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Ch 2 – Of Breakfast and Underwear
Will had no idea about how to handle himself around his new sisters. Daughters of Apollo were actually few and far in between but the number of guys was staggering. That being said, Will did have a mortal step sister, mortal half sister and a mortal half brother, but since he and his step father did not always see eye to eye, he was actually a pretty nice guy all things considered, there was little contact between him and the two girls who were both younger than him. Now, however, he found himself with five extremely eccentric half sisters that seemed hell bent in making him confused.
It was invigorating to have them around as they seemed to radiate giddy excitement and happiness whilst enveloping the people around them with an aura of peace and contentment, probably a result of living in an easy going country.
Bianca was a real piece of work, always ready to take charge and help anyone who needed, but also having a supernatural necessity of teasing Will in the foreign tongue of Portuguese much to his chagrin and the amusement of the other four girls.
Le was probably the only reason he had not cracked yet, as she always managed to rein the other five in, but also having no mercy when she decided someone was due some kind of punishment. He certainly had no idea of why the roof of the Demeter cabin looked like it was covered in the foamy stuff you could usually get around the period of the Brazilian Carnival, or how it even got there.
Ana was usually quiet, certainly clever and seemed content with the luck life dealt her. She seemed innocent enough, but once you got round to know her… Never before had Will heard so many innuendos in a single sentence. The most surprising part of her personality was that she was ruthless to anyone who messed with her, her friends or her family as he was quick to discover. Ana's OCD was also comical. Never before had he seen someone with so many different methods for organizing things.
Malu was, well, Malu. She was a Stoll in training that got surprisingly well with the hunters that admired her spunk and the time she almost castrated that kid from the Ares cabin for calling women weak. She was probably the most prone to violence and usually needed to be restrained when pissed, but Le dealt with that better than he could believe possible.
Clarinha was… whimsical. Fun to be around and definitely one of the best shots he had ever met. Her very frequent and very violent bouts of ADHD were hard to adapt to, even in a camp stuffed to the brim with hyperactive kids. Ana was usually on top of that, and both seemed more than content to spend long hours talking about seemingly random topics and something they called 'ships'. Clarinha was also, how to put it, a pretty bright crayon with seemingly endless resources.
What shall forever be remembered as the 'Aphrodite Cabin Ghost' was actually colored lanterns, bed sheets and a silent industrial powered fan. No one is particularly sure of how they managed to rig that in, but in between Clarinha's hair brained ideas, Le's moments of deviousness, Malu's strength, Ana's clever little scheming and Bianca's willing leadership, it was pretty obvious to Will who had created the ghost, though Chiron could not very well find evidence linking them to the crime.
It was odd, at least to him, how one second they would be calm and funny and the next they could be plotting to set fire to the cabin of the guy that picked on one of the younger campers. Their evil plots always had a reason though. They would never harm someone because they felt like it, and they would never make anyone feel bad themselves with insults or something of the sort. They could hardly be called mean or selfish, though they seemed to find it debatable.
The thing that mystified the councilor most, however, was how little seemed too personal for them. Annabeth, Rachel and Thalia had commented they had no qualms about stripping in front of them or wearing revealing clothes, though they usually stuck to loose shirts and cotton shorts, Solace had stumbled across their 'practice sessions' which had left him beet red and stuttering, neither something he liked. He had tried reminding himself that there was nothing wrong about them, but the cultural differences were… tiring.
It was a bright morning at camp half blood and I was leading my cabin off to breakfast with some cheerful singing from the back, compliment of my new sisters. They seemed to incorporate the sun, which is fine by me, rising before the crack of dawn, being cheerful all of the time, every second of the day. They seemed to bring light wherever they went.
Even Nico, our own Mr. Ball of Gloom, seemed to be in lighter spirits due to the natural excitement that they radiated. We sat at the table and did the usual sacrifice routine. The five girls though remained seated as in every meal. They just refused to do it; instead they just held hands and spoke in Portuguese. "Pai nosso que estas no céu, obrigada pela vossa proteção. Por favor, deixe o corno, filho da p*ta, mal amado que traiu as nossas mães saber que NUNCA iremos perdoa-lo, e queremos mais é que ele vá se f**er. Amen," Bianca recited. More often than not I wondered what the heck they were saying as thunder rumbles whenever they finish.
As usual, I saw money run around at the sight of their breakfast. They had a bet going on about when they would eat normally. Seriously, did these girls just not eat? On their plates were two pieces of buttered toast in a bread that looked like a mini baguette, a slice of melon and some little balls they called 'pao de queijo'. If you asked them what they were drinking the answer was the same always. Le was having something she called 'cafe com leite', Malu was having 'Toddynho', Bianca was having 'Ades de maça' and Clarinha and Ana were both having 'mate' but Ana insisted to put in a few pebbles of ice, to Clarinha's disapproving stare.
"Cara, na boa como essas filhas da puta da cabin 10 conseguem comer esse almoco em miniatura todo dia e manter essa figurinha de pessoa mal alimentada? Da pra alguem me explicar a lógica?" Malu ranted in Portuguese, words flying at a mile a minute.
