Just so you guys know I was reading the reviews on my phone while it was charging and I put my phone on my nightstand and stood up to go throw my gum away in the trash can but the problem is I forgot the charger cord existed so I walked right into it and tripped over it and sprawled myself halfway across the room to my trash can and I have a large room and I am a small person so that is quite a feat (it also knocked my phone to the ground fortunately the sweet child was unharmed)

That paragraph alone proves that people shouldn't trust me with children

Also that is a LOT of reviews man I feel so sorry for you guys because I have such a dramatic thing planned out and now I have to answer like THIRTY SOMETHING FREAKING REVIEWS sweet Jesus

REVIEWS

Dawnie Otaku: Watching fictional characters get upset in fanmade things is different than watching them get upset in canon. Not for a while (at least not until Christmas lol). And thank you bunches! I have Tumblr so I already know like five thousand spoilers. And yeah, I am on season 1! If that's the happy season I genuinely fear the rest of the show. I'll try to have fun! Supernatural is the closest thing to horror movies that I have so far, and I've never seen a horror movie. And I watch Doctor Who I already have emotional scarring.

Rainbowchameleon: I agree.

FaiKazahaya: Yay, Lunar Chronicles is the best!

AnnyJackson19: Will is unable to respond right now, please leave a message at the tone. And I read that review in class lol.

MegglesGG: YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE FIRE…I'm sorry, I'm just really good at drama. I referenced so many fandoms…

Guest: Responding in chapter order okay. Hmm, yeah, I sorta did. They really should! I'll probably just buy a guy one or something, although my mom would be like "no you can't have guy shirts." Me and my bro played with his a lot when we were younger but now it's mostly him. And yes he better get this cleared up. Also please don't try to use any attempts I have written to get them together, you might get expelled.

A. : Oh, yayyy! I'll definitely read your story! Yeah, I really like that line too! Ooh, yes, they need to attempt to get them together somehow! Not sure what, though…OH MY GODS YES I AM SOOOOO WRITING THAT YES YES YESSS

CheetosPotato: Oh no I killed someone by accident again. *brings you back via magical author powers* And you just summed up that chapter entirely.

ToneishaShipper: Thanks, glad you love it! Oh, yay, more Aspie people! Yeah, I'm a bit good at showing affection, but I can show too much at times. Ahh, Yoo Hoo plushies! I have a little giraffe, a regular-sized leopard, and a couple mini ones from McDonald's! Stuffed animals are one of my fixations, the other one is fiction (mainly books). I always get a stuffed animal whenever my parents take me to a place with some and they let me get a thing. I don't know much about epilepsy, although I think I have a cousin who had it. And I've been thinking about giving Lexi from the Aphrodite cabin epilepsy actually, so should I? And again, I'm glad that you love it! They had like a huge journal filled with plans lol. And Annabeth and Jason were the perfect choice, but now Piper and Percy have to deal with hungover significant others. And that was such a great line! Will forced him to in the infirmary lol. And I'll try not to stop! I've written plenty of long reviews actually lol.

Spiesareawesome: I'm sorry I tend to ramble a lot. I can give you more, I already torture mine.

CHBcamper52: If I had to sum that chapter up in one word.

Water-an'-Wisdom: There's gonna be yelling, but not yet. And even then, it's gonna be really dramatic yelling. I unfortunately won't be writing that for this, but I can write that as a separate scene for you!

Green angel01: Thank you! Yes I couldn't pass up the opportunity for angel jokes

Sabrina-luna-potter: Silly Aphrodite spawn! Solangelo is for shippers! (Also whenever I read your URL I think of Sabrina from the Sisters Grimm. Is that weird?)

BalletBookworm: Omg I never knew my lines were that funny. And I'm glad to explain it to you! And thanks! You can click back to read it. Aw, poor Will!

WingedShadowGirlR5: Don't tell Will he might get his hopes up.

Kifo Entiegon: Hmm, yeah, that's probably the better word. And I put 'z' because Alex is a non-binary character, which means Alex doesn't identify with either male or female. And zhe/zher is a gender-neutral pronoun, so I use it. And thanks!

