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Chapter Ten: Just a "Regular" Day.
Annabeth POV
I woke up and felt a warm body next to me. At first I panicked, but it changed to confusement as I realised it was Percy. Then I remembered the nightmare I had last night. Oh, gods. Did I wake the whole camp? And Hermione… I burrowed back into Percy's warmth and tried to think happy thoughts.
About ten minutes later, (I still hadn't fallen asleep) there was movement beside me. I peered over my shoulder and saw Percy's eyes flicker open.
"Morning sleepyhead."
He yawned, "Good Morning, Wise Girl."
I kissed his forehead, "Did I wake the whole camp?"
"No. Just Athena Cabin. Hermione came and got me. How bad was it?"
I groaned. What was Hermione going to think? I realised he had asked me a question. "Oh… um, it was the Arai but worse…" I couldn't meet his eyes. "When I had finally healed, you… you had died." I broke down, barely finishing the last word.
"Shhh… We're boht okay Annabeth. You're here, I'm here. That was… awhile ago. I promise you this. I will never leave you, Annabeth Chase. Never."
I looked up into his sea-green eyes with understanding. I could get lost in them anyday but today I just kissed him.
"I love you too." He whispered.
I think we had both fallen asleep because I had woken up with someone calling my name. I groggily sat up and saw Malcom. I looked behind him, out the door and noticed that it was incredibly bright.
"What time is it?"
"Uh, around 11:45 A.M."
"What?!" I immediately realised that Percy was behind me. I turned and whispered sorry before facing Malcom again.
"We've already had breakfast and right now Hermione's at archery. She is quite good at it. Chiron told us to let you guys sleep and we did, but I thought you might want to wake up for lunch. I did talk to Chiron first thought and he agreed. So I guess I'm done. So I guess I'll talk to you later. Bye," informed Malcom. I thanked him and proceeded to get ready and wake Percy up.
When we had finished getting ready, we headed towards the archery range. I saw Chiron with a huge smile and a certain twinkle in his eyes. I followed his gave and saw Hermione concentrating intensly while firing her arrow. So, far she had gotten four bull's eyes and a couple in the ring beside them. She put her bow down after another bull's eye and smiled, walking towards us.
"Sleep we-" She stopped herslef. "Morning, sleepy-heads! Are we going to the shack yet?"
"Yep! Let's go!" I winked at her and trudged forward.
"Hey Annabeth?" said Percy apphrensivily.
I turned, "Yes?"
"I'm gonna go to the sword arena and maybe teach some campers or practice. Alright?"
I was a bit down especially considering the nightmare last night but I wasn't going to be over protective. Plus, I'll get to have some one on one time with my sister. "O-okay! I'll see you later!" I tried for a bright smile. "Now let's actually go!"
Hermione POV
"Are you okay?" I asked concerned.
She took a shaky breath, "Yeah… I- I just had a nightmare."
"You don't have to explain." I hugged her, "I just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you Annabeth and I love you. I could never ask for a better sister."
She was silent for a moment, holding on to me. She then whispered, "Hermione I feel ridiculous after having a nightmare and not being able to control it."
"Annabeth, it's natural to have a nightmare. I would not have survived if I went through… what you have. You- you're like a superhero to me." I said sheepishly.
She looked at me awestruck. "Me? A superhero? Hermione you're- I can't even say how much you mean to me. Also, you survived the Cruciatus Curse. Just saying. Big accomplishment."
"Not as big as yours."
"Fine but I do love you and you are the best sister ever. I would never wish for a different one and you're obviously a better sister than me."
"Oh, so we're pulling out the obvious' now are we?" I was about to come back but then we had reached our destination.
It was bigger than I imagined and it was actually connected to the Athena cabin. There were weapons everywhere but so far none of them looked… right. Annabeth pulled out multiple weapons including a pistol, long sword, short sword, daggar, shotgun (we did not get far with that one), and some bows. Nothing felt like it was for me though. I was starting to get worried. What if I never found a weapon? Did I have to use only my wand then? I think Annabeth noticed it because she told me to not worry. It was getting late so we decided to come back later. We went to the sword arena and found Harry, Ginny, and Ron watching Percy teach some young campers sword fighting. After he was done I told him how I couldn't find a weapon. He suggested that maybe Athena would give it to me. He stated that his dad gave his sword to Chiron to give to him and so maybe the same would be for me. I pondered for a little while. Maybe it could happen, I think Chiron would have given it to me by now so maybe the first suggeestion of my mother giving it too me. Oh gods… If it did, it would be the first time I met my mother since I was seven. The idea sort of scared me. My thoughts were interrupted by the conch horn.
I grimly said. "Well, time for dinner."
The food was good but I didn't have much of an appetite. All I could think about was these past few was amazign how much someone's life could change by just having one conversation. Today we were going to play Capture the Flag. I was excited, yet nervous. Ron, Harry, and Ginny were supposed to watch with Chiron. I felt bad for them. What did they do here? It still confused me why Chiron let them here. They seem to be doing nothing. Maybe they're teaching some of the campers about the Wizarding world? I don't know.
The teams today were thus:
Blue Team- Athena (captain), Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, and Hecate.
Red Team- Ares (captain), Nemesis, Demeter, Hephaestus, and everyoen else.
I thought it was unfair. How many people against how many? I pushed the thought aside as Chiron explained the rules. "-all magic items allowed." Hmm… Could that mean my wand too? I caught Annabeth's eye and pointed to my leg where I kept it. At first she was confused, then started to calculate, then nodded. Good now I could show both of my sides.
Whe nthe two teams separated, Annabeth explained the plan. I was to sit in a tree near our flag and pick people off with a bow n' arrow. I could probably use my wand to enchant some of the arrows. I lifted my bow. A bit heavy but it'll have to do. The horn blew and everyone went to their spaces.
I saw some of the Hermes campers come close and I enchanted my arrows into flaming, and set the campers on fire. I felt a twinge of guilt but I was pretty sure they would've done way worse than that to me if they had gotten the chance. For a bit it was me doing to same thing. Enchant the arrow, shoot the campers down. I was surprised nobody had noticed me. I spoke too soon.
It had been fifteen minutes since the last camper so my guard was down. I didn't notice the Demeter camper (Miranda I think?) until the vines had crawled on the tree and wrapped me upside down causing me to accidently drop my bow. She picked up my bow in more vines and snapped it in half. Wow, she was strong. Or those vines were. Or- you know whatever. She waved saying, "Tata." And left.
Cursing, I pulled out my wand (I luckily didn't drop it) and said diffindo before flipping myself and landing. I don't know where that skill came from but it was awesoem. Well it was until I realised that my foot was throbbing. I bent down and felt it. No broken bones and it didn't feel sprained. I probably twisted it minorly. I took another step and the pain wasn't as strong. I crept around the bush and all thought of pain dissapeared as I saw something that I'd never expect to see again. A Death Eater.
