Well, we have the eighteenth chapter! Only two more chapters to go! :)

PERCY'S POV.

I awoke to the sun shining directly in my face. That wasn't really a good way of waking up in the morning. But then my brain told me otherwise. I sat up in the hammock, I still felt drowsy. I stood up, stretched, and yawned. I was still very tired. I wish I could just sleep forever, but I knew that I had to wake up some time. I got changed and put on my armor, putting Riptide in it's pen-form in my pocket, I suspected there was going to be alot of training today.
Walking out of the Poseidon cabin, I smelt the fresh air and the smell of strawberries caught my attention. I looked up at the sky, at least thousands of thunder clouds evaded the skies.

"This is strange." I mumbled to myself. I looked around, everyone from the cabins we're doing their usual thing. Some demigods we're sparring, some we're playing volleyball and basketball, some we're climbing the wall of death, other's we're just hanging out. At first I thought I must have dreamed the whole, Eragon comming to camp Half-Blood, but then Eragon, Annabeth, Grover and Nico approached me. They we're drenched in sweat.

"Percy! About time you woke up. Jeez, what we're you doing last night?" Nico asked me, I shrugged. Oh sure, just your usual nightmare, running to the big house to tell Chiron, then back to the Athena cabin to tell Annabeth. And oh, my favourite part, late night sparring with Eragon. Obviously I was going to be tired. Who woulden't?

"I was just up late." I said, shooting a look at Eragon, he grinned, patting the handle of Brisingr.

"Well, it's almost four." Annabeth said, I looked at her wide-eyed.

"Four in the afternoon?" I asked, they all nodded. Oh gods, was I really that tired? I swear I never meant to wake up late.

"Yeah. Nothing really happend, just did our usual routine. Except more training." Grover said.

"I guess that's why your all sweaty?" I laughed.

"Yup. Sword fighting, archery, canoeing, the usual." Nico said, I was still chuckling.

"Well, come on, we're meeting up with the Hermes cabin and the Ares cabin, we're going to split into pairs and-" but I cut Annabeth off.

"I know the drill." I said, rolling my eyes and I walked with them to go get the rest of the cabins. Annabeth gripped my hand. And even though she was sweating, it felt good to hold her hand. I tilted my head towards the ground, trying to hide the fact that I was being a bluff muffin right now. Annabeth diddn't same to notice. That was good.

When we reached the center of the field, there they we're. Ares cabin, including Clarisse and her siblings. And then some of the half-bloods from the Hermes cabin. I grinned at Clarisse, maybe I could pair up with her. But no, she would obviously pick Annabeth. I guess I could pair up with Eragon again, maybe this time he could actually win. Just thinking about it took a giggle out of me. We stopped infront of all of them, they turned and smiled.

"Well, they're finally here." Clarisse snorted.

"Seaweed brain still too sleepy to fight?" She sneered, I rolled my eyes.

"Nope." I replied, she gave me a gesture that said 'I-am-going-to-smother-you' type look. But I ignored it.

"Alright, team up, each side must have at least five. That should be even against the odds." Annabeth said, well, maybe we weren't pairing up just yet. I guess it wasn't going to be one-on-one.

"Wait!" Grover called, we all looked at him.

"Let's pick captains. They can pick whoever they want on their team. It's only fair." He said, I smiled at his suggestion.

"Right." I said.

"Clarisse, your captain. And I'll also be captain." I said, Clarisse rolled her eyes and we walked up to the front, the rest of the campers got in a line, waiting for us to pick.

"Old-style rock paper scissors?" I asked, Clarisse snorted again.

We turned to face eachother. One, two, three..

She picked paper, I picked scissors. Thank the gods, I get Annabeth on my team.

I turned to face the group again, pointing at Annabeth.

"Annabeth." I said, she walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek. Everyone else gave mocking kissing faces at me.

"Eragon." Clarisse said, I glared at her. She looked at me and smirked.

"Grover." I said, then Clarisse picked some random demigod from the Hermes cabin.

"Nico." I said, Clarisse groaned and picked another random demigod from the Hermes cabin. I diddn't really listen to her calling out their names.

"Where's Thaila?" I asked, Annabeth whispered in my ear.

"She's being a tree today." She said, I picked someone from the Hermes cabin..

This kept going until everyone was picked. Then, we stood a far distance, in a line, waiting for Clarisse to yell.

"READY.. NOW!" She yelled, and we all ran towards eachother, at the last second, I grabbed Riptide from my pocket, uncapped it, and with the watch on my hand, I pressed the button and it sprung into a sheild.

Just then, I searched for Eragon, as soon as I found him, before he could do anything, I grabbed his forearm and dragged him to a clearing where we had room to fight. I let him go, and we stood there, for a few seconds. He grinned, he had a look on his face, as if he was ready for this fight. He was determined to win, heck, so was I.

"This may be our last fight. I will be victorious." Eragon gave a fake, evil laugh. The perfect moment, I lunged at him with Riptide and he deflected the attack right then and there. I used my sheild and hit him directly in the face. He stumbled back. I heard a battle cry comming from Annabeth, and I looked over, she was, of course, fighting Clarisse.

Then, I knew I was stupid. Eragon hit me with the hilt of his sword, and I fell to the ground. Dazed, I tried to stand, but Eragon had Brisingr to my neck before I could even blink. Gods, he was really determined. I used the heel of my shoe and hit him hard in the foot he yelped, then I stood up. Eragon, wincing from his foot, tried to attack me once more. I blocked, another hit, block, another hit, block, then, Eragon seemed to give up, but then we smashed into eachother with our sheilds and began fighting to who would knock the other person over. Almost like two bulls butting their heads.

