Chapter 2 – Demigod Academy:
Percy
"WAKE UP, SEAWEED BRAIN!" Annabeth shouted as she banged on my door and came bursting through it. I opened half of my eyes and squinted at the morning light pouring through my window and the open door. Still half asleep, I pulled my blanket over my head to block out the sound and the light of the morning.
However, my peace under my blanket didn't last long when I heard Annabeth stormed towards my bed and the next thing I know is that my blanket is flying away from me and I'm showered with rays of morning light and noises of people waking up. I looked up to see an angry Annabeth staring down at me. For some reason, she's flushed.
"Wake up already, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said with a less angry tone than I thought I would receive. I looked at myself, half naked and still in my silly cartoon-printed boxers and realised the reason Annabeth was flushed and not that angry at me.
"I'm wide awake!" I said and leap out of my bed and race to the bathroom. That was the most embarrassing thing ever! I didn't think this morning could be any worse. I could hear Annabeth walking around somewhere in the Poseidon cabin. And I heard laughter. Was that Annabeth? It can't be, it didn't sound like her even though it's a female laugh.
I poked my head out of the bathroom and saw Thalia and Nico. Annabeth is still flushed. Thalia and Nico are looking through my stuff. Even though I don't have embarrassing middle school poem, it's still not right for them to look at my stuff.
"What in Poseidon's underpants do you think you're doing?" I asked loudly. Thalia and Nico gave me one glance and burst out laughing. I don't know if it's possible, but Annabeth turned redder. What are they laughing about? Annabeth pointed somewhere down. I looked down. Oh. I was so mad that I came bursting out of the bathroom without realizing that I'm still in my cartoon printed boxers. I bet my face was redder than a tomato. This morning just got worse.
"I..." Thalia gasped. "Didn't..." Laugh. "Realize you..." another gasp. "Were a cartoon..." Gasp. "Lover." She managed to say that before going back to laughing again.
"Nice…undies, Perce." Nico said, trying to hold his laughter in but failed and burst out laughing like a maniac.
I slammed the bathroom door shut, trying to muffle the sound.
What a great way to start a morning. Note the sarcasm.
Thalia and Nico still haven't stop teasing me when we were at Half-Blood Hill, next to Thalia's pine tree, waiting for Argus, the hundred eyed man. Annabeth had kept quiet the whole time so I expect her to keep doing so. I try tuning out their voices by looking across Camp Half Blood. Camp Half Blood is alive as usual with demigods playing volleyball at the volleyball court in front of the Big House, Apollo's children having archery practice, Aphrodite's children gossiping and applying makeup as usual and satyrs and nymphs playing near the woods.
My eyes landed on Grover. He was sitting on a stone with Juniper comforting him. He looked pretty down. Recalling what happened a while ago, it wasn't that surprising that Grover is looking down.
When Chiron announced to all the campers that we were going to Demigod Academy, Grover threw a small tantrum because he wasn't invited in this and he wanted to go too.
"That's NOT FAIR!" Grover cried.
"Grover, please calm down. They are going to Demigod Academy, not Satyr Academy."Chiron told Grover for like the hundredth time.
"But, Chiron. They might encounter monsters and I can protect them!" Grover protested.
"Grover, I am pretty sure the Demigod Academy is very safe, plus if they meet any monsters, I'm sure they can handle it just fine." Chiron replied calmly.
Grover finally backed down, seeing as there is no way he can convince Chiron to let him go.
I actually kind of wanted Grover to go with us to the Demigod Academy. Grover had been with me in almost every adventure we had. And this time, going to the Demigod Academy without him doesn't feel right. That can't be helped though. I mentally sighed. Just when is Argus going to come? He is not one to be late. Just when I was about to complain, a car came to a stop in front of them and Argus walked out.
He motioned for us to get in the car and we did. That guy never talked, he's got eyes all over his body and it's rumoured that he has one at his tongue too. Nico rode shotgun while I got sandwiched between Thalia and Annabeth. The drive to the airport was short. We were supposed to go to L.A. That's where Demigod Academy is.
"I'm so excited!" Thalia squeaked when we arrived at the airport. Annabeth remained calm but she looks like she wants to go all out and scream like Thalia. Nico and I just watched.
I felt pretty nervous when we were about to board because Zeus might blast me off the plane. But I supposed he won't since Thalia is there. I glanced over at Thalia, she looked like she was about to throw up, her face was a shade of green. Oh, I almost forgot. The daughter of Zeus, Lord of the Sky is afraid of heights.
Heh, this is my chance for revenge.
"Scared much, daughter of Zeus." I teased.
"S-Shut up. I-I'm not scared!" Thalia stammered, still trying to appear brave.
