The Solace Twins (Nico Di Angelo Fanfiction)

Capture The Flag

The day Nico Di Angelo officially met Skylar Solace could only be described as interesting yet startling. More precisely it's known as the day she stuck him to a tree.

Camp Half blood bustled that afternoon in preparation for capture the flag. Chiron wanted the game to occur while The Hunters of Artemis were here. It was tradition to play a 'friendly' match. Everyone scrambled to sharpen their equipment and draw up battle plans. Percy and Thalia would be co-captains for Camp Half Blood's team. Having prepared in advance, a pair of twins sat atop the Apollo cabin basking in the sunlight.

"So you think we'll finally win a game against The Hunters? We do have Percy and Thalia leading us but they don't exactly mesh well together without Annabeth to intervene." Skylar says to Will, pulling her curly blonde hair into a low ponytail a few strands framing her freckled face.

"Who knows? Maybe I'll hang one of them from a tree by their pants." Her brother grins his blue eyes glimmering in the sunlight. Will is normally a very chill guy but when it comes to capture the flag he gets competitive. One time he hung an Ares kid by his underwear and stole the flag out from under him, campers talked about it for weeks. Skylar snickers at the memory brushing the dirt from her jeans as she stands. Her brother rises next to her and they both head toward the woods. It was time to show Artemis's maidens who the true master of a bow is.

The blue team assembles in front of the creek dividing two territories. It was a modge podge of the camp's available players. Connor and Travis Stoll stood alongside Nico Di Angelo decked out in bronze chest plates and helmets. She was never formally introduced to the dark haired boy but heard about him through Percy. His sister apparently joined up with the Hunters and he'll stay in the Hermes cabin until his godly parent claims him. A part of her was worried he'd be injured by the opposing team or worse by one of the many monsters residing in the forest. The rest of the team consisted of a few kids from the Ares cabin, Silena from Aphrodite and Charles Beckendorf from Hephaestus.

On the other side Zoë stood alongside Bianca Di Angelo and eleven hunters all armed with silver bows and arrows. They would act as the red team. Percy and Thalia argue amongst themselves as Chiron explains the rules. "No killing or maiming. All magical items are allowed. The entire forest is fair game. Anyone who crosses the creek with the opposing team's flag wins. Blue team shall take the west woods, red team shall take the east. Get to your positions when you hear the conch shell we will begin." The centaur says and both teams rush to their designated meeting place.

Thalia devised a simple enough plan to follow. Silena would take two of the Ares kids, Laurel and Jason, and act as a decoy. Meanwhile Thalia, the Stoll brothers, Will Solace and the remaining two Ares campers would launch a frontal assault into enemy territory. Percy, Beckendorf and Nico would play defense leaving Skylar as the scout. However Percy had other plans dragging the Stoll brothers to defend as well. Thalia either didn't have time to deal with it or did not realize the switch as a loud horn sounded signaling the start of the game.

"I hope you know what you're doing waterboy." Skylar smirked at Percy, disappearing into the treetops bow in hand. Cloaked in the shadows of the trees she hopped the branches silently keeping an eye out for the opposing team and any monsters that may be lurking about. Traversing amongst tree branches in enemy territory with barely any visibility was hard enough without the Hunters trying to sniff her out. After all they are brilliant trackers.

Sounds of metal against metal and explosions of the infamous fart arrows filled the air off to the left where Silena diverted their opponents. The right side of the forest was unusually quiet especially since monsters were always lurking about. Skylar's boots kicked off the branch she rested on to run along the forest floor. If she hurried she could do a little recon and get the information back to Percy. She would reconvene with Thalia but her position on the main front was farther from her location. On top of that she's known Percy longer and as such knew the son of Poseidon had another plan on his mind. Only one problem. Things never go according to plan.