okay so i want to thank Percy'sFosterKid and Sapph1reW1ll0ws for reviews an pms! Means a lot to me and i hope you all realize that 3 now while writing this story i thought zoe was older sooooo... enjoy still! i will be posting a one shot of zoe's life soon so stay tuned! (itis super short but i do not care!) love you guys! :* reviews ey?
Zoë Jackson
For capture the flag we were not aloud to fly or shadow travel so we had to change a few things for the set up. I was still going to go out and get the flag because I was the sneakiest and the fastest, but also Max, Alaska, Elsie, and Aaron would come along being relatives of Hermes.
Since we had to run to Zeus' Fist Jase was going to hover up the huge rock. The same people would guard just a little less defensively. Since we all were children of very special people we were going to win, at least that's what we all expected.
Most people would think a 4 year old would be a dumb person right? Well, since I am a relative of Athena I get and did things pretty quickly. Like I could walk at 12 months, and could talk at age 1.
Once to prove who was the smartest in my family we took this special test. The scores showed the following; Zoë 1st, Sage 2nd, Callie 3rd, Miles 4th, Colten 6th, and Tobias 7th. Being that I was the youngest camper I occasionally trained with Miles and Alyssa Di'Angelo since they were only 2 years older than me. They were okay fighters but I still always beat them. So I usually fought with some of the other younger campers.
"CAMPERS ARE YA ALL READY!" Leyna yelled from her Pegasus, Misty. Misty was a gray Pegasus with a thick black mane.
"YA!" The camper side yelled.
"START THE GAME ALREADY!" I yelled as I took out my knife. My quiver of special arrows were attached to my back although Chiron said not to use the sharp ones so I only packed blunt arrows.
At the last second the Apollo cabin joined. Their cabin leader, Augustus was 19. He was the oldest and he was the best archer. But not as good as me.
"Okay let's start." Erika said as she grabbed the silvery blue flag from Leyna's extended hands.
"It has to be in the open and monsters will be out and about." Chiron said as we ran for the forest.
"Okay, so the plan is Zoë go out the safest and most covered way, Jase hover, and then the rest of ya do whatever the heck you want." Erika said as she held her Stygian Iron knife close other arm.
"Okay can do." I said as I tighten my quiver to my back. I would probably go by trees just because that gave me the best coverage. Since the apposing team got Zeus' Fist they could see everything we did so we would need to be a little more careful.
"Okay where will we hide the flag?" Callie asked as she tied her black hair back as she walked.
"How about over there!" Tess said as she grabbed the flag from Colten's hands and ran over to a big bolder.
"Here?" Tess asked as she put the flag in between the rocks, obvious but not easy to get at.
"No to hard for the campers. I mean we are going to try our hardest aren't we?" Alyssa said as she cracked her knuckles.
"Why of course. We just don't want to kill them all." Tobias said as he ruffled Alyssa's shiny black hair.
After a few more minutes we found an easy spot. The flag was on top of a humungous bolder, probably was smaller for everyone else beacuase I was short.
"Okay so when do we start?" Callie asked as she took out her watch. Leyna gave Callie a replica of her watch for her 5th birthday, which turned into a knife and a bow.
"OKAY PEOPLE TIME TO START! I, LEYNA SMITH DI'ANGELO, PERCY JACKSON, 'N' CHIRON WILL BE THE HEALERS OF THIS MATCH! YOU ALL KNOW THE RULES! GO!" Leyna shouted from on top of Misty.
I looked at my older relatives as they nodded at me. I smirked at them as I ran as fast as I could to a tree. I climbed it and jumped from branch to branch.
"She is just a demon." I heard Alaska say to Tobias as they ran on the ground in the directions of the creek. I couldn't help but smile.
The first person I saw was Tori and Theo. They both were friends of Tobias. Tori was a daughter of Hebe and always looked flawless thanks to her youthfulness. Theo was a son of Nemesis, one of which had a thick mop of brownish-black hair that covered his tanned face. Theo was about 6'2" while Tori was 5'11. Alaska was the shortest out of all of her friends.
