I'm SOOOOOO sorry for not posting! I'm going to try to type some everyday!
-Chapter Three-
All throughout dinner I was getting strange looks. I assumed it was because of the car sized dog sitting by my side. I ate at an empty table in the back of the pavilion. Jess sat at a table near me, and she was also alone. About halfway through dinner Jack came over.
"I, uh, found your brass knuckles in the infirmary and asked Harley if he could do something with them. He couldn't, but he made you new ones." He pulled out a pair of brass knuckles, that were really bronze. "Try them on!"
"Oh, wow! Thanks!" I put them on and they fit perfectly.
"Harley made some adjustments. Flick your wrist!" Jack was bursting with excitement. I did as he said and 10 inch blades slid out of the space between 3 fingers.
"Woah." I flicked my wrist again and they collapsed inward. I threw my arms around him. "Thank you sooooooo much!" He awkwardly hugged me back. "I have to go. See you later!"
At the end of dinner Chiron came up to me.
"You should take Azazel down to the arena. I assume he'll like who you will meet. Jess? Can you show her?"
As we reached the arena, Azazel perked up his ears and sniffed the air. We walked in, and at the opposite end there was another hellhound. The other hellhound was chewing a humongous bone. The other hellhound stood up and bounded over. It was wearing a thick leather collar with a smiley face and crossbones tag that read, "Mrs. O'Leary" Jess laughed as they chased each other around the arena.
"Thats Mrs. O'Leary. The only friendly hellhound I've met, until now." Jess called her over and she proceeded to give Jess a bath with her tongue. "She really misses Percy though." At the sound of that name, her head drooped and her tail fell between her legs. I gave Mrs. O'Leary a big hug and scratched behind her ears.
"Who's Percy?" I asked Jess. I heard his name during dinner, but had no idea who he was.
"Percy was," Mrs. O'Leary raised her head and growled. "I mean, IS, the head of the Poseidon cabin. He was a part of the last two great prophecies. Right now he's somewhere overseas with his girlfriend and a few others on a quest." Somewhere in the distance we heard a deep blast from a conch horn. "Aw geez. Capture the flag's starting! Lets go!"
We met the rest of the campers back at the pavilion. Chiron was standing on a small rise and saying the rules. The two team leaders were the Athena cabin and the Ares cabin. I whispered to Jess, "What team are we on?"
"Athena. Do you have a weapon?" Jess looked concerned.
"Oh yeah" I smiled.