Disclaimer: All charaters belong to respective authors (Rick Riordan and Cassandra Clare), leaving the ingenieus story plot to be mine. ENJOY! ;P
Clary's POV:
Well, I can definitely categorize this as a wow moment. I just discovered that I might be a child of Greek gods, which actually do exist, and live on top of the Empire State Building. Percy seemed like a pretty cool kid, and by the way everyone greeted him when he gave me the tour made me think that he was a very well respected person. Also helps being the child of Poseidon. Beating Percy in the swords arena was exhilarating, and was definitely something I looked forward to doing soon.
We were heading over to the mess hall, and I saw a person in wheelchair. As he saw me, I saw him starting to get up, and I started to worry. What if he falls? What is he doing? I started towards him, but Percy grabbed my arm, stifling a smile (but not too well) and whispered "He's Chiron. Wait a minutes, you'll see." He let go of my arm, and I watched in amazement as Chiron's body kept coming out of the wheelchair; eventually turning into what looked like horse's body. I suddenly realized that Chiron was a centaur, and we began walking again, my mind whirring in amazement. Chiron intercepted me before I got a chance to enter. As he was pulling me aside, he shot Percy a stern gaze and he avoided Chiron's gaze, giving me a warm smile and a thumbs up.
"You must be the girl that Percy brought in today. I told him to stay out, but when I came back, you happened to be absent and I saw Percy giving you a tour of the grounds. Hope you enjoyed your first impression?" Chiron seemed like a very genuine and caring person, and I opened up to him immediately.
"Yes, it was quite nice." I had a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach, and I decided that if this was indeed the Chiron that trained some of the other Greek heroes, than he wouldn't freak out so bad about my secret. "Say, Chiron, could…could I talk to you after dinner about something?"
Chiron looked slightly concerned, but nodded anyways. "I will speak to you about what you want later, but would you please follow me right now?" He moved aside, gesturing for me to go in front of him. He walked beside me, leading me up to where the largest table was in the mess hall, horizontal to all to the vertical tables.
Everyone became silent altogether, all eyes snapping to the front to inspect the new demigod that arrived. "Good evening everyone. We have a new camper with us today. I think I'll let her introduce herself," Chiron stepped aside, giving me center stage. I came out from my position that was slightly behind him, and I heard quite a few whispers started to sound. She's so short, maybe she's only twelve or something. Look at her eyes, that kind of green could be a Demeter thing. No way, can you see her hair? She's definitely an Apollo kid with hair as fiery looking as that.
"Umm…" I had no clue how to start. I looked around at all the eyes that were staring back at me and found a pair of green eyes just like mine, encouraging me to continue. I found some courage and went on. "My name is Clarissa Fray, but most people call me Clary. I live in New York, and I just came to camp today. I like to draw and I suggest you don't mess with me, because you won't know what you would be getting into." I saw quite a few smiles come from that last line, and instantly I felt at home.
Like I said, an Apollo kid. She says she's an artist, and Apollo does have the arts. Naw, you heard that last sentence? She sounds more like a Hermes kid. She could be a-
A collective gasp wen through the crowd, and suddenly I felt as if everyone was staring just above my head. I looked to Percy for some guidance, but he seemed to be more shocked than anyone else. Caving in, I looked up just as Chiron bowed, all of the other campers following his lead.
I saw a hologram of a green trident hovering above my head just as I heard Chiron announce "All Hail Clarissa Fray, daughter of Poseidon; Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses, and sister to Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God."
The moment everyone came up from kneeling, Percy was already running at me, and within seconds, I was engulfed in an enormous hug. "Hear that Clary? Now you gotta deal with me! Come on, I'll show you around my-sorry, our- cabin and help you get settled in." "Whoa whoa whoa! Hang on there Percy! I haven't even sat down yet, much less had dinner." Percy grinned sheepishly, and we went to eat.
