A/N: Hi, this is my first fanfic
Wish me luck…

Disclaimer: I do not own TKC or PJO

(Sadie's P.O.V.)

[Oy, Carter! Give me the mic back! This story is all about me; therefore, I get to tell it… Okay then, I'll just tell Zia about what happened when you found the scorpion in your shoe… Thank you kindly, now, on with the story…]

This morning when I woke up, I felt better than I had in a very long time. I am pleased to say that I did not wake up due to some stupid prank or, even worse, an exploding donkey curse, for at least once this month; I just woke up when I felt like it, which happened to be 8:42 am.

My still-sleepy brain caught up to me, and I remembered why Brooklyn House was so peaceful this morning. Most of our initiates had gone to visit my uncle Amos at the First Nome in Cairo, via portal, for some reason; I wasn't really paying that much attention [Shut up, Carter, not everyone is as well behaved as you]. All I knew was that they had left yesterday, and weren't coming back 'til tomorrow, giving us teachers (Carter, me, and more recently Zia) and the senior initiates (Alyssa, Cleo, Jaz, Walt/Anubis, Sean, Julian and Felix) a couple of much-needed days of freedom.

Carter and Zia had chosen to use the mini-holiday for more study, research and lesson planning. Alyssa, Cleo and Jaz said they had some secret business with new friends, something illegal to do with magical gardening, if I remember correctly… Yeah, I didn't understand either. The rest of the boys were probably just going to do nothing the whole time. I was going to catch up on some sleep and relaxation, and also practice some new destructive spells; believe it or not, even ha-di gets a little boring if you do it enough times.

I showered and got ready for the day ahead, then headed down for a late breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon with a cup of tea. I looked out over the balcony as I ate, and made sure to toss Phillip some bacon, which he happily gobbled.

After I was finished, I headed back inside, stopping at the library to pick up a scroll entitled '101 Destruction Spells'. Then I made my way to the largest training room, collecting some random junk to practice on along the way. The area was the one that Carter normally used to teach Whatever Works. It was roughly half the size of the Great Room, and vaguely resembled a basketball court, only larger and with Ra statues at each end instead of hoops, in all their chicken-headed glory. [Carter is telling me that the bird heads aren't chickens, they are hawks. Go find your girlfriend and bore her to death with your useless trivia. Now he's asking me if I know that Trivia is the Roman goddess of magic. No, of course I don't! Uh-oh, here's the lecture about how as the host Isis it is my responsibility to know about the magic gods/goddesses of other religions].

Nobody else was in the room so I dumped the junk in the middle of the space, sat down next to it and began to read.

I recognised some of the spells, such as explode, pain, burn. I shuddered when I saw Isfet in the book, the Hieroglyph for Chaos. Eventually I found some new spells that I wanted to try out; shatter, melt, crumble, dissolve, burst, and commit suicide, so I summoned my wand from the duat, a trick I had finally perfected, and set to work.

I decided to try each spell only once, because, seeing as I wasn't hosting Isis at the moment, I had to be careful not to overuse my magic, or else risk spontaneous combustion.

As I spoke a command word, one of Julian's shoes tried to kill itself by repeatedly slamming into a wall, another spell and the remaining trainer melted into a puddle of goo on the room's floor, an orange pencil case started expanding until it popped, a pink hairbrush crumbled to pieces, a ripped shirt disappeared into thin air, and someone's broken wooden staff could be likened to a pile of mulch when I was through with it.

I was meaning to stop at this point but wrecking stuff is just so satisfying and I couldn't help myself. I ended up doing twice as much magic as I said I would. Luckily this only caused me to feel a little bit dizzy and very peckish, which was to be expected after using magic.

And I was, of course, pretty pleased with myself for successfully mastering all six of these new spells, so after eating a quick lunch, I went to go and find my brother and show off to him.

When I entered the Great Room that afternoon, I saw Walt, Julian and Sean reclining one of the room's large sofas, Khufu perched on the back, all watching the NBA on the TV. Are basketball addictions a thing? If they are, those boys, and baboon, have definitely got them!

Carter and Zia, AKA: Mr. and Mrs. Wikipedia, [Ouch, Carter] sat on a smaller chair off to the side, sides pressed up against each other, conversing quietly as they read an article on Brooklyn's latest 'sewer gas incident' which was, surprisingly, only mostly our fault. Other various books, tomes, scrolls and newspaper articles were scattered around them. Most were in English, but there were also a few texts in Hieroglyphics or in Arabic.

Felix and his assortment of penguins were chilling [Yes, pun intended, brother dear] inside the fire place, which, thankfully, was unlit.

"Hey, Everyone!" I shouted. All of the magicians stopped what they were doing immediately and gave me their complete and undivided attention. I wish! Actually, Felix was the only one who looked up.

"Hi, Sadie," he said.

I had to keep shouting for about two whole minutes until the rest of them finally noticed me and someone turned off the television.

I told them to watch me and then grabbed the TV remote from the boys on the couch. I then spoke the command for melt. Carter, Zia, Walt/Anubis, Julian, Sean, Felix and Khufu just stared at me, then at the puddle of television remote control, then back to me again. I waited for the high praise of my brilliance that was sure to come, but it never came. Instead:

"Sadie!" Julian protested. "We were using that!"

"Agh!" Khufu agreed.

"Turn it back again, Sadie," said Carter. He sounded annoyed and bored with my actions at the same time.

I actually wasn't feeling great from using all that magic, and I knew that the 'sensible thing' to do would be to tell this to the others and get someone else to do the spell for me, but if I explained to them I wasn't feeling up to it, that would make me seem weak, and we all know that I was never that great doing the 'sensible thing'. I am Sadie Kane. I helped defeat Apophis. I was the third most powerful magician in the whole world. I am not weak, and I could do this, easy-peasy. I muttered a quick hi-nehm spell and the remote was as good as new. However, I was not feeling as good as the aforementioned remote control, and Walt/Anubis noticed this.

"Are you feeling okay, Sades?" He asked.

"You do look a bit off colour…" Carter added.

Great. Now they notice me.

"I… I'm fine…" I mumble. "… Just peachy…"

I attempted a smile, trying to hide the fact that I felt like the Great Room was spinning.

"Okay," Walt/Anubis said "If you're sure…"

Then he, Julian, Sean and Khufu turned the TV back on and resumed watching the basketball game.

I stumbled backwards until I was leaning against the giant statue of Thoth. I sunk down against it and the room stopped rotating. I breathed a sigh of relief. That was a very close call and a risk I would not be taking again, at least not anytime soon.

Just then, Carter's eyes suddenly widened and the expression on his face was one of shock and fear. Zia frantically pointed behind me.

I quickly turned my head in the direction she was pointing and let out a strangled yelp; the huge statue I had been leaning up against was teetering back and forth precariously. Then it started to fall forwards.

"Sadie, move!" Zia screamed.

But I was paralysed; frozen in panic.

A/N: Hi again, reviews are greatly appreciated if you can be bothered to write them
To be continued…