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So this chapter is longer than the last. (I think). Reviews are appreciated!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, or the Kane Chronicles. All things belong to Rick Riordan.
Nico POV
[Let GO Sadie. No one wants to hear you ramble on about how gross your barf was!] Sorry about that. Nico here. Lemmie back up to before Sadie came along. It's... weird.
I was having a bad day BEFORE the stupid Minotaur showed up on Piper's shopping trip.
I woke up in my cabin to Percy practically kicking down the door. Did the skeleton traps I made not activate when he walked up here?
"Rise and shine Nico! It's breakfast time!" My sorta cousin yelled out. Seriously Percy? Hello? Son of the death god here? I don't DO rise and shine thank you very much. I groaned and practically fell off my bed, mumbling under my breath. Percy came in and lifted the tangled blankets off me. "What?" I gave him my best death glare.
"I said, GET OUT!" Percy scrambled away. He looked at me with confused eyes.
"Geez! Over reactive much?"
"Sorry. Just. Bright." Percy blinked. Then finally put two and two together.
"Oh. Okay, sorry." He stood up to go out. "You'd better hurry. Everyone's at breakfast but you. You'll miss it if you don't get up soon."
"Okay, okay! Got it!" I started to stumble up to where I put my clothes. Percy nodded and exited, closing the door behind him. I quickly got ready and headed out to the Pavillion. As soon as I sat down, my plate magically filled with food and such. Before doing anything, I scraped some eggs into the giant fireplace. I've always liked the smell of burning eggs. It's actually kinda nice. [OW! Sadie! Stop flipping punching me!] Okay. Moving on. Breakfast was uneventful. Percy gestured for me to follow him and Annabeth to the cabins. Apparently there was something to discuss.
Course there was something to talk about. Just WHY did Percy have to bring me into a debate about shopping?!
Piper was there, along with Jason, Hazel, Frank and Leo. Ever since the war with Gaea, Jason and the Romans that were part of the prophecy, had taken to staying at Camp Halfblood for half the summer, then to Camp Jupiter for the other half. Annabeth was staring at Daedalus's laptop, and I wondered if she was truly here, or if her mind was elsewhere. The 5 of them were currently fussing over whether or not to go on a shopping trip. (Annabeth was pitching in every now and then). Piper and Hazel were red, as if embarrassed to confess that they were the ones who thought of going on the little trip. Frank agreed with Hazel (duh), Leo, Percy,and Annabeth were against it, and Jason just kinda sat there awkwardly, not completely sure of what the heck he should do. It looked kinda funny. After about 5 minutes of bickering, I stepped up.
"Does anyone care what I think?" They all turned to me. I rolled my eyes. Percy looked ready to smile, due to the fact that I usually don't like shopping, and if they had one more person on their team, they'd be able to outnumber them 4 to 3. I frowned. "I think it's a good idea to go shopping." Percy and Annabeth exploded.
"WHAT!?" Annabeth and Percy exclaimed. I winced.
"Pretty sure all of Camp Half Blood could hear that..." I mumbled. Percy started stuttering (hah).
"B-But... it's all sunny, and you don't usually like sunny..." He was looking at me like I was a loon. And in this case, I guess I was. Even Piper and Hazel looked incredulous. Annabeth was so shocked that her mouth was still hanging open. Leo was rolling on the ground, laughing his face off, and Frank was so startled, that he had momentarily turned into a ferret. Jason and I seemed to be the only ones taking it sort of calmly. Jupiter's son just shrugged.
"I guess it might be a good idea to get out of camp every now and then." He claimed. I nodded.
"Besides, I'm bored here. We can ask Chiron if we can go." Piper and Hazel glanced at each other then started smiling. Piper grabbed my shoulders and smiled.
"Thank you Nico. I shall now buy you whatever you like. As long as it's within reason." She joked. I blinked. Awkward.
That's how we ended up heading towards the outdoor shopping mall. We were separated into groups of 2. Hazel and Frank, Annabeth and Piper, Jason and Leo, and Me and Percy. After that, it was divide and conquer. Annabeth started listing off standard safety procedures, excluding the fact that she mentioned having a weapon with you at all times, and pointed out a fountain that would be our meeting spot if anyone got lost. With that, everyone headed their separate ways.
It wasn't long before I spotted the Minotaur. After pointing it out to Percy, we realized our mistake. Two children of The Big Three in a huge shopping mall, that was like lighting a firecracker and not expecting it to blow up. Stupid us. After a quick exchange, we agreed that I was to Iris message everybody else from the fountain, while Percy tried to distract the Minotaur. Stupid plan I know, but we were seriously pressed for time, due to the fact that the Minotaur started charging.
I had contacted everybody, and they said they would find the Minotaur, and I should stay where I was. So I did, and that is how we have Sadie Kane coming up to me in all her British glory [OWWW!]. Sorry about that...
By the time we had shadow traveled to Camp Halfblood, I was pretty sure that Sadie was sick, this being confirmed at the fact that she had started puking. I politely turned away, and when the awful retching sound stopped, I turned, and Sadie was pointing at me. What? She frowned in my direction.
"I have a few questions for you. And you're going to answer me unless you want your head eaten by a tiger." I glanced around.
"I... don't see any..." I grumbled, then Sadie decided to throw down a giant stick, which promptly turned into the wonderful stripe pelted feline. I backed away. "You- You already know?" I stuttered. Sadie's face twisted into some sort of expression of confused, and restraint. As if she wanted to kill me but is sure she'll get in trouble for it.
"Well here's what I know." she started. "I know that you are a magician, you almost got me killed, and somehow you created a portal without an artifact. So my guess is you're a magician trying to rise Apophis." I blinked. She lost me at magician.
"Um... I'm no magician. See, I'm a demigod, and so are you. You could see through the Mist, and you saw the bull. And I had pretty much manipulated the Mist so that normal mortals wouldn't bother me, yet you marched right in without any hesitation."
"Demigod? What the heck is that? Does that mean that you're hosting a god?" Then she frowned. "Please tell me you aren't hosting Anubis." My turn to frown.
"What? Anubis isn't a Greek god. He's Egyptian." As soon as those words left my mouth, I immediately had to reassess the situation. "Oh. Egyptian gods. Riiight." Sadie seemed to come to a similar conclusion.
"Oh... There's GREEKS?! No wonder Amos told us to stay away from here!"
"Amos?"
"Never mind that. The point is, there are Egyptian and Greek gods, and they live on opposite sides of the river, and we didn't even know the existence of each other until now!"
"Don't forget the Romans." I pointed out. Sadie's jaw dropped in amazement. Then she paused.
"I still don't know what a demigod is." I sighed and gestured for her to follow me up to the camp. She nodded and obeyed, which was really surprising to me, due to the fact that she looked more like a troublemaker than a star student. [What? I'm telling the truth!]. When we passed the barrier, Sadie's jaw dropped yet again. She was awestruck, I could tell. And I couldn't blame her. My reaction was the same when I first came here. I grabbed her hand and led her down to the Big House.
A/N: Sooo? You likey? Or are you feeling the Kill the writer for the suckishness of this. Either way, review! Thank youz Alllz!
(Sorry. I'm on a bit of a happy moment (No not a high.))
