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Chapter Six—Capture the Flag

Percy's POV

We discussed the quest further. After that, we ate breakfast. Then I went to the stables to visit Blackjack.

Yo, boss! Did you bring me sugar cubes?

"Sorry, Blackjack."

Aww! How about some apples?

There was a barrel of apples beside me so I grabbed one and gave it to the pegasus.

Thanks, boss! I heard you got a quest with scar guy, curly hair, and freckle face. Can I come?

I remembered the prophecy. 'And find a curse on a trusted steed.' I decided it would be worse if I tried to fight the prophecy. "If you want to, but we'll be riding in the van so no one will ride you."

Awww, Never mind!

I guess I'll just leave the fate of the quest to the Fates. It's kind of their job anyway.

I went to the arena to practice. Annabeth was practicing there too. Mrs. O'Leary was still sleeping in the corner.

"Hey, Wise Girl!" I said

"Hi, Seaweed Brain." She replied. Then she attacked me but I already uncapped Riptide and blocked her attack. Mrs. O'Leary woke up and watched us intently. We fought for a while and I was getting tired so I disarmed her.

"Looks like I win." I said

"Looks like it." She picked up her celestial bronze knife.

Mrs. O'Leary bounded toward us. She licked me so I got covered with dog slobber.

"It's nice to see you too, girl." I said. Annabeth chuckled.

"Rawf!"

"Don't you want to say hello to Annabeth?" I smiled evilly. Annabth stopped laughing.

"Oh, no!" Mrs. O'Leary licked her and she also got covered with dog slobber.

"Gross!" she screamed. "I'm going to take a shower."

"Bye!" I don't think my powers work well with slobber so I just took a shower. We went to the mess hall to eat lunch. I sacrificed a portion of my meal and asked my father: "Can I have the power to control dog slobber?" Annabeth was behind me so she heard what I said. She chuckled silently. I went to the Poseidon table and ate with Tyson.

"I have an announcement to make." said Chiron. "We will play capture the flag after lunch with our visitors." He looked at the wizards and the witch. "You may choose four demigods to be on your team."

"We choose Percy, Nico, Thalia, and Annabeth." Harry announced. They chose all the demigods who are going on the quest except Clarisse. I guess they're too scared of her.

"You will be on the blue team. The rest will be on the red team."

I heard Clarisse yell "We will beat you guys easily! Seven against the rest of the camp… you are gonna lose!" Everyone agreed with Clarisse except everyone on the blue team.

"Clarisse, we are the children of the big three. We have the best strategist in camp and we have three powerful wizards." Said Thalia

"Ahem!" said Hermione

"I mean two wizards and a witch." Thalia corrected herself.

"We're still gonna win!" Thalia didn't reply anymore.

After we finished eating, we prepared for capture the flag.

"You know the rules. The creek is the boundary line. The entire forest is a fair game. No killing or maiming is allowed. Arm yourselves!" Chiron announced. Suddenly, helmets, swords, spears, and shields appeared.

"Do we really need to use these?" Harry gestured to the swords, shields, spears, and helmets

"Unless you want to get killed by the Ares cabin." I said

"I thought killing isn't allowed."

"I didn't mean it literally. But they could still seriously hurt you. They don't always follow the rules." I picked up a helmet and went to Annabeth.

Hermione's POV

I can't believe that they can actually hurt each other in capture the flag. Chiron said that maiming isn't allowed but I don't think Clarisse and her cabin mates are going to follow those rules. I didn't get a weapon. I only grabbed a helmet and put it on. I am just going to use my wand and I have a feeling that Harry and Ron are going to do the same.

The game finally started. We crossed the creek toward the enemy's territory. Percy was on border patrol so he stayed near the creek. Annabeth had a plan and she was confident that it would work. I didn't argue with her because her mother was Athena. I heard a twig snap and immediately I yelled "Protegro!"

A sword hit my invisible shield. Three Ares campers appeared holding swords. Two of the swords were made from celestial bronze and the other one was made from iron. I need to avoid that sword. They attacked me but they hit and invisible wall.

"Hey, stop using your pesky little magic stick and fight us!" one of them yelled.

