I really hope you aren't getting tired of me, because I have yet another chapter for you all today. I think this is one of the most fun honestly, and so I am really looking forward to writing it. Please, do review when you finish reading. I love reviews more then kids love candy. ._. True story. Now that I have reminded you of that...I think I'm done here. Alright, to the chapter we go! Enjoy!


Oh yes. Capture the Flag. One of the most fun Games ever played at Camp Halfblood. Sure, it's not a new game. Every kid has probably played it at least once in gym class at their school. But nobody plays the way we do at Camp Halfblood. Unless of course they are a camper here. Then we play at least once a month, and usually more then that. Like...every other week I would say. But I could be wrong. I've been here a while, and playing Capture the Flag never loses it's thrill. It's always super duper duper extra amazingly fun. And I'm really not joking.

We use weapons when we play here. And we wear armor. Real, genuine Greek armor, like they wore back in ancient times. And then there's the fact that our team flags are at least 10 feet long, and more of banners. There's a lot more chance to get hurt here then in that little gym class game you play in school. Here, it's a lot more real.

My cabin was on the Athena team. Oh, let me explain real quick. There are 12 cabins at Camp Halfblood. The teams are lead by two of them, and then the person that manages to capture the flag from the other team...well, it's pretty cool. The flag turns the colors of their cabin, and then that cabin leads a team next time. For example, this time, the teams are lead by the Athena and Ares cabins. If I capture the flag, it will turn to the colors of my cabin(I don't think I've ever seen it do that while I'm playing, so I don't know exactly what colors it will turn), and then the teams will be lead for the next game by the Ares and Apollo cabins.

Chiron begins to talk about the rules and requirements for the game, like he usually does. In most cases, I would ignore this talk, but this time I actually listen.

"For those of you joining in capture the Flag here at Camp Half blood for the first time, here are the rules- The creek is the boundary line. The entire forest is fair game. All magic items are allowed. The flags must be prominently displayed and can have no more than two guards. Prisoners may be disarmed, but may not be bound or gagged. No killing or maiming is allowed. Guards aren't allowed to stand within ten yards of the flag."He says.

Everyone from the Athena team immediately grabs their blue horse hair plume helmets and their breastplates and the rest of their armor, and I hand Xander his before starting to strap on my own.

"Oh hellhound no. You are not playing Capture the Flag while you're pregnant." He insists, saying it softly so nobody else will hear it.

"I can do whatever I want." I quip.

I appreciate him being so caring about me, but I really don't want his concerns. I'm going to play this game, because I love it, and that's the end of the matter.

"I don't want you playing." He says.

"I'll take it easy. I'm on guard duty. Not recon or capture or anything." I reassure him. Hopefully that will work. I don't want him to worry, or make me sit out the game. Then people will wonder why I'm sitting out. And knowing Xander, he'd feel guilty and tell everyone everything.

"Fine. But no hardcore fighting." He grumbles.

I nod and pull my armor just a little bit tighter, to reassure him that I'll be safe. I know he cares a lot, and I would hate to see him all worried and scared for me. That is not my intent at all.

The two teams start screaming their battle cries and, well, screaming in general, and I join in, screaming at the Ares campers as they scream back. Xander hesitantly joins in after a second, and then stops again when he spots Natalia, walking alongside Luke and talking to him. She's holding a sword in her hands. It's pretty awesome. I wonder if it's hers...it probably isn't hers. Luke probably is letting her borrow it.

"Hey Xander." I call.

He doesn't answer me, and I can tell he's locked in thought about Natalia.

"XANDER!" I scream at him.

He looks over at me, and I smirk at him.

"You're on guard with me. Sorry. You're not with her this time." I say.

My job for today's game is to guard the jail. I've actually done it a lot before, and I don't mean to brag, but I am pretty good at it. I mean, yes, there are people obviously better at it then me, but every person is suited for a specific job. Most people are on defense, then there are the flag guards, then the jail guard, and finally, there's recon, otherwise known as the capture. I happen to be the best at jail guard. You don't need a weapon usually, or at least, I never do, and all you do is make sure nobody leaves the jail. No team member usually comes to get their people out. Or if they do, they don't usually succeed. I have an easy job to do.

I zone out, considering there isn't anyone in the jail, and there probably won't be for a while, if there is anybody in there at all during the entire game.

I see Xander leading Lucas towards the jail. He looks annoyed, but the second our eyes meet, both of us immediately look happier. Xander throws him forward toward the jail, and I instantly start kissing him. Might as well make the game fun if I'm not doing anything else. Nobody else comes in, and the rest of our team is doing an excellent job of keeping out the enemy. There's nobody else in the jail, so I make myself occupied with kissing Lucas.