The two were trudging along, rather quickly.
Piece of cake I thought to myself while I took off my clip. As soon as the clip reached my hands it turned into my sea green bow. I took out a blunt arrow and notched it.
"Boom." I whispered as I let go of the arrow. The arrow head hit Tori straight in the head, leaving a big bruise on her forehead.
"What the!" Theo yelled as he looked around like a crazy person. He finally looked at the trees but I had already moved.
I notched another blunt arrow and aimed at Theo. I then pulled back and spun and shot, successfully shooting Theo and knocking Adrian, son of Apollo age 14, out of the tree next to me. The last thing I saw was his blonde hair and hearing his curses. I didn't stay long enough in that tree knowing that I had a job to do.
After a few minutes I saw Elsie and Aaron fighting Cora, daughter of Hecate and Tansy daughter of Nike. Tansy was friends with Aaron while Cora was friends with Elsie.
Cora had deep brown hair with purple highlights. She had tan skin and was the a few inches smaller than Elsie so about 6'0" since Elsie was 6'3".
Tansy was another story. She had sandy blonde hair with blue tips, thanks to one of her cabin mates who helped her dye it. She had olive toned skin and was Aaron's height at 5'9".
They were fighting well but since Tansy was a daughter of victory herself she was bound to win. I thought I should help. So I took out my bow and notched an arrow. Then I remembered my powers. I felt a tug in my stomach as water from the creek toppled over Cora and Tansy. The two of them didn't have any time to brace themselves so after the water attack, they were not ready for Elsie and Aaron to attack, or for a volley of blunt arrows would shower down upon them.
"A LITTLE HELP DELIA!" Tansy yelled. Delia was a daughter of Tyche. Delia was 11, and was best friends with Jase. Delia had brownish blonde hair, and always had the best of luck.
"Sorry, Delia can't help you right now. Please leave a message at the beep." Jase said, as he hovered 20 feet above the creek with Delia in his arms.
"LET ME DOWN!" Delia said as she pounded against Jase's chest. Jase had blonde hair and changing color eyes. I would bet you 10 drachmas that Delia had a crush on him.
"You say so." Jase said as he loosened his grip on Delia's waist.
"GRACE!" She yelled as she plummeted towards the water. Jase stood there for a few seconds until he saw me. I nodded as I made the water catch her mid-fall. By then I was only a few yards away from Zeus' fist.
Almost the entire Athena cabin was there. One of the first faces I recognized was Rhea. Rhea was a daughter of Iris. I usually hung out with her since she was 9. Rhea had dirty blonde hair with brown roots. She was also one of the youngest people in her cabin so I usually talked to her.
I saw Miles, Tess, Erika, Max, Tobias, and Alaska already fighting. They all were fighting so swiftly that everyone on the apposing team was needed to fight against them. I saw that as my opportunity to get the flag. I ran through the trees and then called the water to my will. I shot a net arrow that covered 5 of the campers. I then ripped the flag from a bolder and called forth more water.
"YA ZOË!" Tobias called as he landed a slash of his sword at a girl from Apollo's cabin face.
"Sorry Avery. We play to win." Tobias said as he slashed at the other campers. I had called forth a mini hurricane to carry me towards the tree tops.
"ARCHERS!" Adrian yelled as the entire Apollo cabin aimed at me.
"See ya later." I said as I ran over the branches, leaving behind a ton of confused campers. Only a few seconds they understood as my mini hurricane exploded over everyone.
In the next few minutes I had reached near the creek.
"NO!" Tori yelled as she lobbed a gigantic stick at me. I simply flipped out of the way, shooting her again in the head with a plunger arrow. I flipped yet again and landed on a mini water platform. I jumped down to be caught by Colten.
"AND THE VISITORS WIN!" Chiron said as he galloped forward.
"I think we might have to recruit her when she gets older Percy." A voice called from behind Chiron. Soon Chiron moved out of the way as I came face to face with all the Hunters of Artemis.
"THALIA!" I yelled as I ran into my aunts open arms.
"Hey Zoë." She said as she ruffled my hair.
