Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson. Rick Riordan does.
Hey peoples!!!!! Ok, I finally got myself to write, and I have 3 OC characters from those who reviewed, plus Minerva and Nike, who are OCs that me and my BFFE made a looong time ago for another book we wrote.
Thank you to Ben Keto1415, whose OC, Alex of the Athena cabin, was the first to be created/sent to moi!
Thank you also to Shorty & KG Inc, the other two awesome peoplez, whose featured OCs are Liz, from Hermes, and Kris from Apollo! They also pointed out an error that I have now fixed, so thank you again guyz! XD
Also, a shout-out to my friends at school, aww. . . school starts on the 24th, but its gonna be great for us Trojans, cuz we rule, right?
Anna Banana!!!! My BFFE!!!!! You'll be seeing a LOT of TINAD references.
And again, to all of you reading, thank you sooo much!
Previous Chapter
"Is that who you were talking about?" said Nike.
I kept quiet, trying to think. We all sang the same songs, same fire. All we could think about was capture the flag. Once the campfire was done, we went silently back to our cabins. It wasn't long before I fell asleep, and dreamt of Luke.
The Impact of Capture-the-Flag
The following days weren't so different from camp life before Percy had arrived, except for the fact that I had to teach the dumb guy to read in Ancient Greek. It was as easy as getting Mr. D to get my name right, but it was better than going to Sword & Shield and facing Clarisse.
I could tell Percy was still a bit weirded out about the whole The gods are real! concept, but I let him adjust by talking about the immortal ones with him.
Other than that, my days were pretty normal and boring. I'd sit around, trying to think what in Hades had happened in the bathroom the other day.
Power over water like that. . . . Poseidon? No, that's not possible. It can't be. It just can't. But Poseidon and Athena. . . ugh. Well, let's look on the bright side! It could be Zeus, for all I know. He's probably a forbidden child, Zeus and all. . . Zeus. . . Thalia.
Then I'd be reminiscing about the old days, 5 years ago, when we were all carefree (well, not really, but you know what I mean) and Thalia was still there.
Finally, Friday came and the whole dining pavilion was buzzing about capture-the-flag. The Ares kids were laughing and belching loudly, which seemed to me was always their pre-capture-the-flag ritual. My cabin, on the other hand, was deep in conversation. Plus, I had a strategy that would probably get me a new enemy. . . .
"Annabeth!!!!"
I turned to see Minerva running to the table. Her black-dyed streaks against her blonde hair looked somewhat messed up by the firelight. She was balancing the food stacked on her plate.
Nike snickered (A/N: I L VE the word 'snicker', so you'll see that a lot XD) and then stuffed her face with fettuccine alfredo (sp?).
"Hey Minnie, what's up?" I said.
"Well, I wanna know what your strategy is with that Jackson kid."
"Well, I'm not sure, cuz if I DO use what I have in mind, it maight make him hate me. And if he's the one who's gonna get me a quest —"
Nike gulped and rolled her eyes at me. "Annabeth, not to put you down or anything, but you've been here for about, what, five years? Sweetie, you honestly need to forget this quest business."
"But I have to believe! If I give up now and the opportunity is just around the corner, I'd have wasted my five long years."
"Let's just forget this for now," Minerva piped up. "So, what's your strategy that's gonna get you a new enemy?"
"Well, I could use Percy as bait— I mean, put him on border patrol."
I think I said it a bit too loud, because I got mixed reactions — looks of horror and big grins — from my siblings.
I stood up and went to the Hermes table. "Put Percy on border patrol." I whispered to Luke.
When I got back to the table, Minerva and Nike followed me to go get the flag. When the conch horn blew, we ran into the pavilion, displaying the gray flag. Clarisse and her thugs ran in from the opposite side, and Chiron stomped his hoof.
"Heroes! You know the rules. The creek is the boundary line. . . "
He said the whole pre-game speech, as always, and soon our armor appeared at our table. We strapped it on. "Blue team, forward!" I shouted, and we marched into the woods. Maybe I can just help him with border patrol. . . I thought.
Soon, I heard a voice behind me say, "Hey."
It was Percy Jackson. I tried to ignore him and kept walking.
"So what's the plan? Got any magic items you can loan me?"
My hand flew to my pocket, where I stowed my Yankees cap. If he meant my invisibility hat, I was going to leave him by the creek with Clarisse and just stand there and watch.
"Just watch Clarisse's spear. You don't want that thing touching you." I said. "Otherwise, don't worry. We'll take the banner from Ares. Has Luke given you you job?"
"Border patrol, whatever that means."
It's working. . ."It's easy. Stand by the creek, keep the reds away. Leave the rest to me. Athena always has a plan."
I sprinted on, leaving him behind. When I caught up with the rest of the team, we gathered by the Trojan Horse, a titanic boulder somewhat shaped like a horse. We planted the flag under the horse, which was pretty difficult because the "horse" was tall, but it had short, stubby legs. You' would have to crawl on all fours to get it, then climb back out.
"Ok. Alex and Aleksis, I want you to guard the flag. One of you stand by the front and back. You got your swords? Good. Don't let anyone through." They took their positions, maneuvering their swords in the air as if beating up an invisible opponent. "Remember the strategies we discussed in the cabin last night. Kay?"
"Yeah!!!! Let's go!" said Alex.
Aleksis looked ready as ever. "Let's PWN em!!!!"
PWN???? I never saw the point in that. "Ok. Luke, you, Maddie and Jimi go straight around the flank. If you see it, Luke, I want you to get the flag and Maddie, Jimi, I want you to defend." Let Luke get the flag. . . Let Luke get the flag. . .
