Chapter 1: Earthquakes, Leo, and the Stoll's.
It was a normal, happy, peaceful day at Camp Half-Blood.
Not.
Well, it started off normal, with Piper being fussed over by Lacy, Jason and Atlanta eating breakfast, Percy and Safire having a sleep-in, Leo was at Bunker 9, Hazel was playing with the Mist, Annabeth was going over blueprints, and Frank was shooting targets in the arena. The usual.
Until the screaming started.
Everyone ran to investigate. The source of the commotion came from the Hermes cabin, which looked like it was shaking from the sound waves. Also, unfortunately, it woke up a very angry daughter of Poseidon. Who had to be calmed down by her brother. By the looks of it, the campers could assume that it was not going well.
That's when, ladies and gentlemen, the ground started rumbling.
It started off, with a short, groaning fart. Or burp. Whatever you want to call it. Then the earth started shaking full time. The screams were gone now, but that really didn't help the aforementioned daughter of the sea get over her temper tantrum.
Atlanta ran over to the Poseidon cabin and busted the door down, ninja style. She saw a red-faced Safire, and a really scared Percy. Actually, Atlanta was trying not to laugh. Percy's face was hilarious! The Hero of Olympus was looking so freaking terrified was so hysterically funny. She quickly grabbed her Leo-invented-monster-free IPhone 5c from her pocket and took a picture. Perfect blackmail material. Now she had to focus on the problem of her raging best friend.
Okay, concentrate. Atlanta narrowed her pupils, so her eyes looked like those of a panther. She then looked directly at Safire.
Safire stared at Atlanta's eyes until she was calm again. 'Thanks, Lana. If you didn't calm me down I might've swamped the whole camp.' The three of them walked outside.
The crowd around the Hermes cabin had dissipated except for Jason, Annabeth, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Leo.
The totally amusing {note the sarcasm} thing was that Leo was rolling on the ground, heaving with side-splitting laughter while everyone stared at him thinking, what the hell is so funny?
'He just went in and ran out laughing like crazy!' Jason explained to us, exasperated.
Leo choked while trying to say something. 'St-…. o-….ll's….tie-….. du-..ct…'
Annabeth looked seriously annoyed. 'I nearly finished a statue of Apollo and then my day is ruined.' Percy held her hand and gave it a squeeze while behind his back, Atlanta was making a face. Then everyone started arguing.
Safire seemed like the only person to register Leo's words. Taking a big breath, she yelled with all her energy.
'SHUT UP!'
It didn't work.
Safire panted. When she had recovered, she put a hand on her dagger, Tempest, and willed the earth to shake again.
Yeah, and that got the demigod's attention.
'Guys, don't you realise that Leo's trying to say something about the Stoll's and… duct tape?'
Percy smirked. 'Statement or question?'
Safire huffed. 'Statement, idiot. I was just surprised.'
'Come on, let's go in.' Piper said.
Everyone except Leo, walked through the doors of the Hermes cabin, and stopped dead.
Because inside was the funniest/weirdest thing they had ever seen.
The Stoll's were completely duct taped against the wall. The tape covered their mouths in such a fashion that they would only be able to scream.
Then everyone collapsed. Laughing.