I was so tired, we were rock climbing for three hours, but no one wanted to tell me that there was lava! But we finally stopped, and once we were off I collapsed. I was drenched in sweat and ready to go to bed, it was like 6:00 and I had a quest to do, I just wanted sleep. "Was it that bad Jack?" Bethany asked me. I didn't mind the nickname, I really didn't, but not when I was this tried. "I officially hate you guys." I muttered. "Oh, well I have news and after that, you're gonna hate me even more." Bethany told me with a slight smirk. "What do you mean?" Johnny told her. "Oh, I got him an appointment to the Aphrodite cabin." Bethany told him. "Oh, does he know about this?" Johnny asked her. Bethany shook her head. "In that case, I'm off to dinner, I'll save you a seat Bethany, but Nick, you'll probably take a while." Johnny told me. I was so confused, but Johnny just walked off. 'What's going on?" I asked Bethany. "Just follow me." She told me. At this point, I didn't what to do, so I grabbed my walking stick and just followed her.
Bethany led me to the cabins, but we walked up to a pink cabin. It was surrounded by a white picket fence and it looked like a barbie house. But she led to me to the white door and knocked on it. Then a girl opened the door. She had blonde hair that was let down in the back and had tan skin and was rather short. Her eyes were blue and her outfit looked good, it was a flannel shirt that were pulled into a knot at her stomach, and she had on khaki short shorts, she looked good. "Hi, you must be Nick." She said with a high voice. "Umm yeah, nice to meet you." I said holding out my hand. She took it and shook it, but her other hand was on the other side of my hand. "Well I'm Lacy, and I've been told I need to fix your hair." She said. Oh no, that's what this is about, they're going to do something to me hair. I backed up a bit. "Look, Lacy, you seem nice, but I'm good." I said as I let go of her hand. I then took another step back. But she then grabbed my hand again. "Oh don't be silly, it needs to look nice for tomorrow." She said. But then she reached and grabbed the collar of my windbreaker and pulled me down, and then got close to my ear. "I also know about the color of your hair." She said silently. My eyes went wide, crap, she knew. I then got close to her ear. "I've tried to die it, it always goes back to it's normal color." I whispered to her. "Trust me, I can fix it." She said. "Um, this is weird, I'm off to dinner, see you tomorrow Nick." Bethany said from behind me. I forgot she was there. "Oh, bye Bethany." I said. She then walked off, leaving me with Lacy.
"Good, now we can get started." Lacy said. She then grabbed my hand and led me into the cabin. It was a normal cabin, a little smaller then mine, but it was nice. There were some kids on the bunks, but they seemed busy. But Lacy led me to the back, and then we went through as door, and then I just stood there. It was a whole hair salon, with six chairs and two sinks in the back, but there was someone in one of the chairs. She looked like she was maybe 27, and she had long curly blonde hair, but it had a streak of gray in it, and she had an orange shirt on with jeans. "Sorry Annabeth, I'll get to you after I'm done with Nick." Lacy told her. "Okay, Sally is watching Sandy, so take all the time you need, but it is late, so don't take to long.' Annabeth said. "I know, but he has a quest tomorrow, and his hair is different." Lacy said. I wanted to tell her thanks for throwing me under the bus, but I just kept walking, keeping my head down. But Lacy brought me to one of the sinks. "Okay, so you can put the walking stick and your jacket over there." Lacy said point to a coat rack. I nodded walked over to it and took off my windbreaker. I put it on the rack and then leaned my stick against the wall, but next to it was a weird shaped sword, like a bone sword, it looked awesome, but I ignored it for now. I then walked back to Lacy. "Okay, now the beanie." Lacy said holding her hand out. I thought about it, but I couldn't do it, I hate my hair and didn't want anyone seeing it. I then looked over and saw Annabeth watching in anticipation, her eyes were gray, it didn't match the blonde hair but it suited her. I slowly shook my head. "Look, I can't do this, can I just go?" I asked Lacy.
"What's wrong with you hair?" Annabeth asked me. "This!" Lacy said loudly. She then snatched my beanie off my head, I saw my hair fall into my eyes. Lacy and Annabeth both gasped, I hated my life. "Please, I don't want to do this." I told Lacy trying to cover up my hair. Lacy just threw my beanie over her head. "To bad, sit in the chair and we'll get you cleaned up." Lacy said with a smile. She then sat me down and leaned back my head. She then started to [put water and put shampoo in my hair. "Oh jeez, you have cold hair." Lacy said. 'Sorry, just blame my dad." I said silently. But then I saw Annabeth walk up to me. She pulled up a chair and sat next to me. "So, you're the son of Boreas?" She asked me. "Yep, the god of ice is my dad." I said. "So can you control ice?" Annabeth asked me. "Sure can, call me Jack Frost." I told her. She laughed a bit. "Okay, so you're a witty guy huh?" She asked me. I nodded.
