Erza frowned and looked at Percy.
That was harsh.
Just then, Erza saw Percy's friends catch up with him. All of them were tired and panting. Their eyes passed from her to Percy repeatedly. Finally, a blond haired girl spoke up.
"Percy? Who is this girl? do you know her?"
Percy's eyes looked nervously from Erza to the blond girl.
"N-no. I've never seen her in my life."
The blond girl gave him a puzzled look.
I see... Percy...you want to keep us apart, to prevent too much power gathering in one place. I'll respect that. Don't worry, I'll back you up.
"That's right. I've never seen this boy in my life. He suddenly came running to me from the top of that hill."
Erza tried to back him up, but their disbelief was clear to her.
Erza faked a cough and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Do you have any water? I seem to be coming down with a sore throat."
That was a pathetic attempt to change the subject.
"Water? um...sure. right this way."
"Thank you...um..."
"It's Percy."
Erza nodded.
"And you are?"
"Erza. Erza Scarlet."
Percy nodded and motioned for her to follow him.
"Follow me."
Erza started to follow, but stopped once she heard the whispered protests of the others.
"Percy! What are you doing? You can't take her in! She's a mortal!"
What a weird statement...
"Of course I'm mortal. Have you ever met someone immortal?"
Oh...that was a stupid statement...Zeref is immortal...and so are the Greek gods.
Everyone looked at each other. Erza could see their thoughts like they were saying "You have no idea."
"Percy...are we going?"
Percy gave the whole group a look to assure them that it was ok.
Percy walked in the front, Erza walked behind him, and the rest of the group followed.
They neared closer and closer to a big pine tree. Erza could make out a mini dragon sleeping around the tree, as if protecting the sheep's skin draped on it.
Percy passed the tree with ease and Erza could feel stares on her back as she started to pass the tree.
Nothing happened.
The sighs of relief that came from the people were heard loud and clear.
"See. I told you it would be okay." Percy acted like he knew this was going to happen, but Erza knew he was doubting if she could pass through or not. It seemed to be some kind of border.
Erza could hear some whispers amongst the crowd.
"She's a demigod!"
"Don't you think she is a bit old to be one? How did she survive?"
"Where did she get all of those injuries from?"
Erza pretended not to hear, but she felt amused at the fact that they thought she was a demigod. Percy did well in keeping their worlds separate.
Percy led her up to what looked like a big farm house. He walked through the open door and motioned for her to follow.
Erza stepped through the doors to see a room and off to a side a hallway. The room had a refrigerator on the side and Percy opened it, took out a bottle of water and handed it to her.
"Thank you."
Erza took it, but she didn't feel thirsty anymore. She took a sip just to be polite.
She looked to the side to see a centaur watching her intently.
"Percy, who is this young lady?"
"This? oh...um...she is a girl I met on the hill...her name is Erza."
"Is she a demigod?"
"Um...looks like it. She passed the borders with ease."
By now, the whole group had caught up with them and were standing in the back. Erza could feel the awkward tension between everyone. After a while, the centaur spoke again.
"Oh I see... Erza is it?"
Erza nodded.
"Well then, Erza, you will need to view our introduction video on being a demigod. And you will need to treat those wounds of yours. How can you still stand? You're wrapped in bandages from nearly head to toe."
What is he talking about? I only have my forehead wrapped and my arms and legs. This is nothing.
"I'm fine. I've taken worse and I can barely feel these wounds."
Erza saw Percy cringe when she said that.
Looks like he doesn't want any of my identity to be revealed.
On the other hand, the centaur was surprised at her answer. Normally the people at Fairy Tail would just give her an awed look, but here she got a strange look as well as surprised from the centaur.
He cleared his throat.
"Well then...Percy, would you like to show her around and explain everything to her? Oh and make sure you get her wounds treated...so stop by the Apollo cabin."
"Wait, what about the counselor's meeting?"
"It looks as if to me, we aren't going to get any farther, but we have to discuss this again. So all of you will have to skip the campfire tonight. I'm sorry about that, but this is urgent. For now just stick to your regular schedule and think over the meaning. I have to teach archery right now. I'll see you kids tonight."
The centaur trotted out of the door at the end of the hallway. As soon as he did so, all of the other counselors walked out splitting into twos or threes, talking quietly. Erza saw that only one girl remained: The blond haired, gray eyed girl.
"Percy, who was that centaur?"
"His name is Chiron. He's our activities director. Come on. I need to give you a tour of the camp."
The blond haired girl leaned on the door frame. She stopped Percy as he tried to leave.
"Percy, I can give the tour. You look sick. Go to your cabin to rest."
Erza noticed that Percy was looking pale and he was dragging his feet. Was the sight of her really making him that sick? Or had something happened before she came?
Percy hesitated, but gave up.
"Okay, Annabeth, you can do it for me. Thanks."
Annabeth gave him a smile and hug.
"Sure, anytime."
They watched Percy walk back in the direction of his cabin. Annabeth's smile melted and she got a faraway look in her eyes like she was thinking 100 mph. Finally, she turned to look at Erza.
"How do you know Percy?"
Erza decided to play dumb.
"Percy? I don't know him. I've never seen him before today."
The girl was intelligent and she could clearly tell that Erza was lying. Her face became very hostile and she unsheathed a dagger.
"Listen Scarlet everyone else may believe that you are new to this, but I don't. I want answers. NOW. Or else I will rearrange your features so bad that no one else will be able to recognize you."
Erza kept a blank face and started at her. She could feel her own temper boiling, but kept it under control.
When the girl saw that Erza wasn't going to respond, she lunged straight for her eye with a fierce war cry.
Author's Note:
What do you think? Who will win? Erza or Annabeth?
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