I'll be doing a crossover with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, but just for this chapter and possibly the next one. All background information will be re-introduced so if you haven't read the book you're still good.
"What's in Long Island?" Roxas asked Riku. "I don't know all Merlin said was that it was some type of training camp." The gummi ship came to an abrupt halt. "Camp Half-Blood" Sora announced. The boys stepped out of the gummi ship, then Namine. There was a golden arch, next to a single tree on a hill, with that title on it. "So, I guess we go through here." Sora mentioned. They tried to walk through the gate, but were blocked by an invisible barrier. "Oh no!" he shouted, "This means a chaser!" Roxas drew his keyblade as did the others, but then a blond girl who looked to be about seventeen walked through from the other side. "No chaser here. My name is Annabeth." She stood about five-foot-seven, wasn't skinny but wasn't overweight, with bright blue eyes and long flowing blonde hair.
"You guys are from Disney Castle, right? We've been expecting you." Roxas smiled, sarcastically. "Well then how come we can't get in?" She looked slightly annoyed at his impatience. "Here, take these. As long as you wear these pendulums, you'll be able to get into the camp." They followed Annabeth through the gate. "So basically, this camp is for half-bloods. Children born half-human, half-god. Evil monsters try to attack the demigods, another nickname for us, but this camp is protected magically by the tree you guys saw by the entrance. It's known as Thalia's tree."
Riku asked her, "So, whose your parent?"
"Well, my dad, is a businessman living in San Francisco. My mom, however, is Athena. Goddess of wisdom and strategy."
"So, you're like, really smart." Roxas said as Namine glared at him. Annabeth laughed. "Anyway, the training you'll get here is the best you'll find anywhere. I'm taking you to the big house now to meet the camp director, Chiron."
They walked a little further and explained to them what they would be doing in training for the next week. As they got closer to the big house, a guy who stood about 5'9 with windblown black hair and olive skin hopped off of a horse to greet them. But first, he grabbed Annabeth and kissed her. "Hey guys, I'm Percy. One of Poseidon's sons."
"And my boyfriend." Annabeth said proudly. Sora noticed that Namine seemed to relax a little bit with the news of that, and he laughed. "What's so funny, Sora?"
"Oh, nothing. Haha". Percy kissed Annabeth goodbye and turned around on horseback to Sora, "Hope to see you in the ring!" Sora breathed heavily. "What ring?" Annabeth laughed. "Oh not a boxing ring or anything. Though I'm sure it would be an even match. A swordfighting ring. Except in your case, you would be using your keyblade."
They made their way towards the big house, but they had to pass by a U-shaped section of cabins first. "The two at the end are cabins for Hera and Zues' kids. But Hera doesn't have any kids because she is the goddess of marriage and fidelity and what-not. They have her cabin here more out of respect. The two at the sides are cabins for Hades and Poseidon's kids. Sora, you'll be staying in the Poseidon cabin with Percy. He'll be your mentor this week." She pointed out the rest of the cabins to the group. "This one is Athena's cabin. Namine, you'll be staying here with me, I'll teach you some good battle strategies. Riku, you and Roxas will be staying in this cabin, belonging to the children of Ares, god of war." When she finished showing them the campground, they finally reached the big house.
"Well, well," A very tall half-horse, half-man told them. He bowed towards them since he couldn't shake their hand. "This is the first time we've ever had any outsiders come train with us. I'm the camp director, and I'll be overseeing your training. Especially for you," He nodded towards Sora. "I trust that Annabeth explained everything to you?" "Yes sir," Roxas told him. "Good. Well then. The first thing you'll be doing is aqua training. Percy will show be your teacher for it. So go to your cabins and get situated. Meet us at the river at three o clock. Here are your maps" He waved his hand over the maps lying on his desk. They all picked one up and walked out, towards the cabins.
As Sora approached the Poseidon cabin, he noticed that it was built to actually look like the sea. The wall around it literally looked like it had been built with sand from the ocean floor, the roof was of the same material but covered in moss and seaweed, there were windows and doors, but mollusks and barnacles covered most of the surrounding wall. He knocked first, knowing that only Percy would be in there but not wanting to be rude. Percy opened the door. "Hey, Sora, right? Come in." Sora walked in and looked around, There were six bunk beds, a bathroom, a desk, bookcase, and a waterfall in the corner of the room.
"Cool waterfall." Percy had a confused look on his face but then turned his attention to the waterfall and said, "Oh, dude that's my phone." Sora shook his head. "Uh, what?" Percy laughed. "See," he pulled golden coins out of his pocket. "These are known as drachmas, they are the currency of the gods. The goddess Iris is the goddess of communication." Sora still looked confused. Percy grinned again. "Look," He said as he and Sora walked over to it. He waved his hand into the waterfall, until a rainbow appeared, then he tossed in one coin, "now, at this point you're supposed to chant this really lame, but totally unnecessary speech to Iris. I just say, Iris, accept this drachma and show me Annabeth, or whoever I want to talk to." Annabeth appeared in the waterfall. "WHOA!" Sora's chin dropped. "See babe, that's why I like cell phones, you can ignore the call, your face could pop up out of nowhere with the Iris message." Percy laughed. "Whatever, wise girl, I'm showing Sora how it works."
"It's cool, I was going to show Namine in a little while anyway. I'll see you at the river, okay?" Percy nodded and waved his hand through the mist, and Annabeth was gone. "And that, is how gods make a phone call." Sora was still somewhat in shock. Percy fished a drachma out of his pocket, and tossed it up to Sora. "Here," he said as Sora caught it, "Call your girl. I'll meet you at the river in an hour or so.
