even though it was the whole group that achieved and completed the task." She explained herself.
"Are you questioning his judgment?" The lady that sat by Zeus snapped; Hera. Olivia breathed in and out, scared of the consequences of her little scene, but there was no turning back.
"Yes, I believe I am." She said. Everyone gasped at the girl. Was she crazy?
"How dare you?!" Hera raised from her seat, challenging Olivia. The teen thought about her next words before answering. Chiron was about to drag Olivia out before she said something stupid which got her killed, but she spoke up.
"Lady Hera, I wouldn't try to challenge Lord Zeus' ideas if they were fair. I only however stand for justice, and for what I believe. Isn't it like your marriage? The Lord of the Lords goes off, while you only argue with him, and fight for what is right? And that would be you getting treated fairly, and him taking in account how you feel about his affairs. I think that is close enough to this happening. I am only sharing my opinion on what the Lord wants to do. It may or may not be taken into consideration, however I think that I have the freedom of speech to express my views." Olivia finished taking a breath after that long argument, fearing for her life. By this point everyone was gobsmacked at Olivia, and the words that flew out of her mouth. The children of Zeus who were not Hera's spawn sniggered at the last rhetorical questions that she asked.
"Have you no respect? Your parents failed raising you! Who is it?! Who is her parent, sitting at this very table?!" Hera now clearly angry at the girl, received silence as an answer to her demand. "Well?!" Still silence, Olivia looked hurt now. She wasn't going to let this slip, she would play her cards smartly.
"No one, M'lady. I had no one to show me the right way whilst I was growing up. My father died when I was barely six, and I don't know who my Godly parent is. They may or may not be sitting at that table, I don't know, and you cannnot blame Chiron nor Dionysus, as they had a hundred or so other children to look out for, so I was never shown, what you might call 'the right way'." She said, biting the inside of her cheek. Hera quietened down at this, and retrieved to her seat. This took everyone by surprise, and every gazed at the girl who had just won against the queen of the gods in a verbal challenge. Oliver, Mr D and Chiron all knew that what had just left Olivia's mouth wasn't necessarily a lie, more like the twisted truth. She was never a child that needed to be looked out for, she always did what was right, and there was no doubt about it, it was obviously all for the argument.
"Olivia." Zeus spoke up.
"Yes, My lord?" The girl answered.
"What would you have me do.?" He asked, scratching his chin. He looked up at the girl, who raised an eyebrow, looking quite pleased with herself. Nobody could believe what they were hearing. Olivia looked at everyone at the table, Chiron, and the Half-bloods. She smiled, having thought up of the best solution to this.
"Lord Zeus, I think it would be best to change the prize, to perhaps something less...honourable and grand and to something smaller that we can all have a bit of." Olivia answered. Zeus nodded at this. He looked over his fellow Gods, his two brothers, and three sisters, his sons and daughters, and niece, who all nodded at him.
"Very well." He said. "You shall all receive a wish. Anything you want. We will listen to your request and discuss whether it can be done. See you parents so they will listen to your request and bring it back to the council." Zeus finished, forgetting about one little dilemma. Olivia lowered her head, her face saddened, as the other half-bloods made their way to their parents.
"Father." Artemis spoke up. Zeus was interrupted from the conversation he was having by his other daughter. Once she had his attention, she looked over at Olivia who was watching the different activities that everyone was busy with.
"Olivia." The God of the Sky said. The girl's head turned in his direction. "Come hither."
She did as instructed. She stood in front of him, hands behind her back. "What is it that you wish for, my child?" He asked. Olivia noticed that Hera had looked away, upset at the earlier argument.
"Is it okay if I take some time to think this over? Its a bit overwhelming to have such a choice." She questioned.
"I guess. We will be here for some times anyway, Oceanus managed to trash Olympus, whilst we were down here, when you were away." The girl nodded at this. The lord of the Gods when back to talking to his daughters and son.
Olivia stood at the table, studying Hera's face, which was looking everywhere except the girl.
