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Charlie
Yea, ok, I had to get myself together. Looking like an idiot in front of the girl of my dreams really isn't the coolest thing to do.
"Come on, we can go for a walk or something," said Davey and Anne, whom had come up to sit beside me.
"Yea, maybe that's-"I faltered when I almost fell over some bleachers. "Maybe that's a good idea."
I shakily made my way down to the Snack Station, looking around to see if people could see my shaking legs.
The song Kryptonite by Three Doors Down, a very amazing song for half bloods, began to play.
I tapped my foot to the beat, trying to keep my mind from wondering to the uncomfortable nauseous feeling in my stomach.
Why was I being so nervous you may ask? I have no idea really. Maybe I was just nervous that Carter wouldn't be impressed. All I know is that I've never felt such incredible nerve about one thing.
"Da- Davey," I stammered.
"Yea man?" he asked, his hands in his pockets, and his eyes staring at something straight ahead, I was for sure it was Luna.
"Are you singing?" I asked, swaying back and forth slightly on my feet.
"Pffft, of course!" he slapped me on the back.
"Wait… really?" I sighed, quite relieved. One of my best friends was going to be singing as well, that fact helped me calm down.
"Yep," he exclaimed, popping the P. "I'm going to be singing, uh, Hello by Hawk Nelson," he stared at the ground, as if I might make fun of him.
"Wow that song is PERFECT for you and Luna!" I said, maybe a little too loud for his liking. The next thing I knew, he had his hand clamped over my mouth, and he was directing me out of the Snack Line, to the stage where no one was standing.
"WILL YOU BE QUITE!" he gasped as he let go of my mouth. "I don't want the whole world to know!"
"Sheesh, I'm sorry! I'm just saying, you and Luna are too shy around each other." I looked at his eyes, and he quickly turned away. I don't know if I sounded crazy or not, but I could tell that he was just as nervous as I was to sing, he was just hiding his emotions.
"I'm, I'm just getting comfortable with it all." He puffed up his chest.
"Yea, right." I rolled my eyes.
"Oh just shut it." He hissed.
"Alright, whatever you say." I held my hands up in defense. I nodded my head towards the Snack Bar, and we slowly walked back over.
After a long and awkward silence, I finally said "Well I think you'll do great."
"Thanks," he grinned. I noticed a small crowd gathering around the bar and one of the many fires.
Anne motioned us over to our original spot in line.
"You just missed it, Connor was throwing popcorn at Travis, and when Travis threw a glass of grape juice at Connor, he jumped out of the way, and you know who it hit?" she said excitedly.
"Abe Lincoln!" I guessed sarcastically. She hit my arm and grinned.
"NO! It splashed all over Draego!" her eyes grew huge with excitement.
We all ran over to the crowd that was gathering people quickly.
In the middle were the Stolls and Draego, battling it out with their inherited powers and fists.
Draego ran in and tackled Connor, holding him to the ground with one arm and trying to punch him with the other.
"Anger issues?" I whispered under my breath to Anne, who laughed half heartedly.
Travis ran over, pulled Draego off of Conner, and tried to push him to the ground.
Draego, as if not even thinking, made something extremely unusual happen. Everyone's shadows began to move.
Now don't ask me how it happened, I can't explain it. It was as if Draego had stolen everyone's shadows, and made them into his minions
Mine, along with everyone else's began to move. They jumped off of our feet, where they stood originally, and moved forward. You could tell whose shadow was who's because it kept its shape.
"This is like Peter Pan!" I exclaimed excitedly to Anne and Davey, whose shadows has left them as well.
"AWESOME!" screamed Davey. "It's like magic!"
Everyone's shadows moved forward, standing beside Draego like an army re-enforcements.
He looked over his shoulder, eyes widening as his minions filed in. The shapes of the dark bodies were visible through the glow of the fire.
Everyone backed up in amazement, looking at their feet to see is their shadows had left or stayed where they should be.
"Um, I'm not trying to do this!" he called to everyone, not taking his eyes off the shadows, as if they might attack.
"Just go with it!" encouraged Clio, eager for a fight.
"Wait!" said a voice from the crowd. Luna stepped forward, short but looking as mean as ever. Her dark black hair was in a braid over her shoulder, and her dark eyes shimmered with what looked like death.
"I might be of some assistance." She snarled, walking over towards Draego, cracking her knuckles, which were covered in leather gloves with the fingers cut off.
"You sure about this?" asked Draego, glancing over his shoulders every once in a while to check on his Shadowing Minions.
"Shut up and let's fight these no good, prank pulling, fudge heads." She grinned evilly.
The funny thing was, just then the song Animal I Have Become came on, by Three Days Grace.
By then everyone had backed way up, leaving a large gap between the campers and the fighters.
"COME ON ALREADY!" screeched Clio in annoyance.
"AHHHHH!" was the Stolls battle cry, for the charged at Luna and Draego.
But either way, they sprang into action. About a hundred campers, or shadows anyway, began to attack the Stolls.
Hitting, punching, jabbing, and the Stolls couldn't fight back. The swung their fists, but it just went straight through each of Draego's re-enforcements.
Luna and Draego didn't even have to move, the shadows did everything for them.
They just stood there, fists clenched, as if about to fight, but holding back. Both of their dark eyes were burning with hate, just like Hades.
I spotted my Shadow, which was at the moment, pulling at Connor's hoodie. He was screaming with fear, as was Travis.
