Hello. So I'm thinking of finally having Angel and Katherine getting claimed by their dad. Maybe at dinner after Capture the Flag. And I'm gonna put another moment of Nico and Kat in this chapter. Hope you enjoy.
I let out a deep breath and released the arrow. I cracked open an eye at the sound of someone clapping. Will smiled at the other children of Apollo started clapping. I looked at where the arrow landed. Right in the center. That was my 19th bull's eye. My goal was 20, since I didn't want Angel getting ahead of me. Surprisingly, we were good at archery. And all the Apollo kids were cool and treated me and Angel like we were one of them. Will was especially cool. He would let Angel, Emily and I hang out at the Apollo cabin and we would talk about bands and listen to music. Okay. Just one more. I notched the arrow in the bow and pulled back the string. I aimed and was about to let go of the arrow when I heard someone shout my name. I jumped in surprise and accidently released the arrow. I turned in frustration to see who called my name and saw Emily running towards me. Her face was flushed as she stopped in front of me and caught her breath.
"Your mom called and said that she's sorry that she wasn't able to answer your calls. She says to not bother because she won't be able to answer them. She also said that she hopes you and Angel are having fun. She also says that she loves you very much and will call you in about a week. And that my dad says hi." I blinked as Emily said this all very fast and in one breath. I turned back to the my arrow. You have got to be kidding me. Just a centimeter and it would have been bull's eye. I felt my eye twitch. I clenched my fist to keep it from punching someone. Most likely Emily.
"Oh. You were about to reach Angel. Sorry." 'You are not a violent person. You are not a violent person. You are not a violent person.' I kept chanting in my mind. I heard Emily say bye and run off again. I heard Will laugh nervously.
"Such a shame. And you were so close to." That's it. I pounced on Angel and we rolled around on the ground. I kept attempting to hit him but he kept dodging. I felt someone grab the collar of my shirt and pull me away. My feet dangled about half a foot off the ground. I let out a frustrated sigh as I looked at Will. I looked back at Angel and he had stood up from the floor and was dusting himself off. Not a single scratch. So disappointing.
"If I let you go, will you attack Angel again?"
"No."
"You promise?"
"Yes."
"Okay. I'm gonna let you go now." Will let go of my shirt and set me on the ground I just sighed sadly and looked at the arrow. I walked up and pulled it from the board. I threw it on the ground and stomped on it.
"I imagined your face on that arrow." I said to Angel as I walked past him. His frowned but said nothing. I planned on making a dramatic exit when I bumped into someone. I looked up and saw his dark eyes. I felt the chills go down my spine. I chuckled nervously.
"So I see your hair's back to normal."
"Yeah."
"Don't you answer correctly? You're always saying 'yeah', or 'yes' or 'no' or 'nope'. Are those the only words in your vocabulary?" Most of the Apollo kids were signaling at me to stop and others gave me a look that said, 'you are officially crazy'.
"Like how hard is it to answer in sentences?" His dark orbs stare at mine. But I didn't back down for some reason. 'If you make an enemy out of this kid, you're life will become a living hell,' said a voice in my head. Another voice spoke, 'Nothing bad will happen if you continue.' I decided to listen to the latter. "Oh. I get it. You're socially awkward. You need to become a social butterfly! Social butterflies are cool! Social butterflies have so many friends." He didn't say anything to me as I clenched my fist and opened it only to have a butterfly fly out of it. I gasped in surprise.
"That's so cool." I breathed as the black butterfly flew away. I looked back at Nico to see he was smiling lightly. So beautiful. He nodded in greeting to everyone else and continued on his way. I turned back to Will who had just announced something.
"Okay everyone. Let's get ready for Capture the Flag. Make sure your quiver is full and have some extras in case you run out." Will tossed me and Angel wooden bows along with a quivers made out of leather, or a similar material. I loaded it with arrows and put it on correctly. We stood with all the other cabins, waiting to see which team we were on.
"Okay," Chiron said in his deep voice, " the blue team are the cabins of Aphrodite, Apollo, Hermes." My mind drifted when I heard my cabin. Lalalalalalala. Capture the flag. Sounds interesting. Will says it's a game where you have to steal the other team's flag. In this case, I have to help get the red team's flag. Someone grabbed my arm and started dragging me deeper into the woods or forest. Then I had the weirdest urge to play Zelda. Maybe Skyward Sword. Or Ocarina of Time. Definitely in the mood for Skyward Sword. I still haven't beat the game. I needed to do the silent realms. I don't know what comes after that but I am far from finishing the game. Ahorn blows and I hear war cries. I watch as the most of the blue team disappears in the trees.