"I know you may be upset about earlier, I know I was in the wrong to argue with you. I do value you and your opinion, and I shouldn't had lashed out like that. It may mean nothing, but I apologise from the bottom of my heart. You may not accept it, but I have a heavy heart for announcing that in front of everyone. I'm sorry, M'lady." The girl sighed. She turned about to walk away when someone called at her.
"Wait." Lady Hera stood from her chair, catching everyone's attention. The room went silent. The woman walked up to the girl, and looked her in the eyes. "Thank you." She said.
"I don't understand. For what?" The girl looked confused at the woman.
"For having the courage to apologise. Many argue with me, but none come to apologise even if they are wrong, or right, in this case. So thank you for respecting me, and apologising. You were right, child." The Queen of the Gods said smiling. Olivia nodded at her, returning a smile. "Oh, and Olivia?" Hera spoke up once more. Everyone still eyeing the girl and their Queen.
"Yes?" Olivia asked.
"What you seek will be answered soon." The woman said, before returning to her assigned seat at the table. Everyone else returning to their activities. Olivia watched, narrowing her eyes, trying to figure out what the Goddess of marriage and Childbirth meant. She smiled, nodding having realised the only thing she desired at that moment was the truth. The truth about her parent.
"Anderson." Dionysus said. Olivia chuckled, he finally remembered her name. "Here are the files for your next class." He smirked, the God of Wine knew Olivia didn't like sharing her knowledge, teaching little children, who didn't listen to her. She took the papers sighing, glaring at the camp director and left the big house.
Once outside, she looked at the papers. Class 2&3A. At least she got her favourite class to teach. And it was English and Drama. She thought that perhaps it wasn't at all as bad as it seemed in the first place.
It was time for Olivia's class. A part of her was looking forward to it, there were some pretty nice kids in that class, but on the other hand, she'd have to answer foolish questions, but she decided that it was part of the job. The first kids started rolling in, and she welcomed them with a small, heartwarming smile. All of the 20 children took their seats. Olivia's eyes scanned the classroom;kids aged between 8 and 12. This was going to be interesting. Seeing as the lesson was based on drama with an addition to english, the kids all got mixed up into a single group.
"Alright guys, nice to see you again. Are you all okay?" Olivia asked. She received some nods along with a couple of "yes'" and "mhm's".
"That's nice to hear. Okay, today I was instructed to teach you Shakespeare." She started, she heard annoyed moans from all around her classroom. "Exactly. That's why I decided to pick out an original fairytale, and let you act it out, alright?" She said, holding up SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarves. She smirked after the children's faces lit up. "Open your books." And with that she started reading;
"Long ago, in a faraway place, there lived a lovely princess named Snow White. Her hair was black as coal, her lips red as rose, and her skin as white as snow. Snow White's stepmother, the Queen, was very cruel. She hated anyone who was more beautiful than she. The Queen treated Snow White like a servant. Snow White never complained. She was obedient and hard-working, but she dreamed of a handsome prince who would take her away to his castle. One day, while drawing water from the well, a handsome stranger did appear, charmed by Snow White's singing. But Snow White was too shy to speak to him. Inside the castle, the Queen asked her magic mirror, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" Every day the mirror had the same reply. "You are the fairest," he told her. And the Queen was content for another day. But as Snow White grew older, she also grew more beautiful. And the Queen became very jealous. One day the magic mirror told the Queen that someone else was the fairest in the land. It was the princess, Snow White! In a jealous rage, the Queen called her royal huntsman into the throne room. "Take Snow White far into the forest and kill her," she commanded. "And as proof of your deed, bring me back her heart in this." Olivia acted out every little bit she thought appropriate, she thought that she may aswell make this fun for them, its a free lesson, nothing too hard. But before she could carry on, she was interrupted by someone opening the door to the classroom and peaking their head in. It was Oliver.
"Olivia, Chiron wants to see you and your class." He said. Everyone groaned at the information.
