Hi. Sorry I didn't update over the weekend. I was trying to get all my work done, because this week is fall break. Not to get your hopes up though, because I will be at the beach this entire week. I dunno if I'll have enough time to update, and if I do, I don't know if I should bring my computer. Anyways, I hope you enjoy, and don't forget to do zee poll! :) WHO DID YOU THINK THE PERSON WAS?! LOT'S OF PEOPLE GUESSED COACH HEDGE, WELL YOU'RE ALL... HAHA! DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D SAY! WELL I DO SAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS, BUT... YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST READ!:D
Previously on Surprise, Surprise...
"You know this person?" a random kid asked.
"They better. I mean, these kids have been at camp with me for how long? Percy and I go way back. He's really good at this new unit we're introducing. He should be teaching it." He shrugged.
Murmurs started going through the crowd about the 'special' camp we go to. Many people know I have been going to a camp since I was twelve. When I tell them stories of what we do at camp (obviously not saying that it's training for fighting mythological creatures that happen to exist in our world. Duh.), many have wanted to know more about this 'special' camp that frequently lets me skip school.
Annabeth was the first to jump down from the bleachers, and run to give a hug to the "coach". Piper, Jason and me followed her. She smiled and said, "How have you been C-"
onnor!" I slapped hime on the back.
"Fine. Although, before I came here, Chiron made me swear on the river Styx I wouldn't pull pranks. I haven't gone this many hours without pranking. My hands don't know what to do!" He sighed dramatically. We rolled our eyes at him.
"Stop being a drama queen, Connor." Jason smacked him in the head. Connor winced and rubbed his head. I suddenly remembered something.
"Connor? Did you come alone? Please tell me you didn't bring your other half..." I said a bit too loudly. Kids were giving me weird looks.
"Thought you'd never ask, Perce." I swirled around to see Travis walking towards us. I internally groaned. Great. The pranking duet. Just...dandy. I smiled. Sarcastically.
"Travis! You're here! At this moment! In the same room as your brother! Here! Together!" Piper smirked.
"I think they get it, Seaweed Brain..." Annabeth muttered at my side. Jason and Piper laughed. Okay. Kids were really starting to get curious.
"How did you convince Chiron to let you do that? Knowing the both of you, this place would be in flames in a matter of seconds." Travis smiled.
"Well, Katie's here too." Just then, Katie arrived. Geez. Did they plan their entrance or something? She walked over and gave each of us a hug.
"Okay. That's cool, but I still don't think Chiron would let you come by yourselves. No offense Katie, but I don't think you could handle both of them on your own." I said to her.
"None taken...I completely agree." Katie nodded her head.
"Hey!" we smirked as Travis crossed his arms and pouted.
"Well, we came cuz we heard you were attending school here, and Chiron had set up a program for campers to help teach at mortal schools. We wanted to try it out, but he said we had to bring a chaperone...cuz he knew us well...whatever that means." we rolled our eyes at Connor.
"So. Who came? Please tell me it wasn't Clarisse? She's great and all, but...no." Connor shook his head.
"Nope. Worse."
"Um...Clovis?"
"What? No."
"A demigod?"
"No."
"god?"
"Nope."
"goddess."
"Nu Uh."
"Octavian?"
"Dude. He's dead."
"Well what could be worse than all those things?" Just then the door swung open. I was wrong. There were worse things than Clarisse. In fact, I kinda wish it was Clarisse that walked through the door.
All around us, kids were whispering, sizing the new person up. Even though he was small, he was tough looking. Especially with the baseball bat he was swinging around. Yep. If you hadn't guessed it, in all his 5'0 glory, standing in front of us was the one, the only, Gleeson Hedge.
"Listen up cupcakes! I'm your new coach for this weeks unit! Now, stand in a line so I can size you up!" the kids just starred at him, as we tried to push them in a line before he yel-
"LETS GO! MOVE IT!" never mind... the kids around us scrambled in a line. Me, Annabeth, Jason, and Piper scrambled to the end, hoping to avoid Coach for as long as possible. Connor, Travis and Katie rushed to stand beside him. He took out his megaphone.
"ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP! THE COW GOES MOO!" some kids started laughing. Coach Hedge put his megaphone down and started muttering things like: stupid megaphone, I thought I fixed it, and I'll get you Valdez.
