Note: Twice as long chapter this one. Enjoy it :)
POV Change: Tyler Williams
It's been a few hours since Jade, Raven, Trina, and I introduced ourselves to the camp, and I haven't seen Raven since he told us the reason he wanted to keep the detail of him being the Son of Death either. I saw Jade and Trina near the big tree in the northern side of the camp. I went over to them and asked them something.
"Have you guys seen Raven lately?" I asked them
"No, I haven't seen him since the opening ceremony" Jade answered
"Why don't we all split up and find him?" Trina suggested
Jade and I agreed and we started to talk about places we can find him.
"How about you try his cabin and Jade and I will look around the camp" Trina said
"Well, seems like that's our only choice" I said "Let's go"
I went to the dark cabin, which I think is Raven's and walked in to see if anyone was inside. Turned out nobody was there, but I knew this was Raven's cabin because of how dark it was inside.
I wonder how the girls are doing: I thought to myself
POV Change: Jade Hunter
Trina and I decided to split up to try to find Raven. We agreed that Trina would search the northern and eastern part of the camp, while I search the southern and western part. I searched the western first, but I had no luck. I then tried the southern side and found a place full of cherry blossom trees, big ones at that. I walked over to one of them and sat down on one of the trunks. I then heard a noise from the branch above me, and climbed the tree. When I reached the top I saw Raven sleeping on one of the branches. I slowly laid next to him, and rested my head on his shoulder. After a little while, I fell asleep with my head on Raven's shoulder.
POV Change: Raven Scarlet
After about an hour, I woke up and felt something heavy on my shoulder. I looked to my right and saw that Jade's head was resting on my shoulder, and was considerably a little close to me, which caused me to blush a little. Jade woke up, and blushed as soon as she saw how close she was to me, and also almost fell of the tree until I grabbed her wrist and pulled her up.
"You alright?" I asked her
"Yea, I'm fine" she answered "Anyways, why are you here?"
"I don't really want to talk about it" I replied a little darkly
"Why? Come on you can tell me" Jade pleaded
"My past is dark and I don't want anyone else to feel my pain" I said
"Come on, you can trust me" Jade pleaded again
"Alright, alright" I said
"Yay~" Jade celebrated a little
"All my life I was always alone, no friends, no family, and no home, no one to raise me, or care for me. I had to live by myself and had to learn stuff myself. After I turned 12, my father would send me a new weapon and a new set of clothing to wear each year I turned older" I explained
"So that was your life, but what happened to your mother?" Jade asked
"I never got to see her. I was told she was murdered when I was 6 months old" I answered
"Now, since that is out of the way why don't we find Trina and Tyler" Jade said
"Sure, let's go" I said as I jumped down from the branch.
Jade fell off the branch, while trying to get down slowly and I quickly jumped up and caught her.
"You gotta be more careful" I said to her as I landed on the ground
"Yeah, thanks" Jade said as I set her down
We walked around for a while to look for Trina and Tyler, and found out they were at the cabins.
We went to the cabins, and were greeted by Trina.
"Hey! I see you found Raven" Trina said
"Yea, if you go to the southern side of the camp there is a place full of cherry blossom trees" Jade replied
"And I'm guessing that's where you found him" Tyler said
"Yea that's the place" I replied
"Well, let's get to the mess hall and eat" Trina said
We all agreed and went to the mess hall for dinner. After we got our food we decided to sit at the same table. While I was in eating I can hear people whispering about me. After I finished eating I stood up and said goodbye to Trina, Jade, and Tyler for the day.
POV Change: Jade Hunter
After we ate, we said goodbye to each other, and went to our separate cabins. I felt bad for Raven, since he was the only son of Death, but he didn't really care. I went to my cabin, and went to sleep after that.
