My very short a/n: I have not written in a week, i know. But i have reason. I was in colorado springs at the desperation conference learning about god :D BTW this chapter switches POVS alot so bare with me!
Disclaimer: I do not own ANY PJO characters!
Katerina's POV
Today is capture the flag. I cant wait! I kept thinking about Matt. There was just something about him. I wonder if he will be on my team. I don't wanna have to hurt him. Annabeth caught me dazing off into a daydream "Hey Kat, you okay? You have been acting.. well, different lately." I snapped out of it "Oh, uh, hi Annabeth. I was just thinking. You know us Athena kids..." "Oh, well okay.. Have you met that Matt guy? Percy keeps saying there's just something about him that reminds him of himself.. I may sound like an Aphrodite kid when I say this, but, if you put him and yourself together, you two would be a cute couple." Annabeth smiled.
"Uh, well, that's what i have been thinking about. When I first saw him, my heart like, increased in its beat. Like, love at first sight... Do you believe in it, Annabeth?", I said, might i add, dorkishly.
"I'm actually not sure what to believe. With Percy and I it wasn't..."
"Oh..."
"well we better get going. Capture the flag is gonna start soon."
We went down to where the rest of our team already was. Sadly, Matt was already on Percy's team. "So did somebody give you a sword?" Percy said. "Uh yeah. Its right here.", he pulled a sword out. "Okay your gonna need it." "But what about you? Where's your sword?" Matt said, confused. Percy pulled out a pen. Matt laughed, "Your gonna fight with that?". "Take the cap off" Percy smirked. Matt took it off and it grew into a full size celestial bronze sword. "HOLY FLYING PIE!" Matt said. Percy started rolling on the ground laughing his b-hole off. I giggled softly and walked over to Matt. "havin fun?" I said playfully. "No! Mr. Crazysword over here just scared me half to death with a hackin pen!" Annabeth walked over laughing "I believe the correct term is seaweed brain". Percy stopped laughing in confusion "Crazysword?", he said. I laughed "Sorry man its all i got.". I giggled and said "I thought it was cute er.. um.. i meant.. funny. yeah i thought it was funny." That was embarrassing! Matt looked at me like I was insane "You really think I'M funny?" I giggled softly noticing he had either ignored my mix-up or had not even heard me "Well, Crazysword is a funny name haha" I smirked.
Out of nowhere came one of our, might i add, dreamy camp counselors, Jake Manson "Alright everybody gather around! See this dude here?" He pointed to Matt, "This is Matt Collins. He is the newbie here! Make him feel welcome! He is also the second dude at camp half blood to defeat the Minotaur! Alright Matt, I'm gonna show you a couple techniques. This first one is a disarming technique. It may be a little difficult. Only a few campers have mastered it. One of them are dead though." He showed Matt how to do it in slow motion. "Your turn dude," It was like Matt saw his every move. He thrusted and lunged, managing to keep Jake from getting a shot at the hilt of his sword. He then tried the disarming technique and sure enough, Jake's sword clattered on the stones. "Dude, that was awesome! How'd you do it?," He said in amazement. "First place in the Manhattan Fencing Championship four years in a row," He smirked and looked over at me as if to see if i was impressed. I smiled at him. He smiled back. Did that mean something? I sure hope so...
Matt's POV
Cute? I really hope she didn't see me turn kool-aid red when she said that... And was she really impressed? Is there something different about me that seperates me from the other guys? Or does she want to fool with my heart? I think ill have a talk with Annabeth later. I mean, she IS her sister. She should know. I got out a pen and paper and wrote: Meet me by the garden at 6:00. I need to talk to you. I walked past annabeth and dropped the note. She picked it up and read it. She looked at me and nodded.
