"Alright, so your cabin will have first shift showers for the next month in exchange for your alliance tomorrow night," I nodded.
"Sounds good, we will see you then," I shook hands with Mark and left the Ares Cabin to find Travis and Conner. The two of them always left it to me to make the alliances for capture the flag since I was the only one capable of doing so without trying to pull some sort of prank or aggravating the cabin.I found Conner in the strawberry patch hitting on Katie. I waved him over.
"We're with the Ares Cabin tomorrow, they offered first shower slot," Conner smiled.
"That's great. Did you tell Travis yet?" I shook my head.
"I only just finished setting up the alliance."
"I'll tell him." Conner said. "Can you pick Mike, Kyle, and Suzie up from the Athena Cabin, they're in summer school?" I laughed.
"Of course," I started off toward the cabin. I never really went there unless I needed homework help or I was picking up on of the kids. It was never a place I felt welcome.
"Hey guys," I greeted from the door. "Ready to go?" Mike and Kyle both jumped to their feet and ran toward me. Suzie on the other hand was hanging upside down from one of the bunks, trying to cut Alec's hair.
"Suzie, leave his hair alone," I snapped. "Sorry, Al." He smiled at me.
"It's alright, Annie told me to ask you if you had an alliance for tomorrow." I smiled apologetically as I put Suzie on my shoulders.
"Sorry, I just finalized the deal with Ares, maybe next time." Alec smiled.
"Eh, it's alright, see you later." I waved goodbye and lead my siblings out of the cabin.
"He likes you," Mike said as we walked.
"What makes you say that?" I asked.
"Well, he asked me if you had a boyfriend and I heard him talking to Annie, he wants to ask you to the fireworks."
"Oh," was all I said.
The next night was one of excitement. The first capture the flag game of the summer, led by the two most competitive cabins. I helped the little guys into their armor before strapping on mine.
My armor is one of a kind, Beckendorf made it for me back in the day. Of course it has been adjusted a few times since then. It is made of standard Celestial Bronze but it has a bunch of hidden pockets for spare knives and even an extra sword. It also has an emergency mode. If I am on the last of my weapons it electrifies the outer casing of the armor, making it so if a metal object touches me the person holding it will get electrocuted. The amazing part is I don't feel a thing.
"You're gonna need this," he said when he had finished it. "I know your type, even if they don't let you fight in the war, you'll find your way to the front line."
He was right. I was supposed to stay back at camp during the Battle of Manhattan but I managed to hide in the van until it was too late to bring me back. I got in trouble for that afterwords but it was worth it.
"Laura and Will are scouts," Mark said. Will gave me a look of panic. He was a long distance fighter, not a front man like me.
"It's alright just stay at my back and if someone gets close tell me yell," I said. "Hey, do you have any sonic arrows on you?" Will smirked.
"Of course, why?"
"I have an idea on how to get the flag," I smiled. "Just have one ready and shoot when I tell you." Will nodded. In the distance the conch sounded. Battle cries rang through the woods. I pulled my sword from it's scabbard and held it at the ready.
"Lets go," I said to Will. We both sprinted toward the river. I leaped over it while Will took the more cautious route of stepping from stone to stone.
"Hurry up," I hissed from the other side. "They'll find us if you don't speed it up." Will flipped me off.
"Not all of us are freaking rockets who can launch ourselves over rivers." He reached my side and slowly the two of us went off to the right. We made our way slowly through the dense woods, taking care not to make too much noise. Up ahead there was the sound of two voices.
"Keep an extra eye for Hermes and Apollo kids," a harsh boy's voice said.
Why?" A soft girls voice said. Obviously, pretty new if she did not know the most basic rule of the game.
"They're a sneaky bunch. Especially, the Hermes ones. Watch out for two boys with curly brown hair and a short black haired girl especially. The three of them are the worst."
"Will," I whispered. "Climb that tree and see who it is, I'm going to go west meet me at the next clearing." Will nodded and strapped his bow to his back. I started to creep through the trees, I was almost past the sound of the voices when a twig snapped under foot.
"Box 'em in," the boys hissed. Around me the sounds of leaves crunching, and the occasional flash of metal. A hand wrapped around my mouth.
"Climb," Will hissed. I nodded and the two of us quickly scaled the closest tree. Will drew his bow and angled it down. The trees around us rustled as two Athena kids burst out of the woods. I was right about the girl, she had only arrived the first day of camp. The boy on the other hand i recognized. It was Alec
"I could've sworn they were here," the girl stamped her foot in aggravation. Alec looked up.
"Hey Laura, how's it hanging?" he laughed. I twirled my hair around my finger.
"Pretty good, though I could use some food, maybe a drink," I smiled sweetly. The girl glowered at me.
"Get down here, we have you." I rolled my eyes.
"Hold on," I pretended to file my nails. "Sonic arrow," I hissed. Up slightly higher I heard Will chuckle.
"Got it." I jumped down from the tree sword drawn. Alec put his arm out to stop the girl from advancing.
"Careful, Molly, she's a tricky one," he whispered. "What are you planning, Laura?"
"Nothing," I tried to act innocent. Alec was having none of it.
"I know you. Molly check the tree, someone else is up there." Just then a loud blast erupted next to me. The three of us fell to our knees holding our ears. Will grabbed my hand.
"Come on," he dragged me to my feet and the two of us took off in the direction Alec and Molly had come from. Not a half mile later the banner became visible. Will and I exchanged smirks.
"I'll get it," I whispered. "Watch my flank as we run. Shoot a sonic if anyone gets too close." Will smiled.
"Next time, I get it," I nodded. Quick as a flash the two off us took off. Using the butt of my sword I knocked over one of the guards and grabbed the flag. Without slowing I wheeled around and started racing toward the river. I had barely made it a hundred feet before the shouts started. I picked up the pace, causing the greens around me to blur. My feet barely touched the ground as I raced toward the bank.
I had almost reached it when Will shouted. A quick look behind me showed that he had been pulled into a head lock by one of the Hephaestus guys. Two more were advancing on me, along with Alec and Annie.
"Run," Will yelled at me. The river bank came into view. Our guards were waving to me encouraging me to speed up. My shoe caught on a branch and my ankle twisted but I kept going. I made a flying leap over the creek and landed on my butt.
Chiron appeared, sounding the conch shell. The banner in my hands shimmered and changed from the owl of Athena, to my father's caduceus. Lynn and Conner materialized at my side and lifted me onto their shoulders. I held the banner high.
"We won!" I yelled. Will emerged from across the river. Travis and Mike lifted him up. The yells and cheers got louder as the other team emerged from their side.
"Laura," Alec called. The others put me down. Someone had tied the banner around my neck, making it into a cape of sorts.
"Hey, Alec, sorry about the arrow," I smiled apologetically. He shrugged.
"No biggie, so I was wondering, willyougotothefireworkswithm e?" I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Can you slow it down? I couldn't hear you."
"Will you go to the fireworks with me?"
"Sure, Alec smiled widely and kissed my cheek. Blushing he ran away. I raised my fingers to my cheek in confusion.
A/N Please don't hate for the love triangle of sorts. I know it's cliché now, but it'll become important later. I promise. After the next chapter the poll will be closed so please get your votes in
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