Me and my friend were goofing around so I decided to make a story out of what we were doing. This is a short story, with absolutely miniscule chapters. I originally had this posted a while ago, but decided to come back to it and rewrite most of the horrible parts.
Anyways thanks for reading.
~Wisegirl6
Skittles ~Chapter 1
When I saw those Skittles I knew it was going to be a very strange day.
Travis and Connor managed to smuggle a crate full of those sweet little pieces of rainbow into camp. And me being the rule-abiding councillor of the Athena cabin, conficated them on sight.
The brothers were both really upset to have their fun spoiled, so that was also a bonus on my part.
I didn't really know why we aren't allowed sweets inside camp, but Chiron is beyond strict about that rule. Huffing and puffing under the weight of all the candy, I pushed open the door to my cabin with my foot and dropped the box down onto my bed.
It creaked ominously under the weight but I paid no mind to it, the beds were old and all of those Skittles seemed to weigh a tonne.
The cabin was nearly deserted, save for my new half-sister Melanie and Malcolm, who were working on plans for the next chariot race.
Malcolm nodded absently at me, barely sparing a glance to the brightly coloured box I had set down.
"Are those Skittles?" asked Melanie, apparently a lot more into the idea of candy then my brother. It made sense, she hadn't been here for long, and was just getting used to the idea of life without so much of the things that teens relied on now.
"Nope."
I only realized how flawed my answer was after I realized that she could read the upside-down logo displayed proudly on the side of the crate.
Without another word I turned on my heel and left to get Chiron, but only made it a few feet before I doubled back and rushed back inside. Something didn't feel right.
Unleashing some Greek curses that would have even made Percy's eyes widen, I studied the empty room.
The chariot plans lay discarded on the table in the middle, pencil rolling along the floor as if it had just been dropped.
Malcolm and Melanie weren't there, and neither were the Skittles.
I found them 10 minutes later, sprawled out on various branches of a tree with the troublemaker sons of Hermes. They were all obviously high on sugar. Skittles packages littered the ground around the tree and sugar coated the grass around them.
"Give me the candy," I said sternly, hands poised on my hips in the best 'you really don't ant to mess with me or I'll mess up your face' pose that I had.
Travis held the box above his head, seemingly a lot lighter now that much of the candy was either littered on the round or stuffed into the thieves' mouths, as if daring me to climb up and come get it.
"NO," they all yelled at once, wearing dazed smiles as sweet as the candy in their mitts.
I gave them one of my death glares, hoping that would shut them up and convince them to come down.
No such thing happened. Instead, Melanie called down to me, "We'll give it back to you, but only if you eat a whole package of Skittles!"
I sighed inwardly, and then a little outwardly. I could not let other campers get a hold of that box. If they did, who knows what kind of chaos would ensue?
There was a pregnant pause (which really made no sense because pauses couldn't reproduce), in which I battled my inner urge to eat sugar and my loyalty towards Chiron's rules.
"Fine," I concluded. "Give it here."
A package was thrown down and I caught it in midair. The stupid lettering seemed to mock me, daring me to just let loose for a second.
But 'letting loose' really wasn't a specialty for the Athena cabin, and I seemed to always have the most trouble with it. With a quick mutter of 'stay strong Annabeth', I ripped open the bag and downed it in one go.
They tasted delicious, seeming to melt in my mouth. It was all a bit of a blur after that. I forgot how many more packages I ate after that but the next thing I knew, there was a ring of crystalized sugar around my mouth and I was vibrating like a hummingbird on caffeine.
"WHO WANTS SKITTLES?!" yelled Travis at the top of his lungs as he slid down the side of the tree and hit the ground with a dull thump.
There was utter silence in the camp for a moment, making it one of the largest pregnant pauses in history, before people came in from all directions, screaming bloody murder for some candy. I think it was time that the demigods have a bit of fun...
Pandamonium. Chaos. Utter, unbelievable fun.
Any of these words would have worked if you were to describe the scene at camp half-blood that day.
Leo went absolutely nuts. He refused to be more that a foot away from the crate without spontaneously bursting into flames and demanding another pack or 'sugary goodness'.
The Aphrodite kids were buzzing around the camp like bees. They started to hook up with people at random, no matter if they knew who you were or not. Their brains were too disfunctional to care.
The Hermes kids stole some of the Aphrodite kids' make up and together with Hypnos' children, were putting people to sleep and giving them makeovers that included inappropriate sayings written across foreheads in eyeliner and lipstick.
Nico was running in and out of random shadows, scaring people half to death and then robbing them of their leftover candy.
Percy and Jason were having a godly power fight down by the beach. It was water against lightning, cousin against cousin. Between them they had already schorched 7 random people and ruined half of the cabins.
Everyone seemed to be causing mass panic and having fun. If that wasn't enough the kids from the Apollo cabin had hooked up some amps to their phones and were playing a mix of Avril Lavigne, Kesha, LMFAO, and whatever other inappropriate song they could rustle up.
And I was in the middle of it all, snatching bags of Skittles and basically just vibrating quickly from place to place. I walked up to Mel and Malcolm who were having a very mature and apparently necessary argument.
"I am smarterer than you," said Malcolm with a taunting expression.
No way, I have smarticle particles," said Mel with a manial laugh. "No one has more smarticle particles than me!"
She then broke away and began talking to herself.
I walked toward her, seriously concerned for her mental sanity. I mean, yeah everyone was going pretty nutso, but Melanie was working her way up to a whole new level of crazy-town.
"Hey Mel, watcha doin?"
She looked up at me with wide grey eyes and replied with the most sincere expression I thought possible. "Oh. nothing much, I'm just showing my pet peacock Charlie around."
I blinked and then looked around, not seeing a peacock anywhere. A really serious remark was about to be made on my part before she turned away continued talking to an empty spot on the ground beside her.
Let us be clear on this one fact: We are just half-sisters.
I turned around and headed over to Percy. But before I could get even halfway there, 12 flashes at the top of the hill earned my attention. I squinted to see who it was and my frantic heart nearly stopped, it was the Olympians.
So did you like? Probably not, okay.
I know this story is kinda awkwardly weird but can you really blame me? I was a whole two years younger when I came up with it!
Please review! Don't do it for me do it for Charlie the peacock!
~Wisegirl6
