That afternoon we gather outside the forest. We split off into our usual teams. Athena, Apollo and Hermes versus Ares, Dionysus, Aphrodite and Hephaestus. Everyone else scattered among the two until only the girl from Hades stood alone flicking a lighter on and off, she stared at the tiny flame and avoided making eye contact with anyone.
"Well," Chiron says, "we can't start until Em has a team." We all look at her. She has no sword, no shield and no armour, just the lighter she continues to flick on and off. A few seconds pass before anyone speaks up;
"We'll take her!" says an Ares kid. Em slowly walks over while the kid defensively mutters something about just wanting to smash some heads. I put on my helmet with the blue plume and follow Brett into the forest.
Fifteen minuets later we have our battle plan. I'm scaling past the river, I make sure to keep low behind the bushes when I see an Aphrodite looking over the river, probably looking at their reflection. I sneak up behind them and kick them in the back, they go sprawling into the river as I leap across. I fall in behind the bushes on the other side. I put my hand over my mouth to stop a laugh. I sling my bow over my shoulder and trudge through the underbrush. When I get to the opening I jump from tree to tree. The final tree stands sixteen feet from the others. I decide to make a run for it. When I'm halfway there a green light explodes in front of me. I skid to a stop. The green flames are higher than I can jump. I roll to the side and start to run. I'm immediately hit hard in the chest. I fly to the right and I catch a glimpse of a red plume. My last thoughts before I hit the ground are; Damn Greek fire!
I hit the ground and roll a couple times. I shake the stars out of my vision and see Leo looking down at me. He blushes and quickly stands up. I stand up and find my helmet a few feet away along with my bow that has cracked. I walk over and pick up my bow, I turn around and see Leo still behind me.
"Are you ok?" He asks.
I nod and say "Ya, but my bow isn't. Greek fire, pretty nifty."
" I can fix it." He says.
"What?"
"Your bow."
"Oh ya, sure. Umm is that allowed?" He just shrugs. At that same time Conner comes running around the corner holding the red flag. Brett follows closely behind him.
"Hey you!" Brett points at me, "No cavorting on the battlefield!" I smile at Leo and then run after Brett.
That night after dinner I walk back to our cabin with Brett.
"I saw you two." He says with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes and said " And what exactly did you see?"
"I saw you and Leo." I give him a "what is that supposed to mean" look and he elaborates, "I saw you cavorting with the enemy."
"I would hardly call that cavorting."
"Well then why was he on top of you?"
I may have blushed, "We crashed into each other."
"Hmm, sure."
"We crashed into each other! That's all that happened!" My voice probably got a bit defensive because Brett just laughed and threw me over his shoulder and brought me back to our cabin.
Before bed that night I looked at my bow. It was almost cracked in half and I wouldn't be able to use it. As I lay down and looked up at the ceiling I thought that maybe I would take Leo up on his offer...