"What's up Magdalene?" Pollux asked.
"Chiron is gonna let us take over the sing-along tonight!" I exclaimed.
"Tonight? I thought we were going to go to the pier tonight?' He asked in a hurt tone.
"I'm sorry, I promised the Apollo's I'd do this with them. I promise we can go to the pier tomorrow." I said, and I always kept my promises.
"Well, I'm happy that you get to do this, I'll be on the front row, and if you get nervous just find me."
"Thanks Pollux, you're awesome."
"Yeah, yeah, well go set this up, I now how important it is to you!" He said walking off with a smile.
I smiled back as he left.
"Okay Magdalene, we've got a program together, have you talked to the Hephaestus kids?" Jonathan, the lead guitarist asked.
"Yeah, if you have the program with you I'll take it to them and see what effects we can do."
"I've got it right here." He said handing it to me
I scanned it over. "Fireworks" by Katy Perry, "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry, "Stuck Like Glue" by Sugarland, "Mine" by Taylor Swift, "A Year Without Rain" by Selena Gomez, "The Only Exception" by Paramore, and "Here with You" by Allstar Weekend.
"Looks good, you guys start practicing and I'll run over the Hephaestus Cabin."
I went over to the Hephaestus cabin and there was a note taped to the door that said "Gone to help the Apollo's, if you need us we're setting up at the Amphitheater."
I jogged over to the Amphitheater where the Hephaestus kids were setting up what looked like an awesome stage.
"Looks great you guys!" I called out to them.
"Good, I was hoping you would like it, you have any ideas about the effects you want?" Leo asked.
"Well actually, that was what I was coming to talk to you about. I have the program here." I explained showing him the program. He scanned it over.
"Looks fun, just scanning it I have a couple ideas." He said.
"Awesome, I'm open to anything." I exclaimed.
"Well…"
We talked about effects and decided on some cool ones that you probably wouldn't have thought to be possible, but of course if it was thought up, the Hephaestus kids would find a way to make it.
"This looks great! I have to go practice, but I'll come and check on you later." I told Leo as I jogged off yet again to the Apollo cabin. I thought that by the end of this day I would have jogged so much I would have lost twenty pounds.
"So how are you guys doing?" I asked as I walked into my cabin.
"Good, but we need our lead singer of course." Jonathan said.
"Well, I'm here, let's practice."
We practiced until the horn sounded that called us to dinner.
I was so anxious I could barely eat anything. Chiron let us go early to do a sound check. It went well, but I was super nervous the whole time.
"You're gonna do great!" Jonathan encouraged.
"I sure hope so, 'cause it's in front of the whole camp!"
"Good luck, if you mess up, I had Kelsey record some of your practice, the good parts, and put it on a CD. If you forget the words of something, I'll just start playing the CD and all you have to do is mouth the words." Leo explained. "You'll do great!" He added before leaving to double check all the effects.
"Thanks Leo!" I called after him as he left.
"You ready?" Jonathan asked as we heard the murmurs coming from in front of the curtain.
"As ready as I'll ever be." I muttered.
"We thought we'd change the sing-along up a little bit tonight so without further a due, I give you the Apollo kids, also known as The Muses!" Chiron said.
The intro to Fireworks by Katy Perry started playing
"Hey everybody! I'm Magdalene and we're the Muses!" I cried.
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Do you ever feel already buried deep Do you know that there's still a chance for you You just gotta ignite the light Cause baby you're a firework
Drifting throught the wind
Wanting to start again
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing
Cause there's a spark in you
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y"
By the chorus I was all into it and was having a bunch of fun. We went on to "If I Die Young", "Stuck Like Glue", "Mine", then "A Year Without Rain". By "The Only Exception" every single person in the crowd was cheering us on.
"This is our last song, we hope you guys like it. This is 'Here With You' by Allstar Weekend.
"You were my favorite poster
Hanging on a wall and
Just like a rollercoaster
You kept me waiting for a fall
A surprise I expected
And protected
Like it's all I ever knew
In your eyes you selected me
The same way I chose you
The same way I chose you
I kept you like a secret
And everything I went through
You would not believe it"
As I finished the song I called out "You guys are awesome, thanks for cheering us
on tonight!"
We ran back stage and I started to catch my breath, "That… was awesome!" I exclaimed.
"Tell me about it, you were amazing! We all did great." Jonathan said.
"Thanks!"
We waited until there weren't many people left to leave. Several people had already come back stage to congratulate us. Leo even said that our concert had made Hephaestus TV.
"You guys did great!" Rachel Dare said, popping up behind us.
I jumped, gosh Rachel you scared me!
"Magdalene—" She was cut off by green wisps of smoke coming out of her mouth.
"Four Greek Half-Bloods set out on a quest,
To find the ones with equal zest,
Roman Half-Bloods is what you seek,
To convince them you must speak,
About what you know,
And the challenges you will undergo,
Be wise,
For you must compromise,
What you love most,
May no longer be close."
"'Guess we should go tell Chiron about this." Jonathan muttered.