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(I reposted the previous chapter, Nico and Piper, due to some editing. It's pretty much the same though, just in case y'all got 2 emails :D )

Disclaimer: Do we even need these? I don't own PJO

Clarisse and Annabeth

Percy POV

We were all enjoying breakfast on a sunny Thursday morning in the dining pavilion. Kids were chatting, Annabeth was beside me, Leo's crazy centaur automaton had been captured finally, life was good. Then Chiron dropped the bomb that would inevitably threaten my health…

"Good morning children," The centuar's warm voice rang out as he clopped up to the front. "As the war games are tomorrow, I realized that tomorrow marks the 3,000th war game. As this is quite the accomplishment, I have decided to switch it up a bit."

Campers murmured to each other excitedly. Nothing riles them up more than a good game of war.

"Uh, like the 75th Hunger Games?" I blurted out. I got a few odd looks and some 'huh?'s from some of the year round campers who have never heard of it.

"Sure, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth whispered, "Whatever floats your boat. Now shush and listen."

Chiron coughed to get our attention. "Now usually the Athena and Ares cabins lead the opposing teams, but this time, they will have to work together."

Shouts broke out everywhere. Chaos. Confusion. Pandemonium. (Annabeth taught me that one, I am rather proud of it.)

"WHAT!" Clarisse yelled, right in my ear in fact as the Ares table was right next to us. "You can't expect us to work with them! Two war gods on the same team? That's asking for someone to get hurt Chiron." She glared at Annabeth, who rolled her eyes and glared right back.

"Get over it Clarisse," Annabeth retorted. "The other teams won't stand a chance with all of us together."

"Which is why I have divided the cabins myself this time child." Chiron interrupted. "The teams are as follows,"

Everyone grew quiet, straining to hear what team they were on.

"The first team consists of the Ares, Athena, Poseidon and Aphrodite cabins, and of course one of the Nike twins. The second team consists of the rest of the rest of the cabins including Apollo, Hermes, Demeter, Zeus and the others."

The first thing I picked up from all the loud chattering that erupted was a feminine voice shouting, "You're going down Jason!" Haha, must be Piper. I sighed in relief that Annabeth and I were on the same team. She'd whip my podex.

"You have all day to strategize!" Chiron yelled to be heard. "The games start at 9 am tomorrow!"

"And may the odds be ever in your favor." I mumbled.

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Immediately after breakfast, Clarisse dragged Annabeth to the side and had a quiet conversation. They looked quite intimidating next to each other, with Clarisse's large stature and Annabeth's piercing glare. I would not want to get in the middle of them. After a few moments, Annabeth came back to my table.

"There's going to be a war council this afternoon. Your cabin." She said calmly.

"Cool." I replied. Wait… did she say my cabin? "Uh… My cabin? Sorry, I don't remember anyone asking if that was okay... Why my cabin!?" My voice increased until it became a (manly) squeak.

"Shh keep it down. You don't have to let the other team know everything. We figured it would be a neutral place, you know, no 'home advantage' for making plans."

Well, I couldn't argue with that. "Fine." I grumbled. "But you have to help me clean up first."

A few hours later, campers started shuffling in my now clean cabin.

"Now if anyone breaks anything, or starts a fight in here, I will personally-" I started.

"Whatever." Interrupted Clarisse, "Listen up. Here's how this is going to work." She rolled out a map of the woods on my bed. "Aphrodite kids, you guys are defense along with a few Ares and Athena kids. The rest of Ares and Athena, you're offense. Ares charge up the middle and Athena sneak around the sides. Prissy… you… um, stay by the creek in the middle and defend the border. Don't let anyone pass. Any objections?" She growled.

Annabeth stepped forward, like I knew she would. "Actually, wouldn't it be better to have the Aphrodite cabin along the creek to defend and distract, while we gather a larger defense group and a few offensive groups? Smaller offense parties will sneak past the guards easier."

Campers around the room murmured and started talking amongst themselves. Clarisse scratched her arm and looked deep in thought… if that's possible. Finally she straightened and looked around the room. "All in favor of my plan, raise your hand." All the Ares kids raised their hands, along with a few hesitant Aphrodite kids. "Ok then, all in favor of Annabeth's plan." All the Athena kids raised their hands, of course, and some of the Aphrodite kids. Piper stood smirking with her arms crossed, voting for neither. I decided to stay out of it and not vote either.

"What do you think Percy?" Dang it Annabeth, stay quiet please.

"Yeah Prissy, whose plan do you like better?" Clarisse challenged.

Oh gods… I panicked. If a chose Annabeth like a good boyfriend, I would most likely get pummeled. If I chose Clarisse like a good 'friend' I would also most likely get pummeled. So I wisely chose the smart option. I ran.

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Clarisse POV

Pfft. Coward. Whatever. I turned back to Annabeth. I must admit I liked the girl. She has proven herself to be useful and a good person. During the whole Labrinth fiasco, Annabeth and I became… not quite best buddies, but more than just friendly acquaintances. Even though our viewpoints conflicted most of the time, I admit her plans usually worked out. I sent Annabeth a questioning look. She shrugged.

"Okay then, we will just combine the two. Aphrodite campers will split up. Half will be led by Piper to the creek, and-"

"And the other half will stay by the flag, accompanied by some Ares and Athenian kids." Annabeth finished. "The rest of you will go out in groups of-"

"Two or three." I said, looking to Annabeth for confirmation. She nodded. "A few up the middle, and some around the sides. Any questions?"

Campers shuffled around, but no objections. Good.

"Alright then!" I yelled. "For the gods!"

