"Jackson, I will kill you!" Piper yelled. She heard Percy curse, and he ducked.
Well, his character did. Piper, Percy, and Leo were playing Demigod Quests, an online game. Percy was the only one who had beaten the Minotaur, so Piper and Leo asked him to join them, meaning it was a trio quest.
Leo's character took out his fearsome hammer and tried bonking the Minotaur on its head. It growled and swiped the hammer away. Through the headset, Piper heard Leo perfectly.
"Percy, you said you hit the freakin' bull on its head! Well, I got newsflash for ya: it ain't working. So tell me, how did you beat it?"
Percy started explaining, but Piper found what she was looking for. A horn, one of the horns of the Minotaur to be exact. Percy's character had accidently pulled it out, and that had started a huge fight. She remembered Percy faintly talking about it, and she knew it was the vital weapon.
"Guys, I got it," she told them excitedly. "Leo, do me a favor and distract it?"
Leo sighed. "Sure, sure, Beauty Queen, but I better get XP for this." Piper scowled at the annoying nickname, but she didn't annoy him like usual. If she did, that would end up in a shout-a-thon, resulting in her dad coming to check on his so called sick daughter.
Pushing that thought aside, Piper heard Percy's voice. "So, does that mean my death won't happen tomorrow?"
Leo snorted, and 'his' hands burst into flames, momentarily distracting the beast. It blinked at the fire, wondering whether to attack or scream. Piper wondered if it something like this was in the programmed pixels or something (she wasn't Annabeth), but probably not.
"Percy, you are so stupid," Piper replied, and he laughed. "Commander Piper, any special job for me?" he mocked.
Piper hesitated, before answering, "Your sword. I don't know if this might help but try weakening the Minotaur."
On the screen, Percy's character started slashing weak spots, signaling he was obeying. Piper's character grabbed the horn and jumped from the tree, managing to land unhurt. This was fake, after all.
"Leo, all yours," she said through the headset. Piper didn't like this part; when Percy had told about it during lunch, she had puked up her salad on him. It wasn't pleasant.
Thankfully, Leo understood. Throwing fireballs left and right at the Minotaur, 'he' caught the smooth weapon and plunged…
…as footsteps were heard, climbing up the stairs. Piper cursed.
"Dad," she hissed and started turning everything off. Leo and Percy were used to this by now, so they didn't try to send any replies.
Throwing her headset on to the table, Piper leaped into bed and pulled her Cherokee Eagles covers up, pretending to be asleep. It was Leo's favorite joke; the daughter of a famous movie star sucked at acting.
The door quietly opened, and Piper tried regulating her breathing. Shifting a little, she peeked through closed eyelids and saw her dad, watching her nervously. His cool hand went to her mild forehead (the heater was way too hot) and he sighed.
"Another day of rest," he murmured. His phone began to ring, and he answered it, walking out to talk loudly. When the creak of the door opening was heard, Piper got up, sighing.
It wasn't easy being the daughter a movie star, especially when the same star wasn't at home, caring for his daughter, like a good dad. Instead, Tristan McLean's secretary Jane usually checked on Piper, making extra care to complain to Tristan when his daughter wasn't behaving. That was always.
But it wasn't like she was purposely doing it; fine, she was, but for a good reason. Tristan barely had time for Piper, and the few minutes they did somehow was ruined by Piper (Well, Jane snitching about Piper. At least it was Jane's fault).
Since Tristan had a day off when Piper had school and after school, Piper had decided to take the day off by pretending to be sick. Of course, the setup took hours, and it wasn't worth it. For starters, Tristan's phone kept on singing 'Summertime' and the calls were endless. Speaking of phones, Piper's phone buzzed, indicating a text.
It was from Repair Boy aka Leo.
Ur dad gone? The level's paused so we can still continue.
Piper quickly answered, checking for her dad or Jane.
Left right now. Can we finish later? Dad's still in house and if he sees me all healthy Im screwed
She sent it, noticing that she had forgotten the apostrophe in 'Im.' Groaning, Piper put her phone on the table, ignoring Leo's response.
