Hey guys it's me, I'm so sorry that I haven't updated much but I have been way too busy. I appreciate all of the reviews that I got and I hope you enjoy the next chapter of It Was Just a Joke!
-Luna Dare
Disclaimer- I do not own the PJO series
Chapter 2- My Cousins and I wreck the Meal
As we all walked over to the dining pavilion Annabeth left to lead her cabin in leaving Nico, Thalia and I to discuss things.
"Well what are we going to do because I really don't want to go up to Olympus anytime soon? It brings back bad memories, but we can't not go and risk angering the gods."Thalia complained. I knew we had a big problem but I had no idea how to find the solution and I sure as Hades was not going to ask Annabeth and have her freak out about it. So I suggested that we go eat then discuss the subject further when we finished.
So we split up and went to our respective tables because even though the Gods were getting along more with Demigods we still had to sit at our separate tables. I got up when my food came to give some of it to the Gods. I scraped some of my pizza into the flames and sent a silent prayer to my father and my uncles. Please let our stupid tasks not separate our friendships. Then I went to the Poseidon table and started to eat.
Not five minutes later I felt people sit down on either side of me and when I looked up I saw it was Thalia and Nico. I looked up at the head table to see if Mr. D had noticed this major break in the rules. He was glaring at me so I guessed that he had but then he held up all his fingers and mouthed the words Ten Minutes!
So I turned to my cousins and whispered. "We have ten minutes so let's make it count." They nodded and we ignored the looks other campers were giving us.
"So what do we do? Did your dad say what the tasks are going to be?" Nico asked.
I shook my head. "No man he just said that we need to go to Olympus tomorrow and…" I trailed off when I saw the iris message just above my glass. It was my dad.
"Hey dad what's up?" I asked and Thalia and Nico's mouths hung open.
"You mean your dad actually lets you talk to him like that?" They both asked me at the same time.
My father chuckled. "Why yes I think I'm the most relaxed of my brothers." He mused. I laughed at that because after the war my dad had gone on about how he was the best god ever because he finished the battle with Typhoon. I had to agree with him and he was defiantly the best godly parent I could ask for.
"I will sand Triton tomorrow to take the three of you up to Olympus." My dad told us and the smile fell of my face.
"Really dad you know he hates me and that the feeling is mutual. Do you have to torture me with this?" I groaned. He looked at me sympathetically then waved his hand through the message cutting it off.
"Well let's change the subject now." Nico suggested. I turned to him and sighed.
Before I could agree with him I heard someone whisper. Now! We all looked around to see what was going on but everything was normal. Then there were three loud pops and Thalia screamed. Nico started screaming as well then when I looked at them I couldn't believe it Thalia was in a sphere of water and Nico's body was covered in lightning only their heads weren't affected. They stared at me eyes wide in fear and then I looked down.
When I saw myself I jumped up because I was on fire. It didn't hurt because of the ocean being a part of me so I'm always protected but I was starting to heat up. Finally it started to burn badly and then it all went away. Thalia and Nico stopped screaming and we all looked at each other and winced at what we saw. Nico was covered in black marks from the neck down and he couldn't walk very well. Thalia was soaked and shivering she was turning a little bit blue from the neck down and she could barely walk.
But when I looked down I knew that I had gotten the worst. My powers protected me from feeling the pain but they didn't stop the damage so I was covered in purple and black burn marks from the neck down and I couldn't stand much at all. We all collapsed into our seats and glared at all the campers who were staring at us with wide eyes and open mouths. All of them were frozen in fear including the Hermes cabin but when I looked in their direction I found that the Stoll brothers were the only ones not there.
"CONNER AND TRAVIS GET YOUR BUTTS OVER HERE!"I screamed. They slithered out of the shadows with smiles on their faces but they frowned at us when they saw that we were all glaring at them murderously.
"Hey guys!" Connor said then Travis continued with. "What's up?"
"WHAT'S UP? ARE YOU KIDDING ME, WHAT'S UP TRAVIS?"Nico yelled at him. They both shrank back in fear when the three of us started to advance in their direction. All I have to say is that if you've never had three angry children of the big three after you who are also pissed at you. Then you have never experienced true fear.
"You two are so dead now." We all said at the same time which made it sound like much more of a threat than it originally was. We all walked faster with each step until Nico and I grabbed both of them by their hair and dragged them over to Thalia.
"Thalia if you would do the honors?" I prompted. She gave the Stoles an evil grin and they cowered in fear in front of her with both Nico and I still grabbing on to them.
Thalia walked over to them and grabbed their shoulders just as Chiron galloped into the pavilion and froze when he saw us. I have to admit that it must have looked odd to see Travis and Conner whimpering at Thalia's feet with Nico and me gripping their heads tightly.
"Percy, Nico, Thalia what is the meaning of this nonsense?" He asked clearly outraged.
I looked at my cousins and they nodded." Well Chiron before you got here we were just about to teach these two troublemakers a lesson or two about pranking or messing with us and what the consequences will be." I growled at him. He looked like he wanted to protest but then Mr. D stood up and cleared his through.
"Chiron let them have their fun they do have good reason to do that now anyway. I do find this to be entertaining." He protested. Chiron looked at him in disbelief then nodded. "Very well then carry on." He sighed in defeat clearly not at all happy that he had to let us do this. We all grinned evilly and turned to our two victims. They shrieked when Thalia yelled and then they were both hit with bolts of lightning and when the small cloud of smoke around them dispersed they were both in a pile on the ground. Nico stepped forward and placed one hand on each of their heads then he stepped back and snapped his fingers. Most campers screamed a bit as their hair caught on fire and burned away. The fire went down their backs and centered on their feet then it extinguished itself. Nico stepped back and smirked clearly pleased with his work. Finally it was my turn and I could have some fun. I raised my hands, grabbed their shirts and dragged them out of the dining pavilion. Most of the campers went to the edge and watched from a safe distance while Nico and Thalia both followed me.
"Grab on to my shoulders." I told them. They did and a look of concentration crossed my face. Then an instant later there were storm clouds covering the sky. As the campers looked up nervously I willed it to start raining and it came down in buckets. When I made it stop the Stoles were soaked and shivering. But I wasn't done with them yet and I willed the lake water to come over. The small tug in my gut told me that it was on its way. I willed the water to get colder until some of it started to freeze then I positioned it above both Travis and Conner. The tug in my gut lessened and the freezing water fell on them both. The whole camp watched in amazement as I pulled all of the lake water off of them and sent it back to the lake.
At a glare from Thalia I shrugged and said. "It was wasting lake water." The three of us walked back in to the pavilion and looked around. I cleared the water off of my table and before we sat down I told everyone that what happened to Conner and Travis was a good example to what would happen if any of them pissed us off. Then we sat and ate the rest of the meal in silence.
When we were done we got up and avoiding the looks other campers were giving us we walked to the Hades cabin to discuss our trip to Olympus tomorrow. We made sure that no one was following us then let Nico shadow travel us into his cabin just to be safe.
Hey I hope you all liked this chapter and I don't know if I spelled Conner and Travis's last name wrong. Please review and I will continue to write this but I don't know how long it will take me because I will be busy.
-Luna Dare