"Come on Kat." Angel gripped my wrist and tugged me with him. "We are in charge of locating the flag. Now come on." I allowed him to drag me deeper into the forest. We kept going down the trail until it separated into two. "We'll separate to cover more ground. You go down the left and I'll go down the right. If you find it, don't approach it, IM me, ok?"
"What does IM stand for?"
"Iris Message. Here's 3 drachmas. Don't waste them. "Then he releases my wrist and goes to the right trail. I watched until he disappeared. i walked to down the left trail, my bow ready in case someone sees me and attacks. I keep walking, scanning through the trees for the flag and anyone from the red team. I walked slowly just in case someone was near by and would hear me step on a twig or a leaf crunch. I would stop every few minutes, listened for anything. for leaves crunching or twigs snapping or someone breathing. I stopped for the fifth time. yes I'm counting. I'm counting everything. I'm bored. I strained my ears to hear anything. I didn't hear anything so I kept walking. I decided to just not stop anymore, to just keep walking.
I kept walking for what felt like forever but I bet it was only about 10 minutes. Then I saw red flag. No one was even guarding it. Wait . . . maybe they're hiding. I checked for anyone in the trees but didn't find anyone. Guess they really did leave thee flag alone. I was about to go up and take it but hesitated. Angel said to IM him and not grab it. I shrugged. Screw it. I made my way to the flag. But before I could reach it, I was tackled. I wrestled with the person who tackled me. I could tell it was a guy and he had black hair. And he smells like peppermint . I finally just gave up, knowing it was pointless because he was stronger than me. Oh my god . . . or oh my gods. It was Nico. Nico is sitting on me and is smirking.
"Why do I get the feeling that you are about to get payback for me dying your hair pink?" He just chuckled. I felt my cheeks warm up.
"I'm not gonna do anything to you." I let out a sigh of relief after I heard him.I stared at his eyes, losing myself in them. He stared back at me. I finally said something after a long time.
"You're eyes remind me of dark chocolate and I want to eat them." He let out a laugh. I smiled lightly at him. I could feel my heart beat faster as he stood up and offered his hand. I gladly accepted it and he pulled me up to my feet. Just as I opened my mouth to say something that would probably be random, a horn blew, followed by the cheers of people nearby.
"Good job guarding the flag Nico. Damn, that's a big pile of people."I looked to where the voice was coming from. Percy was looking at a pile of bodies I hadn't noticed. I could hear groans of pain come from it. Nico shrugged.
"I just did what you told me. I kept the flag safe."
"Yeah. But you didn't need to be so rough with them. Is that Leo?" A groan of pain answered.
"Yup."
"Hey Percy."
"Oh. Hey Katherine."
"I hope we can be friends Nico. You seem like a really nice guy. Anyway. I got to go find Angel." I smiled at both of them and ran off to find my twin. I could feel someone stare after me as I ran. I finally found Angel in the crowd, talking to Will. Will turned to me when he saw me.
"I can't wait until the campfire tonight." He smiled at me and shrugged. I decided to ignore that and turned my attention to Angel.
"Where's Emily?"
"With Chiron."
"Where's Chiron?"
"Look for him. He's the guy that's really tall and is a centaur."
"Your name should be Richard. Then I would be able to call you Dick everyday without getting in trouble for it." He glared at me but said nothing.
They disappeared behind me as I went to go look for the dirty blonde that I had grown up with. Sure enough, she was talking to Chiron. I waited until they finished talking.
"What were you talking about with Chiron?"
"About my dad. How he isn't safe since Zeus found about me. Chiron was suggesting that I should try to master my powers.
"You have powers?"
"Yeah. Check this out." I waited. "Wait until we get out of this crowd." I followed her as she made her way through the crowd. When we were a good 20 feet away from everyone before she smiled and closed her eyes. I watched as nothing happened. Then, a shimmer went up in the air. I instantly knew what it was. A force field. I felt the jealousy rise a bit in me but I pushed it down. I shouldn't feel jealous of Emily. Sure, her mother claimed her the first day we were here and it had been a week and my father still hadn't claimed me and she got cool powers were as I just have a good arm and aim. I smiled at her as she dropped the force field.
"That's really cool Emily. I wonder what kind of powers I'll get when my dad claims me." If he claims me.
"Tons of cool stuff I bet. The Ares kids win almost every battle, the Hephaestus kids have a way with machines, Hermes kids have a talent to steal stuff, I won't bother saying anything about Mr.D and Apollo's kids are real creative and have a good aim and most of them become singers. I think you might be a daughter of Apollo."
"Except I don't look like them. They all have blond hair and bright blue eyes and me and Angel have black hair and sea green eyes. And don't say we got it from my mom because she has brown hair and green eyes." Emily closed her mouth and sighed. The rest of the day was a blur. I remember lots of laughing and me stealing glances at Nico. However I do remember the campfire, when Will was making an announcement.