~The Next Day~
Today was the first day of camp and I was very excited, which caused me to be very jumpy. I checked the schedule and it seems like it is going to be one hell of a day. I went to the mess hall for breakfast with my cabin siblings, and went over to the Apollo table to eat. I looked over to the other tables and saw that Tyler and Trina were enjoying themselves too. When I saw Raven alone at the Hades table, he had his feet up on the table, an apple in his hand, and he was listening to music from his iPod (no one was able to hear what he was listening to, since he had ear buds on.) Raven saw me and smirked, which caused me to blush a little, and I continued to eat. When breakfast was over it was time for some training for today. I was practicing on my archery skills, while Trina was doing some hand to hand combat, and Raven and Tyler were doing some sword training. I was doing very well in archery; I got 100 bullseyes in a row without breaking a sweat, and practically smashing the record. I looked at Trina and she seemed to be doing well dodging through all the attacks launching at her. When I looked at Raven and Tyler, they were doing very well parrying all the swords launched towards them, and as well as dodging occasional hits, well, Tyler. Raven was pretty much just parrying the swords or actually breaking the swords themselves. When it was near the afternoon a bell rang and everyone went to what looked like an arena. I walked over to the arena and saw a lot of people at the entry way trying to get in for the best seats. I walked in, getting squished by the crowd, but I was able to get one of the high seats. After a few minutes Trina saw me, and sat next to me and asked "So? How was your day?"
"Pretty good so far, but I can't wait till the end" I said getting all hyper again
"Look the competition is starting!" Trina said as she pointed at the middle where all the competitors were, which were all male. I looked through the line of men, seeing most of the guys trying to look muscular to try to impress the Aphrodite girls. I looked around more and saw Raven and Tyler standing next to each other. Raven had his hands in his pockets, and a toothpick in his mouth, while Tyler was waving to the crowd. Then a new camp counselor came out and started to speak
"Ladies and gentlemen! I am Camp Counselor Harkens!" Harkens said as he announced to the crowd "And this is the Monthly Demigod Arena! Every month one competition will be held in this arena to test demigods' strength, skill, and intelligence in battle! Now, let the competition begin!"
After Harkens said that, the crowd started roaring in excitement.
"First up is Simon Rider from the Ares cabin" Harkens announced from the announcer post "VS Tyler Williams from the Athena cabin!"
The crowd roared even louder, and the competition began.
~A Dozen Matches Later~
After about an hour, 12 matches have passed, and only two people were left standing, and that was Raven and Tyler.
POV Change: Tyler Williams
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Harkens yelled "We are down to our last two competitors! Raven Scarlet from the Hades cabin! VS Tyler Williams from the Athena cabin!"
Everyone was cheering in excitement to know that the final match is about to begin. "Fighters at the ready!" Harkens announced "In 3… 2… 1… Begin!"
Raven and I charged at each other at very fast speed, Raven leaving a trail of darkness behind him, while I was leaving a trail of somewhat light behind myself. We clashed and left a small explosion. We both flung back by the impact, but we were still standing. We continuously kept the same process going, but we have to come up with something new or this match will go on forever. We stopped and I switched how I was holding my sword, and started to twist it in my hands, making it a different weapon, a katana. Everyone, besides Raven, was impressed by how I was able to change my weapon. Raven's right arm started to glow black, and the glow reflected onto his scythe, making it a black glowing scythe. Everyone watched in awe at what was happening. Raven and I charged at each other at light speed, making us practically invisible. Each time we hit we would appear then disappear. When the match was going its furthest, I wanted to finish it right here and now. I charged at Raven and attacked; Raven parried the attack and struck me in the stomach with the end of his scythe, then knocked me to the ground. Raven had an emotionless face on him and said "Recklessness will only lead to you getting yourself hurt. If you had been more patient, you would have lasted longer than now"
"Raven is the winner!" Harkens announced and everyone applauded for him
Raven's scythe disappeared, and he helped me up. I then saw Trina and Jade and yelled out "Hey Trina, Jade! Meet me and Raven at the mess hall for dinner!"
