Thank you to fangirlofall7 and Guest for the ideas! Hope I did them justice!~M
It was yet another day at Camp Half Blood, and the supply of silly string had run low enough for Percy to suggest a different activity for the free afternoon. Now, there was always the classic sparring or rock wall climbing, or even the alternative harassing Frank into different animals and scaring people with random lions, but even that was getting dull.
And thus the idea of Camp Karaoke was born.
Now, naturally there were mixed feelings on the idea, but Percy and Will were adamant. Annabeth and Nico were less adamant, some might even use the word No. As long as nothing too insane happened, Piper was willing to harass her cabin into doing the setup, and even talk the haters into attending.
"Annabeth, nobody is asking you to sing, you just have to come. Percy's going to sing, you should go to support him." Piper reasoned. Annabeth raised an eyebrow dubiously.
"Percy's singing? Are you sure it's singing and not making dying goat noises?" The sarcasm dripped from her voice as she stood up and tilted her head at her friend.
"He's performing with Jason, Will, and Frank, though Frank doesn't seem too excited about it. And come on, how bad can he be?" Piper sat down on a ladder to the bunk bed and smiled slightly at Annabeth, who smiled nostalgically.
"Let's just say he makes me look like Alicia Keys." Piper's eyes widened. Annabeth wasn't much of a singer, and that's the understatement of the century. Percy must be really, really bad if he made her singing look good.
"Well, maybe he's rapping. Jason, Nico, and Frank can hold down the fort on the singing front." Annabeth nodded slightly at her reasoning, and eventually agreed to attend, against her better judgment.
Le Time Skip
Dinner was like being inside a bee hive, everybody was running around coordinating their songs and who was working lights and who was hitting the play button. Annabeth sat with Hazel, Nico and Piper, as the boys were coordinating who was singing what and how best to embarrass themselves on stage. The Girls' and Nico's eye-rolling game was strong.
"Percy, do you really think this is such a good idea?" Annabeth asked when they came back to the table to eat before their performance. He took a sip of some blue liquid before responding.
"Of course! Trust me, you'll love it," He said as he cut his eyes around the table to the other boys with whom he was performing. They all had secretive smiles on their faces, which were poorly covered up. Frank faked a coughing fit, while Jason tried to cover his with a bite of whatever he was eating, but Annabeth saw right through them. She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes, powering up her steel irises for maximum 'I will beat the crap out of you if you try anything dumb'-ness.
"Ok, I'll bite. What's the big deal here people?" She asked, leaning forward to look at Frank, who was by far the most likely to break.
"Oh, nothing, Annabeth. Why would you think something big was going to happen during our performance?" His face was bright red under Annabeth's gaze, and she cocked an eyebrow before responding.
"I never said anything about something big happening during your performance, Frank." She leaned further forward to pressure him into giving some details. Hazel's eyes widened as she caught Annabeth's drift, and she too leaned to shoot a glare at Frank.
"Quit glaring at him, it'll be fun!" Will said in a chipper voice, desperately trying to pull attention away from Frank, who was now about as red as the tomatoes in his salad. Nico raised an eyebrow and fixed his boyfriend with a dark stare.
"What exactly will be so fun, Will?" Nico gestured to the blonde boy with his fork, Annabeth craning her neck to follow his glare. Percy shot a look to Jason, as if he could read how their plans were hinging on the next few moments.
"Ok, so we need to go rehearse, so we'll catch up with you guys later," Percy said, picking up his plate and gesturing for the rest of his posse to follow. Frank and Will got up quickly and walked past him with their plates to the green where they'd been practicing that afternoon.
"We'll catch up with you guys before the show, but I warn you now, we're going to be a bit wired." Jason shot a wink to Piper, who only looked confused as he walked away.
"Well," Nico began, "That was really weird."
~~~~Time Skip~~~~
The sun was setting over the hill and the sky was already black over the ocean. All around the makeshift stage, there were people on blankets sitting and getting ready for the show, however horrible it might turn out to be. Annabeth, Piper, Hazel and Nico were all sitting on one blanket, scanning the growing crowd to find the boys.
"There they are," Piper said, pointing to the group of boys who were all wearing matching t-shirts that read "Team Leo". Nico rolled his eyes at the costumes, and Hazel smiled. This was the ultimate tribute to Leo, not a bunch of people crying, but his friends looking like idiots dressed as the SuperSized McShizzle himself.
They walked over and Jason flexed his bicep comically. "What do you think?" Piper rolled her eyes, but Nico nodded and smiled.
"Classic Leo. We're bringing sexy back, darling," Will said shooting Nico a wink. Nico blushed but continued to roll his eyes. Annabeth smiled slightly at their Leo tribute.
"So what song are you doing to honor Leo?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at Percy, whose dark hair was greased up in all kinds of blasphemous spikes. Like it needed any help being unruly. Percy smiled slightly and rubbed the back of his head, further messing up his hair and showing off his "Hot Stuff" fake tattoo.
"You'll see the song when we perform." Jason said, pulling Percy away from Annabeth. Jason was no stranger to the power of her glares, but her puppy eyes made Percy's will power melt faster than an ice cream cone in Miami in August.