After dinner, Percy and Annabeth lead me to where everyone was going, which today happened to be a campfire. We sang a whole bunch of songs, and soon, Percy was tucking me into bed after he loaned me one of his shirts. It was an extraordinary day, and the best part was that if I really was a daughter of Poseidon, then Valentine really wasn't my father. With that thought in my head, I drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
Percy POV:
Well, I think that that explains my feelings towards Clary. I watched her sleep (whoa…not like that. I was just sitting in my bead, and didn't know where else to look, ok?) and even though I was glad to have her as a sibling, I was still wondering what she was hiding from me. I decided not to dwell on it too long, and tried to sleep, but I couldn't. I slipped out of bed and slid on my shoes. I looked back at Clary, wondering if I really should leave her on her first night here. Being a big brother to a girl that looks as small and fragile as her is really messing with you Percy! Since when have you been like this? Shut it, you need me time as well. Now, go. The weird, defensive part of my brain won, and I quietly closed the door as I headed out. I looked around as I started walking, and I noticed the door of the Athena cabin closing softly too. I decided to walk over, trying to see if anyone came out, and saw a flash of blond hair before the shadow of a girl disappeared. Chuckling lightly to myself, I stepped out in front of where I saw the shadow vanish and gave who I assumed was Annabeth a joking "you've-been-caught, now-give-it-up" look, and I heard a sigh as I saw Annabeth take off the hat. She was wearing a pair of grey owl pajama pants and a form fitting (but not too tight) gray camisole, and some shoes that I could barely see in the moonlight. The late-night lighting caused Annabeth to have a silvery glow about her, and I had to mentally slap myself before I could make a coherent thought. Luckily, Annabeth didn't take notice, and just slipped her hand into mine, lightly leaning against me as we both headed off to a destination.
We ended going to the beach, and soon we were sitting against a rock, Annabeth leaning against me with my arms around her. No words were exchanged, and they didn't need to be. Soon enough, I felt Annabeth's breathing even out, signalling she had fallen asleep in my lap. I watched the gentle waves roll in for a while longer, and when I noticed the moon starting to get close to the horizon, I decided to take Annabeth back to her cabin.
After laying her gently in bed, I went back to my own cabin and started playing with Riptide. I lost track of time again, because soon I heard muffled noises coming from Clary's bed. Placing Riptide on my bedside table, I walked over to Clary's bed and gently shook her awake.
"5 more minutes Jace…" Clary's response was muffled into her pillow, and she drew the covers over her face while I couldn't help but wonder who Jace was. Must have been someone special from back in New York. Nonetheless, I persisted and soon I brought a small glass of water and dumped it onto Clary's head. Before I did, I quickly got ready to head out, because I knew from the second I tipped the glass that I would be in trouble.
Clary shrieked and flew out of bed faster than I anticipated, and was soon dashing after me across the campgrounds. I started laughing wildly; finally understanding what it was like to truly have a sibling. Those few campers who were out at this time couldn't help but smile, and some laughed as well, whether at the scene before them or the fact that me and Clary were already acting like most siblings, I don't know. I ducked into the Big House, and Clary was quick to follow. Soon we were at a stand still around the Ping-Pong table. If Clary moved one way, then I countered and vice versa. Soon, a spark lit up her eyes, and I felt truly scared. I didn't have much time to think of a way to get out because quicker than I've ever seen anyone move, she took a step back, then stepped forward. I didn't see why she did this until I felt the Ping-Pong table slam into me, sending me into the wall. I heard a quick whoop of victory, and looked up only to see a stuffed animal heading towards my face.
