Yo! So spring break huh...
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"What the…" Clarisse trailed off, staring at the strange sight that was in front of Will and herself. There were two very large dogs that were ripping through the pile of clothes that sat on Mrs. Solace's couch, but they weren't eating the clothes, but smelling them intently and growled.
"Slowly back away…" Will said softly, and he started to back towards the closet near the foot of the stairs. Clarisse was still frozen in place, staring at the abnormally large dogs.
"Clarisse!" Will hissed, "Come on!" Clarisse still didn't move, when she did, she backed into the flower pot that held Mrs. Solace's wilting indoor plant, which made a large crash. Will's adrenaline shot through him.
"CLARISSE MOVE!" He yelled, having no point to be silent anymore, and the dogs turned around and spotted the two frozen children. Will dove into the closet that held the various raincoats and shoes, and he dug through the supplies forgotten in the back of the closet. After a few seconds of frantic searching, he found what he was looking for, and lept back to Clarisse's side where she was nervously taking a karate stance.
"Here!" Will said, handing one of the objects to Clarisse. She almost laughed when she saw the object.
"Seriously, a baseball bat?" She snorted. Will charged forward and tried swinging the bat so that he would get it in the head.
"Well, can you think of anything better to use in the 10 foot radius?" Will said sarcastically as he dodged the dog that was fixated on him. The other dog was snapping at Clarisse, and she gave it a few hard whacks.
She realized that in the long run, after the adrenaline rush was over, she and Will were going to be shot, and they would lose. So the way to win was to win quickly. She ran past the dog and ran into Mrs. Solace's unkempt study and pulled out a letter opener and ran back into the living room, and threw it into the head of the extremely surprised dog.
"YES!" She said, fistpumping the air.
"CLARISSE, LOOK OUT!" Will shouted, and Clarisse realized that the dog, had in fact, not been harmed at all by her surprise letter opener attack.
"How the-" Clarisse started, but the dog charged for her again, and she dodged to behind the couch, having abandoned her bat for the letter opener.
"Didn't your mother say something was behind the washing machine?" Clarisse yelled over the crashing. Will nodded and jumped over the couch and ran down into the basement, Clarisse followed him with the dogs in close pursuit. She slammed the wood door shut and locked it.
"That won't keep them out for long, hurry up!" Clarisse said as she ran down the stairs and helped Will push the washing machine aside. They were completely confused when they saw what was there.
"I thought you guys had guns." Clarisse said a little bit disheartened as she picked up a bronze sword that was a little bit dusty.
"I-I did too." Will said as he picked up another dusty bronze sword. He looked at Clarisse in confusion, and was about to say something, when the door at the top of the stairs burst open and the dogs bounded down the stairs. Clarisse grunted and wielded the sword.
"Worth a shot!" She scowled, and she charged forward and stabbed the dog squarely in the middle of the head, after a last whimper, it turned into gold dust. Will was completely surprised and he stared at the space that was previously occupied by the dog.
"Oh my-AGH!" Will yelled, as the dog's claws swiped at his leg, making Will fall to the ground. After a few choicey curse words, he stabbed the dog in the chest, making it turn into dust too.
Clarisse fell to the ground next to Will in exhaustion.
"Well that was fun huh?" Clarisse said sarcastically.
"Hm." Will groaned, as he put pressure on the deep cut in his leg. Another crash came from upstairs, and Will and Clarisse exchanged frightened glance.
"Stay on the ground. I'll take care of the other monsters." Clarisse said starting to head for the stairs.
"Just stay here." Will hissed.
"No."
"Yes."
The door creaked open, and Clarisse and Will looked away from each other to see the silhouette at the top of the stairs. At the top, there was Norman Oak. He was still wearing the baggy sweatpants, and in his hands he held reed pipes and in the other hand he wielded a sack.
"Damn. They got to you first!" Norman said, and he started walking down the stairs, but half way down, he tripped and tumbled down the last few.
"Sorry I'm late." He said with a grin to the stunned Clarisse and Will.
"Norman." Will said. "what are you doing here?" Clarisse cracked her knuckles and Norman's smile was wiped off his face immediately, and was replaced by a confused look.
"So you mortal parents didn't tell you yet? Strange, the post it note on the file said that-" Normal rambled.
"Wait, what?" Clarisse sputtered out. "Tell us everything. Now."
"Um. I don't have the authority at the moment according to the files, you see-"
"Tell us." Will said in a serious tone.
"Well. I guess I'll have to check with-Oh your leg is hurt, try this!" Norman said changing the subject. He pulled a baggie out of his sack and stuffed it's contents into Will's mouth before Will could object. Will's eyes opened and he coughed.
