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Alex 2

Everyone seemed nice. I just have to be careful where I leave things in my cabin. Annabeth gave some more explanation to the whole gods stuff. We walked past the basketball court where some hot guys were shooting hoops. "Apollo children. Amazing with any kind of projectile," Annabeth explained. It made sense since they were making amazing three pointers. A boy on the sideline smiled at me. Smiling back I see other girls around him. Annabeth and I sit to watch them. Once the boy had gotten into the game I was even more blown away. He was amazing. He was definitely the MVP. He scored two three-pointers in the first ten minutes. The game soon ended after a conch blew. As Annabeth led me to the mess hall a voice called at me.

"Go ahead I'll find my way," I tell her after hearing the voice.

"Okay," Annabeth says smiling. I turn to see the Apollo boy behind me.

"Hey," he smiles, "I'm Will. And you are?"

"I-I'm Alex," I stutter nervous out of my mind.

"Nice name," he compliments, "I saw you and Annabeth watching our game back there."

"Ya you were really good," I say feeling my face turn red.

"Thanks." He chuckles. "By the way I'm head of Apollo so if I'll be teaching you archery." I shudder. But I promised Mom I would be the best archer in our family. I smile remembering the stories of all of the Olympic archers we had in the family. I had to be brave and face my fear of archery. I could hear my mom saying the old stories.

"Cool. After seeing you with the basketball I'm scared to see what you can do with a bow." He laughs again.

"Do you like it here?" Will questions still smiling.

"Well I'm glad there's some nice people here."

"Yeah, and I'm glad that I get to be your archery teacher. Even though I'm sure you need no guidance." Will replies. My face burned bright red. "See ya later I gotta get to my table." I hadn't realized we were even close to the pavilion.

"See ya," I reply. I float to my table where my sisters question me about Will. I blush as the others say how cute we look together. Periodically I look over at his table and sometimes see him. We exchange smiles and go back to our friends. As dinner comes to the end kids start to put on armor. Annabeth comes over holding armor.

"You'll be going border patrol." She states helping me with my armor. She hands me a knife. "I thought you might want two knifes." The cabins head close to the woods. As we take our positions a conch is blown. It was Hermes, Athena, Ares and Demeter. I draw my black knives.

"I'd be much better in the trees with a bow," I mutter. But I had learned so far that the new kids always got border patrol. Being in the forest my senses sharpen. The smallest sound and I would turn defensive. I hear a rustle of leaves to my left and I turn to see Will standing weapon less. I move as quick as lightning knocking him to the ground.

"Oof!" He sounds hitting the ground. I grab rope and tie him to a branch. I couldn't risk leaving the river. "Hey, I only wanted to talk to you," Will says trying to catch his breath. I step closer to him but still with my knives ready.

"You want to talk during Capture the Flag?" I hiss spreading poison into the words.

"You don't have to say it like that," He replies pleading. "How 'bout after then?" I think for a moment. I lean toward him.

"Okay, but we'll meet at the arena," I whisper in his ear. A sly smile passes over his lips. As the time passes we sit in silence. Suddenly I see an invisible figure pass over the boundary carrying the enemies banner. The figure rips off a hat showing the true hero, Annabeth!

After we celebrate everyone goes to the campfire except Will and I.