So, to those that sent me kind stuff last night with tips on how to fix my hand, thanks! It works! I think it was just too much typing and such, plus I ride horses and one of my horses likes to yank on my hands when I ride at random moments, which doesn't help. Anyway, I got inspired to update this! Also, these are shorter, unlike chapters for my other stuff, so... In addition, this is a two chapter one shot. Two shot? Whatever.

ON WITH THE SHOW!

Hally Collin's POV

I chewed on the end of my pencil, bored, as I watched our Greek Culture teacher. I was decent at the class, not great like Percy, Nico, or Will, but I did okay. We were doing a review on stuff we'd already learned, like we always did every Friday, because no one really paid attention. I mean, I didn't need to really, at least not on review days.

"So, can anyone tell me the names of three minor gods?" Mr. Andrews asked. Percy raised his hand, looking like he was bored out of his mind. "Go ahead, Percy."

"What's your definition of a 'minor god'?" he asked.

"I'd think it's the same as anyone else's, Percy. A non-Olympian," Mr. Andrews answered, a hint of irritation in his voice.

Percy tried to hide a sarcastic smirk and failed. "Fine, then. Nemesis, Hecate, Nike, Hebe, Jan- wait, sorry, you said three. But by your definition, Hades is minor, and all the Roman versions, since they really don't have an Olympian council, per say. Which I doubt, somehow."

"Well, Percy, it says in the text that a minor god would be one that wasn't on the Olympian council. I don't believe you'd know more than the text." Percy rolled his eyes while Nico glared at the teacher and Will merely looked amused, a bright grin lighting up his face.

"Fine, whatever. By your definition, Jupiter and Hades are minor gods," Percy replied.

"The Roman gods have nothing to do with this, but yes, Hades was a minor god," Mr. Andrews stared at Percy, obviously not amused. Nico looked like he could chop the teacher into a million pieces with his glare. Percy didn't even bother responding, I figured if he was going to challenge Mr. Andrews, he knew he was right and it wasn't worth arguing over in the middle of class. "Now, Percy, thank you for the answer. Let's move on." He kept droning on about Poseidon and Athena's rivalry, Apollo and Artemis' birthplace, and I was honestly bored out of my mind. When he finally stopped twenty minutes later, after going over all the vocabulary we needed to know too, my poor pencil's eraser was nonexistent.

"Alright, everyone. We've got twenty minutes left here. I'm assigning a project that's due next Wednesday on the gods. You must pretend-" There was a knock on the door just as he began his explanation. "Come in!" he called.

A beautiful girl walked through the door, blonde hair tossed into a casual ponytail and gray eyes flashing from iron to silvery as she scanned the room, resting her gaze on Percy and friends. Uh-oh. If she went after him, she was in for it. He always said he had a girlfriend who went to a different school in the city, called Athens Academy or something. After a second of tense silence, she spoke.

"I'm Annabeth Chase, your new student. I assume you are Mr. Andrews?" she asked cooly.

"Yes, Annabeth, go ahead and take an empty seat, we were just doing a review on the Greek gods and basic greeting phrases. Do you have any prior knowledge on the subject? My class is quite difficult and you're starting halfway through the semester." She turned slightly to face him, a steely glint in her eyes.

"Well, Mr. Andrews, thank you for your concern, but I assure you, I will be fine. I'm perfectly capable of passing this class, midterm or no." With that, she pulled out a chair next to Percy and his friends, who greeted her. Percy leaned over and whispered something in her ear and she smirked, then smacked his arm.

Mr. Andrews cleared his throat and turned to the class again. "As I was saying, your project is due next Wednesday. You will create a presentation on the topic of demigods. But not Hercules, Achilles, Aeneas, no. You will be proving that you are a demigod to the class. You may choose from any of the major gods, which are the ones that were on the Olympian council, to be your parent. Present this however you wish. I've seen skits, straight-up facts, movies, even a cake was baked once, although they got a grade more on the presence of food." This got a laugh from everyone. "Make this believable. Everyone will vote on your accuracy and how convincing you were. That will be worth half your grade, so do well! Take a laptop, you have the next fifteen minutes to work." He turned to unlock our laptop cart, but before he could Annabeth raised her hand.

"Mr. Andrews," she began. "Several major gods are not Olympians. Hades and Hestia, to name a few. Not that Hestia could have any demigod children, but there are a few major gods not on the council. I would assume we could use those?"

"Hades and Hestia are not major gods, Annabeth!" Mr. Andrews protested.

"Actually, they are. Hades is allowed on Olympus at the Winter Solstice, the only reason he wasn't given a council position was because he was judged unfairly for being the god of the Underworld, not of death itself as most assume. That's Thanatos." Nico winced at her statement. "Hestia gave up her spot for Dionysus to keep the balance. She was and is a major goddess."

"Fine, Annabeth. You may use major gods not on the Council, but it better be good," Mr. Andrews conceded. Nico smiled and shot a grateful glance at Annabeth. I wonder what that was all about? "Get to work, everyone!" I picked up a laptop and began my assignment. I wanted to be a daughter of Apollo, or maybe Hermes. I like the whole trickery thing. Percy, who I was sort of friends with, waved me over, so I brought my laptop to their table.

