Chapter 1
Introduction
Me: Well this ought to be a rather fun game
Percy: What do you mean?
Me: You played 'would you rather' right?
Percy: Of course
Me: Well, enjoy a whole night of it, with a pretty girl?
Percy: (Hopeful eyes) Aphrodite?
Me: Wishful thinking, I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians sue me alright.
It was well moon lit night at Camp Half-Blood, the training grounds for demigods. Grover Underwood and I, Percy Jackson, now 17 years old, sat on the beach, allowing the waves to crash up onto their feet. It was long day for the both of them; Grover had spent the day organizing some satyrs to send out through the United States for new demigods. Percy on the other hand, was now in charge of sword play and taught all new demigods. A majority of the Ares campers had a deep loathing of me, whether it is from genetics or circulating rumors. The only child of Ares that did not completely hate me was Clarisse, owing to the fact that I had saved her from the great Cyclops Polyphemus a couple years ago. Anyways, Grover and I were drinking cokes, unwinding from the exhausting events of the day. We were deep in discussion about their past adventures and certain people, both disliking and close.
"So Percy, has anybody hooked you yet?" Grover asked. I was confused for Grover had often resorted to terms that I had no idea meant.
"What?" he asked.
"Like, do you sweat over somebody else?" he asked, changing his term. Again, I could not understand him.
"I wish you would terms that I knew," I grumbled. Grover huffed.
"Has any girl caught your fancy yet?"
"Oh!" I said. He didn't really want to say anything. There was a girl, or rather a close friend that had caught his attention. A certain daughter of Athena that had saved him on constant occasions, one that went by the name Annabeth had snagged my heart. However, at the same time, Annabeth was also a good friend of Grover's and Grover could never keep a secret.
"Um, nobody," I lied. I didn't know if goats to could raise their eyebrows, but if they could, Grover certainly was. He and I shared an empathy link, plus he could read human emotions, so it was a lost cause lying to him.
"Ha! I don't need an empathy link to know that you're lying," Grover remarked. "Who's the girl?" I breathed heavily.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I dismissed.
"Perce, tell me who the girl is, or I'll tell the whole camp who was it that was singing 'Baby' in the showers last week," Grover blackmailed. My heart sank. "By the way, you made a very convincing Justin Bieber."
"You would not!" I challenged.
"You bet I would," Grover laughed. I had no other choice, that was an incident that the whole camp had known about, but the culprit had never been discovered, or at least up until now. The Ares campers had suspected all along that it was me, but then again, who else but the Aphrodite kids admit that?
"Okay, it's Annabeth," I admitted. Grover went into a fit of triumph.
"I knew it! I knew it all along!" Grover shouted. "You like her!" I tackled him, clapping a hand over his still speaking mouth.
"Keep quiet!" I muttered. "I don't want the whole camp to know." Grover stopped talking into my hand and requested to be released in a form of sign language.
"Why don't you come to 'would you rather' at the campfire tonight?" Grover asked. "Chiron, Luke, Clarisse, Beckendorf, Silena, Nico, Juniper, and Mr. D are coming."
"I don't think so," I refused. Everyone at Camp Half-Blood knew that their version of 'would you rather' involved the actual action of their choice. Last I heard, Silena had asked Nico if he would rather go on a date with Alecto the Fury or spit at Scylla. Let's just say that Nico's ten minute date with a kindly one was the worst date the kid has ever had.
"You can invite Annabeth," Grover pointed out. "She came to the last one." I thought about it. It would give me a chance to tell Annabeth how I felt about her.
"Okay, you feed me a dare in which one of the choices is going on a date with Annabeth," I told him. Grover nodded. "Thanks G-man."
"No problem, always good to help a friend," he said, getting up. "There are three sections of the game tonight, the first one is pranks, the second one is slaying certain monsters, and the last one is dating with a mixture of the first two." I wished Grover hadn't said that. The vision of me fighting a drakon was flashing in my head. We walked to the cabins where they were stood majestically in a rectangle (not a 'U' anymore). After a few minutes of walking and listening to Grover's suggestions, we reached cabin six where the children of Athena who stayed at Camp Half-Blood the longest slept.