"I'm Coach Hedge, and I'll be teaching your unit this week! These kids are my assistants! In a minute, when we split off into different groups, you'll each be put into one of their groups! They will also introduce themselves. Anyways, I'm very pleased that the public school system has allowed us to teach this sport for the very first time at a school! This is the unit in which many of you scrawny boys learn to become somewhat manly, and you girls learn to become women! Today, and the rest of this week, we will be learning to sword fight!" me eyes grew to the size of saucers, and I looked at Annabeth. She was grinning too.
"Yes!" I whooped and pumped my fist in the air. I quickly clamped my other hand over my mouth. Uh oh. Jason glared at me, and Annabeth tried to push my arm down before Hedge could see. Too late.
"You! Overly excited boy! Step forward and face the great Coach Hedge!" Piper snickered beside me. I inwardly groaned, then stepped out of the line, and gave a small wave.
"Sup Hedge. Long time no see! How's Chuck?" I faked a smile. Coach Hedge nodded.
"Perseus Jackson! What a surprise! Chuck is good. I'm guessing you're not the only one?" I nodded. The other three stepped out, and waved. The kids around as were whispering.
"You know, many of you could learn a lesson or two from Perseus Jackson on the art of sword fighting. Even though I prefer hand to hand combat myself, I have to say he's quite remarkable. Although, I wish he would learn some more kick boxing...that would be cool..." Hedge muttered the last line. A kid raised his hand. Ugh. It was Jake Mason.
"I've taken fencing my entire life. I could probably beat Percy. Am I allowed to challenge him?" Hedge shrugged, but said okay. He obviously knew the kid wasn't going to get very far. I was internally laughing just thinking about pummeling Jake and publicly humiliating him. Jake just smirked. I just sighed, pinched the bridge of my nose, and closed my eyes.
"Jake, you don't really w-"
"What? Too scared?"
"No, I just don't want you to humiliate yourself." A couple of people oohed. I smirked at his expression, which quickly vanished and was replaced with a glare.
"Yeah. Right. Come on...wimp." I shook my head, my eyes still closed. I tried to sound sincere.
"Jake, really, I'm trying to be the better person."
"Well, then take up the challenge like the man you aren't." More oohs went around. Is he serious? Has he never seen me before? Not to brag, but I had developed some muscle from the years of training I had. I exhaled, and was about to say something when Jason broke in.
"Jake, I really don't thi-"
"What is it with you guys? Are you trying to stall? If you're so good, why don't you just fight me!" I finally opened my eyes and sighed. I threw my hands up, and grabbed Riptide out of my pocket. I turned around for a second so I could uncap it, and then turned back around to face Mason. He was grabbing a wooden sword from the rack that Connor brought out.
"Are you sure you don't mind being publicly humiliated? Cuz, I've tried to warn you." Some people smirked.
"Fight me." Coach Hedge asked Katie and Travis to drag over a couple of mats, and they made a makeshift arena. Jake and I stood in the middle in a fighting stance. We each twirled our swords around.
"Since Jake has volunteered to be the first one to get pummeled, er... fight Jackson, I will walk you through the moves they use as they fight. Ready boys? Go!"
Okay. No. Just. No. To save Jake from being really publicly humiliated, I'll put this in the nicest way possible. The minute Hedge said go, Jake tried to lunge at me. I was faster and blocked his blade. As he tried to retreat, I swung at him, and as he ducked, I swept his feet out from under him. He was down on the ground in seconds. The crowd of kids looked just as shocked as Jake. Then immediately started clapping.
"Well, there weren't really any moves to explain there." Coach Hedge mumbled. A lot of kids smirked, others laughed.
"Good job Jackson. Now, who would like to volunteer to go next?" It was silent for a moment. No one dared to raise their hand. Not even Jason. Just before Coach Hedge was about to say something else, a single hand went up.
"Ill go." Annabeth smirked. The kids around her started to whisper.
"Of course. Ms. Chase." Jason, Piper, Connor Travis, and Katie groaned. A lot of kids gave them weird looks. I don't know if it was the fact that they were perfectly in sync, or they were actually genuinely curious. Piper seemed to understand their confused expressions.
"Annabeth is the only one that can actually beat Percy. But, they could go for hours. If they spar, we could be here for a long time."
"Which is why we will wait for tomorrow with the two of them." Coach Hedge said.
"But I wanna spar!" I whined. Annabeth smirked.
"Okay. But, that means I will have a guaranteed win." she twirled her dagger in her hand like it wasn't a dangerous weapon at all. I pouted.
"Fine. I'll wait until tomorrow." She smiled. Coach Hedge stepped in front of the crowd.
