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So sorry for the long wait! I had a lot of things to do and couldn't find time to write! but anyways here's chapter 9!
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Chapter 9: A Proposition
Percy POV
The rest of the day went by without incident, but I did notice Nicholas, and Annabeth staring at me when they thought I wasn't looking. I ignored it, thinking it wasn't anything unusual Annabeth is probably trying to figure out who we are and Nicholas is probably still mad that I humiliated him.
"hey was annabeth staring at you today?" Sora asked me when I was walking back to the cabin after dinner..
"um yea why?" I said a bit confused.
"because she's been staring at me and it's kinda freaking me out and you know that's hard to do" she explained
"don't worry about it. You know how she is, she has to know everything" I said with a shrug
"yea, I guess so" she sighed.
We continued walking in silence and made our way to the top floor. When we got there though, Omega, Ash and Shadow were sitting in the living room and talking excitedly. Sora gave me a weird look and Shadow, noticing we were there, motioned for us to join them. We walked cautiously towards them and sat down on one of the couches.
"So what are you guys so excited about?" I asked, breaking the silence
"Omega you came up with a brilliant idea" Shadow said, barely containing his excitement.
"and...? what is this 'brilliant idea'?" Sora asked edging him on.
"Well since we're gonna start training the camp tomorrow, why don't we propose a game of capture the flag with us against the camp?" Omega said.
I grinned, clapped him on the back and said, "you, my friend, are a genius"
"who's a genius?" someone asked
We turned and saw Haze walking out of her room in her pajamas. She noticed our expressions and asked, "Ok, what prank did Ash come up with now?"
We laughed while Ash narrowed his eyes and shook his head indignantly.
"Actually, Omega came up with the idea of proposing a game of capture the flag against the camp" I said, before anything else happened.
She looked impressed and grinned. "well that's going to be an interesting game"
I chuckled imagining all the things we could do during the game. Haze seemed to know what I was thinking and rolled her eyes.
"Why don't we also invite the Romans? I know they're not that fond of them after what happened, but it might help them. Besides I kinda want to know how things are going with them" Sora offered.
We all looked at her with wide eyes and raised eyebrows but nodded our approval anyways.
"Well, it was nice plotting and all but I need to get my very much needed sleep. So see you tomorrow at breakfast." Shadow said after a while and with a yawn walked towards his room.
We rolled our eyes, but let him go anyways. Alek and Sora were the next to go, but we all knew one of them would sneak into the other's room to make out once everyone went to sleep. That left Omega, Haze and me.
"How do you feel being back at camp?" Omega asked me.
"Honestly, I'm having mixed feelings. I mean I'm kinda happy to be at camp again, but I'm also kinda sad from everything that happened and seeing the people that caused me so much pain" I said
"Yea I guessed as much, but don't think too much about it. Just focus on the mission and before you know it we'll be on our way back to base" He advised.
"I'll try not to, thanks though, for everything" I told him
"No problem, you know I'll be here if you need anything" Omega said with sincerity ringing in his voice.
"Yea, like Omega said, I'll be here too if you ever need to talk" Haze told me and gave me a kiss on my cheek.
"I know both of you will be, and I'm grateful for that" I said quietly. We sat there in silence for a while before Omega looked at the clock and whistled.
"Well, I think it's time for me to crash too. I think this was one of the most eventful days of my very long life so I'll see you guys tomorrow" Omega said as he stood up to go to his room.
"See you" Haze and I said at the same time.
A couple of minutes of silence passed before I stood up, yawning. Haze stood up as well and we walked towards our rooms with our arms around each other's waists. I opened the door to her room and kissed her goodnight. She smiled at me before walking into her room and closing her door. I sighed and walked towards my own room next door. I changed and slipped into the over sized but certainly comfortable bed for the night.
I woke up surprisingly early in the morning and decided to take a walk on the beach before it was time for breakfast. Sighing, I got up changed making sure my hood was up and made my way to the familiar path on the beach. I sat down on the sand and watched the sun rise as memories of happier times attacked my brain. I stayed there for what felt like an eternity before I heard the conch sound in the distance. I stood up and walked to the pavilion, passing the cabins and half-awake campers also on their way to breakfast. I decided to wait for Sora and Shadow since it was still a bit early. I nodded at a couple of soldiers who came to breakfast in the pavilion instead of the cabin, it was mostly demigods that spent a reasonable amount of time at camp and I'm pretty sure the campers would get a big shock if they found out who they were.
I smiled but flinched when I felt someone behind me. I turned expecting Nicholas or Ryan but instead I saw Shadow. I relaxed and grinned at him, he grinned back and we walked inside the pavilion. We sat at the same table we sat for lunch and dinner the day before. As usual, once everyone was sitting down Chiron stood, but this time, Sora, Shadow and me stood as well. Chiron nodded as us, prompting us to speak.
"we will begin training right after this so enjoy your last pain free minutes. Now I think Shadow has something to say...?" I said, turning to Shadow
He nodded and said, "I understand that you have a capture the flag game every Friday?"
everyone nodded slightly confused at the question but not daring to say anything.
"Well Omega here had the idea to have a capture the flag game in which all of you will practice what we teach you. Now, the twist is that it will be the camp against us and a select few of our army. At the end of it we will see how much you have learned and how much you still need to learn before you are somewhat to our standards." He finished.
"Also, since all of you still need to practice working with the Romans, we will send them an invitation to join us." Sora added.
At that some of the campers' expressions turned cautious, while others looked excited. We took that as an agreement and sat back down, ready to eat breakfast.
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