"Why?" She asked, approaching him, as he stood up, opening the door more. The whole class followed their teenage teacher as she started a conversation with her best friend, she turned and gestured for them to sit back at their places, they all followed the command, not wanting to cross Olivia.
"Dionysus decided to have capture the flag earlier today, because the Gods apparently want to watch, its all probably a lie for him to be recognised by the 'good work' he's doing at the camp, and he wants everyone to participate." Oliver whispered to Olivia, who was leaning on the door frame, he made brackets using his index and middle fingers when he said 'good work'.
"Hey! What are you two whispering about, huh? When's the wedding?" The oldest of the kids shouted, laughing. The other kids "ooooh'ed" and "aww'ed" at the two. He received glares from both Olivia and Oliver and he shut himself up.
"Fine." Olivia sighed turning back and walking to the front of the classroom. "Guys, we're going to have to cut this short, unfortunately. You all need to step outside and join the rest of the campers." The class followed her order and all stepped outside, joining the gathering of demi-gods awaiting the announcement.
Olivia and Oliver took their usual places on top of a shed, which gave them a pretty good view of the whole battlefield of the capture the flag game. They hadn't played capture the flag ever since Olivia's incident four years back. They noticed Dionysus walking onto the wooden stage, behind him the twelve Olympians with Persephone and Hades.
"Good Afternoon, Children. Its nice to see you all here for this." He gestured with his hands as he spoke, throwing a fake smile at the campers. He started to speak again, but Oliver's voice towered over his.
"He is as fake as they come, ain't he?" Oliver chuckled, propped on his elbows, laying down, only with his head held up for him to see what was going on. Olivia laughed at his statement nodding. She sat by him, cross-legged.
"-And so, today, we will have Capture the Flag earlier, before dinner, and the winning team will be awarded with a banquet, while the other has to return to normal activities. The Gods will place bets on who they think will win, after the teams are announced, the ones that bet correctly will join the winning team for the feast, while the others will joing the rest of the camp in their activities. Our five guests will be joining in today's battle, everyone has to participate. " Dionysus finished, and everyone clapped and cheered him off the stage.
A chalkboard was soon twisted in the campers' direction, revealing the teams. Red team: Zeus, Athena, Hades, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Artemis&Demeter. Blue team: Hestia, Apollo, Ares, Hermes, Aphrodite&everyone else. There were some groans and cheers descending from the half-bloods gathered in front of the stage. Everyone started to separate into the teams, reds clearly had an advantage. Oliver turned to Olivia.
"Are you going to fight?" He asked, looking at her. Olivia looked back at him and narrowed her eyes.
"What? No, of course not. I couldn't, not after last time." She said, looking back to the crowd, the campers gathering their equipment and weapons.
Just then, Oliver's siblings came along, shouting at him to join them in the game, they needed everyone they could find.
"Well, I'll see you later then." Oliver said, lifting himself off the ground, as he patted Olivia on the back, waving and running to his brothers and sisters. She sighed, moving into a more comfortable possition, one that Oliver had before. She dropped her head back, closing her eyes, as she heard voices not far from her. Nobody knew their little hiding place during this game except for Apollo's children and Chiron. She looked over in the direction it came from, and noticed Chiron leading the Gods to a table a couple feet away from her shed.
"Shit." Olivia mumbled, as the Gods and Goddesses took their seats, each placing a bet. Most had voted for the red team, in exception of Apollo, Ares, Hestia and Hermes, who had voted for their children.
She then heard hooves knocking on the ground, and they got louder and louder, as something advanced in her direction. Olivia lay down, hoping whatever it was would pass, without noticing her.
"Olivia!" It was Chiron. "I know you're up there, come down."
The girl sighed, as she let a dying whale noise escape her mouth.
"Yes?" She asked, and she hung her head, half of her body still on the shed, facing Chiron.
"I need you to participate." Chiron told the girl.
