Chapter 4: Ares in Goode

The gods followed the two into Annabeth's place where she welcomed without question. They watched movies, played games and just plain had a good time. Even the gods had a great time. Strangely. They were absolutely exhausted by the time they had returned to their apartment.

Sunday passes without much of an event. But Monday came and gave everyone a shock. A new girl was in school. They had heard it through conversations and gossip. Then they saw the said girl. They were hanging out with Percy and his friends.

"So what did you guys do last week end?" George asked Percy

"Well we went to Annabeth's place" Percy said "my cousin Thalia is staying there"

"Yeah Percy." Lucas said "your 'girlfriend'" he said air quotes.

"Whets that suppose to mean?"

"Well you never introduced her to us and the way you described her. Beautiful blond hair, storm grey eyes? I don't think I know anyone that pretty"

He looked away from them and saw someone familiar. "You don't have to wait for so long"

The new girl passed by, when she saw him she gave him a kiss. The new girl was Annabeth Chase. Percy's friends except for the three gods were had their mouths wide open.

When they broke off Percy practically picked her up and spun her in a circle "Hey Wise Girl! I missed you!"

"You saw me yesterday, Seaweed Brain" she said then looked at the boys "better close your mouths won't want flies to go in"

"Man Perce, you didn't tell us the new girl was your girlfriend" Lucas said while George looked skeptical and confused

"Seaweed Brain?" he asked amused and confused.

"Yeah." Percy said slightly embarrassed "she started calling me that… when was it?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes "Twelve, Perce when we found out your head is really filled with Seaweed" she said the gods tensed. They thought Annabeth had just revealed their identity. "when we shoved you into the river and you came out like a sea weed monster. Also when you kept asking stupid questions" she glared at him but he just grinned widely.

"Ahh same old wise girl"

"Anyway" Zeus said "what classes do you guys have next?"

"We all have PE first its Substitute PE week" Lucas replied they all looked at Percy for an explanation.

"Every month there is a week where PE isn't the usual sports we take here. Once it was swimming the other sword fighting. Once even martial arts. Basically the entire year will be attending since there are only around a hundred of us in a year. They split it into two so it wont be too overwhelming for the new teacher."

"But First thing in the morning!" George groaned

"Yeah it sucks sometimes" Percy said "though you've got to admit it can be fun remember when Francis nearly drowned that one time that we had swimming. He jumped into the pool all proud then we all figured out he can't swim"

"Yeah that was one of the best ever!" George said

"Come one guys let's get over there to get SPEWed"

"No way in Hades" Percy said then Hades looked at him first in curiosity then annoyance. Why do these demigods keep saying that? He thought.

The coach was standing in front of the class of fifty all were sitting on either benches or the floor. Beside him were two people one was a man. He had a bullhorn strapped to his waist and a whistle around his neck. But this man wore a cap, curly hair and a goatee. The other person was a girl. As big as the local bully but much tougher looking. She had this look that basically says don't mess with her. She was tall; she had brown hair that looked almost red which she tied up with a bandana. When the gods saw the two they instantly know why Percy had reacted that way.

"Alright everyone this are Coach Hedge and Clarisse their going to be your Special PE administrator for this month. I expect you to treat them with respect who ever deliberately causes any problems would be headed to the Principal's office. Got it?" there were mutters of yes and some nods from the crowd. Then the coach said goodbye, and good luck, to the two and left.

"Alright sissies" Coach Hedge said "Coach said that you had sword fighting last year. This year we're going to have it a little different. So any volunteers"

Percy's hand shot up. "Ah, Jackson nice to see you again"

"You too Coach" he said smirking grabbing a sword from the table. They were made of steel. But looked harmless in a sense. Then faced his opponent which was Clarisse. "La Rue"

"Jackson" the crowd was watching in curiosity, eager to see what will happen. "I see its time for that rematch"

"Why afraid to get your butt whooped?"

Then they spared. The crowd was watching in amusement especially the demigods and The Big Three. They didn't hold back hitting with everything they got. It was an even match that was until Percy had managed to hit Clarisse's hilt. Disarming her then pointing the sword at her neck.

"Dead" he declared then they shook hands. Well more of squash each other's hand hoping for one to budge.

