To Be a Harper

by Shellypocalypse

For Chidori and Vivianne Harper, life hated them. Everything always seemed to happen in the wrong place at the wrong time. They felt like the pieces that did not fit in the puzzle. But what happens when they are brought to a strange camp where everyone seemed to feel the same way they did? Join the Harper sisters as their lives go from out of place to right at home.

3. Bad Influence

Sorry for being so late! But before we jump in, I got a question from a reader that I would like to answer:

Demigod-Wizard-Gatekeeper asked: This story is funny, but is it before or after the Titan war, and has the giant war started? Cuz, if it's after, wouldn't the Hermes cabin be less full because of Percy's request to the gods?

Shelly's answer: First off, thank you for reading my story! I am so glad that you enjoy it. This takes place after the Titan War, and I am aware of Percy's request to the gods. This may seem like a strange answer, but you'll see sooner or later why the Hermes Cabin is full ;)

With that, let's continue to the story!

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By the time Chi decided that this was a bad idea, it was too late.

She was sneaking around camp with the Stoll brothers, a small bottle of green food coloring in hand. Although she did finally figure out which brother was which,

"So, uh, which one of you is older?" she asked, trying to strike up conversation,

"It doesn't really matter," said Conner,

"I'm older," said Travis. Conner glared at him while Travis smirked. They walked for another while until they reached one particular cabin,

"Aww come on! Demeter Cabin again?" complained Conner,

"They do have the funniest reactions," replied Travis, "Apollo kids only shoot arrows at us, Athena Cabin just insults us a bunch of times. Ares Cabin is fun, but might skin us alive if we don't run fast enou-"

"Ok, ok, we get it," snapped Conner, he turned to Chi, "Alrighty, what's your plan?"

"Got that covered," Chi strode to the back of the cabin, where there was a window right above the bathroom sink. She slid it open, reached inside, and grabbed a random toothbrush. Chi applied a few drops of the food coloring on the toothbrush bristles and carefully replaced it in its original position. She did the same for the rest of the toothbrushes, occasionally having to duck to avoid being caught. After she finished the last one, she slid the window back closed and trotted back to the Stolls,

"And now we wait," grinned Travis,

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"STOLLS!"

It was late afternoon when a loud scream cut across Camp. Vivianne, who had woken up, gotten a tour along with Chi, and had everything explained, was talking to her sister (Vivianne got the bunk above Chi) when a furious girl burst into the cabin. The girl's teeth had taken on a strange green color, and she was seething with anger,

"You are so dead Stolls!" yelled the girl. The brothers only feigned a look of surprise while everyone else in the cabin tried not the laugh,

"I am quite flattered that your first option was us Katie-Kat," smirked Travis, "But I'm afraid we didn't do it,"

"Like I'd believe that," the girl growled

"It wasn't us this time Katie," Connor said innocently. For a moment, Chi thought that they would spill the beans and blame her, but the brothers only grinned at the girl, Katie, who didn't seem to believe a word they were saying.

"It's true," Chi piped up, surprising a few of the other campers, "I'm sure it wasn't them this time. I was hanging around the Stolls for a while, and if they were the ones I'm sure I would have noticed". It was the truth, sort of, she watched as Katie took a deep breath, then sighed.

"Very well Stolls," she said, "I'm going to let this slide. JUST this once. Only because you have a witness," and with that, she gave the brothers another glare, still not fully believing them, and hastily left. Once she was out of hearing range, the Stolls erupted with laughter; they were practically rolling on the ground.

"Oh, my Gods! Did you see her face?" chortled Connor,

"That was one of the best things I saw all week!" Travis declared.

"You're a bad influence," scolded Vivianne, trying hard to hide her smile, "We just got here, and you're already getting Chi into trouble,"

"You're only in trouble if you're caught," said Travis,

"Stop quoting Aladdin," said Vivianne,

"He has a point," grinned Connor, sinking back in a bean bag chair, "It wasn't like that Chi was revealed. She even stuck up for us,"

Truth to be told, Chi felt a bit guilty about abusing another camper's trust for her, and opened her mouth to defend herself, but closed it when she noticed Vivianne staring at her strangely, in fact, everyone in the cabin was staring at her oddly.

"Um, is there something on my face?" she asked, Vivianne slowly pointed right above Chi's head, and she looked up. There, hovering and glittering gold right above her head, was a hologram image of a Caduceus, the symbol of Hermes.