Sorry for taking forever. My life is completely crazy. Not to mention I got Winter Break homework. Homework over Winter Break! I know it is crazy beyond belief, but the Fates are cruel, so what are you going to do? Anyway on to the story. Tally, ho!
Disclaimer: Since it's Christmas, I'll ask for PJO, but when I asked Santa he said, "You're stealing, kid." I thought Santa could give you anything you wanted? And they say he's a jolly,red elf. Bah! I think NOT!
Nancy thought that this was absolutely crazy! The past day and half has been an absolute living hell. The Greek Gods are real? No way, no how! They are fake. Ms. Smarty Pants at Goode said so. And half-blood, no correction, demigods, who by the way, mortal children of the gods are real, too? Bah, humbug! There is no way on earth that this real. Maybe I still sleeping, Nancy thought rationally. Wait... rationally? Wow! She really must be crazy! Nancy shuttered at the thought she was crazy, or was it just the cold, bone chilling wind that went by? She didn't want to know.
A "Hey, Nancy!" pulled the stringy, red-head out of her thoughts. Man, Nancy complained in her head.
"Nancy c'mon! I want you to see the amphitheater," the red-headed Oracle said. Great... more walking, just great. By the time Nancy looked up, Rachel was already half way there. This meant she had to run. Yay! And with that, Nancy sprinted towards her. Little did she know that she was in for surprise of a lifetime.
"What's here?" Nancy questioned. Rachel just stared at the clueless mortal girl. The piercing green eyes blazed brightly. They seemed to say "Just fallow me." Nancy didn't need another hint, it was just that she didn't want to. Rachel continued to stare. The green eyes blazed with anger, disappointment, and sadness. Wait- sadness. Why is she sad? Why is she disappointed? Nancy didn't want to know. All she did was shake her head and fallow the girl. She really must be out of it.
The amphitheater was beautiful. The white Greek columns gleamed in the autumn sunlight. The white seats glistened as well and the hearth burned brightly, though there was no need. Some people were quietly watching what was going on. Others were screaming curses and yelling in both Ancient Greek and English (not that Nancy even knew that they we're shouting in Ancient Greek). There were loud bangs and clangs. Sparks flew from inside. CHINK! CLANG! KSHLANG! Sounds of struggle, grunts, and fight were eminent. There was a sound of "GIVE UP!" and "NO WAY!" CLINK! CLANG! KSHLANG! The sound of a sword against armor sent shivers down the mortal girl's spine. Or maybe, again it was the wind. Was it the wind? To Nancy's left, Rachel hand was waving in a come over here motion. Nancy ran towards Rachel, with this in mind, what the hell was going on?
CLANG! KASHSH! SLING! Nancy jogged to the amphitheater, where there was a fight between two people. One was big, strong, and wearing armor. In the person's hand was a spear and sparks were crackling. ZZZZ! The other was lean, not bodybuilder strong, but strong enough. On the person's chest was a breastplate that it was was gleaming in the afternoon sun. The sunlight off the armor made it hard to see the battle.
CLANG! "Give it up, Clairsse!" the male voice yelled. Nancy just stared at the fight. So the big, buff person is a GIRL? A GIRL? Nancy thought the person was a dude. Nancy turned to Rachel.
"Who's Clairsse?" Nancy asked. Rachel looked at her, then back at the battle.
"Clairsse is the daughter of Ares, leader of the Ares cabin. She's incredibly tough. Don't mess with her. Those who do usually a, don't live to tell the tale or b, get injured bad. Either way just be wary around her and be careful. Say one wrong thing and you could be praying for your life," Rachel said, describing the crazed daughter of Ares spot on, all while staring at the battle without tearing her eyes from it.
Nancy shivered at the description of the Ares child. Man, what was up with her shivering?
"Who's that fighting her?" Nancy asked again. Again, why did she want to know? Maybe the Mist affected her mind.
"You'll see," the Oracle said. What's with the cryptic response?
"You rotten worm's corpse!" Clairsse screamed at the boy. Clairsse's face was red with anger. The daughter of Ares jammed her spear towards the "poor" kid. The boy easily blocked the blow with his sword. Then in turn, sliced the sword and cut the girl's arm.
"AHAHAH! You'll pay for that, Jackson!" The Ares child yelled in a blind furry. An uproar came from the other side of the amphitheater. Nancy turned to look at them. What the-?
