Tratie

Travis

Alright. I was soooo ready. We had set up traps all protecting the flag. The Athena cabin ended up siding with the Apollo cabin, along with Demeter, and Hephaestus. We had Artemis's Hunters, Ares, Aphrodite, and Dionysus. I'd say we had pretty good odds. But Luke still had that smile on his face and it was scaring the crap out of me. I told myself to relax, it was just nerves, but there was some part of that didn't think we were safe. I mean it could have something to do with the fact that we have no plan other than Stolls: stay here and everyone else: CHARGE! But I could tell that wasn't what was worrying me. Whatever. I'll just have to stay here and use my nerves to keep me awake and active.

***

I heard a stick crack to my right. I motioned to Connor to pay close attention. Then, out of nowhere about 20 kids charged at us. I cackled like a maniac as they got caught in our traps, and took out the ones that managed to make it. Connor and I laughed. I looked down at Lee from the Apollo cabin. "Next time, think before you act."

"Oh, don't worry, we did." I turned behind me and there was KatieGardener. Holding our flag.

My jaw dropped open. "How did you get back there?" I demanded.

She laughed, and it was the prettiest sound on Earth.

Snap out of it Travis!

"You forgot to trap the trees, idiots. But then again, even if you did, they would have let me pass."

Both Connor and I lunged towards her. Then we both fell flat on our faces and were unable to move as vines wrapped around us. That was why Luke smiled. Demeter kids can control the plants. How could I have overlooked that?!?!?

Katie only laughed when she saw my face. "I suppose we are more useful allies than you guys think."

When she looked at me, I saw a kind of coldness in those beautiful eyes that I had never seen before. I realized she could have killed both me and Connor without as much as a second glance. Maybe that was why I had a crush on her...... "Travis!" I mentally scolded myself. I should not be thinking about that. It wasn't true anyways.

There was nothing I could do to stop her as she grabbed a vine and swung onto the nearest tree, continuing to climb from tree to tree. I heard shouts of joy as she crossed the border, and curses from our teams. This was why Luke had us guard the flag. Now everyone would blame us.

That's cold, Luke, that's cold.

***

Unfortunately, Luke came back to the flagpole with everyone else. Which meant we were the laughing stock. For the second time in a week, my face was redder than a tomato. I was soooooo going to get revenge on Katie.

***

I laughed maniacally as Connor and I went over our plan one more time.

"Dude, cut that out. That's really creepy."

"Sorry, I'm just excited to get my - our revenge."

"Are you up to the challenge?"

"Let's do this."

***

I was having a nice dream about a date with Katie when I was rudely awakened by "STOLLS!!!!!!!!!"

Luke groggily got up and shook his head. "Connor, Travis, what did you guys do?"

We just shrugged innocently.

Luke muttered, "I hope she pounds your arses into the ground."

***

As I headed towards the crowd, I put on my sweetest, most innocent smile. Which of course ended up looking like a smirk. I saw Katie, wearing a gray tank top and cute black shorts. She did not look happy. But she looked super cute with her frown and scrunched eyebrows!

"Did you guys set up an alarm to slowly pour water into my ear, put salt on my toothbrush, and then place vinegar in a glass next to the sink so I would drink it?"

I opened my eyes and said "Why Katie Kat, why would I do that?"

She gave me a killer glare that said "I'm-gonna-get-you-later."

As we walked away towards breakfast, I whispered to Connor "Her glare kinda reminds me of Luke's." As he burst out laughing we walked away as quickly as possible.

My rep as prankster had been returned. I no longer worried about the rumors that I was losing my touch. I bit into my waffle and immediately spat it out. It was so salty! I drank my orange juice, only to find that it was vinegar! How did Katie do this? She didn't come near our food, I definitely would have noticed.

And then I remembered. Demeter is the goddess of food as well as agriculture. So she could do something like that from long distance.

I glared at Katie but she just widened her eyes and raised her eyebrows like "Who? Me?"

I was so going to get her back. And this time, I was not going to be gentle.

Hope you guys liked that! Sorry that Katie is fighting back because I know that most of you are used to her taking his pranks. I am also apologizing ahead of time because I started this when they were 11, and I have to speed up time at some point, there are going ot be some rough time breaks. I am actually having a lot of fun with Luke, but do you guys think I am representing him properly?