Ok! Chapter 51 people! Here it is:
"Good luck, Perce!" called Nico.
"You too!" smiled Percy.
He met up with Annabeth, they were about to start the three legged race…
He would've paired up with Nico, but he wanted to win. And it's not that Nico was bad at physical things, or three-legged races and such, oh quite the contrary, he was actually pretty good. It's just that Annabeth had fought by him longer, and therefore knew all his moves a lot better.
The events for the day were as such:
9:00-9:30 beginning of the games, started by Camp Leaders
10:00-11:00 three legged race
11:30-12:00 Obstacle course
12:15-12:45 Chariot Racing
Lunch
14:00-16:00 Sparring
16:15-17:00 archery
17:30-19:00 night challenge (mystery)
Showers
20:00-21:00 Dinner
and, as per the norm, there would be a campfire held afterwards.
Percy made his way to the starting line, where they were all handed power-erasing bands that were to be wrapped around their legs, and would beep if removed before the finish line, alerting the others and disqualifying the pair.
Nico had paired with Jason and Piper with Leo.
The romans hadn't really wanted to take part in this, deeming it as something they'd rather speculate so they could cheer on their cabins.
The Greeks didn't think too much into it and accepted their decision.
"On you marks, get set," and Chiron blew the conch shell.
They were off.
Now, the first thing you expect when you hear of a three legged race is a bunch of idiots stumbling around the place as though they were drunk.
With half-blood's, however, that was not the case.
They ran like turbo engines, stumbling a bit, or in some cases a lot, but not once pausing, and managing to maintain a graceful-ish air around them.
"Wooh!" cheered Hazel, from their sky-high seats over viewing everything, big screens keeping track of each camper/team for them.
"Go Nico!" she yelled, cheering her brother on.
"Go Percy!" yelled Frank, cheering his great-great-great-great-
*fifteen minutes later*
great-great-great grand uncle on.
"Go Annabeth!" cheered Reyna.
"Go Percy!" cheered Rachel, Grover, and 'the backstabber', as Jason had so affectionately named her, Thalia, all holding onto a gigantic banner that read 'Team Percy!'
"Go Weo!" cheered the newest member of the Hephaestus cabin, Sammy, the three year old son of- well, I just said.
"Go Piper!" cheered the Aphrodite cabin, holding up a banner they'd designed using pink and glitter, their trademark colours.
Lacy and Mitchell were, understandably, cheering/shouting the loudest, while Drew just glared at… well everything, actually.
Nyssa bent down to pick up her little brother, before joining in the cheering, the robots they'd previously created holding up a digital banner that read: Team Leo.
The wind whipped at Percy's face as he and Annabeth ran on.
They were far ahead of the other teams and… oh snap.
Up in front was a Hydra, and they were too up in front for Leo to help, not that he could due to the bands.
Knowing that the only other choice was to stab it in it's heart.
He flung riptide at the beast, and watched in horror as it bent its neck down to intercept the blade, consequently growing two more where its old one had been.
Oh well, guess he couldn't always be lucky.
"Run!" yelled Annabeth.
He snorted, like he needed to be told.
They managed to evade the Hydra and carry on with the race.
They continued and found the scaling wall.
To normal people/half-bloods, climbing a rock wall tied to someone else would've been near impossible, but when you've fought by each other's side since you were twelve (and three quarters) climbing a wall together was no problem at all.
They scaled the wall like the little chimpanzees they were. Or, at least, could have been, had they been born fully godly and inherited the full ability to shape-shift.
Meanwhile, Nico and Jason stood face-to-face with the Hydra.
"What do we do!?" asked Jason.
"Er, um, I don't know, run?"
the beast roared, and clumsily but hastily, the two made their way out of the clearing.
Percy and Annabeth were at the lake.
"Theoi!" Percy cursed, "without my powers I can't keep you safe in the water. Guess we're gonna have to swim."
And without her consent, he dived in,
Going with the flow, she decided she best just piggy-back him as he waded to shore.
They reached the other side and ran to the next obstacle. The hurdles.
Meanwhile, Leo and Piper had finally reached the Hydra.
"I can't catch on fire, what do we do?" asked Leo.
"Ummm," Piper saw to other demigods slightly ahead of them who appeared to have just ran, "Run?"
he nodded and clumsily, and not-that-fast, the two made their way across the clearing.
Percy and Annabeth leapt over the hurdles together as effortlessly as though they were casually taking a stroll.
They headed to the last obstacle, the vine-swing.
Nico had managed to drag himself and Jason across the lake, using the swimming skills it seemed only he possessed. He'd have to thank Percy later.
He saw the obstacles ahead and sank a little into the ground. Gods almighty, what'd he done to piss off the Fates?
Leo and Piper found their way to the brick wall, looking up at it gaping.
"I give up," they said, the first synchronized thing they'd done all day.
"Let me," said Leo, and he pulled the band off.
An alarm blared, and Chiron walked up to them looking grave and sympathetic.
"You tried," he said, leading the two to the waiting area.
The gods sat watching their children.
They knew Percy and Annabeth were going to win, it hadn't exactly been that fair a match seeing as though the two had fought by each other since they were near thirteen year olds.
And so, it was no surprise when the first team to cross the finish line was team Percy and Annabeth, not allowing anyone to call them team Percabeth for… reasons…
They were awarded the Laurel wreaths and then came the break…
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Done! I am so sorry it's been so long since I updated, but I had this 'incident' (for lack of a better word) involving me, a tree, and the hard, hard ground below, and since my wrist is feeling better I figured I would update. I'm going to have to start doubling up on updates because I want this to be finished shortly before Christmas so I can post the sequel which you will kill me for.
-httyd4eva
peace out yo;P