"Yeah, because that turned out great last time." She answered, doing a backflip down to the ground, landing with ease. She turned to face the centaur.
"That was four years ago, you're older, more capable, you can control everything more." He tried convincing her.
"Have you thought about the fact that the powers may have increased in strength too?" She asked him, as they walked past the table.
"Yes, but I think you should try again. After all, the blue team needs a fighter like you." The centaur smiled, stopping in front of the weapon stand.
"If you insist. I am not happy though." She said, looking away.
"Good. Grab a sword." Chiron smiled, pointing at the sword stand. Only one sword was left.
"Bronze?!" Olivia smirked, annoyed by the only choice she had. "Can't I use my swords?" Olivia questioned.
"Olivia..." Chiron warned.
"Fine." She answered, reaching for body armour. "Oh great. And I don't get body armour. Today is just my day!" She sarcastically snapped.
"You've managed without it before, come on don't sulk." Chiron patted her on her shoulder.
Meanwhile the Gods were watching the two exchange words.
"This ought to be interesting, she's fighting." Apollo pointed out to his sisters.
"Yeah, I mean the last time she fought...was a long time ago." Artemis added.
"I just hope she doesn't use her full powers during the fight. Or any, at all." Athena said.
"And that is because...?" Apollo questioned.
"Their strength has extremely increased over the years. She's nearly sixteen, her powers are now at their full potential. If she unleashes them, she unleashes the underworld." Athena answered.
"Like, literally?" Apollo looked confused. Athena laughed at her younger brother.
"Its a metaphor, moron. She means Olivia will cause chaos." Artemis corrected her brother, with her head in her hands.
Olivia searched the blue team for Oliver, and went to stand by him as soon as she caught a glimpse of his position.
"I thought you said you weren't fighting." Oliver said, smiling.
"Chiron insisted." She answered.
Before they had a chance to communicate anymore, the horn blew. All campers charged. Olivia pointed hand signals at Oliver-a secret language the two made up when they were children. He unerstood perfectly, and followed her. They decided to take a different route than the others, creeping along the outskirts of the battlefield.
It was well into the fight, and everyone on the blue team had been taken down except for Oliver and Olivia. The two then advanced to the middle of the outskirts of the battlefield, where the Gods had a clear view, quite close to their table.
"This isn't how I planned my death." Oliver whispered to his best friend, gripping his sword.
"You're not going to die." Olivia snapped, aware that they were the only two. Majority of the red team too had been taken down, except for the last six. Olivia ran through the posibilities about who her opponents might be, and she was certain that four of them were Thalia, Percy, Annabeth and Nico. The other two were probably two other hunters. She glanced at the board with the bets on, she hoped she could prove all of them wrong. She had to, for the sake of the entertainment, as well as making an impression. Suddenly, Olivia heard a twig snap, and the tension built, she stopped dead in her tracks, dragging Oliver with her. All of a sudden, Thalia and her two fellow hunters stepped out of the shadows. The two charged at Oliver, who took the challenge with ease, while Thalia stayed, readying for the fight she was going to have with Olivia.
"Well? Are you just going to stand there?" Thalia smirked, drawing her sword instead of her bow and arrows. It seemed that she hadn't been equipt with them, which was quite strange.
Olivia finally attacked. The two girls stood in one place, trading thrusts and parries with lightning speed, almost impossible to follow. Thalia had no trouble matching Olivia. Olivia took a step to the left. Thalia stepped the other way, maintaining her relationship with Olivia. They continued stepping around in a circle. The Gods' mouths dropped at what was going on between the two.
Eyes on Olivia, Thalia gripped her sword, tightly. The younger girl then leaped forward. The two duelled, their blades flashed and rang. Suddenly, Olivia managed to swing her knife at Thalia, who ducked it, and came up wide-eyed.
Olivia took this opportunity to swing her sword hard, the connection so powerful, it disarmed Thalia, she stumbled back, falling to the ground, holding her arm from the powerful strike of her opponent. Before Olivia could properly ready herself for another duel, Annabeth appeared out of the blue, smirking at Olivia.
