Brotherhood

Chapter 2: The Tour

A/N: Hello.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

What surprised me the most was that the dining hall was crowded. I mean so crowded, some campers had to sit outside and eat. Fortunately, since it was crowded, campers got to sit where they pleased. When Brad and I got to our table, Annabeth was sitting at our table.

"What's up?" I said as I sat down.

Annabeth smiled. "The sky. Sorry, corny joke."

I nodded, "Yeah, that was corny. Nice going, Wise Girl."

"Whatever, Seaweed Brain." She rolled her eyes and pinched my cheek. "So, who's this?" She asked, referring to Brad.

"Annabeth, Brad. Brad, Annabeth." I turned to Brad. "Annabeth's my girlfriend. And Annabeth, Brad's my brother."

Annabeth's eyes widened. "What? A brother?"

Brad rolled his eyes. "Everyone's surprised, huh?"

"No, no," Annabeth stammered. "It's just, hard to believe."

Then the food came in, pizza and chicken. Unfortunately, the pizza had only spinach on it, and the chicken was grilled and slightly burned.

Brad made a face, "Healthy food huh?"

I said, "The naiads don't eat meat. So, they thought they could share that trait with us. And if they do eat meat, they make it as healthy as the can. Apparently, most of the campers don't really agree with that." I pointed to a bunch of Apollo and Hecate kids throwing their pizzas at each other. The Apollo kids always hit the Hecate campers in the face, but the Hecate kids managed to throw flaming pizzas which got the Apollo kids screaming for their lives.

Brad's eyes widened. "Is this normal?"

Annabeth nodded and laughed. "Kind of, but it's usually the Hermes kids and the Demeter cabin who fight each other."

"Well, what's for drink?"

I pointed at the empty cup in front of him, "Just say what you want, and it'll appear. As long as it's not alcohol. Last time, an Ares kid did it, and Dionysus turned him into a grape."

Brad said, "Sunkist." And the cup filled with orange soda. "That's awesome!"

Annabeth chewed on a piece of pizza and swallowed, "Well Brad, how is camp so far?"

He shrugged. "It's fine, I guess. The only trouble I got was with an Ares kid."

Annabeth looked at me, I looked over at the Ares kid and spotted the guy. He already bandaged his nose, and he didn't look happy.

Annabeth gave an assuring smile, "Well, I'm glad you're having a good day so far. From here, we have the campfire. And tomorrow, Capture the Flag."

Brad looked surprised, "What's Capture-"

Chiron got up from his seat and yelled. "Campers! Campers! Announcement time!"

Everyone grew silent, apparently everyone was interested.

Somebody from the Nike table yelled, "Is our cabin okay from the fire?" He glared at Travis and Connor Stoll.

Chiron cleared his throat. "The harpies are currently working on it." Around the room, the Nike campers groaned. "But back to the regular announcements: Capture the Flag has been moved to today, so I hope you guys are ready for a fight." A lot of the campers cheered. "And today, we have a pleasant surprise." He looked at Brad, "Bradley Callen, please come up here."

I was caught off guard at Brad's last name. I didn't know it at first.

"Oh and may Percy please come over here?" Chiron motioned for me to come.

I stepped over to the main table along with Brad. All eyes were on both of us, some people were surprised when they saw Brad.

"I am happy to announce the newest member of the Poseidon cabin, Bradley Callen."

"Has he been claimed yet?" Somebody from the Apollo cabin yelled.

Chiron nodded. "When he arrived, he was immediately claimed."

Everyone clapped and bowed. This was the ritual now. When a newcomer came to camp, and when he was claimed, everyone was to clap and bow. I started to clap and pat Brad on the back.

I looked over at the Ares table and the kid that I owned was glaring at Brad. I knew at that moment, I had to protect Brad.

Suddenly, a satyr ran into the room, pushing through a few campers. "Chiron! Chiron!"

Chiron was stunned, "What is it, Protector Oakwood?"

Oakwood looked exhausted. His face was pale, his hooves were shaking, and his eyes showed panic. "The Big House, sir. It's urgent."

Chiron paled. "Alright." He turned to the campers. "After dinner, get ready for capture the flag. Annabeth will come up here and announce the teams for today. I'll be right back." The centaur ran, or galloped, to the Big House.

Annabeth got up from my table and walked to the front of the dining pavilion. "Okay everybody, the teams are as following: The blue team has the cabins Apollo, Ares, Hades, Demeter, Hecate, Nike, Hypnos, and a few other cabins. The red team has the cabins Athena, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Hermes, Hestia, Iris, and a few others. If your cabin name was not mentioned and was mentioned as "a few others", please report to me now and we'll get it settled."

A couple of frowning counselors went up to Annabeth and started reasoning/arguing on which team they should be on.

I turned to Brad, "Capture the flag starts soon, we have to find you a weapon."

