Chapter 5: Calliste
Guys I'll be back I'll just get some punch." I told my friends
"Ok" Ella replied
As I was walking to grab some punch, someone collided with me and we both fell to the ground.
"Ow!" I cried. I felt really dizzy.
"Sorry! Oh Calliste it's you. I'm sorry about last time." The boy told me. He was wearing a black shirt with a skull and ripped jeans.
"Nico? Is that you?" I asked as I rubbed my temples. I started seeing hundreds of people that all looked alike all. As my head cleared I remembered the last time we met. He clearly looked like he didn’t want to talk to me right now.
"I should go my friends are waiting for me." I told him.
"Wait can I talk to you for a while? I'm sure you're friends can wait." Nico said. I nodded my head
“Look, um about last time. It’s not that I don’t want to spend time with you, it’s just that I get uncomfortable with people hugging me. And um usually I don’t like showing a lot of emotions.”
“Oh…” I replied, not knowing what to say.
“So are we friends?”
“Friends”
"So um are you joining capture the flag later? He asked
"Yeah I'm on the blue team." I told him
"Oh so we're in the same group then." He said
“Yeah”
"Do you wanna drink some punch?" I asked him
"Sure" he sad
We walked to the table and grabbed some punch. He got me a drink.
"Thanks" I told him
"No problem" He answered back
Then Chiron stood with a megaphone and said:
"Campers! In honor of Annabeth's last day here, we shall have capture the flag. Red teams go to the left side and blue teams go to the right side. The captain for the red team will be Annabeth Chase and the captain for the blue team will be Percy Jackson. You know the rules. The river is the boundary line. Magic items are allowed. No killing.”
Then he pulled the cloths out of the tables. It was full of equipment for the game.
I found Ella and the others near the section of the blue team.
"So Ella and Tabitha all of you will stand guard and protect our flag. When I give my signal Tabitha and Katie will leave their places and get the blue flag. Those names I haven't called will go with me and try to capture the red flag. Okay?" Percy said
"OK!" We all replied.
After that Chiron told us to stay on our designated places.
"Campers on your marks ready, set go!" Chiron said
I quickly got my bow and arrows and started shooting anyone who started to attack me. I managed to hit some members of the red team. Eventually I got tired of shooting and my head stated aching. I almost fell to the ground. Good thing Nico was there to catch me.
"Calli, you alright? You look a little pale." He said
"My head hurts." I murmured. I literally felt like my head was going to split in two.
"Calli, please don’t faint right now. I can't take you to the base. It's too far." He said
I tried closing my eyes but it didn't work so I tried calming myself by looking at the sky. Gradually, I got my strength back.
