Chapter 6

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Perci's POV

After a few minutes, some fishes started gathering around me and we started talking. I told them what had happened and they were outraged. The one named Bobbie exclaimed:
"How could he, my lady?! You're the best!"
The other one, Lilly, said:
"You're indeed the greatest warrior ever!"
"Thanks guys for your reassurance." I said cracking a smile.
Right then, a crab came out of a rock.
"My princess, it's an honor meeting you! As to show our devotion, I've made this seaweed crown for you." He said bowing and the other fishes followed him. The crab gave me a beautiful tiara made of seaweed and sea flowers. I thought the best thing to do was to put it in my head so I did so.
If it felt weird to be called 'princess' and wearing a tiara? Yes, it did. But at the time I was really happy at what the crab gave me that I didn't even think about it. I had almost forgotten what happened at the arena, until I heard someone yelling from the pier:
"Perci!! Are you in there??"
It was Annabeth.
I said goodbye to the fishes and the crab and went outside. When my head got out of the water I said:
"Right here Annabeth."
I was completely dry so I just climbed up the pier. There standing were Annabeth, Piper, Jason and Leo.
"We heard what happened Perci. Are you alright?" She asked me.
"Yeah, it was nothing that serious. I think I might have overreacted." I admitted.
"You bet! Mark is still a little bit scared" Piper laughed. "As well as everyone else that just experienced that little earthquake of yours"
"Sorry?" I tried.
"Yeah, no big deal." Annabeth laughed a little more and I laughed too.
   "Perci, is that a tiara in you head? Sooo cute!!" Leo mocked.
   That's when I realized I was wearing the crown. I felt my cheeks turning red with embarrassment as I took it off to take it to my cabin.
   "It was a gift!" I tried to explain.
   "Alright then..." Jason said laughing with Leo, and I couldn't help but smile a little bit too.
I decided that I should apologize to the campers for my childish atitude from earlier so I returned to the arena.
   After fixing things between me and Mark, it was lunch time, and I met my dad at the pavilion. The rest of the day we just chattered and trained. It was really nice. And then it was time for capture the flag.
   To say that everyone was excited was an understatement. The blue team was Athena, Hermes, Hecate, Aphrodite and Poseidon cabins, and some other minor gods. The red team was Ares, Hephaestus, Apollo and the others, including Zeus and Hades.
   After dinner, we went to get our armor and discuss the strategy. The Athena campers and Athena herself were instructing everyone what to do. I was standing next to Annabeth and my father when she told us:
   "Perci and Poseidon, you two will stand by the creek, since it is your strong spot, waiting for an attack. Each one at one side of the creek. If you see an opportunity to attack though, go for it. Got it?"
   "Yup" I said and Poseidon nodded.
   She continued telling everyone the plan.
   I played with Riptide until Chiron blew the horn and we all went to our positions.
   I stood at the right side of the creek, waiting. I watched carefully looking for a breach in their defense so that I could attack but nothing so far. Until I saw the group of Apollo campers that were guarding their flag running toward the Hermes kids. Alright. That was my chance. I got all my speed and ran to the flag. As I was approaching it, a body descended from the air, blocking my way to the flag. Jason.
   "Did you really think it would be that easy?" He hissed.
   "Not at all cuz" I said and got into my fighting stance. He took his sword out and so did I. He attacked and I dodged, ready to counterattack. We crossed our blades. During the fight, I managed to slowly turn around and get near the flag. When he jumped forward, I used his own momentum to knock him off his balance and I hit him in the nose with the back of my sword and used his moment of confusion to grab the flag and run.
   I was almost crossing the limits when I heard a boom and my vision got blurred for a second. I felt electricity run through my veins in a painful way before I fell into the creek, smoke coming out of me. Lightning. I looked up to see  Jason in front of me and I was beyond mad. What's it with Zeus kids and electric blasts? I had a weird felling of dejá vu, but pushed it aside.
   I got up felling a little dizzy. I glared at Jason.
   "Seriously?!"
   I had dropped the flag a few feet away from me.
   He looked at me with apologetic eyes.
   "I-I'm s-sorry. It wasn't supposed to be strong."
   I wanted to believe him but my anger got the best of me.
  "Oh yeah?" I said sarcastically.
  I willed the water to hit him in the face and he coughed after realizing that he was soaking wet.
   "Sorry, it wasn't supposed to be that hard either" I said.
   I could tell he was about to give another shot, but before he could do so, I knocked him out with a punch in the face. I watched as he fell in the creek, his nose bleeding. Oops.
   I grabbed the flag and crossed the limits. I saw the paint in the flag change into a green trident. I grinned. We won. I heard the horn in some distance. In a few moments, the blue team gathered around me cheering and clapping. Sweet.
   "Perci, what happened?" Annabeth asked, noticing the smoking holes in my shirt and my frizzy hair.
   "Jason, that's what happened." I answered.
   My father came to my side and complimented me:
   "Nice work girl!"
   I flinched a little at this but smiled anyways. I had almost forgotten.
   I also saw the defeated faces of the red team and the growls that came from the Ares campers.
   Right then, Chiron stepped into view.
   "Well campers, this was a great day and I hoped you've all enjoyed the game. It's time for the gods to go now so say goodbye to your parents and head to your cabins." He said.
   I gave my dad one last hug and went to bed.
   I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

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