Everyone was cheering for who they wanted to win, and one by one they seemed to join in, taking sides. Most of them began to attack the shadows, obviously on the Stolls side, but others went for the Hades cabin.
But either way, they sprang into action. About a hundred campers, or shadows anyway, began to attack the Stolls.
Hitting, punching, jabbing, and the Stolls couldn't fight back. The swung their fists, but it just went straight through each of Draego's re-enforcements.
Luna and Draego didn't even have to move, the shadows did everything for them.
They just stood there, fists clenched, as if about to fight, but holding back. Both of their dark eyes were burning with hate, just like Hades.
I spotted my Shadow, which was at the moment, pulling at Connor's hoodie. He was screaming with fear, as was Travis.
Everyone was cheering for who they wanted to win, and one by one they seemed to join in, taking sides. Most of them began to attack the shadows, obviously on the Stolls side, but others went for the Hades cabin.
I, myself, grabbed a broomstick that was propped up on the stage beside me, and ran in to help Draego and Luna. I was followed by Anne, Davey, Josh, Kat, Violet, Jordan, Leo, Nico, and of course Carter.
Carter grabbed a knife that was hidden in the holster on her side.
"How long have you had that?" I asked, very surprised.
"Oh, Annabeth's been teaching me the ropes." She laughed as she began to battle with a Hermes girl, who had a long blonde braid, bright green eyes, and a short metal pole as her weapon.
I myself went up against a boy named Galen.
He was the son of Apollo. He had very dark brown hair, almost black, with greenish blue eyes. The special thing about him, though, was that he could use light as a weapon.
As if he held a small fire in his palms, he could blast people away with the wisp of his hand. I had never seen such a power.
I ran at him with my weapon, looking quite ridiculous. Holding up a wooden stick with bristles sticking from the end isn't exactly a threatening.
He held up his hands, grinning cruelly, and I suddenly was knocked off my feet from a large burst of energy. It was like the sun had exploded, causing an earth quake and heat wave at the same time.
"Holy mother of Zeus!" I cursed, punching the ground in anger. How the heck was I going to defeat a guy who had bombs of light practically implanted in his hands?
I thought to myself for a few seconds, keeping a low profile, to escape another explosion of light for as long as possible.
That's when I noticed it. Galen was staying around the fire, staying clear of the shadows and darkness.
That was the answer; he needed a source to have power.
I jumped to my feet, and creeped after Galen. He turned around just as I hit him, knocking him out of the fire's light and into the shadows of the snack bar.
He cursed, turned around towards me, and held up his hands. Nothing but a few small flashes of light came out, not enough to hurt a lightning bug.
He realized his mistake, and started to turn, but I was quicker.
I jumped on him, pinned him to the ground, ready to strike, when a loud booming voice echoed even louder than the screams of campers.
"CAMPERS!" screamed a voice in rage. I automatically knew who it was… Chiron.
"I leave to go get some tea for ten minutes and you've already begun fighting. May the gods help you!" he scoffed. I had never seen him so mad.
"Now! If everyone would kindly make their way back to their seats, unless of course you have some sort of injury, we can begin, and I won't have to send everyone to bed early." He gave us all a long glare and we reluctantly filed back towards the bleachers.
Everyone shadows, quick as lightning, made it back to their owner. They jumped onto our feet, and began to act normal again, moving on the ground with no abnormal jerks or kicks.
Anne made her way back onto stage, with a larger hole in the side of her shirt, and her messy bun pulled halfway out.
"Well that was interesting." She said while catching her breath vigorously.
"Back to business then I guess. Alright, Charlie you're up!" she called with a pen between her fingers and the clip board under her arm.
I gulped, forgetting that I had to sing, but suddenly feeling better about it.
I stepped down the bleachers and jumped onto stage, feeling a cold sweat coming on.
"Um, ok, hi." I started awkwardly. "I'm Charlie and I'm going to be sing You Make Me Smile, by Uncle Kracker… dedicated to Carter." So far so good. Then the music began.
You're better then the best Completely unaware You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip side
Of my pillow, that's right
Nothing can compare to where
You send me, lets me know that it's okay
Yeah, it's okay
And the moments where my good times start to fade
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile…
So far so good I thought. I looked down at the crowd, where Carter was smiling uncontrollably, cupping her hands over her mouth, and staring straight at me.
All I cared about was the fact that Carter was happy, or at least seemed that way, and that I hadn't made a complete fool of myself yet.
Sooner than thought, the song ended.
I heaved a sigh so heavy that I thought I'd fall over, and the crowd of demi-gods in front of me were clapping and yelling their heads off.
"Nicely done!" yelled Anne happily as she made her way back over to the microphone.
I stood there frozen for a few seconds, before Anne whispered to me "Charlie, you can go now."
"Oh," I said sheepishly and slowly walked off stage.
As soon as I thought I was clear, I fell. And not just anywhere, down the steps.
Five steps down; I hit the ground with a thud.
I looked over at the crowd of campers staring blankly at me, red faced, sitting awkwardly on my butt.
Everyone began to laugh hysterically. I could feel my face growing as crimson as an apple.
To my luck, Carter was in the front row.
She jumped to her feet, ran over to me, and held out a hand.
"You are such a cluts!" she laughed and yanked me to my feet.
My face grew normal color, and I found myself laughing along with everyone else. My arm found its way around Carter's waist, and we made our way back to our seats with everyone else.
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