"You may have taken Thalia down, but this time it won't be that easy." Annabeth said. Olivia managed to stand up straight, readying her sword in her left hand. Annabeth tried to mistaken Olivia by stepping to the left, and then the right, but the girl was too smart for that, and her eyes followed Annabeth's exact moves, and she only stepped when necessary. Annabeth then charged, and they were off. Olivia cracked a smile. She made sure to make eye contact. For a brief moment, she could see uncertainty in her opponent's eyes. She felt grateful for the advantage.
Advancing. Annabeth charged at her with the silver blade upheld, going to her foreswing and following it with a backswing. Olivia dodged the first and met the second with her bronze sword. The weight of the thing sent her opponent's blade backā¦but not far enough to knock the blade free of her hands.
Annabeth striked. This arcing shot sliced the fabric of Olivia's shirt at the bottom section. It missed the flesh behind it by perhaps a centimeter, Olivia was extremely vulnerable, not having any armour on whatsoever. Annabeth staggered. Olivia swung. Her sword missed, though not close enough to eat fabric. The opponent managed another smirk, this time at the spryness of her dodge. Olivia had to admit it was impressive, but this time, the sight only made her angrier.
Swing. Swing. Swing. The first two missed badly, but the third, a backswing off the one before it, found flesh. The heavy sword ate through her opponent's leg as easily as air, badly scratching the knee. Olivia swung again, creating a scar on Annabeth's other leg, not too harshly, but enough to make sure she won this fight, she wasn't planning on causing Annabeth any major injuries, so she didn't fight to her full potential. The fighter dropped to a knee, tried to stand, and dropped again. The Gods were astounded by what they were seeing, this young, un-claimed girl had just beat two of some of their best fighters. Zeus smirked, knowing they were in for an entertaining fight. Before Olivia had a chance to react, Percy grabbed her from behind, dragging her backwards, she tried to escape the grip but it wasn't easy.
"That's my boy!" Poseidon shouted, smiling.
Meanwhile, there was an intense fight between Oliver and Nico. The son of the God of the Underworld backhanded Oliver, unexpectadly, to which he received a punch in the cheek to. The two had both lost their weapons in their intense fight, matching each other's skill. Nico disappeared, shadow-travelling behind Oliver and hitting him on the head, then slicing some of the flesh on Oliver's stomach with a knife he pulled out of his shoe. Oliver spun, and before he fell, he disarmed Nico of his knife with one simple move, and stabbed it into his thigh. Both fell, grabbing their injuries.
Olivia was still struggling with Percy's grip on her. Thalia then advanced towards her, hands clenched in fists. She threw one punch, to which Olivia barely managed to dodge, so that Thalia only slightly caught her nose. Thalia threw another punch, which hit Olivia's jaw pretty hard. She then punched her in the stomach, Olivia wanted to cringe in pain, but was still in Percy's hold.
"You have to stop them! They'll kill her." Oliver begged Chiron, watching the intense and brutal fight.
"No they won't. You have to trust Olivia, she knows what she is doing. Watch, Oliver." Chiron replied. They set their eyes back to the fight.
Thalia threw another punch to the Other side of Olivia's jaw. The hunter retrieved her hand, holding it, pain striking through it due to the powerful connection. Noticing this, Olivia lunged her head forward, connecting her forehead to Thalia's nose, sending her flying once again, she then stabbed Percy's foot with her heel, then elbowed him, causing him to release her. She twisted on her heels to face him, punched him in the face once, and then kicked him below the belt. She glanced back, and noted Thalia who was standing up, and grabbed the top and bottom of Percy's body shield and threw him onto Thalia. The two fell onto the ground defeated by the teenager.
Olivia approached the two of her opponents. She picked up two weapons as she went along. Thalia was holding her bleeding nose, a sword met her face as she turned her head to the right. Percy tried to get up, reaching for a sword, he managed to grab it, but before he could aim it at Olivia, her other sword flashed to a centimetre away from his throat.
