Okay, I know this is sort of cliché, but it seemed like a cool idea and I have some really great songs to fit the characters, so yeah. NOTICE: There WILL be PERCABETH and TRAITIE, but NOT THALICO. I'm still trying to figure out if I should match up Nico with Rachel (or somebody else) or not, leave a review to let me know if I should, thanks!
Chapter 1 Percy's POV
"Come on Seaweed Brain, I know you're keeping something from me. Just tell me, and don't say you're not hiding something, because I can tell when you lie! You get this weird look in your eyes." I sighed/groaned at her. I couldn't tell her now, it didn't feel…right.
"Look Wise Girl, I want to tell you, but I can't." Ugh, why does this have to be so hard to say?
"Why not? Come on, just tell me." I looked over at Annabeth and immediately regretted it. She had put on her puppy dog eyes, the ones she knew I couldn't resist.
"Alright, the truth is that I…i…i…" Come on, dope, just three easy words to say, I mean it's not like she'll reject you or anything…right?
Of course, Nico, Grover, Thalia, Silena, Rachel, Beckendorf, the Stoll brothers, and Katie chose to come over at that exact time.
"Hey, what are you guys fighting about this time?" Rachel proceeded to come over and poke me, and then went over to hug Annabeth.
"We're not fighting; she just keeps pestering me about nothing." Okay it wasn't exactly nothing. It's not easy telling your girlfriend you…nevermind.
"Nuh uh, you're keeping something from me and I want to know what it is." She stared me down and I gulped.
"Look, we just came down here to see if you guys wanted to come to Percy's cabin with us, but if you're too busy doing this…" Nico trailed off and I stared at him.
"Don't I have to give you permission to go in my cabin?" Nico just shrugged so I let it go.
"Alright, might as well." Anything to get out of this conversation with Annabeth. When we walked into my place everybody immediately began to flop down on the beds or look through my stuff.
"I would really appreciate it if you didn't look through my stuff, thanks." Beckendorf shrugged and sat down on the floor.
"It's not like you have anything interesting in here anyway, Percy." I sat down too and leaned against my bed. Annabeth came over and laid her head down on my lap. I absentmindedly started to stroke her hair.
Silena squealed. "You guys are so cute together." Everybody ignored her comment and the Stoll brothers looked up from their whispered conversation they were having, probably some new prank.
"Why exactly did we come here in the first place?" Connor asked, looking directly at me. I shrugged.
"Just to hang out I guess. Although this isn't the most fun we've ever had together. I'm kind of bored." I sighed and started to make random shapes with the water in the glass beside me.
Thalia, who was playing with her bow and arrow, shot one at the floor inches from Katie's feet. Katie yelped and accidently bumped into Grover who was behind her. He bleated and fell backwards into the pond I had in my room.
"Sorry." Katie and Thalia both apologized. Although no one could hear them cause we were all laughing to hard.
"Yeah, yeah, very funny. This was my favorite pair of jeans." Grover got up and proceeded to inspect himself.
"Dude chill, it's water, not grape juice." Travis told him while wearing a big smile. It took us a little bit to calm down and when we finally did, we slid back into boredom.
"Hello kids, how are you all doing?" We all jumped and turned around to see the god Apollo behind us. I bit back a groan, whenever he was around it wasn't usually the best thing in the world.
"Hey Apollo, what brings you here?" Nico's voice sounded like it was trying to fight back a sigh too.
'Well, Lord Zeus was getting tired of hearing my music and listening to my poems, so I decided to come down here and help your lives become more exciting." I was tempted to say that our lives were exciting enough, but I knew it was hard to change Apollo's mind, plus that would have been a lie.
"How so?" I looked over at Thalia, who was making no effort to cover her scowl. The Hunters of Artemis weren't exactly very friendly towards Apollo.
"I've decided to, wait for it…" he paused for some dramatic effect, "Have a sing-off!" A what? Did he really just say a sing-off?