"You knock," I told Grover. Grover shook his head, refusing.
"You're her secret admirer, you do it," Grover excused, pushing me up to the door. Before I knocked on the door, I looked back at Grover.
"Sure, make the human do the dirty work," I muttered. Grover snickered to himself. I rapped the door until the door open and my hand was hitting air. Annabeth appeared at the door and my heart was doing a relay race. Her hair was neatly brushed and looked as if it had just been washed.
"Oh, hi Percy," she greeted brightly. Annabeth turned to look behind me. "What's up Grover?" Grover was giggling uncontrollably and had to walk away. Annabeth raised her eyebrows.
"Something I should know about?" she asked.
"It's nothing," I dismissed. "Hey, I uh, was wondering if I, um, could ask you s-something." Annabeth's eyes widened at this.
"Okay, what is it?" she asked. It took me a few minutes to find the words, but I managed to do it.
"Do you want to come with me to would you rather?" I asked her. Annabeth thought about it, recalling her last night with Grover's daring gang.
"Oh, why not?" she accepted. 'They're pretty fun, okay! Just let me get my jacket." My heart was doing a victory lap as Annabeth ran to her bunk and pulled down a UCLA hoodie. I always wondered how Annabeth managed to keep that thing around considering the fact that this was New York and not California. Grover was a few yards away. He looked as if he had gotten over his fit of laughter.
"You guys ready?" Grover asked. Annabeth and I nodded as we followed Grover to the campfire which was burning green and hot. Chiron sat in his wheelchair roasting marshmallows, not noticing me. The group was larger than Grover let on, Nico, Beckendorf, Silena, who was leaning on Beckendorf, Clarisse, Juniper, who ran at Grover so hard that she tackled him to the ground in a surprised yelp, but the Stoll Brothers and Pollux were attending as well. Pollux I guessed because of his father and the Stoll Brothers were a no brainer; they would never miss the opportunity to prank somebody. Mr. D looked up finally from his grape vine.
"Ah, Peter Johansen, lovely of you to join us," he remarked sarcastically, resting the grape vine on his lap.
"Percy Jackson," I corrected in an annoyed tone. He was always 'forgetting' my name. Annabeth and I took seats next to Beckendorf and Silena, who were cuddling each other.
"Ah, Percy, Annabeth, you two wished to join our humble abode?" Chiron asked. We both nodded awkwardly. He munched on a marshmallow. Grover looked around after he recovered from his initial assault.
"Where's Luke?" Grover asked, looking around as if he might be hiding.
"Luke has come down with ah, an unfortunate illness," Chiron answered.
"Mono," Travis Stoll commented. Everyone looked at him. Connor leaned towards him.
"I think we were supposed to keep that secret," Connor whispered.
"Why? Everyone knows that he kissed Katie Gardner," Travis said aloud. Annabeth, Grover, Nico, and I started laughing. Chiron held up his hand for silence.
"Well, it is very unfortunate he is not here," Chiron finished. "He normally has the funniest suggestions, isn't that right Mr. D?" It was quite obvious that Chiron was trying not to laugh. Mr. D scowled at Chiron.
"Yes, don't remind me," he grumbled.
"Right, does everyone know how to play?" Chiron asked everyone. Everyone present nodded their heads. "Okay, remember that whichever you pick, you will have to do which you prefer at that second." Everyone murmured, understanding Chiron's reminder.
"Let's start!" Chiron began.
Me: Well, Perce, you slay the Minotaur, manticore, and the Nemean Lion, yet you don't have the guts to ask Annabeth out.
Percy: Watch it now; I see you and that girl Kasey doing things. (Door opens and Kasey appears)
Me: Oh hey Kasey! (Kasey sits next to me on the armchair)
Kasey: hey sweetheart
Me: Eat your heart out Perce
Percy: Shut up
Me: Review please? Give me suggestions for would you rather, I'm limited here. Stay with me people, Chapter 2 is in the making.
Percy: Dammit