The rise of the falcon (ON HOLD)

Capture the Flag (XII)

We split into two teams. The blue team: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Hecate, Hebe, Tyche,and Demeter. The red team: Ares, Apollo, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Nemesis, Nike Hypnos, and Iris.

Our team was on the east side of the woods, we placed our flag at the top of Zeus' Fist. The Demeter cabin stayed in the trees surrounding the area waiting for a surprise defensive attack. Of course, this was all the Athena cabins planning. Meanwhile, Piper was trying to charm speak the other team into giving her the flag. We weren't cheating in doing that, the only rules are no maiming other campers. The rest of us, well, we were every where else. Some were waiting to charge the flag, some were holding off the other team before they got too close and others were just fighting random battles in the woods somewhere.

I shadow traveled to the other teams flag with out them noticing. I quickly snatched it and ran, I was too tired to shadow travel again. My foot snapped a twig and just like that the entire ares cabin saw me and charged. I could out-run most of them but it was when Apollos archers started shooting that I started to worry. An arrow stuck into a tree by my feet and I tripped, it was a trip wire arrow. Made by the Hephaestus cabin no doubt. My face hit the ground and I tasted dirt. 

"I'll take that!" Clarisse sassed as she took the flag back away from me. 

I heard them all walk away and figured it was safe to get up. I pushed myself to my feet and took a step forward to feel my foot being restrained. The wire attached to the string had secured its self around my ankle. I sighed in frustration. Those stupid Hephaestus kids and their high quality booby-traps.... I thought to myself as I tried to undo the  wires my foot was caught in. These wires were really hard to undo, I barely had the first one off when I heard something in the distance.

It was yelling. I don't know who it was or what they were saying but one thing was clear. There was a winner. I focused on the wires around my feet. Just as I thought I got the hang of it a shadow blocked my only light. I looked up and saw the outline of someone who could only be my best friend, Leo Valdez.

"Here these will work better." He said whilst hand ing me a pair of wire cutters.

"Thanks," I said and started cutting the wires. "Where did you get these from?" 

"Oh, you know, my tool belt!" He said gesturing to the tool belt around his waist. Finally I cut the last wire, I stood up an handed him the wire cutters back.

"Who won? I heard yelling." I asked.

"My team did." He stated." Your attack plan was fool proof and we barely made it across the river let alone to Zeus' Fist. But it pays off to have the children of the victory goddess on your team, you win virtually every time!" I laughed at this comment. Of course they won! They were children of the victory goddess after all!

"We should get going, before we miss curfew and the harpies find us!" I started walking towards the edge of the woods. Leo followed. 

We exited the woods to see Clarisse and the winning team gloating to our team. I went over  to Annabeth. 

"What is going on?" I whispered.

"Clarisse thinks she's better than us...." She whispered back, clearly discusted. 

"Clarisse LaRoue has won the game!!!!! Whooo!!!!" Clarisse yelled, I snickered. "What?" She said pointing at me "what you smiling about?"

"First, I am not smiling, I snickered. Second, LaRoue? Is that a nickname or something?" I asked

"No, it's my last name." She stated clearly not see ing where this was headed.

"La roue means the road in French." I told her " your name is 'Clarisse the road'" I giggled a little at that. I heard some 'OoOoOhh's' and 'Burn's from the crowd. She just stared at me, apparently no one has told her this, even the Aphrodite cabin who are fluent in French. She turned on her heel and stormed off.

"You're gonna get it tomorrow..." A voice said from behind me. It was Percy." Once I rode blackjack all over there roof as a wake up call/prank and the next morning the roof of the Poseidon cabin was covered in pink glitter......it took forever to get off......" 

"We'll just have to wait and see..!" I tried to sound hopeful, I was really afraid of a pink glitter bomb exploding on my roof.

(Two chapters in one day! Just to warn you, I don't proof read so I might have a few spelling errors. If I'd have noticed them I'd have fixed them straight away. I really hate spelling errors... I said this would be a longer chapter and it was ! 790 words! I didn't think I'd actually pull it off! But it's still a little short... Oh well! There will be short ones and some long ones too so don't worry. I don't have a schedule so I just post when I feel like it! And writers block is hard to get through...like jeez... I'm gonna stop typing now and go to bed! See you all soon!)

                                                                  ~Brooke🌌💤👌🏻😴