GhostWriter1864: Yay, we can be initiated into the fandom together! And Castiel comes in in like season 4 I only know about him through tumblr. And I'll update whenever possible!

Moonshroom420: SHALALALALALA MY OH MY-no wait that didn't go down so well the first time.

Random is Random: Haha, seriously? I'm glad this was such a good chapter! I snickered so hard when writing that omg. Yes I love Alex zhe is amazing I'm gonna write an entirely separate thing with just Alex. I just couldn't pass up the irony! Wait, seriously? I didn't know that, but that's an insanely way-past-cool fact! Never thought Asian languages could do that…Also, the lactose intolerant fact too! Wow, background playing such an important role. I love it! And I'm glad to display it accurately! I'm a little hesitant about it, since I have it and I want to display it correctly. And I adore Will too! I already have like five stalker friends lol. I'll follow you back, I mostly blog fandoms and dead things! And long comments are the best ye.

Snowfiregirl21: All I can say in response is OMG IM DYING THOSE TEXTS ARE PERFECTION AHHHHH. I have converted you to Connor/Lacy there is no escape. The ref was the restaurant the Aphrodite kids mentioned, because it's near an abandoned warehouse where there have been sightings of a mansion on top of the warehouse. And they'd probably go with Jasper instead of Percabeth lol. And I'm glad you love it to pieces! No don't be scared Will only yells at his cabin and Dora the Explorer. And Jason is the best in Solangelo fics amen. Also I love the Pegasus chapter woop. I never knew I could be so funny lol. I hope to get to the joke soon, as of now I'm nearly halfway through the "Faith" episode. Yay, a new follower! And that line is amazing amen. If you're so in love with it, you can marry it. You have my blessing. And it was recommended to you? Wow. Thanks for recommending it to her, Celeste! Dang it, I should've made Will dean. But someone said he should be a skeleton so yeah. And I try to update at least twice a week!

SOLANGELO 3: BA DUM TSSH

Disclaimer: If I wrote Percy Jackson every single character would probably be gay


Chapter 9: Impromptu Makeover

"Oh, this is gonna be fun!"

"Shh, you might wake him up!"

"C'mon, you know he sleeps like a rock!"

Nico blinked blearily, squinting into the darkness. Someone was talking, he could hear them. However, he couldn't tell exactly who it was right now, since he had just woken up. Hazel, maybe?

"Still, but we gotta be careful!"

"Oh, shoot, he moved!"

Okay, Hazel did not sound like a guy.

As the fog in his mind from sleep finally cleared, Nico realized he was still in his cabin. He thought he could hear Hazel's steady breathing from her bunk, but he wasn't too sure. After all, the breathing could have easily been from any of the other people in the room.

Calm down, he told himself. Maybe you're just imagining things.

"Fuck, he's awake."

Or maybe not. Yeah. Okay. Brain: Initiate freak-out mode.

Nico sat bolt upright in his bed, hand reaching out for his sword. He knew he had put it somewhere, he just couldn't find where. Under his pillow? Next to his bed? Ugh, wherever could it be?

"Quick, grab him!"

Suddenly, a hand wrapped itself around Nico's upper arm. Yelping, he yanked it back, brain finally initiating freak-out mode. "Who's there?!" he squawked.

"Shit shit shit shit shit shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit…" was his reply.

"Weird name," he grumbled.

"Thanks, I got it for my birthday," the person replied, voice dripping.

"Oh my gods, you guys," someone groaned. "Let me handle this. I'm the only one here that can function properly."

Something landed in Nico's lap. It was soft, and round, in an oval shape. He tried to push it off his lap, but it exploded. All he remembered before passing out was a sickly sweet smell, like flowers. Or perfume…

*To the tune of the Batman theme-Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da-LINEBREAK! LINBREAK!*

The next time Nico woke up, he was strapped to a chair.

