In my head if you don't review that means you're perfectly fine with my story so I'm very satisfied right now, but still review if possible. After this guy bonding chapter is farewell to New York and hello to Rome (a lot of action on their way there), the girls are going to intrude in the middle though cuz Frank is a really hard character for me. Hazel is up next then back to Annabeth, Enjoy! P.S. forgive my terrible writing in this, I'm going to do Hazel way better hopefully and Courtneeeey, the movie is stuck in my head it was terrible and I haven't read the 1st book since forever.
Disclaimer: I don't own this Rick Riordan does. Done.
Frank
That Leo dude was getting on Frank's nerves. First he decides to hit on Hazel which is totally unfair since they've only been dating a few days. Second, he can easily kill Frank with his stupid fire powers because he can't control them, what a waste. And third, he's just plain annoying. The Greeks themselves pull pranks and tell jokes 24/7. Jason seems to have adjusted to their laid back ways. Frank thought Percy was half stupidity, twenty five percent bravery, and twenty five percent discipline. He was very wrong. Percy was seventy five percent stupidity, ten percent bravery, and the rest was joking and pranking. He was a true Greek. Hazel was adjusting as well.
Great now I'm the odd one out. On top of all that, his family on the other side were pure evil. Clarisse disapproved of him but then started the love once he tackled Leo! Ares kids were much more scary and aggressive than Mars children. Anyways, they had just split up boys vs. girls to get ice cream. He knew Percy had his back if any fight broke out between him and Leo. Well he thought he did, or maybe Percy would stick with the Greek. If that was it then Jason would surely come to his rescue. What if he doesn't? No he has to! They're asking me a question, pay attention Frank!
"Hey Frank, what flavor do you want? We just arrived at Paciugo's." Percy asked.
"Uh I thought we were getting ice cream, this is gelato, what the heck is gelato?" Leo added.
"It's still ice cream in a way." Jason explained.
"No this is not ice cream." Leo said.
"Yes it is now stop arguing." Percy demanded.
"Fine, but it's still not ice cream." Leo muttered.
Frank rolled his eyes. At this rate, they would have millions of petty little arguments all because of Leo. He got his ice cream. No not ice cream, gelato… stupid Leo! Wow this is good. They all decided it was best if they sat down and ate. They would go back to the girls later.
"So will you tell us now what happened between you and Reyna? Annabeth isn't here you know. Come on, spill it." Leo pleaded.
"Fine, I told her I knew what she said and she buried her face in her hands saying she wasn't thinking and how she knew I was madly in love with Annabeth. She said she was heartbroken after seeing Jason with someone else but then realized he never really loved her or he would have remembered like I did. Then she said she loved me." Percy quietly said looking away, not meeting their eyes.
"Whoa what?! That's, I don't have anything to say to that." Leo commented.
"Now I feel terrible, thanks. Wait that can't be all that happened." Jason interjected.
"Uh, then she kissed me, end of story! Wow this gelato is good. Why don't we go somewhere without the girls, you know get to know each other a little better I mean we have all day and tonight we set off on the suicidal mission. I probably will never see New York again come on get up we're on a tight schedule. Up, all of you!" Percy rambled on and on but all of their mouths were gaping wide open.
"Dude, Annabeth is going to kill you!" Leo yelled.
"Yeah she is if she knows which if any of you mention you're more than dead I'll make sure of that, got it?" Percy threatened.
"I would just tell her." Frank replied. They all looked at him like he was crazy.
"Okay I know you're new to this whole dating thing, but honesty isn't always the best policy. If you play by those rules Hazel is going to leave you faster than you can say I'm so dead. Well then I might be able to have her…in that case go ahead with your honesty!" Leo shouldn't have said that because Frank pounced on him.
They were already outside just entering Central Park. Frank was punching him with all he had. Percy and Jason were trying to get him off of Leo but he didn't need them. Leo burst into flames. Frank was on fire, so he did the only logical thing he could think of. He screamed.
"Frank, what in Hades was that?" Percy yelled.
"He provoked me!"
"No excuses that was just stupid."
"Like you haven't done anything stupid before!"
"You're on fire that's pretty….wait I've been on fire too….well-well I'm fire resistant so I had an excuse."
"Yeah you blew up Mt. St Helens and helped Typhon, the most powerful titan, escape." Frank swiveled his head to see Annabeth, Hazel, and Piper staring back at the boys with smirks on their faces.
"You did what now?" Leo asked excited.
"Old news guys, and if I didn't I would be dead." Percy said.
"You would have been dead either way of course the gods sent you to Calypso so no harm done right?"Percy didn't understand why Annabeth looked angry.
He was really clueless sometimes. Calypso fell in love with each hero she met. Frank knew that and she probably fell in love with Percy, he understood Annabeth's anger.
"You are such a Seaweed Brain." Annabeth shook her head.
"You guys should come to meet us in Times Square before another fight over whatever it was breaks out." Piper added.
"Come back to us alive or we'll be in big trouble." Hazel finished. Gods she's beautiful. I will be honest with her no matter what Valdez says…
"Yeah sure whatever be right there." Percy mumbled.
Frank was thinking of ways to kill Leo. He knew exactly how to make Frank mad. Percy and Jason stood between the two of them probably so they wouldn't pull any stunts. There was a long stretch of a very awkward silence that lasted about fifteen minutes, so naturally Percy tried to break the ice.
