Author's Note: hey guys, I'm back writing another chapter! I hope this one's a little longer than the first two. But I don't know because I'm still working on Chapter 3 for Falling For My Best Friend. I think I need to change the title. Any suggestions? Tell me in the review section.
Chapter Three: Archery
As I expected, Triton completely messed up my cabin. What made me even more upset was that she broke my trident in half. That was probably the end for me. He's only been here for five minutes and he's already wrecking my stuff.
"Who in the world do you think you are coming in here and wrecking my stuff?" I exclaimed.
"Well, your trident was far too grotesque, I thought I'd spare you mercy so you wouldn't have to look at it again," he said, letting out an evil laughter as he exited out of the cabin.
I grumbled. I wanted to drown him. Oh wait, I forgot. He's a fish. So, that won't work. I looked outside the front of my cabin and noticed that most of the campers were already up and running their regular activities and duties. Annabeth and Grover were outside at the back talking about something. I motioned them to come over here.
"Guys, we have a problem."
"What is it, Percy?"
"Triton, he has to go. But I know he won't, and if I let him go, it will only make my summer even worse. So, how do we make this the worst for him to make him leave by his own will?"
"Are you saying that you're brewing a plan?" Grover asked.
"Exactly."
"Percy, your dad will squish you if this ends badly." Annabeth scolded.
"I don't care, I just want him out of here. He doesn't belong in our world, let alone walk on it."
"Well, make a plan later. We've got archery coming up."
After gearing up and getting our bows and arrows, we headed over to the archery range for practice. Annabeth was already there. Grover was picking apples with Juniper along the trees, but he was still watching us. And unfortunately for, Triton was there, his blue skin turned into normal human skin. Wow, so cool, I thought in a sarcastic way.
Chiron gave us the simple instructions of today's lesson. Today we were going to be learning how to shoot at far distances, which would be a great defense and offense if there was ever an upcoming war. The targets were moved into a big open field that were at least thirty feet away. It was hard to see the bull's eye but I could still see the target.
"Knock your arrows!" Chiron ordered. We loaded our bows with an arrow and aimed directly towards the target and waited for Chiron's signal to announce that the area around us were clear. But Triton had other plans. After he loaded his bow, he didn't wait for Chiron's instruction. His bow went flying straight towards the target, but a gust of wind made it miss, letting the arrow ricochet off the edge and bouncing it towards the tree where Juniper and Grover were at.
Fortunately, it hit neither of them. But it did pierce a branch just a few feet above Grover. Grover cursed at Triton and told him to watch himself before he kicks him with his hooves.
"Shut up, satyr! Go and shower!" Triton exclaimed. A bunch of people laughed at Triton's comment, while me, Annabeth, Grover Juniper, Beckendorf, Malcolm, Jason, Leo, Thalia, and Silena just looked and glared at him. Clarisse, however, was laughing with the others. I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to Chiron, who looked furious.
"Triton, you're excused for the rest of the day. Go back to your cabin and stay there, so that there will be no more close fatalities caused by you."
Everyone was all "oooooh" as Triton grumbled to himself as he began walking back to the cabin. That's when the rest of us snickered as he walked by. I laughed out loud because, well what can I say, I'm a rebel. As Triton left, we went back to shooting arrows at our targets. I managed to hit the two most inner rings, scoring me more points than Thalia, but not even close to Annabeth's as she hit a bull's eye with all five arrows.
"Just my luck," I cursed. Annabeth laughed and nudged me.
"You'll get me next time, Seaweed Brain."
"That's what you said last week."
As the sun began to set, the campers were already filling up the dining pavilion where they served a plethora of foods and drinks. I loved this time of the day. It kind of reminds me of those social events and parties you'd see on television channel, I forgot what it was called.
Ii headed back to my cabin to change into new clothes began I was soaking wet from showering in the lake after archery. Triton was in there, cleaning and polishing his trident with a white cloth. I guessed he sensed my presence, or he probably heard my squeaking slippers. He turned and gave me a look of disgust and turned back to his business.
"Oh, you're here."
"Who else is going to be in here, Fish Stick."
He grumbled under his breath as I changed into jeans and a camp shirt before heading out of the cabin. "Have fun polishing, I'm sure that's probably what you're most good at."
"Shut up, cretin!"
I laughed to myself as I began walking to the dining pavilion. I couldn't wait to talk about the plan I was stirring in my head. It's going to be diabolical. NO, it's going to be phenomenal. Triton won't even know it hit him until, well, it hits him. I can't wait to plan it out with the gang. I'm sure they hate him too. Just by the look on their faces today during archery, I could tell that they weren't really taken with him. Hey, on the bright side, they're all on my side, and maybe I can ask them to help me plan out some stuff for Triton. This is going to be one interesting summer.