I used a nonverbal spell on them. Levicorpus! I thought.

All three of them were hanging upside down.

"Get us down you freak!" They tried to slash me with their swords. One of them was able to reach me and I could've been seriously hurt had it not been made of celestial bronze. They were surprised when the blade passed through me and they started shouting words that I would not repeat here.

"Sorry but I have a game to win." I left them dangling upside down. Annabeth's plan was going to work.

Ron's POV

I was walking in the enemy territory when I heard something behind me. I turned around and I saw a sword four inches from my face. Annabeth told me that swords made from something called see-still bronze—I think that's what it's called—can't harm mortals. I had no idea if the sword I'm looking at was made from that or not. I quickly thought of a spell.

"Stupefy!" A jet of red light hit the guy that was holding the sword. I think he's from the Ares cabin because he looks like Clarisse. I continued to walk. After a few minutes, I began to wonder why hasn't anyone attacked me yet? As if on cue, a spear whizzed near my head.

I shouted "Expelliarmus!" and several weapons were dropped. There were 2 shields, 1spear, and 2 swords lying on the ground. Three people from the Ares cabin tried to pick up their weapons but I had already used the levitation charm on the weapons and flung them to the trees. The campers were really mad so they tried to strangle me with their bare hands.

I managed to say "Pr-pro-protegro!" while they were strangling me. An invisible barrier appeared between the campers and I. They kept hitting the invisible wall.

"Petrificus Totalus!" They suddenly became rigid. They all glared at me with hatred. They looked so scary so I quickly ran toward the place where Annabeth said we would go.

Harry's POV

I was walking around the forest and searching for any sign of movement. The bush behind me rustled and I pointed my wand at it. A startled nymph shrieked and ran to her tree. I start walking again. I stopped when I heard footsteps.

I turned around and said "Expelliarmus!"

A spear flew out of a girl's hand. "What the –" she started to say.

"Clarisse?" I asked when I realized who it was.

"You are so dead, Scar Head!" She picked up her spear and I noticed that the metal tip was flickering with red light.

"Scar Head?" I asked. She pointed her spear at me and charged.

"Do you prefer Four Eyes? But that nickname is so unoriginal."

I said the first spell that I thought of. "Sectumsempra!" The spell hit Clarisse's left arm.

"Gah! You'll pay for this, punk!" She aimed her spear at me and threw it. It didn't cut me but my hand brushed the tip. I felt a painful tingling all over my body. My hair stood on end and the air burned.

I realized that her spear was electric. I fell down. Clarisse was on the ground too. She was clutching her left arm. I tried to get up but I kept falling down. On my fifth try, I successfully got up. Clarisse was wrapping her wound with a piece of cloth. I ran quickly to the place where Annabeth told us to go.

Percy's POV

I was on border patrol. I didn't see anyone for 10 minutes. It was quiet—too quiet. Suddenly, an arrow flew past me and hit the tree two feet away from me. A sword hit my arm but I was invulnerable. I got Riptide and fought with the guy who hit me. He was from the Hephaestus cabin. The rest of the Hephaestus cabin appeared and so did the Aphrodite, Demeter, Dionysus, Hermes, and Athena cabins. The Apollo cabin was perched on the branches of the trees with their arrows aimed at me. Only a few members from the Hermes and Aphrodite cabin weren't there. The whole Ares cabin was nowhere to be found. I guessed that they followed the wizards. I think Annabeth said something about this, but she wouldn't tell me her whole plan.

I fought the campers but there were too many of them. I was getting tired. I stepped into the creek and immediately, I felt energized. I willed the water to rise and I dropped it down on the campers. Everyone was soaking wet—except me of course—and the Aphrodite cabin shrieked:

"Ahh! My clothes are soiled!"

"These shoes are brand new!"

"My makeup is ruined!"

"This outfit is dry clean only!"

"We will kill you, Percy!" Everyone at the Aphrodite cabin was complaining and glaring at me. I willed the water to soak everyone again. The campers were coughing up water. The Aphrodite cabin got angrier at me and they complained again. They were annoying me to death. Suddenly, Clarisse appeared.

