Chapter 36: Happy Birthday, Percy!

A/N: ok. Percy's birthday was August 18th so let's celebrate! Update your status to say "Happy Birthday, Percy" to celebrate it!

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~August 18th~

Thalia: lol, Perc that selfie was weird on snapchat.

Percy: Yeah. I'm excited today

Thalia: Yeah? Cool

Jason: Why you so happy?

Percy: becauz....it's my birthday. Duh

Jason: Cool, dude

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Percy's da narrator! :D

What. Was. This. My arm was stinging. I knew there was going to be a bruise. It hurt like crazy. Time to get him back.

Earlier that evening...

"Attention campers!" Chiron announced cheerfully. "We have a new game today. Some of you might be familiar with it. Leo, present the game." Leo walked to where Chiron was.

"Ok! Hi, peeps," said Leo as he pulled out a mysterious gun. "This is a paintball gun. Of course it doesn't hurt that much but it can when shot at at a number of times." Clarisse groaned. "Teams will be posted tonight when we will begin." I sighed out of discontent. I really didn't want to be paired up with someone I didn't want to be with.

That night, the teams were posted. I went up to check.

1. Annabeth and Conner (Ergh!!!)

2. Piper and Frank

3. Darci and Leo

4. Travis and Hazel

I kept scanning and scanning till finally:

24. Grover and Juniper

25. Percy and Dionysus

DIONYSUS?! NOOOOOO! Suddenly, Dionysus was beside me. He narrowed his eyes. "This is a mistake."

"Heck yeah it is!" I said utterly annoyed.

"Oooh, Percy," Piper said, smirking at me. I frowned at her. I went back to my cabin for a brief moment and pouted.

I came back and grabbed the paintball gun. At least we were on the same team, not against each other. We together ran into the woods and Chiron announced the beginning of the game. "Go!"

Dionysus and I darted behind a tree trunk. I loaded my gun. A lot of people were around us. I decided to take my chance. I darted out, shooting Conner right in the face.

"Ow! Holy Hades!" Conner screamed in agony. Strike three, you're out. When I was leaving to get back to Dionysus, I saw Annabeth's stormy grey eyes looking at me.

"Peter, you need to stay with me. That's an order," he said seriously. He only was being slightly nice was because if we won, he would be allowed to have one glass of wine for an exception.

I sighed. Grr. We darted off deeper into the woods. Dionysus had shot a few people, and I had to. By the time we got right near the creek, he was panting.

"You're such a fat, wimpy baby," I said, laughing. He looked at me with anger.

"I wouldn't say that to a god, Polly."

"Yeah. That's always your excuse isn't it? 'I'm a god blah blah blah,'" I imitated in a whiny voice. I decided to look around, but then I tripped.

"Gods! Ouch!" I said, involuntarily. I looked back at Dionysus who was smirking.

"Yeah. I'm the wimp," he scoffed. I was angry now.

"Dude, it's actually my birthday so you shouldn't do that," I warned.

"'It's actually my birthday blah blah blah'" he mimicked. He sneered. "You might want to come up with non-hypocritical insults, don't you think?" I frowned.

"Oh shut up," I said. Dionysus got up to look around. He bent over to pick up a stone, I had the time to kick him into the creek. When he re-surfaced, he looked angry. I mean, angry. I prayed for my well-being. I didn't want to be into a million pieces by the end of tonight.

Dionysus then took his paintball gun and I automatically did the same. We shot at the same time. Dionysus got it on his neck. It landed on my arm. Some birthday for me. The pain was awful.

What. Was. This. My arm was stinging. I knew there was going to be a bruise. It hurt like crazy. Time to get him back...