Ana looked at her with all the seriousness in the world and said: "Não", which apparently is very funny because they all began to chuckle. Feeling the eyes of the cabin on them they returned to their breakfast, giggling and humming the same tune, eventually singing the lines below their breaths. "Mais uma do K9, eu preparei pra elas, meninas assanhadas," and went back to humming.
It was inspection day in Camp Half Blood. So, naturally, everyone was in their cabins tidying everything up. The campers never tidied their things, only for inspection, so everything was a complete mess.
Percy stuffed his things into his chest of clothes and tried to make his bed as best as possible before meeting outside with Annabeth for the inspection. Annabeth and her siblings had tidied their things the day before so nothing could go wrong. Nico didn't have much stuff but he tried to put his best efforts in making things okay. Clarisse ordered her cabin around and the Hermes kids hurried to hide everything they'd stolen this week.
The Dionysus and Demeter campers were growing things around their cabins to make everything pretty and there's no need to mention the Aphrodite cabin as it was in its normal "Barbie doll" state. Jason was doing his best to tidy his small alcove and even the hunters were cleaning the Artemis cabin. Leo tried his best with the Hephaestus cabin but there was not much to be done as the real mess was downstairs in their subterranean space and in the forges. No one wanted cleaning duties.
In the Apollo cabin, however, they had a problem.
"Where the hell are they!?" yelled Jasper (one of the sons of the god) running around throwing his things in his bed, where he then started folding things and dumping them in his chest.
"I don't know!" said Will, who was freaking out with the disappearance of his new sisters. "They should have been back from their run by now!"
"I'll tidy their things!" said Jenny, Jasper's twin, starting to collect their things from the floor.
"Oh, no, you won't!" shouted Jasper, ripping the stuff from his sister's hand and throwing it on one of the beds. "It's their duty and you're not doing it for them!"
"I don't want to do it, trust me! But I'm not gonna be put to cleaning duties because they are not here to help!" cried Jenny going back to taking things from the floor.
"It's Percy doing the inspection! He's gonna understand!" said her brother.
"It's Percy and Annabeth," said Will, "and she won't be too understanding with this mess. Sorry Jasper, but I'm with Jen on this one."
At this exact moment four girls came running into the cabin, sweaty and full of sand.
"Oh, gods! We're so sorry Will!" cried Ana hurrying to her bed and grabbing her things from the floor.
"What the hell happened? And where's Le?" he asked.
"I'm so sorry," panted Clarinha. "We were running on the beach and Le fell and we thought she twisted her ankle so we took her to the big house to Chiron but he wasn't there so we went looking for him and we found him and went back to the infirmary for him to help Le and he did so we ran back without her 'cause she has to stay resting but we're so sorry we took so long we just wanted to see if she would be okay!" she said all of it in one breath, no pauses.
"Okay," said the councilor, who had not really understood more than a few words. "Just put your stuff together"
After that the chaos subsided a little, and just a little, because the Apollo cabin was really untidy and things were flying everywhere as the campers looked for their belongings.
"Has someone seen my panda?" someone yelled.
"I lost my other shoe! Who took my other shoe?!" another cried.
"Guys if someone finds a blue Victoria Secret bra it's mine!" yelled Ana, desperately after it.
"Que se dane isso! Aonde tá minha necessair de absorvente!?" asked Bibi.
"In the bathroom!" answered Jenny, who surprisingly understood what the girl was talking about.
"Ta bem! Eu tenho certeza que tem uma calcinha minha faltando!" said Malu.
"Essa?" asked Bibi coming out of the bathroom and throwing it to her.
"Essa é minha!" cried Clarinha snatching it from Malu's hand.
This went on for some minutes but fortunately most possessions were found and put back in their appropriate places. Though there were still a couple of things missing.
"Hey guys! Coming in!" called Percy.
"Wow!" said Annabeth. "This place is clean!"
"Great! At this rate I'm gonna have to clean the dishes for the rest of the week!" complained Percy.
"It's not their fault your cabin is a mess!" said Annabeth writing something down on her sheet.
"Yeah, but you could have helped me," said the boy.
"We're not getting into this discussion again! And I'm not changing your marks!" she added before he started talking. "Well, everything seems in order! Good job guys! See ya later. Come on Seaweed Brain!" And she left.
"Didn't want to say anything while she was here but there's a bra up there," Percy said, pointing up to the top of a set of shelves.
"Oh, gods!" cried Ana and she snatched the thing and threw it into her chest. "I'm so sorry about that."
Percy just laughed and followed his girlfriend outside.
"Wow, that was close!" said Will dropping on to his bed.
"Yeah, but I've still got stuff missing!" complained Malu.
"Hey, sweetie!" Came a voice from the window. "Looking for something?" Connor was standing there, looking inside and holding up red laced panties and a red laced bra.
"Connor, I'm gonna kill you!" yelled Malu charging outside to murder the boy.
AN: Yeah, so this is chapter 2, hope you guys liked it. We are editing everything a thousand times before publishing, maybe that's why we take so long. But for some reason we have to stop writing fan fiction some times to, like, go to school and stuff... too bad. If you're wondering what the portuguese words are... well, they most probably are swear words. You'd be surprised how much we swear in normal conversation. If you're curious Google it! But maybe we'll put up a chapter explaining some of them, maybe! So, yeah, that's it... I am too terrible at these...