Unexpected Annoyance [Seri/Andrea]

[Seri Winchester]

Of all the things Seri could have been doing today, picking up a troublesome sibling hadn't been on the top of her to-do-list. Sleeping, maybe going into the Arena for a good bout, was what she would have probably been doing right now if she hadn't been the freaking Cabin Leader of the Ares Cabin!

Sometimes she really regretted her job, though she knew if someone else had been in charge she wouldn't have liked it every much. She hated authority figures of all types, though strangely when she was in charge it was tolerable.

Still, it didn't stop her from getting mad about her duties. Why did her siblings have to get in trouble all the time? It was like they were little magnets to chaos.

Pushing open the main Big House doors, Seri eyes scanned the room until they landed on a brown mop of hair. The Ares Child looked no more than 10 years of age and she could clearing see a black bruise forming under the defiant boy's right eye. She recognized him instantly as Conner. He was new to camp. Only being here for a few weeks and she had already had to get him from the Big House three times. All of them fight related.

"Look at you." She said walking over to the boy and crouching down to examine his face. She tilted his head from side to side watching as he winced from her touch. His clothes were filthy, dried mud clinging to his sleeves and pant legs. The kid at got into a heavy tussle.

"What happened, Conner?" Seri demanded, watching him with slightly narrowed eyes.

The boy clenched his fists into his lap, biting his lip, "Nothing." He growled turning his head away.

Seri eyes narrowed. He always replied the same way. Nothing had happened he'd always say. Though his blackening eye was obviously something.

"Was it a Bully?" She growled, wondering why he wouldn't tell her. "Give me a name Conner and I will take care of it."

"It's nothing Okay?" He half-shouted, biting his lip again while turning his head away from her.

Seri sighed softly. She always was soft with kids, they were just to innocent to be cruel to. Conner didn't deserve to be beat up. He was a cute little thing. If it was a bully, Seri wanted to help, but she couldn't do that if he didn't tell her anything. Gods, what was she going to do?

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[Andreá Sage]

Andreá was absolutally furious! She had been playing war games, once again, and after demolishing a team of Ares kids she got rushed by some angry young boy. He claimed that she had cheated and charged her with his sword. Andreá had out stratigised them. She had waited for their attack, hidden and attacked from behind, taking out half their team before they realized what hit them.

She didnt mean to hurt the kid but he definitely meant to hurt her. She disarmed him, taking a large cut on her leg before she could, but he kept coming. So, inevitably she punched him.

A camp counselor who had been watching intervened. She got sent to the Apollo cabin while he got taken to the big house. Oh, but she wasn't done with him. After she got stitched up and worked on she headed straight to the big house.

Andreá came barging through the door. Spotting him sitting in a chair she stormed over. He wasn't alone but at the moment Andreá didn't care. The girl with him was heavily tattooed with dark hair. She looked like some one she would normal hang out with under different circumstances but not today.

"Are you his Cabin Leader?" She raged not even waiting for a response she continued, "That little monster attacked me!" She said pointing a finger at him.

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[Seri Winchester]

(blah! Feels like all my posts are bad today. Maybe I'm being just judgmental?)

"Are you his Cabin Leader? That little monster attacked me!"

Seri let out a small, but very annoyed, groan as some girl barged into the Big House and began to make a scene.

The girl was clearly angry, claiming Conner had for some reason attacked her. Yet, if anyone were to look at little Conner they would see the picture of innocence; not to mention he was always friendly to Seri. Heck, he even was downright shy on most days in the cabin. Which was why she assumed he was probably being bullied. But to randomly attack someone, she couldn't believe it.

Standing up, Seri turned towards the girl, arms crossing over her chest. "I'm Seri Winchester, the Ares Cabin Leader and that little monster is my brother." She seethed looking towards Conner's black eye.

This girl just picked the wrong day to start getting crazy with Seri. What was her deal? Claiming little Conner attacked her? He was so small and if he did attack her, which she wasn't saying he did, how much damage could he really do honestly?

Which brought about her next realization. This girl was probably the one who gave him a black eye!

"Conner, did this girl hit you?" She asked turning towards the small boy who was now glaring at the girl. Seri was startled, she had never seen such an angry face on Conner. It quickly disappeared as soon as Conner looked at her.

"Well?" She asked, watching as he glanced from her to the girl and back.

"S-She..." He paused to look at the girl, "She was calling me names. I told her t-to stop and then she punched me in the face!" He sniffed loudly as if he was about to cry, but no tears fell.

