After they got settled in, Percy told Annabeth to give Luke a tour of the camp and he led Phoebe to the sword arena.
"Dad, what are we doing here?" Phoebe asked
"We're going to spar. I want to train you so you know how to fight with your sword." Percy said, pulling out riptide.
"What's a pen going to do against Anastia?" Phoebe asked, summoning her sword.
Percy chuckled as he uncapped riptide and it grew to full size.
"Been awhile since riptide was in full form. But it feels good." Percy said
"Okay then. I stand corrected." Phoebe said.
"Okay, now we begin." Percy said, as they began to spar, Percy showing her techniques to use.
When Annabeth and Luke entered the arena during the tour, Annabeth smiled as her husband and daughter sparred. It was clear that like her father, Phoebe was a natural with a sword. Still, her father had years more practice than she did.
Annabeth had forgotten how handsome Percy looked when he sparred.
"Dad's good." Luke said
"Best swordsman in 300 years." His mom agreed.
"Do I get a sword?" Luke asked
"Check the ring we gave you for your 14th birthday." Annabeth said with a smile.
Luke always wore the silver ring they gave him, for its gem was in the shape of an owl.
Luke twisted the gem and immediately, it changed into a silver sword that looked like his father's weapon.
"Cool." Luke said.
"That sword was a gift from your grandmother Athena. It's made from Athenian Silver, the same metal the hunters of Artemis use, only they call it Artemian Silver. It's deadly to monsters like Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Drakon Bone, or Delphic Gold." Annabeth explained.
That night at dinner, the Jacksons sat at the Poseidon table and Percy and Annabeth explained about the food sacrifices.
"This has been fun." Phoebe said.
"Yeah, just wait until Friday, that's when we have capture the flag." Percy said, looking over at the Hermes table, where Chris and Clarisse Rodriquez were sitting with their daughter Silena.
"Can't wait." Luke said.
That Friday, the teams were announced.
Poseidon would be heading the blue team and Ares would be heading the red.
Poseidon's allies would be Athena, obviously, Zeus, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hades, Apollo, Hypnos, Boreas, Hecate, Demeter, Eurus (the east wind god), and Iris.
Ares's allies would be Hermes, Demeter, Dionysus, Nemesis and all the other cabins.
Phoebe and Luke were so bored. While their parents had agreed to let them play, they had stuck them on border patrol near the creek.
"Why does everyone else get to have the fun?" Luke complained.
"Because everyone else has more training." Phoebe quoted their father when he stationed them.
Suddenly there was a snap one of their enemies appeared.
He was clearly either a son of Hermes, Demeter or a legacy of both of them.
"Halt." Phoebe said, raising her sword.
"You must be the new kids." The guy said.
"What's it to you." Luke asked
The guy pulled off his helmet and put his hands up in surrender.
"My name is Seth Stoll." He said, smiling at Phoebe, who made the mistake of looking into his blue-green eyes.
She was in love. But she was still a granddaughter of Athena and that wasn't going to stop her.
"Nice try." Phoebe said, though it was taking all her willpower not to tell him where the flag was.
Luke recognized the look on his sister's face and did what any loving brother in his position would do.
He slashed her arm with his sword to snap her out of it.
"Thanks bro." Phoebe said, reaching to her belt to pull out some of the nectar she kept with her.
"No prob." Luke said, charging and while Seth was older then him, Luke had inherited both of his parents' skills with a sword, which was a lot.
The blue team won with Jason flying the flag over the boundary.
"Good job." Said a girl with dark black hair and brown eyes.
"Thanks. Who are you?" Phoebe asked, since her brother looked like he was frozen.
"Veronica Dooley, daughter of Khione." The girl said.
"Thanks. I'm Phoebe Jackson and this dweeb is my brother Luke." Phoebe said.
"Nice to meet you." Veronica said with a giggle at Luke.
"Real smooth bro." Phoebe said when Luke unfroze.
"Big words coming from you Ms. Love-struck." Luke countered.