It's Raining, It's Pouring...

Clink, clink, clink! The Hermes cabin window had this continuous tapping noise. What was it? Travis slid off of his bunk and went outside. Little droplets of water were falling. Was it actually raining at Camp Half Blood?

He couldn't believe his eyes…or ears…and I guess nose. It really was raining! He was about to run to the Big House, but stopped. He should tell Chiron this. But maybe that can wait. Maybe.

It just happens so, that Travis Stoll decided to tell Chiron about this later. He went back to his cabin and decided to wake up his "brother".

"Psst. Connor. Wake up," he whispered into Connor's ear. That didn't wake him up. He gave him a little shake. Connor's eyes were still closed. Travis sighed, in a dramatic way and grabbed his brother's arm. Then, he dragged Connor off the bunk and outside.

Outside, Connor woke up, after a little cursing. Connor's eyes were wide with curiosity. "It's raining! Boy, the gods don't care about us!" he exclaimed, which caused Travis to clap his hand over Connor's mouth. "SHH!" Travis whispered. "We can't wake anybody up."

"Well…what are we supposed to do?"

Travis shrugged. "How about we sing?"

"No, Travis. We sung last time, and we saw how that turned out. I couldn't sit down for a month! The Ares cabin takes everything seriously."

"I don't mean to sing like that this time! I have an idea—a different one!"

Travis motioned for his brother to lean his ear. He whispered for a minute or so, and Connor agreed. "So then, brother. When shall we use this idea of yours?" Connor asked. Travis thought for a few minutes. "At breakfast. And we need the tables."

It was breakfast (still raining) and the campers were all sitting at their tables, munching on scrambled eggs or toast or bacon. Travis gave Connor the signal. They gave each other a sly smile and stood up…on the tables. "Hey! Don't stomp on my breakfast!" One of their brethren complained. They both ignored the complaint and started to sing,

"It's raining, it's pouring!

Zeus was snoring!

Apollo got ticked off and now he's off hiding!"

There were some snickers from the Ares table. A few Apollo campers dropped their forks. "Get the Hades down!" one of the Hermes campers hissed.

However, the Stoll brothers were ignoring all the comments/feedback. They continued to scream (or sing at the top of their lungs) the…um…special song.

"It's raining, it's pouring!

Zeus was snoring!

Apollo got ticked off and now he's off hiding!"

They repeatedly sung this, and some campers began to sing along. They continued to sing, until the clouds gave a LOUD rumble. The singing died away.

The mortal form of Zeus actually came to Camp Half Blood! But, Zeus wasn't really happy with all this singing. "Who dares accuse me of snoring?" he demanded, in his loud thundering voice. All of the campers pointed at the Stoll brothers, who were pointing at each other.

Chiron trotted over to Zeus, who was extremely ticked off. "Lord Zeus, it was only…a…play thing," Chiron explained. Then he put a confused look. "I was just wondering…but why is it exactly raining in Camp Half Blood?" It was now Zeus's turn to be confused. "You requested the rain," Zeus said. "Dionysus said you were begging for it."

Connor leaned over to his brother's ear and muttered in a sing-songy voice, "Awk-ward." Travis nodded in agreement.

Chiron and Zeus were discussing about the rain, while the Stoll brothers began to sing the song again,

"It's raining, it's pouring!

Zeus was snoring!

Apollo got ticked off and now he's off hiding!"

Other campers began to join along. Zeus ordered, "Stop!" And the singing, again, came to a halt. There was an awkward moment of silence when Apollo suddenly appeared. "I heard singing," Apollo said. "I also heard my name."

Chiron left the two gods to discuss about the singing and trotted over to the Stoll brothers. "Connor, Travis, will you please get down from there?" he asked. The Stoll brothers took one step down and they sat there, unsure of what to do.

After a few long moments, Apollo announced, "I dislike that I was ticked off and I'm hiding in the song, but it's really cool that you guys took in interest in singing. Y'know, I've been thinking and maybe if we put our voices and make a Camp Half Blood show before Gaea's army attacks, maybe—"

"I don't snore," Zeus suggested, before Apollo would start listing ideas. "I think we are done about the song for today. Do not sing that song ever again."

Travis and Connor Stoll nodded vigorously, with their fingers crossed behind their backs. Looking at the agreement to this, Zeus was the first to vanish. Apollo stayed and then started to talk a lot about music and shows and musicals. Nobody except for his kids listened.

"Hey, before I leave," Apollo finally said. "I'd just like to let you know that Zeus does snore." Then there was a blinding flash. When the light died down, he was gone. And thankfully, the rain had left, too.

"Well," Chiron said. "Let's hope rain never comes back to Camp Half Blood again. Back to eating."

Travis and Connor looked at each other. "Let's hope that rain does come back. We're so gonna have fun," Travis said. His brother nodded in agreement.