o Cano t guesso Hermes replied.


o Time to find out who your godly parent iso Hermes said. Then he walked towards a boxing arena. Josh and I followed him. When we got there Hermes signalled to Josh to come up into the ring. Hermes handed Josh a bronze sword. o Can you beat me?o He said, egging Josh to attack. Josh did, with so much force that it broke Hermes sword in half while Hermes parried. o Ares, definitely.o Hermes said. o Now for your friend.o I jumped up and took Josho s place. Hermes handed me a sword and I took up a defensive stance. Seeing that I wasno t attacking first he attacked, hard. I parried, quickly returning a short sharp swipe to the legs. This was glanced away easily by Hermes. He held up his hand. o Leto s try the forgeso . We quickly found out I wasno t a son of Hephaestus but I had skills in archery that could be improved to perfection. o Okay, leto s give it a rest and weo ll continue this tomorrow.o Hermes said o Chase, your sleeping in cabin thirteen, the cabin of unknowns. Josh youo re in cabin eight. Now scram!o Josh and I ran as fast as we could to our separate cabins. o See you in the morningo I shouted across the courtyard. I stepped into cabin thirteen. The inside of the cabin was made of polished wood, and the bunks where made of steel bars. There were at least three other people in the cabin, all doing something different but one, who looked like heo d finished early. I walked up to him and asked o Who are you and what should I do?o


o Well first Io m Casper, and next get ready for a sword fight.o


o I dono t own any swords or armouro


o Go to the armoury and tell Hermeso


o Whereo s the armoury and whereo s Hermeso


o The armoury is behind cabin twelve and Hermes should be in the armouryo


o Thanks Caspero . I ran to the armoury as fast a I could and ran into Hermes who was just walking in the door.


o Sorry siro I said.


o No need to call me sir and what is your business here?o Hermes questioned.


o I came to tell you I dono t have any weapons for the competition tonight, and Casper from cabin thirteen said to get some from the Armoury.o I answered.


o I now know Casper has a place in cabin nine, but to take from the Armoury you have to have permission from either me or Leon, and I give you permission. But only take what you need.o Hermes warned.


When I walked in the Armoury, like the library I was surrounded, but unlike the library it was weapons surrounding me. Every weapon imaginable was there. I walked up and tried a gold sword with a diamond in its hilt, it didno t feel right in my hand. I tried the sword next to it, which was steel with copper lacing and an amethyst in its hilt, just right. o DeathBringero I murmured. Suddenly DeathBringer rose out of my hands, about a foot and shone bright silver, and then fell back into my hands. I walked up to a plain wood shield with no design, but alas it didno t feel right. I tried other shields, but none seemed to fit. o No shield theno I thought. I left the Armoury and ran back to cabin thirteen. When I got in the cabin Castor wasno t there. But some one else was in his place. I walked up to her o May I know your nameo I politely asked.


o Sure, Io m Lucyo .


o Okay Casper said I should get some weapons and it looks like Io m staying for the night so where can I sleep?o


o Pick a bunko


o Thankso


I ran over to the bunks and chucked my sword on one. I must have fallen asleep cause the next moment a trumpet sounded and Lucy shouted o In line, now!o Everyone ran in line with their weapons so I joined them with my weapon.