Percy left after that. Sora tossed the coin in after making the rainbow, and asked to speak to Kairi. At first she kinda freaked because she wasn't sure how the whole thing worked, she thought it might be evil magic trying to spy on her or trick her. But after Sora explained it, she seemed calm for the most part, though still cautious. He didn't blame her, she was really vulnerable right now. "Kairi, it's me, I swear. Ask me something only I would know." She looked at him suspiciously. "What's your mother's middle name?"
"Luxe." She laughed. "Yup. Wow, that thing is cool! Wait a minute," she seemed to be thinking about something, along with Sora, and then at the same time they both shouted "LUXE!" They looked at each other. "That's her name!" Kairi and Sora both thought it seemed like the perfect name for their daughter. It was short yet strong, and named after Sora's mother. "Hey, I'm glad we came to a mutual agreement about this, but I've got to go to training now."
"Okay. Please, please be careful."
"You too." He waved his hand through the mist, and brought out his ruby keyblade. He took a deep breath, then walked out the door, headed towards the river.
Along the way he met up with Namine, Roxas, and Riku. Annabeth had already gone ahead with Percy. They saw them at the river. There was Chiron there along with Percy and Annabeth. "Welcome, guests. To show you how things are done here, Annabeth and Percy will fight first." Chiron gave Annabeth the nod. "Okay," Annabeth said as she drew her sword, as Percy drew his. Then with their free hands, they walked hand-in-hand into the water. They put their swords in the air, touching, and with his free hand, Percy kissed Annabeth's other hand. "Ready, wise girl?" She had a sneaky look on her face. "Whenever you are, Kelp boy." Roxas couldn't help but laugh at their nicknames. "DUEL!" Chiron yelled.
Percy made the first move, he slashed his sword down towards Annabeth as hard as he could. Namine let out a small shriek, thinking he would have killed her if he'd done that a second earlier. But Annabeth moved quickly, despite being in water, which is resisting. She dove between his legs and lashed her sword towards him, getting very close to injuring him as well. He seemed to sense it, and turned quickly, ducking. Then their swords met again, and from then on it was back-and-forth for awhile. Chiron walked over to Namine and sat down, though he was still taller than she was. "Don't worry, Annabeth is intelligent, so she is always one-step ahead, and Percy is quick, especially in water. They know each other well, and neither of them would make any move on the other one that they even suspect would hurt them. Annabeth knows what Percy can catch, and what he can't, and he knows the same for her. It's incredibly important to learn that, which is why I began your week with this lesson." He looked at every one of them before going on. "You'll learn so much this week, but perhaps the most important thing is learning how to read your opponent. We'll be working on that skill all week."
Percy and Annabeth dueled for awhile when Annabeth whispered something into Percy's ear, which distracted him and made him lose focus, just for a second, but enough to throw him off his game. Annabeth drew her sword up and held it to his neck. "Checkmate" She told him. He looked at Chiron pathetically. "That's not fair. You should have heard what she said in my ear. That would distract anybody." He smiled at her. Chiron cleared his throat. "Oh, I have a pretty good idea what she whispered to you." Then he looked at Sora and the rest of the group. "Which is precisely why we have separate cabins for them."
"So Sora, Riku, would you like to go first?" They nodded. "Head on into the water." They did as they were asked, when they got into the water, they shook hands, and both wielded their keyblades. "DUEL!" Sora made the first attempt, and lunged his keyblade toward Riku, who jumped back and fell into the water. Sora helped him up, they shook hands, and started the second round, as Percy, Annabeth, and Chiron looked on. This time, Riku stepped back before Sora even moved, causing Sora to lunge too far forward, and then he too, fell into the water. Round three began, this time, Riku and Sora lunged at the same time, causing them to crash into each other and again, fall into the water. Annabeth and Percy were laughing before Chiron glared at them. "Okay boys, come out of the water." They did as they were told. When they reached Chiron, he told them, "Lesson one as I mentioned, was learning to read your opponent. Lesson two: Learning to use your environmental conditions to your advantage." They looked encouraged, like the camp would have a big impact on their battle skills. "Roxas, battle Percy."
"Are you insane?" Roxas demanded. "No."
Roxas entered the water with Percy. They shook hands and Chiron called duel. Roxas made the first attempt, swinging his blade at Percy before he had a chance to move. He read it wrong, Percy had plenty of time to move out of the way, when he did, Roxas stumbled, and Percy pulled his sword up to Roxas' neck. That's when Chiron chimed in with "Lesson three: Know when to attack." Roxas and Percy came out of the water. "You're all to rest up for tomorrow. At twelve, Sora will be working with Percy in the woods. Roxas will work with Annabeth in the water, and Riku will work with me at the track." They were all dismissed. Percy and Annabeth walked hand in hand into the water. Sora thought they were going to duel again, but when they descended underneath, he asked Chiron how. "Percy is the son of the god of the seas. He can breathe underwater, he can also create a bubble underwater for her to breathe."
"Oh. Wow. I wish I could do something like that."
"You may not be able to do that, but you are much more powerful than they are, simply because of your heart."
"How so?"
"Well, Sora, why else do you think it's you that is the captain of the soldiers of light?"
"I don't know."
"Besides the seven princesses, your heart is the purest. That doesn't mean temptation is easy to resist, but it's easier for you than most."
"Oh." Chiron nodded at him and headed back. The sun began to go down. Riku, Roxas, and Namine went to go explore but Sora went back to the cabin. He was very tired.
