A/N: Hey guys! I am updating fast so yeah. Thank you for the two girls who already submitted their characters! bookwormgirl2497 and 18! Since you two are my first character submissions, you will be the two girls in Unknown Love. Congrats! Also, bookwormgirl2497, would you like your character to be in Unknown Love, or that and my new story? Just wondering. Wise Old Rabbit, I might take up your suggestion on making Annabeth fall in love with another dude, for example, Luke? Tell me what you guys think? Give me your feedback! Remember, I still need two new dudes! Come on BOYS! We need you! Ladies, if you know any guys, please ask them to submit, or else I will have to make them up myself. Anyways, sorry for rambling! On with the story!
Chapter 4: The Beauty
As the castle advisors led us outside of our high school, I kept thinking about how I have to leave my home and family for six months. How could the Prince be so selfish to tear these girls away from their homes for six months? One of them will be gone for a year and I know it's not going to be me.
"All right ladies. The girls who I chose from Mr. Brunner's class, please come with me," said Mrs. Back, leading Katie, Piper, Thalia, Juniper, Silena, and I to a red van that was parked in the school parking lot.
"Climb in ladies. Unfortunately, it saddens me to say this, but we cannot stop at your houses to say goodbye to your families and to collect your belongings. I am very sorry, but the King and Queen said that you will receive new clothes when you arrive at the castle. If you have cell phones, you are allowed to call your families at this moment. Hop in the van and take a seat," says Mrs. Back with sadness. That jerk! He won't even let us see our families! I climb in the van and take a seat at the very end where a window is. The seats are surprisingly comfy and there is food and drinks spread out throughout the van.
"This van is so cool! I can't believe that one of us in this van might actually get a chance of marrying the prince!" says Silena with excitement.
"I know right! Although it sucks that we can't see our families, we'll see them soon," says Piper, a very attractive girl with choppy brown hair and eyes that can't seem to stop changing colors. Katie is also pretty with her long brown hair and big green eyes. The rest of the girls murmur in agreement with Piper.
"I know… married to Percy… he better like black," I knew the he better like black was Thalia. I stay silent throughout the whole drive to the castle when Juniper turns to me.
"Annabeth, are you okay?" she asks with concern.
"No. Who said I want to marry the Prince? I don't want to be torn away from my family for six months! Prince Percy is so selfish!" I say angrily as all heads in the van turn to me.
"Well, we didn't agree to this either, but this is an amazing chance! You get the chance to know the real Percy and becoming his wife," says Juniper with concern.
"I'm only 17. I haven't even finished my senior year! Let's just forget about it. Were here anyways," I say as we drive through massive gates and pull up in front the huge entrance of the castle.
"Ladies, please step outside of the van and please wait for further instruction," says Mrs. Back, this time with a happier tone. We walk out of the van and the other vans pull up beside us. Once all of the girls are out of the vans, I see that there are about three hundred girls all together from our school and other schools throughout Atlantis. The clusters of girls listen to their assigned advisors for instruction on where to walk.
"Welcome to the Palace of Atlantis. I am sure that you will enjoy it here or the next six months with its luxuries. Please follow me to the throne room where King Paul and Queen Sally will explain everything in much more detail," says Mrs. Back with a smile. She walks inside the building and the other groups of girls follow her lead, as we also follow closely behind her as well. When we walk inside the building, I am immediately intrigued to the beautiful architectural design of the palace, with intricate design on the ceiling, the magnificent amount of colors on the curtains, and the marble pillars are gorgeous. I am too busy noticing the designs, I almost run into Mrs. Back as she stops in front of a door. She then opens the door and I see the king and queen sitting on their thrones in the middle of another beautiful interior design. We continue walking until I stop at the very front of the throne room right next to the center aisle, with my friends beside me. The other girls shuffle in behind me and on the other side of the room.
"Welcome to our wonderful palace young ladies. As you have heard by our wonderful advisors, you will be staying here for six months and…" I tuned Queen Sally as she explained the basics of what is going to happen while were here. No wandering around the halls at night, behave, listen to your advisors, blah blah blah. Then, a very beautiful woman comes out and stands next to the king and queen. She has long golden blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes.
"That's my mom," Piper whispers behind me. I look at her in shock. I learn that her name is Aphrodite and she will be our 'mom' for the next six months, training to become princesses. King Paul then says Prince Percy's name, and all heads turn around as the wood door opens.
