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Hey guys, i know i said it would published next week sometime but i have been very speedy to get this done. My best friend squigle.x has generously volunteered to do the next chapter for me under my guide lines!

I wondered nervously. I was left alone on the bench looking down at camp. It wasn't that quiet. I could hear the capture the flag game going on. People were shouting and the sounds of swords clashing were echoing throughout. I stood up suddenly; I couldn't be bothered to stay still.

Was something I said?

I can't do that anyway! ADHD remember! But anyway…

I walk down the hill to see Chiron watching from the side. He was by a flag moving gently in the wind. I guessed whoever claimed it was the winner but I wasn't entirely sure. I stood silently beside Chiron, and he only noticed my presence a few minutes later.

"Hello sir" I greeted him with a small smile.

"Hello…" he looked me up and down with his eyes,"…Liam."

"Is someone going to get the flag?" I questioned

"Standing here would look a bit strange if someone wasn't" he laughed making me feel a bit silly but he soon straightened his face, and changed the subject. "A team has usually won by now" he said as he looked at his watch. "It seems without your brother they're having difficulty".

"Is he good at capture the flag sir?" I asked.

"He's a team player that's for sure. Very brave..."

"Will…." I started.

"Shhh…" Chiron suddenly whispered urgently. It seems I was so busy in my conversation that I didn't notice the quiet footsteps of a girl in the clearing opposite. She didn't seem to have spotted us…yet. As she turned her towards us, her face registered in my mind. I realised that this was Annabeth. It was the girl from earlier, her eyes pierced the flag as she locked onto her target. She was only a couple of metres away from the flag now, but it wasn't going to be easy. Another person shot out of the trees, he must have been hiding in in the foliage or something.

"Where did he…" I trailed off not wanting to admit that I hadn't seen him perched in the trees. I didn't recognise this person; he was tall with light brown hair and an expression that said SURPRISE! Annabeth drew her sword, the boy did the same and they began to fight.

Annabeth attacked first but the boy counted it. He ducked under the next and launched his first attack on her. They fought for what seemed like ages and they were getting nowhere. The boy was really good with the sword; I reckoned the only thing that could bring him down was a distraction. I accidentally trod on a branch. I reckoned that she might notice me, helping her out. Then fall for me instead of Percy.

Sure enough the boy turned his head quickly to see what it was. It was just long enough for Annabeth to give him a good old fashioned punch right across the face. I grimaced. That looked like it hurt. There would definitely be a bruiseI thought. Annabeth glared at me then smiled. She grabbed the flag and held it up in the air. VICTORY. The boy stood up and stumbled away in the opposite direction, mumbling to himself. Annabeth noticed his quick departure and laughed. He smiled at her though, at the moment she laughed.

"Well done, I'll go get the others!" he laughed too. I left out a sigh of relief that I had only now just realised I was holding. I guess I just didn't want him to beat me up later, he looked strong enough.

"Who was that guy?" I whispered to Chiron.

"Luke Castellan, son of Hermes" he replied

"The messenger guy?" I queried. He nodded and spotted Annabeth looking towards him.

"I won! Bet you missed being out of the action seaweed brain" she shouted towards me. I looked confused and looked behind me. Who was she calling seaweed brain? That's not very nice. Annabeth looked at me then studied my clothes before she realised her mistake.

"Oops! Sorry Liam. I thought you were Percy" she giggled trying to hide her embarrassment.

Just then, Percy began striding down the hill at a fast pace.

Suddenly I heard chatter, it was all the other half bloods celebrating at the edge of the clearing. Some were now clapping each other on the back and all were grinning madly. Even Luke couldn't help himself from joining in. The celebrations were cut short when two giant hellhounds sprang from the bushes, roaring ferociously. I couldn't see any weapons; all the campers had obviously returned them before coming to the clearing. No one could defend themselves, we were in trouble. I could feel it in my heart, an instinct. I suddenly knew what I had to do, but I couldn't do it alone. My prayers were answered as Percy entered the clearing. We grabbed each other's hands and were one in an instant. It wasn't as hard as I thought, controlling the body. We had to work together which we did very well.

We stepped forward and shot a bolt of blue lightning at the hellhound, it came straight out of our hands. They were struggling internally I could tell but our bolt of lightning was keeping it paralysed. Our right hand was beginning to go numb. Unfortunately I knew what this meant; we couldn't hold them much longer. We tried to shake the numbness off but it did not go away. The clever campers ran to the nearest stick or spotted an abandoned sword in a branch. Annabeth was one of the first who got a stick but she drew a small knife from her pocket. A daughter of Athena would know all about strategy and wisdom. It was common sense really to have an emergency weapon.

"We can't hold them much longer Chiron" we gasped. It was funny because it was both of our voices spoken at the same time and many campers turned their head, to listen to the importance of our statement and felt slightly amused when they heard the both of us speaking but none let it distract then from the two rather hungry hell hounds.

Annabeth was standing closest to the hell hounds when the lightning died. When the numbness suddenly spread to our whole bodies causing us to let go hands and shudder in silence. I patted my pockets slowly to see if my ball point pen was still there. It turned into a sword when I attacked the Minotaur so it should do now. I found Riptide. Percy looked at me shocked when I clicked it and immediately did the same. He had a pen just like mine! The hell hounds growled loudly and spotted Annabeth the nearest to them and barred it's teeth and licked his lips and began to charge. I was shocked! What could I do? I started to run towards her to, do something! And Percy followed me too, wanting to protect her but neither of us managed it. Because that's when I saw Luke. He had been standing closer to Annabeth and was about to attack the hell hounds.

The rest of the campers watched knowing he was the best swordsman in 100years. I didn't know this but I had seen him fight and I admit he was pretty good. Well loads better than me anyway. One vs Two. Luke grabbed the hell hound's neck and thrust his other hand to his chin still clutching tightly with his other hand…but then something happened. He was taken. The hell hound disappeared in a puff with Luke with and the remaining hellhound disappeared with him.

"What happened?" I asked Percy feeling a little light headed.

"That was shadow travelling. Those hellhounds were possessed. Someone has taken him" his words echoed round the clearing with every camper listening.

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