"What are you complaining about? We have a game to win. Let's go!" They followed Clarisse into the forest.

Thalia's POV

I was walking in the forest. I haven't seen a camper for ten minutes. Either I'm lucky or this is a trap. Since I'm not lucky, I guess this is a trap. Immediately after I thought of that, a boy from the Ares cabin appeared behind me. I shot him with an arrow but he deflected it. I couldn't maim him but Chiron didn't say anything about electrocuting people. My bow disappeared from my hand and the camper looked confused like he thinks I'm going to fight him with my bare hands. He attacked me and I sidestepped then lightning shot out from my fingertips. He fell down and I smelled barbecue. I shocked him with just the right amount of electricity to knock him out for a few minutes but not enough to seriously injure him. I was almost at the clearing—the place Annabeth told us to go to.

Nico's POV

A little girl from the Ares cabin attacked me shortly after I crossed the boundary line. She was good in sword fighting but not good enough. I disarmed her but some of her half siblings appeared and fought me. There were five of them including the girl I disarmed earlier. I didn't want to fight them all by myself so I summoned two undead warriors to help me. The Ares cabin looked a bit scared and the little girl was so scared that she ran away. If they didn't know what my undead warriors and I can do, they would probably insult me for not being able to face them alone.

I left my undead friends to deal with those Ares kids. I shadow traveled to a clearing where we needed to go to. Everyone was there already except for Percy and Annabeth. Is that just a coincidence? Suddenly, someone appeared right in front of me.

"Ah!" I exclaimed. "I mean, um… Ah!-nnabeth."

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Now you know how it feels when you suddenly appear right in front of us. Anyway, now that we're all here, the red team will go after us. Nico, did your undead warrior friends go back to the underworld or are they still guarding our flag?"

"They're still guarding the flag. They're getting bored and they want to get paid five drachmas per hour for wasting their time." I answered.

"Do you really need to pay them?" asked Harry.

"No." I said

"Guys, our enemies are approaching. Spread out and make it look like we just bumped into each other in this clearing." said Annabeth.

I ran to the nearest shadow and shadow traveled about twelve meters away. Then I ran back and saw that the red team was already fighting Hermione, Ron, Harry, Thalia, and Annabeth. I got my Stygian iron sword and fought them. I was so tired from shadow traveling twice and summoning a bunch of undead warriors. I could barely stand. I used all the energy I had left to summon five undead warriors. I saw them appear then I blacked out.

Annabeth's POV

I saw Nico pass out. I carried him toward the trees so that he won't be stepped on. Everyone was fighting. Some of them (mostly the Aphrodite cabin) were even attacking people from their own team. Because of all the confusion, I was able to slip away unnoticed. I put on my invisibility cap and went to the red team's flag. Travis and Connor from the Hermes cabin were guarding the flag.

"Hey, Travis," said Connor. "Do you think we could go and watch the fight for a few seconds?" That's the reason why I picked that particular spot for them to meet up. It was near the flag but you couldn't see it because it's covered with trees. You could easily hear the fight going on.

"Hmmm… Clarisse might get mad but we'll be gone for only a few seconds, right? No one would be able to get the flag that quickly and from what I can hear, I think everyone's at the fight." replied Travis

"You're right. Come on, let's go!"

As soon as they left, I got their flag and tried to find them from behind the trees. They were trying unsuccessfully to hide behind a tiny bush. They were so interested in the fight that they didn't go back to the flag anymore.

I saw the creek ahead. I suddenly hear someone scream "WHERE'S OUR FLAG?"

I chuckled and I quickly crossed the boundary line. Percy greeted me with a huge hug.

"How did you get the flag without them noticing?" he asked.

"I'll tell you later." I said.

Everyone congratulated us except the Ares cabin. There were only six of them there. I wonder where the others are.

Chiron cantered out from the woods and blew the conch horn. "Congratulations to all of you. Clarisse, where are your cabin mates?"

"I don't know." She answered.

"Umm… I uh, kind of left three of them hanging upside down." said Hermione.

"And I used the full body bind curse on the other three." said Ron

"Please reverse the spells and return them here." said Chiron. Hermione and Ron went back to the forest to look for the campers.

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