Chapter 11: Percy
I turned around to see Annabeth running up to me. I looked back behind me to say goodbye to Hestia, but she had vanished. Annabeth reached me and gave me a bear hug.
"Hey," She said.
"Hey, Wise girl."
"Piper, Jason, Frank, Hazel, Leo, and I were looking all over for you to have breakfast with all of us together."
"Oh, okay," I said, looking around. She rolled her eyes, and towed me along towards the dining I got there, I found that everyone else had given up on me and had already started eating.
" Thanks for your effort in looking for me," I said to the six sitting at our table.
" What? We got hungry. Plus, we all knew Annabeth would find you," Piper said from behind a piece of toast.
"Hmmm," I replied sitting down and getting some eggs and toast.
After taking a couple of bites, I look up, and realize that we are all eating at a table together. "Hey, why are we all sitting together? And at the Athena table too. Where is Chiron?" I asked, looking around.
I saw him heading towards the dining pavilion with the new girl, Kora, in tow. He seemed to ask her a question, and she would move her shoulder a different way. She finally dropped her shoulder into a normal position, and said something to Chiron. He nodded. They had reached the dining pavilion now, Chiron seeing everyone's seating assignments. He didn't even flick his tail about it.
Leo explained from across the table, "Chiron asked all of us to sit at this table together, so we could all train Kora together, and get some bonding time, since..." He didn't need to finish the sentence. Last year, the seven had gotten into a fight over who was the best boyfriend/girlfriend pair between them all. Of course me and Annabeth are, we're adorable together. Duh.
He shifted in his seat. Calypso was still learning about how the world had changed ever since she had gotten off of her island after Leo basically almost died getting her out. It involved a lot of fire power, and weird Leoness...
Chiron escorted Kora over to the table, just as Leo had said.
Chiron just merely walked off without saying anything and leaving Kora behind, just standing there, awkward. I stand up, " Guys, this is Kora, Jason, you know Piper and Annabeth, this is Leo-"
"Your royal Hotness."
"Ahem, and there's Frank and Hazel, they're nice, and you know me, I'm Percy. Go ahead and sit down." I gesture to the spot beside me, remembering the fiery image of her kneeling down in the ashes of an old cabin, praying. She sits down, hesitantly. Annabeth gives her an encouraging smile from her right side.
Jason asks," So where are you from?" He was, like we all were, trying to get an idea of who her parents were. Why else would Chiron ask all of us to train her together? Annabeth already discussed with her team that she wanted Kora on her team. Unfortunately, I was already scheduled to be on the opposite team by Chiron, as the captain.
All of a sudden, before Kora can answer, Chiron walks up to us again with a boy walking beside him. The boy still seemed surprised, looking Chiron up and down, that he was a centaur. The boy was African-American, had thick black-rimmed glasses, and was really tall. He had a mini 'fro, and he looked at us with confusion. He seemed like he was nice, but he hadn't said anything yet.
"This is Rigel. You may also train him alongside Kora. I expect you all to treat them both with greeting, and friendliness." And with that, he trotted off. Great. Now we have two to train in one day. Jason got up, to show Rigel his seat. And with that, we all ate, occasionally starting conversations.
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"You know that was embarrassing!" Piper said, punching Leo in the shoulder as we walked. Kora and Rigel didn't talk much to each other, but they walked beside each other at the side of the orange-shirted pack. Everyone laughed as Piper blushed scarlet. At breakfast, Leo had embarrassed Piper by yelling to the whole pavilion that she still has stuffed animals. Jason laughed along with the whole pavilion, and just put his arm over her shoulders.
I feel really bad that we haven't done anything for Kora and Rigel yet. I look around the walking group. The archery range is right beside the lava wall, so I guide the group in that direction, so we can actually do what Chiron asked us to do. Suddenly, I hear a cackling from behind us. A girl, whose name was Rachel, not Rachel Dare, was following us, listening to our conversation. She was from the Aphrodite cabin, but she wasn't exactly the prettiest. She had been listening to our conversation, and was laughing at what Leo had done to Pipes.
Piper turned around, and said," Hey Rachel, only greemers listen to others conversations and cant get the golden mango!"
That was the weirdest sentence I had ever heard her say, but it seemed to work, because Rachel fell behind, and hurried back to the cabins.
"What's a greemer?"
"An ugly person."
"Only you Pipes. Only you," Jason said, grabbing a bow, and notching an arrow. He handed it to Rigel, who stepped up to the shooting line. Frank assembled the bow and arrow, and handed it to Kora. We all stepped back, and watched both of their first shots. Kora actually hits the target, unlike me, who hit anything but the target. The second kid, Rigel, takes the shot, accidentally closing his eyes. The arrow hits the straight center of the bulls-eye.
"Wow," All of us said in unison. Rigel opened his eyes, and stared at the target. He seemed just as surprised to see it as we were. Leo retrieves two more arrows, and hands one to each of them.
They each take their individual shots, and Kora misses it all together. Rigel, on the other hand hit the middle of the target the second time, while actually looking at it. Kora smiles at him, "Nice." He looks back at her shyly, and whispers a thank you. I look over at Annabeth who was actually making a list of potential parents for Rigel and Kora.
Kora:
Apollo:
Athena:
Aphrodite:
Ares:
Demeter:
Dionysus:
Hades:
Hephaestus:
Hermes:
Poseidon:
Zeus:
She made another for Rigel, and put a check beside Apollo on his, and a no for Apollo for Kora.
Throughout the day we made our way through the list of potential parents, and checked yes and no for both of , It got to be the end of the day, and we heard the dinner horn in the distance.
"Well, I'm hungry," Leo said.
Kora laughed," too hungry for another makeover?"
Leo's eyes grew wide, and he backed away from her,"No. Not another. I thought I turned into my abuela when I looked into the mirror."
Everyone laughed, as we headed for the pavilion.