The guards push open the door for Prince Percy as he walks in. Wow, he's too lazy that he has to have someone else open a door for him. As he walks down the aisle and stops by his parents thrones, he flashes a smile and girls squeal at the sight of him, but I glare at him and my lips are turned in a frown. He does look kind of cute wearing a white shirt with a black jacket over it and black jeans and converse. What are you thinking? His eyes scan the crowd and they stop on me. Weird. At first, he has a look of shock on his face, but then he hides it and gives me a small smile, but I roll my eyes and turn away. All of my friends whisper to me,
"He's looking at you… lucky… he likes you… he looks like he's attracted to you," they all say, but I shake my head no.
"And ladies, here is my son I am sure you all know as Perseus Orion Jackson. You will most likely see him walking around the halls of the castle and you will see him at the ball of course in six months time," says Queen Sally with a smile. Prince Percy also smiles at the crowd and some of the girls swoon. I can't believe that he has to meet with all of us individually in one night.
"Hello ladies. Welcome to my home. I hope that you enjoy your time for the next six months and I am looking forward to meeting with you at the ball," he says and gives us another smile.
His mother then asks Aphrodite to show us to our sleeping quarters and we all walked towards the door with Aphrodite leading the way. As I walk out with my friends, I feel that someone is watching me, but I don't bother to turn around and see who it is.
Aphrodite then leads throughout the halls of the castle and stops at a long hall that seems endless.
"All right ladies. This hall is where all of the bedrooms are and where you will be staying with the group of girls you came with and two new girls," Aphrodite says with a dazzling smile. She then assigns different names to the rooms. My group of friends and I wait endlessly until she finally says our names to the final bedroom, along with two other girls names, Victoria Sparks and Cassandra Louise Jenson. (A/N: There you are bookwormgirl2497 and 18)
"Thank you ladies for waiting so patiently. Here is your new room for the next six months and we have designed it to your accommodations. Have fun," she says with another smile and walks off. Before we walk into our room, Thalia introduces us to our new roommates.
"Hi. I'm Thalia and these are my friends Piper, Katie, Juniper, Silena, and Annabeth. Just a heads up, if you mess with my stuff, you're dead," she says with a smile and thankfully, they laugh. Victoria introduces them.
"Hi Thalia. I'm Victoria Sparks but you can call me Vicky and this is my best friend Cassandra Louise Jenson but you can call her Cass," she says with a smile. Victoria is very pretty with her long, straight, reddish-brown hair and her dark brown eyes with flecks of red. Her height looks about 5'8 and she is wearing a plain silver shirt with a black jacket over it and white shorts. I can tell she is easy going and sporty because she is carrying a skateboard.
Cassandra is also very attractive with her shoulder length, chestnut brown, curly hair and leaf green eyes. She is also the same height as Thalia, 5'8. I can tell she is smart and pleasant to be around because of what she is wearing, a light green ruffle tank top that brings out her eyes and a gray knee length skirt.
"Hi. Nice to meet you. As you already know, I'm Cassandra Jenson, but call me Cass. Ready to go in?" she says with a smile. I smile back at her for the first since we arrived here and nod yes. We walk in and I see the biggest and most welcoming room I have ever seen. The room has stairs leading to the upstairs floor where the bedrooms are and the living room is amazing. There is 42' inch flat screen TV and a light green couches positioned in front of it with white lamps on the side of the couches. There is a balcony on the other side of the couches decorated with flowers of all kinds. Behind the living room is a kitchen with granite countertops and lavender painted walls. The living room walls are painted a baby blue and floor is shiny wood. There are chairs on the balcony where we could relax and enjoy the view of the sea. The girls squeal and jump onto the couches. I slowly walk in, my mouth wide open in shock. Cass flopped down on her back on one of the couches and said,
"Wow. The ceiling has such an intricate design! And I see Ancient Greek and Latin on there too!" she says with a smile.
"You can read Ancient Greek and Latin?" I ask her.
"Yeah. I learned when I was 14. I loved it ever since" she says, her cheeks blushing a little bit.
"That's cool! I learned when I was little. Hey guys let's go see the bedrooms," I say to her and then to the rest of the girls. We walk up the stairs and again, I am amazed.
What I thought to be bedrooms is instead a huge room with different beds that fit our styles. Juniper ran over to an oak bed with a white and green floral bedspread and pillows with an oak nightstand next to it. A picture of a 'Save the World!' sign hung right above her bed. There was a wood desk next to the nightstand pushed up against a corner of the room that had several books about the environment
Silena then skipped over to a white bed that had a hot pink and black checkered bedspread and pillows with a white nightstand next to it. A magazine cover for Teen Vogue hung in a picture frame hung above her bed with Dianna Agron on the cover. On the nightstand was a pink lamp and had a makeup bag sitting to next to it. Next to the nightstand was a huge white wardrobe that I am sure was filled was clothes.