"So are you guys excited for Rome? I mean there's the Coliseum, the Italian food, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Italian food, the Sistine Chapel, the Italian food, the Trevi Fountain, the Italian food…"
"I don't even think we'll have time for sightseeing Percy, we're kind of on a quest to save the world and most likely to end in death."Jason replied.
"Pish posh, we're more likely to die in the final battle in Greece Jason."Percy retorted. He looked at Jason if he was being ridiculous. Frank, Leo, and Jason were staring at him like he was a madman.
"So you're like not scared at all?" Leo asked amazed.
"I've faced death a lot of times before and a demigod has to be optimistic for crying out loud!" Percy said as if that explained it perfectly.
"I still have no idea how you're alive…you know if you accepted immortality from the gods then you could have really saved our butts right now. I mean there's no way you'd listen to Zeus and stay cooped up on Mt. Olympus and you'd be able to fight with us." Frank told him.
"Even if the world depended on it, would I ever be a god. They're arrogant, idiotic, blind, conceited, snobby, clueless-" Percy tried to keep describing the gods but the sky was thundering, streaked with millions of lightning bolts, yet Percy stared up at the sky, in the middle of an open area and yelled, "It's true and you know it!"
"Are you trying to get us killed?" Jason asked wide eyed.
"Just stating my opinion that's all." Percy said.
"Yeah right, you're even more unstable than me, that's saying something." Leo commented.
"I'm emotional too so watch out." Percy added.
The four of them cautiously made their way to Times Square. The girls were waiting for them. Piper had a worried look on her face as she saw Percy. Frank wondered why, the others seemed just fine.
"Took your time, what was the hold up?" Annabeth asked.
"Percy insulted the gods." Jason explained.
"What did you do that for? They hate you already, you know this isn't going to help us defeat Gaea one bit." Annabeth sounded exasperated.
"Nah, they'll help us. We're family after all right?" Percy smirked in irony. Annabeth just rolled her eyes.
"So we head back? Great bonding time huh, well us girls had a great time, not sure about you guys." Hazel implied.
"Ha well a fight here a fight there, nothing special." Percy winked and strolled defiantly to a little clearing where the pedestrians were avoiding a small family of rats.
He whistled a New York worthy way that could be heard all the way in Virginia. Frank thought he was only getting them a cab when four pegasi came hurtling down. The one with the shiny black coat was neighing at Percy probably talking. The fact that Percy could talk to horses was still a weird concept to Frank.
"All aboard the Pony Express, Leo you get your own since you don't have a girlfriend or anything." Percy announced.
The group snickered at Leo who grumbled some certain choice words at Percy, next thing Frank saw was a Leo dripping head to foot in water. He laughed loudly just so Leo could here. He stared at Frank with a menacing look.
The seven heroes were back at camp by sundown apparently just in time for the campfire.
"Wow Camp Jupiter is more like a military camp than an actual camp, a campfire seems fun!" Hazel said with glee.
"Wait until we get to the sing-along and you'll regret saying that." Percy stated.
That night was fun, it was a relief to do something like that, it made Frank feel like the kid he was supposed to be. Chiron trotted to the center near the bonfire that was bright and high (it was the camp's overall mood) and gave Percy a look of disgust before he went on to make his announcement.
"Tomorrow morning, our seven heroes will set off for Rome. We send our blessings and will assist them in anyway tonight and during boarding. Both camps will help them in Greece once the time comes. Now I want to wish all of you luck and goodnight campers and go to bed-"Chiron couldn't finish his thoughts. Rachel, the oracle started to spew green smoke and alarmed Frank. Everyone else wasn't surprised but were paying close attention to her.
"They shall go find and do what they need,
But a trade will be made to take the lead.
One is lost while the others fight,
The hero will come back after that night.
Wisdom's daughter walks alone,
The Mark of Athena burns through Rome." The girl then collapsed and the entire camp was in silence.
"Annabeth I was going to ask you in private but now I need to know what the Mark of Athena is." Percy demanded.
"I don't know…is this why I'm one of the seven? Wisdom's daughter is Athena and that's me, walk alone? The Mark of Athena burns through Rome…Chiron? What about the trade, what would Gaea possibly want, and hero could be any of the seven and someone will die while we fight! I hate not knowing anything about this!"Annabeth yelled.
"I'm afraid you'll find out soon Annabeth and prophecies have double meanings." With that the centaur trotted off with the other campers leaving the seven befuddled.
"The hero will come back. He probably sacrificed himself or something and will end the bickering. Good right? Um then we'll find what we need so not bad. The trade will help us in the long run but knowing Gaea it's probably something big..." Piper tried convincing the rest. Frank wasn't sure this was going to be a good quest. Only troubles laid ahead for the seven.
"Well wasn't that eventful? Off to bed everyone we have a big day tomorrow, come on." Percy ushered everyone back to their cabins.
He was worried about that prophecy, Frank knew it. Now he just had to figure it out on the eight hour flight aboard the Argo II. Frank closed his eyes on his bunk given to him by the Ares Cabin (they were feeling grateful that day) and tried to relax.
Sure I'm about to go on another quest that I'll probably die on, I can relax.
Thanks for the ideas and yeah I know Percy is emotional and yeah Rick Riordan would never do that but I'm not him, this is my imagination speaking. Amazing that I have so many readers…well remember review and Hazel's chapter is sure to be out in 3-4 days maybe even five. Bye!