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Percy

Percy didn't really have an appetite, which was strange considering he was always hungry. Thalia seemed to be feeling similarly, seeing as she was picking at her food absently, barely eating anything. "Nervous, or excited" Percy asked her, she shrugged, "I don't know, both, neither." he nodded, that was how he felt. "So what are the teams?" Percy asked her, "I don't know, Chiron will announce them before we go out." she told him,Percy was going to respond when Chiron spoke up, "Tonight is capture the flag," he stated and Percy almost laughed," Team one shall consist of cabins; One, Three, Six, Nine, and Twelve," the five that wern't called groaned, not liking the odds of both of the big three cabins on the same team, "And that leaves team two with cabins; Four, Five, Seven, Ten, and Eleven. Everyone get ready and go to your respective starting positions" he told them, Percy was a little confused, "Which cabin do I go with?" he asked Thalia quietly, "Eleven" she stated smirking.

Once Percy was finally able to get his armor on right, with the help of some of his cabin mates, he followed the rest of them to the far side of the forest where there flag, embroidered with the symbol of Hermes, was located. They formed a large circle with someone Percy didn't recognize, the guy started issuing orders to one person at a time, when he got to Percy he got a slightly confused look on his face, "You can just do whatever you want, I would not recommend going to the border, thats where Orion will be, he always is." he told Percy before moving to the next person. Well now Percy knew where he was going.

When the game started everyone went into the forest, completely avoiding the large path in the middle, he figured thats where the border was and went down the path, walking at a normal pace, but he was still worried about the upcoming confrontation. whenever Percy had gotten into a fight at school he didn't take it seriously and was always listening to music while he fought, he figured he shouldn't do that now but he couldn't help it, he pulled his ipod out of his pocket and hooked his earphone under his clothes and armor to try and protect them, he selected his dubstep his dubstep playlist and switched to a song with a very large beat drop, he figured Aftershock would work should work, figuring that should get his body moving.

He walked for a few minutes until he saw a river with a boy he recognized as Orion sitting on his team's side of the river, he kept walking till he was in talking without having to yell range, just as he was about to say something Thalia came out of the bushes to his right and went and stood next to where Orion was now standing, "Hey Percy" she called out, "Wasup Thals" was his only response before he took his ipod out and put his earplugs in, he scrolled over to the song and started the song, as soon as the song started he started walking forward in rhythm with the start of the song, they seemed to exchange a few words, "On your left!" he yelled out, Thalia immediately drew out her spear and shield, Orion raised his sword into a defensive position, seeing as he was on the left.