At least, he guessed he was. There was some sort of white pillowcase over his head, so thickly woven that he couldn't see through it, so he had no way to verify whether it was a chair or not. But it was hard like a chair, felt wooden like a chair, and, from what he could tell by the way he was seated in the chair, had arms and legs like a chair.

He tried to pull his wrists away from the chair's arms, but couldn't. It was then that he noticed some sort of cloth circled his wrists, keeping them there. Trying to kick his feet gave him the same result.

Okay, whoever had kidnapped him was smart. Real smart.

"Oh, finally! He's awake!"

The cloth was drawn off him with a dramatic flourish, and Nico coughed, trying to get his eyes adjusted to the new light.

When he could finally focus, he groaned when he saw where he was. Pink walls, perfectly made beds, posters of hot celebrities, a sweet smell…Aphrodite cabin. He was in the Aphrodite cabin. Of all the places that he could have been, this was probably one of the worst.

"Yay! Finally, we can start!" someone giggled.

Nico realized that a great deal of the Aphrodite campers were in the cabin. Fortunately, there was no sign of Piper, and one or two others were also not there. But most of them were, and Nico could immediately tell that whatever was about to happen to him, he was not going to like it.

"Nico!" Drew grinned, her smile looking more like that of a predator who had just caught its prey. Nico leaned back instinctively, and Drew pouted. "Oh, c'mon, hon! We just wanted to say that we're sorry for the ruined dinner and the Stolls pushing you and Will in the closet. We never would've allowed that!"

"I bet," Nico growled.

Drew gasped, clutching a well-manicured hand over her heart. "Why must you treat us in this way, Nico? We only have your best interests at heart," she smirked, and Nico got her joke. Unfortunately. "Anyways, we wanted to say that we are so sorry!"

"Yeah, that's brilliant. Your apology brings tears to my eyes, and I accept it. Now, can I go?" Nico complained, starting to strain against the bonds again. His suspicions were confirmed-He was tied to a chair, and pieces of leather encircled his wrists and ankles. This was ridiculously overboard.

Drew waved her index finger in a mock scolding pattern. "Oh, no, no, no, hun. We've come up with an extra-special apology."

"One that'll help you get Will!" someone piped up.

Drew clapped her hands together loudly. "SHUT UP!" she growled, and the entire cabin fell silent. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, exhaled, opened her eyes, and put on a cheerily fake smile.

"Anyways, we decided to give you a makeover!"

Nico just stared at them, the words taking a bit to register completely with his brain. "A…did you just say…Hang on a minute—"

But Drew smiled evilly and turned back around to face her siblings. "Minions—I mean, siblings—what is first on the list for Nico's makeover?"

"Wardrobe change!" someone yelled.

Nico groaned. "Please don't, I just got my clothes back yesterday!"

"Hush!" Drew made overdramatic "shush" gestures at Nico, who glared at her. She smiled nervously, then hurriedly turned back. "Um, that's complicated, so let's not right now, sweetie. Plus, all there is to wear her is these orange shirts."

"Oh…" was the person's response.

"Now, what else?"

More ideas started to spill.

"Manicure?" (No thanks. Nico didn't want his nails painted.)

"Pedicure?" (Same things as above, plus that was his feet. And they didn't need a repeat of Sciron on the cliff with the giant snapping turtle, too.)

"Face mask?" (Wasn't Halloween over?)

"Massage?" (No, Nico was not taking his clothes off near any of these people.)

"Spa treatment?" (A what.)

"Body lotion!" (If someone tried to touch him, Nico would gnaw their arm off at the elbow.)

And then someone shouted, "Haircut!" Immediately, the entire cabin jumped on board.

"Y'know, he does need one…"

"Ooh, great idea!"

"Let's start now!"

Drew grinned evilly once more. "Ah, yes…The perfect haircut…" She rubbed her hands together and started laughing maniacally. A few joined her, unsure of why they were doing it, or why she was even doing it.

Then Drew stopped, and everyone in the cabin frowned. "Well, what are you waiting for?!" she snapped. "GET STARTED!"