"Great job guys." My dad said as he trotted over, still on Blackjack.
"It was all Zoë." Tobias said as he helped Tori up from the ground.
"Gods wait were you the one that shot me with those blunt arrows? And how the Hades do you make them disappear?" Tori asked as she rubbed her newly formed bruise.
"Well, yes that was me shooting the arrows. My arrows are made out of water vapor, and a special metal that can work like mist, so when I drop one it just disappears and comes back into my quiver. It is actually very interesting while seeing it being made." I said as Tori gaped.
"Do you make them?" She asked as the hunters started heading out towards the Artemis cabin.
"Why of course, the Υδρατμός is very easy to bend and create into water vapor arrows. I could show you some time." I said as Tori smiled. I always thought of Tori as an older sister since she always hung around Tobias.
"Hey Zoë, would you ever consider joining the hunt when you are older?" Thalia said as I walked towards my cabin.
"Of course! I want to but my mom says no." I said. I thought that being a hunter would be so cool, I mean going around killing monsters, and never aging! That's all I wanted.
"I'll talk to her about it okay?" Thalia said as she kissed me on the top of my head and jogged over towards Jason.
"Hey Zoë you did really well today." Rhea said as she ran up to me. Rhea was about 4'7" so she was about 7 inches taller than me.
"Thanks you too." I said as I hugged her shoulders.
"Hey tomorrow you want to spar? I need some help with my techniques." Rhea rarely fought because she was a peaceful child. She hated the idea of hurting anyone.
"No problem." I said cleaning dust off if my bow.
"Okay then, see you tomorrow Zoë!" Rhea said as she jogged to her cabin.
"ZOË!" A voice called behind me. When I turned I saw Astra. Astra was a daughter of Hermes. She was one year older than me and pretty much my best friend. She was also very intelligent for her age which made her very easy to talk to,
Astra had dirty blond hair with brown tips. Her blue eyes hinted with trouble. She was an okay fighter, so we usually sparred together. She was 2 inches taller than me, but I was stronger than her.
"Hey I haven't seen you in forever!" Astra yelled as she crushed me in hug.
"I know! The last time was in the summer." I spent every day of the summer at camp, training, eating, and talking with my friends. I didn't have many mortal friends because I always changed grades. Like I was in 1st grade this year even though I was suppose to be in pre-school. I always skipped through grades so I never ever had time to actually make permanent friends.
At Camp Half-Blood it was different. I had so many friends. Not my age but still they were friends. I had Astra, Rhea, Alyssa, Miles, and so many more people.
"Zoë c'mon we gotta go." Colten said as he spread his arms out. I took that as he wanted a hug, or to carry me.
"Carry?" I asked as I held my arms out. He mocked a gasp as he smiled.
"Course Zoë I mean you did win capture the flag." Colten held his arms out as he lifted me. I rested my tiny head onto his thick shoulder. I must have dozed off because when I opened my eyes again I was inside my bed. I saw Colten watching me warily from an easy chair.
"Colten." I said in a sleepy voice. Colten jumped from where he sat and ran over to my bedside.
"Thank you." I said as I kissed his cheek. He smiled down upon me and tucked me in again.
"Anything for you sis. Now get some sleep." Colten said. I fell asleep holding Colten's hand.
I woke up to a big banging sound.
"Τι στο διάολο!" I heard Colten say as he jumped from his bed and grabbed his axe handles.
"Zoë stay here with Miles and Callie." Colten said as he ran out with Tobias.
"Don't tell me what to do." I said through gritted teeth as I threw my shoes on.
"Ya comin?" I asked Miles. He shook his head as he stayed sitting with Callie.
As soon as I exited my cabin I ran into Astra.
"What is going on!" I yelled as another bang sounded from the borders.
"Bull." Astra said. At first I thought she swore but then I understood.
"Well then let's go!" I said as I took her arm.
"I can't. Jamie said I have to stay. You go you are the fighter." Astra said as her eyes looked down at her gray shoes.
"Okay. I will see you later then." I said as I ran, taking my bow out of clip form.
