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Hermes
Hermes sighed.
He hated working after hours, but he promised Zeus he would deliver the invitations. He started to walk, his footsteps making the only noise besides the snoring of children. George and Martha were sleeping too, in his caduceus. Hermes wished he could also go back to his temple and doze off, sometimes he hated being the god of messengers. He tiptoed to the nearest bed he could find. A girl was sleeping in it, her bedside table had a laptop on it and beside it, a picture of her and her boyfriend. Hermes rolled his eyes, he was glad that Aphrodite wasn't around. He gently slid a golden envelope under Annabeth's pillow and backed away quickly. Great he thought, only a couple hundred of that to go. Then he got to work.
Annabeth
All eyes were on Annabeth.
As she woke up, she realized she was being looked at by most of her siblings, all wide eyed,
"What's the problem?" Annabeth asked.
"What's under your bed, Annie?" Her five year old sister, Lucy asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Da envelope!" Lucy shouted in her ear.
"Alright, no need to shout." Annabeth told her. She reached under her pillow and took out a golden envelope.
"C'mon, open it!" Olivia, another half-sister ordered.
"It seems to be an invitation" Annabeth read aloud. "To Annabeth Chase, You are cordially invited to the Winter Solstice Ball, which will be held on the twenty second of December at the Grand Ballroom in Olympus. Wear your best attire. With love, the Olympians… Why would the gods hold this?"
"Who cares?" Olivia squealed. "I have to find me a dress!"
Before Annabeth could react, the door slammed open. Everyone in the cabin woke up. Christine, Annabeth's friend was in the doorway, smiling and revealing bright white teeth.
"Oh my gods, Annabeth!" She screamed. "A ball, on Olympus!"
"I know, Christine." Annabeth sighed.
"I need a new dress, make-up, and gasp! I need a date!" Christine squealed in excitement.
"Have you asked Percy yet?"
"Not yet. It's still six in the morning." Annabeth replied.
"How slow are these Athena kids?" Christine continued. "Well you've got to get him now, he's totally open to the public! Time is age, Annabeth, the more the age, the less the beauty." And the daughter of Aphrodite slammed the door shut.
"That girl scares me." Olivia commented. Annabeth laughed and got up to make her bed. She was about to head to the restroom when a voice said,
"Who put a slug in my tux?" Malcolm asked.
Annabeth made a face, "Woah, you're not thinking of going, are you?"
"Of course" Malcolm said it like it was obvious. "I need to talk some matters with Athena anyway."
"Suit yourself." Annabeth snorted.
"Oh, I will" Malcolm replied.
"Since when did Malcolm get interested in this stuff?" Annabeth mumbled to herself. "Am I the only one here who thinks this is a stupid idea?"
As she expected, thunder cracked up in the sky, Annabeth paid no attention to it. She quickly changed into her camp shirt and jeans. She was strapping her knife on her belt when somebody knocked on the door. Annabeth hoped it wasn't Percy, she looked like a mess right now. But when she opened the door, it was Katie.
"Counselors meeting, now." Katie told her.
"What for?"
"Chiron didn't say, c'mon."
"Glad you could join us, Bethany. Please sit." Mr. D ordered as they arrived at the ping-pong table, or the meeting room.
"Morning, Bethany." Travis Stoll joked.
Annabeth took a seat next to Percy,
"Hey, Annabeth." Percy greeted.
"Morning, you got an invite too?"
"What invite?" Percy asked with a puzzled expression.
"Everyone in Camp Half-Blood got one, Bethany." Clarisse said.
"Where? How come I didn't receive one?" Percy scratched his head.
"It was under your pillow, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"Don't know, don't care." Percy said.
" Don't care about the most amazing ball to happen?" Drew screamed.
"Nah, still don't care." Percy decided.
"Oh but you should, Percy." Chiron finally spoke.
"Why would he?" Drew snorted.
"Because he will play an important role," Chiron announced.
"Is it to stay away from Olympus as possible?" Percy asked.
"No, the gods have decided that children of the big three must be the first to dance."
"WHAT?" Percy and Drew exclaimed.
"This I gotta see." Clarisse teased.
"Don't forget the camera, bro." Connor nudged his brother.
"I'm already on it." Travis smirked.
"Hold up! Why do I have to dance?" Percy complained.
"Because you're a son of Poseidon, Percy, are you not?" Chiron told him.
"I wish I wasn't right now." Percy slumped.
"Terpsichore, the muse of dance will be here first thing tomorrow."
Connor and Travis laughed the hardest.
"Aww, Percy's gonna learn how to dance! Is it ballet?" Connor joked.
"No, the waltz." Annabeth corrected.
"I dare Percy to shuffle." Travis said. (We dedicate this to our classmate, who gave us the nightmare)
"You're both giving me nightmare!" Leo whined.
'You're on" Percy said. "Amphitheater,-"
"That's enough!" Chiron stomped his hoof.
"Wait" Piper spoke. " Wait, if Percy's gonna dance, that means Jason, Thalia and Nico are going to dance too?"
"I'm afraid so." Chiron answered.
"Oh, Hades." Nico di Angelo cursed.
An argument arose from the counselors.
"Woah, no way!" Jason shouted.
"This is outrageous!" Thalia complained.
"B-b-b-b-but..." Nico chanted. Travis started beat boxing.
"Enough!" Chiron shouted and stomped his hoof once more. "Terpsichore and Apollo are arriving tomorrow and before that, you should all get partners!"
"Temper, temper." Annabeth assured him.
"Please, Chiron you're giving me a heart attack." Dionysus told him, sipping coke in a chalice.
Nobody bothered to speak after that, Chiron dismissed the meeting. Annabeth collected her things and got away from the room as fast as possible, she needed the fresh air.
