Hey! Sorry for the delay. Here's the next chapter of Skyfall.
Skyfall: Undercover Demigods 04:
Dorian, oh Dorian.
By ADayWithoutSmilingIsADayWasted
and Everyone's a Mortal.
Hazel's P.O.V
After we left Jason with Leo and Calypso, we trotted back to the usual classes, where I spent the time glaring at the clock, willing the time to go by faster.
This was by far the hardest quest I've ever been on.
Sitting like this, for hours on end, listening to things no one cares about was pure torture. Suddenly, I found myself missing the monsters. Outside, the sky rumbled threateningly. Just kidding, just kidding. Gosh. This is of course better than the monsters, but I felt great relief nonetheless when the final bell already rang, and the teacher dismissed us, telling the class to memorize well the things that she had been blabbing about for the past hour; which was, of course, something I hadn't listened to.
Percy and Nico were waiting for me by the door. "Ready?" Percy grinned at me.
"Lead the way, Perce."
And so he did. He weaved us through mobs of girls and boys talking, laughing, cheering and yelling at each other, until finally, we managed to slip outside of the crowded corridors. Percy continued past the stream of students, until the school yard came into view.
It was rather beautiful, with its green canopy of leaves hanging low, and the bright sun, and the benches arranged in a circle around some wild flowers.
Nico glared at the sun. "Wow," he muttered, "Apollo has outdone himself today. It's so hot."
Percy laughed. "Yeah, well…" He didn't have time to finish, as Mia came hurtling towards him. In a blink of an eye, she had managed to push Nico and me away, and hug Percy tightly. He grimaced. "Mia, yeah, hi, I'd love to talk but, you see…"
She let go off him and frowned. "Is it because of that Chase girl? Is that why you refuse to talk to me?"
He shrugged. "Well, no, but yeah, hm. I don't know, Mia, but…"
"Ahem. Look, Mia, or whatever your name is, we have to go," I said, then pulled Percy and Nico towards me.
"Important business." Said Nico, "But we'll tell Annabeth you said hi."
Mia's eyes shot daggers. "How dare you speak to me that way? Percy, will you tell her to-"
"Yeah, um, bye, Mia."
And then we were off again. Mia kept calling Percy's name, but he pretended not to hear her. Finally, he pointed at one of the tables around the flowers, and smiled. "This, Hazel, is where you will find friends in for this school year. Enjoy."
He and Nico were gone in an instant. Sighing, I walked over to the table, where kids crowded around what appeared to be a little television with a keyboard. What do they call them? Right. A computer "Um…hello?"
One of the girls, sitting closest to me, turned in my direction. Relieved, I realized it was Calypso. Her blonde hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail, and she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, along with very worn out sneakers. The corners of her mouth tugged upwards as she saw me. "Hazel!"
After she had introduced me to everyone, she said that we have debate sessions every day after school on Tuesdays. She waved me off, along with the rest of the students which I had come to know as Annabel (a beautiful girl with dashing blue eyes and brunette hair), Brian (a boy, with a worn out shirt that said; MUGGLES SUCK), Kelsey, and a bunch of other girls, who greeted me with giggles.
And finally... Dorian. He had jet-black hair and sparkling eyes, who, as I walked to the school gates, I found imprinted in my memory. I was thinking about the way he had smiled at me, and how soft and firm his palm had felt as we shook hands…
"Zel!" Thalia came hurtling towards me, school bag discarded near Paul's car. He was waiting for us inside, smiling and drumming his fingers on the steering wheel along the beat of the radio. "How was your first day? Because we have to talk about mine. Urgently. With Sally."
Raising my eyebrows, I chuckled. "Thalia Grace, what did you do again?"
She grinned. "I'll tell you later, I promise."
When the boys arrived, we all climbed into the car. As Jason had called shotgun, I didn't couldn't ask him how his day had went. Everyone else's had gone fine. Reyna was in a glamorous mood, where if you so much as looked at her, she threatened to hiss Aurum and Argumentum against you. Thalia took that as a sign to annoy her as much as possible, gaining an unapproving glare from Jason.
Yeah, she didn't care.
At the apartment, we all filed into the kitchen for snacks, where we were surprised by a man in a wheelchair, holding a dog, that looked suspiciously like a wolf.
"Greetings," Lupa said from Chiron's hands. There were a murmur of 'hellos' as eventually everyone settled down. Silence finally claimed place, and Chiron clasped his hands.
"Well demigods, care to share your experiences from today?" His words triggered a wave of noise as everyone started talking at once. Smiling, Chiron put his hand up again. He turned towards Nico. "My boy, why don't you go first?"