"Hey, Percy, Nico, Will. Welcome to Goode, Annabeth," I said, sitting across from her. She smiled warmly.

"Thanks, it's Hally, right? My idiot family here thinks you're just the best thing since blue food, skeletons, and sunshine," she informed me, rolling her eyes. I laughed- it made sense. Everything Percy ate was blue, Nico looked like a Goth sort, and Will was literally like a little ray of sunshine. I mean, his teeth were so blinding, they needed a warning sign.

"Thanks, you three," I told them, blushing a bit. "Who are you doing for the project?"

Percy looked like a deer caught in the headlights. "Um, erm, uh, Zeus?" He made it sound like a question, which was weird. He was always so self-assured, not cocky, but confident.

Annabeth rolled her eyes, kissing him on the cheek. "Right, Seaweed Brain. You, son of Zeus? Really? Smooth." She turned back to me. "Aquaman's doing Poseidon, I've picked Athena, Death the Kid is Hades, and Mr. Sunshine and Butterflies over here is going to do Apollo." I laughed at her nicknames, while the boys all pouted.

"Really, Wise Girl?" Percy protested. "Aquaman? You've been hanging around with Leo too much!"

"Can't let my boyfriend get a big head, now can I?" she returned.

Nico was grumbling, but Will looked pretty happy with his nickname. "Annabeth," Nico complained, "Death the Kid?" She nodded, one arm around Percy.

"Yes, Death the Kid. It's that or Skeleboy. Take your pick, because Death Boy was getting old. Thalia's been influencing me," Annabeth told him, smiling.

Percy looked indignant. "Thalia was over and you didn't tell me? What the Hades, Wise Girl? I'm offended!"

"Hey! Don't use my dad's name in vain!" Nico protested, before Annabeth slapped a hand over his mouth.

Completely bewildered, I stared at them for a moment before recovering my wits. "Your DAD?"

"Oh, I'm just, um, getting in character," Nico muttered through the hand clapped over his mouth.

"Okay then. Anyway," I started brightly, "I"m going to do Hermes. He's cool, I like the whole pranking aspect."

"You and the Stolls," Will muttered.

"Who're the Stolls?"

"Oh, just the world's most irritating spawn of Hermes," Will replied. "I mean," he added hastily, "They're like what I'd imagine Hermes' kids to be like."

Percy interrupted Will, obviously trying to stop him from giving anything away. "How about we meet up tomorrow to work together?" I nodded, before returning to my research on pranks and thievery. I wanted to 'steal' stuff and do pranks as part of my presentation.

"Alright, Perce, your apartment it is," Annabeth confirmed. "I need to figure out how to get thirty mor- students to play proper Capture the Flag with my battle strategies. Oh, and I'm going to try to do a mock up of a city, for the architecture-slash-crafts part of Athena. Maybe even a tapestry or something. Can't be that hard, right?" she mused, almost to herself.

"You're doing all of that in a weekend?" I asked, shocked.

"Uh, yeah. I'll just borrow the fields for Capture the Flag, and a mock up isn't that hard. Plus I'm good at weaving. I'll be fine, Athena always has a plan."

"How are you guys in character so quickly? You all sound like you could be modern-day demigods or whatever," I complained. They all burst into laughter.

"Erm, long story, trust me," Nico said. "Anyways, for my part, I can't exactly raise dead or anything, or shadow travel, or modify dreams. Stupid Hades powers."

Percy looked up, thoughtfully tapping his chin. "Wait, Nico, you and I could spar! You're so dead!"

"Fine, Percy, let's let the whole class watch you get your podex whipped," Nico agreed, smirking. Percy rolled his eyes and smacked Nico.

"No death-y stuff, Neeks," Will said quietly. Nico rolled his eyes.

"Fine, Dr. Solace," he muttered under his breath. Will beamed.

"Great," I interrupted. "Anyone know any good pranks that I can pull for mine?"

"You totally need to meet the Stoll brothers," Annabeth said absentmindedly. "But I recommend pranking Percy, it's really funny." Percy leaned over and kissed her, grinning cheekily.

"Perseus Jackson, quit the PDA!" Nico protested.

"Oh, shut it. You two are bad enough at camp," Annabeth teased. Nico blushed bright red and Will grinned.

"Aww, my little cousin's getting all grown up!" Percy said dramatically. Nico banged his head on the desk.

"I hate you two," he muttered just loud enough for us to hear.

Will, still with the grin, completely changed tacks. "Anyone have ideas for me?"

"Well, lazy, overconfident, irritatingly happy, it all adds up," Nico muttered from his self-induced faceplant.

Will hugged Nico. "You love me though!" Nico just groaned. "But honestly, only thing I'm even remotely good at related to music is my whistle-"

"That was the most irritating thing EVER," Nico interrupted, but Will continued like nothing had happened.

"-I can't exactly heal anyone here, and I'm not that great of an archer."

"You're probably better than most people if you're even capable of doing archery," I pointed out.

"True. So Annabeth, I'm borrowing your field for a archery demonstration." We kept arguing for another few minutes, all in good fun, until the bell rang.