Alex Newton
Ares Cabin, Camp Halfblood
"... Alexander."
"Huh? You again? Goddammit, stop appearing in my dreams, old man. I don't have time for you."
"... Shut up. Cocky little kid. I come here to warn ya about what's gonna happen, and you're whining about it."
"Warn me?"
"Yeah, warn ya. Now listen, there's a big war coming up, and you'll need to fight. The end."
"... That's it? The end? That's what you came to warn me about?"
"... Pretty much, yeah. There are a few more important details, but I'm not gonna be telling ya."
My eyes grew a dark red, I was growing madder and madder by the second. The old man, in his leather jacket, and his shades was just annoying me. The man looked at me with a amused look, obviously finding all of this funny. He just seemed like a guy who found annoying others fun.
"Ooh, I see your eyes are red. Just like your father."
"My... father?"
The man smiled, and removed his shades. The last thing I saw was fire, bright, hot fire in his eyes. Enough to make me suddenly feel like sweating. That was the last thing I saw before everything went black.
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"ALEX... ALEX WAKE UP ALREADY!"
I got up with a start, getting up upright in my bed. I was sweating, but I felt really cold. I had a huge headache, and I gripped my forehead. There was a boy sitting beside my bed, and even in my rather dazed state, I recognized him as Benjamin, the weakest kid in the Ares Cabin. He was quite a good friend of mine, always looking out for me. Even though he was the weakest in the Ares Cabin, he could easily take on a kid from the other cabins one on one though.
"Hey, you're awake, you big slug." He said, with a grin, punching my arm lightly... or at least, I felt it lightly, knowing him, he might've been using his full strength. He then noticed the rather pained expression I had, and looked at me worriedly.
"Hey, big guy, you okay?" He asked with concern. I was feeling a lot better now, and got out of bed.
"Yeah, pretty okay. Just another one of em dreams. By the way, do you happen to know whether Ares is a snob wearing a leather jacket and shades, like me? Having eyes with fire in them?" I asked, pretty casually.
"Uh, I haven't seen him in person, so I don't know... but why?" He asked, looking at me with a suspicious look. If somebody else would've given me that look, they would've been missing their eyeballs by now, but I made an exception for ol' Benjamin.
"Meh, never mind." I said, waving my hand. I was hoping he would drop the topic, and luckily he did.
"Hey, you remember what today is, right?" He said, with a look of playfulness. I looked at him with a dumb look for a second.
"What... today... is...? OH SNAP!" I yelled, as it hit me. "TODAY IS CAPTURE THE FLAG! MAH FA-VOR-ITE!" I yelled, as I quickly got dressed up, so fast that it felt like I was in a movie, and somebody had pressed the fast forward button. As soon as I was ready, I rushed over to my buddy, Benjamin.
He looked at me with a grin, and pointed down at my shoes. I looked down, and realized that I was wearing them the wrong way. My face grew a bit red, and I immediately put them on right. I got back up straight, and patted Benjamin on his back, as the both of us set out for the forest.
"Soooooo, Benjy, ya think you'll be able to do well in the game?" I said, punching him on his arm. His whole body shook, and I made a mental note to just pat him on the back from now on.
"Don't call me Benjy. And yeah, I think I should. I mean, I got you on my team..." He said, glancing at me expectantly.
"Well, a true warrior should fight his own battles! But okay, I'll help ya out this time." I said, winking at him. He smiled, and we both reached the forest's edge. Already quite a crowd had gathered, and I was getting quite impatient standing around. I couldn't wait to get in the forest and fight it out.
I saw Mr. D and Chiron, the friendly Satyr, walk over to the front of the whole mass of people. he was not in his usual wheelchair form, but obviously, in a place where you are surrounded by such creatures, who would want to remain hidden?
Everybody quietened down, listening intently to Chiron's announcement. I could sense a buzz of excitement in the place, eager to play every demigods favorite game, Capture The Flag.
"Good morning, young demigods! Like all of you know, today is the day we play Capture the Flag after quite a long time!" He said, with a smile. He then motioned to Mr. D to speak, and start the game. Mr. D looked at him with a bored look, and walked forward.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's start." He said, waving his hand, and walked away from the place, back to the Big House. I rolled my eyes, thinking how big of an a** he was. But then again, he was the god of wine. If I dared to speak out aloud, he probably might strangle me with a vine or something, or maybe just drown me in wine. The possibilities of dying were endless here.
Chiron sighed, as he watched him go. He shrugged, then again got to the front, about to explain the rules.
"Okay, demigods, the rules. I know most of you already know them, but it is my duty to inform all of you again." He said, and then took out a scroll from his bag. He started to read the rules out aloud.
"Number one: The creek is the boundary line." He motioned to the direction of the creek, and I peeped out just to make a note of it.
"The entire forest is fair game.
All magic items are allowed.
The flags must be prominently displayed and can have no more than two guards.
Prisoners may be disarmed, but may not be bound or gagged."
I chuckled at the prisoners rule. I would very much like to take some prisoners, but... it probably would be no use. Maybe he could beat the location of the flag out of them... but nothing more.
"No killing or maiming is allowed"
I heard a few others around me from the Ares cabin groan too. Well, even though we all loved killing... Killing somebody over a game was stupid. I would kill the guy who killed somebody over a game. I smiled at the thought of killing a few of my enemies, but then turned my attention back to the rules. If I remembered correctly, there was only one more left.
"Guards aren't allowed to stand within ten yards of the flag." Chiron finished, and rolled the scroll and put it back into his bag. The only thing left right now was the teams to be announced. Chiron took out another scroll, and said, "Okay, now. The teams for today's Capture the Flag are...
Children of cabins - Aphrodite, Demeter, Apollo and Hermes with the Red Flag.
VS.
Children of cabins - Ares, Hephaestus, Athena and Dionysus with the Blue Flag." He said, as he rolled up his scroll. He then remembered something, and said, "Oh, and yes, the lone 2 children of Artemis... you are going to be divided into the 2 teams. Jared Angelo, you are in the red team. And Luna Cynthia Krescent, you are in the Blue team. And from now onwards, you have exactly an hour to get prepared for the game, after which we shall begin. Good luck to all of you." He said, smiling, then he walked away.
Excellent, I thought. Athena's cabin was with me. With their planning, and our brawn, we could easily win this game. I looked over to where I could spot a child of Athena, and saw the guy named Josh standing there, with a grumpy expression. I walked over to him, with Benjamin by my side, and spoke to him. "Hey, kid. You're Athena's kid right? I plannin' on you to help our team win. Can you formulate a plan for us?" I asked him.
I saw as my trusty wolf walked in from the woods, and settled down by my side. I petted him gently on his head, as he looked towards the forest, as if he was ready to fight in the game as well.
"No, Link. You're not going to be in the game." I ordered him. The wolf gave a whine, but stayed quiet, not moving. I saw Benjamin smile from the corner of my eyes, but I didn't say anything. I was pretty ready for the game myself. My sword was by my side, my shield was on my arm. All I needed was my armor... and a good plan. The reasonable thing here would be getting a person from all the cabins in the Blue team together, and discuss a plan, but for that he would have to know the people as well. So far, he knew that from the Hephaestus cabin he could call Maddox, and Luna had to be called anyways. But for now, he waited for the boy in front of him, Josh, to come up with a plan....