"You don't look like you're not scared." I kept on teasing.
"Go to Hades, Seaweed Cartoon Undies." She backfired. Ouch. She's good. Dang it.
"Oh, well."I decided it's time to let it go because we were boarding
I thanked all the gods the moment my foot stepped on land again in L.A. Including Zeus, for not blasting me out of the sky. Thalia looked relieved to finally be on land too, even though none of us had forgotten about Gaea yet.
The moment we got out of the airport, we were greeted by a man that bows at us. We all stared at him, wide eyed. He has dark hair that is perfectly trimmed and a tall lean figure. He wore a black suit with a crest with the initials 'D.A.'. Doesn't take a genius to know what that stands for.
"We have been long awaited for your arrival." He said in a smooth tone. "I will be your chauffeur. This way please." Chauffeur? Holy Hera. What in Hades is Demigod Academy? Do they all get chauffeurs?
"Why should we go with you?" said Annabeth in a relatively calm tone, even though she looked like she was in great shocked. Nico and Thalia nodded, still wide eyed though.
"Yes, of course. Why would you go with a stranger that come out of who knows where and ask you to go with him."The so-called chauffeur said. "I have a letter from our headmaster." He reached in his jacket and took out a letter with the same crest imprinted on his suit. Annabeth took the letter from him and went through it real quick I wonder if she even read it. She seemed satisfied after reading it and returned it to the chauffeur.
"Well, then, shall we go?" said the chauffeur and started walking towards a limo that I hope will not be our ride. We are already getting a lot of stares from the people at the airport. I don't want any more attention directed at us. Annabeth followed, so we all followed as well. We might not trust that chauffeur, but we trust Annabeth's judgment.
Okay, so that limo was our ride after all. I tried to ignore all the stares people are giving us as we get in the limo. It must be weird. Since you don't see chauffeurs dressed in black suit bowing to 4 teenagers and getting in a limo every day.
The drive to wherever he was taking us was full of silence. We all sat at the backseat of the limo and no one dare talk about anything because the chauffeur is just a seat in front and could probably hear everything they say. Whispering is not an option either, we don't want to seem weird. So we kept silence the whole time.
The silence stretched on and after what seemed like forever of riding in the limo, we came to a stop in front of a forest.
As soon as we got out of the limo, the chauffeur drove away. This is getting creepy, it reminded me of some kind of scene out of a horror movie. Like when you're about to enter the haunted house.
We all stood there, staring at the forest and we could just make out a gate and a mansion looming above the trees. I decide to break the silence. "So, I guess we have to enter the forest and that mansion is probably our destination." They all nodded. And we all started walking towards the forest.
We entered the forest, the walk was quite normal. Nothing seemed out of place. But I had a nagging feeling that something is wrong, but I just can't say it. I felt like something was watching us.
When we reached the front gate, it was enormous and grand. At first glance, the mansion looked abandoned.
"It's an abandoned mansion," Thalia said, obviously seeing the abandoned mansion like me.
"Try looking closer," Annabeth replied. I tried looking a bit harder and the mist was peeled away, revealing the grand mansion. The Mist must be really strong here, since it can fooled even demigods like us. We tried to push the gate open but it won't budge. Guess it's locked. Now what?
"How are w-"Annabeth started but was interrupted by a howling coming from the other side of the forest. It's a hellhound. No, hellhounds. One by one, each hellhound came out from the shadows of the trees they were hiding. And soon they were surrounded.
So this was what was watching us. I took out my ballpoint pen and uncapped it, which turned into the familiar Celestial Bronze sword, Riptide. The others drew their weapons too. Nico drew his stygian sword, Annabeth her dagger, and Thalia her spear and her horror-invoking shield, Aegis. The hellhounds backed off a little at the sight of Aegis but soon recovered and were growling at them again.
We stood back to back in fighting stance, there's no need to communicate because we all know what to do. The hellhounds gave a piercing howl and pounced on us.
That's it! Sorry for cliffy. I hate cliffies too. But this chapter is too long in my opinion. And I'll have to delay the tour of the Academy to the next chapter.. I'm so sorry! I think this chapter is a bit too slow.. I'll try rushing things up in the next chapter.. So yeah.. Thanks for reading and please review!
Me: *sighs* I'm SOO tired! There was a ton of project every week and I barely had time for fanfiction..
Jennifer: Well, I feel you. My friend. We are in the same class..
Me: *sighs* I'm gonna go relax and read some Black Butler now. Bye!
Jennifer: What's Black Butler? Anyways, byee! And sorry for any grammar or spelling mistake my friend might have made.
~Marshmallow
First Published: Sometime somewhen.
First Edited: March 17, 2014