Okay, so the title says it all. This is the first chapter with Jaden being 5 years older. In other words, the son of Kronos is now twelve. I know there's not much action in it, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. And remember, I love hearing what you guys think about my work.

Chapter 10:

Five Years Later

" Hey, Jaden? You still with me?" Tristan called from beside Jaden.

" Yeah." Jaden replied, shaking his head and turning to face the other boy.

" Good, because we've got trouble at three O'clock."

It was free time in Camp Half-Blood and both Tristan and Jaden had decided to spend the hour alone on the beach. Despite it being the year 2021, camp wasn't much different. Griffin Lowe and Andi Prince, previous cabin leaders of the Hermes and Apollo cabins respectively, had gotten married and were now living somewhere peacefully in a small town nearby. Ryan Murik (also from Hermes cabin) had been killed four years ago in an explosion on someone else's quest, leaving his girlfriend devastated. Gary Rodgers was now counsellor of the Apollo cabin. And Jaden was five years older.

However, the Ares cabin was still the bullies of camp. And coming towards the two twelve year olds were the twin devils themselves: Romulus and Remus Pirozzi. Alone, the two sons of Ares were enough to rival their older brother and cabin counsellor, Magnar. But together those two were unbeatable. At fifteen, they were masters of the sword and were even more trouble for Chiron than Travis and Connor Stoll had been. And they did everything together. The only difference between the two was that Romulus had darker coloured eyes than Remus.

" Look who we've got here, Romulus." One of the twins called.

" Devilspawn and Wizardguts? How not surprising that we find the two love birds on the beach at this time of day." The other twin sneered.

" What do you want, Pirozzi?" Tristan deadpanned. Both he and Jaden had learnt long ago not to take anything they said to heart unless it included some form of torture.

" Nothing." The older one hummed suspiciously.

" Just to tell you that Magnar was looking for you." The younger one sneered.

" We did nothing wrong this time." Jaden sighed. " It was probably someone from the Hermes cabin."

" But you're from the Hermes cabin, Devilspawn."

" Therefore you're the one Magnar wants."

" He's waiting in the arena."

" Prepare to get your butt kicked."

With that, the twins walked off, making sure to tell everyone they came across that Jaden was 'going to die'. Jaden looked to Tristan, who was flipping the twins and muttering curses.

" I guess I have to go." He sighed, getting up and brushing the sand from his clothes.

" You won't go alone." Tristan replied, also getting up. " And you're not going to get your butt handed to you. If anything, it's Magnar that's going to get his butt handed to him."

" I agree with that."

Together the two walked off towards the Arena, talking about what it was that Magnar was picking a fight for this time and what moves were going to be made in the fight. It wasn't long before they arrived at their destination where Magnar was waiting with his sword in hand. Around the arena were a number of campers who Jaden recognised as people who mainly hated him.

But there were a small few that he knew would be rooting for him like Tristan. They were mainly the Big Three Brothers (as they were called around camp) Van, Kai and Blake Hunter, Gary and Rachel, the Eberos twins Talos and Fabian Drake, Desiree Labelle, and Jaden's crush Jasmyne Belpois. At the sight of Jasmyne in the crowd, Jaden knew that he had to win.

" So you're man enough to show." Magnar sneered.

" You wanted to fight me, so why are you talking with your mouth?" Jaden replied.

" You're going to eat those words!"

The fight started just like that. Magnar rushed at Jaden even before he had had a chance to call Erinyz out. Jaden had to resort to martial arts in order to get enough time to himself. With one sharp kick to the chest, Magnar was thrown back to the centre of the arena. Not long after that, Jaden rushed towards the older boy with his sword in hand.

Magnar, however, knew more than enough to easily block the swipe that Jaden was about to perform. It was a basic attack that was easily deflected and even more easily tricked. Just raising his own sword to meet with Jaden's and kicking the younger boy's feet out from under him was enough for the son of Ares to regain his position and get up.

Of course, that wasn't enough. Magnar was angry at the son of Kronos. No one could understand why this time, but just the sight of Jaden made his anger flare. And getting bested by him was even more humiliating than going around like an Aphrodite child. With a roar, the son of Ares lunged once more at Jaden and was about to bring his sword down on the boy's shoulder when Jaden disappeared.

It was one of Jaden's most well-known tricks. One second, his opponent would think that they had him and was about to take him out, the next he was gone. More often than not, he usually won his battles that way. And this was one of those times. The fight hadn't even gone for five minutes when Jaden's sword swiped across the back of Magnar's knees and the larger boy was forced to the ground with Jaden pointing the tip of Erinyz at Magnar's throat.

" I believe that you would be classed as dead." Jaden announced.

" This isn't over." Magnar growled, trying to get up.

" I think it is."

" You don't get it. It's not going to be over until you're dead! What's going to stop you from turning into your father?!"

" I will never be my father!"

" Jaden Castellan!" Chiron's voice echoed through the arena. All Magnar could do was smirk as the old centaur made his way to the centre of the arena. " I would like you to come with me to the big house."