"You've got to be kidding me," Jack said, stretching his neck up towards the sky. Flying about 45 feet above the ground was a baby dragon, looking down on everyone with mischief in its eyes.
"Nope," Alex said cheerily, patting him on the shoulder.
"This should actually be perfect for your near useless abilities."
Laughter could be heard in the crowd, and Jack turned a deep red from embarrassment.
"All you have to do is zap Ruby or fly up and touch her. That's it." Alex stated.
"There's a catch or difficulty or something," Jack said warily.
"And you get a medal! Ruby will be flying all around the camp, especially around the Zeus cabin, leaving some treats for you to clean up. The longer you take, the more time you will spend cleaning up her messes."
Jack groaned. This is gonna take forever.
Alex looked towards Ruby, then reached out with his mind, connecting with hers.
Can I singe his eyebrows off? The little dragon said as soon as their minds were connected.
Singe all of his hair off if he hurts you. Alex replied, glancing around him.
Anyway, I need to go, it's throwdown Thursday.
If you lose I'll gnaw off your nose while you sleep. She responded. Being just a few months old, she had no teeth but could spit out little spouts of flame.
Love you too. He replied sarcastically, severing their connection before veering off towards the arena. As he walked away, he could already hear the jeers and laughter from behind him as Jack failed.
"Alexander Kukucka, son of Hades, 6'8" 221lbs, arguably the most popular kid in camp, and a legend with a broadsword. You rarely use your powers, care to explain?" A voice said behind him.
"Nope. My reasons are my own." Alex replied, stopping dead in his tracks.
On his left, leaning up against a redwood tree, was a short, blond male, looking at a piece of paper. Son of Athena, of course.
"Care to walk?" Alex asked, trying to scan his aura.
"Are you going to the arena?"
"Yes I am, it's Throwdown Thursday."
"I always wanted to fight a champion."
Alex laughed as the boy joined him.
"What's your name?" Alex asked as soon as he was beside him.
"Mellon. Mellon Vasilias, shamed son of Athena."
Alex once again laughed, this time at his name, literally translating to Future King
"Well your majesty, shall we get moving?" Alex said, performing an exaggerated bow.
Mellon rolled his eyes, already tired of the son of Hades.
"Yeah, we better hurry, there are only five minutes until it starts."
As is to prove him right, long, mournful note sounded out of a horn somewhere in the center of camp, signaling the five-minute warning.
Both Alex and Mellon started running right then, heading straight for the arena.
"I heard it's going to be a single-elimination tournament!" Alex shouted while running.
"You heard right! First-round is Michael Sanders and Maxim. Then you and me, Michael Lodato and Bianca Jackson, Kyria Wilder and Daliha Taylor, Nick Jones, and Jack Grace, then others."
By the time Mellon had finished talking, they had made it to the arena and were walking to the gladiator section.
Spinning on his heel, Mellon turned toward Alex and offered him his hand.
"Good luck out there Alexander." He said formally.
"You too, your majesty," Alex replied with a smirk, firmly grasping the older boy's hand and shaking it.
You son of a bitch Mellon thought to himself as he walked towards the Athena part of the pre-match area.
In these single-elimination tournaments, one representative from each cabin fought another member of another cabin until one was knocked unconscious or surrendered. Some people, such as Alex or Michael Sanders were the only people in their cabin and had to go in each time. Others, such as Nick or Mellon, could either choose to go or send someone else in their place.
"First up, Michael Sanders and Maxim Preobrazhensky."
Both contenders, one from the Timorus cabin and one from the Dionysus cabin stepped forward.
On the left side of the arena stood Michael, with a pilum in his right hand, a shield in his left, and a gladius belted to his side. On the right side of the arena stood Maxim Preobrazhensky with duel war axes. Once Chiron was sure that both contenders were ready, he blew the horn twice in rapid secession. Upon hearing both notes, Maxim immediately rushed forward, spinning his axes in both hands, preparing to chop Michael to bits. Smiling, Michael reached out with his mind and felt for Maxim's fear. Upon feeling it, Michael rapidly increased it, all the way to the point where Maxim dropped to his knees and started crying.
The whole arena went silent. They had never seen the massive boy fall into a bubbling mess before.
After about 30 seconds, Chiron called the match.
"The winner is… Michael Sanders!"
The cheering started to break out in the Ares cabin but soon spread all throughout the entire stadium. Bowing, Michael turned and left the arena.
"For the next match," Chiron said, waiting until the crowd quieted down before continuing.
"Alexander Kukucka and Mellon Vasilias!"
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Kyra watched the match with little love for the battle. It didn't matter who won, she would still win the first round at least. Beyond that, she had no little to no hope. This was going to suck.
Daliha watched Michael lay Maxim out flat with vivid excitement. She always loved a good fight, especially if she was the one fighting. She was up after Lodato and Jackson, and could hardly wait.
Michael leaned forward, looking intently at the game before closing his eyes and rubbing them.
No way he was going to win against Bianca, there was no point in trying. Either way, he was going to try his best. Isn't the hot boy up next? He thought to himself.
So I decided, due to my copious amount of free time, that I will try and update every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Sorry for the short chapter, but the next chapter will be huge, as my two favorite characters will be fighting.
If you want to see the characters I chose, look on my profile, but that should be obvious by now. however, their godly parent is there too.
See you Wednesday,
DragonsHero2