The rest of the cabin gulped and immediately began scurrying around, gathering supplies which way and that. Nico groaned. This was going to take a very, very long time.

*Once again, this linebreak brings a POV change*

Something was off when Hazel woke up.

It could've been that she would have to return to New Rome tomorrow. Frank, as the other praetor, had left the day after Halloween, while Hazel had stayed for a few days more. Even though she missed her friends back at Camp Jupiter, along with all of the Roman traditions, Hazel, like the Tenth Doctor, didn't want to go. Well, sorta. But mostly not. It would've been easier if all her Greek demigod friends were at Camp Jupiter as well. At least Percy and Annabeth would be there in a year or two.

But no, that wasn't it. Hazel squinted into the morning light. It was too…too something! Oh, what was it…too…too…too quiet...

Hazel's eyes unsquinted as she realized she couldn't hear Nico breathing. She always woke up before Nico. Always.

"Nico?" she called out, eyes shifting uneasily to her privacy curtain. He wasn't in the bathroom, no water was running, otherwise she would hear it. No response, no shuffling, no "for-the-love-of-all-that-is-sacred-it-is-TOO-EARLY-FOR-THIS-HAZEL."

Okay. Brain, initiate freak-out mode.

Which her brain promptly did.

"NICO!"

Hazel yanked back her curtain, to be greeted with the sight of an empty bed sitting across from her. Hazel stared at it, until a smell hit her. It was a sickening sweet smell, like assorted flowers mixed with honey stuffed down the throat of a unicorn and barfed right back up into the same rainbow that Dorothy flew over on her way to Oz.

The smell must have been blocked by her privacy curtain, she realized. But what was causing the smell?

She stood up and walked over to Nico's bed. The smell got stronger the closer she got, so the source was there somewhere. She yanked back the covers of the bed when she got to it, but nothing was under them. Then she got down on her hands and knees and peered under the bed. Squinting into the darkness, she thought she could make something out. Sticking her hand under the bed, she reached and reached and reeeaaaaaached until her fingers fumbled and caught something.

Hazel pulled it out of the dark and stared at it. It was a heart, opened as though it were cracked in two. Inside it was a small packet of perfume, ripped open. Hazel waved it around and the smell intensified, causing her to gag and drop it. Eugh. Terrible.

Okay, Hazel. You can do this. You just have to put together the clues! Like Sherlock or Nancy Drew or that show Leo references all the time…what was it…Clue Blues? Yeah, I think that was it.

Hazel stood up, dropping the heart. Nico gone. A heart-shaped bomb. A small packet of perfume. When she put all the clues together, it could spell only one thing:

A-P-H-R-O-D-I-T-E C-A-B-I-N.

*For once in this fanfiction, this linebreak does not bring a POV change*

"Piper."

Piper looked up from her French toast. "Oh, hey, Hazel! What's up?"

Jason frowned at her. "Where's Nico?"

"That's exactly why I'm here. Not to accuse you of anything, Piper, but…" Hazel dropped the heart-shaped bomb on the table. The smell filled the air almost immediately.

Piper stared at it, until she made a strangled noise and thunked her head down on the table. "My cabin…My fucking…" She sighed and lifted her head off the table.

Percy frowned. "What's happening?"

"Nico's missing, and Piper's complaining about her cabin…" Annabeth trailed off as realization dawned in her eyes, and she sighed as well. "Okay. Okay, they're off their rockers."

"Exactly." Piper leaned towards Jason to give him a kiss on the cheek, then she stood up. "Stay here and guard my food, I have a cabin to go yell at," she told him. Hazel grabbed a banana resting on the table and unpeeled it, taking a bite of the sticky sweet fruit.

"Okay, just don't kill any of them."

"No promises." She waved to Percy and Annabeth as she followed Hazel out of the pavilion.

"Your cabin has gone too far," Hazel told Piper.

"I know."

"Where did they even hide him from you?"

"They wouldn't let me in one of the bathrooms, claiming that a sink was back up. I told them I'd get Leo out of Bunker 9 to come look at it later. Looking back, I should've tried harder to get in there."

