DISCLAIMER: THE CAST AND STORYLINES OF PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS ARE OWNED BY RICK RIORDAN. EXCEPT THE OLYMPIANS. HE DOESN'T OWN THE OLYMPIANS.


It looked like Lou Ellen needed some grammar lessons because in there wasn't a messenger in the amphitheater. There were messengers.

In the center of the amphitheater were three beautiful women. As campers filed in and sat down, the messenger women chatted cheerfully. Clearly they were sisters for they all had glossy chestnut hair, porcelain-like skin and cherry lips but they varied in age. The youngest and the most beautiful of them looked like she was still in her teens whereas the oldest seemed to be in her late twenties. They wore matching white, floaty, summer dresses even though it was winter.

"Good morning campers!" greeted the lady who looked like the oldest of three, "I hope you did not eat too much for breakfast because I brought snacks and refreshments just in case."

On that note, suddenly each camper had a tray of freshly baked cookies and juice on their laps.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves," continued the lady, "This is my youngest sister Aglaea, this is my other sister Euphrosyne and my name Thalia. You may know us as the Charites, or the Graces."

Percy leaned towards Annabeth. "I like this Thalia Grace. She bakes awesome cookies."

The other Thalia punched him in the shoulder.

Meanwhile, Thalia the Grace told the campers, "My sisters and I are going to assist in the Demigod Pageant, as Lady Aphrodite requested. We will help organize and train the contestants. That way we can guarantee that this year's Demigod Pageant will be fantastic!"

This year? Annabeth thought, So Aphrodite is thinking about making the pageant an annual thing?

The Grace introduced as Euphrosyne, "At this moment, we will announce each cabin number and its contestant shall come down and state his or her name and patron god or goddess. Cabin One!"

The campers' eyes turned to Thalia, who shrugged. "I'm a Hunter of Artemis now. I don't belong in Zeus's Cabin anymore."

"Very well then, we will skip Cabin One along with Hera's Cabin. Cabin Three!"

"Tyson! Poseidon's Cabin!" The camp's resident Cyclops stumbled down, astounding everyone except one.

This time, the campers' eyes turned to Percy. Like Thalia, he shrugged. "What can I say? My cabin's a democracy. We chose our contestant with votes and rock-paper-scissors."

After that, there were barely any more unforeseen moments like that. Katie Gardner, the prettiest daughter of Demeter, walked down after Tyson. For the Ares kids, Annabeth had a feeling Clarisse would to scare her cabin mates into voting for her. After Annabeth, down went Calliope "Calli" Rae of the Apollo Cabin, who was well-liked in Camp Half-Blood for being a particularly talented campfire sing-a-long leader. However, Annabeth was surprised when Nico approached the center of the amphitheater when Cabin Thirteen was called.

"I thought you were taking a wonderful winter vacation in the Underworld," Annabeth whispered when Nico went to stand beside her.

Nico grunted irritably in response.

Next, the Grace named Aglaea handed each contestant a sheet of paper.

"This contains the rules of the competition," Aglaea explained, "Each contestant is required to post this list in their cabins for all cabin members to see. Tomorrow we will have a short interview with each non-contestant camper so we can assign them their job in the pageant. Each cabin member's interview times are printed on the back of the sheet. Although we serve Lady Aphrodite, us Graces are daughters of Zeus. For the meantime, we will be occupying our Father's vacant cabin."

Thalia the Grace then spoke. "Later, we will hold training sessions for all the contestant. Each session will cover each competition within the pageant: the costume competition, the battle attire competition - because unfortunately some Olympians are against a swimsuit competition, what a pity -, the talent competition, the evening wear competition and the interview competition. We will also give out awards such as Best Costume and Most Talented. Now I suggest you campers scurry because there's a pageant in ten days."


The Rules of the First Annual Demigod Pageant, First Revision - Part I

Camp Half-Blood, Long Island, NY

1. Cabin Contestants

Each cabin shall select one, I repeat ONE, contestant to compete in the pageant. After the finalization with the Graces, contestants cannot switch out. Exceptions shall be made if the contestant suddenly dies or is irreversibly turned into an inanimate object. Exceptions do not include injuries. illnesses, permanent prank spells or divine requests.

2. Labourers

Any camper who is not competing in the pageant will be assigned a task. The success of the pageant completely depends on the contributions of the whole camp. It is expected that all campers will combine efforts to create an extraordinary show. There may be consequences if the result is lackluster.

3. Contestant Training Sessions

All contestants are required to attend every training session. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. The same exceptions as described in Section 1. apply to training sessions.

4. Sabotage

Any labourer(s) caught in an attempt to lower the performance of a contestant's performance will be reprimanded. Any contestant caught in an attempt to lower the performance of another contestant's performance will be disqualified.

During the training sessions, the other Parts of the rules will be given.


Sorry this chapter was so wordy...

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