32 Chapter 32 Preparing

​Things after Tyson was claimed by Poseidon was a little weird, for Percy at least. After Tyson moved into Percy's home, everywhere he went he would get teased by the other campers. They would say he was brothers with an ugly monster, and then I would slap whoever said that on the back of their head.

Some of you may be wondering how Tyson is Poseidons son, well that's simple. When a god has a child with a nature spirit, they produce a cyclops. Most of the time, it is Poseidon that has a bunch of cyclops children. Cyclops are usually unwanted by all parties involved in the creation of it, and are abandoned in the streets. Tyson is a perfect example of this type of case.

I was able to see that from Percy's face, he wasn't very comfortable with being Tyson's brother, embarrassed even. He would always come back with saying they were only half brothers, whenever he would get teased.

Other than that, everyone at camp were busy getting ready for the chariot races. Annabeth asked Percy to team up, in efforts of cheering him up. In my opinion, Athena and Poseidons children teaming up in a chariot race is an automatic victory.

As for me? I didn't even bother to lift a finger on this stupid event. Although I am helping my siblings make a chariot, since for some reason or another, they want to participate. Well its mostly Piper, she said she wants to free our cabin from chore duty. So although I wont be participating, I will help them make a good chariot, maybe we might even be able to beat Percy and Annabeth.

Currently Percy and Annabeth were designing their Chariot by the lake, while I was with Piper and Silena. Silena was another Half sister of mine, even more she was our head councilor. Silena was a very pretty girl with long dark brown hair and chestnut brown eyes. Her face was like a model, just like his other half sisters. Only, her personality was a little more like Piper's, and is also a firm believer in love. There have been multiple times when she has tried to set me up with someone who she thought I could fall in love with. She also likes to tease me any time she sees me talking to any girl.

"We should definitely have our chariot stacked with arrows, in honor of Eros! We could also put a heart on it for our mother." Silena said as she drew a sketch of what she was picturing. Piper immediately disagreed on the heart part and drew a chariot that looked like a tank, filled with metal armor. The two argued back and forth until they both turned their head at the same time toward me. "Lucian! Whose do you think is better?!"

I couldn't help but chuckle and shake my head. I took their sketching pencil and drew on the blueprint. "Why dont we integrate both of your Ideas? We can have arrows as your weapon, as well as have some ornaments that are hearts, but we sharpen them up and put it on the side of your chariot. Then we can have small armor plating on the trim of the Chariot, as well as its vulnerable spots."

The finished sketch looked like a sleek and fast looking chariot. It looked rather deadly if someone tried to bash into it, but it also looked really elegant. Piper and Silena both nodded their heads happily. "Who knew you had so many talents Lucian?!" Silena said while she looked at the amount of detail in my sketch. "You should see him with a sword, you wouldn't even last a minute." Piper said, as if she was boasting her own accomplishment.

Silena raised an eyebrow at the challenge. "Oh really? We have never sparred, right Lucian? I heared from the other campers that the ones who spared with you have experienced something called a phantom strike?" They named my move? Well I guess it does sound pretty catchy, and that is what the person in the receiving end must witness. "I suppose so, although I didn't know I was so famous."

Piper and Silena rolled their eyes. "Oh please, your basically idolized by all of the girls in the camp. Dont you have your fair share of love letters in the bottom of your bed?" Piper said, making Lucian scratch the back of his head helplessly. Lucian was about to reply, but he saw Annabeth stomping toward her cabin. Lucian and his sisters were drawing up their plans on their porch, so he was able to see the annoyed and upset look on her face.

"Excuse me my beautiful sisters, I have to go. You two should discuss your game plan for the chariot race." Lucian said as he walked toward the angry Annabeth.

"Where do you think he is going?" Piper asked Selina. "He is probably going to go talk to Annabeth, she looks pretty upset. *sigh*... our poor brother sure knows how to pick them." Selina said, though she sounded sarcastic. "What do you mean?" Piper asked confused. "Cant you tell? Annabeth's love life is giving off a state of confusion. I fear that our brother may get his heart broken...I hope not though." Selina said as she looks back at the blueprint. Piper also gave one last look before she gave her attention back to the blueprint.

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"Hey Annabeth! Wait up!" Lucian called out, making Annabeth turn around. Annabeth turned around and saw that it was Lucian, so she calmed down a bit. "What?" Annabeth asked rather irritated. "What's wrong? You seem upset, I thought you were strategizing with Percy?" Annabeth scrunched her nose, as if reminded of her troubles. "Percy is an Idiot! He has nothing but sea weed floating around in his brain! Can you believe he actually got mad at me?!" Annabeth said, venting out her frustration.

"Was their a reason he got angry with you? What happened?" Lucian asked. "Well, when we were designing our Chariot, some of your siblings came to tease him about Tyson. After they left I tried to comfort him and said that it wasnt his fault his brother was a monster. After that he kept saying that they weren't brothers and that the cyclops wasnt a monster, when he obviously is. He said that the cyclops saved his life and that I shouldnt talk bad about him. After that I told him that maybe he should just build a chariot with him instead, and he said maybe he should."

"So that's what happened. It seems to me like you have a problem with Cyclops, did something happen?" Annabeths ears went red and she seemed to get angry again. "I dont have a problem, they are monsters! That's why he couldn't enter the camp!"

Lucian sighed, he knew there should be more to this story that Annabeth didn't want to share. "Technically he is defined as a monster, but he isn't a monster Annabeth. Just how my mother isn't a monster. I know that there is more to your story as to why you hate cyclops, and I'll wait for you to tell me." Lucian patted Annabeths head, but Annabeth didn't say anything. She seemed to be remembering something, but in the end she just turned around and walked into her cabin.