"Sean, I want you to lead the rest of Hermes straight across. Liz, can you use your shoes and see if you can find where they hid the flag?"
"Of course I can!" She yelled. Then her shoes sprouted wings and she flew in a circle before coming back down.
"Mimi, lead the Apollo cabin to the right. Kris, since you have a concealed bow, I want you to distract the red team. Walk in, and make sure your bow is in flashlight mode. Keep it in your pocket. Sneak in, and when they're within shooting range, get 'em. Hopefully it'll distract the others."
I whipped out my cap and continued.
"Nike and Greg, I want you guys to station the rest of Athena on defense. Spread out from around one-eighth to three-fourths of a mile from the Horse. I'll be scouting around the woods." With that, I put on my cap and the conch horn blew. Everyone ran to their positions, and the air was filled with yells and cries. I ran back to where I left Percy. I dodged in and out of mini-battles.
I saw Nike and Greg battling side-by-side, holding off Sam Rose of the Demeter cabin, whose nature skills were so powerful, she could've been a satyr, for all I know.
I reached the creek and saw Percy get pushed into the creek. He had a long gash across his arm. I was about to draw my knife when he stood up and knocked Jared Lypon's helmet off, sending Jared tumbling into the creek. He slammed Vince Irowale in the face and cut off Trent Bayani's horsehair plume. I could see Mary Ramon just standing there, and Clarisse ran at Percy. He caught the shaft of her spear between his shield and sword, and snapped it. Percy. Snapped. Clarisse's. Spear.
"Ah! You idiot! You corpse-breath worm!" yelled Clarisse. She was probably gonna curse him, but then Percy's sword-butt introduced itself to the spot right between her eyes.
Right then, I saw Luke run to the boundary line with Liz and Jamal Freeman behind him. In Luke's hands was the flag, and as Maddie and Jimi fought off Beckendorf and David from Hephaestus, he crossed the creek and the flag turned silver and replaced the boar and spear with a caduceus.
I walked over to Percy and said, "Not bad, hero."
He looked around, as if he couldn't see me. Duh, of course he can't see you. You're wearing your hat. . . "Where the heck did you learn to fight like that?" I asked, as I took off my Yankees cap.
"You set me up. You put me here because you knew Clarisse would come after me, while you sent Luke around the flank. You had it all figured out."
He was pretty mad, but I put on my poker face and shrugged. "I told you. Athena always, always has a plan."
"A plan to get me pulverized."
I had to protect my chance of going on my quest. "I came as fast as I could. I was about to jump in, but. . . You didn't need help."
I looked at his arm, to check how bad his cut was, but it wasn't there. There was a long scar, but it faded into nothing. He's standing in the water. . . the water. . . no, it can't be. It can't.
"I—I don't get it," he said, astonished.
Water healing him. . . power over water. . . Athena. . . Poseidon. . . I was thinking so hard, I could almost feel gray hairs sproutingfrom my head (A/N: haha sry for the Titan's Curse reference. . . I just had to put that in).
"Step out of the water, Percy."
"What—"
"Just do it."
He stepped out, and immediately he almost collapsed. I had to keep him from falling over. This is not happening. . . THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
"Oh, Styx. This is not good. I didn't want. . . I assumed it would be Zeus. . ."
I was cut off by the sound of a howl that almost knocked me over. It echoed through the trees.
Chiron shouted, "Stasi etoimi! To tokso moy! Stand ready! My bow!" (A/N: This probably isn't accurate, because I babelfish'd the english text, then converted the greek letters to english lettering. So if anyone out there knows ancient greek, please be my guest and tell me the correct way of saying it :D)
I drew my sword and saw a hellhound standing on the rocks above. And I was looking straight at Percy.
"Percy, run!" I yelled. I tried to get in front of him, but the hellhound was quicker. It hit Percy. Just then, Chiron shot about forty arrows at the hellhound's neck, and it fell dead.
"Di Immortales! That's a hellhound from the Fields of Punishment. They don't . . . they're not supposed to. . ."
"Someone summoned it," said Chiron. "Someone inside the camp."
"It's all Percy's fault! Percy summoned it!" Clarisse shouted, obviously still furious about her spear.
Chiron said, "Be quiet, child."
I looked at Percy, and saw that his armor was shredded, and his shirt was stained with blood. "You're wounded." I said. Then I remembered what had happened when he stood in the creek. "Quick, Percy," I said. "Get in the water."
He said one of the stupidest things in the world. "I'm okay."
"No, you're not. Chiron, watch this."
Percy stepped back into the creek. The moment he stepped in, I knew my life was never going to be the same. Above Percy's head was a trident, glowing green, spinning.
"Look, I—I don't know why. I'm sorry. . ."
"Percy, um. . ." I pointed to the sign above his head. He looked up, trying to understand what was going on. "Your father," I muttered. "This is really not good."
"It is determined!" Chiron declared. I kneeled down, along with everyone else.
"My father?" he asked.
"Poseidon," Chiron announced. "Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God."
I thought to myself. I am so screwed.
haha sry if the ending was a bit OOC. Yayy!!! I finally finished this chapter!!!! clapclapclap!
So. . . For the next chapter, I want to ask you.Who do you think left the newspaper article about Percy and his mother on Percy's bed? Do you think it was Annabeth? Clarisse? Someone else? Give me your feedback on that and this chapter. I can't write without your reviews, so please click that brilliant green button!
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