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A/N: Here's the second update! Enjoy!
Raymond's POV
So… walking towards my death now. Quite fun. I selected the basic level and chose the underground setting. Everything immediately went dark and from the glints of different eyes, the four were getting ready for a battle. My eyes adjusted quickly. When a hellhound ran at me, I sidestepped and sliced it's head off. I heard cheers and Jay yelled, "There you go! It's not so bad!" I grinned, it wasn't so bad after all! Then I heard a thump and a thud. I froze and turned around. There was a giant about six feet tall, towering over me. "Jay! What the heck?! I thought this was easy mode!" I yelled. "Sorry! Apparently, this IS easy mode for others!" he yelled back. I rolled my eyes and took a deep breath. If others can do this, so can I. Just as I was about to charge, two more giants appeared. I heard Amanda yell, "What the hell?! That's a bit too much!" "She's right!" I shouted. "Now, can you guys get over here and HELP?!"
They disappeared into a beam of light and reappeared beside me. Abigail looked at me. "We'll split into two groups, but Ray. You're going to have to take on one by yourself," she said, grimly. I yelped. Kace said, "Besides this is great sword practice! Remember to use your abilities as well." and he charged at a giant. Jay followed in pursuit. Amanda and Abigail looked at each other and ran at the other giant. I turned away and looked up at the giant in front of me, wondering what how to kill it.
Shadow travel. I could shadow-travel on to its head and stab it. I need to make sure it's sudden, though. The giant smashed it's spear down, but I managed to dodge it. My leg, however, wasn't so lucky. The sharp point of the spear cut my leg and left a nasty gash. It threw down its spear again, and I slammed it aside with my sword. Suddenly, I was being thrown to the side of the arena. I slammed against the wall and heard a crack. There was blinding pain and through the haziness, I noticed the giant was advancing towards me. He raised his spear, point down, and was about to thrust it down when I shadow traveled.
I appeared on its head and was almost thrown off. The giant was shaking from side to side, trying to find where I went. I lifted my sword and stabbed down onto his head. It groaned and thrashed around. I drew back the sword and slashed at its neck. The head rolled off and I shadow traveled back to the ground. I heard a thud and saw that the other two giants were dead too. I limped over to Jay and Kace. Kace's eye was swollen shut and he was limping and Jay had a nasty cut on his face and arm. "So…" I said, not really knowing what to say. Kace jumped in. "That was really clever! That sudden surprise!" he said.
He noticed how I was holding my ribs. He summoned some water and it engulfed my body. Within a few seconds, the cuts and bones had healed. "Thanks," I said. He waved it off. "It's fine." Amanda walked over and she seemed okay. Not counting the minor cuts and gigantic cut on her arm. Abigail was in worse shape. She had mouth was bleeding and she had three matching gashes on her arm and leg. The fact that she and Kace were bleeding silver, it was really strange. "Um, could you explain why-" I asked and Abigail snapped. "Yes, we have silver blood and let's get some nectar and ambrosia. It's either that or I'm healing myself." Amanda looked at me and said, "You actually didn't fail! Good job." "Thanks for the support?" I replied. She scowled. "Well, in case you didn't notice, I didn't originally like you guys." We all got out and grabbed some ambrosia and nectar. It was delicious. "Alright," Jameson said. "It's time to take you to the forest."
Abigail's POV
When he said forest, I thought he meant the backyard. Not a room that literally looked like a forest and had actual trees in it. Did I mention it was huge? It was like the arena room except it was completely a forest. Amanda threw a knife and it stuck in a tree. Raymond jumped when she threw it. "This is the forest room," he said. "You can practice your forest techniques here like knot tying, knife throwing, etc. This is not the arena, so no monsters or opponents will come flying at you." I started to look at Amanda, who had gone completely still, looking around the room. "This place," she said. "It feels… something… in here." I quickly drew my weapon. "No, Abigail. Something's in distress." Great. So now instead of the butt-kicking girl I knew, there was a girl who wanted to be the hero. Shucking pathetic.
I expected something to be talking about the forest, or whining or something like that. Instead, something a bit more unusual happened. Jameson started to talk. "Um, guys-" "Shhhhhh!" we all hissed. "But-" "Shhh!" he sighed for some reason. And that was when I jumped a bit (not as much as Raymond did) because the tree started to talk.
"What the actual Hades? A talking tree?" I asked. The tree said, "Seriously? You walnut pits come over and start throwing knives at me? How would you like it?" That's when Raymond fainted. Amanda flicked him right across the skull. Yup, that helped. Then the tree pulled out the knives and threw them to the ground. "Seriously, Jay? I thought you would bring intelligent people!" "Well, I thought they'd be intelligent, but it turns out they're not," Jay said, giving us a disappointed look. I glared at him.
Amanda's POV
"Well, please be more careful" "I was trying to tell you guys…" he started. "You couldn't have told her before she threw the knives?" Abigail asked."That's because I'm an older sister and I have that privilege!" I said with a grin. She facepalmed. "Haha! I win! You admitted it!" Jay said."Sorry,y mister… um…" I started. "Treebeard," the tree said. "And it's fine." Kace turned to Jay. "So, there's a shucking tree that talks in our midst. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" He shouted. Jay sighed. "Well, I am usually alone here so I created someone to keep me company." Raymond stared, ghost white. "Did it have to be a tree? Like, an inatima- oh, sorry," He said to the tree. "Well, he's actually an Ent. LOTR stuff, so I doubt any of you understand." he retorted. Abigail shot back. "Excuse me?! I read and watched all the movies, including the Hobbit, since I was five. You want to tell me I don't know my Lord of the Rings history?!" "Anyway," Kace cut in. "We should be getting back. Annabeth may not know where we are and I don't want her to shucking kill me." Jay paused. "Yeah, let's go back." There was a beam of light and we disappeared in it.
When we got back, everything was fine. Annabeth wasn't the slightest worried about us. I noticed how she was sweating and there were bruises everywhere. "Um, what happ-" I asked, but I was cut off by Reyna. Oh, and by the way, she is practically the only demigod I can get along with. "You just missed the greatest battle of your lives!" she said, excitedly. Annabeth cut in. "Pardon, but I thought Abigail and Kace's was fascinating." Reyna nodded and continued. "We figured you guys got bored and left, but Annabeth and Piper were sparring knife to knife and Percy and Jason were fighting using abilities. It was awesome and the Stoll brothers, with Leo, were placing bets on who would win. And now thanks to them, I can add a hundred drachmas to my wallet."
I looked around. I was bored now. I looked at the knife throwing section, but I had done enough of that for one day. I decided to go into my room and type on my computer a story. I could swear she came in without a sound. Abigail appeared right in front of me. I yelped. "Would you stop that?!" I yelled. "What are you writing?" She asked, ignoring me. "Um, it's called Soaring Friend. It's about a friend of mine who moved." She looked at the computer and I watched as her eyes raced over the screen. She leaned back impressed. "Glad to know I'm not the only one who likes to write stories." she said. I looked at her. "How come we have so much in common, but I still hate you?" I asked. She laughed. "The feeling is mutual," She said. "Maybe let's try to not hate each other…" She said to me. "Nah, that can't happen," I said with a wink.