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Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire, the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
It was finally Friday, time for capture the flag. They had just finished s'mores where the Hermes kids had told spooky stories with the Ares kids as bad guys.
The Ares cabin had almost no supporters. Only a few of the more violent cabins were siding with them, they always did no matter what. Percy was siding with Athena of course. Hermes had fought and won last time, so it was Athena's turn. Though it was unusual that Ares was going twice in row, it wasn't that unusual. Athena, Hermes, and Ares often go multiple times in a row as they are such huge and popular groups.
The favorite group to support was Athena because as the children of the goddess of wisdom, their strategy was always impeccable. Some supported Ares though because they were twice as strong as most of the other kids.
Percy was going in with only his sword Riptide. Though it seemed to most to be an ordinary ballpoint pen, when uncapped it sprang into the form of a celestial bronze sword. It was Percy's chosen weapon.
Percy's duty was to run up the west flank of the woods and try to get in swiftly to grab the flag and return it. As the rules were that the flag must be hidden on flat open ground, they would see him coming. For this reason, he would have to be quick.
Annabeth had informed them that Ares had probably hidden their flag in the far back middle so that they could use their brute strength to barrel right for Athena territory.
When the whistle blew, Percy was gone. Percy found that –as usual- Annabeth had told him almost everything, and her plan had been almost perfect. Key word; almost. Percy found all of the kids charging toward Athena territory, paying no mind to him as he went around the side. All was going perfectly until he reached the flag, where he was greeted by the sight of his least favorite camper. She gave a shark-like grin when she saw him. She was accompanied by two giant campers Percy had never seen before.
"I knew you'd come, Punk." She said with extra menace on the insult.
Percy said nothing and prepared for a fight. After a staring contest of five seconds, all three charged. Percy fought well, but three against one is not a fair fight. He was just barely starting to lose when he saw one of those lightning fast Hermes kids swoop in, steal the flag, and run off. Again? He was a distraction again?
He heard the loud sound of the horn and raucous cheering. Clarisse roared out in anger, throwing her spear down in frustration. Percy jogged back to the starting point. As Percy later found out, Annabeth had sent the fastest Hermes kid to the right. As Percy had suspected, he had just been a distraction. The Ares kids had just beaten the border patrol and grabbed their flag when they saw the kid leap over the river proudly waving the Ares flag. They all yelled something in anger, but it was drowned out by the cheers of pretty much everyone else.
Percy approached Chiron after the game.
"Are there any major disputes between the gods that could affect the modern-day world?" Percy said, then elaborated. "Like something that would make them make a very super serious promise or oath? Maybe something that might change the world for the worse?"
"I can't think of anything that would affect the prophecy in the way stated, except for when Poseidon caught Zeus in the golden net and made him promise to be a better leader." Chiron said, seeing right away why Percy was asking. "Maybe Zeus would have to make a bad choice for the good of the gods."
Percy's expression turned troubled. Seeing this expression, the wise centaur spoke again. "You really shouldn't trouble yourself about it. Focus on your camp life for now. After all, this could happen in the distant future.
Percy pondered his advice for the next few hours. Finally, he concluded that Chiron was right and that he should focus more on camp life.
