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Percy's POV
The rest of the week went by normally. I trained hard in the arena, and even managed to beat a few Ares kids. When Thalia showed up to fight, I was feeling pretty confident. We fought back and forth a while, and then she tapped her wrist. A large shield spiralled out of it. It had a woman's face imprinted in it, and she had snakes for hair. It scared me so bad a dropped my sword and fell back, and Thalia was standing over me immediately.
"That wasn't fair." I grumbled.
"It's war moron, everything's fair." she laughed as she helped me up.
"If you didn't have that shield, I could've beaten you."
"You think so?" she said, throwing the shield aside. "Then come on, let's go again."
Thalia attacked me with renewed force. She was good, but she fought with a sword like the Ares kids, and I was used to them. I disarmed her quickly and I put my sword to her throat. She smiled, and reached into her pocket.
"What are you doing? Stop moving! I won!"
Thalia took her hand out of her pocket holding a can of pepper spray. I backed up.
"Thalia come on. Not cool. That stuff hurts. A lot."
"I'm not gonna spray you dumb $$." she said.
I breathed a sigh of relief. Too soon though, because Thalia pushed the button on the top and the can elongated into a six foot bronze spear.
"That's not cool either." I backed away.
Thalia laughed then held it over her head, pointing at me.
"Hi-yah!" she yelled, and a bolt of lightning lit up the sky. It connected with her spear, then shot towards me and nailed me in the chest. I sat down hard, and smelt burning hair.
"Ok, that's really not cool." I said, standing back up.
I looked around hoping to find a source of water, when I heard Thalia yell again. I dove to the side and heard the ground explode behind me. I saw Thalia raise her spear again.
"Not this time!" I yelled, and threw my sword.
It wasn't the smartest idea, but it knocked the spear from her hands. I got up and ran at her full speed. She readied her fists, but I kept running and tackled her hard. We both went down and I sat up.
"How'd you like that Thalia?"
I got a kick in the back of the head for that. We wrestled around for a few more minutes, and then just lay on the ground beside each other, exhausted.
"Not bad Jackson, not bad."
"You too. Not so bad for a girl."
"What did you say?" she growled at me, murder in her eyes.
"Uh, n-nothing. Nothing at all. Why? I didn't say anything."
I got up and sprinted from the arena, and could hear Thalia laughing behind me.
The next few days passed that way too. I trained mostly with Thalia, but Annabeth stopped by a few times. I didn't want to fight her at first, because she only had a knife, but soon proved she knew how to use it. I fought her five times and never came close to beating her.
It was capture the flag night again, and I went to find Annabeth to discuss strategies.
"Hey Percy, what's up?"
"I want to talk about capture the flag tonight. You excited?"
Annabeth groaned. "Oh Percy, I forgot to tell you. Since my cabin is leading the blue team, they voted and don't want you on our team. Sorry." she said. "I voted for you."
I smiled. "But I bet no one else did. That's ok, I'll go talk to the red team. Who's leading?"
"Ares."
It was my turn to groan. The Ares cabin would never want me on their team. I'd better try anyway though.
I said bye to Annabeth and walked to the Ares cabin. It was painted blooded, with barbed wire all over it. A stuffed bores head was hanging over the door. I walked up and knocked nervously. Frank appeared at the door. He had a broken nose.
"Well well, if it isn't little Percy Jackson. What the heck do you want, punk?"
"Is Clarisse here?"
"What's it to ya? Now buzz off before I break both your-"
"Who is it!" I heard Clarisse yell from inside.
"Nobody!" yelled Frank.
He turned back to me. "I thought told you to buzz off, Jackson."
"Frank, who's at the door?" Clarisse asked angrily as she appeared beside him.
"What do you want Prissy?" she sneered.
"I got kicked off the blue team for capture the flag. I was wondering if I could team up with you guys."
Frank and Clarisse stared at me, then started laughing like crazy.
"Are you kidding me?" Clarisse laughed. "No way, Jackson! Now beat it!"
I turned and hurried off, the sounds of their laughter loud behind me. I ran into Grover but he left me alone when he saw how mad I was. Stupid Ares kids. Stupid Athena kids. Why did they have to be leading this week? I had the worst luck ever.
I wandered over to the forest and stood at the edge. I could here Chiron, explaining the rules, and what side each team would be on. Annabeth was looking around, for me, I hoped, but I hid behind a tree until they had left. I didn't want her worrying about me. No point ruining her night too.
I walked deeper into the forest, hoping to at least see some of the game, when I noticed a dark figure sneaking though the trees. I followed, but even as I got closer, I couldn't see who it was. The shadows from the trees seemed to be wrapping around him as he passed, engulfing him in darkness. The figure stopped, and hid behind a tree, watching something. I crept closer until I could see what he was looking at. It was Thalia. Engaged in battle with three Ares kids. She was keeping two of them at bay with her shield, and shot lightning at the third. She turned and bashed another one over the head with her spear, and he crumpled. The third one looked unsure, and when Thalia yelled menacingly he turned and ran. Thalia continued through the forest, and the dark figure went to follow. I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him to the ground, pointing my sword at him.
"Nico?"
"Uh, hey Percy. Fancy meeting you here."
"What the heck are you doing here?"
"Well, it's kind of a long story, but this is what happened..."
Nico's POV for the next chapter. Thanks for reading!
Ive also kinda been on a roll lately, so if i slow down with the updates dont worry, they're still coming. If i get more reviews i might upload chapter 13 before i leave.
