Next day after breakfast Allen walked to the Training grounds inside the Arena. Since Clarissa from the Ares Cabin was holding a sword teaching lesson. Getting there he noticed how everyone had some kind of armor already. Be it leather or some of them metal. He could feel some looking at him and a red haired Girl bigger than him came over, a sword in hand.
"You must be the new guy, nice for you to show up here. But seeing your lack of equipment, it seems like you haven't visited the Amory. My name is Clarissa and the Teacher for this Lesson!" She declared and then called someone "Charly, come over and help this new blood get some basic equipment from the Amory!" A tall and tanned muscular guy came over, "Will do Clarissa." he said and rolled his eyes. Clarissa saw it and gave him a kick into his side.
Charles just ignored it and brought me to the Amory. "You need five things, a leather armor, a wooden and metal sword, a bow and some arrows. The Wooden sword is for practice and the Metal one for things like capture the flags or if you wanna fight someone for real." Charles explained and lead me through the Amory, picking out the right sized armor and swords for me. He actually had pretty good eyes and could almost find everything my size with a grip of his hands.
"Don't be to amazed, i am from the Hephaestus Cabin and created most of these things i just gave you." He stated and walked me back, making sure to let the metal sword, bow and arrows be sent back to my Cabin. Clarissa already started teaching and by teaching i mean beating others up! Like a really hard beating. "Is this normal?" i asked Charles who just gave a nod. "Don't worry all the ones she is beating up, are other campers who are more proficient with a sword. She doesn't do this kind of stuff with beginners mostly, unless you piss her off." Charles said as he seemed to remember something.
"You had pissed her off right?" Allen asked and Charles just gave a nod, before rubbing the back of his head. "I called her a bloodthirsty Bitch behind her back, after i saw her beat another boy twice her size into the ground, she had heard it and beat me up shortly after, all in the name of training." Charles shrugged. "Though it did help me a lot to learn how to fight and was even promoted from getting beaten to a pulp to being her training partner."
Allen looked at Charles then at Clarissa "Are you two?" Allen asked and gave a look at Charles. "She and me? nope! Don't even think about it! Clarissa is a hardcore lesbian! You should see how she acts when a boys gives her something on valentine day! She will beat them up, while acting like a shy maiden when she gets one from a girl." Charles defended himself rather loudly and with a peng, a wooden shield was thrown at Charles head.
Clarissa came storming over and shouting "Charles what the Hell are you telling the new one? Do you really wanna be beaten up again?" her face was red and then she gave a look to Allen "Don't believe this idiot and follow me. Have you ever held a sword before or swung one?" she said while inspecting His body. "No i haven't." she just nodded and brought him to some free space. "Hold the Wooden sword, don't swing it and just hold it. We will first correct your hold on the sword before i let you swing it."
Allen did as told and was scolded and his grip and stance was corrected for almost an hour before Clarissa seemed satisfied. "Good and now swing." she commanded and Allen did try, but he was exhausted and already struggling to just hold the sword, so it just fell out of his hand once he swung it, landing on the ground. Clarissa just held a hand on to her forehead and shook her head. "This is going to be a long one." she muttered.
"Go take a break and rest for a bit. Then we will try it again okay?" she asked, though it was more of an order. Allen gave a nod and Clarissa walked off to shout at other campers if they held the sword wrong. Exhausted Allen just let himself fall on to the ground and looked up to the Sky.
"She can be quite harsh right?" A girl with blonde hair and grey eyes, around the same age looked at me. "Yes, is she like this to everyone?" I asked and the Girl gave a nod. "She is hot blooded and quite the headstrong one, like her father. But she is equally bark and bite." She sat herself next to me. "You seem to dislike her?" I asked and she seemed to think. "Dislike not really, more of a rivalry we inherited from our parents." "Her father is Ares and my Mother is Athena, so you know." she said it, as if i would make some kind of wrong assumption.
"So why are you talking to me?" i asked and she just looked at the sky. "There aren't that many our age here. Many of my friends are one or two years older than me. So when i heard someone around my age arriving in the Camp, i should at least try to make friends with them." She said it and gave a sigh, probably thinking about Thalia.
"Okay we can be friends, you would also be my first official friend that i made since i got here. My name is Allen." I reached out my hand and she took it and we shook hands "I am Annabeth, but i saw you with some Demeter boys before?" "They see them more as seniors or older brothers, not really as friends." I said and she nodded.
"I saw how miserable you are with the Sword, how about i help you train? I am rather good myself with it." Annabeth asked and Allen smiled and agreed "This would be a huge help."