Maidenhood

Oracle vs Augur

I glared at Octavian as they marched me out the door with a gag in my mouth. He grinned as if this were the best thing that ever happened since Christmas. Reyna stood to the side with her followers glaring at Octavian as well. But this situation was out of her control now.

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The trail through the forest was rough. We past their flag once but I don't think they really cared that I saw it's location. It was also a good thing that my gag wasn't really tied very well. I was able to spit it at Octavian. It was totally worth it just to see that expression. After that they left me gagless. In the time I had no gag I managed to convince them that the next great prophecy might start anytime. Luckily, Octavian has a high respect towards prophecies.

How I was suppose to help them win a flag in a supposedly friendly game of capture the flag was unknown. I amused myself with creating a fake prophecy to show a fake location of camp halfblood's flag. With all this competition I think they would easily believe it. At least Octavian would and I doubt Reyna would do anything about it. But he could also tell if it was fake.

With my gag gone I finally decided on annoying him to death. "So, where are we going? Is it going to be fun? Is Percy going to be there? So, what is the point of this?" I bombarded him with questions. I think I repeated a few questions but it ended up just annoyed him more. Reyna looked faintly amused.

"Would you shut up!" Octavian asked me finally. "Everyone can hear us within a five mile radius!"

I put on a dumb blonde look, mocking him. "Isn't that what you want? For everyone to see that you have the great oracle hostage?"

Octavian leaned his head against a tree frustrated. I laughed. Reyna was trying to hid her smile. I decided that Reyna was actually pretty cool and switched her over to my good guy list proving that not all Romans were bad.

As if on cue a group of people led by Annabeth came yelling over the border with their favorite battle cry, "Peanut butter!" The romans looked so confused.

"Hi guys!" I called, bringing Annabeth's attention to where we were at.

"Rachel?" Annabeth asked temporarily confused.

Now was about when Octavian decided to step up and be the annoying prat he was. "Oh yes, we have Rachel in our custody. Hand us the flag and you can have your oracle back!"

Annabeth exchanged a look with her fellow campmates. Then she looked back at Octavian. "Charge!" She cried lifting her white sword.

If you haven't seen a bunch of hyperactive teenagers head into battle clutching onto battle gear you have not experienced pure terror. Unfortunately the romans are used to fighting greeks, they've been doing it since they were created.

In the blur of charging demigods someone cut my ropes and tossed me a sword. I turned to fight Reyna, the closest one towards me. Reyna winked at me then pretended to not see me. I turned towards another enemy, Octavian.

"Oracle against augur, huh!" He said grinning. He pulled out his sword and held it in front of him.

"Oracle against teddybear slayer." I corrected before swinging my sword.

We took turns swinging and defending giving each other a little challenge. For a war loving roman he didn't fight that well. I started blocking his hits in a bored fashion that seemed to anger him. My self defence sessions that I occasionally went to when I was bored taught me a lot more than I thought they did.

Finally I tried a move that Percy had taught me in his freetime. I twisted my arm disarming Octavian leaving his sword to clatter on the ground. I held my sword at his neck while we both panted in effort. Octavian slowly put his hands up, something I never expected him to do with a greek enemy. I studied him for a trick before collecting his weapon.

By this time I realised there was no fighting going on around us. I looked behind me and was surprised to see a group of greeks and romans behind me. The romans had Annabeth's group of demigods captured. Annabeth was nowhere to be seen, most likely waiting for the right time to strike with her invisible cap.

"Well," I finally said addressing the group watching me. Octavian was still held at sword point. "Release the greeks."

It was amazing how fast roles were reversed. In a matter of minutes the romans were now the ones in camp halfblood's control. Annabeth appeared next to me.

"Nice job Red." She complimented studying the group in front of us. "I was just about to jump in but it looked like you had it under control."

"Thanks." I gave her a smile before Octavian interrupted us.

"Really, guys!" He cried focusing at the romans. "Reyna, you just give into the greeks just like that! There was only one enemy left and you still submitted to her!" Octavian cursed at the romans as team halfblood led the romans away to their jail.

As they left I swear I saw Reyna making small talk with her captor. The daughter of a war goddess was a little confusing on which side she had chosen. I finally decided she was against Octavian. Anything he wanted she would go against it if she could, it was actually a pretty smart strategy.

"Flag is over here." I showed Annabeth to where I had seen the roman flag. We took out the two guards and finally stood alone in front of the red flag waving in the wind.

"Take it." Annabeth suggested staring me in the eyes.

"Really?" I asked. My voice was embarrassingly squeaky at the thought of carrying the victory flag through camp.

"Why not, you defeated the other team and lead me here. It's your victory." Annabeth told me.

I looked over at the shimmering red flag. Grabbing it by it's pole I yanked it out of the ground and the colors dissolved into orange and blank. I looked at Annabeth to see her smiling at me. I may be jealous of her a bit of the time but she is definitely my friend. I smiled back and lead the way back through the woods.

Huge cheers erupted as I carried the flag past the border where the whole camp was waiting. Even some of the roman's cheered, must be the good sports, as the flag crossed the border.

"Rachel! Rachel! Rachel!" Camp halfblood cheered, lifting me upon a wave of people to show off our victory.

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Hey, guys...

Before going to what should be our business (aka, the stories), I would like to share something with you all, since you're a part of my life somehow...

This morning, my parents decided to put our 17-year-old labrador to sleep. I have mixed feeling about this, since I wasn't very attached to him, but, well... 17 years is not a short time... We all knew it was coming, but just hearing it sounds bad...

I appreciate all of your messages about it, for real. Just, not pity, please.

Anyway, here are the stories:

Rise of Ouranos (ReWrite): 1 chapter.

Sis/Bro, Your Shadow is Hot!: 1 chapter.

Maidenhood (adopted from TheColorofBoom): 1 chapter.

Quest: Matchmade (former collab with Hugs6): 1 chapter.

Masked Hearts (former collab with Hugs6): 1 chapter.

I'll see you guys next week...

xoxo, SilverHuntresses