Chapter Twelve: An Hour in the Life of Freddie

A/N: Here it is! Once again, I am so extremely sorry for not updating this story in a LONG time. Hopefully after reading this chapter, you guys'll forgive me?

Freddie's POV

Once that horn sounded, all of the talking seized. Everyone scattered. Percy and my half-brother Travis were the ones to guard the flag. I used my sneakers to fly up into the trees. I had lost Carly in all the commotion. Everywhere I looked, I saw members of my team hiding, waiting to attack any trespassers. The fact that Chiron said that there had been dead bodies the last time really gave me chills. I mean, I wasn't as good as all these campers who had been at camp for years. But I couldn't afford to think that way. If I were to make my father proud, I had to win this.

I had on some light armor, but I was sure that it wasn't enough to protect me from the arrows of the Apollo kids. Just the thought of getting pierced by one of those arrows freaked me out. I was almost certain I would not live to tell about it. I perched myself on a tree and waited. I had a small sword that I had gotten from the armory. If anyone tried to get by me, I would simply slice them. Ha! Like it was that easy. I had never hurt a fly. I'm sure that if anyone were to pass me, I'd just bitch out.

What seemed like hours passed by until we finally got a trespasser. It was Melanie, Sam's twin sister that I had kissed, thinking she was Sam, and, well, you guys all know that story. She was with some big kid. They both had big swords and they were heading right towards our flag. Percy gave the signal and a series of arrows showered them. They used their big shields to block the arrows and continued on.

"This has to be a distraction!" Percy whispered loudly. They were coming straight at him and Travis. Percy smiled as the big kid swung his sword at him. Percy easily blocked it and lunged at him. The big kid barely, just barely, managed to block the blow. It was amazing watching Percy fight! I finally realized why this guy was so famous around here! In the meantime, Melanie was taking on Travis. I have to admit, Melanie was really good too. My half-brother was having a difficult time with her. Then I saw behind them. A small girl was slowly crawling her way towards our flag. I had to stop her. As swiftly as I could, I flew over and landed right in front of her. She looked up at me, startled.

"Nice try," I said with a big cheesy smile. The girl had to be like nine years old. I was shocked when she pulled out a dagger and lunged at me. I just managed to step aside, but that had been her plan all along. She jumped at the fag and grabbed it. The horn sounded, signaling that the game was over. The red team had won and it had been all my fault.

"Yes!" Melanie screamed at the top of her lungs. She high-fived the big kid and hugged the little girl. I just put my head down in shame. Percy came up to me.

"Don't sweat it, man. There will be other games," he said. Travis nodded.

"Yeah, and it's not like we would've won anyway," he added. Strangely, all this talk did not make me feel any better.

Both teams gathered in front of Chiron in the amphitheatre to hand over both flags. I caught a glimpse of Sam on the other side. She was smiling as Melanie was saying something to her.

"And for the fourth week in a row, the red team wins!" Chiron declared. Shouts erupted from the red team as the blue team just put their heads down. The only optimistic one was Percy, who had his arm around a blonde girl from the red team, which I assumed was his girlfriend.

"Now, it is time to go back to your cabins! Remember, anyone caught outside after curfew will be punished. That is, if the monsters don't get you first! Now be off." With that, everyone began heading towards their cabins. I said goodbye to Carly, who still looked bummed out and to Sam as I passed by them. I followed the Hermes kids into our cabin. I still was mad about letting that little girl get the best of me.

Travis, who is the co-counselor of the Hermes cabin along with his younger blood-brother Connor, assigned me a bunk, which had already had my stuff on it.

"Again, welcome to the Hermes cabin," Connor said, taking a seat next to me.

"Thanks," I said as I unpacked my PJs. He was maybe a year younger than Travis, which made him about my age. I could see the resemblance between him and Travis. They were almost identical. The only real difference was their height, but other than that; same curly brown hair, same pointed nose, same sly smirk that all the Hermes kid seemed to have permanently stamped on their faces.

"Hey, how about tomorrow I show you just how much fun being a son of Hermes is?" he said, "We can go and steal anything we want and when I say anything, I do mean anything." Travis joined us.

"Yeah, man. One time me and Connor stole a whole box of cupcakes from the mess hall! We were all high on sugar that day, weren't we guys?" The whole cabin nodded and began to shout.

"Woo! You should do that again, Travis!"

"Yeah, man that was awesome!"

"I want cupcakes!"

It was amazing how all these kids could just accept stealing like it was nothing! Well, then again, it was nothing. Our father was the god of thieves. If I was going to be a son of Hermes, I had to act like one. I smiled.

"Sounds good! But you should know, I've never stolen anything in my life." As soon as I finished that sentence the whole cabin went silent.

"What? You've never stolen not one thing?" Connor asked. I shook my head, almost embarrased.

"What? Dude, by the time I was like three years old, I was stealing candy from the kids in the neighborhood, man! They wouldn't even notice until they saw my face smothered in chocolate!" Travis said.

"No, dude, this has to happen first thing tomorrow!" Connor said, jumping up off my bed. "Lights out everyone! Freddie needs to get some shuteye! It's gonna be a long day tomorrow!" To my surprise, no one argued. Everyone just stopped what they were doing and went to bed. I had no idea that not stealing anything was such a big deal, even for a son of Hermes. Connor flicked the light, and the whole cabin went dark.

A/N: Ok, this was indeed a filler. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't review! I swear there will be more interesting stuff in the future, guys. I'm just getting started! But seriously, tell me what you think. REVIEW!