"What was that! And why does my leg feel better? Answer NOW." Will said in a more annoyed tone. "I'm sick of you avoiding answering our questions. Please TELL-"
Will fell silent as somebody else came through the front door.
"Will? Clarisse? Are you guys- WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LIVING ROOM?" The sound of Mrs. Solace resonated through the house.
"CLARISSE?" Mrs. La Rue called out.
"Do you know what happened? Hell, did you even know this happened? Why didn't you tell me?" Mrs. Solace frantically said. To Will's surprise, he heard the voice of a man answer to his mother.
"I knew. Even if we turned around the hell hounds still would've attacked." The man said.
"Okay, then where-" Mrs. La Rue started to say.
"The basement." The man said.
"Will? Clarisse?" Mrs. Solace said again, this time hurrying to the stairs. She appeared at the top of the stairs and sighed a breath of relief. She noticed that Norman was there and gave a narrow stare at him, then she hurried down to see Clarisse and Will.
"Are you guys hurt? I would've come sooner if I had known but-" Mrs. Solace quickly said.
"We're alright mom." Will said. "We got them with the swords that were behind the washing machine."
"Sorry about the living room." Clarisse mumbled. To her surprise, Mrs. Solace laughed.
"It's quite alright Clarisse. Liz! They're down here!" Mrs. Solace called up. Mrs. La Rue immediately came down the basement stairs and embraced Clarisse in an awkward hug. Suddenly, Norman gave a quick cough.
"Um. Mrs. Solace, Mrs. La Rue. I know that you want you kids to stay, but we should really be heading towards the camp." Norman said awkwardly. "I promise the councilors will give them the explanation when they get there."
Liz and Tina gave reluctant nods.
"I suppose I knew this day would come." Mrs. La Rue sighed, and she went upstairs to their surprise, and came back down with two duffle bags.
"Take this Clarisse, you always have to be prepared." She said as she handed one to Clarisse and the other to Will, who both looked confused.
"Wait. You kept this at Will's house? What's going on?" Clarisse said as she suspiciously looked inside the bag to see clothes and various other toiletries. Mrs. Solace shifted nervously from foot to foot.
"Um…it's kinda hard to explain, especially when I barely know the entire story myself." Mrs Solace said with a unhelpful smile. Will stared at his mother, she barely acted this way. Will sighed and shrugged.
"Fine mom. It's ok." Will sighed. Norman started walking up the stairs, and Will, Clarisse and their mothers reluctantly followed him. The living room looked like a disaster. The couch was ripped open, and glass and porcelain littered the floor. Mrs. Solace gave a grunt, and began to clean up the mess.
"Hey mom, where's the man that was here earlier?" Will asked, looking around. Mrs. Solace froze and frowned.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She said a little bit too quickly.
"Mom, I swear, you suck at lying, can you tell-" Will started off, but Mrs. Solace cut him off quickly.
"Why don't you get your guitar from upstairs, and other stuff you may want at the camp." She said beginning to clean faster. Will stared at his mother, then proceeded to go to his room to get his stuff. When he came downstairs, Clarisse had her stuff that her mother brought over in another red duffle bag and Norman was in the kitchen looking for food. Sadly, Norman walked back into the living room and stuffed a granola bar into each of the kids hands.
"Eat one of these, then close your eyes." Norman said seriously.
"What is this?" Clarisse said giving the bar a suspicious glance. "are these acorns?"
"Yup." Norman nodded.
"How will this help us?" Will said.
"Well, these acorns are from near the camp, and by eating them, we'll get back to the camp quickly without dealing with land transportation! Kapeesh?" Norman said.
"NO." Will and Clarisse said staring at Norman.
"Are you on crack?" Clarisse said seriously. Norman sighed.
"Just eat the damn acorn bar. I promise I'll explain later." Norman said. Will and Clarisse gave each other a wary glance, then bit into the acorn bar and closed their eyes.
"Welcome to Camp!" They heard Norman said. They opened their eyes and were completely amazed. They were in a totally different place than they were five seconds ago. Instead of being in Mrs. Solace's house, they were in a valley close to the woods that had cabins all over the place and strawberry fields. Norman started walking towards the big modern farm house that was close to them.
"Come on, can't keep them waiting all day." Norman said nervously.
Will and Clarisse exchanged glances again, and started forward. Things were just getting weirder and weirder for them.
So how did you like it?
(ATTENTION!)Im going to be needing some OCs and some reminders of the minor characters...i think i'll be fine if i reread the series again and catch the people that i forgot about. I'm probably going to be using the really minor characters that nobody ever hears about. Remember that Percy hasn't come to camp yet.
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Thank you ^_^
-Heta14
