Broken Constellations-DSMP DEMIGOD AU (UNCONTINUED AND ABANDONED)

Chapter 4: Capture the Flag

After dinner, we marched off to the arena for capture the flag. Annabeth ran towards Ranboo and told him, "You're on border patrol, Mr Jewels." She ran off, leaving him clueless. Ranboo approached Jack and asked, "Annabeth said I'm on border patrol. What's that?"

"Oh it's easy," he said, passing Ranboo some armor and a helmet with a blue feather atop and helping him put it on, "just stand near the creek and stop the opposing side from coming."

"How the hell do you wear this thing? It's so heavy!" Ranboo exclaimed as he pulled on his helmet.

"Wear it or you'll get killed. You'll get used to it, no worries. Are you good with spears?" Ranboo tested out the spear he handed him. It balanced perfectly. Jack smiled with satisfaction. "Good. Now, be careful of TechnoBlade. He's got a netherite axe, which is a really rare material. Unless you want to feel his wrath, stay away from that Ares kid." He pointed at a muscular and tall boy with pink-hair. Ranboo nodded and went to find Queenie. He found her talking with Niki. "Hey," he said. Niki smiled warmly at him but Queenie turned away, holding a sword and her dagger. "What's your role? Mine's border patrol." Ranboo said, trying again to get Queenie's attention.

"I'm a defender and Queenie's an attacker," Niki replied for Queenie. Up close, he realized how much older and mature she looked then Queenie, who looked younger than Tommy. Niki whispered to him as Queenie went away, "Sorry, but she's a bit shy. But she's really good on the battlefield. She's 7 and I'm 11." I nodded before Tubbo came over and hit me on the shoulder lightly. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Niki walking over to join Queenie by the bench. "I'm against you, Mr Jewel boy. How ya feeling about that?" Tubbo asked. He shrugged, grinning. "You'll be with Tommy while I'm against Tommy," Tubbo stated. Ranboo nodded.

Just then, Chiron blew his conch horn and got their attention. "Alright! It is now time for Capture the Flag! The same rules, all magical items are allowed, you may take prisoners, but no maiming, no gagging and no tying them up. Let the games begin!" He shouted. The campers all cheered and ran off. Ranboo made his way towards the creek and waited, dragging his spear in the sand. It was so boring. He waited and waited for somebody to come by.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of swords clashing. Queenie backed into view. Fighting with just the boy that Jack told him to stay away from- Technoblade. She fought really, really well. Swords clashed. Metal hissed. One mistake, one quick move. Queenie tried deflecting Technoblade's Netherite axe, leaving her guard open. Techno saw his chance, dodged her incoming blade, and hit her at the ribs , sending her flying. Techno smirked as she hit the ground. Pain flashed across her bloodied face as her sword fell from her hands. Techno picked up her sword and advanced towards her, swinging his axe by his side. Ranboo knew he couldn't just stand there and watch Technoblade try to kill Queenie. He was breaking the rule of no maiming!

So, Ranboo took a deep breath and yelled at Techno. "Hey you! Get away from my friend!" Techno stopped and turned to face him. He drawled, "Mr jewel boy, isn't it? I'll have fun fighting you." He charged at Ranboo, who sidestepped but Techno wasn't fooled by that. He managed to hit Ranboo in the chest with the bottom of his axe and sent him flying. Techno walked towards Ranboo like a hunter approaching his prey. Ranboo groaned in pain and tried to stand but every muscle in his body screamed at him to sit back down so he did so. "Flag's over there. But you've broken the rules. No maiming. You did it to two people. Flag's over there."

"Well, punk, I'm not interested in winning today. I'm more interested in bullying some new campers like you," Techno drawled, picking Ranboo up by his white shirt's collar. He laughed softly as he saw Ranboo's fearful face. Techno threw him down, and Ranboo landed in a heap at Techno's feet. He kicked Ranboo away before heading towards Queenie, who was slumped against a tree. Ranboo knew what was about to happen. He couldn't let it happen. But he was unable to get up.

But it looks like he actually needn't worry. Because out of the blue, Tommy appeared, fighting with another Demeter kid. He easily knocked him down and caught sight of Ranboo. He knelt down next to him, and Ranboo said, "Help Queenie first." Tommy took one look at what Techno was doing and nodded. Ranboo watched as Techno picked up Queenie by her collar while she could only struggle, but Ranboo knew it was no use. Technoblade was too strong. Then Tommy snuck up behind him and attacked. Techno dropped Queenie and turned to face Tommy. He expected Tommy to easily knock Techno out but Techno's reflexes were too fast. He easily got over his shock and his smile turned into a snarl as he sidestepped Tommy, dodged, and returned all the blows that Tommy impaled on him.

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang from behind. "DON'T TOUCH MY BROTHER, YOU BASTARD!!"

They all turned towards the voice. It was Wilbur. He looked wild, with his brown hair blown back by the wind. With the sun setting behind him, it was a perfect picture - a brother saving his youngest brother from a crazy demon, son of Ares. Wilbur swung a blow at Techno using his sword, but Techno dodged and returned, snarling. After a long time of fighting, Wilbur somehow managed to get Techno on the ground, face to mud. "How heroic, Wilbur Soot." Techno muttered, getting on his elbows.

"Shut up, Ares boy," placing his foot on Techno's back, pushing him down. Tommy ran towards Ranboo, pulled out a bottle of ointment and started tending to the gashes on his arms and legs from Techno's axe. When he was done, he went straight towards Queenie, with Ranboo following close behind, even though his muscles were screaming at him to sit down and rest. "You alright?" Ranboo asked as he knelt beside her. She whimpered in reply. Tommy knelt down at the opposite side of Ranboo, bottle in hand. He gently lifted up Queenie's head by her chin to tend to her wounds on her neck. She looked really pale and her blue hair and golden eyes stood out like a sore thumb. Ranboo looked at Tommy. He had never seen anyone that gentle before.

Suddenly, cheering erupted from the forest as all the camp members ran from the woods, with Jack carrying a red flag. Ranboo watched as the flag turned from the Ares sign to the Hermes sign. Wilbur looked up from Techno and smiled softly, finally letting Techno go. Techno grumbled and dashed off without a look back. Then, Wilbur's expression turned haunted and solemn and he also disappeared back into the woods. "All done," Tommy stated as he grinned at Queenie.

"Thank you, Tommy," Queenie replied softly, "Ranboo, could I have a word with you? Alone?" Ranboo nodded. She lend me to a more private place behind all the celebrating campers. "I have a feeling you wanted to ask me something," she said quietly. I gasped, taken aback. How had she known? "Well, yes. Like... Why did you run away from home? What's with the blue hair and golden eyes? I mean, not like it's ugly or anything, it's really beautiful."

Queenie stared at me with those stunning golden eyes of hers before taking a deep breath.

" My parents hated me. They thought I was a freak because I had blue hair and golden eyes and other things. They also thought I was garbage because I appeared at their doorstep out of the blue. When I was 6, I couldn't take it anymore. So I ran away and became friends with Niki. My parents didn't even bother to report my missing case to the police. They obviously hated me. Then, when we were being chased by monsters, we found a good spirit called Karl. He led us here. End of story. I have blue hair because it's a sort of blessing. I'm not too sure about the golden eyes though." Suddenly, a howl rebervated through the forest.

Notes: CliffHanger! Don't I just love them? Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Do leave a comment or vote for this chapter! Follow if you want. 

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