"So I'm going to apply the dye now." Lacy said. "Okay, sweet." I said. She then put some dye in my hair and started to rub it in my hair. She seemed happy, so I didn't want to tell her it wasn't going to work. "Okay, there it is!' Lacy said proud of herself. "Check again." I said. Lacy then looked at my hair and her smile was gone. "Oh you're right, it's white." Annabeth said. Lacy stood there thinking. "Look, I like that you're trying, but I'm going." I said getting up. But Lacy put her hand on my chest, sitting me back down. "I know what will do the trick, the strong stuff." Lacy said. She then went to a closet at the end of the room. "I want to tell her it's pointless, but she seems so happy." I told Annabeth. Annabeth shrugged her shoulders. "Not all daughters of Aphrodite are like that, but a lot of them are." Annabeth told me.
"Here we are." Lacy said from the closet. She then came out with a golden tube. She then walked over and leaned my head back again. "Look, I do really appreciate this, but it will never work." I told her. "I used to listen to pop music, and one of the songs said never say never, so I never say never." Lacy said firmly. She then put the new stuff in my hair and started scrubbing away.
She was rubbing it in for like ten minutes, it got boring, I was about to fall asleep. I then closed my eyes. "Done!" Lacy said loudly. My eyes shot back open, jeez she was loud, but she needed to know that my hair was going to become normal again. "Give it a few seconds, it will go back to its old color." I told her. Lacy shook her head. "No it won't, go look in the mirror." Lacy told me. I sat up and then Lacy quickly dried my hair off with a towel. I then go out of the chair and walked to the mirror, expecting to see my hair it's normal white, but I was shocked. It wasn't turning back to white. It was dark brown, still long but brown. I walked up to the mirror, and just looked at myself. I then touched my hair. "Did I do good?" I heard Lacy say from behind me. I turned and saw her standing there, with her arms behind her back. "I've always had to hide my hair, to live on the streets, but you made it to where I don't need to hide anymore, thank you." I said. She just smiled. I couldn't help myself. I ran up to her and put my arms around her, giving her a big hug. I thought she was going to push me away, I did it in the heat of the moment. But instead she put her arms around my back. "You might just end up stealing my heart." Lacy said silently. I then realized Annabeth was still there. I then let go, but I was so happy. "Again, thank you, so so much, I owe you a favor.' I told her. "A favor huh, I'll that hold against you." Lacy said with a giggle. I then walked over and put my windbreaker on, and grabbed my stick. "Okay, well if you need me to cut it again after your quest, you know where to find me." She told me. I nodded at her. "Bye, nice meeting you." Annabeth said. "Nice meeting you too." I said. Then I stepped out of the salon, and walked through the bunks.
I then stepped out of the cabin, but I realized that I didn't have my beanie, but I didn't care. I walked to my cabin, free, with normal hair. I didn't even want dinner, I was just happy to have this hair. I walked up to the Hera cabin and opened the door. I then dropped my stick and took off my windbreaker, I then walked over to the pullout bed and collapsed in it. I then closed my eyes, and drifted to sleep.
"What is this!" I heard a voice say. I opened my eyes and found my in a giant room, made of ice. It looked like a giant bedroom, there was a chandler on the ceiling and there was a huge bed a the end of the room, and it looked much bigger than my cabin. But then I saw Khione standing over me. "Why am I here?" I said angrily standing up. I was glad that I was normal, wearing my windbreaker and necklace. "I brought you here, but what is wrong with your hair?" She asked me. She sounded offended almost. "I fixed it." I told her. Her eyes filled with anger. "You ruined it, and how is it not changing back." She asked me. "A daughter of Aphrodite helped me out." I told her smirking. "Curse them, but it will change back eventually." She told me. I got annoyed. "You still haven't answered my question, why am I here?!" I asked angrily. "Oh calm down, you're gonna blow a fuse, I brought you here to tell you about your quest." She told me. "What about it?" I asked her cautiously. "I want to help you, take this weapon." She told me. She then pulled out a weapon. It was a sword made of ice, it was jagged and had a white hilt. I took it in my hand. But then I threw it back. "I don't want it." I told her. Khione looked mad. "It is a gift from me, a gift from a god, take it!" She yelled at me. "I have a weapon!" I yelled back at her. She rolled her eyes. "That stick is not a weapon, take this instead." She told me. "No, I don't want it." I told her. She then walked over and picked up the sword. "To bad." She said. She then threw the sword at me quickly, I didn't have time to make a shield. The sword then hit me in the arm, cutting through my windbreaker.