"Okay" Coach Hedge interrupted "so as these two dunderheads so strongly demonstrated," he received two very hard glares that were ignored "We're going to play a game. I am sure you are aware of the game, Capture the Flag." There were nods around the gym "this is close but isn't the same. This is more of a warlike version. Swords, arrows and all that" there were a lot of nervous glances shared. The demigods however were smirking at the familiarity of the game "now I'm going to let Clarisse take over and… try not to cause so much trouble" Coach looked at the two Heroes who were still trying to look each other down. Then Percy returned to his seat

"Alright everyone we are going to play Capture the Flag. Like Coach Bullhorn here said this isn't any normal game of capture the flag. Where you just have to get the flag from the other side of the gym. No this is way different. It's more warlike and is played in the wilderness" Clarisse said "For the next few days I will be training you with different weapons then by next week I have asked the principal for a little…excursion." Murmurs of curiosity and excitement spread through the class. "yes yes it will be exciting. Now I want everyone to split into five groups. Kelp Head, Death boy, Wise Girl and Sparklette I need you to help me for a moment."

"Way to blow our cover Clarisse." Nico muttered as they walked towards Clarisse and all the other students group themselves. As usual they all went according to their social preferences. The popular girls all huddled together in a group, Jocks also all huddled together in one group. While all the other girls and boys who didn't belong to any to any of them were having a hard time finding one. The three gods looked into the direction of the Demigods. Annabeth gave Clarisse a mighty hug. Clarisse is a college student doing this as a part time job. The gods guessed. Clarisse looked around nineteen years old. Most Demigods who got till that age either go to college or find a way to get a job. The big three noticed that the five demigods had a good relationship. You could see the exchange of hugs pounds of fists and occasional shoving. After a few exchanges they went back to task at hand. There were five unequal lines, the popular kids, the rich kids, the jocks and the outcasts. Clarisse sighed. And started to fix it.

"Girls of this group" she said to the rich kids "go to this group and go with Thalia over there." They followed Thalia to one end of the gym. Most were scowling as they left. Clarisse counted to five of them and. "You guys go with the rest of the boys and go with Nico" they hesitantly joined the kid wearing dark clothes. Clarisse made another round. "You guys" she said nearly half of the other group which happens to be the group with the big three. "You're with Percy" Percy waved his hands back and forth from where he was dropping some of the weapons to his feet near Thalia making a fool of himself as usual. Thalia and Annabeth both hit him at the back of the head. Nico walked towards them helping Percy with some of the weapons. He must have said something since later they all saw a different side of Nico. One who was laughing and running around the gym as Percy was at his tail. Both had a sword in hand. Nearly everyone was laughing at their antics. At some point they were sword fighting and Percy disarmed Nico. Percy threw his sword and tackled Nico. They were both now wrestling on the floor. This time Nico had the advantage after being tackled by hellhound pets for years. Soon he was on top of Percy and jumped in the air screaming "YES!" as the girls shook their head and Clarisse was screaming at them to stop being childish. Then went back to assigning them to a trainer/weapon. "Anyway after the two finally stopped being a Kelp Head and a Zombie… The rest of you go to Annabeth" she said motioning to the rest of the outcast group. Then faced the Jocks "You boys are with me" then motioned for them to follow. They were all too scared not to obey. The big three were in the group assigned to Percy. The gods were already aware of his skill in sword fighting as well as his leadership skill. Zeus was the first of the three to be assigned a weapon.

"Okay Mike this is quite easy." He said then grabbed a sword and handed it to him. It was a bit too heavy for him. "how does it feel to your hand?"

"Uh… it's a bit too heavy"

Percy handed him a different sword. It went on like that for a while till they found one close to the perfect fit. It still felt awkward to Mike.

"Maybe we need a different approach. Percy grabbed one of the few spears available and handed it to Mike. It felt more comfortable to use than the sword. "Great!" Percy said "we found your weapon." He said then proceeded with the others. Mark had gotten a sword while Hades also got a spear. They were all trained how to use their respective weapons. The gods will finally see parts of a demigod's life.

YES! Finally thought of something the plot is kinda confusing in my head but I have a few scenes that I will add. I just don't know where and when should they be… I am still open suggestions I don't bite … well not people that is just savage and inhumane.

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