"That's not all you'll see," Percy said with a wink over his shoulder as Jason dragged him over to the side of the stage. Frank and Will followed as Jason cast a 'get yo booties over here' look over his shoulder.
"Naturally we have to wait for the last act to see them," Nico grumbled. Hazel had managed to get her hands on a copy of the lineup for the evening, and naturally they were on last. And curiously, all of the other groups had listed their songs, but the boys hadn't. How convenient.
The audience was deeply enjoying the show, but the four on the blanket were getting a bit impatient. It took forever to get each group on and off, and between every act, a younger camper needed to be walked back to the cabins to go to bed. They were a bit frazzled to say the lease, so when the boys were finally announced, they were more than excited to finally find out what the big secret was.
"And our last act of the night," Drew announced, "Percy, Jason, Frank and Will will be performing Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys." The crowd applauded as they got on stage with instruments as props.
Percy sat at a drum set, Will stood at the mic with a guitar, Frank had a bass, and Jason was sitting dramatically at a piano, except it was one of those kiddie pianos that played itself. Piper rolled her eyes and Hazel sighed dramatically. This was turning into one of those times they were embarrassed to know them.
The lights turned down and Percy shot a wink into the crowd, causing more than one eye roll. The background music began and Will started singing as Jason dramatically played his kiddie piano. It shockingly wasn't too bad.
She's just a girl and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world and it's on fire
Filled with catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away
Percy and Frank came in with the 'ohs' and the crowd started clapping along. The eye rolling from the blanket was intense. It was like they were in a washing machine.
Ohhhh oh oh oh oh
She got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Ohhhh oh oh oh oh
She got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down
This girl is on fire...
This girl is on fire...
She's walking on fire...
This girl is on fire...
Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say
Ohhhh oh oh oh
We got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Ohhhh oh oh oh oh
Got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down
This girl is on fire...
This girl is on fire...
She's walking on fire...
This girl is on fire...
Everybody stares, as she goes by
'Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby
And then it happened. The boys all moved to the edges of the stage, so the center was clear and a scrawny figure jumped down from seemingly nowhere, hands full of fire. The figure walked to the microphone and took over the chorus as the crowd tried to figure out who he was.
This girl is on fire...
This girl is on fire...
She's walking on fire...
This girl is on fire...
Oh, oh, oh, oh ohhhhh oh oh oh ohhh oh oh oh ohhhh...
She's just a girl and she's on fire
"Leo!" Piper screamed. She ran to the stage and gave him a tackling hug, knocking him into the other boys, who were smiling at their ability to keep a secret. The crowd was talking amongst themselves, trying to figure out how the hero from the giant war was still alive in spite of exploding rather dramatically in midair.
"The SuperSized McShizzle is back, baby! And I brought a friend," He said, gesturing to the girl with caramel colored hair who standing on the edge of the stage with a wide smile on her face.
"Calypso?" Percy said taking a step back. The memory of her curse was all too fresh in his mind, and he took a casual position between Annabeth and Calypso. Annabeth rolled her eyes, but Calypso just shook her head.
"I'm not mad anymore, Perseus. I've moved on." She pointed to Leo, who made a gun with his fingers and blew out the flame that he created, mouthing "hot stuff" as he pointed to himself. Percy rolled his eyes at Leo, but smiled nervously at Calypso.
"So we're good?" He asked, putting his hand out for a handshake. She smiled and shook his hand. "We're good." Percy smiled and took a step back, raising his eyebrows at the four that had been in the audience.
"So what did you guys think," Percy asked, narrowing his eyes at Nico, who cracked a smile.
"10/10, totally unexpected. Would watch again." He said, smiling slightly as he grabbed Will's hand and gave it a squeeze. Will smiled and shot him a wink.
"I can't believe you guys kept this a secret for so long." Hazel said, pushing her hair back and peering at Frank, who smiled shyly.
"It was a challenge, but the ultimatum was worse. It was keep your mouth shut or endure the wrath of Jason." Frank shot his friend a sarcastic smile and Piper snorted.
"What wrath?" Leo laughed at her comment.
"Yea, what's he gonna do? Give you a shock every time you open a door? Perhaps make your luscious hair full of static all the time?" Leo cracked himself up at the thought of Percy's hair any worse, and Calypso rolled her eyes.
"Mr. Valdez, as lovely as it is to have you back," Chiron said as he walked over to the stage, "It's very late, and the campers have schedules to keep. You can all see one another tomorrow. I take it you're not leaving that soon?" He asked Leo, who shook his head.
"Looks like all the leadership has to deal with sleepy campers. I'll see you guys tomorrow. The SuperSized McShizzle needs to his beauty sleep." The group all said goodnight and went their separate ways, grabbing drowsy children by the hand and pulling them back to the cabins.
"Well," Nico said to Will as he walked his boyfriend back to his cabin, "that turned out much better than I expected."
A/N: This one is longer, probably because I threw in some lyrics for those of you who haven't heard the song.
In other news, Happy Valentine's Day, enjoy, and make good choices. Hope everyone's doing well!
Muchas Gracias my lovelies, Stay incredible, and DFTBA!~M