It was awfully painful, like getting hit with a icicle made of acid. "AGHHH!" I yelled as I went t the ground, grabbing my arm. I then slowly let go and there was something on my arm. A tattoo. The tattoo was a sword made of ice, just like the one Khione gave to me. "What did you do?!" I asked her angrily holding my arm. "There, it's easy to hide and it looks good, you're welcome." Khione told me. I then reached for the tattoo and felt something, then I pulled and a cut appeared in my skin and the sword came out and the tattoo on my arm disappeared with it. I then stabbed myself in the arm but there was no pain, the sword just slid in and the tattoo appeared again. But it was there, I have a tattoo. "This isn't good." I said. "But it is." Khione told me. But then the castle started to shake. "What is that?" I asked looking around. "That stinks, but it's time for you to go.' She said. Then everything went dark.
I woke up back in my bed, but Frank were standing over me, shaking me awake. I then covered up my arm, but made it look casual. "Hey Frank." I said tired. "It's time to get up, don't you remember your quest." Frank asked me. "Yeah, give me five minutes and I'll get ready." I told him. He nodded and walked out of the room, leaving me wondering if I just had a dream or if it was reality. I then let go of my arm and my worst fear came true, it was real. The tattoo was still there, knowing was different about it. I might have had a minor panic attack.
I got out of bed but then fell to the ground shaking. This is real, I have a tattoo, so now I'll always have to wear a jacket. I think I just devolved anxiety, I was shaking and wanted to scream, but I pulled myself together, I then got up and tried to brush it off. I walked to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. But while I was doing it all I could think about was the tattoo. But I spit out the wash and walked back into the room. I walked over and put on my windbreaker and grabbed my walking stick. I then stepped out of the cabin.
It was early, the sun hasn't fully risen yet, and no one was out, everyone was still asleep. I walked to the entrance, it was a nice walk, just me and my thoughts. But once I got near the entrance I saw some people. I saw Chiron in his centar form, Bethany, Johnny and Frank were next to him. Bethany looked like she was ready to go, se had a backpack and a case, it looked like a case for an instrument, but that's probably where she kept her bow. And she had on jeans, and a jacket. But Johnny, he was another story. His hair looked messy and all he had was a backpack, he had on a loose t-shirt and jeans, but he looked out of it. "Hey guys." I said once I walked over to them. "Hey Nick, glad you could join us." Chiron said. "Where's your bag?" Bethany asked me. I then realized I didn't have one, I felt stupid. Chiron could tell I didn't have one. "Don't worry, I brought one for you, this has clothes and drachmas in it." Chiron told me. He then handed me a black bag, it looked nice, I fell in love immediately. But I was confused. "What's a drachma?" I asked him. "It's a way for people to communicate, we call them Iris messages." Bethany told me. "How does that work?" I asked out loud. "You need to make a rainbow with mist and then throw a drachma in it, then you must say: "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering." Chiron told me. I had a lot of questions about it, but it was obvious that Frank was ready to go.
"Hate to break this up, but we should get going, the train leaves in two hours." Frank said. "Train?" I asked. "I forget to tell you guys the plan." Chiron said. "What is it then?" I asked him confused. "Me and my wife Hazel are going to drive you to the train station, from there you're going to go to atlanta and stay the night with Jason and Piper, and then you'll go to Senoia." Frank told me. "Wow, this should be fun then." Johnny said tiredly. I then looked around. "Where's your wife?" I asked him. "She's waiting in the truck." Frank told us. "Well, that means that you'll be going soon, I hope it goes well and please come back in one piece." Chiron told us. I nodded. Bethany and Johnny both smiled. Chiron then walked back to the big house, leaving us with Frank. "Come on, my truck is over here." Frank said.
We walked out of the entrance and he brought us through the woods, there I saw a small parking lot. "We have a parking lot?" I asked confused. "Yeah, whenever people need a haircut they need a place to park, and me and Percy don't live at the camp, so we need a place to park our cars." Frank told me. I just shrugged my shoulders. But then we walked up to his truck. It was a GMC Sierra 2500, it was huge. It was black and looked like it had a tan interior. "Just throw your stuff in the trunk and hop in the back, it's about a thirty minute drive from here." Frank told us. We all threw out stuff in the trunk, then Johnny got in, Bethany sat in the middle, and I got in next to her, it was a little tight, but I didn't mind. But I saw someone in the passengers. She had dark skin and light hair, she was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, and it was obvious she was pregnant, this must be Frank's wife. But then Frank got in the passenger's seat. "I know you haven't met her yet Nick, but this is my Wife, Hazel." Frank said. "Hi, I've heard about you." Hazel said looking at me from the front. "Hopefully all good things you've heard." I said with a laugh. Hazel just smiled. But then Frank cranked up the car and he started to drive. But then I realized something. "You know, this is my first time in a car." I said out loud. Bethany then looked at me with a face of disbelief. "Really?!" Johnny asked me. "Yeah, I've always walked everywhere." I said. "Here." Hazel said handing me a bag. I was really confused "What's this for?" I asked her. "You'll need it, trust me." Hazel told me. But 5 minutes later, my stomach started to hurt.
