Percy Jackson: Change.

10#: Training.

*Percy's P.O.V.*

*The next day*

Today, the campers started their training with us. In swordfighting, we had Luke, Anna, Dumbo and me. In archery, Zoe, Bianca and Michael. And finally, in javelin throw we had Beckendorf, Silena and Ethan. We divided the campers in three groups, and along the day we would make them rotate so that the three groups could pass through all the areas. We also distributed cabin leaders.

The first group of campers arrived at the Arena. Among the cabin leaders I could see Jason, the Stolls, Nico and Hazel, infront of the group.

"Well, in case you don't remember our names, I'm Commander, she is Anna, that one is Wings and this is Dumbo", I said, pointing at each one of them. 

"We are--", Jason started, but was interrupted by me.

"Jason, Nico, Hazel, Travis and Connor. We know", I said.

"Wow.", the Stolls said.

"Okay! Enough talking! To warm up, start running around the place ten minutes non-stop", Luke said. Some campers complained, saying it wasa to much, but Luke cut them off. "Would you like to run for an hour non-stop? That's how we warm up in our planet. We are being considerate here!"

They started running, leaded by my old friends. Once the ten minutes were over, the campers, including the cabin leaders, threw themselves to the ground. We decided to give them a five minute rest before starting with the theoric part. We review the techniques they already knew and showed them some of our own.

"Now, everyone pair up!", Anna shouted. The campers nodded and found themselves a pair, except for Jason.

"Jason, you will pair with me"; I said. He looked at me surprised, but nodded. 

We started practicing the attacks. He was good, but I noticed that he put most of his weight over his attacks and lowered his guard. 

"Jason, you are focusing to much on the attacks. Tried focusing more on your deffense, so that your oponent will get tired and then you can attack him.", I explained. He nodded and did what I said.

"So.. You know Percy.", He said. I twitched but came back to normal and kept attacking him.

"Yeah, I do.", I answered.

Jason stopped. He looked at me. "How's he?"

"He's.. fine. Great.", I said.

I took advantage of the moment and hit him on his ankles with the sword, causing him to fall on his back.

He groaned in pain and I laughed. I quickly offered him my hand and he tooked it. "Watch your back, you never know when someone will hit you in the ankle", I said joking. He laughed and then smiled.

We kept practicing until we reached the last group. 'This last one, and I'm free for the rest of the day', I thought. I looked at the group. Annabeth, Clarisse, Frank and Leo. This should be easy. We told them to do the same things as the other two groups. They warmed up, we teached them some techniques, and then we told them to pair up. I sat for a moment to rest. I didn't have much sleep last night because of the nightmares. I haven't had one since I left Earth, but after seeing how Mark-Jerk tortured Alessa..

Alessa. My nightmares were about her. I didn't know her but, somehow, I felt attached to her. Like if we had been friends for a while. When I saw how they treated her.. I guess I never wanted to kill Mark so bad in my life.

I heard someone calling me. I looked up and saw Annabeth.

"Hey, what's up?", she said while sitting next to me.

"Shouldn't you be practicing?", I asked.

"The practice ended about ten minutes ago,", She stated. "Do you want to practice with me?"

I didn't know what to say. But I had to distract myself from all the drama surrounding me. "Yeah, sure."

We practice the rest of the afternoon and, when we were smashed, we decided to rest.

"Are you going to tell us who you are?", she suddenly asked.

"Why do you want to know?", I asked.

"Well, all that hood thing is creepy and, sooner or later, we will know who you are. I mean, I could just pulled that thing down right now.", Annabeth said.

"The thing, Annabeth, is that some of us don't want to show ourselves for fear. Fear of our past. Believe it or not, our stories are not full of pink and rainbows, they are sad. So, if one of us ever wants to reveal himself, it can't be against that person's will. Maybe you will know who I am soon, who knows. But, for know, I prefer to wait.", I said. She nodded in understandment.

We kept talking for a couple of more minutes until we walk different ways. I went to my tent un went upstairs, to the palyroom. I sat on the couch infront of the TV, and turned the Xbox on. I was playing Grand Theft Auto when Luke entered the room. I didn't pay attention to him until he stood infront of me.

"Dude, I can't see", I said. I had my hood pulled down. When I realised he wasn't moving, I looked up to face him. 

"Annabeth is here.", he said.

"What!?", I yelled. "She will see the signs on our doors!"

"Anna took care of that. She made an ilusion to make them look like the signs said our codenames.", He explained.

Suddenly, Annabeth appeared from the stairwell. I quickly pulled my hood up.

"Hi.", She said. What was she doing here?

"What are you doing here?", I asked.

*Annabeth's P.O.V.*

 "What are you doing here?" , Commander asked me. 

"When you told me about the tent, I wanted to see it myself.", I answered.

I was ignoring the fact that when I walked in, I almost saw his face. I could only see his hair, since he was facing the TV, that was infront of me. He had black messy hair. Like Percy. Could it be..?

"I noticed that there is a room for Alessa", I said. Commander and Wings looked at each other for a moment, like if they were having a telephatic conversation.

"Yeah, but it appeared by its own.", Commander said. 

There was an akward silence before Commander spoke. "Wanna play?", He said, while showing me another wireless controller. I smiled and walked his direction, then sat next to him. Wings looked at us and grinned, before leaving us alone. 

Commander changed the game and put one called 'Rocket League'. Before I realised, he started the match before explaining me how to play.

"Wait! No! STOP! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY!" He just laughed and kept playing until he scored a goal. I hit him in the arm continous times.

"Ow! No! Stop! I'm sorry!", He said, even though he kept laughing. "Okay, I will teach you how to play. But please don't hit me anymore."

After some minutes of hearing what buttons I should use, we started playing, and I kicked his a$$.

"Oh, don't cry baby.", I said joking while looking at him. He pouted.

"I demand a rematch!", He yelled. And so we continued playing until my eyelids closed by themselves.