After about 3 minutes I arrived at the borders. Thalia, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Jason, Amanda, Conor, my dad, Leyna, Nico, and a handful of other demigods were fighting the Minotaur, 10 celestial bronze bulls, at least 50 hell hounds, and a handful of the earth mud creatures were charging the borders.
"Θεοί μου." I mumbled to myself as I shot a sonic boom arrow at the bull. The head exploded off it and I got two other of the bulls attention.
"ZOË IT IS NOT SAFE!" Tobias yelled as he and Alaska charged. Alaska had set herself on fire, so everyone moved out of her way except Leo.
"I DON'T CARE I AM HELPING!" I said as I shot another arrow into the eye of the other monstrosity.
"GO BACK INSIDE THE BORDER!" Colten yelled as he fought side to side with Cora and Adrian.
"NO!" I yelled as I charged the next bull.
"NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO!" I said as I shot 3 arrows at 3 bulls. The arrows exploded as soon as they hit their target. The adults fighting finally took down the Minotaur and moved onto the hellhounds.
Leyna sliced through 10 demons at a time.
"Tobias!" I yelled as I jumped and pushed my big brother out of the way of being charged by one of the bulls.
"Thanks sis." Tobias said as he grabbed Ice, aka Πάγου, from the ground and threw it at the bull. After a few seconds the bull exploded and Cora put a purple colored sphere around the bull so the explosion didn't do any damage to those surrounding it.
"Why won't they all just die already? That would make life so easy." Tori said as she stabbed another hell hound.
"ERIKA!" Adrian shouted. On cue Erika shadow traveled around killed a dozen hell hounds.
"Dizzy." Erika said as she stumbled into Adrian's arms.
"Be careful Erika." He said as she balanced herself.
"Careful is my middle name." Erika said through a toothy grin.
Thalia was shooting these special arrows at everything in her way, when one arrow was shot lightning struck the ground kill 10 demons surrounding the one. She was pretty cool if I had to say so.
"BULL!" Theo yelled as he pushed Cora out of the way. The bulls stampeded straight towards me.
"ZOË Σας ηλίθιος!" Colten yelled. I had it all covered. After a few seconds I shot a sonic boom arrow and flipped out of the way.
Not a second to late. The arrow struck the bull and it exploded. Parts of the bull flew all around us. The only monster left was a gigantic hell hound. Leyna drew her bow and shot it straight in the head. Golden dust blew all around us as we could see no more further threats.
"Well, I think I want breakfast now." I said as I picked up a piece of the Celestial bronze.
"It doesn't surprise me that you of all people would want food." My mom said as she laughed and threw her arms around my shoulders.
"Zoë next time I tell you stay inside stay inside okay?" Tobias said as he wrapped me in a hug.
"You know I will say, sure Tobias I won't do anything! But in retrospect I will go out and fight whatever it is." I said as I tied my hair back.
I could see more of the blond in my hair which didn't surprise me. Every year my hair changed color. That is because of my roots. The blond roots grew out and then black roots replaced them. That was the one thing I loved about my hair, every year it was different.
"Zoë!" Astra yelled as she ran from her cabin.
"Hey Astra." I said as I crushed my bigger friend in a hug.
"I'm guessing you guys won?" Astra said as she looked around the border. Golden dust blew all around, looking much like golden snow.
"Of course." I said through a toothy grin.
"Are we still on for practice or-" Astra started as she pushed her dirty blonde hair out of her face.
"Of course. When I makes a promise I keeps the promise." I said as I jogged with her towards my cabin.
"Just let me get my armor on and such. Meet at the arena in 30 minutes okay?" She nodded and ran off to the Hermes cabin.
"Zoë long time no see."
When I turned around I was met by my really good friend Ivan. He was a son of Ares, who had soft brown hair and peachy skin. He was about 4'8" and was very built up, much to my liking and he was actually only a year older.
"IVAN!" I yelled as I ran towards him wrapping him a huge hug.
"Heard you fought well yesterday, wasn't aloud to participate. Had to help out Kay with her sword stuff and what not." Kay was a daughter of Aphrodite. Kay had strawberry blonde hair and tanned skin. She was 6 and had a humungous crush on Ivan, which I envied her on.
