Chapter 4: Capture the Flag

Ariana's P.O.V

I looked around my sword ready. I spotted someone coming for our flag. I looked behind, Tori was still fighting off the Hermes cabin guy.

Looks like it's up to me, I murmured. It was Percy who had come to take our flag.

"Hello Percy." I growled. Percy raised his eyebrows at me. I exactly knew what he was thinking, a surprise attack. Luckily, I jumped below him and gave his a gash on his leg. He grunted and glared at me. I gave out a hint of smile as he did the same. After another gash, he had run back to his group.

"O Zeus." I murmured. "Help me." Percy had come back with Piper.

"Piper." I said giving her a small smile. She gave one back. I felt a blur whoosh across my shoulder and before I knew it, Piper was defeated on the ground. I widened my eyes. Tori was panting and gripping her knife.

"Y-You," I stuttered. She nodded. Percy shook his head in disbelief. Before I could think, he started for the flag. I backed up and pressed my sword against his neck as Tori swiped his sword with her knife.

"Now, you're captured." Tori grinned. I motioned Julia from the Demeter cabin to take Percy as Annabeth and Clarisse guarded our prisoners. I heard Chiron blow his horn as I saw Jay and a guy from Dionysius cabin bring back the flag with grins in their faces as Andre was aiming arrows at them.

"Yay, we won!" Cat cheered. I panted, tired.

"We should rest up." Annabeth said. I nodded. As I walked towards the Athena cabin Annabeth walked beside me.

"Hey, I forgot but where's Rachel?" I asked her.

"Big House, she said she needed to study stuff. I don't know…" she replied. I nodded.

I jumped on my bunk right underneath Annabeth's.

"I heard that there's going to be a war. A small one though. It's something about Zeus." I told Annabeth.

"I don't know. Ask Jay. He's the son of Zeus." Annabeth mumbled shoving her head on her pillow. I rolled my eyes and went to him. We sat down on a bench and I chatted him up and asked him my question. He seemed quiet.

"Well, it's something about the Minotaur. There's this legendary Minotaur. He might attack camp and even Zeus doesn't seem to control it I guess."

"Oh." I said. He nodded.

"Well, we better get back; Jason needed something in the cabin." He said.

"Okay." I said. I walked back to the cabin and cleaned my flute, but somehow, I knew danger was close.

Cat's P.O.V

"Should I go talk to him?" I asked Julia. She shrugged.

"Give me some advice!" I begged her.

"Ok fine," she said rolling her eyes. "So you have to be yourself, don't be so desperate and be friends with him at least." I nodded. I walked over to Conner who was cleaning his sword.

"Hi." I said. He gave me a small smile.

"You're Cat, the new one in Demeter?" he asked me. I nodded and grew an apple from a tree and handed it to him. He took it and took a bite out of it.

"Most Demeter people can't do that, and wow this apple is good." He said. I gave a hint of a smile but said nothing. As I heard a bell, he said right on cue, "That's the dinner bell. Come on, I'll show you." He said grabbing my hand and taking me over. I grinned. This place just gets better and better, I thought.