Bella The Demigod - Return To Olympus

Swords go swish

I groaned loudly in irritation as I dragged myself to the last lesson of the day. who knew all this could be so exhausting, the heat and my hoodie definitely made it a thousand times worse as I felt like a potato being cooked under the intense Texan sun.

It would probably be alright if this was just a classroom lesson but unfortunately, I had defense and combat training, which I had been informed by various other students, we didn't have a warm-up safety lesson to prepare for first. nope, apparently, they just handed a group of seventeen-year-old swords and daggers. There were seven trips to the nurse in the first two sessions alone, this being the first, I knew that number would most likely reach ten.

Does this place have no health and safety ??

Arriving at what I assumed was the training area due to all the racks of weapons lined up, I looked around lazily, spotting Jo, Krista and Fred all stood together under the shade of a tree just to my right.

Well, that's one class we all have together at least.

I jogged quietly over to them, smiling as I saw Jo flinch as I spoke over her shoulder. "waddup peeps", I asked, in a weird voice.

"One, never say that again. Two, not much, were all waiting for the teachers, is them Annabeth and Percy dudes from last night." Krista replied.

"Oh, cool," I said, a calm facade externally while I was dying on the inside once more. How fun.

"Alright class, gather round, grab a sword on your way!" Percy yelled as he and Annabeth arrived, jogging into the center of the large cleared out space.

People began chatting excitedly, a few girls screeching unnecessarily when the picked up the swords.

Geesh, it's just a sword. Oh, wait...

I and the others all made our way over to the rack of swords, each picking one up. Each sword was slightly different in length, weight, and shape, making it apparent that there would be a different outcome depending on which weapon you selected.

Don't mess it up Isa

My hand hovered over the few remaining swords before I chose a silver straight cut sword from the rack. It was long but surprisingly light and glistened in the sun when it caught at the right angle.

"Okay, gather round quick quick!" Annabeth shouted this time, gaining a more immediate response than Percy. Haha.

Everyone formed a semi-circle in front of them as they each summoned a sword, seemingly from nowhere, like I'm pretty sure Percy's sword came from a pen? Like what.

Am impressed 'wow' echoed around the group as Percy spoke once more, "okay, err, health and safety? Well - what do we have to say again?" he said, turning to Annabeth to ask the last part.

"seaweed brain" She muttered, rolling her eyes, causing another strange wave of deja vu to wash over me.

"Okay, we're pretty relaxed, so don't stab each other please, no aiming for the neck of heart and yea, that's pretty much it, there are training dummies over there if any of you want, just don't die or kill anyone else!" Annabeth said as if the possibility of death was a common thing.

Well, it probably is to them ya know.

Everyone began quickly pairing off or going over to the training dummies and soon the air was filled with the sound of swords sloppily hitting against each other.

Wonder how long it will take for them to actually start trying?

"Isa, come on I'll partner with you for sparing?" Percy said, jogging over.

"Er, okay?" I said hesitantly, confused as to why the two of them seemed so interested In me in particular.

I made my way over to an open area, sword in hand as Percy and Annabeth followed behind me.

"Here okay? I asked, finding a small clearing where no other students were.

"Yep, here's great. Out of interest, have you ever fought or used a sword or anything before?" Annabeth asked lightly, sitting down on a rock a few meters away from where Percy and I were stood.

"Er, no not really, I mean I've smacked a few people who irritated me with sticks but I don't really think that counts - you know what I mean?" I replied, pulling my hair into a low ponytail and adjusting my hood.

"Alright then, I'll go easy on you," Percy said, smirking lightly.

"Aw, where's the fun in that?" and then I struck.

Everything was intensified, almost as I the world surrounding us melted away and all I was aware of was my blade slicing through the air towards his own. A loud crash echoed through the air somewhere in the distance as his sword met harshly with mine, sparks seemed to fly as something deep inside me took over all at once.

I was no longer in control of my actions as we spared, energy coursing through my veins as the boy in front of me struggled to keep up with my intense pace.

Shock and amazement were evident in his eyes as I slowly began gaining ground on him, me moving forwards forcing him backward, my hair blowing slightly in the wind, haven fallen loose at some point unknown to me. The electricity and the righteousness of fighting seemed to turn me into something else, something I've been missing without knowing, needing, craving for in order to survive. I didn't even question how I knew how to use such a powerful weapon, the strength building to new levels before I suddenly round Percy falling towards the ground, my sword at his neck as his eyes grew wide.

I was vaguely aware of screaming and shouting around me but I was too lost in the power, the energy and all these other new sensations for it to do any good. I prepared myself, my mind not thinking, only a primal instinct driving me on. I saw a small line of crimson form on his neck, my sword digging deeper into his flesh before suddenly I felt a bolder smack into me from the side, sending me falling to the ground, I braced myself for the hard impact but it never came as I found myself landing on something softer than the ground, sparks and electricity flowing through my body for a different reason now. My eyes snapped open, meeting two red ones staring straight back at me in shock.

I'm so sorry this took so long to upload, I've had a load of exams on at school in prep for my GCSEs and I've just been really busy combined with having zero motivation to upload so yea... well you have this now at least :)