"Put the sword down." Olivia demanded, her expression emotionless. Percy did as he was asked, and placed the weapon down. The 15 year-old's sword following his throat everywhere. "Throw it to me." He did. "Down on you knees, hands behind your head." He also followed that command. "Don't move." She spat, those were her last words before she lifted her sword. Everyone now was at the edge of the seats. She wouldn't kill him, would she?! The Gods all started to murmur among each other.
Percy shut his eyes tight, scared of his fate. Olivia raised her sword even higher. Everyone watching gasped even more. With lightning speed she started lowering the sword. She stabbed it in. Into the ground. The audience released their breaths, gobsmacked by what had just happened. Percy opened his eyes, and breathed out.
"For a second, I thought you were going to kill me." Percy exclaimed.
"I was..." Olivia replied. Percy's face fell. "I'm joking, no need to get so scared, I don't kill unless I have to, this is just a dangerous game." She smirked at him. She twisted the other sword in a circle around her fingers, before throwing it up, and catching the sharp tip, and facing it towards Thalia, who took it, nodding at Olivia.
The victor walked away from the two she had just defeated, she headed towards the red flag, that stood directly infront of her. The girl looked at it, up and down. She raised her hands, and grabbed it, removing it from its place. She walked in front of the table where the Gods were seated, and layed the flag down, flat, in front of them. She raised from her kneeling position, and looked at each and everyone of them, she smiled at the four who placed bets on her team.
"Blue victory." She said, before walking away, like nothing had happened.
Olivia heard people whispering as she passed them, however she ignored it all. She was in no mood to worry about what they said about her. Every single person watched shocked, as the girl who had beat the legendary fighters of Camp Half-Blood passed them. She helped Oliver up, and provided support as he shuffled along.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Get up, and clean all this mess up! Come on! After you finish that, we will have one more announcement today, gather by the stage." Chiron shouted, hurrying the campers along. Today had been one heck of a day.
After everyone cleaned up the field of the weapons, Dionysus called them in for another announcement.
"Well, that was a very interesting fight!" He failed to sound pleased whatsoever. "Well done to the blue team, who have one! First victory in a good couple of years!" He threw all of them a smile. "You will feast in the mess hall with the four Gods who had placed the bets on your team." Dionysus sounded nervous.
"Wait!" Someone from the crowd shouted. Olivia stepped up next to the stage. "I recovered the flag, being the last one standing. Don't you think I deserve a say in this?" She questioned. The Gods smirked at the girl, she just had to challenge everything. The blue team cheered her on.
"Oh really? I'm sorry but I make the rules. Now off you go." Dionysus lowered his voice as he spoke to her.
"Son. Let her speak." Zeus ordered. Olivia smirked at Dionysus, as she turned to face the audience.
"The blue team may have won, and it may be a victory that won't be seen again any time soon, but I think this calls for a bigger celabration, it was a very tight battle. Therefore, I think everyone deserves to feast on the banquet tonight, no matter if they were on the red or blue team, no matter if they are God or Half-Blood, or any other creature ." Olivia spoke to her fellow campers. Glancing at Chiron towards the end of her sentence, who smiled. She received cheers from all around the gathering.
"But..." Dionysus tried to protest.
"I think they have already made their mind up." Zeus chuckled.
"Very well. Eveyone make their way towards the Dining hall. Let's get going!" Chiron lastly said, and every one of the hugry campers walked towards the feast that was waiting for them.
A/N: Well? What did you think? I have to tell you, I had spent forever on those fighting scenes, I just couldn't get myself to like it the first few times. That was chapter 7 for you. Thank you for tuning it (;
Spoiler For Next Chapter! Olivia breaks the rules once again, and she defends Oliver when he is verbally abused. Also, an old foe visits camp to finish what he started O:
See you next time! Bye (:
