Piper's POV
"Race you to campfire," I yelled at Jason.
"No, fair you got a head start," he exclaimed as I reached the campfire milliseconds before Jason, his eyes flashing with amusement .
The war was over. Gaia had lost. But we had lost Leo. I felt tears welling in my eyes just at the name. Call me weak, and have Katropis down your throat, but he was my scrawny, corny, cheesy, annoying, ADHD Fonzie addicted best friend before I met Jason. I blinked back tears as Jason walked the last few steps towards me.
"Shall we,?" he asked in a horrible British accent, holding out his hand for me to hold.
" We shall," I replied in an equally terrible accent, as we walked to hand in hand to the campfire.
As soon as I saw my mom, who if you didn't know was Aphrodite, next to a stage, Apollo and a karaoke machine I knew there would be trouble.
"In order to celebrate the victory against Gaia we, and by we I mean both demigods and gods will participate in karaoke! "exclaimed Aphrodite squealing.
Almost everyone groaned, minus the Apollo and Aphrodite cabins.
"Okay, so now that everyone agrees, Apollo will pick a song according to your past, present and future, and if your love life is concerned I'll choose those songs ,"Aphrodite explained jumping up and down. " Oh, and I got Hades to bring back several dead people," she said nonchalantly, as if it was so normal. And I got Zeus to teleport the Romans they will be here," she paused checked her designer watch, "now, she said as all the Romans burst in and after a lot of confusion and several bruises everyone got settled
" Without further ado first singer , will be Nico Di Angelo!," Aphrodite annoyed at all the time wasted to make couples.
As Nico tried to shadow travel away, Apollo , who had been unusually quiet snapped his fingers and Nico appeared in front of Aphrodite who whispered in his ear and he exploded.
Like " I have to sing what to who?," he yelled, slouched on to the stage.
"This song, Lightning by Alex Goot ,is dedicated to Thalia Grace. I wasn't sure whose face was redder, Nico's ,Thalia's with embarrassment or Jason's with fury. I was surprised how good of a voice Nico had.
She's staring me down with those electric eyes,
No matter how hard I try,
I can't escape that gaze tonight,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
Oh,
I'm hypnotized by the way she moves,
Baby girl please help me soon,
Imma take you to the sun and the moon,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
Oh,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
Yeah,
And I've been catching myself thinking of her,
It was three in the morning,
Every day I chase after her,
But I can't catch lightning,
Catching myself thinking of her,
It was three in the morning,
Every day I chase after her,
But I can't catch lightning,
No, I can't catch lightning,
She'll make you believe anything she wants,
Make you think that you're the one,
She will keep you there,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
She's way up in the atmosphere,
And I've been catching myself thinking of her,
It was three in the morning,
Every day I chase after her,
But I can't catch lightning,
Catching myself thinking of her,
It was three in the morning,
Every day I chase after her,
But I can't catch lightning,
No, I can't catch lightning
Oh I can't catch lightning,
Yeah,
I can't catch lightning,
She's staring me down with those electric eyes,
No matter how hard I try,
I can't escape that gaze tonight,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
That girl's up in the atmosphere,
That girls up in the atmosphere,
Oh,
She's way up in the atmosphere,
And I've been waiting, waiting, waiting for you,
Anticipating,
Chasing after things that you do,
But I can't catch lightning,
Waiting, waiting, waiting for you
Anticipating,
Chasing after things that you do,
But I can't catch lightning,
No, I can't catch lightning,
Oh yeah,
No I can't catch lightning,
Oh I can't catch lightning,
Oh no,
I can't catch lightning
"Oh and did I mention you have to sing another song,? "Aphrodite asked innocently after a fit of squealing at the cuteness , when I'll admit I cooed a few times as well. Nico tore his eyes off Thalia to glare at Aphrodite which would have killed anyone but Aphrodite, being a god, just shrugged it off. Nico sighed in defeat and started singing .
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
At the curtain's call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I wanna save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
There wasn't a dry eye in the crowd. Thalia came up to Nico and kissed him probably because of the first song or the emotions of the second one, let that sink in Thalia Grace ,hunter of Artemis kissed Nico Di Angelo full on the lips and he kissed her back. I was having an total Aphrodite moment. Everyone was either squealing (Aphrodite Cabin) or gagging( pretty much everyone else) . They broke apart both red but Thalia stared defiantly at Zeus, then seemed to remember Artemis. She pecked Nico on the check and left the poor kid there staring into space with a goofy grin on his face until Reyna took pity on him and lead him to a seat, while Thalia jumped on to the stage and started singing…..