Heres the next chapter :)
After that awkward moment of everybody kneeling down at me, I got to move into my cabin. Fun. Percy walked with me, seeing as he was now my half brother. He was nervously twirling around one of those 10 cent bic pens. It was kind of weird now that it was solidly known that we had the same dad.
"So, uh, the cabin's right here," Percy said. "Um, I guess you could sleep wherever you want." He became less hesitant and more confident. "But today we have capture the flag and the campfire. Chiron said that you should be in bed during it, but if you really want to he'd probably let you play. It'll be a lot of fun. We're playing with Athena and Apollo cabin, so Annabeth and Conor will be on our team," he coaxed.
"Yeah, I'll do it," I said. Might as well jump right in now that I was conscious. He smiled.
"Great! Um, I guess we'll have to go to the armory and get you suited up then."
"Yeah, sure. Just give me a couple minutes." He smiled sheepishly and left the cabin, finally understanding that I needed some space. I looked around the cabin: I've never lived in anywhere so big, not even my mom's mansion was this size. I guess the cabins were magic or something, because it sure as hell didn't look like much from the outside. I chose a bunk in the very corner, with a small window that looked out on the Sound. I immediately thought of the amazing view from my walkup in Manhattan. I sighed: so much for starting over in New York City. I sat down on something hard. Standing up, I realized that the charm bracelet that I threw in the water magically showed up on my bunk. With a sigh, I picked it up and played with it. Almost instinctively, I wrapped my hand around the trident charm. Immediately, the bracelet disappeared, replaced by a beautiful bronze sword. I examined it. With a gasp, I recognized it as the one that I found in the Cyclops cave. There was an aquamarine stone in it, the same color as the trident. On the side it read ἁλιπόρος. which the sea flows, I thought to myself.
"Hey, Ari? I know that you need some time to process this, but we have to go to the Armory before Capture the Flag- Whoa," he stopped as I stood up with the sword in my hand. He took it from me and started swinging around with it. "This is totally awesome! It's kinda like my sword, riptide." Sitting next to me on the bed, he took out a pen and offered it to me proudly. I didn't take it, instead shooting him a weird look.
"Um, Percy, I hate to break it to you, but that's a pen." I smirked. He laughed, uncapping it. The pen slowly morphed into a bronze sword.
"What were you saying?" He said. I punched his shoulder. He groaned in pain."What's with everyone doing that?" He complained.
"Better get used to it, seaweed brain" I replied, teasingly using the nickname Annabeth used for him. I noticed him turn a bit red.
"Let's just go to the armory and get you suited up," he said. We walked past cabins, and we almost past them when a nasty voice snarled at us.
"Where do you think you're going, newbie?" I turned around. Standing there was a group of the toughest-looking teens I've ever met. They all were totally ripped, and looked mean as pitbulls.
"Come on Blair, she just got here-" Percy said.
"Exactly. Got to keep the tradition alive, don't we?" Percy was about to protest, but I stopped him.
"no, I'll be fine. I need to show these people that they can't mess with me. I'll see you at the armory, kay?" I said. He nodded, and started to walk to the direction of the armory. I faced them. "Blair? That's an intimidating name." I smirked.
"Come on, let's show this chick not to insult the Ares cabin," Blair snarled. I took out my sword. I pointed it at them.
"Go right ahead," I replied. She took out a knife from her pocket and attacked me. I dodged her attack and, without a thought, hit her on the head with the butt of my sword. She groaned and lay on the ground.
I smirked at the other cabiners. I probably radiated all this bad-assness, but I honestly had no idea what I was doing. "Still wanna fight me?"
They narrowed their eyes and all attacked me at once. One person didn't even bother getting out a sword: he immediately tried to grab my legs and trip me. I jumped on his back and knocked him out with my sword. He crumbled to the ground.
I knocked out two others, and pointed my sword at the last one. I don't know how it happened, but my sword began to spew water right at her. It encased her whole body, swirling around weirdly. She started spitting it out of her mouth, and, when she was distracted, I said, "Don't mess with me again." And then I ran away, feeling like a boss.
Adrenaline pumped through me. How the hell did I just do that, I thought to myself, smiling a bit and laughing out loud. Hope swelled through me.
I guess I really was meant to be here, after all.
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