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A/N Here's the next chapter, hope you like it! I'm trying to keep them as in character as I can, but nobody can write them quite like Rick Riordan ; )

Annabeth woke up to the sound of her watch beeping. 6:00 a.m. That's when she always woke up. She pulled herself out of bed, and looked around at all her sleeping half-siblings. She sighed happily, as she pulled on her running shoes and shorts and slipped out of the cabin as quietly as she could. Annabeth loved waking up early. She liked to be the first one up, seeing the silence of camp before the daily activities began.

The sun was rising over the lake and it was a perfect morning for a run on the beach. She started jogging, getting into a good rhythm as she made her way to the water. She ran along the sand, enjoying the quietness except for the sound of the gentle waves crashing and her shoes hitting the ground.

She always did her best thinking while she ran. She ran the plan over in her mind again, working out all the tiny details. Plans were her speciality. She had a good feeling about this game of capture the flag. She was so caught up in her thoughts that at first she didn't even notice when the beach ended and turned into forest. She quickly turned around and started running back towards camp.

She never got tired when she ran anymore. Living at camp half-blood for so long keeps you in shape. She stared at the water on her way back down the stretch of beach. It reminded her of Percy's eyes, of course. When she got back to the place she had started, she sat down on the sand with the waves washing up and down her legs. It felt so good. She could almost imagine that the touch of the water was Percy's cool skin.

Eventually, she forced herself to get up and walk back to her cabin. She knew her cabin mates wouldn't wonder where she was, since she ran every morning, but she had to prepare for the big game. She noticed somebody sitting out on the steps of the Aphrodite cabin, and walked over there curious who it was. The girl had long dark hair and her chin was set in her hand pensively. Annabeth sat down next to her.

"Drachma for your thoughts?" She asked. Silena laughed.

"Just thinking." She replied. Annabeth gasped and Silena pinched her arm.

"Ouch." Annabeth said, but with no enthusiasm. She had really just said it because it seemed like she was supposed to. "So, what exactly has you thinking so hard? Not to mention, missing out on beauty sleep."

Silena grinned. "I was just thinking that I really hope I get my own quest this summer. I've never had one and I've been coming here for a long time!"

"Did you ask Chiron for one?" Annabeth asked. If Silena really wanted a quest, then they would probably give her some kind of "just for fun" quest like the one Luke had had. Silena shook her head.

"If it's meant to happen, it will." She replied. Then she scanned Annabeth critically. "Have you seen your hair this morning? And you look sweaty. What's with the blue shorts with red runners? Ew!"

Annabeth rolled her eyes and grinned at Silena as she walked over to the Athena cabin. When she looked back, she saw Silena was grinning too.

Inside the Athena cabin, everyone was bustling around, finding their various magic items and their favourite weapons. When Annabeth walked in, they all fell silent. They waited for her to say something.

"Okay guys, we're going to win today. You know why? It's not because of how many campers we have on our side or what magic items we have. We're going to win because we have a great plan. And we all know that there is no better weapon in battle then a clever plan." She grinned at them and they all cheered. She pulled off her runners and grabbed a towel, heading for the showers. She walked barefoot across the dirt, to the showers, which were a separate building from the cabins. But, before she could open the door to the girl's shower room, somebody stepped in front of her, grinning.

"Excuse me." She said, trying to push past him. She was smiling too, but trying to hide it.

"No way." Percy replied. "I still haven't gotten you back for tripping me yesterday."

Annabeth scoffed. "Uhuh, Seaweed Brain, what exactly are you going to do?"

His grin just grew wider and she noticed a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Then, suddenly she heard a pop sound and the door to the shower room opened from the water pressure. 10 showers were spraying Annabeth with force that they could never have achieved if not for the son of Poseidon, standing there but not getting a drop of water on him.

Finally, they shut off and Annabeth stood there for a second, shocked. Her clothes were sopping wet and her hair was drenched. She pushed her blonde hair back off her face and looked around for Percy. He must be hiding. She was sure that there was steam coming out of her ears, she was so angry.

She silently crept behind the shower building, where it was mostly forest. She could tell someone was there. She rolled up her towel and swung it back, ready. She heard a stick snap almost silently and whipped around, spotting black hair sticking up behind a tree trunk. She snuck up behind him and with as much force as she could muster (which was a lot) she whipped him with the rolled up towel. It made a loud cracking noise as it smacked his back. He howled in pain and she grinned, feeling satisfied. As he started to get up, she hurried back to the front of the shower building and slipped into the girl's side before he could catch up.

A shower had never felt so refreshing.