When the beat dropped Percy couldn't keep with smile of his face, the feeling of elation running through his body as he practically flew forward, faster than he thought he could, but he was really thinking about anything besides the music, everything else was just instinct and reflex. Orion raised his sword barely in time to block Percy's incoming blow, the result sent Orion staggering into the river, Percy would have went after him put Thalia was already on the offence, thrusting toward his exposed side, he rolled to the right of her spear, already inside of her guard but to close to swing effectively he used the momentum he got from rolling and barrelled into her with his shoulder with his shoulder, causing her to stumble back and trip, just as he was about to pursue her the river to his left exploded into a torrent of water that came at him from all direction, he rolled backwards away from the river under one of the torrents, narrowly escaping what would have been a game changer, he cursed himself for forgetting that Orion was a son of poseidon and could control water, he got to his feet before any of them could take advantage, Thalia was back up and standing a little more defensively, more wary than she had been before, Orion was next to her with a looking of respecting his face, his sword out and at the ready, Percy jumped forward, this time at Thalia, she was more prepared than Orion was, so when he swung his sword at her she attempted to parry it, but he saw it coming and when Anaklusmos hit the shield he let it go, Thalia got a triumphant look in her eyes when she saw him disarmed but that quickly changed to confusion then horror when the hand that was holding Anaklusmos grabbed her shield as he brought foot up to her abdomen before she could poke him with her spear, sending her once again stumbling back, staggered, percy didn't have time to put the shield on his arm before Orion swung at him so he brought up the edge of the shield so the sword glance off but didn't lose very much momentum so he stumbled forward, giving Percy an opening to slam Thalia shield into the back of his head, hard, knocking him unconscious instantly. 'one down, one to go' Percy thought to himself, then all the hair on his body stood on end and he knew was going to happen and prayed what he was about to do would work, he threw the shield at where Thalia had been moments ago, leveling it at chest level. When he looked as he threw the shield he realized exactly what had happened and what was going to happen, Thalia had summoned lightning and had connected it to her spear which she was currently thrusting in the direction of Percy's chest, the shield and the lightning met in the air, the shield absorbing the lightning in mid flight, the shield kept on its path until it slammed into Thalia's chest, knocking the wind out of her but not electrocuting her since she was a daughter of Zeus, Percy was going to rush toward her when the song ended, allowing her to catch her breath and retrieve the shield, "Why did you stop?" she asked him, "The song ended" he stated before pulling out his ipod and frantically searching till he found "Kill Shot" and turned it on, "Now we just have to wait for the beat to drop again" he told her before getting into a ready position, he was planning on using his powers this time. Thalia got her shield and spear into a ready position, but self doubt had already made its way into her, she knew she most likely wasn't going to win, but that wouldn't stop her from trying, she knew that he was going to do something with his powers, which she knew more than anyone else, and was thinking of counters to them, she was broke from her thoughts when Percy said, "Here it comes" and stated, before bringing Anaklusmos out of his pocket and flicking the cap off, and starting to tapping his foot in rhythm, in about four second Percy shot forward rushing her from the front, He disappeared instantly into a shadow, and reappeared behind her, mid swing, planning to bring the blade to her throat before she could retaliate, his blade was stopped by her shield, Thalia grinned widely, she had him, she brought her knee up and crushed it into his abdomen, causing him to grunt and stumble back, he fell flat on his back when Thalia whipped her spear around attempting to wallop him on the head, he rolled to the right and shot up stumbling backward away from her, but he knew he was at a disadvantage now, shadow traveling was much too taxing for him to use in combat if he wasn't going to win from it. Percy's earphones fell out, but it didn't matter the music wasn't helping him now that he was out of energy. "Well shit, I thought that was the win" he stated out loud to her, she smiled, "Come on Percy, you know i know your powers better than most" she said, he nodded, silently cursing himself for not thinking of that. It was silent around them except for the sound of their heavy breathing. Percy stretched out, getting ready for round two, he decided that the armor he was wearing wasn't really help him so he took it off, it took a minute, but Thalia also had the same idea because she also took her armor, "That guy wasn't very good" Percy said pointing toward the unconscious form of Orion, Thalia shrugged, "His only advantage is his power over the water" she told him, he nodded and they didn't exchange any more words, just started each other down, looking for a weakness. Thalia spotted his first, he had a sword, not a long ass spear and a shield, she ran at him full speed missing slightly on purpose to his right, forcing him to dodge left into a shield that was waiting for him, he barely had time to bring up his sword so he didn't eat her shield before he was forced backward by the force of the blow she dealt. Percy realized that listening to music while he had been fighting had been a reckless but fun move, he resolved he wasn't going to do that again when he was having a serious fight, he backpedaled just out of range of her spear when she thrust it him, he knew he wasn't getting anywhere letting her engage him, she had the upper hand, he had to get close, inside of her guard and take out her shield before had a chance to retaliate, he was dodging her attacks repeatedly, falling back, away from the unconscious Orion and the river, when he suddenly spun to the left of her spear, on the outside of her right arm, enabling him to grab the shaft of her spear and pull as hard as she could, she had a tight grip so she didn't let go but she was forced to stumble forward, this is what Percy's plan was riding on, she swung her shield arm around, trying to catch him off guard but thats what he had wanted to happen, he leaned back as the shield passed him and tripped her, causing her to fall backwards, she dropped her spear that was in her right hand and slung that arm around Percy's neck, surprising and trapping him as they both fell to the ground, breathing heavily. "Just give it up Thalia, I got you" Percy panted out, trying to catch his breath, "Its doesn't look that way to me, I'm the one with the arm around your neck" she also panted out, exhausted from recent events, Just as Percy was about to respond, a horn sounded, signaling the loss of team two. Percy got up quickly, trying to get out of the awkward position he had realized they were in, but when he got up he dragged Thalia up with him, she let go of his neck and patted his chest "Thanks" she said before turning toward the river to see Annabeth there, holding team two's flag looking straight at them, "Good job Annabeth!" Thalia called out, running toward her, engulfing her into a victory hug, "What happened here? no one ever comes to the river, they know Orion guards it every game" she asked them, Percy who had walked over there answered her, "Yeah, they told me not to come here because he was here but i figured it would be fun, but Thalia was here too and she is a lot stronger than him" Annabeth raised an eyebrow, "You fought them both?" she asked, disbelievingly, "Yeah, half of it while listening to music" Thalia answered for him, Annabeth's mouth hung open, "and he won?" "pfft, no, I was just about to beat him before you won" Thalia said, Percy laughed, "Not even close sparky" he said still laughing, she punch him in the chest, knocking the air out of him causing him to weeze slightly, "Yeah, laugh it up weezy" Thalia told him smirking widely at his discomfort, Percy still smiled, "You're just a sore loser" he mocked, she went to punch him again but he was expecting and sidestepped her fist and tripped her, causing her to fall, but she grabbed his shirt and they once again fell to the ground, this time laughing, "Get up you guys, we need to go see what chiron has to say." Annabeth told them.

