Disclaimer: I do not own PJO sadly, how ever i do own Marie and her family
Chapter 3: Fight
Ok I have to admit, Marie was good, no not good, amazing. She pulled out the copper tube that i had seen her put away a few moments before, she tapped the top twice, and it changed into a sword. The sword was the first sign that she was going to be a challenge to beat. It was a celestial bronze Xiphos, a Greek double-edged, single handed sword.
The craftsmen ship on it was something that looked like only Hephaestus or one of his kids could pull off. But what amazed me most was how Marie handled the sword. She knew so many different styles of sword fighting. She knew fencing and knew how to handle the sword in many different ways. She mostly fought like she was fencing but the duel went something like this.
Marie and I pulled out our swords.
She stared at me for a minute.
She lunged.
I dogged and swung at her blade.
She hit my blade with equal force and twisted my blade with her own.
I got my blade out of the move and lunged at her.
The duel went on like this for at least two hours before finally, she made her mistake.
She lunged at me and I hit the hilt of her sword with the flat of mine and twisted. The sword clattered out of her hand and I put my sword at her throat so she couldn't get at her sword. The look she gave me was one of pure hatred. "As to thialo kolotripa" she cursed in Greek.
(A.N.: I will not state the translation but if you're brave enough go and translate it yourself)
I don't know what surprised me more, the fact that I had won, or the fact that she was not only glaring at me with hate but also… betrayal… and in her brown green eyes I swear I thought she was familiar… like I knew her from some other place… or some other time.
And for a moment I saw her… but it wasn't her… she was wearing a black dress that stood out against her pale skin. Her blond hair was in curls and on her head was a silver tiara interlaid with black obsidian. Her eyes held so much more responsibility, but her facial expression was mad, no, furious. And for a moment I felt afraid of her, like if I pushed her hard enough she could destroy me. But the other look in her eyes was one that seemed to make my heart break. Hurt, I had hurt her in some inexcusable way.
Then as suddenly as it came, it was gone, and before me stood a furious Marie. "You promised" I reminded her softly. She had, she had sworn on the river Styx to my terms.
She glared at me "do I get to pack my bags" she said venomously "or do I have to leave now without saying goodbye to my family?" as mad as she was at me I could hear what I knew the others couldn't, the true fear there, like she was afraid that I was going to drag her off and she would never see her family again. That she would lose them.
"When does your school let out?" I asked her.
"Friday, tomorrow" she said
"Will you come to camp on your own or will we have to watch you to make sure you don't bolt?"
she said softly "I was raised to always keep my promises and never make promises I can't keep… I'll be there." I nodded; I knew she would keep her word for some reason.
"Before Monday?" I asked; she nodded sadly. Then I went and opened my mouth and asked the dumbest question I ever could have "Who is your parent do you know?" her eyes seemed to turn to flames as she answered in a voice so full of fury that it took all my will power not to flinch. "Aphrodite."
ok if this chapter was to short i apologize my week is not going so great and it looks like its going to get worse but hopefuly i will get another chapter in before wednesday next week because i will be leaving home and going to a place without my computer!!!