Glancing at her computer, she knew Mr. Green usually put the homework on the class website, but she was too lazy to check that. Instead, Piper decided to check something else out.
Turning the laptop on, she waited for it to load, and clicked the Internet Explorer icon. When she had first gotten the computer, the homepage was a site she had never known about: . Supposedly, it was a social site, so Piper couldn't resist joining. No payment, no information needed, so it was simple. But she never told her friends, mainly because Piper didn't anyone to know about it.
Piper's username was Kaleidoscopic Rebel, and she had no online friends. Which wasn't sad, but pathetic, considering her status.
Grinning, Piper logged on and checked the newest comments and pictures. (Why couldn't they just have called Snapchat or Instagram?) Since homework was a waste of time, Piper grabbed her phone.
Sending a quick reply to Leo, she opened her window. The site had a thing to send in season or month related contest, and since spring had started, Piper decided to enter. She wasn't expecting a huge award, but some recognition would be awesome.
Before climbing out, Piper checked the hallways. She literally heard her dad yelling though his phone, and her Grandpa Tom had the radio blaring. Oh well.
Piper carefully climbed out, using the oak tree as a natural ladder. Making sure she had no stalkers (that could happen) or the paparazzi (definitely had to make sure) lurking in the shadows (fine, behind a tree), Piper ran to the garden, her legs stretching.
The garden of roses and daisies had bloomed, and the heavy scent hypnotized Piper to take a picture. Fine, fine, fine, it was her original plan, but somehow, she didn't think it looked right. It needed a rebellish look to it. Hello, Piper McLean's username?
Piper randomly threw twigs and branches to make the word REBEL. (Cool, I know, right?) Snapping the pic, Piper had an impulsive thought. She was an expert at stuff like this, after Rachel Dare and Leo 'teachings,' but Leo and Rachel weren't the one entering the contest.
Racing back to her room, Piper leaped on to her bed, just in case Grandpa Tom or her dad checked in on her again.
Piper searched through her pictures, looking for a picture of a happy Piper. Usually, Leo took those pictures, but most of them had turned into selfies. Obviously, he had run the distance without tiring that would make even an Olympic athlete jealous.
Finally, she found one. Piper put her eyes in the background of the garden picture,(I guess sort of Mark of Athena USA style! I think, but I'm still joyful!), and to her, it looked beautiful. It was easy to show it was a part of spring actually.
Spring equals rains. Rain usually equals sun and puddles. That creates rainbows, or maybe a bunch of colors. And that was Piper's eyes. Kaleidoscopic. Tristan McLean said it was her mom's eyes, but unfortunately, he didn't have a picture of her.
Piper saved it, and emailed the picture to herself. Then, she went to her computer and entered the picture to the contest, feeling proud of herself. 'At least I did something good for the week,' Piper thought to herself. Though probably faking to puke wasn't really honest, but let's just forget that. I mean, it's not like Piper had done hooky or something…
Turning the laptop off, Piper decided to head downstairs for a snack. But she had to keep up with the act.
Piper wasn't one to wear makeup, but she had gone through a girly-girl stage, resulting in buying a really expensive makeup kit. Dabbing blush on to her nose and her cheeks, Piper tried to quietly run downstairs, where her Grandpa Tom greeted her, asking if she wanted to play chess with him.
Oblivious to her, Piper's picture had gotten some very interesting reviews.
I know, I know, expect me to update when the start of spring was about a month ago. (Don't sing 'About a Week Ago.' Or something.)
Anyways, I hope you guys liked this chapter, and trust me, I plan on giving Jason and Piper more speaking parts. To me, this is like Bella from Twilight (I'm not trying to insult any Twihards or whatever you guys are called) because most of her lines included staring. And narration. Next chapter will include plenty of talking, so bear with me guys.
Like usual, review please, and tell me what you think about this or something. And of course, check out the other stories this humble yet awesomely insane writer (forget the humble part) writes. Yeah, and a question: anyone else noticed the weird frames around the avatars/story covers or is it just me?
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