"Oh." I said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and started walking in the way of the lake.
"So how ya been doing? How school treating you?" Ivan asked as we arrived at the beach.
"I've been okay. School is well, school. I don't have time to make friends because I keep moving around. How you been?" I said as I sat on the cold wet sand.
"Well, camp is good I guess. I am just getting bored with everyone you know? I want to go to an actual school and hang with ya some more, get away from everyone. Especially Kay, she has been really clingy since ya left last." Ivan said as he sat next to me, his black gym shoes bobbing in front of him as he hummed. I would have to set Kay straight about that being "clingy."
"Okay, so what about everyone else?" I asked as I took off my violet flats, well my violet flat sneakers and laid them on the sand.
"Well, they all seem good. Astra is really happy ya here and Nora was too. They went on about how they were going to spend every single moment with you training and other things to that extent." Ivan said as he moved over towards me a bit.
Nora was a daughter of Demeter, who I hung out with most of the time. She had olive skin and dark hair. She was 5, and was 4'6".
"Well then, I won't have any time to spend with you if I am training and what not." I said as I slipped out of my silver socks.
"Oh so now the all powerful Zoë wants to hang out with a lowly Ares child." Ivan mocked in a low voice. I laughed while I hip bumped him.
"Hey would the lowly Ares kid want to go for a swim with the all powerful Zoë?" I asked as I pushed my now blonde hair out of my eyes.
"Of course my lady all powerful Zoë." Ivan said as he took off his shoes.
After a few minutes Ivan had removed his shirt, and his rather large shoes and was splashing in the water with me. I wore a simple camp muscle shirt and my short shorts while Ivan wore only his navy board shorts.
"IVAN!" I squealed as he tackled me, making me go under the water. I emerged laughing my butt off as a gigantic wave engulfed Ivan.
"No fair." Ivan said as he emerged from the waves, his brown hair plastered to his face.
"Life is fair in love and war." I said as I pushed my soaking wet hair behind my ear. Even though I could go water proof going into water wasn't as fun that way.
"You didn't even say the quote right." Ivan said as he splashed me with water.
"How would you know, you don't know quotes unless there is something I don't know about that is going on here." I said as I splashed Ivan with a wave of water.
"You've been gone to long then." Ivan said as he flipped his hair out of his eyes for the tenth time.
"It's not my choice. If I had it my way I would live at Camp Half-Blood and spend every day with you." I said as I sat down on the shallower banks.
"No you wouldn't. If you had it your way you would join the Hunt. Then I would never see you again." Ivan said with a pained look in his blue eyes. I felt a pang of guilt as I waded over towards him.
"I won't leave you Ivan. Not yet." I said as I hugged him. He just nodded and then splashed water into my face.
We spent a half an hour doing that until Astra showed up at the shore, wearing her full battle armor.
"Zoë." She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Coming." I said as I pulled Ivan behind me. I dried our clothes but left my hair damp, in case I needed to use water quickly.
I threw on my silvery-blue armor as I re-secured my clip.
"Ivan." Astra said as she nodded his direction.
"You know you can't resist my hugs." Ivan said as he ran up to Astra giving her a big hug.
"I know someone who wants one of your hugs." Astra said as she turned around and gestured her head towards Kay.
Kay was leaning against a tree fixing her nails looking rather bored.
"Oh hello Kay." I said as I walked off of the sand, my bow on hand.
"Hello Zoë." Kay said as she flipped her strawberry blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Why are you out in the arena. Thought you would be getting a make-up tutorial from your sisters or something." I said as I righted my chest plate.
"Well, I wanted to see you and Ivan." Kay was an okay friend but didn't deserve Ivan. Ya she was pretty but if she got Ivan I would have to shot myself in the head at least 10 times.
"So Astra you ready?" I asked as she took out her long knife.
"Born ready." She said as she charged. I raised my knife and blocked and pared. It was probably the best afternoon just sparring with Astra and then Ivan.
In the demigod world there was only one word to describe a day like today.
Τέλεια
