The Fiery Tide

chapter 3

Damn that annabeth,thought percy angrily to himself,giving me a helmet and breastplate that's twice my size.

okay now campers,remember the rules no killing and no maiming anyone,said chiron,is that clear,yes sir,replied everyone in sync.

good now let the games begin,leaders chose your sides.

percy pov

capture the flag a very simple game,fight your way through a team to get their flag

For the next few minutes everyone was running off to their teams and getting into position,our team had chosen the forest and the other team had the lake.

i was chosen to be the one to get the flag,two or three minutes later the horn sounded and everyone swung into action.

a few minutes of running and dodging swords and flying knives i finally reached the lake.i saw the flag at the other side of the lake,so i had to go through the lake to get it.

halfway through the lake and i felt something pierce my back and shocking me in the process,stunned i looked back and saw clarisse and her buddies surrounding me,and the next thing i knew i was being beaten to a bloody pulp.my head was grabbed and dunked under the water several times.i thrashed around as i felt my body weaken.

As i felt my life slipping away,i wondered if this was how my life was going to end,i imagined what the headlines would be''teenage boy percy jackson dies by drowning'' as i was thinking that i felt a sudden burst of energy flood through my body and i let it out,as i came out of the water i felt like my body was on fire,i opened my eyes and i saw that i was in a spherical ball made of fire and water,i was releasing too much energy than i possibly could handle and the stress of it was too much that i passed out from it.

I fell back into the lake and the tides i had created took me to the shore and before i passed out i heard annabeth and grover's voices calling my name