They heard me, nodded and ran to the mess hall. When we got there we were greeted by the girls
"Great fight out there!" Trina said
"Thanks" I replied
"Well, let's get this over with, I want to start on capture the flag!" Jade said
Raven went to the counter and got an apple, and a glass of iced coffee, while everyone else pretty much had whatever they wanted to eat. After dinner it was time for capture the flag. We were put into separate teams, red and blue. Me and Trina were on the red team, while Raven and Jade were on the blue, which really started to make my blood pump, because I wanted to beat Raven at something.
The game started and everyone started clash with each other.
"Trina try going around the battlefield to try and sneak up to them and get the flag, while I try to distract them away from the flag" I said to Trina. She nodded and continued with the plan. Little did I know, Raven was actually walking through the forest by jumping from tree to tree, and Jade was doing the same thing, but a little more farther away so she doesn't get seen. When we made it to the flag we were suspicious to see the flag unguarded by anyone. I looked around and saw no one anywhere near the flag. We walked towards it, and Raven came out of nowhere, and jumped in front of us.
"Well, well, well" I said "What do we have here?"
"Don't try to piss me off, it won't work" Raven replied "Now, let's get this over with"
Me and Trina made sure Raven wouldn't try and disappear away, by me being in front of him and Trina behind him.
"Heh, I knew you would try something like that, so I prepared something" Raven said while he took a black ball out of his pocket. He threw it to the ground and black smoke came out of it blocking our view. When the smoke cleared up, Raven has disappeared to somewhere… or, that was what we thought. We approached the flag, and I was about to pick it up, when I knife stop came out of nowhere and stopped us in our tracks. Raven was on one of the branches of the trees near the base of the flag, with a knife in his hand.
"I wouldn't want to make it too easy" Raven said. He flipped off the tree and landed in front of us.
"Now, let this show on the road" I said. I charged at Raven with my long sword ready, to stab him. Once I reached him, I tried to stab him, but he jumped and landed on the blade. He tried to kick me in the face, but I grabbed his ankle and threw him off. He back flipped and landed on the ground, getting in a stance ready for hand to hand combat.
"Bare hands won't stop steel from hurting you" I said as I smirked at how he had a disadvantage.
"Are you sure about that?" Raven replied. I ran at him and raised my sword up to cut his face. When I reached him he brought me sword down on him, but he stopped it from touching his face, by using both his hands on the sides of the sword. I used all my strength to try and push the sword, but it wouldn't budge. Raven noticed my issue, and let go of the sword, kicked the sword out of my hands and into the air, did a leg sweep, and I fell to the ground. Raven grabbed my sword in the air, and brought the blade to down to my neck. I heard a whistle, and Raven looked up to the ridge near the flag base. I took the chance while he was distracted to trip him, and try to beat him at this fight. I brought my sword to his chest, and Raven stopped me from plunging the sword into him, by saying "Game's over Tyler, you can point that sword away from me"
"Yeah right" I said as I doubted his words
"I'm telling the truth, look up there" he said pointing the top of the ridge. I looked at the top and saw Jade with the red flag in her hands. I was so pissed, when the game ended, because I was so close to beating Raven at something. After capture the flag, everyone went back to their cabins, and went to bed for the day, because it was almost 10 P.M.
~The Next Day~
I woke up and met up with Raven, Jade, and Trina, and we walked to the center of the camp to see who was going to get picked for the upcoming grand quest. After a few minutes everyone was at the middle of the camp, and Lowe came out to start the announcement.
"Good morning everyone!" Lowe said "Today we will announce who will be going on the upcoming grand quest"
Everyone just couldn't wait to see who would be going, because if you're going you would be showing a great example of your cabin.
"Alright, first is Tyler!" Lowe stated
Everyone in My cabin cheered for me, because I would set a great example of the children of Athena.
"Second is Trina!"
Everyone in Trina's cabin cheered for her like my cabin for me.
"Third is Jade!"
Her cabin really was supporting her when she was announced.
"And last, but not least Raven!"
Everyone just stopped their cheering when his name was announced, and just looked at him. He just walked away into the fields, because it seems like he needs time alone. I noticed that Jade started to follow him also.
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