Perseus Jackson, Chinese God Of Ice

Chapter 7

Piper POV

Having a god other than Mr. D living here was pressurizing everyone, the previously cheerful atmosphere was tense and seemed almost solidly cold, time seemed to crawl, taking it's time, not surprising there - considering our hateful relationship with Kronos, and occasionally, someone sent glances towards the direction of the lake, where Mr. Ice resided.

I wasn't much better, but I was better, or at least, I acted as if I was, because honestly, the feeling of having a sword hanging over my head isn't good, and I certainly don't feel good.

But luckily Mr. D being here calmed others down, especially his children. Now some people seemed to take to his side as long as they can pull it off, until Mr. D notices and calls them out. 

Though Leo seemed to have taken a particular liking to the icy god, but that's just how he is, stupidly friendly.

Thing's were slowly starting to settle back into routine, and Mr. Ice seemed to slowly become integrated into our new routine, at least people started to ignore him, or, as the majority goes, treat him with a more natural lilt.

Though, today the routine would have to be disturbed, considering the fact that Mr. Ice was going to join us in our activities - in Capture the Flag.

Of course, there was a lot of protesting going around. 

"But he's a god - G - O - D! It won't be fair, I mean, can't he just snap his fingers and turn us to frogs?"

Chiron and Mr. Ice, mainly Chiron, assured the campers that Mr. Ice would only be allowed to use his physical capabilities, no magic. So when it all came down to it, it was just technique and skill.

Which was, in all honesty, a horror in itself. 

"I heard he could scale the Eiffel Tower no problem, even without his powers."

"I heard his snores made the lake tremble."

"I heard that he has a victory obsession as strong as the children of Nike!"

But was only because of the very abnormal rumors, which I found hilarious, and which I may have contributed just a teensy tiny bit, if only to watch in delight as people trembled in horror at the idea of going against Mr. Ice.

I was currently reviewing our battle plans, since Annabeth left for the Chinese version of Olympus, we were currently left without their best strategist, and this time, the Athena Cabin was allied with the Ares Cabin, I could already imagine the force, strategy and power, all combined in a single team. Usually this wasn't the case, considering the tense relationship between the two cabins, but after Annabeth left, there was an - ahem - romance between two people going on between the two cabins, which was the ultimate foundation for their current alliance.

I found it ironic how love might just become the downfall of my own cabin's in this game. The love between two rival cabins joining them together to take down the cabin belonging the Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love.

Somehow, I thought of "Romeo and Juliet" made by someone called - Shaky something?

It didn't help that the Hermes cabin, the only cabin other then Athena that had the slightest of a strategic bone in their body, though in a slightly more ominous way, were also allied with the two in this game, one can't imagine the cruelty of their strategies.

It wasn't that no one else didn't have any brains on my side, but thanks to my cabinmates, sisters and brothers, who were currently swooning over the latest pairing, Athena and Ares, it was affecting the entire team, getting everyone embroiled into the latest gossip. 

"Do you think they'll work out?"

"Oh of course," Drew Tanaka said as she applied lip-gloss, "Did you see how sweet they were to eac -"

I slammed the table, they were scaling my bottom line, jumping up and down on it, and growled, "Can we focus on our battle plans?!"

Drew sniffed, her small nose wrinkling in distaste. "All you talk about is battle battle and more battle, you know darling - there's actually life beyond the battle grounds."

I strangled the urge to choke Drew, or maybe Charmspeak her into throwing herself down some wayward cliff, after all, I was a law abiding citizen.

Drew continued, "Just because you and Jason -"

This time I slammed my hands down and stood up, the beautifully painted chair falling behind me. Drew was worming her way into dangerous territory, so I stormed away before she could press my Charmspeak-you-to-death button.

Drew called out behind me. "You know, honey, you should really take care of that temper of yours."

I growled under my breath, red and tears seeping into my vision, and - was my nose becoming stuffy?

I stormed away, not sure where I was headed, but I didn't need to consider that.

I bumped into Mr. Ice before I need to.

I blinked, looking down at the God-in-child-form, and asked, not bothering to filter my words, "Do you need something?"

The pair of blue gems stared at me, and Mr. Ice replied, "Yes, I'd like to join your team for this round of Capture the Flag."

I didn't bother to stop my jaw from falling open.