"FOR THE GODS!" Everyone shouted. They all then charged outside, nearly trampling Perce's fountain in the process.

Annabeth stayed behind. "Pretty good I'd say."

"Hopefully it won't turn out to be a disaster." I answered.

"It will be fine. It's only one war game after all. Thanks for cooperating with me." She turned and started to walk out the door.

"No problem, I think our two plans combined will work out even better. More strategic."

She smiled. "For sure. Now I just have to find Percy."

I laughed.

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Annabeth POV

When I finally found him, we had only 15 minutes until the games started. He was crouched in a bush behind the Hecate cabin, looking fearfully at the sky.

"Um… What in Hades are you doing?"

"Shh!" He grabbed my arm and pulled me in the bush with him. "He will see you!"

"Who?"

"Blackjack! I promised him one of my muffins earlier, but I accidently ate it and now he is after me! You gotta help me! Oh, how did the meeting go? Anyone mauled or murdered yet?"

"You ate Blackjack's muffin… " I shook my head. "Nevermind. Forget I asked. Meeting went fine, after you ditched me Perseus Jackson." I filled him in on the plan. "You're with me. I plan on going around to the right. Okay with you?"

"Sure." He replied. "Can I apologize for ditching you with a muffin? I'm gonna have to pick up a bunch later I guess."

I sighed. "You're insufferable."

He smirked that adorable crooked smile of his and stood up, still fearfully glancing at the sky for the Pegasus. "C'mon, doesn't it start soon?"

We jogged over to his cabin to pick up Percy's armor (I was already wearing mine) then over to the woods, where everyone was waiting.

"Finally Chase. Was about to dispatch everyone without you. " Clarisse grumped. "Well now that you're here, everyone, report to your positions."

Everyone went off to their own spots, and Percy and I went off and stood to the right, awaiting Chiron's signal. Don't get me wrong, I like Clarisse, but most times she is downright bossy. She knows what she is doing though. In the Labrinth, she earned my respect with her unwavering confidence and knowledgeable battle plans. I guess as the leader of the Ares cabin, she has to be tough to gain obedience from other Ares kids.

"Begin!" Chiron's horn interrupted my thoughts. Here goes nothing.

Percy grabbed my hand and began running through the woods. I heard the clangs of swords and whizzes of arrows all around, and hoped the others were doing okay. Pretty soon we ran into some Demeter kids, who were manipulating the plans to form thorny vines to block the path. Percy and I quickly knocked them unconscious and slashed through the vines. Although I received a nasty rip in my jeans, my favorite jeans no less. I cursed under my breath.

"What number is that?" Percy questioned. "Isn't that like your 5th pair of jeans in the past month?

"Quiet Seaweed Brain." I grumbled. "I don't keep track of the hundreds of shirts you ruin each month."

"Fair point." He mused.

Suddenly I heard a rustle to our left. "Shh."

"I did shush."

"No be quiet." I whispered, pulling him to crouch with me behind a tree. A few moments later Clarisse and a son of Ares, Mark, crashed through the bushes. I stood up, and narrowly avoided Clarisse's fist towards my head.

"Watch it!" Percy yelled.

"Watch yourself punk!" Clarisse snarled. "I could have just hurt you Chase!"

"Its fine LaRue," I spoke calmly. "Let's just keep moving."

We went together until we saw the clearing around Zeus' Fist, where Mark spotted the enemy's flag on top.

"Let's split up." Clarisse and I said at the same time. Percy and Mark hid grins.

"You go left, I'll go right?" I proposed.

"Let's all split up individually." Clarisse countered. "Come in from all four sides."

"Fine with me." I answered.

We all went our separate ways, then advanced together towards the pile of rocks. A couple of Hermes kids, a daughter of Hecate and Jason were on guard. Together the four of us made a mad sprint towards the flag, trying to avoid various traps set by the Hermes kids, and trying to avoid anything in general. All of a sudden, a large shadow swooped over me and out of the corner of my eye, a large back animal nearly landed on top of Percy, knocking him over.

"STYX!" He hollered, "Please not now!"

I laughed. Blackjack.

After knocking a son of Hermes and the daughter of Hecate unconscious, I continued my sprint to the flag, watching Percy climbing on the Pegasus' back.

"Fine! 3 muffins! I promise this time!" Percy pleaded.

Blackjack whinnied.

"Sure! An éclair too! Why not?" Percy groaned. Soon he and Blackjack were soaring towards the flag, only for Jason to take off after them.

I began to climb the rocks. Blackjack hit Jason with his tail, which caused Jason to go off course into a tree. Ouch. Finally reaching the top, I reached for the flag only to see Clarisse's hand already on it. Fighting down my pride, I smiled at her.

"Perce! Over here!" I shouted. Percy and Blackjack flew towards us. "Ready?" I asked the daughter of Ares.

"3, 2, 1," She counted down. "Now!"

She stepped into my cupped hands and I boosted her up, just in time for Percy to grab her hand and pull her up onto the Pegasus. The remaining Hermes kids groaned as they watched them fly over the border line.

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After walking back to our team side, I was greeted by cheers and a screaming Percy as Blackjack carried him away, presumably (and hopefully) to the dining pavilion. Clarisse gave me a fist bump and the flag, which we carried together to the amphitheater. I think we made a great team.

Author's Note

I must say that was fun to write

Thanks to rileylana16 for the awesome suggestion of an Annabeth/Clarisse chapter! Keep suggesting more characters please!

Also, thank you for the great points, 7GattiNeri! I didn't think about Mist not working on monsters, but for the sake of the fic, I am going to conveniently ignore it *laughs nervously*

But I did change the jacket to brown! Thank you for the review!

~Ellie