"Bullying a ten year old, do you have no morals?" Seri exclaimed with disgust, fixing the girl with her coldest stare possible. Oh, she wanted to throttle her, but she refrained herself. She wanted to hear the girls explanation before she knocked her lights out. She had to know what could possibly possess someone to hit a little kid. She was aiming on mentally ill.

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[Andreá Sage]

"S-She..." He paused and looked at Andrea, "She was calling me names. I told her t-to stop and then she punched me in the face!" He sniffed loudly as if he was about to cry, but no tears fell.

What?! no freaking way! What a lying little brat!! That's not what happened at all. She had only punched the little devil to get him off of her. She wouldn't intentionally hurt the kid. She didn't even hurt the Ares kids she fought with him.

"Liar!" Andrea cried out, "I had won a game of war with a bunch of your siblings and he just attacked me. He said I was cheating!! I never cheat!!" She looked like that was the worst thing she had ever been accused of, "If you don't believe me ask the counselor that brought him here or the other Ares kids that were there!" Ha! she had outsmarted the little brat. What would he say now? More lies? He couldn't. She had caught him.

"Look at my leg. He cut me open." Andrea pointed at the stitched up slice showing through her torn jeans. It was obvious "Conner" was in the wrong. "I was just defending myself. He caught me off guard." She had to give him props. She hadn't expected him to attack her. She wasn't as skilled as most Ares kids with a sword but she was better than most. He had gotten her.

Andrea tried to calm down. She took a few deep breaths. "I'm Andrea Sage, daughter of Athena. I promise I wouldn't lie to you. It would be foolish." She sighed. Seri looked enraged. The last thing she wanted was to fight with her after being injured. She would lose for sure and that wasn't something she wanted traveling around camp. She was known for her battle tactics, not losing fights.

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[Seri Winchester]

"Liar!" Andrea cried out, "I had won a game of war with a bunch of your siblings and he just attacked me. He said I was cheating!! I never cheat!!"

Seri's stared with resigned fury as she heard the truth in the girl's words. The girl made it sound like cheating for her was forbidden.

"If you don't believe me ask the counselor that brought him here or the other Ares kids that were there!"

Seri's anger was slowly building over the whole ordeal. She didn't have time for this crap. What did she do to deserve this drama?

Andrea showed Seri her cut. It was a pretty good gash and she could make out a few stitches weaved carefully over the girl's wound. Her gaze shifted to Conner who eyes were as round as saucers, much like a deer caught in head-lights. The classic guilty look. Her gaze shifted back to Andrea who looked like she was trying her best to calm herself.

"I'm Andrea Sage, daughter of Athena. I promise I wouldn't lie to you. It would be foolish."

As if Seri couldn't believe the girl already. It was obvious Andrea was telling the truth from her tone and words. Geez, now there was no denying little Conner was truly Ares blood.

"Conner?" Seri growled in warning. He flinched from her tone, but closed his jaw tightly. "If you don't tell me, that black eye will be the least of your worries." Oh yeah, completely hypocritical, but she didn't care. This was her time being spent. This needed to be over with so she could go take a nap or something more productive.

Her threat seemed to get to him because he quickly spilled the beans in moments, "I attacked her." He yelled in anger, his tiny chest heaving from his words.

Seri glared at him, "Apologize." He looked at her incredulously. "Now." she pulled him to his feet by his arm and moved him in front of her.

"Sorry." He sneered his head bent towards the ground. She didn't really like his apology, but she knew she wasn't going to get anything better out of him so she let him go.

"Get back to the cabin. I want it spotless and my bed made by the time I get back. Oh, and if it isn't done..." She let her threat trail off watching as he grabbed his ice-pack and ran out the door.

Seri turned back to the girl, still slightly annoyed with her, but no longer angry. "I'll add extra punishments when I see him. I'll make sure he doesn't go near you again." She said as if that settled everything.

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[Andreá Sage]

"I'll add extra punishments when I see him. I'll make sure he doesn't go near you again."

Andrea honestly felt really bad for the kid. He may be evil, maybe even a sociopath but he didn't deserve to be tortured. Seri looked like the kind to torture. Or maybe not, she seemed like she liked to little boy.

"I honestly didn't mean to hurt him. I wouldn't just pick on and punch some little kid. That would be wrong. I was just playing a harmless game of war and he got offended by me out strategising them." She wasn't meaning to brag or anything but it kinda sounded like she was. It kinda happened alot when you are a child of Athena.

Andrea examined Seri more closely. Not only was she covered in tattoos from head to toe but she was built. Kinda like a lean warrior. Seri looked like a good opponent. Andrea thought she had heard of her before. Seri had been on many quests. Killing monsters left and right. She was known for being a great fighter.

