Sup guys. My last chapter was longish but I thought it was alright. in this chapter we've got some sword fighting lessons with Percy. Hope you guys love it!
Chapter 6
He woke the next morning to the sound of someone banging on his door. Some guy that looked around seventeens poked his head around the door.
"Hey Lachlan. I'm Percy. Chiron asked me to teach you sword fighting today. If you want I could take you up to get a sword."
"No need. I already have one." Lachlan reached over to his nightstand and patted his new sword. Percy walked in and took a look army it.
He raised his eyebrows. "Huh. That looks pretty sharp. Meet you outside in five."
Lachlan climbed out of bed. "Yeah. Just let me get dressed first." Lachlan was so eager to get out and sword fight for the first time, he was done in less than two minutes.
Percy was sitting on the steps waiting. "Ready to go?" Lachlan asked.
Percy jumped up. "Yeah." They walked across the camp to the sword fighting arena. They went inside and Lachlan took his bronze rod out. "Ah Lachlan. This is sword fighting. Not combat."
Lachlan concentrated hard and his rod morphed into a sword. "Yeah, I know."
Percy didn't look impressed. "Two can play at that game." He pulled a pen out of his pocket and uncapped it. The pen transformed into a sword like Lachlan's. "Okay so we're going to start off with-"
"How about we just see how I go first?" Lachlan said.
Percy shrugged. "Whatever. I'll go easy on you." Percy lunged at Lachlan but he deflected it and they went into a series of strikes and parries. Percy's 'easy' was just being slow but Lachlan used that to his advantage.
When Percy realised that Lachlan was actually good at sword fighting, he started to push Lachlan harder. Everything became faster and harder.
Percy lifted his sword up for a downward strike but Lachlan pointed his sword at Percy's and thought of lightning. Lachlan's sword turned into a bolt of pure lightning and it cackled with electricity. A bolt of white hot lightning shot out and knocked Percy's sword out of his hand.
Percy fell to his knees. "How?"
"I have no idea." Lachlan walked over and offered him a hand. He lifted Percy back to his feet.
"You're definitely coming on my capture the flag team." Percy walked over to the drink cooler. Lachlan looked up and saw two girls watching him. One was Eliza and the other was a girl with blond hair. Percy offered Lachlan a drink.
Lachlan took it. He hadn't realised how thirsty he was until he drained the cup. The blond girl and Eliza walked over to them. "Oh Lachlan. This is Annabeth, daughter of Athena." Percy gestured to the blond girl.
Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek. "You didn't have to tell him my mother seaweed brain."
"Well Lachlan. It doesn't look like you need sword fighting lessons. I'll go tell Chiron what you did." Percy turned and jogged towards the big farmhouse with Annabeth close behind him.
Lachlan was itching to get away from Eliza but she put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm going against Chiron by doing this but I'm going to tell you it but we'll need a private place to discuss it."