"Maybe."

The rest of the walk was silent, the air thick with tension. All Hazel could say was that she was glad that she was not and Aphrodite camper, she could practically hear Piper glowering with anger.

"Ooh, yes, that's perfect!"

"Haha, brilliant!"

Hazel could hear excited sentences of triumph as she walked up to the cabin door. Too bad she was about to crush that triumph.

Piper silently opened the door. "Hey, guys, I'm back—Wait, what are you all doing?"

Everyone was huddled around something in the middle of the room. When they heard Piper speak, all of them froze, and, collectively, turned around as one. Most of them stared, the rest had the decency to look sheepish.

"Okay, what's going on? What are we sacrificing to the Dark Lord this time?" Hazel gave Piper a weird look, but said nothing.

"Nothing," Amelia coughed. Lacy nodded next to her.

Piper crossed her arms. "Really? Because Hazel here says that she can't find her brother, and if we're sacrificing Nico, I don't think Hades will be too pleased with us."

Everyone started stammering and blaming each other.

"She said we should do it!"

"No way! You did!"

"Nuh-uh! He did!"

They all argued for a few minutes more, until they all suddenly turned to Drew and yelled, "IT WAS HER IDEA!" and pointed their fingers at her.

Drew gaped at them, mouth opening and closing like a fish. Finally, she gasped, "Why me?!"

"It's the truth!" someone yelled, and she glared in their direction.

Piper rubbed her temples, sighing. "Look, I could care less whose fault this is," she said. "Just…just free Nico from whatever torture you put him through, please."

There was more shuffling of feet, then the entire Aphrodite cabin sighed and then parted. Hazel had the absurd idea of Piper as Moses for a second, since the way the campers had parted reminded her of the Bible story the nuns had forced her to learn about Moses and the Red Sea, but all of that was forgotten when she caught sight of Nico.

He was still in his pajamas, and he had his face in his hand as though he was facepalming. And was it Hazel's imagination, or did his hair look shorter? It didn't go tumbling all over his hand like Hazel would expect it to. But right now, she didn't care.

"Nico!" she gasped, and ran across the room to him. There were leather straps around his ankles, and his other hand. There was one on the other chair arm, which Hazel presumed kept his free hand bound.

"You bound him?" she heard Piper ask incredulously. "Seriously? Okay, we need to talk about that."

Hazel hurriedly untied the bomb. "Nico, I'm so sorry!" she cried. "If I was awake, this never would've happened!"

"No, no, it's…it's not your fault, Hazel. Let's just get out of here, okay?" Nico lifted his head out of his hands, face bright red, and Hazel gasped.

His hair…His hair was a lot shorter than it had originally been, and maybe even a little bit thinner. His bangs rested against his forehead, short enough so that they wouldn't fall into his eyes. It wasn't all tumbled over the back of his neck, either.

Nico noticed Hazel staring at him, and he blushed harder. "Looks terrible, doesn't it."

Hazel shook her head and broke out into a breathless grin. "It looks fantastic!" she exclaimed. "Wait until the others see you, they won't know what hit them!"

Nico turned even redder. "You…You think so?"

"Damn, Nico. Of course she does! I'd date you if Jason wasn't around and you played my way," Piper laughed. Nico ducked his head down, and Hazel was afraid he would explode if his face turned any redder. She smiled at him and reached out a hand to help him out of the chair. He stared at it for a moment, then took it, allowing himself to be helped up.

"C'mon, let's go to breakfast, I'm sure that they're still serving," she said, and started to walk out of the cabin with his hand in hers. Piper followed, since she hadn't finished her breakfast, although she did give them a glare. "You're cleaning up," she told them.