Thalia walked over to a black bed that had a black and dark blue plaid bedspread and pillows and a gray nightstand next to it. A picture that said 'Death to Barbie' hung above her bed that matched one of her shirts. Next to the gray nightstand, there was a silver archer's bow and a target on the wall opposite of her bed.
Piper ran over to a gray bed with a light blue and white bedspread and had a grey nightstand next to her bed. A poster of a snowboarder hung above her bed that seemed to suit her because of her snowboarding jacket that she is wearing. Next to her bed on the other side, there is target with a dagger hanging next to it. I remind myself to never mess with her.
Katie walks over to a light brown bed that has a light green and purple floral bedspread and a light brown nightstand next to it. On the nightstand, there are gardening tools that I guess means that she likes to work in gardens. On the other side of her bed, there is a very large window overlooking the castle garden with white, almost transparent, curtains.
Cass walks over to a white bed with a grey and Caribbean blue plaid bedspread with a white nightstand next to it. On the nightstand, there is a light blue lamp with several books on Ancient Greek and Latin. On the other side of her bed, there is a target with a blue archer's bow hanging next to it. On the other side of her nightstand, there is a large window overlooking the castle grounds, which is a magnificent view.
Vicky walks over to a grey bed with a blue and silver checkered bedspread and pillows and a white nightstand next to it. There is a picture of music notes with several sport names on the edges that I guess means she likes sports and music. On the other side of her bed, there is a simple white desk with a green and brown notebook on it. Next to the desk, there was a silver guitar leaning against.
The last bed I saw was white with a yellow and grey floral bedspread on the farthest side of the room to the left that wasn't as close to the other beds. There was a simple brown picture frame with a picture of books in it hanging above the bed. On one side of the bed, there was a white nightstand with a yellow lamp on it and on the other of my bed there was a large bookcase with my books from home. Next to the bookcase, there was a large window overlooking the ocean with white curtains. I walked over to the bed and sat. This is very comfy. The whole room was magnificent. (A/N: The descriptons took me a long time to write!)
"Wow. This is amazing," I say with awe.
"Someone's warming up to the idea of being here" said Piper. I laugh nervously in response.
"Hey guys, I found a note on my desk," says Vicky. We all walk over to see what it says,
"Let me read it aloud," says Vicky
Dear Ladies,
I am sure you have found your sleeping quarters to your liking. Yes, Piper Mclean is my daughter as she has told some of you. Silena has the wardrobe filled with her need of clothes, but all of the other clothes are found next to Juniper's desk. You will find a small button on the far left corner of her desk. Push it, and then a door will open to your left. Inside you will find a very large closet filled with clothes to your preference. There is also a map of the palace attached of several places to go when you have free time every day.
Once you are settled in, you are allowed three hours to go to things to your liking, and then you must come back to your quarters for dinner. Dinner will be set on the table when you arrive. Have fun!
~Aphrodite
"That's really helpful. Can I see the map Vicky?" asks Juniper. She looks at it closely then says,
"I'm going to the castle garden. Anyone want to come?" she asks.
"I'll go. See you later guys," Katie says to all of us and then she and Juniper leave.
"I'm going to stay here and practice on my target. Anyone care to stay?" says Piper.
"I'll stay. Let's go," Cass says.
"Yeah, me too. Watch out ladies, I've been practicing years," Thalia says with a laugh, and then they walk off.
"Well I'm going to see the royal wardrobe for us girls. I don't think anyone here wants to join me," Silena says with a smile.
"No, I think we're good. I'm going to the music room. Bye," says Vicky.
"Bye. I'm going to the library. See you guys later," I say. I look at the map before I go and go downstairs and walk out the door. I turn to the left towards the library and see other girls walking around the halls in the other direction. I guess nobody wants to go to the library. I walk down the hallway for what seems like forever until I finally see the corner leading to the library on my right.
"Finally," I mumble to myself. When I turn around the corner, I run into the last person I expected to see.
A/N: I know, I'm evil for leaving you a cliffhanger. You may or may not know who she runs into, but I think you do. Anyways, if you didn't get a chance to submit a character for my story, you can still submit one for my new story that is coming out in June. I still need two boys! Tell your guy friends ladies! I will probably be updating later this week, and by that time, I need two boys, or else I need to make them up myself. You know what you need to do! Review!