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"Live from Long Island, it's the first annual Demigod Pageant! Brought to you by Hephaestus TV, Olympus's top network since 2000 BC."

Applause burst from the crowd of demigods, satyrs and nymphs gathered in Camp Half-Blood's amphitheater. Aphrodite clapped her hands from a reserved seat near the stage. In the Underworld, Hades and his court watched eagerly, passing around Persephone's famous pomegranate popcorn. Meanwhile in Olympus, the rest of the gods' attention was fixated on the gargantuan screen in the newly built cinema (kudos to Chief Architect Annabeth Chase). Even the doorman of the Empire State Building was pretending to sleep on the job so he could watch the pageant on his H-Phone.

"Please give a warm welcome to tonight's hosts, Will Solace and Travis Stoll!"

Two tall, teenaged boys sauntered onstage, looking dashing in matching black suits. They grinned and waved at the cheering crowd.

The noise subsided when Travis held up a microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of everyone in Camp Half-Blood, welcome to the first annual Demigod Pageant!"

"My name is Will and this is Travis," Will introduced, "We are your hosts for tonight's celebration of the beauty, talent and grace of the gods' offspring. Ten days ago, contestants from each of the seventeen occupied cabins of Camp Half-Blood were chosen to compete in the Demigod Pageant.

"Yup. Each cabin, from cabins three to twenty, selected one representative to participate in the Costume, Battle Attire, Talent, Evening Wear and Interview competitions. This is to prevent Aphrodite's kids from sweeping up all the prizes," said Travis.

"Indeed," Will agreed, "Now it's much more fair with one person from every cabin competing."

"Well, almost every cabin," corrected Travis, "Unfortunately, two contestants had to drop out, making it fifteen contestants for tonight." He paused to sadly shake his head. "That poor daughter of Nemesis. It's hard to strut your stuff in a pageant when you're turned into a barely crawling infant."

Will nodded in agreement. "And as for that son of Hebe, I'd also be afraid to join any competition if I'm under a karma curse like him. Say, I wonder what he did in his life to make him deserve those second-degree burns?"

"Anyway, before we begin with the Costume Competition, we would like to acknowledge a few people. Without them, we wouldn't even have a pageant!" Travis gestured at Aphrodite, who sat in the front row. "We would like to thank the beautiful Lady Aphrodite for bringing this beauty pageant to Camp Half-Blood. We would also like to thank Lord Hephaestus for allowing it to air on his network."

There was a round of applause for the pageant's godly creators. Aphrodite wiggled her fingers at a camera.

"Of course, this pageant wouldn't be this magnificent without the help of the Charites, a.k.a. the Graces," stated Will, "Please give a round of applause for the lovely sisters Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia!"

There was another round of applause. The Graces stood up to curtsy in unison.

"It's time to introduce our judges," Travis announced, "Your first judge is your favourite wife-stealing Prince of Troy: Paris!"

The ghost of the handsome man who was instrumental in the start of the Trojan War stepped out from backstage. As the crowd clapped, he went to sit on one of the three chairs of the judging table. Viewers everywhere whispered to each other. Obviously Aphrodite handpicked the judges because Paris was the one who selected Aphrodite as the fairest goddess thousands of years ago.

"What do you call an incredibly good-looking guy?" asked Will.

"Travis Stoll?" joked the other host.

"Nope, not at all," countered Will, "The answer is an Adonis. Let's give it up for our next judge: the original Adonis!"

Female members of the amphitheater's audience swooned when the legendary pretty-boy Adonis saluted the crowd as he approached the judging table.

"Your final judge is so astronomically gorgeous her mother almost got her eaten by a sea monster because of it," Travis said, "Introducing... Princess Andromeda!"

A stunning woman blew kisses as she sat down beside Adonis.

With a fist pump to the air, Travis shouted, "Now let's get this pageant started!"


Thanks for all the nice reviews so far! This is my first time writing fanfiction and I did not expect this :)

Next up is the costume competition...