Leo the seventh wheel?

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Grace navigated her way through the maze if people she was on the blue team. She saw Leo socializing with some girls while putting on red armor. Grace could do this, this is what her mother has been training her for, she would show not only Leo, but the whole camp what she could do.

All the kids were put in position Percy put her in the left attacking flank he gave her a "you're going to get creamed but don't worry I feel for you" smile.

She looked at her opponent a guy standing in front of her short with brown hair he kept looking down at the dirt "Demeter" she thought "A child of Demeter would be scared of fire, they fear loosing their livelihood" she said quietly

"You're a smart one" the kid next to her said "Nico DeAngelo" he said holding out his hand

"Child of Hades it's a pleasure to meet you" She said shaking his hand

"You better get ready" he said "this is going to be hard"

"Phssssss I was born for this" Grace said as the trumpet signaling the beginning if the game sounded

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Grace ran right into the battle she summoned fire at will and hurled it into the boy's armor he screamed and fell to the ground giving up. She flashed a smile at Nico as she ran forward.

The next kid who challenged her was a girl from Athena Grace summoned an illusion of spiders crawling up her arm as she fell to the ground in defeat.

Grace continued advancing she hardly ever had to even use the sword in her hand she just used her magic. She saw the flag about twenty feet away there was about seven campers huddling around it. Grace summoned a spell that went hurling towards them scattering the kids. Next she shot a dark spell that bound the campers to the ground making them unable to get up.

She reached for the flag, but suddenly there was a sword at her throat

"What do you think you're doing?" a voice asked. Grace ducked down rolled in between the figures legs and kicked the figure hard in the spine causing it to fall right into the pole of the flag

Grace quickly grabbed the flag and started sprinting back to her side. Grace used her dark spells to pin any opposing camper down. There was the line that symbolized her side but there was one camper standing there blocking her path, it was Leo Valdez

"I want a fair fight you don't use your magic I don't use my fire just hand to hand combat" Leo said

"Uh I don't really think that's fair" Grace said "you're one of the seven of prophecy"

"You're the daughter of Hera" Leo challenged

"Holy freaking Tartarus Leo there's a hellhound behind you"

Leo turned around seeing nothing while Grace started sprinting the other way. Grace was about I cross the line when a spear whizzed past her head.

"You know I can aim closer right?" Leo said only a few yards away.

"Geez Leo you must be seriously obsessed with me I mean honestly" Grace said with a smirk

Leo looked flustered "it's my job" he muttered

"Well Leo do you have a little crush?" a voice asked

Grace looked around to see Nico.

"Of course not her mother ruined my life" Leo shouted

"That was her mother this is her" Nico said giving Grace a "go across the line and just win this thing" look

"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree" Leo said