"Now, I have a special surprise! The kids at my camp were lucky enough to help build...er...fund this, and I am proud to present to you, the Minotaurous Obstacle Course!" Hedge made a dramatic hand gesture to the curtain in the middle of the gym that separated it into two halves. The curtain pulled up, and the coolest looking obstacle course stood before us. It looked way better than the one at Camp.
The course had three sections, and reminded me a lot of a Wipeout course.
The first platform was a long tunnel like inflatable. It had dummies hanging from the roof as well as jutting from the floor. It reminded me a lot of spikes hanging from the floor and ceiling. It opened up to a little platform that you could either try jumping off, or the most reasonable thing to do would be to swing across the rope that was hanging from the ceiling. It looked a little bit short though. I guess you would have to jump as you were swinging on the rope to get all the way across to the next platform.
The second platform had two tiers. The bottom tier was a little bit trickier because it literally had one of those spinning pinwheel looking things from Wipeout. There were two rods that spun on their sides, so it looked like to knives trying to slice someone in two. Well that's a happy thought...anyways, I'm guessing you would have jump on the bottom rod, and duck before the top one comes swinging at you. Then, I guess you would have to stay like that until you could spin to the other side. Unless, you took the top tier. It looked somewhat easier.
The top tier was not too wide, but this time, there is no rope to swing from. Instead, you would have to jump over the two rods. Okay, so maybe it wasn't that much easier. The last tier had a little cushion on the front though, just incase you decided to jump from the top tier. The last platform was an arena.
The arena looked a lot like a boxing cage for toddlers. The same rubber mats they used in boxing were laid on the floor, but the same mesh covering and inflatable walls that were in many bouncy houses surrounded the mats. The only difference was that the mesh was white, and you could see clearly through it. Strapped to two opposite walls were mini tables with a plastic basket on them. Above each basket read a sign saying 'opponents sword', which Coach explained was meant for, shocker, your opponents sword. You were supposed to disarm you partner, and each of you had to put a sword in a different basket. It couldn't be the same basket. The last step to the obstacle course actually went up the wall.
There was a small rock climbing wall on the...wall, and the rocks were slightly out of reach from one another. You would need some serious upper strength for that. Once you climbed to the top of the wall, it stopped short right under a platform, so you had to jump to get on top of it. On top of the platform was a red button, which Coach Hedge said was wired to the baskets, so when there was a sword in both, you could press the red button and win. Might I just say that I'm completely surprised that the school was allowing such a difficult and dangerous obstacle to be used. Coach Hedge told me that camp gave it up fro free so once this school was finished using it, he would take it back to camp so they could replace the old obstacle course we have there.
"Now, I'm going to split all of you into groups based on your skill level. I have Katie teaching beginners, Travis and Connor teaching intermediate, and I'll have Jason, Percy, Piper, and Annabeth teach experts. You will be put in your groups on how long you can spar a certain instructor. If you can spar a certain instructor for a certain amount of time, you'll keep moving up in levels until you cannot fight the instructor. Whatever instructor you fought last and won, will be the group your put in. Got it? Okay! Let's begin!"
I actually found my group okay. The only kid that really bothered me was...yup. Jake Mason. I hate that kid... I was surprised to find that the class nerd was actually very good. I guess that goes to show you that you can judge people.
When P.E ended, I was actually happy for the rest of my day. I had talked with old friends, did sword fighting...in school, and Annabeth had been there the entire time.
Annabeth and I sat on the couch after dinner. We were watching T.V, when I decided I wanted to watch a movie. Annaebth said that was okay, and that she would go make popcorn.
When she came back, I had pulled out some movies that I wanted to watch.
"Okay, so we have a choice of National Geographic Oceans, Finding Nemo, or this movie that really freakily describes our entire lives." Annabeth made a face.
A year and a half after we defeated Gaea, Annabeth and I had been walking through Target to get something when we had decided to get some movies to watch at the apartment. We had been looking for movies when I picked up the really freaky movie that basically explained our lives. Later, we found out that it was a demigod that created the movie, and, well...yeah.
"We are definitely not watching Percy Jackson and the Lighting Theif, and I'm really not in the mood for a documentary, and... Finding Nemo? Really Percy?" She smirked. I just shrugged.
"I'll have you know that Finding Nemo is a classic."
"Okay, first of all, no...it's not, and second...fine, let's watch it." a smile formed on my face. I put the disk in, and sat down on the couch next to Annabeth. I wrapped my arms around her as she snuggled into my chest.
"Love you, Wise Girl." I muttered as the movie started to play.
"Love you too, Seaweed Brain." she responded.
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