I gave a grunt and I rammed into him again, my arm was starting to go numb. Each time I had the chance, I tried to maim him and maybe he would fall, but he knew my plans. It was as if he read my actions. Wham! Another sheild hit, our swords clashed together, making sparks fly off the tips of Riptide and Brisingr. Then, Eragon shoved me away, and then screamed;

"BRISINGR!" And his sword burst into flames. My mouth dropped and I stood there, staring at his firey sword with awe. Then, Eragon slashed the sword in flames straight at my chest, I blocked it with my sheild, trying not to get burnt by the fire. This was freaky. And to my thoughts, I actually was beginning to believe that this wasn't fair at all. Another blow wich I blocked with the sheild, and the metal was getting hotter. It was burning my forearm and the back of my hand, it started to burn. Then, I had no choice, I dropped the sheild and it hit the ground.

"That's so not fair." I said, Eragon just smiled at me, then attacked again. He round-house kicked my shoulder and I hit the ground with a THUD! And again, Eragon tried hitting me in the face with his sword, did I mention that it was on FIRE? Luckily I had Riptide in my hand still, or I would be a burning abyss. I had only a second to spare, but I blocked his sword, only, he diddn't retreat. Our swords we're stuck together, centimetres from my face. The flames glowing in my eyes.

I breathed heavily, the amount of strength to keep Eragon's sword from hitting me or setting me on fire was really breath-taking. The flames that became liquid on Eragon's sword began dripping on my cheek, with by the way, burned like hell. I screamed in pain and felt the hot wax dry. Eragon grinned and kept trying to push the sword towards me even more. My arms we're shaking, my muscles we're tense and I felt like I was going to fall into unconsciousness, but hope came.

"Enough! This activity is over!" A man's deep voice boomed about the clearing. Eragon looked up, then back down at me. Suddenly, the fire stopped and Eragon sheathed his sword.

"Looks like I finally win." He said. I was panting, still dazed from Eragon's strength. He diddn't even hold out a hand to help me up, he simply just turned and walked away. I was beginning to have second thoughts about this guy..

I fell back, dropping Riptide, still enlarged, right near my hand. Wich also had a ton of blisters from my hot sheild. He only won because of his advantage. Magic. I lay there in the grass for a while, trying to control my breathing. I scraped the dried wax off my cheek. Still laying down, I looked at whoever had stopped the fight. His hooves I could recognize anywhere. Chiron. But then I noticed that everyone was leaving. Except for Chiron of course.

"Defeat is never an easy thing, child." He said, I still diddn't move. My body hurt. I needed to go for a swim. But I diddn't have time. He peered down on me, I was sweaty and trembling. What the hades was wrong with Eragon?

"Watching you develope your skills in swordsmanship Perseus Jackson, has been an honour. You did well." He said, then turned, walking, well, trotting away. The sound of his hooves clattering in the grass. I sighed, of course, I guess today is 'leave Percy to lay there and not help him up' day. This wasn't a good day. When I finally had the courage, and body strength to stand up, it was already sunset. Was my mind simply going into a trance that made me feel as if I was skipping parts of my day? This was messed up.

I capped Riptide, putting it's pen form in my pocket. Then, walked over and grabbed my sheild, wich had already turned into my watch, and put it on my wrist. I diddn't see Annabeth, Grover, Saphira, Eragon, Nico, Clarisse, or any of my friends on my way back to my cabin. So I stayed there, waiting for dinner..

By the time the dinner horn blew, it was already dark out. And my fears we're sickening me. I must have been very pale, because everyone I passed gasped at me and pointed finger's at me. I have never felt so awkward before, well, except for the first time I ever came to camp Half-Blood. I found every one sitting around the camp fire, scraping some of their food into the fire as usual. Then, I noticed Annabeth, she smiled at me. I had to fake a smile, but I knew Annabeth too well, and she knew me. She could sense fear in my eyes, or hatred, or anything. She approached me, then noticed I diddn't have a plate in my hand. I wasn't feeling very hungry.

"Why aren't you eating?" She asked, I shrugged.

"I'm not hungry." I said, hearing everyone clash goblets together saying, 'to the gods!'

Annabeth and I sat down, I propped myself between Grover and Annabeth. I heard Grover biting into a diet-coke can. I chuckled.

"What? Got to have my cans." He said, I laughed.

Then, the ground shook, we all went silent. The only sounds that we're made was comming from the camp fire, then, we heard the sound of sheathing swords and a dragon's wings flapping. All of a sudden, soldiers came out of nowhere, they cried out and ran towards us. Instantly, Chiron galloped to his horn and blew it, I stood up, uncapped Riptide and took out my sheild. As I predicted, a suprise attack, nightfall, Hades brought his beasts, Kronos brought his titans, and Galbatorix brought his soldiers. This was not good..

Author's Note;

Daaamn, I hate to leave you hanging. Sorry! Don't hurt me! I have a good excuse for this! I'm going to wild water works tomorrow and I have to get to bed, so I decided to update beforehand so I dont have to rush in the morning. Well, chapter nineteen is the war! Be prepared! :) I hope I get to publish it soon, well, I have to write it first! aha. Anyways, see you all after I get back from wild water works!

Percy: What's wild water works?

Me: It's a water park.

Percy: Oh. Fun. I remember the last time I was in a water park..

Annabeth: You don't mean?...

Percy: Yup. Getting Ares his sheild.

Annabeth: Oh yeah. I remember that.

Grover: Blaa-ha-ha. I saved your lives!

Percy: Please don't remind me.

Me: Well I have to go, see you guys in a few days!

Eragon: Wait, a few days!

Me: Yup. But hey, I made it up to you and you won a fight between you and Percy.

Eragon: YAY! :)