OOMF. Ok, I thought, this means WAR! I got out from under the table and made a mad dash for Clary. She made a quick shriek of surprise and bolted out the door. We retraced our footsteps back to where all the cabins were, and now there was a significantly larger amount of campers milling about. Those who were still here that witnessed the first part of the chase were now trying to stifle their laughter, with poor results. We ran in circles around just about every cabin and eventually, I realized that we were in the fighting arena and that some of the campers that were originally milling about had followed us into the arena as well. My ADHD kicked in and I reached into my pocket for Riptide as I whipped around to face Clary who had started to circle around with a sword of her own. Where she got it from, I had no idea, but that wasn't the most pressing matter at the moment. I started to circle along with her, none of us making a move. Technically, we were even, but we still did humiliate each other, and frankly, pride is something that we both didn't seem to take lightly. Clary was the first to charge, and I guess that the water thing had really pissed her off, because she nearly knocked me over with the blow. I was able to deflect it, but I wasn't exactly in offence mode at the moment. But when I saw a challenge gleaming in Clary's eyes, I knew she wanted to truly see how good I was. It wasn't really a matter of revenge anymore, just skill.
The ringing of our swords was still echoing through the arena. Clary's eyes had the same look as they did yesterday when we fought for the first time, and this time I knew not to underestimate her. We were back to circling each other, trying to anticipate when the other would make a move. This left us at a stand still for about a good three minutes or so, and I could almost hear Connor and Travis Stoll collecting bets from the other campers and Hermes children. By now, about twenty or so campers had assembled themselves around us, not getting to close in fear of getting caught in between Clary and me.
Just as I was about to make a move, I saw a look of pure horror and fear cross Clary's face and all thoughts of our battle flew out of my head as I swung around to see who or what was behind me, which was…
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
I was baffled until I felt myself pushed forward into the dirt and disarmed at the same time. I felt what I thought was Clary's blade against my spine, keeping me down. I got to give her credit; she's smarter than I thought. I silently praised her in my head, and then noticed a cooler that I could sense was filled with water sitting only about 12 or so feet in front of me.
Grinning mischievously, I concentrated on the water, tuning out Clary's boasting. I made the water leak out from a crack in the back, making it circle around the arena and gather in a pool behind Clary. I decided to have fun with it and pretended to squirm under Clary, all while I was slowly making the pool of water turn into a giant wave of water.
"Clary…"
I could tell she was annoyed and possibly exasperated. "Yes Percy? What is it?"
I heard some of the other people around us start to snicker. I forestalled just a second longer, letting the wave reach its peak. As soon as it blocked out the sun, Clary froze and turned around. She shrieked and I released the water onto her. Having known about my parentage longer, I was able to keep myself dry, but Clary…well, lets just say she had her shower for the day.
She was wearing one of my larger t-shirts and a borrowed pair of Annabeths old gray pajama pants. With it all wet, it really was a funny sight to see.
I rolled out from under Clary, and she launched herself off to the side. She had both swords, so I summoned the water (that wasn't soaking Clary, duh) and made a sword with it. I went after her, and we clashed swords for a while longer. And though she had 2 swords, I had one made of water, so I had the upper hand. Soon, the weight of her clothes and my expertise got me a clear shot, and I managed to disarm her right arm (I hoped it was her dominant arm) and noticed she was left with Riptide in her left arm. She swapped the sword to her right hand and twirled it expertly. Smart Percy; leave her with the enchanted sword… Not only and enchanted sword, but a magical sword that happens to be Poseidon's…
We were going at it a bit longer, and soon, she was beginning to tire out. I disarmed her and pinned her to the ground with my body. I let her roll out from under me, and extracted all the water out from her clothes. We looked at each other for a second before we both burst out laughing. I helped her up and hugged her, and just as I pulled her in close, the arena burst into a laughing applause. I could hear some disgruntled people who lost their bets, and others sounded like they were finally breathing. I had heard no sounds other than Clary and I were battling, and looking back on it, it seemed like everyone held their breaths for the entire battle. I let go of Clary and turned around to face everyone with what felt like a very silly grin of my face. For their benefit, I started bowing, and Clary, following my lead, started dramatically curtsying. It seemed like the entire camp was here, including Chiron. Chiron looked over at me and nodded with a small smile on his face, signalling silently to get my butt out of the arena and over to the mess hall for breakfast. I did so with haste, grabbing Clary's arm and dragging her over with me.