Brad frowned, "I'm no good. I think I'll skip this activity."

I laughed. "No, it's okay. On my first day, I had capture the flag too. You'll do fine, just stick near me or stick near the creek."

"Okay, but I'd rather stick near you."

I nodded. "Alright, but first we have to find you a weapon."

We walked over to the armory in search of any new weapons for Brad. A bunch of Hephaestus kids were loading more weapons inside. I pulled Brad in along with me.

I picked up a spear, "How's a spear for you?"

He shook his head, "I'm no good with long range weapons."

I threw the spear to the ground and looked again. I gave him a good-looking sword. "How's this?"

He took the sword and swung it around. "It's not balanced enough for me, but I'll take it." He said.

"No, no," I said. "You need to have the perfect weapon. Everyone demigod has one."

He nodded and threw the sword over to me. I started searching again and found another sword, it was a good one. It looked about two to three feet long, and it's tip for dangerously sharp already.

"How about this one?" I said, giving him the sword.

He took the hilt and started swinging it around. "It's perfect!"

"Are you sure?"

He nodded assuringly. "Yes! It's great!"

"Alright then," I said. "The name is Dustrider. A weird name."

He shrugged, "But it's still perfect."

"True. Let's go to the arena and see how good you are with that sword."

I led the way to the fighting arena, no one seemed to be there. But as soon as I walked in, a big wall of darkness slammed into me.

"Mrs. O'Leary!" I said, trying to survive her weight. "It's nice to see you, too!"

ARROOF! She howled happily. She jumped up and wagged her tail, waiting for me to give her something.

"Sorry, girl." I showed my hands. "Nothing to give."

She lowered her head and barked.

Brad, on the other hand, had his jaw hanging. "That's-that's a hellhound."

I nodded, scratching Mrs. O'Leary's neck. "She's a good one. Don't worry, she won't bite you."

Brad hesitantly walked over to me, "Well, how about we start training?"

"Yeah, let's go." We walked over to the other side, Mrs. O'Leary bounded over with us.

I told Brad to walk about fifteen feet away from me and to turn around.

"Wait, isn't sword-fighting too dangerous?" He called from his spot.

I smirked. "Yes, it is. That's what makes it fun."

"What if we get hurt, or even killed?"

"It happens. But, we'll have a funeral if you die." I grinned at him, he was still confused.

I took out my pen and clicked it. The pen immediately turned into a deadly three-foot stick of celestial bronze.

Brad's eyes widened. "Wasn't that a pen just a while ago?"

I didn't answer the question. I charged at him with my sword point headed for his neck, but Brad was athletic. He blocked the attack with a fast parry and swung at my arm, luckily I blocked it too.

"Not bad, Brad." I said, swinging my sword.

He looked as surprised as me, "How did I do that?"

"ADHD helps you."

I charged again, aiming at the hand that was wielding the sword. Then I turned and elbowed his rib and knocked the sword out of his hand, he wasn't prepared for that. He fell to the ground, rubbing his rib.

"Didn't expect that to happen." He said, breathing hard.

I grinned. "You weren't supposed to. Don't worry, you'll get better. At least your ADHD instincts are pushing in." I picked him up and led him out the arena.

As we exited the arena, we passed through the Big House. Chiron was sitting on the porch in his wheel-chair form. His eyes looked out into the distance, as if he wasn't really there.

I told Brad to wait there, and I walked over to Chiron. "Chiron!" I called.

Chiron looked at me, his expression told me something was wrong.

When I reached him I said, "Chiron, is something wrong?"

"Wrong?" He smiled, a forced smile. "Why would something be wrong, Percy?

"Well, that satyr needed you at the Big House immediately. I sensed something was wrong."

Chiron's face tightened. "Percy, the time isn't right for me to say it."

"But-"

"No," He interrupted. "I cannot tell you right now. It would be very disturbing for you."

"Did you swear on the River Styx?"

He shook his head, "No, Percy, but if I told you now, you may not be able to concentrate." He smiled assuringly at me, "Don't worry. You have a Capture the Flag game coming up, and someone is waiting." He nodded his head towards Brad.

I sighed, "Alright, Chiron." I walked off the porch the Big House and walked toward Brad. This really wasn't like Chiron, he never seemed this worried and he never told me he would tell me later. He usually never told me, or he told me right there.

Brad was swinging his sword. "What was that about?"

I shrugged, "I really don't know. But come on, let's get to the dining pavilion. Our team is waiting."

Well, there's the second chapter.

I'm sorry that it wasn't really exciting, but I need these sort of chapters to bring in the main point of the story.

So, maybe in a few chapters the real war will come up.

Anyway, please review, I need them.

Reviews help me improve this story, see what's wrong, etc.

And if you want, give me suggestions! By review, or by PM, I'll be needing suggestions.

Thanks.