Chapter 3

To me, I don't see why everyone gets so …. hm, what's the word, worried? Well, that's what you get from a home-schooled guy. Sorry, I have forgotten to introduce myself. Carter Kane, pharaoh, protector of Earth? Hm, that's sounds cool. Anyway, remember what I said earlier, about the school dance. Obviously everyone, I mean EVERYONE, was so nervous about it that all our initiates weren't trained as frequently as they used to be. Even Zia was fussing about what to wear and stuff. To be honest, I thought she would make me or force, whatever you think fits Zia, me to ask her to dance, but she already had a date. I was jealous.

So, on the day of the dance, I was left alone with a few of our trainees. "Come on Carter!" Sadie called out when I was training with some shabti. "What!" I called out, irritated as a shabti took advantage of that split-second and knocked me over. "Are you ready for the dance?" She asked, running into the training hall. I stood up and wiped off the dust from the floor. I made a simple command that stopped the shabti, before looking at Sadie with disbelief, " I what?"

She smirked, "Carter, Carter, to think I would miss a chance of embarrassing you. You are coming with us, "she continued in a softer voice, picking up the shabti," also because Zia and I can babysit you much easily."

I continued looking at her in disbelief. Sadie shook her head and summoned a portal and pushed me in it. "The others are already there, you're always the slowest Carter, if not physically, mentally."

As soon as the side effects of using a portal faded, I noticed that we were outside the school most of us, by us I mean Egyptians magicians, went. I remembered the day when Uncle Amos told us specifically not to go to the Manhattan side but obviously he had some problems with remembering. Why, you might ask, because our school, Goode High School, was located in Manhattan.

I cast a glance at Sadie and saw that she was wearing a simple sleeveless dress. I raised an eyebrow, which probably said you look horrible. She stuck her tongue at her and said,"You don't look that good yourself."

I swatted her arm, sure that I was being kidded. But as soon as I looked down, I realized I was wearing something Anubis would wear. The leather jacket and all. I glared at her.

But like usual, she ignored me and made her way into the auditorium. When I entered the hall, I smiled when I heard the first few lines of Cody Simpson's Wish you were here was playing.

Lately I got this feeling

I don't know what's the meaning

But I know it's strong

And it's over you

I spotted Zia near the drink station and was getting some punch. I tried to walk calmly to her and probably ask her for a dance.

"Hey um, Zia?" I told her.

She turned around so fast that some punch landed on my shirt. "Oh, hi Carter, I thought you weren't coming."

Well that hurt. I tried to ignore the comment and replied"Someone got me to come. So it's leather the whole dance." I said in a cheesy manner. Thank gods, she managed a smile.

"So, do you want to dance or something?" I asked, rubbing my neck awkwardly.

She studied my face. I added quickly,"If that's what you want, I man if you don't then at least can we like, talk?" Zia started to laugh. I started to feel warm. And it was not the leather jacket. "What?" I demanded. I faced Set, the god of Chaos and worst things then that god but when I come to Zia, I could feel very weak.

"Carter," She managed to speak between laughs,"Is, haha, how you, haha, ask a girl to dance?" She managed to complete a sentence before she continued her laughing fits. It took her a while before she noticed that I was still in front of her. She wiped the tears that were forming like tears. I must have looked like a cooked lobster when she finally stopped laughing.

"Seriously Carter, how did you ask girls out before?" It was a rhetorical question, so I kept quiet.

"Sorry," She apologised. "Of course I would want to dance with you." "So" I starched out my arms awkwardly, partially because I never danced anything but the chicken dance. That was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Luckily, Zia did, and soon we were dancing like professionals or something. Even Sadie stared at me.

But the fun did not last for long. As I was grabbing a punch, I felt a tingle run down my neck. My warrior instinct. I turned around and stared at the entrance to the auditorium.

From the corner, I saw Percy and his girlfriend doing the same. Percy reached into his pocket while Annabeth just pretended to be getting some punch from the other side of the hall.

Suddenly, the door exploded. Something big and hairy had just arrived. The prom go-wers stared at what I think might be a troll.

His ugly friends made more holes in the wall. The silence lasted for a while before the fat lady screamed. Literally.

I took out he khopesh but stood there as if roots had replaced where my feet used to be.

However, Annabeth, Percy, Sky and some girl I never seen before drew their weapons.

Percy took out a pen. What? To write the troll to death? I thought sarcastically. But instead of writing, the pen turned into something more useful. Where the tip of the pen should have been, now stood a metre long bronze blade.

Annabeth, tool out a knife made from the same, if not similar, material. I used to think blondes used to be those not very powerful people, now, Sadie and Annabeth proved me wrong.

Sky, took out a thumb drive. I covered my face. Don't tell me, that's going to change into a weapon, right? I sighed. I peeked from behind my finger. Yup. He slide the thumb drive up and it morphed into a sword similar to Percy's, just that everything was blue. Blue blade and everything. It seemed to be giving out some electricity.

The girl with them somehow had managed to have a bow and have three arrows ready to shoot the trolls.

I was shaken out from my dreams when Sky blasted lightning at the trolls. His pointed two fingers at the trolls and drew them close to his chest, before throwing them forward and a blast of electricity lit up the auditorium further.

The group of non-mortals charged at the trolls. I summoned my battle avatar and felt myself growing. Zia threw fireballs at the trolls while Walt and Sadie used mummy lining to wrap the trolls.

I was suddenly aware that a Demi Lovato song was playing.

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won't let it show, so I'm
Puttin' my defences up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack (x3)

I put my fists together and Hulk-smashed two trolls. My advice: don't do that unless your good at karate.

Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And everytime I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help
It's just not fair
Pain's more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air
It feels so good, but you know it hurts

More trolls, Thoth knows where they come from, jumped at me and my combat avatar used it's sword and then they went poof!

Before I could hear the other part of the song, someone threw or someone landed on the computer that was connected to the stereos was destroyed.

I turned my head to see what was it but some smart troll, I meant that as both a compliment and insult, used its talons at me and I fell.

I cursed and attempted to kill it but of course, my combat avatar was too slow. The troll managed to land more blows at me and felt myself shrinking.

A arrow whizzed past my side and landed on the troll. Yellow dust flew all around me. "Euck..." I stuck out my tongue; in attempt to get the dust out of my mouth.

That was when I realised that we, the non-mortals and us-Egyptian magicians, had made a mess of the whole auditorium.

The non-mortals, looked like nothing had happened. Percy's shirt was in tatters and Annabeth's dress was ripped. Sky's shirt was smoking and that unknown girl's dress was the only one which had survived.

They were not holding their weapons. "What...who..." My brain could not form complete sentences. The others could not do so too.

Percy looked steely calm like he had done this before. His sea-green eyes stared at me with no expression playing on his face. The other non-mortals had the same expression.

"You saw nothing." He told me.

"Wha-"I was cut short when Percy repeated.

"You saw nothing." I had no choice but only nod. From my current position, I didn't think Percy looked more dangerous than before.

He made his way through the doors and Sky threw us a unreadable glance. They had some explaining to do on Monday. Right now, cleaning up this place was my priority. With a sigh, I stood up and brushed the dust from my shirt

I looked at Sadie then Walt then Zia. They stared back. "Pack up." I told them, trying hard to not show that my head was spinning.

The non-mortals had explaining to do.

A/N: My longest chapter yet. Hope you liked it. R&R please!

Randomfacepalm out~