I forgot to mention Tobias in the first chap. He's Percy and Annabeth's son, for those that haven't read my Surprise fic.
Anyway, I woke up this morning with loads of random ideas, so I'm gonna try and put them into words.
Special thanks to moomoogirl240 for telling me Lou's accent is a bit hard to read. For anyone else who struggles to read it, I'm gonna try and ease up on it.
Settled in a clearing, far from eavesdropping campers, the Mob sat in a circle, Tobias sitting on his mother's lap. He was engrossed in hitting twigs together, as if having a sword fight against himself.
"OK, anyone wanna go first?" Leo asked, pulling scrap metal from his ever present tool belt.
"Me!" Louisa insisted before her brother had the chance to reply. Percy glowered at her. Louisa stuck her tongue out cheekily before turning to Nico. "Truth or dare, cuz?" Nico inwardly groaned, cursing his luck. Louisa was tough on her Truths and even tougher on her dares.
"Truth." Nico mumbled, going for the safest bet. Louisa stuck her bottom lip out. "Hoping I'd say 'dare'?" She nodded, folding her arms sulkily. "You are such a child." The hint of a smile graced Nico's lips.
"I know that." Louisa sighed, unfolding her arms, resting her elbows on her knees and propping her head up on her fists, looking fed up. Percy elbowed her, an idea gleaming in his eyes. "Oh yeah." Louisa perked up, sitting up and grinning triumphantly at Nico.
From the ground rose drops of water, spiralling up to form a sphere the size of a softball in the centre of their circle.
"What's that?" Grover asked curiously. Tobias was staring at the water sphere gobsmacked.
"That is a watery lie detector." Louisa smirked. Nico didn't stifle his groan of defeat this time. Louisa's eyes glinted cheekily. "Right, cuz. Do ya still like Mythomagic?"
"No." The ball faded red. Louisa, if possible, looked even more triumphant.
"Liar." She teased.
"How'd I know that you two haven't made it go red?"
"'Cos we're not like that."
"And we don't know how." Percy added admittedly. "Sis, what's the forfeit?"
"Erm… hadn't thought of one. What'd ya think, Leo?" She looked at Hephaestus's son. Leo had softened the metal with his fire and hadn't noticed everyone was looking at him.
Louisa muttered something, reached over and smacked her friend upside the head.
"Ow! What am I? The piñata?"
"You will be." Louisa mumbled. Grover took pity on Leo and explained what was going on. "Any ideas?"
"Uh…mmm…" Inspiration struck Leo like one of Zeus's lightning bolts. "You have to stand on your head until someone picks you again."
"But-"
"Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, do not tell me you can't do a headstand." Annabeth smiled sweetly.
"Not really." Nico mumbled. The Poseidon twins grinned cheekily. "Don't say anything you two."
"Need some help?" Grover asked. Nico hesitated, sending the twins into silent fits of laughter. Nico's expression hardened, but he managed to stand on his head, thanks to the nearby boulder and the help of his shadows.
"Louisa."
"Knew that was comin'. Alright, dare."
"I dare you to say I can come out of this headstand."
"What's the forfeit, cheeky?"
"You have to stick a 'kick me' sign on Clarisse's back."
"Help you cheat or pick on Clarisse? Mmm…"
"Clarisse is training at the minute." Leo said, looking up from his work.
"So?"
"She'll have her sword."
"I can't be bothered to fight a pig, so Nico, ya can come out of that headstand." Nico grinned and dropped his knees. He sat up, his back to Louisa.
"That's made my head hurt." He complained, sitting round.
"Duh." Leo and Louisa said at the same time. They watched each other curiously for a few seconds before Louisa remembered she had a new target.
"Grover!"
"Oh gods…"
"Truth or Dare, bud?"
"Truth?" Grover said uncertainly.
"You guys are borin'. Alright, what's your favourite thing 'bout Juniper?" Juniper's cheeks tinged with green as she looked round at Grover. "And be honest, 'cos I've thought of a really cool forfeit."
"That she's really kind to everyone and everything." The sphere faded from red to green.
"Aw what? I liked that forfeit."
"Tough." Grover said, looking relieved as Juniper smiled and took his hand. "Leo." Leo looked up at his name and then remembered what was going on.
"Dare."
"You have to run around camp shouting your love for whoever you fancy." Leo's cheeks faded a light pink and Percy was sure his eyes flicked to Louisa.
"Forfeit?"
"Do it naked." Grover smirked.
"For a satyr, you can be quite evil." Percy smiled.
"I aim to please, Percy." Percy's smile broadened.
"Fine." Leo got up, tucking his work into his pocket. His cheeks went a darker shade of pink but he trekked back to camp.
Annabeth handed Tobias to Percy.
"I want to see this." She said, scrambling to her feet.
"But… I want to as well!"
"I got there first." Annabeth grinned, following Leo. Percy carefully got to his feet, still holding Tobias.
"She's mean, ain't she, kid?" Tobias babbled as his father trekked after Annabeth.
Annabeth grinned as Leo pulled his hood up and then dropped it. And then he pulled it up again. He seemed to be debating whether or not to hide his appearance.
"Hurry up, Leo." Someone hissed next to her. Annabeth jumped and looked round, nearly smacking Percy upside the head.
"Percy!" She cursed silently. Percy grinned at her, shifting Tobias. "Bought him then?"
"Why couldn't you?"
"I was running."
"Didn't miss anything though." He pointed out.
"Might have. Ooh, there he goes." Leo had his hood up and sprinted forward, yelling at the top of his lungs.
"I LOVE LOUISA JACKSON!"
"Oh crap…" Of course, Louisa turned up at the right time…
That last bit was kinda random but :D
