This is a pre-warning, this is like the first time I've ever done a fight- especially a sword/spear fight- so don't hate my fight writing skills too much. K? and if I got something wrong, please tell me so I can improve.
Enjoy.
Triton watched as his brother entered the arena.
"Oi!" yelled a mean-looking brunette, "Prissy."
Triton glared.
His brother sighed, "Yes War Princess?"
"You. Me. Spar. NOW!"
he stepped onto the platform, a seven-foot-tall, stone platform that had recently been added to Camp, on the outskirts of the arena, so that campers could watch duels/spars more easily.
It was 10 meters across and 20 meters in length. The top was covered in a heavy layer of marble and there were flaming braziers on each corner. It had 20, wide, marble steps leading to the top from the middle.
If triton were to be honest, it looked more like a death trap than something he'd allow campers to 'play' on, hmmm, maybe as camp director he should do something about this… Or maybe not…..
Clarisse brought out her spear 'Maimer[lamer] 3', and Percy whipped out riptide.
A crowd of campers began to form around the arena, Percy's friends ended up near Triton.
"Don't they have anything better to do?" asked Triton.
"Not really," replied Annabeth, "Whenever Percy has the arena we make sure our schedule isn't booked so we can watch."
Triton groaned. How was he supposed to get a clear view now?
His questions were answered as a projector near a brazier lit up, and enlarged the match. ahhh, much better.
Clarisse swung first, her spear being brought up to strike Percy's chest.
Percy parried her shot.
Clarisse got mad.
She kept jabbing at him, his arms, his legs, basically the places she knew if he got hurt at she'd be at an advantage.
Percy blocked all her shots and threw in some wild jabs of his own.
She swiped at his stomach, he jerked out of the way, but a bit of his shirt came of and it still grazed the uppermost layer of his skin, sending a nasty shock through him.
Triton gasped as he watched his brother fall. But for some reason, his friends didn't seem fazed at all. Weird.
Clarisse raised her spear, but Percy kicked at her feet, sending her down as well, much to triton's relief.
They both leapt up and continued the fight.
Percy decided to try something out, a move he'd read in a swordfighting book called the 'Theseus Three' which consisted of him feinting twice, once on the left, once on the right, before going for the middle and flicking away your opponent's weapon.
Triton, who'd been watching in awe at the skill with which his brother fought, gasped as he disarmed the War Brat and pointed the sword at her throat.
"Dead," smirked Percy.
Clarisse glared, "Whatever."
His friends ran up to him.
"That was some wicked fighting Perce," said Grover.
"Where'd you learn that?" demanded the ever-questioning daughter of Athena.
"Guys!" snapped Nico, irritated, "you're forgetting the most important question. Are you okay?" he asked Percy.
"Yeah," said Percy, "a little beat, but otherwise okay."
"I still say we take you to the infirmary to get the cut checked out," said Nico, "It was a gift from Ares, I'm pretty sure he gave it to her with the intention of it hurting you."
Percy frowned as he suddenly picked up a burning feeling near his stomach, it was getting worse and worse as he stood there.
He doubled over, tears forming in his eyes, "OW!" he howled.
His friends looked at him concerned.
"The cut!" said Nico, "It's the cut, look!"
they glanced at the cut and noticed that the cut had turned red and was getting redder by the second.
"Quick, we need to get him to the infirmary!" said Nico.
He grabbed Percy bridal style and ran down the steps.
Triton, who'd been watching the spectacle, and knew it was silly to be glaring at the death spawn at a time like this- even if he was carrying his baby-brother bridal style, stopped Nico.
"No time, we need to get him to the lake, or he might lose consciousness," said Triton.
Nico nodded, and willed the shadows to bring him to the lake, just as the wound had begun to open and Percy begun losing consciousness.
The naiads who saw what was happening gasped and lifted their prince into the water, which Nico was secretly thankful for considering he still didn't know how to swim.
He watched as a silver line sealed the wound shut on the now unconscious sea prince, and as Percy's eyes slowly flittered open.
The naiads brought Percy, who although was gaining back his strength, was still feeling very weak and wobbly, back to shore.
Nico brought Percy into a tight hug, "Oh thank the gods you're alright, don't you ever scare me like that again!"
"Huh?" asked Percy, his memory a little fuzzy, "Ow! Gods di immortals."
"Uh, Nico," said a voice from behind, who he vaguely recognized as Annabeth, "just because Perce's 'of the sea' doesn't mean he has to be blue ya know?"
"Huh?" questioned Nico, before looking up at Percy, who he noticed was quickly turning a mixture of blue and purple, clearly from lack of air.
Now that he thinks about, he could've sworn he heard a bone or two snapping.
"Sorry," Nico blushed, a deep, dark crimson, "Guess I still don't know my own strength, a heh heh."
"It's okay," assured Percy, "I'm fine."
"Good," breathed Annabeth in relief, "Jason and Piper went to tell Clarisse what happened, they'll probably be getting her spear de-cursed. As for you, I asked Will about it, he said it wasn't anything new, it's just a curse that'll cause the electricity to keep hitting you for a few days, and that you should take these every four hours," she handed him a bottle of purple pills, "one per period, to soothen it, we can't remove it fully, it'll do that on it's own, but we can alleviate some of it, so you only feel a slight-ish burning, of course you being a child of the sea will probably reduce the pain eve more so."
"What happens if I take more than one per four hours?" asked Percy.
"You die," was the blatant response he received.
Nico and Percy doubled back in shock.
"He WHAT'S!?" yelled Nico.
"Oi, death breath, pipe down, you'll scare the camp," said Annabeth, rolling her eyes, "Look, it's meant to take some of the electric shock away, now, remembering that the human body runs on a series of electric shocks, what do you think will happen?" she demanded with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't know, but I don't think it's worth the risk," said Nico, being the ever over-protective boyfriend he was.
Annabeth sighed, "Look, the bottle has a timer in it, it only opens once every four hours. Now the downside is your sleeping time. You're going to have to get up every four hours to take one."
Percy snorted, glaring at the ground, "Like I'm not up all night anyways."
Annabeth and Nico winced, they knew out of the three of them Percy had the worst memories about that place, which was ironic really, considering he was the only one who could have prevented his trip.
Annabeth laid a hand on his shoulder, "Sorry Percy," she whispered, "I know it's been tough on you, but I promise, it can only get better. Regression to the means Percy, after all the bad you've been through, you'll receive enough good to balance your life out."
Percy smiled, "I already have, I've got the best friends a person could want, the best boyfriend a person could want, and the nicest family anyone could ever wish for."
The two smiled at Percy.
"Now come on, let's lay you down, Will also said the wound wouldn't heal on it's own till after the curse was over, so you'll be a little sensitive around the tummy," said Annabeth, as the three headed to Percy's cabin.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
idk where the curse thing came from, it all started when I wanted to do one of those cute 'over-protective Nico' things, and developed into a curse. Anyways, bon nuit!
-httyd4eva
peace out yo ;P