MY NEW SPATHI
After I had returned Will's stuff and apologized, I headed off to the armory with him. While we walked towards the armory, Will confronted me.
"Um, about something you had in your backpack, well actually stuff you had in your backpack," Will said nervously as we walked.
"Gods Will, you looked in my backpack! Ever heard of privacy!" I said hoping he wasn't talking about my I-pod, or my snacks, neither of which I was suppose to have at camp.
"I'm sorry!" Its just when I was looking for you, some stuff fell out!" said Will defensively
"Sure, just spill the beans already," I said getting impatient.
"Well, I saw alot of books" he said as though it was a bad thing.
"Yea, so..."
"Are you diagnosed with anything?" Will asked
"A slight dust allergy, i'm allergic to shrimp and one more thing, oh yea, I have ADHD" I answered.
"No dyslexia?" asked Will curiously
"No,"
"Can you read this?" asked Will holding up a book with a Greek heading. (A/N: I know. Where did he get the random book!)
It read: Οδηγός για αρχάριους θανατηφόρα τέρατα!
"Yea, it says beginners guide to deadly monsters, why?" I answered about two seconds after he held up the book.
"How did you answer so quickly?" Will asked "If your a demigod Greek comes easily, but with no dyslexia, you would take a while to answer, especially if your new." said Will curiously.
"My dad taught me Greek," I said simply.
"Oh," said Will quietly.
When we reached the armory Beckendorf came running out with what looked like a sword hilt.
"Hey, Analise, i'm just finishing up your sword," he said holding the hilt up.
"Um, wheres the blade," I asked.
"That's the cool part!" he answered excitedly.
We followed him inside, and stopped by a crowded table, cluttered with metal, tools, and blueprints. Beckendorf picked up a really sharp screwdriver.
"I just have to engrave your name," he said
I realized the hilt had a small, nearly invisible button.
"Whats the button for?" I asked
He just looked up and grinned, then went back to engraving my name and a bunch of other Greek designs.
Finally he was done. I looked at the hilt, it had my name engraved in it, in small Greek letters, then they were random Greek words scattered on the hilt. The small button was at the top of the hilt where I wouldn't touch. The whole hilt itself was covered in what looked like leather. To sum it up, it looked really cool.
"Are you gonna show me where the actual blade is?" I asked
"Oh, yea, so you just press this button and a 3 foot blade appears," said Beckendorf "and if you press it twice a dagger appears," continued Beckendorf handing me the hilt
"Also for it to return to a hilt just press the button three times," he added
I tried it out and sure enough a 3 foot blade appeared. I grinned and thanked Beckendorf.
"I think i'll call it: spathí tis neolaías." I said returning it to a hilt and slipping it into my pocket.
"What does that mean?" asked Will
I shrugged and replied "I don't know, your the one with dyslexia,"
He rolled his eyes, " It means sword of youth," said Will after a while, "Not very intimidating,"
"I just have to hope my enemies don't know what it means," I said cheerfully walking off.