Lucas lifts me up at the waist and sits me on top of the rock we campers call Zeus's Fist, and I dangle my legs, putting my hands on his cheeks, and his fingers run through my hair as we kiss some more. As I'm kissing, I catch Xander staring at us, so I make it very clear that I am having fun by rolling my tongue into Lucas's mouth. Lucas opens his eyes and looks at me, probably confused, but, without stopping my kisses, I motion with my eyes to Xander. He seems to understand and goes back to normal again.

I'm not really aware of everything else going on in the game. I'm aware of Lucas being here with me, and aware that his lips are on mine, and that's all I really care about. I'm pretty sure I haven't stopped once, and we've been going at this for a while. Maybe...more then 15 minutes. I won't try and figure it out exactly. That would be bad, and it would distract from my kissing skills.

"Oh come on! You already got her pregnant Lucas. Have some self control, would you?" Xander says to Lucas.

He rolls his eyes at me and smiles through our kiss, then stops for a second to respond.

"Shut up old man." Oooh, my boyfriend is asking for trouble. He's such a bad boy sometimes. But I like it. And it just turns me on some more.

After that, we just keep kissing. Slowly, gently. We aren't forcing ourselves into being intense, because we have no use of being intense anymore. We've already done everything that kissing intensely could imply. There's no need to be rough with each other. We're just giving each other lots and lots of little kisses. And it's the sweetest thing I have ever been a part of.

I hear everyone from our team start yelling and screaming happily, and I stop kissing Lucas to see what was going on. Natalia and Luke have gotten the banner, and brought it over to our side, winning the game as the banner materializes in the Hermes cabin colors, silver and green. Lucas dips me down and gives me one last kiss before we head down the hill, to where the victory laurels will be given out to Luke and Natalia. I'm so happy for her. Her first game here, and she won with her brother. She'll get a laurel on her first game here, which barely ever happens...come to think of it, it's only happened once, and that was when Luke first came here. Not that I was here yet. I just heard it from other campers.

Although it might be hard to give out laurels to two people who aren't here. Luke and Natalia have disappeared, off to who knows where.

"Congratulations to Luke and Natalia Castellan, for bringing Victory to the Athena cabin. They will lead one team in the next game, along with the Ares cabin."

Lucas and I are sitting on the ground, kissing occasionally, getting me some "Awwwwwwww", "Cute!" and just plain giggling and smiling comments from the Aphrodite girls sitting behind us slightly. Everyone cheers like crazy when Chiron finishes talking, and everyone seems to be in a pretty good mood. Until we hear the growl.

A hellhound bursts out of the woods, and the only reason I know it's a hellhound is because I've studied them and seen pictures in books here and camp. We do study here, as well as train in combat. Part of being a good demigod is knowing our monsters and things, and knowing how we can kill them if we come across them.

Natalia comes in seconds later, looking alarmed and freaked out. I wonder if she saw where it came from. That would be too awesome though, so I doubt it.

The hellhound lunges straight for Percy, and he tries to fight it off with a pen...that just turned into a sword. He's already cut up and bruised, probably from the game. Wow,that sword is so cool! Chiron shoots an arrow at the hellhound just before it's about to kill Percy, making the creature explode in a shower of gold dust that goes all over Percy. He inches toward the water, putting his fingertips in. As he gets more wet, and his clothes get soaked, the water is healing up all his cuts and his skin becomes not bruised. I can't explain it...how could that happen?

A glowing green trident glows above Percy's head, and then I understand it.

"Poseidon, Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God." Chiron shouts, and Natalia, being the closest one to Percy, drops to one knee. This is how we greet every new camper that gets claimed in public, and I'm surprised Natalia knows it. But then again, maybe her brother told her. I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

Everyone rises again, and I clearly see Luke, looking pissed off for someone who just won Capture the Flag, which anyone who's anyone knows Luke loves doing, and half leads, half drags his sister off toward their cabin, Travis and Connor following. Everyone else starts going back toward their cabin, and Lucas kisses me again, holding me close to him. Xander has to pull us apart to get me away from him, but when he does, he promptly pulls me away and back towards our cabin. I wave to Lucas, smiling like an idior. But he's smiling back the same exact way.

Once at the cabin, everyone starts celebrating and yelling and being generally happy. Even Emilia is hanging out with everyone, unlike most new kids, who are shy and scared out of their minds.

Xander however, is sleeping. I don't know how he manages to, but he is. And I'm just grinning ear to ear, thinking about what a wonderful time I had with Lucas tonight.

Aghhh. This is love. And this is the best game of capture the flag I have ever played in my life.

Well, there is my third chapter for the day. I am done. I will update soon, but probably not for a day or two. I hope you liked it, please, do review and suggest ideas for further chapters. I would love to hear your feedback.

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