Everybody just sat there and stared at him. Any demigod, or god, knows that Apollo came up with crazy ideas, but this was ridiculous.
"What? It's the perfect idea. And Beckendorf can set up the stage and equipment, so he won't have to sing and Silena and Rachel can be the producers and judges and whatever else you guys need. The rest of you guys are going to have to choose a song."
"Um, no thanks, I'm not much of a singer." You could barely here Katie speak cause she was so quiet.
"Oh, you don't have to choice. If you don't sing, you'll have to feel my wrath. Haha, just kidding, but seriously, you have to sing. Now, the competition has to be tomorrow and you have to have a song ready by then. There will be more than one round and the whole camp must intend unless for some serious medical reason."
"So basically it's like American Idol, but nobody gets voted off?" Annabeth had gotten up when Apollo arrived and now she was sitting on my bed.
"Yeah I guess. Now I must go play my lyre if you don't mind. So goodbye for now and remember, I'll be watching." And with that the crazy god disappeared.
I glared enviously at Silena, Rachel, and Beckendorf. "I wish I could get out of singing like you guys."
Silena got up and brushed herself off. "I wouldn't really have minded singing, but it's going to be fun setting everything up. You ready?" She beamed at Rachel. Rachel shrugged.
"I guess. As long as I don't have to sing." The two of them left the cabin discussing decorations. Beckendorf proceeded to stand up too.
"Yeah, I better get working on those blue prints. Besides, I don't think anybody would want to hear me sing. See ya guys." He left, leaving the rest of us to our doomed future.
"Ugh, why me?" Nico let out a long groan and the rest of us sighed. What the heck now?
"Well, I better go choose a song." I got up to leave when I realized something. "Wait a minute, this is my cabin. That means all of you have to leave."
"Fine, I have to leave anyway. Bye." They all proceeded to leave except for Annabeth.
"Don't think you got out of our little fight, Seaweed Brain. I still want to know what you're hiding from me." With that she kissed me on the cheek and left murmuring something I couldn't understand.
I sighed and flopped down on my bed. What song was I going to sing? And how was I going to tell Annabeth? I looked at my watch. 10:30 pm. How did the time fly by so fast? I turned on the radio and tried to fall asleep. Right when I started to drift off though, a song came on and I knew exactly what I was going to sing.
Annabeth's POV
I climbed inside my bed, dreading the next day. I had no idea what song I was going to sing and Percy was defiantly not telling me something.
Of course, Silena and Rachel already had the stage and chairs set up for tomorrow. This didn't surprise me, considering they had the whole Hephaestus cabin to help them. Although, they wouldn't let us look at it.
I fell asleep quickly and woke up the next morning very early. I sighed and listened to my iPod for a while, hoping to find a good song. On exactly the 53rd song, I found it. I sighed with relief, but then felt a sense of dread when I realized I would have to sing it later.
There was a knock on the door and the rest of my cabin woke up to it, moaning and groaning. I got up quietly and opened the door. I was surprised to see Katie standing there.
"Hey, sorry to bother you, but have you found a song yet?" I stepped outside and closed the door behind me, so I wouldn't disturb any of my siblings.
"As a matter of fact, I just did. Why?" Katie swung her hair over her shoulder and glanced down. She was so shy.
"I was just wondering if you could tell me what it was. In hopes that it would give me an idea."
"Um, sure Katie." I told her the song and her eyes lit up. Apparently, she did get an idea.
"Thanks, Annabeth. Would it be okay if I sang a Taylor Swift song too?" I didn't see why not.
"Yeah, as long as it's not the same song, of course." She reassured me it wasn't and ran off. I sighed and went back into my cabin to get ready.
As I got out of the bathroom Malcolm came up to me. "Hey, good luck today Annabeth. Hope you do well."
"Thanks." I combed my hair quickly and went back outside. Percy was waiting there.
"Hey, Seaweed Brain. Have a song ready?" I slid my hand into his and started to walk towards the pavilion.
"Yep, now let's get ready to meet our doom."