"Leo! Just give it back please?"
"Nope! Not until I know every little secret this thing contains."
"Leo I swear, if you don't give it back right this instant I will punch you somewhere no gut ever wants to be punched." Narissa threatened Leo, who had just stolen her phone off of her. Leo made a face as he gave Narissa back her phone.
"You're no fun you know?" Leo complained as he flopped down onto one of the many couches in their father's temple.
Narissa just shook her head and gently smoothed out the crinkles in her dress that he had got from chasing Leo around the temple, trying to get her phone back. "Whatever, just sit up and make sure you don't spill anything on your costume before the big opening ceremony." Narissa nagged like a mother would do to her son. Narissa supposed that in some ways Leo was like her child, after all he did act like one majority of the time. Narissa felt an urge to protect Leo in any way she could so she had decided that she would keep him alive until it was only the two of them left and then she would kill herself, just so he could win.
Narissa knew that most people would do things the other way round and make sure that they stayed alive. However Narissa wasn't like most people. She truly wanted Leo to win and she knew just how to make sure he did...
All of the tributes were anxiously waiting by the chariots that would take them to the formal address made by Zeus. No on particularly felt like talking so there was just an awkward silence surrounding the tributes.
Percy stood by his horses that would be taking him into the games. They were both raven black, like Percy's hair. The one on the left was called Ditto and the one on the right was called Dallas.
'Don't worry dude, I've heard Poseidon talking about you and I'm sure you'll win.' Ditto tried to reason with the eighteen year old. Percy just shook his head.
'That's the problem thought Ditto, I don't want to win. A life without Annabeth would be no life at all.' Percy argued with the horse, although he was a bit distracted about what had been discussed in his meeting earlier today.
"Hey." Percy said as Calypso sat down beside him on the beach. To be honest Percy had no idea what to say to her. He had demanded that the gods free her after they got back from Ancient Greece and they had. She was now free and sitting next to him.
"Hey." Calypso responded. The result was an awkward and uncomfortable silence, neither of them knowing what to say now.
The silence got so unbearable that Percy just had to break it and say something, anything. "So… How's Leo?" Percy asked and immediately regretted it. What was he thinking? Saying that would probably make the disruption even more awkward then it already was.
"I don't really know, I haven't seen him since I've been released from Ogygia. The gods have wanted me to stay on Olympus with no external visits to the mortal world and no visitors from the mortal world. So basically I've been grounded for the past couple of weeks." Calypso exclaimed with annoyance clear in her voice.
"Sounds like fun." Percy commented sarcastically, feeling sorry for Calypso. First she was stuck on an island for ages and now she's stuck on Olympus. However, Percy was secretly glad she hadn't seen the mortal world yet; he wanted to be there when she got her first glimpse of what the world had become.
Percy's mood was soon ruined by the memory of why he was here in the first place. Those stupid Games of Olympus.
Calypso noticed Percy's change of mood. "What's wrong?" She asked, wondering heat had happened to the smiling teenager that was sitting next to her a minute ago.
"The games. These two weeks will be pretty much the last of my life, other than my time in the games." Percy gloomily said.
"What makes you so sure you're going to die?" Calypso asked, but inside she predicted she already knew the answer.
"I don't want to live without Annabeth." Percy replied, building a mini sand castle in the sand.
Calypso nodded, not really understanding what he was saying as she had never been put into that sort of situation where she would have to chose if she died or the person she loved did. She stood up from the sand and brushed down her jeans and t-shirt. "I am sorry about cursing her, is she okay now?" Percy just nodded his head, not wanting to talk about what had happened down in Tartarus. "I should go and get ready for the ceremony and you should think about getting ready yourself." Calypso said as she started to walk away and back to her little home.
Percy stayed on the beach for a couple more minutes, thinking about what Calypso had said. He probably should go and get ready, but he just wasn't sure if he could stand being in the same room as the person who had pretty much signed his death sentence. After another five minutes of debating with himself he decided to go back to his father's temple. After all it's not like he could run away right? These were gods; they would be able to track him down, one way or another.
'Hello? Dude? You in there? It's show time! Get on the on chariot!' Dallas pretty much telepathically yelled at Percy, snapping him out of his flash back of what had happened with Calypso earlier.
Percy looked around and saw all of the other tributes getting in their chariots and seeing as he was the second chariot to leave he figured he should hope on, before the horses left without him.
There was a thunderous boom and suddenly the doors leading from the training centre to outside opened. There was an enormous amount of cheering and screaming as Jason and Thalia's chariot sped out into the light. Both Jason and Thalia were wearing white and they matched their horses. Thalia was wearing a sleeveless white lace dress and makeup. She looked so different that majority of the gods in the stands had to do a double take, at least the ones who already knew her. Another thing that was out of place with Thalia's outfit was her streaked blue hair was no longer there. It seems like the beauty team had decided that punk/emo wasn't the theme they were going for.
Jason however was in a completely different situation. He had always been considered as 'hot' so when the fans (especially the girls) saw him in his perfectly fitted white suite it made them scream for more.
Percy had no idea how he could possibly beat that. The fans loved them, of course they did. Jason and Thalia were children of Zeus, the king of the gods and both had been big shots on Olympus. Thalia during the Titan War, and Jason during the prophecy of seven.
However, all of Percy's doubt ceased when he exited the training centre and the crowd went absolutely mental. Everyone was screaming and Percy saw the occasional rose being thrown his way. He managed to catch one of the roses and gave a smile to the general area where he thought it had come from.
If you saw Percy at this moment you would think that he was just sort of 'chilling' and casually riding on a chariot through Olympus, as if he did this all the time. But on the inside he was freaking out. Not only about the actual games but also about falling off the very unstable chariot and making a total fool of himself. Luckily for him though, he managed to make it to the Throne room where the ceremony would happen, and the games would officially start.
"That was… interesting, I guess…" Will Solace said as he and his half-sister Annabelle rode up in the lift to their new rooms in the training centre. They would no longer be staying with their godly parent, but they would all be staying in the same building and they would all be put under house arrest. Meaning, no exiting the training centre unless it was for the interviews which would be taking place in one week.
Annabelle nodded, sharing some of her brother's uncertainty. The only thing Annabelle could think during the ceremony was how the gods were pretty much saying 'we own you and to prove our point we are going to make you kill each other, until only one person is left.'
The elevator came to a stop with a ding and the two children of Apollo hopped out. They looked around the apartment with awe. Even though Will had been on Olympus before he was still amazed at what the gods could do. "Whoa, this place is awesome!" Annabelle exclaimed, voicing Will's thoughts exactly.
They split up to investigate the different areas of the apartment and after an hour they met up in the TV room.
"I know that I'm probably going to die soon but if I have to go I'm glad I got to experience this." Annabelle said as Will flicked through the hundreds of stations on the TV. He finally stopped on a basketball game but instead of commentary there was music playing. Will had to agree with his younger sister. If he had to die he was glad he got to do it in some sort of style.
AN: Hey guys! I hope you like the chapter! I know it's a little dull but things are going to be heating up soon! Also I saw Frozen today and it's a little ironic because it was like 47 degrees Celsius here in Australia. (For all of you Americans that's around 117 degrees Fahrenheit. But OMG I LOVED IT! Olaf and Sven were like the best characters in the whole movie. Anyway, sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've just been busy because I had a training camp with the Australian Ballet Company and it was really tiring.
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