Chapter 2
Percy:
I woke up to see that it was late morning and unless I hurried I wouldn't make it to breakfast on time since all the other cabins were all ready on the trail to the mess hall. I changed quick, grabbed Riptide out from under my pillow and shoved it into my shorts pockets and started running down the trail to keep up with the other cabins. Anthenas' (Annabeths') cabin was at the front and had been the first group on the trail. I knew if I didn't cut off the trail, I wouldn't get by Annabeth until everyone else was at there tables, so I ran off the trail, then as soon as I did I heard something rustling in the bushes off to the side of the trail, I took Riptide out of my pocket and uncapped it preparing for the most terrifying monster to jump out at me. But when the rustling stopped, I slowly walked up to the bushes, with Riptide out in front of me; I peered into the bushes and found nothing there. I new someone or something had been watching me. I rushed farther up to the mess hall staying to the side of the trail and capped Riptide and put it in my pocket. I saw Annabeth and her cabin and since the other cabins were still behind, so I jumped back on the trail and met up with Annabeth.
She said to me" Where have you been? You were too late to line up with our cabin."
I told her how I had slept in, but said nothing about going off the trail to ketch up with her cabin, and the rustling in the bushes. I felt guilty not telling the whole truth about why I was late. She looked at me happily and was just happy that I made it in time and didn't miss breakfast. At breakfast we did our normal routine and then I sat next to Annabeth and she told me she stayed up last night thinking of what she had forgotten to tell me yesterday, and told me about what she had forgotten to too. At the end of breakfast Annabeth, her cabin, and I went over to the sword fighting arena.
I had gone up against everyone in Athenas' cabin except Annabeth and won. It was time for me to go against Annabeth but I was getting tired. I got a drink of water and went to poor the rest on my head but she said it wouldn't be fair if I had that much water to power me up; so I didn't. The match started, and she made a thrust toward my arm and missed. I tried to disable her sword, but the she moved away and made a thrust toward my chest this time. I felt and heard her sword swing by right as I jumped out of the way. I thought I had her this time and went to finish the battle when, she tripped me and had me fall on my stomach. I flipped over just to have her pin me with a sword up to my neck signaling she had won and I had lost. She laughed the face I made, in astonishment that I had lost; and kissed my check, then helping me off the ground. I lifted her hand into the air and shouted "Our new champion!" and everyone started clapping and Annabeth just laughed at me and took a bow.
I left Annabeth and her cabin and headed out for the beach. I decided to take a swim. When I was out in the water, my father must have known because he sent another one of his messengers. It was the same one as before only this time she looked even more like my mother. She told me dangers greater than the ones I had already faced were coming to camp and that I had to be prepared for the worst, but this time they weren't only coming for me but for Athenas' cabin too. That meant they are coming for Annabeth. I had to warn her. I took off and since I wasn't wet I didn't have to worry about drying off. I found her in her cabin and told her, she at first kept asking all these questions, and finally she stopped and let me tell her she needed to announce it to the cabin. I left the cabin after that and went strait to the infirmary to find Chiron and tell him, and went back to my cabin to bed.
Annabeth:
My cabin and I got up bright and early so we would be the first ones on the trail for breakfast and so Percy could come when ever. The breakfast bell rang and my cabin lined up. I told them we had to wait for Percy but they said we had to get going since the other cabins were just starting to line up, so we took off. I kept looking back to see if he was coming but he wasn't on the trail yet. Maybe he was already up there? No he said he'd line up with us. The last cabin was on the trail and I decided to stop looking back for him. Where was he any way? We where nearly at the end of the trail when he showed up and the other cabins were still far behind. I was a little mad that he was late but I was happy that he even showed up so I didn't show it. He explained why he was late and said that he rushed out the door of his cabin and started rushing through the other groups. But he kind of sounded like he wasn't telling me something that he should have been. I ignored it and moved on.
We sat down at my table. I told Percy how I had stayed up late last night thinking about what I had forgotten to tell him yesterday. I decided to tell him how the usual routine with monsters attacking and my dads wife freaking out that they could have killed her and there other kids, started treating me awful for that, and wasn't thankful that I saved her and the other kids when I could have just let the monsters tear them to shreds. But only this time there was a change in the routine. My father told her if he ever caught her talking that way to me ever, even once, again he wanted a divorce. I told Percy I felt like he finally cared when he said that. She didn't talk to me that way once after that, and my dad started taking me to baseball games and going on walks with me.
My cabin and Percy went over to the sword fighting arena after Breakfast. Percy went up against everyone in my cabin except me and won. Then when it was time for him to go up against me I could tell he was getting tired. He drank some water to get his energy back and when I caught him going to poor the rest on his head I stopped him and told him it wouldn't be fair but really I knew he would have beaten me I had let him poor the water in his head. We started the match and I lunged my sword toward his arm only to have missed. He went to disable my sword but I swung out from under his and up making a thrust toward his chest; only to have him jump to the side and I must have swung hard because I was able to hear my sword swing down right next to him. Percy then went to finish me when I tripped him with my sword by hitting the armor on the lower, back of his right leg. He fell face first onto the ground almost making a belly-flop motion and quickly went to turn around. I kneeled down on the ground, put a hand on his chest plate and held my sword up to his neck showing that I had won. He gave me his look of astonishment, I laughed at him for that and drew back my sword and gave him a kiss on the cheek, got up and helped him off the ground. Once we started heading out of the arena he raised my hand in his up and Shouted "Our New Champion!" and everyone in my cabin started clapping and surrounded us. I laughed at Percy and took a bow for my audience.
Percy left after that and told me he was going out to the beach and asked if I wanted to come. I told him no thanks and he took off. My cabin and I went back to the cabin to rest and to do what ever for the rest of the afternoon. After a while, more toward sunset Percy rushed into my cabin breathing very hard. He must have been running in a hurry to get here. But why? He sat down on my bunk with me and told me one of his fathers messengers had told him great dangers were coming for him and my cabin, into camp. I started asking him questions like, when? why? and how?, then stopped to let him talk. I then I announced it to the whole cabin. He then left and told Chiron in the infirmary, and then we all had lights out.