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Terra
As I quietly shut the Hermes cabin door behind me I pray to every god and goddess I can think of that the Harpies are on the other side of camp. Sneaking to your best friend's cabin at eleven thirty at night isn't exactly aloud, even if it's his birthday. I had already given Nico his present (a cake made by Percy's mum, same as every other year) but, we always hanged at his cabin the night of his birthday and early morning of mine, it was tradition. And you don't mess with tradition, or is that serendipity? I don't know, but by the time I get to the Hades cabin, I'm running. I open the door swiftly, quickly move inside, shut it and lean back.

"Nervous you're going to get caught?" Nico says from the other end of the cabin, he's rummaging through his cupboard, obviously looking for something.
"No, I'm nervous I'll be eaten alive by Harpies." I say, walking towards him.
"Stay right there." He says, without turning to me.
"Okay?" I wonder why, but sit on an empty trunk.
He turns around with a small box in his hand, "I have a present for you." I automatically flinch at the word present. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath, put a fake smile on and open my eyes again. "What was that?" Nico asks, furrowing his eyebrows.
"What was what?" I ask, with a smile. He walks over and sits down next to me. Nico got taller last summer, and according to the Aphrodite girls 'HOT'. I, on the other hand have not grown an inch since I was thirteen, and he's now more than a foot taller than me. It's incredibly frustrating.
"That. You flinched." He says, the smile dropping from his face.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I say, even though I do, "Just hand it over." I continue with the fake smile as Nico passes me the box, it's just smaller than my hand. "It's not technically my birthday yet, so I shouldn't open this." I say, turning to him.
"Terra," he sighs, I've said this the past two years, "Just open it."

"If you insist, I'll force myself." I open the box to find a silver bracelet with two emeralds on it. I turn to him, one eyebrow raised, "Is this for me?"
He chuckles, "Yes. BUT, if you press this emerald," he points to the one on the left, "It turns into nun chucks, and if you press the other one, a mace."
My eyes widen, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
"Yes, did you actually think I would get you boring old jewellery? You're nothing like the girls from the Aphrodite cabin." I can't help but be upset with his last comment, I mean all the Aphrodite girls are pretty and if I'm nothing like them.. I know we're only friends but- SHUT UP TERRA I tell myself. Nico is your friend, it would be weird if he thought you were cute, just like it would be weird if you thought he was hot. But he- SHUT UP TERRA.

I stop thinking and press the emerald on the left, and there, just like he said there would be, are nun chucks. I look back and forth from him and the nun chucks. "You're the best friend ever!" I jump up and start swinging them around. He stands watching me. "This is awesome." I murmur. But, my klutziness, just as always, decides to get in the way and I hit myself on the shoulder. At least it's wasn't the mace.

Nico
"Owwwww!" Terra yells as she hits herself on the shoulder. Dropping the nun chucks, she holds her shoulder with her opposite hand. I rush to get some spare ambrosia I keep in the draws of my bedside table, as she sits down.
"Let me see how bad it is." I say, walking over to her, ambrosia in hand.
"No." She says quickly.
"It might be broken, or just bruised, in which case I have to see so I can give you the right amount of ambrosia." I reason.
"NO." She jumps up, her eyes wide, full of tears. Pain. It's obviously bad. Those things hurt when you hit yourself, and she was swinging full force.
"Terra, it just your shoulder." I laugh awkwardly, and then say sternly, "The pain will only get worse."
She starts to walk past me, cradling her shoulder, "I'll risk it." Opening the door she turns to me, with a forced smile, "Happy Birthday Nico."
"Happy Birthday Terra." I say wearily.
"It's not my birthday yet." She laughs, then winces and walks out, shutting the door behind her. Looking at the clock on the wall, I see she's right. It's eleven fifty-nine.

A/N: It's been raining a lot so I've had nothing to do. The result is another chapter! Hope you guys like it. Review! :D
P.S. There'll be more pranks and antics and stuff in the next chapter. And it should be longer. I tried to make this one longer but it didn't work.