The Unexpected Two: Part XVI

"Brother, what's wrong?"

"It's already fucking started. I went to the arena this morning and while I was practicing, an arrow flew by my head… a fucking arrow."

Derek was fuming though, he should've expected this. We aren't welcome here. But what surprised me a bit was that both Jason and Piper were with him. What surprised me even more was feeling Percy squeeze me a bit too hard and then hearing the toilet explode. I don't even know who did it, Derek or Percy.

I saw Jason get close to Derek, putting a hand on his shoulder. A simple, yet effective, gesture.

Percy and I started to shift, sitting up and leaning against the wall. Piper was the next to talk.

"Alice… Derek told us about what happened this morning and he also told us what Annabeth did to you. Annabeth is determined and vigilant, but I never thought she was malicious. I think… from everything we've all been through, she's just changed and her relationship ending didn't help. I'm not making excuses for her… I'm just trying to understand. But we're here for you two… we don't agree with her actions"

She walked over to me, grabbing my hands and smiling. I haven't been able to hang out with Pipes much but the few times that I did was fun, and I felt we had been friends for years.

"Thanks Pipes. I guess the only thing we can do is hope people are smart enough to question instead of blindly believing. There isn't much else."

With that being said, we headed to breakfast.

We were going early so there were still a lot of people out and heading towards the pavilion. It was obvious that campers were both nervous of us and angry. Their judgment was swift and it was not in our favor however, I knew that after both Annabeth's encounter with myself and the encounter with whoever shot the arrow at Derek, they weren't going to try another attack anytime soon.

Needless to say, breakfast was awkward.

The only thing interesting was that Chiron had come to announce that capture the flag was going to be tomorrow night. The Athena cabin and Apollo cabin were the captains. Lovely.

I invited Percy, Piper, and Jason to stay with Derek and I in my cabin for another game night so I at least had something to look forward to.

The three of them went their separate ways, having a class to teach so Derek and I went into the forest to talk. I needed to tell him about the visions I saw.

"We need to talk. Something happened this morning."

"Yeah I know. I saw you and Percy… something definitely happened." He smirked as I rolled my eyes.

"No, brother, something else. This morning I noticed Percy was having a nightmare. I grabbed his hand to see if it would somehow comfort him and… I saw visions. I saw his nightmare. It was his experience in Tartarus."

Derek looked at me with a completely serious expression. "Percy's been to Tartarus?"

"He jumped in in order to stay with Annabeth. When the visions hit, I was completely terrified. Brother, I can't even remember the last time I was scared."

"Why are you telling me this? There's something more that you haven't told me."

"Yes… the prophecy brother. Visions aren't normal. I think it was a sign, from the gods. I think… the prophecy isn't good. I mean I knew it wasn't going to be but I think it's far worse than we thought. I don't know if the prophecy will be about me or you but one thing's for sure, we need to make sure we keep our friends out of it. They're selfless. If they know about our fate, they'll try to intervene, they'll try to help." I took a shaky breath. "We needed to keep them out of it anyways but after those visions, its imperative that no one finds out."

"Okay… no one finds out. We keep them safe."

Little did we know, someone was listening.

Capture the flag… this is going to be interesting…

The teams were split:

Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Hades, and the minor cabins V.S. Apollo, Hermes, Poseidon, and Zeus cabins.

I was on Annabeth's team, which I found very strange. Though I should be worried about the other teams, I'm thinking it's my own that'll be more dangerous.

Chiron galloped up to the groups, explaining the rules, before allowing us to set up. I was stationed deep in the forest, which was strange considering that I could literally get the flag in two minutes. I had been sitting there for a while when I finally heard the rustling of leaves, knowing people had arrived to attack me, whether its from the enemy team or my own team.

I saw some campers start to emerge, five, seven, eight of them. Some from the Ares cabin, some from the Athena cabin. Immediately I saw Annabeth. She was in the back, behind the rest of the fighters, smiling with cold eyes.

"I figured this was going to happen. While it might seem like a good idea to you all…" I looked each of them dead in the eyes, temperature dropping, "I am adamant that you abandon your plan."

I saw a few of them hesitate, stepping back slightly however, the rest stood their ground. Bold.

"We know what you did to Annabeth. We don't know who you are or why you came to Camp Half-Blood, but you're dangerous and we don't want you here." A guy upfront, whom I have never seen, raised his sword.

"I don't care to fight you guys. You chose to follow someone blindly, not even trying to be just in your decision making. I came to camp because I was told to by my father, nothing mo—"

"Stop lying! You attacked me, jealous of what Percy and I used to have. You said all of that to me! Stop delaying everyone, just attack."

Immediately everyone ran at me, swords, daggers, you name it. I decided the best thing to do was to summon help as a way to scare them. Everyone gets scared when the dead rise. I slammed my palm on the ground, summoning my helpers, "Immortui militibus te voco."

The ground shook as hands broke through the surface pulling up undead soldiers. They encircled me, protecting me from anyone that came near. Everyone started fighting, dead versus the living. Someone got through and came running towards me. I don't want to hurt anyone; it'll make matters worse. He swung at me so I ducked, punching him in the stomach and pushing him away.

Though a couple had run away when they saw the undead, there were still six of them left… well five since one was currently on the ground wheezing… and they had gotten through my undead easily (I just wanted to scare them). Now I had six people attacking me. I was shadow-traveling all around them, knocking their weapons out of their hand, avoiding any actual injuries towards them. I noticed Annabeth circling us, not attacking but observing… as if seeing me in danger brought her complete pleasure.

I heard another person approaching… how annoying. But what happened next, surprised me. Another camper, and Ares kid, came out.

"Hey! What the hell are you all doing? Step away from her now!" I stopped shadow-traveling, getting a better look at who was trying to help me. I saw a large female with dark eyes and brown hair. I had only heard about her and never actually talked to her before… her name was Clarisse.