Raised on Olympus

Chapter 8

Hi! This is the eighth chapter of Raised on Olympus. Enjoy!

Italics: mind talk
Bold: authors note

Disclaimer: I am not American. So, I cannot be Rick Riordan.

The Heirs ran back to their palace and slammed the doors. They came out in T-shirts, shorts or jeans and converse. They still wore their circlets. Thalia whooped. "We don't have to wear those stupid dresses! I'm gonna go train. You coming?" "I am!" Everyone chorused. The Heirs rushed to the arena.

The Arena was split into four parts, each as big as a football field. There were stands on the sides. The first quarter stored their bows and arrows, spears and throwing knives(For anyone who didn't carry them around) and had targets and an open space for archery and spear throwing. The second quarter stored their swords, daggers and battle hammers (Same as above) and was a training ground for sword, dagger, hand-to-hand, spear and hammer fights. The third quarter was split into several smaller areas. One area was covered in clouds, another had water, another was covered in darkness and you could see gems in the ground, etc. It was the training ground for powers. The last quarter had what looked like a greenhouse in it and was the monster simulation room.

Having lived on Olympus since they were small, the Heirs knew all the shortcuts. They slashed the tapestry of Olympus outside their room and pulled the leaver inside. The tapestry immediately fixed itself. The tapestry of the Olympians next to it opened up and  the Heirs crawled through. They arrived at the arena and did archery first. Kathy pressed a button in the wall and the case of bows and quivers opened. All of their bows were enchanted not to break and their quivers never ran out of arrows. They each found a target and started shooting. The Apollo kids were the best, shooting bulls eyes all the time with the rest not far behind. It had taken Percy and Andy a year to shoot straight but now they were just as good as the rest.

The campers, Chiron and Lupa and the gods walked in and froze when they saw the Heirs shooting archery.

Percy POV

I can hear the campers coming in and send my thoughts to the others. Guys the campers came in. I thought. We know Seaweed brain. Annabeth thought back. Lets pick up the pace shall we. I could practically hear Will's smirk. Let's give them a show. There's a reason Kayla's nickname is Drama Princess. (Her grandfather is drama king.)

Drew's POV

Those weird people from just now were practicing archery when we went to the arena. I nearly ran up to them, but my mum held me back. The gods motioned us towards the stands and we watched them shoot. I was shocked. They were better than the Apollo Cabin and The Hunters of Artemis! They didn't even aim.

Suddenly, all of them smirked and started shooting faster. I was pretty sure some were even shooting three arrows at once! They were splitting all the arrows that they had shot previously. Who are these people?

Percy POV

Punks, let's do swords now. Archery is getting boring. Typical Clarisse. I agree. Katie replied. We all put our bows back and walked to the sword fighting Arena. We all quickly got into our usual pairs and trios. I was with Annabeth and Thalia. Jason, Piper and Leo were one group and Frank, Nico and Hazel were another. There was also Clarisse, Andy and Connor and Travis, Katie and Will. Lastly, we had Malcolm, Kathy and Liam and Kayla and Nyssa and Mitchell and Pollux.

We took our weapons out, not transformed yet. I could see the child of Athena lean over to ask a question. Probably, Are you dumb? Then I uncapped my pen and hit my watch. They turned into my sword and shield. Everyone else's things turned into their weapons.