That would sound great to people around camp. Andrea beat Seri Winchester in a game of war... Strategy at its best. A formidable foe. She raised an eyebrow.

"You look bored, wanna join me in a game of War?" Andrea questioned. She truly hoped she would say yes. Gosh, what a reputation she would achieve.

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[Seri Winchester]

"I honestly didn't mean to hurt him. I wouldn't just pick on and punch some little kid. That would be wrong. I was just playing a harmless game of war and he got offended by me out strategising them."

Seri let out a soft sigh, but nodded her head in acknowledgement. That sounded like something an Ares kid would do. Get mad because they were losing. It was very easy for an Ares to lose their heads in a battle. But what he had done was wrong, and Seri was going to make sure he was disciplined for it. Just because Ares children were sometimes rude, and battle hungry didn't mean they were animals. They still had a code of conduct, which Seri was more than happy to reinforce when need be.

"It's alright, I'm sure." She admitted, "He will be back on his feet in a few hours, good as new. It's his pride that was hurt above anything." Running a hand through her hair, Seri untangled a few knots. Usually she had time to run a comb through her hair in the mornings, but she had slept in and effectively completely forgot about it. She'd have time to do it later, probably. After ofcourse she had herself some chocolate pudding from the mess hall. She honestly loved the little delight; a guilty pleasure among all desserts. It was just so fluffy and tasty.

"You look bored, wanna join me in a game of War?"

Seri's eyes darted up to regard Andrea in mild surprise. Was she serious? Her eyes looked the girl up and down. Andrea looked agile and quick for sure, and then their was the Athena part of her. Seri personally hated fighting Athena children, they always tried to get in her head and distract her from her fight. It usually ruined her fun the way some Athena children thought about everything thing that could happen in a single fight.

She had no doubts the girl was going to try to predict every single move and try to get into Seri's head. Which was usually a good strategic advantage, since Seri was hotheaded when it came to fighting. Though it also meant Winchester could get carried away as well. She honestly didn't want to chance spilling any blood today, but Seri never backed down from a challenge and she wasn't going to start now.

"I don't play games, but I will dual you." She said, smirking widely. It probably wouldn't be as fun as when she would fight with Misha, but a fight was a fight after all.

"I hope you know what you are getting yourself into." She warned, beckoning Andrea to follow with a lazy hand.

Walking out of the Big house, Seri casually glanced over her shoulder to check if Andrea was following then stopped a little aways from the building. She was in a small clearing now, next to the path that led to the cabins. It wasn't exactly the best place to fight, but it was big enough and people who passed could just go around.

Turning back around she drew her blade, slashing it though the air experimentally. She loved this blade, she really did. Seri honestly couldn't believe Misha had given it to her. She would find some way to repay him for it for sure.

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[Andreá Sage]

"I don't play games, but I'll dual you." Seri replied.

Andreá contemplated a dual with Seri. A flat out dual wasn't her favorite thing. Don't get her wrong, she was great with a sword but her strong suit was strategy. Andreá began to nod. The idea wasn't the most intriguing but she would still gain the rep all the same.

"I hope you know what your getting into." Seri said as she walked out the door beckoning with her hand. Andreá followed. She knew exactly what she was getting into. Andreá had dialed with a cold of Ares before. They were hotheads, strong, fearless, but usually dim-witted. Not dumb, no, but not nearly as quick with their mind as she was.

Seri stepped into a small clearing. She drew her sword and Andreá's eyes widened. The sword was beautiful. Made detailed and out of the most beautiful silver. Andreá had never seen a sword like Seri's. Andreá stood there in awe before drawing get own sword.

It was just a sword. Normal and old. It laid heavy in her hands. Seri looked like she slashed hers effortlessly. Andreá realized she was going to have her work cut out for her. She leaned to the right and flinched. Andreá had nearly forgotten her injured leg. No! She was going to fail. She took a defensive stance and waited for Seri to strike.

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[Seri Winchester]

Seri's hawk like eyes stared at Andrea as she took a defensive stance. She didn't like this one bit. Did Andrea not think she hadn't noticed her favoring her left side? The cut from Conner must had been bothering her.

Yet, Andrea looked resolute to fight Seri. The girl was either very cocky in her abilities or extremely stubborn. Maybe it was a little of both. Still, if the girl was going to fight who was Seri to deny her.

