Okay everybody, here's chapter seven, wow, chapter seven. I think that's pretty good. I'll probably only be making a few more, hopefully by the time I'm finished the MOA with be out! I'm so excited; I've already pre-ordered it on Amazon and everything!
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CLARISSE
Hi there punk, Clarisse again, reporting from Camp Half-Blood. It's now been four months since Prissy went missing.
Everything's pretty normally now, you can still tell something's off but we're getting back into groove. Did I really just say that, I sound like my mother! Gross!
The Argo II will be done in a few months, at least that's what Vandalez says. Grace, McLean, and Vandalez work day and night on their 'little' project. I swear to the gods, once they actually leave for their big quest they will have forgotten how to actually fight, they never have time for training or they claim to be "too tired" or some stupid excuse like that.
Annabeth is not scaring me as much anymore, she is teaching knife fighting again, that's what she did before he went missing. She also spends a lot of time on her silly laptop [I still don't understand why Chiron lets her have a laptop but he won't even think of letting anyone else have one, it is Daedalus's but still, it's the principle of the thing] Annabeth is also obsessed with the Argo II, I don't blame her, it's the only way she will ever see her boyfriend again. I suppose I would be the same if Chris was taken.
Grover, Prissy's goat boy, visited camp the other day. He hasn't found a trace of Percy even though he's been searching California for months. He did however find a couple of new half-bloods to add to our little collection. He said he's been looking at the news papers for natural disasters. Because, you know, that's what Prissy's best at.
He said that the California coast has been experiencing some of the worst sea storms in a while, but after a bit of research Grover concluded that it was just Barnacle Beard getting all hyped up over Prissy's disappearance.
I considered Prissy lucky.
His father is worried about him, I don't suppose Ares would be very worried, kind of no disrespect intended. But Ares has a lot of kids, at Camp Half-Blood alone, how many sort-of-siblings do I have at Jason's roman camp? You know, I don't want to know. Poseidon only has one kid (that we know of) and he's the missing hero of Olympus, Prissy.
I suppose I don't blame anyone about missing Percy, he can be a good guy, sometimes. Don't you dare tell anyone I said that, I will pulverize you. In fact, I've never told anyone this, but a few months after the Battle of the Labyrinth Prissy helped me out big time when my brothers, my immortal brothers, Phobos and Deimos, stole my father's chariot from my in order to get dad mad at me. Prissy helped me overcome my brothers and get my father's chariot back to his temple on the Intrepid.
Speaking of Ares and my half-siblings the Ares cabin is getting more and more crowded as the weeks go on. I swear every bunk in full and we still have a few campers sleeping on the floor until Chiron can order a few more beds.
In my opinion Annabeth should spend less time on the Argo and more time on renovating cabins. Ever since Prissy made the deal with the gods every cabin has become more crowded, accept the Hermes cabin, they're finally looking like a normal cabin.
Hades, we have more campers than we've ever had, ever. And it isn't even summer yet.
I walk to the sword arena where I'm surprised to find Grace fighting. Yes, he's finally training!
Grace is fighting some Hermes boy. I lean against the wall, studying the two fighting. I'll admit, Grace is pretty good. Not quite as good as me (or Prissy I suppose), but good.
He has a weird style of fighting; He pokes with the end of his "gladius". Instead of using he edge or flat of his blade he thrusts the tip, finding weak points in armor, it looks like he's using some kind of javelin instead of a sword. It's rather amusing to watch. However, the way he uses his gladius it would be far too easy for a more experienced fighter (like me), to disarm him. Too bad he doesn't still have his little coin. But seriously, a coin, and I though Prissy and his pen where lame!
Grace finally gets a clue and crouches down, swinging his gladius under his opponent's feet, knocking the boy to the ground. Maybe he is learning something from Greek fighting after all.
Grace points the tip of the sword at the boy. A look of contempt blazes in his eyes before it is washed away by his good natured laugh as he offers his hand and helps the boy to his feet. Sometimes I wonder if Grace really wants to be here, with the Greeks, I mean, he's a Roman, the sworn enemy of Greece.
Every so often a look will cross his face, he is confused by our traditions, out fighting, he hates being in the Zeus cabin alone, although who wouldn't? When he wins a fight against a camper, no matter how good or bad the camper is at fighting there is a look in his eyes, like he thinks we are not worthy opponents.
Speaking for myself, and most of my cabin mates, I cannot wait until someone beats the Hades out of the boy. I have a feeling that that someone will be Prissy. I actually hope it will be Prissy. I hate to say it but Barnacle Brain kind of took up the place of leader, especially after the Battle of Manhattan. It would be an epic battle you know, leader of the Greeks vs. leader of the Romans. Poseidon vs. Zeus. Water vs. Air. Thank kind of thing.
Don't get me wrong I would love to whoop his butt but, I think it will have to be Percy, the guy really… has a way with people… yeah, let's just say that. Oh, don't you dare tell Prissy I called him… you know P-E-R-C-Y.
I do have a reputation to keep up.
Thanks everyone for reading. I know it took me a while to get this chapter up. I didn't really know where I was going with it in the beginning. As you might be able to tell. This isn't my best chapter but I'm just trying to get some perspective.
R&R
~Foxy