"So yesterday I was walking by the woods and I saw a girl sitting on Zeus's fist. They had on headphones and she was singing. And she can sing even better than me! So give it up for Katherine Adams!" That's when I actually snapped out of my thoughts. I looked up to see everyone looking at me. I chuckled nervously.
"I can't sing."
"Kat, I heard you sing. Now come on up here and sing like you did before."
"You must have heard Angel. Don't worry, I confuse him all the time for a girl too." A few people chuckled at my comment and Angel frowned. Will gave me a look and I sighed before standing up. "Fine. I'll sing."
"I want you to sing the song you were singing. You sound really good when you sing that." I grabbed the microphone from him and rolled my eyes. They started to play the music.
"Nothing I say comes out right,
I can't love without a fight,
No one ever knows my name,
When I pray for sun, it rains.
I'm so sick of wasting time,
But nothing's moving in my mind,
Inspiration can't be found,
I get up and fall but,
I'm Alive, I'm Alive, oh yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me,
Reaching for heaven.
I will fight, and I'll sleep when I die,
I'll live my life, I'm Alive!"
I looked at the camper's faces, searching for someone to cringe their face at the sound of my voice. No one cringed their face.
"Every lover breaks my heart,
And I know it from the start,
Still I end up in a mess,
Every time I second guess.
All my friends just run away,
When I'm having a bad day,
I would rather stay in bed, but I know there's a reason.
I'm Alive, I'm Alive, oh yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me,
Reaching for heaven.
I will fight, and I'll sleep when I die,
I'll live my life, I'm Alive!"
I wanted to laugh as a boy began to shake his head to the beat.
"When I'm bored to death at home,
When he won't pick up the phone,
When I'm stuck in second place,
Those regrets I can't erase.
Only I can change the end,
Of the movie in my head,
There's no time for misery,
I wont feel sorry for me.
I'm Alive, I'm Alive, oh yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me,
Reaching for heaven.
I will fight, and I'll sleep when I die,
I'll live my life, ohhh!
I'm Alive, I'm Alive, oh yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me,
Reaching for heaven.
I will fight, and I'll sleep when I die,
I'll live my life,
I'll live my life,
I'M ALIVE!"
I took a deep breath. I looked at Will and handed back the microphone to him. Just as I was about to go down the steps of the small stage I heard clapping. Everyone was clapping. I felt my face get warm. Then it suddenly stopped and I heard gasps. I saw a kid point just above my head. I looked at Angel, knowing that if I was getting claimed, so was he, and I would have a better view of what was above my head if I looked at his. I saw a sun, a moon, and owl, a dove. Then the were the larger ones. A trident with a black rose wrapped around it. Why are there so many? We're only suppose to have one sign. Not six. Everyone got on one and bowed, except Angel and me.
"All hail Katherine and Angel Adams, children of the Sea God and an unknown goddess, blessed by the Sun God, Goddess of the Moon, Goddess of Love, and Goddess of Wisdom." Children of the sea god and an unknown goddess? What does he mean unknown goddess. We should only have two parents, not three. Blessed. We're blessed by other gods. Four other gods. Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Athena. Huh, all their names start with A. Just throw Ares in there and it's the whole A Team. Damn it! Now I want to listen Ed Sheeran. I hate ADHD. Everyone stood up and I could see Percy and Annabeth make their way to us, Percy with a huge grin and Annabeth with a very confused face.
"I have siblings! Now I won't be so lonely in the cabin and at the Dining Pavillion!"
"How is it possible that you two are children of Poseidon?"
"Easy. Our mom, his dad, bang bang. Nine months later, we came out." I hit Angel's shoulder as he did made a hole with his hand and started inserting his finger inside it. Percy just laughed.
"You know, he's your dad too. Not just mine."
"He may be our father by blood, but he will never be our dad." Angel looked so pissed. Talk about bipolar.
"What do you mean? He just claimed you! He cared enough to claim you!"
"And yet he didn't care enough to come by! He didn't care enough when our mom tried to commit suicide right after we were born! He didn't care when we were placed in a foster home for a month! He didn't care when Katherine almost died in the hospital because of a car crash! He didn't care when I started cutting! He never cared!" The water fountain nearby burst. Angel grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the Hermes cabin. I could feel the onlookers watch us leave. I could feel my anger about to burst as I realized what Angel said was true. He never cared. He never cared. He never cared. And he probably never will. Then I realized something Angel had said. 'He didn't care when I started cutting.'
Whoo! Finally updated! Yes! After 3 weeks of lazing around and a hopeless case of writer's block! Hope you enjoyed. I'll update sooner next time.
Featured song: I'm alive by I forgot. No really, I did forget. But I heard it on Black Butler.
Damn. I just realized how long this chapter is.