Half circling Andrea like a tiger, Winchester gently twirled her sword in her hand. Andrea was obviously waiting for her to make her first move, which was good on her part, but also surprisingly risky. One, well hit strike of her blade and Andrea could be bleeding on the ground in a pool of her own blood. Letting your enemy make the first move was very dangerous, especially when slightly wounded from a previous battle.

Suddenly dashing forward, Seri did a full roundhouse kick aiming towards Andrea's right side and then brought her sword in from the left hoping to strike the Athena child's arm.

Seri made sure to say away from the girl's hurt leg; Winchester believe it or not had some morals in her soul. One of them was never attacking a known weak point unless it was a last resort. Seri would watch out for her leg throughout the battle.

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[Andreá Sage]

Andreá wasn't surprised when Seri shot forward. She had seen her thinking and contemplating about her moves. She had expected the quick movement. Andreá was great at predicting others moves. Andreá figured that was the reason why she was so successful in battle. Strategy was her specialty but astute judgment was a close second.

Seri lept with a round house kick toward her right side. She completely avoided her gash. Sympathy? Restraint? Traits Andreá was not very used to from an Ares kid. Because of underestimating Seri's kindness she had expected a crippling attack to her leg. Andreá had been wrong. She dodged the kick and just barely blocked the strike with Seri's sword.

Andreá gasped as the blade had come inches from hitting her arm. Goosebumps rose on her skin. Seri's blade was magnificent. She wielded it like it was air. But when it made contact with her blade it was with the force of steal.

A smile widened on Andreá's face. She had to find out where she got that blade. It was extrordinary. "Where did you get such an amazing sword?" Andreá breathed out more than asked as she spun forward aiming a blow at Seri's arm. She had
noticed Seri paying attention to her question, like distracted.

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[Seri Winchester]

Seri immediately became on edge from her question. She had come to be increasingly protective of her weapon since she had acquired it. Her mind was suddenly filled with one question that made her bristle, Why did she want to know?

Seri used her own hand to block Andrea's blow to her arm, skillfully pushing her palm against the flat top of the blade rather than the edge. The blade barely cut into her skin as she pushed the sword away from her. Andrea's sword was dull, she probably hadn't sharpened it in awhile, but it was still a weapon nonetheless.

Jumping backwards, she glared heatedly at the Athena girl while shaking the blood from her palm in a not caring fashion. Pain was nothing to her; Ares had practically fashioned her into a body of steel from all the quest he sent her on. A slightly neglected wasn't going to do much to her.

"Stop talking." She finally growled in annoyance, "We are here to dual." She ran to the left side of Andrea before closing in on her hoping to get under her guard while also hoping to continue to push her towards the nearby boulders and trap her in.

A few feet more and there wouldn't be a thing Andrea's smart brain could do to get out of that. It seemed like the girl loved to play war games, which were all well and good for fun, but real life and death fights brought experience. And unfortunately, only experience would be able to help her and seeing as how she most likely didn't sharpen her sword once a day, Andrea was lacking greatly there.

Andrea's odds were slowly stacking against her. She was hurt, most likely arrogant, and was fighting a enemy with undoubtedly a lot more experience than herself. It was only a matter of time before the Athena child messed up and Seri went for the kill. After all, so long as Seri stayed in control there was no chance of Andrea winning.

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[Andreá Sage]

Andreá's eyes widened to the size of saucer plates. Seri had just blocked her sword with her hand. Andreá's stomach rose into her throat. Not in all her years at camp had she seen such a thing. If her sword had been sharp it would have gone right through her hand. Andreá had spared with many children of Ares but none as determined and skillful as Seri. Andreá had never needed a sharp sword to win before.

Andreá had noticed Seri backing her into a corner. If it wasn't for the gash on her leg and the pain of moving it, she wouldn't have even noticed the subtle movements. Andreá had been distracted by Seri's strong strikes. A few more feet and she would be in the corner.

Taking her right leg Andreá ran pushing her feet off of the stones flipping over Seri. The position had changed. Look who was trapped now? She smiled as Seri turned around realizing what happened. Then the smile was wiped from her face as Seri disarmed her.

No one had ever disarmed her before. She stared in shame as she truely digested what this meant. Andreá Sage, celebrated strategist and daughter of Athena had lost. She frowned while she wondered how quickly word would get around. No one had witnessed the fight but she was sure Seri would brag. All Ares children bragged.

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[Seri Winchester]

Seri had barely gotten over her shock before she took back control over herself and disarmed Andrea. She had never expected the Athena child to be agile enough to push off the rock and flip over her. This girl wasn't bad, not bad at all.