"Don't worry about them. That just Clairsse's half siblings, the Ares cabin," Rachel said calmly. Why was the is girl so calm? It made Nancy want to scream! But she didn't to scream at them, but at the Jackson kid. Nancy looked at the battle intensely. Then she saw the boy's face. Her heart skipped a beat. Wait, skipped a beat? Nancy shook her head. The boy was none other than Percy Jackson.
What the-? How the-? Percy Jackson is fighting Clairsse? She watched Percy as he skillfully avoided the attacks. The grace, the skill, the athletic body Percy had made her heart pound in her chest. She thought for a moment. She really was going crazy, wait correction, insane. Yeah, that's the word. The way she described the young son of Poseidon made her sound like a stalker. Yep, going insane. Check! In a crazed camp that believes in the Greek Gods. Check! Starring at Per- wait starring at Percy not on the list. Cross it off! Cross it off! Kiss Percy? Wait, kiss PERCY? Yep, check off insane um, one, two, three, four. Four! Four times. That's right four times! That "Mist" is going to be the death of her. Great!
Nancy looked right. In front of Rachel was a girl. The girl had beautiful, golden, blonde hair. The girl? Was Annabeth Chase. Nancy stared at Annabeth with hatred. Jealously rose in her.
"C'mon , Percy!" Annabeth yelled. The anger and jealous rose up in Nancy. Why should SHE be jealous of Annabeth. I mean she is blonde. They're dumb, right? Nancy questioned herself. CLANG! KSHSHSH! SHLING! CLINK! Annabeth continued to encourage Percy. As the daughter of Athena did this, anger and jealous was building up in Nancy. Rachel heard Nancy grunting.
"Huh?" Rachel wondered.
Annabeth turned her head quickly from the fight to look at the green-eyed Oracle. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know, Annabeth. But she flush red," Rachel replied.
"I'll go get help. Maybe she's having an episode. The Apollo kids will know what to do," Annabeth said logically. Annabeth began to rise and about to sprint off, when Nancy voice cracked.
"I'm fine," Nancy said with anger eminent her voice. "I don't need your help," she sneered.
"I'm just trying to helpful," Annabeth resorted, her voice becoming louder. Peoples' heads turned. The Ares kids' yelling ceased. Percy and Clairsse stopped fighting to see what the Hades was going on.
"Hey, Princess and Mortal Girl! Stop fighting or I'll crack your skulls!" Clairsse shouted.
"Hey, Annabeth, what's going on?" Percy asked, clueless.
"Shut it, Jackson/Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth and Nancy yelled. Percy flinched. His sea-green eyes showed concern for his girlfriend.
"You are an ungrateful girl!"
"Shut it, Blonde-y! I said I didn't NEED YOUR HELP!" And with that all the anger, jealousy, and resentment came out. Nancy pulled back her hands and pushed poor unsuspecting Annabeth down. Thanks to Annabeth's ADHD, she was saved, but broke her arm in the process. Nancy smirked. Percy ran over to Annabeth and picked her up gently. Kids rushed over. Kids called Chiron over or ran to get him. Percy stared at Nancy. Anger, hatred shown in his eyes. He looked at Annabeth, his eyes softened. Caring, sadness, hurt all shown in his eyes. Rachel glowered at Nancy.
"Why would you do THAT?" Rachel snapped. Rachel cared for both Percy and Annabeth and hated to see them get hurt.
"I-" Nancy began.
"You know what, I don't want to hear it," Rachel said. "I thought we were going to be good friends, but now I don't know." And with that Rachel walked down the steps to a hurt Percy and a crying Annabeth. She hugged them both. People stared at Nancy with "Why?" or "What did you do?" look. Chiron finally came over and helped the daughter of Athena to the infirmary, where she could get help and rest. Nancy sat down and watched the golden sun begin to set. Her day was about to get worse.
Chiron came back over to where Nancy was sitting. "I'd like to have a word with you later, child." Chiron galloped off. Though the sun was setting on this beautiful day, for Nancy everything seemed just a little more bleak. She sighed and wondered why does everything have to be put on her? No family, no friends, no one. She got up and walked slowly towards the Big House as the sun's golden rays disappeared behind the horizon and as the day turned to night. Now what?
A/N: Well that was a very emotional chapter if I do say so myself. Poor Annabeth. Well I think you know what to do. ~Son of Lord Zeus
