A/N: Hi peoples. Here's chapter nine. Hope you like it. DancingQueen411, thank you for the review. Delaney will be in this chapter too. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or Delaney Tyler.
Copyright: I do own this story.
Chapter IX
Ellie
Into the Woods We Go
"Stupid Percy," I muttered as I made my way down the hill with Stacey and Rosemary. "Got blood all over my snife." "He's not that bad," Delaney said, looking in her compact and brushing her hair with her hands. "I think he's kinda cute." I stared at Delaney; then an idea popped into my head. "Hey Delaney," I said mischievously. "Yeah?" she asked, looking up at me. "Will you do me a favor?" Delaney frowned. "Depends on what it is," she said. I grinned. "Take my snife, go back into the cave, and hit Percy on the head with the hilt." Delaney looked thoughtfully at me. "No. I like Percy."
I sighed. "If you do, I'll convince Lupa to let you sing a song at the next campfire." "Deal!" Delaney grabbed my snife and went back into the cave. I shook my head at her. Silly daughter of Venus, I thought. Poor Percy.
I still remember the day Percy arrived at Castra Roma. WORST DAY OF MY LIFE! Best day was probably when we all got to tie him up. Not that I actually got to help. Lupa said I was "too dangerous to tie up an innocent boy". Well, if he's innocent, then why are we tying him up? I had to stay back and make sure that idiot girl Hazel didn't kill herself.
Before Percy came, I was feared! People were scared of me! They would make the extremely fun mistake of agreeing to fight with me, and then find out that I could easily kill them if I wanted to (which I usually do). Plus, there was no Juno to get in the way. She was a lame, unclaimed nobody with not even a hint that she was actually a demigod. And, to make it worse, it was obvious that she was Lupa's favorite. Which made everyone hate her! It was great!
But then, Jason disappeared (poor punching bag) and Percy showed up and suddenly Juno had all these cool superpowers! I mean, first she can speak like sixteen different languages, then she somehow knows the entire history of my snife, then she can even charmspeak for gods' sake! Grrr. I'm glad she disappeared. If I had had to spend one more day of, "Oh my gods! You're all special! You are so cool! Blah, blah, blah", I would've found a way to get rid her. And I wouldn't be so nice this time.
Suddenly, I heard a girlish squeal coming from the cave. I sighed. Poor Delaney. Percy decided to fight back this time. But just then, Delaney walked up to me and handed me my snife back. "H-how did you? How are you not hurt?" I asked, bewildered. Delaney raised an eyebrow at me. "Where did that squeal come from?" I asked. "Percy," Delaney answered. I nodded. "Well anyway, I better go," Delaney said and she made her way back to the cabins.
While we'd been talking, I hadn't realized that we'd entered the forest outside the borders of camp. "Where are we going anyway?" I asked. Stacey and Rosemary exchanged glances with each other; then both said, "You'll see." I rolled my eyes. It honestly does not help to act all dramatic. Just get to the point, people!
Anyway, we ventured farther and farther into the forest, and after a while I got bored, so I started slicing random trees with my snife. The nymphs hated it, but honestly who the Pluto actually cares about trees? No one! Only stupid fauns. But I don't count them as someones.
Suddenly, my snife was ripped out of my hands and a rough hand was placed over my mouth. I bit the hand and turned to my attacker, but no one was there. Before I could turn around again, a heavy object hit my head, and I collapsed.
When I woke up, I was sitting in the middle of the desert, tied back to back with Rosemary and Stacey. "What happened?" Rosemary asked groggily. I answered in a, "this is so totally obvious" voice, "Well duh! You two idiots brought us into the 'Forest of Evil' and we were mugged!" "No one had anything valuable, right?" Stacey asked. I cursed under my breath.
"They took my snife, didn't they? That thing was worth a million bucks!" "Um, Ellie?" Rosemary said uncertainly. "Your snife is right there." Rosemary jerked her head forward and I turned my head in that direction. "What?" I exclaimed, offended. For sitting about a foot in front of Rosemary was my beloved snife.
Now angry, I lifted the rope over my head, grabbed my snife, and stared at it. Not a scratch was on it. "Oh, so they're too good for my snife, eh?" I asked myself. "They think that they're so great, they can just waltz on in here and take gold and jewels and other lame stuff, but not take- not even damage- my snife? What the Pluto is wrong with those idiots?"
"Ellie," Stacey growled, obviously frustrated that I had been able to escape our bindings and they hadn't. "Just be grateful that you still have your snife and get us out of here!" I studied the girls for awhile, thinking. They didn't like me. I didn't really like them. Didn't like their parents either. Vulcan is too annoying (not that I've actually ever met him); Ceres cares too much about cereal and not enough about weapons; and they're both way too peaceful!
However, I am a nice person…when I want to be. Although, that doesn't mean I can't still have a little fun. "Nah, I think I'll just leave you here," I told the other girls, walking away. "What? Ellie!" They screamed. Getting annoyed with their complaints much too quickly, I turned around again and said, "Gods! I'm kidding!"
So, I cut their ropes with my snife and began walking again. "Wait, Ellie, where are you going?" Rosemary called, grabbing Stacey's arm and running after me. "Back to camp, where did you think?" Honestly, these people just do not think sometimes.
So, Stacey, Rosemary, and I wandered around for about an hour until the desert road turned into dirt, which became grass, which became cement. Finally, we were too tired to walk any farther, so we sat down at the top of a hill, leaning against a pine tree. I could sense that there was something on the other side of the tree, something…bad, but at the time I didn't care.
"Can we stay here for the night?" Rosemary asked. "I'm tired." We all agreed and made our way down the hill to a building where a glowing light seemed to be coming from. "Where are we anyway?" Stacey asked as we passed some small houses. I took a look at our surroundings and answered simply, "New York."
A/N: Hope you liked the chapter peoples. DancingQueen411, Delaney probably won't be in anymore of the story, but if I find a use for her, I'll stick her in. Thanks for letting me use her! R&R people! And keep sending characters!