Jake was on the blue team. He started the game and he set me off to be one to get the flag. I ran fighting off anyone who got in my way. The flag was unguarded. I rand up to i and as i was about to grab it, Kat jumped out of nowhere. I turned around and she tried to attack me. I kept her sword away with my sword. She lunged and sliced, disarmed me and kicked me in the chest knocking me down and knocking the breath out of me. I tried to catch my breath and she put her sword to my throat. I then saw a huge hole begin to grow in the ground. She turned as the ground grumbled and several skeletons wearing greek armor climbed out of it. in the hole all o could see was things that looked like the description of hell. (A/N Hell as in satans home, not cussing!) Of course I was freaking out but they were going for Kat. I got up and yelled, "STOP!", they stopped... I looked at them and realized i had control... "Retreat." I said hoping it worked and sure enough they turned back and went back into the hole. The hole disappeared. Kat looked at me in amazement. She looked above my head. I did too. Above my head was a glowing helm-type thingy. By then others had come to see the commotion and they all looked in pure shock. "ANOTHER?," One of the kids yelled. Another one said, "How come he got claimed and i didn't?" A flame appeared and out of the flame came a guy about twenty feet tall, pale, and he had dark hair. He was wearing an outfit that reminded me of Mick Jaggar. Kat looked at him and whispered to herself "Hades...". I was so confused... "Ah, Matt, I see you have figured it all out. Yes, i am your father," I looked at him "What the heck? Who are you?" "I am none other than Hades! I rule the underworld and now that you know of your powers, you should know you are my son." Percy looked at Hades like he was crazy "Hades, ya feelin okay? Your acting... cheery... eughh." "I don't need your sass Perseus! And I'm just proud that my son has figured out so soon that he can do what i do!" Everybody was looking at Hades like he was high or something. "Sweetness..." I said kinda excited to be able to control death. "But why did you have to come tell him in person?," one of the campers said. "Now that i think about it... I don't know... " He walked into the flame again and disappeared.
After all the awkwardness was over i turned around and grabbed the flag. Kat had let her guard down. The blue team was cheering and the red team was looking at Kat in shame. I felt kinda sorry for her...
6:00 PM (Several hours later)
Annabeth's POV
As i was walking over to the garden, it occurred to me that i agreed to meet without questioning. Oh well. What harm could it do? I got to the garden on time but Matt wasn't anywhere to be seen... He popped out of nowhere and hugged me "Thank you thank you thank you! I really need your help!I didn't think you would show!". "Uh, Matt, a little tight don't you think?" I said choking
"Oh uh sorry."
"Its alright. What is this about again?"
"I have a question"
"Don't hesitate to ask"
"Does Kat like me?"
"Don't tell her i told you but i think that would be a yes"
"Sweetness! Don't tell her we had this talk. Please? Cause.. I like her back"
"Your secret's safe with me"
He walked off toward the dining pavilion after hugging me again. I decided to go see Percy before going to dinner.
I headed for the Poseidon cabin and Kat popped up out of nowhere with her sword to my throat "You knew i liked him. Didn't you? You are trying to sabotage that, aren't you?" I looked at her with wide eyes "Kat, I don't know what your ta-" "Don't act innocent! I saw you and him hugging romantically by the garden! Imagine how Percy will react when he finds out you are a cheater!" The blade was now touching my throat "Kat, you don't understand! I wish i could tell you! And that was not a romantic hug! Even in if was, HE hugged ME! I would never cheat on Percy!" "Oh... Sorry sis. Ill be going to dinner now..."
Kat's POV
I cant believe i thought he liked me! He is probably just using me to get to Annabeth! I am gonna go yell at HIM about this now! I went to his table at the dining pavilion, picked him up by his collar, and dragged him to the back of the mess hall, not caring how much he yelled. "WHAT THE HECK KAT?" He yelled.
"Admit it Matt! Your a user! You want Annabeth and you're using me to get to her!"
"No I'm not! And why are you acting like this?"
"LIAR! And too bad she's already with Percy!"
"I don't care for her OR Percy!"
"Quit your ly-"
romantic interruption kiss!
"I love you Kat"
HOWS THAT FOR AN AWESOME CHAPTER ENDING! :D STAY TUNED FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER WHEN I DON'T HAVE WRITERS BLOCK!
