YAY! Chapter six already! My computer can't type the number six though. GRR!
Chapter Six: A Rather Awkward Moment
Anneira's POV
After dinner, a raven haired boy came up to me and introduced himself as Percy Jackson. "If you want, you can stay with me tonight. I'm in Poseidon's cabin and I have about 7 extra beds you can use, seeing as you are kinda like my sister." I smiled, "Yah sure, I just have to talk to someone first." "Leo?" Percy guessed. "Yeah, bye see you later." I ran off to find Leo.
He was sitting at the Hephaestus table by himself. I slid in next to him. He didn't look up from his hands but he said, "I see you've met Percy." I nodded. "I've always found him a little scary, even though I saved his life about 10 times." he muttered. "Wait, when did this happen?"
"He saved Olympus from Kronos, Hera swapped him and Jason's camps. Me, Jason, Piper, Percy, his girlfriend, and two Romans saved the world from Geae about 3 months ago." I stared at him in shock. I tried to think of something to say, but all I could think about was that he and Piper had saved the world together. He sounded so happy recalling those times. I heard myself saying "I can't believe you're afraid of Percy Jackson."
All traces of seriousness evaporated off his face. He laughed "Well you fainted after shooting ice from your hand for about 5 seconds!" "Hey, I was traumatized!" I retorted, giggling. He looked at me smiling, and for the first time, our eyes met. His smile faded, and he looked away. "Whats wrong?" I asked. "Nothing, I was just thinking about tomorrow. I haven't seen Piper in ages."
I felt like screaming. We were having such a good moment, and Piper just came a long and ruined it. I felt ridiculously jealous of her, even thought I had never met her. "I better go." I said coldly. He's emotions turned to confusion. "Umm, okay." He said. I got up and left.
The next morning, I woke up in cabin 3. It was a really beautiful low, stone building that felt like being under water. A new statue had been added to the cabin. It was a beautiful ice statue of a horse. It was cold, but it didn't melt. "It's a gift from dad." Percy said. I nodded. It was nice. Percy handed me a backpack, "I got you some supplies." he said.
I thanked him and poured the contents onto the bed. Inside was a toothbrush, hair brush, and extra camp t-shirt, some jeans, a bottle of nectar, some ambrosia, and a water bottle. It wasn't much, but it felt good to have something to my name. He also handed me a white jacket with a fur lining on the hood. "You should go get a weapon out of the shed. Leo should be able to help you." I nodded and headed out to find him.
Leo was walking to the arena when I caught up with him. "Hey" he said. "Percy said you could get me a weapon." "Sure," he said "Follow me ice queen." I rolled my eyes and walked with him to a unasuming shed.
We went inside and I found more types of weapons than I can even count. I spun in a slow circle, "Wow." I said. "Take your pick." Leo shrugged. I went over to the corner and found a slim wooden bow with a sheath of silver arrows. I picked them up and fitted the arrow in its notch. I fired at a knot in the door of the shed. Bulseye. I smiled, "I like this one." "Hope you never feel like shooting me." Leo laughed.
"It's a good long range weapon, but you should get another for one on on combat." I looked around the shed. I didn't want a sword, so I looked over in the dagger section. A short, silver dagger caught my eye and I picked it up. It was thin and elegant. Its metal handle was carved with vines and flower.
I whirled around and pointed the dagger at Leo, smiling sneakily. He laughed, "Don't shoot!" I smiled and lowered the dagger. I realized that we were standing so close together, we were almost touching. He leaned in and so did in. Just when our lips were about to touch, Lacy scampered inside and squealed, "Piper's back!" Way to ruin the moment, Lacy. Leo, coughed, "Err, we should go meet Piper." I nodded awkwardly, and went to meet the girl I hated.
We reached the base of Half Blood Hill just when the two girls passed the pine tree. One of them had bright red hair and was waving to the group up demigods walking up to meet them. I saw Percy and a girl with blonde hair run up to greet them. The other girl had choppy brown hair and I could tell from distance that she was seriously beautiful.
Leo and I hurried up the hill to meet them. I resisted the urge to look in Piper's mind just yet. I wanted to meet her first. I did, however feel Leo's emotions bubbling with joy as he pulled the girl into a hugged and said "Hey, beauty queen!" She laughed in response and they pulled away, "Yeah, it's been a while, repair boy."
I coughed rather obviously, but I really didn't care. Piper smiled at me and said, "Hi, I'm Piper, daughter of Aphrodite." I shook her hand, "Anneira Reine, daughter of Poseidon, created by Artemis and Aphrodite." Piper looked confused and I couldn't help laughing, "Its really complicated."
"So hows Jason?" Leo said, interupting our little meeting. "He's great, but he's super busy. I missed camp, so I came back with Rachel." She turned to me, "By the way, Jason is my boyfriend. I'm guessing Leo didn't tell you that." I smiled widely, "Yeah, he forgot to mention that." She had a boyfriend. This meant she and Leo were just friends! I smiled so widely my face hurt, but then something went wrong.
YAY! CLIFFY! kinda, not a very good one. Anyone have suggestions for who kidnapped the big three? I'm having trouble thinking of someone.