The day flew by in a blur; I showed Clary what my usual schedule was, and showed her the other 'amenities' such as the rock climbing wall (she got burned quite a few times, and what do you know, she's a loud screamer when she falls), the Pegasus stables (she freaked out immediately, muttering something about a burned house and someone named Sebastian) and the canoe lake (I helped her learn how to manipulate water; she tried splashing me and making a wave to push me into the lake. Lets just say she got 2 showers under her belt for the day). After about 4pm, Annabeth swiftly snatched Clary away to draw and I was left to actually get around to my counselling duties. Boring, but turns out Grover was here today so he helped me out with most of it. By the end of the day we had our game of capture the flag postponed due to a meeting Chiron was hosting with all of the Cabin leaders.
I got a bit nervous, but Annabeth kept assuring me that the camp was going to be fine. What happened was there was a message sent to the Gods about a war threat against their children, and Chiron wanted us to just do a couple routine patrols at night until further notice. Annabeth and the Demeter kids were going to be making rounds, along with some of the Apollo kids tonight. Clary got a little worried, so after dinner, I made her change into some uber comfy clothes and go with a small stroll with me on the beach. The sunset made Clary's fiery hair seem even more blazing as we walked side by side. We exchanged small talk, and Clary asked if things like this happened often.
"Not much in the past, but ever since I came, I've probably had it happen about every year or so. At least something major. I mean, in my first year, Zeus's master bolt got stolen and the blame was pinned on me; impending war there. Then there was something wrong with Thalia's tree, and I had to go save Grover from being married to a Cyclops and retrieve the Golden Fleece; the camp would have been free to be invaded by monsters if we hadn't gotten the fleece. Year three, Artimis was captured and held hostage under the sky by Atlas, a Titan, and I went on a quest to go save her. Year after that I found two Hades kids and then had to go through Daedalus's labyrinth to find and stop Kronos, and in year five, we actually had the war. So yea…" I looked over to see what Clary had to say, but all I saw beside me was the view of the water and the sunset; not Clary. I started to panic, and looked back only to see Clary kneeling over in the sand, shaking with one hand over her mouth and the other draped over her stomach. I ran back to see if she was ok, but as I got closer, the louder the noise she was making became, until I could identify it as muffled giggles.
I sat down beside her and waited for her to calm down enough to talk. "Grover was almost married to a Cyclopes?" Her large green eyes were looking up at me with so much innocence and amusement, it was hard not to crack a smile.
"Yup, and he looked gorgeous," I had a small grin, but I couldn't be bothered to truly express how content I was at this very moment. It was one of those times when you didn't want to do much, because the perfection in that moment was so monumental, you were afraid that too much of anything would scare it away. Another reason was that I knew Clary felt as content, as calm- as at peace as I did. I pulled her up gently and lead us over to one of the larger rocks that were littered across the beach side. I settled down with my back against the cool surface and pulled Clary down beside me. She settled herself at my side, draping my arm over her shoulders, and indicator that she wanted me to hold her to me. I did just that as she rested her head on my shoulder.
We sat in silence for what could have been a mere matter of minutes or the entire night. The sun had set, giving way for the moon to rise and fill the sky with it's luminescent glow which was also reflected off the water. The stars seemed to glow brighter than any other night I could remember in a while, and the cooling wind that gently rolled off the water made me confident enough to land a small kiss on top of Clary's hair before attempted in vain to smooth down her wild curls. I gave up, and looked back out to the water. I could feel the clutches of sleep calling for me, to make up for last night, but I was afraid that another war could be around the corner, and wanted to stay up to marvel at the show that gods were putting out tonight. I vauguely remembered hearing a soft voice murmuring the word bastard before I felt myself go out cold.
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I am SOOOO sorry I haven't updated in SOOOO long, but if you go check out my other story (The tables have turned), in the authors note, theres a pathetic little list...WITH EXCEPTION TO THE LAST ONE, kinda...I had inspiration...
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