Beginning Notes

So here's chapter 2. Hope y'all like it. And thanks to my awesome friends irl for the ideas on what should happen at the party. And all characters belong to Rick Riordan.

Alex's POV

Dammit. I can't believe I'm actually going to that fucking party. Go make friends Alex. Go have fun Alex. Parties are great Alex. Yeah, right. Dumb party. At least Sam is going to. I don't want her to waste her time on the stupid party, but boy am I grateful she'll be there.

Friday came too soon. Way too soon in my opinion. I wouldn't even have minded if it would have stayed Thursday for ever. Never mind. That's torture.

I go to class as usual. I sit next to Sam as usual. I stare at who-knows-what/where as usual. I go home as usual. I eat dinner as usual. I get ready for a party. Not as usual. Not at all. 'You ready yet?' Sam asks from the other side of the door. 'Just a sec, I'm almost ready!' 'You said that ten minutes ago.' 'Well, ten minutes ago I was still a girl,' I say. Which is true. I was about done, and then I changed into a boy. And just like that I had to get ready all over again.

I put my shoes on and open the door. Sam looks gorgeous in her red dress. 'Wow, Sam, you look great,' I say. 'And you look very handsome, now let's get going.' 'Hey, where did you get those shoes?' I ask pointed at the black flats she's wearing. 'I didn't have anything to go with the dress, so I took your shoes. Funny how everything is pink and green, but you have a pair of black shoes,' she says. 'Well, they're from grandpa's funeral, but still. They're nice and they look good with the dress, so I don't mind you stealing my shoes,' I say.

When we get to school, everything is kind of dark. 'I'm not sure I like the school like this,' Sam says. 'Me neither, come on, the party is in the cafeteria.' We walk to the cafeteria through the dark and lonely school. When we get there, I'm surprised by what lies before me: all the tables are moved to the side, and there is a DJ standing on the stage. The whole room is light with disco lights and everyone is dancing and having a great time. If this is all that's going to happen, there's going to be a shit load of boring.

The party starts exactly like I thought it would go: boring. But then this drunk girl stumbles onto the stage and grabs the DJ's microphone. 'It's time to party! We do karaoke!' Then she falls of the stage, head first. 'Great idea! Let's have a karaoke battle!' somebody yells. 'Yeah, karaoke!' soon everyone is yelling. 'Ka-ra-o-ke! Ka-ra-o-ke!' 'Alright people! Karaoke battle!' the DJ yells.

Then in like 5 minutes everything was ready. The disco lights were out and 2 spotlights were on. The spotlights were moving like crazy, when all of a sudden, they stop. 2 girls were standing in the middle of the spotlights. 'Yeah, you! And you! It's time to battle!' yells the DJ pointing at the girls. The girls climb onto the stage and each grab a microphone.

The song starts and the first girl begins to sing. Her voice is terrible, but otherwise she sings quite well. The second girl starts singing and- holy shit she's horrible! They both end the song and the crowd gets to decide who won. Obviously the first girl wins.

The battle goes on for another half hour. It's not bad watching others sing, I actually enjoy it. Just as I'm wondering who the next contestants will be, the spotlight falls on me. Sam nudges me towards the stage. 'Come on brother, I believe in you,' she whispers. Suddenly all my anxiety washes away as I walk to the stage. I'm going to win this thing.

Magnus' POV

2 boys walk to the stage for the next battle. I recognize one of them: it's Samirah's brother Alex. When he starts singing, it's all I can hear. His voice is so beautiful and melodic. I'm really questioning my sexuality, because now I realize how good he looks. The song ends and Alex wins. Obviously. The other guy didn't even sound half as good as Alex did.

When karaoke ends, Hearth leaves to babysit his cousin. Bye, I'll see you Monday, he signs. Good luck with your cousin, I sign back, and then he leaves me all alone at the party. I go find Sam because she's the only one left who I know here. 'Hey,' I say. 'Hey,' she says. Then Alex walks over to us holding 2 drinks. He hands one to Sam. 'Hi,' he says. 'You were very good,' I say. 'What?' 'The karaoke battle, you were awesome.' 'Oh thanks,' he says.

'Look, everyone is playing Truth or Dare,' Sam says. 'We could join them,' I suggest. 'Oh no! I've learned from my mistakes,' says Alex. 'What do you mean?' I ask. 'I once played Truth or Dare, and then everyone forced me into kissing this girl I didn't want to kiss. Then another time they wanted me to fight a random dude that walked by. I'm never playing that dumb game ever again.' 'Okay,' I say.

All of a sudden, all the lights go off. The music disappears and everyone panics. Then to make matters worse, the fire alarm goes off. I hear a group of girls scream so high, I didn't even think was humanly possible. 'Guys! It's Panic! at the disco!' Alex yells. I laugh. 'Alex! There's no time for your dumb puns!' Samirah shouts. 'Sorry, but it was a too good opportunity!'

I grab Alex and Sam by the hand. 'Come on, I know, like ten ways out of here!' I shout. We run through a corridor (not holding hands anymore), and then we see the fire. 'We have to warn the others!' Sam yells. We turn around and run back to the cafeteria. Alex climbs on a table and shouts over all the noise: 'Hey! All of you! The fire is in the left wing, go! Get out of here!' He jumps down, and runs away, Sam and I close behind.

When we exit the building, Sam asks: 'What do we do now? Alex, we can't go home, Mom and Dad will only be home in two and a half hours.' 'You can stay at my house, I don't think my mom would mind,' I say. 'Thanks Magnus,' Sam says.

End Notes

So I guess I'll have to explain the thing about Alex and Samirah's parents for all of you who didn't get it. I thought that since there are no gods, Sam and Alex live with both parents, but then there's the different surname problem. My idea here, is that Sam lived with her mother, Alex lived with his/her father. Their parents fall in love and move in together. Then they get married (or not, doesn't really matter). This all happened when Sam and Alex were very little, so they grew up together in a family, and not really knowing the difference between their real parent and their step parent.

Anyway, please review so I know what you guys think. There will be one more chapter on this fic, so yeah. I'll see you then. Byeee :)