Kace's POV
I couldn't believe it. We actually won capture the flag, without having to worry about using our abilities secretly. I felt bad for Abigail though. She got punched in the mouth and spat out silver blood. She would have lots of questions from the campers later. I got off easy. The arrows and blades only grazed parts of my back, so my clothes absorbed most of the blood. We turned in to our cabins and felt a little excited. Tomorrow was Saturday, so that meant that Abigail and I would be able to train at camp! Wow, I never thought that I would actually say that since most of the camps that my parents sent me to were educational. I climbed into bed and closed my eyes to go to sleep. A thought suddenly crossed my mind. Our parents! I thought. They are probably already freaking out that Abigail and I never came home from school! Slow to catch on aren't you, Sand Face? A voice said in my mind. I growled. Get out of my mind, Abigail! I thought. Alright, but only if you don't attack me when I appear in front of you, okay? Abigail pleaded.
I sighed. Fine, but if you're thinking what I'm thinking- oh what am I saying? Of course, you're going to do it. "And I really hope you didn't mind that I have been standing here for a long time." someone whispered. I froze and slowly turned around. And there was Abigail, standing in her owl pajamas. I sighed and she didn't let me talk because she grabbed me and dragged me out the door and behind a bush. "I have to turn us both invisible to get to the Big House," Abigail whispered frantically. "I know, but why do we have to become invisible?" I asked. "Annabeth told me about the patrol harpies, so unless you would like to be harpy food, go ahead and walk out clearly visible," Abigail whispered, sarcastically.
"Fine, but how are you going to do that? You can only do that with yourself only." I asked. She scowled at me. "Thanks for the support." "You're welcome." She rolled her eyes. "And I actually have done this before. So c' mon." And with that, Abigail grabbed my arm and we disappeared.
Abigail's POV
We ran across the camp grounds to the Big House, pausing once in a while to sneak past the harpries. Kace knocked on the door and I could make out Chiron's voice saying, "Who is it?" Kace called out, "Kace Sawyer and Abigail Desario. We have a question about our…. mortal parents, so could you let us in, please sir?"
I heard hooves clopping and Chiron opened the door. "Where are you?" He asked. I released the ability and Chiron jumped about a foot back. "Oops. Sorry about that… " Kace quickly asked, "Could we come in?" Chiron moved over and we walked over to the sofa. Chiron still looked startled about us appearing out of thin air, so we filled in Chiron with our silver ability and our blood. We also mentioned our parents. Chiron assured us that our parents had known about this day.
He sent us both back to our cabins, after reassuring us multiple times that our mortal parents had known about this day. Annabeth was awake and reading. She looked at me and I could tell she was asking where I went. I climbed into my bed and whispered in her mind Worried about parents. She nodded and she turned off the light. I lay down and quickly fell asleep, forgetting about the nightmares that sleep brought.
I stood in the dark, and I couldn't see anything. I hit something hairy and I suddenly saw a gigantic spider in front of me. I screamed and ran until I tripped and fell into a hole full of spiders… They were all over me and a voice said, "Don't worry daughter of Athena, your time will come soon…" I woke up, panting and sweating and I realized that it was around six, so I stayed up and read Lady Midnight. Annabeth must've been having nightmares because, within a few minutes, she woke up with tears on her face and sweat everywhere. She must've decided to read instead of welcoming more nightmares because she brought out Divergent and started to read. Around 7:50, Annabeth got up and shouted for everyone to get up. We quickly changed into outdoor clothing and we marched out for breakfast.
I ate my breakfast quickly with Annabeth telling me our schedule:
8:00 AM- Breakfast and Cabin Inspection
9:00 AM- Sword and Shield Practice- Cabin Challenges, Full Combat Armor Required
10:00 AM- Archery- Target Practice with Chiron
11:00 AM- Pegasi Riding- First Hour, Trail Picnic- Second Hour, Aerial Combat
1:00 PM- Lunch- Dining Pavilion
1:45 PM- Free Choice- Canoe Races, Arts and Crafts, or Climbing Wall
2:15 PM- Monster Assault Techniques with Hermes Cabin
3:00 PM- Track with Nymphs- Races as well as practice
4:00 PM- Swim and Beach Time
5:00 PM- Free Time, Volleyball, Cabin Clean-Up
6:00 PM (Fridays only) - Capture the Flag- All combat gear and magical items allowed
8:00 PM- Dinner- Dining Pavilion
9:00 PM- Sing-a-Long and Bonfire
10:00 PM- Prepare for Bed- Lights Out by 11:00 PM
By the time I finished breakfast, I had a pretty good idea of our schedule. Annabeth and I quickly hurried back to our cabin for cabin inspection. I didn't have much, but I put my backpack at the wooden chest with my name on it. Everyone at camp had one. Suddenly, I heard a scream. We all turned around and saw Annabeth on a chair and we saw the worst thing possible, a spider. I leaped back on my bed and everyone was screaming and jumping on beds and chairs. I think Percy heard us because he came rushing towards our cabin and he quickly killed the spider. We all were breathless, but I was on guard for anyone who would laugh. Malcolm walked carefully toward me and said, "If you're worried if anyone is going to laugh, they won't because we have good reasons to have arachnophobia." I raised my eyebrows at him and he laughed. "And also, it might because we may or may not have threatened them…." I grinned.
We walked to the armory and gathered the armor for sword practice. I unclasped two beads and one became a sword while the other became a shield. Annabeth saw me and said, "You don't have to do swords if you don't want to. If you want, you can use knives and daggers, like me." and she grinned at me. I smiled back and was excited, swords were not exactly my strong point. I dropped the shield and sword to the ground and they became beads again. This time, they both became daggers, and I used five other beads for knives and I tucked the knives into my belt. We walked in and there we saw the Ares cabin glaring at us. After a few seconds, I realized that they weren't glaring at our cabin, but at me. I smiled, then disappeared and appeared again, and they flinched. I smirked, seeing that they were still scared of me. I started towards the dummies. I was a good five feet away when I turned towards the others, then quickly whipped around and threw a knife, stuck it in the head. I walked over satisfied and pulled the knife free. I did the same thing over and over again until I could throw three knives and have it on the same dummy.
I heard something and ducked to avoid whatever it was. Turns out, Clarisse threw her spear at me. I felt another sound and I brought out my daggers to block the attack. Annabeth was standing there, with her dagger raised, and she grinned. "No abilities, alright?" she asked. I grimaced. "Sometimes they come out instinctively, but I'll try." And we charged at the same time. She struck and I parried and lunged at her. She sidestepped and tried to attack again. I jumped out of the way and managed to slice her arm as she darted by. Annabeth seemed unaffected and lunged at me. I misjudged my timing and got hit right in my chest. It wasn't a deep scar, but it did slow me down. "One point to me" Annabeth muttered. "Won't do you much" was my response. Then I quickly jumped up and fired a kick at her. She was caught off guard by our conversation. It made contact right on Annabeth's cheek and knocked her down. "Do you yield?" I asked. "Never," she said with a smile. Suddenly, she stood up and exclaimed, "Time for archery!"