Chiron was in the middle of a speech when they came back, Percy with Orions body slung over his shoulders in a fireman carry, he stopped when he saw them, "This guy guy might need some help." he said, tapping Orion, an Apollo camper came over and Percy set Orion on the ground, "He'll be fine, just got knocked unconscious." the Apollo camper told him, Percy nodded, "That's good, I didn't mean to hit him that hard" Percy said gesturing Chiron to continue his speech. "Anyway, team has one the game, thanks to miss Annabeth Chase" he said gesturing to Annabeth, a polite round of applause went up and Annabeth smiled a little bit, obviously pleased with herself, "lights out in 30 seconds" Chiron said suddenly then galloped away, everyone scrambled toward their cabins, trying to get there in time before any harpies got to them. Percy wasn't really sure where to go, sleeping in Thalia's cabin hadn't been a choice for him last time, this time was different, he had a choice, he decided he should go to the Hermes cabin and got in just in time before they slammed the door closed, the guy that was going to close the door stuck his hand out, "Hey, my name is Connor Stall, its nice to meet you" Connor told Percy as they shook hands, "Percy Jackson" Percy said politely, "I'll take you to yer spot on the floor" Connor said, leading him to a corner, " here ya go, home sweet home, I'll bring you some stuff, stay here" Connor said before leaving, Percy wait a few seconds, then Connor came back holding a sleeping bag, toothbrush, and a pillow, "Here you go man, lights out in about 3 minutes, till then feel free to do whatever" Connor told him, "Thanks" Percy said, when Connor left Percy spread out his sleeping bag and laid on top of it, before he knew it he hear someone call, "Lights out!" and flip the lights off, consuming the cabin in darkness, Percy sighed in relief, he was very comfortable in the darkness, after a few minutes he could see one of them walking around, stealing from their cabin mates, when the one came to him and tried to grab his Ipod that he had been listening to, quietly so he could still hear things, he grabbed his arm, "That wouldn't be a good idea" Percy said quietly, "Yeah, I'll just go" the kid said back quietly, Percy smiled and had to hold back a life as the kid went back to his sleeping area. After a few hours of uncomfortable tossing and turning he was able to keep still long enough to fall asleep.

Percy was experiencing a nightmare, or what he thought was a nightmare, but it was always the things he was used to, he had started having nightmares after his mother had dies but they had gone away recently, he didn't know why they suddenly decided to come back, he was shaken out of his thoughts when the nightmare got to the part where the wolf was going to eat him, but instead of his mom saving him he just woke up, his throat clogged, sweating, and breathing hard, he hated nightmares, he loved sleep though. After a few minutes of trying to get back to sleep, seeing as he had been asleep for about three hours, he looked at his ipod, it was midnight. He unplugged his Ipod and and tucked in his pocket while he quietly got up and walked to the door, he opened the door and went out, closing it behind him. He faced the forest and went north-west of where he was facing, hoping to find a cliff or something looking over the ocean and sky, as he walked Percy realized how much better he felt compared to how he had felt in that cabin. Percy kept walking swallowed by his thought until he came to an opening to a place he had been thinking of, it was perfect. Percy went over to the edge and sat down, dangling his feet off the cliff, he thought about listening to music but decided against it, he was enjoying the peace and quiet anyway. Percy laid there, thinking about stuff for a while, about the power his mom had given him, about the fight earlier, he had been so consumed by his thought he didn't notice he had been drifting off to sleep until the last second, he managed to keep his eyes open for a couple more seconds until weariness took him over and forced him into the same nightmare he had been experiencing for a while, just as the nightmare was getting started he was shaken awake. His eyes snapped open as he gasped for breath, he was looking straight into a pair of electric blue eyes.

I know i havent updated in a while, i still like the storie i just forgot how fun it was to write it for a little while but now i remember.