I wrote this chapter before I could even post stories (the 2 day waiting thing... Ugh...) I really love this chapter and I hope you do to! I had so much fun writing it. Enjoy this chapter! You guys rock :)

Percy's POV

Of course, the Hunters just HAD to come right when I was going to ask the girl of my dreams out on a date. Ya, you heard me, on-a-date. We have been friends for such a long time now, and I thought it was time to make a move. Well the timing just wasn't right, right? I'll try later, maybe after capture the flag.

I walked into the Dining Pavilion, grumpy and tired. It didn't help much that happy and excited campers and Hunters were all around me, ready for dinner and then capture the flag. We all took our seats and listened as Chiron took center stage.

"We are all happy to have the Hunters of Artemis with us. They will be our welcome guests for the next few days," Chiron said, his voice booming loudly throughout the whole pavilion. "And most importantly, they will be accompanying us with our game of capture the flag tonight!"

Everyone in the room cheered and clapped loudly; the magical fire that changes color and height depending what the general emotions and feelings are in the room was a flaming purple (A/N: Purple flames = Excited, Happy) and they were over twenty feet high. Everyone in the room felt that way except for me. Don't get me wrong, I love capture the flag, but now I just wasn't feeling it.

We all ate dinner at our different tables: one for each Greek god and goddess on Mt. Olympus. Occasionally I would turn around and take a quick look at Annabeth.

Gods, she was so beautiful. The way her intense gray eyes sparkled in the fire's light; how her wavy blonde hair fell over her shoudlers. I snapped out of La-La Land as Chiron took the stage again.

"The teams for capture the flag will be: Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Hermes for the Blue Team; for the Red Team, Zeus, Athena, Dionysus, Apollo, Ares and Hephaestus. The Hunters will be on the Blue Team, as a part Artemis' cabin. (A/N: I am not playing CTF traditionally from the books. I want to write my own version. Truthfully, I can not remember exactly how it was played in the book, so if some things are copies, sorry. :) )

I threw my head back when I heard I was not on the same team as Annabeth. But then a voice in my head told me, Snap out of Percy! Stop being so low. You can still try to impress Annabeth without being on her team. At least you have the Hunters on your side! As everyone stood up to go get their war gear and weapons, I silently ageed with myself. I ran over to the Poseidon cabin to grab Riptide and my shield, ready for capture the flag, and ready to impress Annabeth.

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All the cabins were making their way toward their base. Hills acted like barriers on three sides of the camp. (A/N: The other side is water.) The two hills that were directly across from each other were used as the bases for CTF. I made my over to the Blue Team's side, with my shied on and my pen, Riptide, tightly clenched in my hand. Ya, a pen is my weapon. I will stab people with it's pointy ball point side. No, just kidding. People usually laugh when they see Riptide, but once I take of the cap, this thing turns into a real weapon. A sharp celestial bronze blade reveals itself and then I'm ready to roll.

As I kept walking over to my side, someone came up behind me.

"Hey Seaweed Brain."

"Hey," I said, not even turning around.

"I'm your best friend and all I get is a 'Hey?" she said while giving a small laugh.

I whipped around quickly, clearly blushing and very embarrassed. "Annabeth! Sorry I didn't know it was you..."

" It's cool," she said with a smile. "It's the least I expect from a Seaweed Brain like you."

I smiled. Her Wise Girl remarks always made me laugh. "Too bad we are not on the same team," I said.

"Ya I know! I was really looking forward to working with you. But, hopefully we can be on the same team next time," she said, looking at me with her grey eyes.

Then, something came out of my mouth that I regretted the moment it left my lips. "You look really pretty tonight," I said, clearly not thinking about what what I was saying before I said it.

Annabeth looked away and blushed like crazy. "Thanks Percy," she said with a small voice.

I gave myself a mental smack. Wrong time Percy, wrong time.

We kept walking in an awkward silence.

A few more moments passed and I decided to break the silence. "Well, umm... we better hurry up and get to our sides, we don't wanna miss the team meeting."

"Ya, we should," she agreed, still clearly shocked by my sudden comment. (A/N: Remember, Percy and Annabeth were just good friends before. This is the first time Percy was actually showing feeling toward her.)

And with that, we quickly jogged to our different sides.

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I made it to the Blue Team's base just in time for the team talk. Thalia was voted team leader, so she gave us directions on where everyone would go.

"Percy, I want you to go around their base on the far left," Thalia said, pointing to the left of their base. "Go quickly but quietly through the trees and see if you can spot their flag far from their base. I think a Hermes camper is their leader, so I know they'll like to hide it well."

I nodded my head to show I understood and listened as she assigned everybody a position. As she finished up, the horn blew: the game had begun.

I stayed behind for a moment so that when everyone went out on offense and defense and started their battles, they would be less likely to see me sneaking around the side.

A few minutes passed and I decided it was safe to go out. I made my way carefully around all the chaos of the battlefield. Surprisingly, nobody saw me as I stealthily moved to the far left of the Red Team's base. I entered the dark, shady tree area. It was hard to see anything in the little light that the moon provided for us, so that made it even more difficult to see the opposing team's flag. I couldn't hear anything around me: no birds, no rustling leaves or trees, and thank gods - no monsters.

I kept looking for the red flag, but I couldn't find anything. I roamed around, wondering if I traveled to far into the woods or entered the woods to far to the left. I knew I couldn't be too far from the battlefield because the sound of metal clashing metal was ringing in my ears. I decided to travel further into the forest, looking for the slightest red color.

Then something so strange and so mysterious happened, I don't think I will ever find any explanation for it.

I saw something move above me and looked up, noticing it was an owl. It hooted loudly and continued to fly into the night sky. I heard the crunching of leaves behind me, and a cool breeze swiftly moved across my neck. I turned around and a flash of grey-blue light burst in from of me.

Then I blacked out.

:O What happened to Percy? What is going to happen next? I left some hints for what might have happened, so if you figure it out before the next chapter, please don't spoil the surprise. You can't figure out the whole mystery, but you might be able to figure out a part of it :) Review and you will get another chapter!

(P.S. This was Capture the Flag pt.1. Part 2 will be the next chapter. :) )

I told myself that I would post this chapter when I got 5 reviews on the first one. Well I only got 1 so far... But I wanted to post this chapter because I am going to be busy these next few weeks and the only other time I would get to post it would be in like 10 days. So if you review I will get encouraged to write chapter #3 and then I will put it up sooner! Cause and effect people, cause and effect ;)

-DoubleStuffedOreoFellow :D