Sheathing her sword, Seri grinned, "That was pretty good." She amended not use to giving out compliments, but Andrea was skilled and worthy of gratification.

She honestly hoped they could spar again. She needed to see if the outmaneuvering had been a fluke or if she was just naturally skilled. Maybe with a bit more experience, Andrea would be equal to Seri in strength. She could only hope. That would be a worthy battle indeed.

Seri looked around with a sigh. It was probably a bit late for pudding. Walking over towards Andrea's sword she picked up gingerly in her hand and offered it back to the girl.

"My sword." Seri began softly, her eyes looking warmly at the sheathed blade. This girl had impressed her; she would get an answer to her question, "Was a gift from my greatest rival."

The warm Feeling she had developed whenever she thought of Misha fluttered in her chest. She didn't think she would ever get use to it, but it was slowly becoming more tolerable if not enjoyable. It had never been a bad feeling to begin with, but more of a strange and nice feeling. Seri internally shrugged; it was just how a rival was suppose to feel.

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[Andreá Sage]

"My sword, was a gift from my greatest rival." Seri answered as she handed back Andrea's sword.

Andrea had felt flattered at Seri's complement. This girl didn't seem like a complimenting kind of person. She didn't expect it and was quit shocked. Seri wasn't a normal child of Ares. Andrea liked her.

"Thank you." Andrea smiled, "You are absolutally gifted with a sword and any rival willing to give you such a magnificent sword must be great too. I need one of those." Andrea giggled a little at her own comment. She could see the intense warmth in Seri's eyes. Like a beautiful sttrong intense feeling. Love or great respect.

She took the old blunt sword and sheathed it at her side. Andrea was jealous and sad she was defeated but was an expert at hiding it. With a warm smile she admired Seri. Andrea would have killed to be a daughter of Ares like Seri but being a daughter of Athena was almost greater. Smarts and Strategy. Against pure strength. Andrea couldn't decide what was better.

"I think if my leg wasn't injured and my sword wasn't so inferior I'd of had a chance. Lets say I heal up and sharpen a new sword and we have a rematch? How 'bouts it? And keep this match to ourselves?" Andrea couldn't just let Seri think she won fairly and tell the whole camp. Even if Seri was the better fighter there was no way she could outsmart her way out of a rumor. Andrea had to show Seri what she had.

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[Seri Winchester]

"Thank you." Andrea smiled.

Seri took a step back. She hadn't expected her to thank her. She wasn't use to it at all. Winchester scratched the back of her head glancing off to the side, unsure what to say.

"You are absolutally gifted with a sword and any rival willing to give you such a magnificent sword must be great too. I need one of those."

She glanced back at Andrea and nodded her head, "Maybe...I can introduce him to you." She remarked apprehensively.

Seri didn't really like the idea of introducing another girl to Misha, but she threw the foolish feeling aside in a instant. She already knew that familiar feeling and she didn't want anything to do with it. That feeling was Jealousy. She didn't know why she would be feeling it towards Misha, but it was there.

Rebelling against her feelings, Seri nodded her head, "Yeah. I'll introduce you to him." She said determinedly, unable to pull off one of her signature smirks regardless of what she said.

"I think if my leg wasn't injured and my sword wasn't so inferior I'd of had a chance. Lets say I heal up and sharpen a new sword and we have a rematch? How 'bouts it? "

Seri raised an eyebrow, "I don't doubt that." She said simply, finally smirking as she requested a rematch. "Intriguing, I would love to see how you fight at full strength." Her eyes suddenly blaze with passion; she couldn't wait for a good fight.

"...And keep this match to ourselves?"

Seri's eyebrows pulled together in confusion going over in her head what Andrea could possibly mean by that. Realization suddenly hit her, "Keep this match between the two of us, huh?" She asked teasingly. "You think I'm going to go blab to camp that I beat some Athena?" She laughed loudly. "My reputation speaks for itself whether I encourage it or not. I don't need to brag, not that I'd care to anyway."

She shrugged nonchalantly. "I fight because I want to, as personal glory. I have no need for what others think or feel. Remember that." Seri smirked while pointing a finger at Andrea.

She turned away from Andrea and walked a few yards before stopping. "Our next battle will be in the Arena. I'm usually there in the early mornings. Meet me there if you want a fight, but for now I need some chocolate pudding. Hopefully there is still some in the Mess Hall." Her eyes lightened at the thought of her favorite desert. Of course, Brownies were her absolute favorite treat, but she could never find them in the dessert section. Maybe she just wasn't looking hard enough. Regardless, Pudding was just sounding to good at the moment to pass up.

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