(A/N: It's capture the flag chapter today! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!)

Chapter 4: Capture the Flag

Point of View:

James Star

"James, wake up," a voice whispered in my ear. I opened my eyes and saw Kyra.

"Finally, you woke up," Kyra muttered with a small smile.

"What do you need?" I asked.

"Jennie says you have to teach archery today," Kyra answered.

"Chiron can teach it," I yawned.

"Jennie says that Chiron has…business matters, I guess you can call it that," Kyra replied. "Now get up." I hopped out of bed and went outside with Kyra following me. We went to the archery range and saw the campers trying to get a bull's eye. Only Jennie, my showing-off-sister, got a bull's eye. When I entered, Jennie turned around, "Finally, you came." I smirked, "Yes, I came. Now everyone, show me how to hold a bow." Jennie (who always shows off) did it correctly, but everyone else was a bit wrong. The only person who was totally wrong was Percy; he was holding it at a bad angle.

"Percy, Percy, Percy," I muttered. "Please correct yourself." He blushed slightly and tried to correct himself. But he just made it worse; he was holding it like a crossbow. I smiled and shook my head. I adjusted the way he was holding the bow.

"There, now don't move," I said with a smile. I went to the other people and adjusted the way they were holding a bow, but none of them were as bad as Percy's. When I went to Kyra, I was surprised; she was holding the bow almost correctly. I easily corrected it and noticed that Kyra was blushing. Maybe it was out of embarrassment or it seemed like I was hugging her. I blushed slightly too but quickly got over it.

"Now, release your arrows," I ordered. Everyone released. The campers got close to the bull's eye, except Percy. He accidentally shot Kyra's target. Everyone laughed. I patted Percy's shoulder.

"It's all right," I said. Percy shrugged, "I've never been good at archery." All of a sudden, a conch horn was blown. I glared at Jennie, "I thought you said Chiron was away."

"Well, maybe he came back," she answered defensively.

"It's capture the flag!" a camper cried with joy. I smiled; I was ready to win. I jogged towards the woods and met up with Chiron.

"Hello, Chiron," I greeted with a small bow.

"Hello, child," the horse/human replied. "How are you?"

"Great," I answered. Chiron nodded, "Go now, and remember the rules; you broke them several times." I chuckled and walked away. I grabbed my armor and put them on. Beside me was a girl with a familiar face. When she looked up, I recognized her.

"Grace!" I cried.

"Oh, James! I missed you!" Grace, my friend, replied. She gave me a hug which made me blush slightly.

"Well, I'll see you," Grace said, walking away. She walked away and disappeared.

"Ooh, is she your girlfriend?" a voice said behind me. I looked behind and saw Kyra with a sly smile.

"Be quiet, Kyra. She's not my girlfriend," I muttered.

"All right, all right. Well, what is capture the flag?" Kyra asked.

"You have to capture the enemy flag without getting tagged. If you get tagged then you're in jail, but someone can rescue you. Which ever team gets the flag first and gets it to their border, they win," I explained.

"What are the teams?" she asked. Before I got to answer, Samantha walked towards me and waved. I blushed a bright red color. Kyra giggled quietly.

"Uh... anyway, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, Athena, and some others are the blue team. The red are Ares, Demeter, Dionysus, and some others," I answered. "Surprisingly, Aphrodite decided to play, probably because their sister, Silena died."

"Well, am I with you?"

"Because you're undetermined and sleep in the Hermes cabin, yes, you are with me," I answered. Kyra nodded, "All right, that's good. I don't want to die."

"Don't worry, theirs no maiming or killing. Just use the swords to defend and distract," I assured her. All of a sudden, the conch horn blew. The game was about to begin.

Point of View:

Kyra Summer

When the conch horn was blown, everyone cheered and charged. I started to charge with them but James grabbed my arm.

"Kyra, I know a secret path that leads to their flag. Follow me," he said.

"You're not leaving me behind, James," a voice behind us said. Behind us was Percy with a three foot long sword. James nodded, "Let's go." We started to run towards the right. Then, we started going north. I barely heard the swords clanging against each other now.

"Almost there," James whispered. All of a sudden, a camper with a helmet that had a red plume hopped out of nowhere. James grabbed a stick from the ground and whacked him with a stick. The camper fell to the ground but right when we started running, the enemy shot a smoke arrow at our feet. Smoke poured out of the arrow and soon, smoke surrounded us. James closed his eyes.

"What are you doing? You can't sleep now," I said. James ignored me. Then, his eyes opened and he threw his stick somewhere in the smoke. We heard a scream of pain and we started to run again.

"Almost there, almost there," James muttered. But then, a big, buff girl hopped in our way.

"You're not going anywhere James," the girl growled.

"Clarisse," James muttered. He took out his dagger and all three of us charged. We slashed and stabbed and Clarisse dodged and blocked. Finally, we overpowered her and James disarmed her. He grabbed her sword and threw it far away.

"Go get it Clarisse," James said. But instead, Clarisse growled and tackled James to the ground.

"Percy, Kyra, get to the flag!" James yelled. "I'll catch up later." James pushed Clarisse off of him and tackled her.

"Go!" With that, Percy and I ran off.

"Percy, do you know the way?" I asked. He nodded, "James showed me this trail before. We're almost there."

"I've heard enough of 'almost there'," I muttered. Percy chuckled and we continued. Finally, we got to the enemy flag. There were four people guarding it and there were two of us. I sighed, "We're never going to get passed them."

"We have to try," Percy replied. He charged the guards. But I stayed behind; I was too scared. I watched as Percy was getting beat up by the Ares kids. (I knew they were Ares's kids because of their flag sign; a boar and because they were all strong). Then, before Percy was going to get tagged, James jumped out of a bush and charged, along with a very pretty girl with blonde hair. They slashed and stabbed but my friends blocked all their moves.

"Kyra, you have to get the flag!" James yelled. I didn't know how he knew I was here but I decided to listen. I went behind the flag and grabbed it. I whistled to them to know that I got the flag.

"Fall back!" James yelled. The guards thought they gave up and decided not to chase us. James, Percy, and the girl started to run towards me. We started towards the creek. When I looked back, I saw the guards making sure their flag was still there. But when they found out, it was too late, we had run away. Then, my friends and I found the creek and jumped over to our boundary. When I done that, the flag turned into a brown flag with a caduceus in the center; the sign of Hermes. The other campers saw us carrying the flag and came to congratulate us. I got the most amount of 'congratz' and 'good job'. Then, James walked over with his helmet off.

"Good job," he said with a smile.

"Thanks," I answered with a grin. It was my fifty ninth 'good job' so far. Then, Chiron came over.

"The blue team has won. Which means dish washing for the red team," Chiron announced. The blue team cheered and the red team didn't seem too happy. While everyone was cheering, the flag turned bright yellow with a lyre in the center and everyone stared at something over my head. I was very confused. I looked up and saw a lyre hovering above my head. James walked over to me.

"Kyra, you are a daughter of Apollo, and my sister."

(A/N: Well, did you like it? I hope you did. Again, I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. Well, suggestions are free and so are reviews!)

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