A/N- Hey guys. (If someone is actually reading this) I'm going to do a mega update because I'm going to be away in England for 5 weeks or so and I won't have my computer! Well...maybe? Idk.
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Jackie's POV
I felt like I was a ghost, my mind raced with thoughts but I just seemed to wander. Leo had saved my life from Zeus, who I apparently didn’t appeal to. But now I had a whole new appreciation of life… And that anything at this camp could kill me.
Leo had been so friendly towards me; I didn’t know whether it was because he liked me, or because he felt sorry for me. Honestly, I think it was both. But I didn’t know how to respond.
I didn’t know whether I liked him or not, but I didn’t dislike him, and that was a good thing. And I always had seemed to get surrounded by his bubbly yet surprisingly bitter personality more often than I should.
I stopped pondering no my thoughts when Chiron trotted up to the campfire. He had the body of a white stallion and the upper body of a man. He held a spear in his hand and a bag of marshmallows in the other. He looked like some sort of s’more warrior.
With three sharp stomps on the ground, the campers were silent.
“Campers! I’m happy that all of you have returned, not… deep fried.” He said glancing at me. “We will get to the s’mores in a minute, but I must announce-”
But an Ares kids interrupted him, “What about capture the flag?”
“Yes, I know the Ares cabin is enthusiastic to go back to woods for our games.”
"And destroy some people.” A kid called out.
“And fight some people.” Chiron corrected, “But until Zeus’ anger cools, we must keep it under wraps.”
Grumbles and boos broke out from the Ares cabin, sitting under their banner. The campers turned and murmured things to each other, Chiron stomped his hoof on the ground again.
“Today, Lord Zeus of the heavens, tried to strike down one of our very own campers, it has never happened in our camp’s history, but is the reason; capture the flag will be cancelled until further notice.”
A kid from the Aphrodite cabin sneered, “What did she do to anger Zeus? She must have been a very bad girl.” She pouted.
I scoffed, I hated girls that pouted, they looked like a fish that had eaten some bad seaweed. Percy tensed next to me, but then relaxed a little when Annabeth glanced at him from where the Athena cabin was sitting.
“Jackie Fischer was that camper.” Chiron said, the campers all glared at me like I was a man who had kicked a puppy. “But she has done nothing that we know of to anger Zeus.”
“That we know of…” The Aphrodite girl muttered. I felt like tossing this girl in the canoe lake, then spitting her back ashore with ruined hair and makeup. But her councillor whispered something to her and she shut up.
I smiled at the campers awkwardly, averting my eyes from Leo who seems to be doing the same thing. The campers still glared me, probably because I got their capture the flag cancelled. I pursed my lips and put on my poker face.
“But!” Chiron interfered, “Jackie was saved…obviously. By cabin nine’s own, Leo Valdez.”
The campers turned to look at him, the councillor of the Aphrodite cabin smiled at him. She had eyes like a kaleidoscope and her hair was braided to the side and I had to admit she was really pretty. Then she glanced at this blonde guy, who was the only one sitting under the Zeus banner. He looked really embarrassed, and gave me a look like,