Drew spluttered. "Wh-I-wait-"

"Nope. Head counselor orders," Piper asserted, glaring even harder at them. Her eyes changed to a stormy grey, and Hazel was glad she wasn't on her bad side. Drew shrunk away from her. Piper grinned, and walked back up to Hazel and Nico. "Let's get out of here before—"

The door swung open, and in walked Lexi Ariellano, talking to none other than Will Solace. "I'll make sure to tell my dad to renew my medication—"

Both blondes stopped short when they saw Piper, Nico, and Hazel in the cabin. Nobody spoke, until Lexi sighed. "Guys, I told you it wouldn't work."

"Whatever," Drew scoffed.

Will stared at Nico, and Nico turned red and looked away. "…You cut your hair," Will finally said.

"Yeah." Nico spoke tersely. "It's the Aphrodite cabin's fault. They cut it."

"It, uh…" Will coughed, and Hazel could've sworn that his face was a little flushed. "It looks good."

"Really?" Nico glanced back, and Hazel nearly squealed when she noticed that he had also turned red. They were both blushing because of each other!

"Yeah. I guess we go now?"

"Sure."

"Bye, Lexi! Don't forget to call your dad!" Will called as he joined Nico, Piper, and Hazel on their journey out of the cabin.

"I will! Bye!"

The cabin door slammed shut as they all walked up to the pavilion, since Nico had missed the start of breakfast. Will elbowed Nico and asked him why he allowed the Aphrodite cabin of all cabins to spruce up his appearance, so Nico had to explain the whole thing. The pace of the boys soon left both girls in the dust.

When Hazel was sure they were out of earshot, she looked up at Piper and grinned. "They were blushing!"

"So?"

"They blushed because of each other~"

Piper sighed and shook her head. "Wow, Hazel. Just wow." Then she grinned. "I'm pretty sure they do like each other though."

"I know!" Hazel laughed and linked her arm through Piper's, and together both girls walked up to the dining pavilion.


I'm sorry for that sentence with Hazel and the Tenth Doctor. Whovians, you know why.

Yay, November! It's starting to get chilly in the mornings around here, although afternoons are still warm. I can't wait for it to get cold enough for me to wear the awesome scarf my grandma knitted for me last year! Although I still prefer warm seasons over cold seasons, winter is awesome! I just wish that it would actually snow around here though…

And I've shipped Solangelo for a month now. Wow…

Oh, hey, you guys know Cricket Magazine, right? Not sure if it exists outside of America, but yeah. Anyways, they're having a short story contest, and I submitted a story! I had to edit it for it to fit within the word limit (350 words? Seriously? Who can even write that little…) so it's a little choppy, but whatever. I've submitted at least two stories before, but neither of them got in. Of course, one was a blatant Harry Potter knockoff, the other one was just really weird. I hope it gets in! Keep your fingers crossed that it does.

There's not really a prize, it's just having your story get published. I'm gonna try for a drawing next time there's an art contest, and if they have poetry contests I'm going for that too. I might even write a letter! Sorry. I just feel so creative lately!

Speaking of stories, I just wanted to say I have another idea for a fic, but with Nico as the main character. It takes place after the Blood of Olympus, although there's gonna be a minor edit or two in terms of Nico. Not major ones that change the entire plot of Percy Jackson, just me having a little "I AM A BETTER WRITER THAN RICK RIORDAN" fit in my head and writing Nico "better." For example, the way Rick Riordan wrapped up Nico. I mean, seriously? The entire HoH was basically Rick dropping huge hints about Nico being depressed, and then he just goes and writes it off as him being overdramatic? Uh, no. Nico's gonna be a little bit of his sassy self from TLO, but I'm gonna write the kid how I really started viewing him in the HoH because Nico is my child and deserves a little bit better. Don't worry, I won't neglect Solangelo, that ship is amazing.

Sorry for that rant. As a depressed person, the chance of Nico being depressed actually made me really excited, because being able to connect with fictional characters is important to me, so it kinda disturbed me that it got written off as him being childish. So we'll have more of me treating Nico as the most precious thing in the world yet torturing him like in this chapter. I guess that makes me sorta sadistic, but I don't really give a hoot.

Anyways, see ya later when I complain about more fictional characters!

Deranged Shadow Fangirl