Disclaimer: I don't own PJO. I don't own the movie. One is Rick Riordan's and the other is Disney's.
Nyssa's POV
I felt bad about Drew not being here but she was the reason we were able too. As soon as a wonderful breakfast of cinnamon rolls, omelets and french toast was over, Drew whisked away the boys that tried to be saved by their girlfriends. It was actually a bit hilarious since Nico was begging at Hazel's feet while Percy and Jason wouldn't let go of their girlfriends. Finally Piper and Drew charm spoke them away for us to have our day of fun. We had planned it when we were shopping yesterday, secretly making sure we had all the supplies.
As soon as they were gone we were racing to my room giggling excitedly. I shoved open the door as everyone scrambled for one of the sleeping bags and a pillow. I hadn't felt this girly since I was in kindergarten when my mom signed me up for the beauty pageant. My talent was reprograming a barbie doll to say she wanted to go hunting with Ken and then complaining about him kissing his muscles in the mirror. I won, surprisingly. We were all still in our PJs so I still had on my "All I care about if food, music festivals and maybe like, three people" tank top, sweatpants and my sheep slippers. I sat on top of my sleeping back with my back against the couch which Piper and Annabeth had claimed immediately. They were sharing a bowl of popcorn which Annabeth had because Piper decided to do everyone's hair in one way or another. For Annabeth she was doing a simple french braid she would wrap into a bun.
Calypso sat down next to me with a popcorn for us to share as well, wearing a black tank top, blue plaid pajama pants and one of Leo's sweatshirts. This one was a Texas Cowboys one. "What movie are we going to watch?"
Piper cheered as she found the movie she wanted. She stood up in front of the TV with a cheshire grin. "We, are going to watch Hercules. Or should I say..."
All at once all the girls who spent time in the modern world yelled "Hunkules!" We quieted down as the movie started rolling and couldn't help but muttering along with the opening song. Annabeth snorted when it declared the stuff about Zeus but we all burst out laughing when it showed Olympus and the gods. It took us about five minutes to calm down before we could continue with watching. It took us twice as long to get to the part where Hercules meets Zeus then it should have. Annabeth loved the joke about Retirement and explained, "In greek it's only two words! 'I am' is one."
We all giggled at her smartness before turning our attention back to the movie. I was just stuffing my face full of popcorn when Calypso's phone dinged. She shushed everyone as she placed the phone on speaker. "Hello?"
"Hey Sunshine! I just wanted to let you now I found the perfect place for that date on Saturday! It's this cute little cafe with awesome Greek food, remember the one we found in the little ally? The owners are cousins! Isn't that cool?" He was bouncing, everyone could tell. "Oh, and he even offered to show us how to cook since I gave him the number for his cousin! Isn't that cool!"
Calypso was blushing horribly but she cleared her throat. "That sounds perfect. Um, should I take you off speaker now?" She wouldn't look at us which was good because we were all trying to smother our laughter.
"That's okay. Hello girls! just so you know, Drew accidentally signed Travis and Frank up for modeling jobs. Then Will joined them muttering something about, 'another reason for Nico to drool'. Sorry Hazel. Anyway, Percy got offered a job at the pet store since all the animals love him...Connor and Chris may or may not have accidentally busted a guy for robbing a store so they're junior security jobs, um...Oh! Cecil fixed the wifi for this technology store so he works there now. Guess we're set for money stuff! Oh, and you wouldn't believe what happened to Jason, Beauty Queen! We were.."
There was some arguing in the background and then a different voice was on the phone. "Come on Nico, you can not show them the pictures! Anyway, hey guys. We have shopping to do, and I promise you that if Leo tells you anything that he'll be walking on his hands for two weeks, if he can walk at all..."
As soon as the call disconnected we all burst out laughing. We made it to the part where Megara is sitting by the fountain and starts singing before we all burst out into song.
{Piper}
If there's a prize for rotten judgement
I think I've already won that
{Nyssa}
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history
Been there, done that
{All of them}
Who'd you think you're kiddin'
He's the Earth and Heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
Girl, you can't conceal it
We know how you feel and
Who you're thinking of
{Thalia}
No chance, No way
I won't say it, no, no
{All}
You swoon, you sigh,
Why deny it? Uh-oh
{Hazel}
It's too cliché
I won't say I'm in love
{Lou Ellen}
I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
{Reyna}
My head is screaming "Get a grip, girl!"
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out
Oh
{All}
You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
{Rachel}
When you gonna own up
That you got, got, got it bad?
{Emily}
No chance, no way,
I won't say it, no, no
{All}
Give up, give in
Check the grin you're in love
{Clarisse}
This scene won't play,
I won't say I'm in love
{All}
You're doin' flips, read our lips:
You're in love
{Calypso}
You're way off base, I won't say it
Get off my case, I won't say it
{All}
Girl, don't be proud
It's ok you're in love
{Katie}
Oh
At least out loud,
I won't say I'm in love
We all cheered before falling into fits of giggles as we watched the rest of the movie, Annabeth growling when she saw how Hercules treated Cerberus. "No good lying little son of a bitch..." She went on like that for a little bit before she started blushing as she saw her mom. "Hey Piper, look! You're mom is coming up!"
When she gave me a weird look but turned a dark shade of red when she saw the representation of her mom make out with the satyr. "That never happened! Never, ever, ever!" She hid her face in Thalia's hair, which had grown long since her days with the hunters. Surprisingly her hair looked like Percy's since they both didn't really care to keep it under control.
Thalia rolled her eyes as she shoved Piper off of the couch which resulted in Piper hitting her with a pillow for a return shot. Thalia's eyes lit up as she turned to her attacker. "You're going down, sister...in-law."
Piper growled but in a teasing away, only slightly threatening. "Bring it on, big sis." And then it was war. Pillows were flying everywhere as everyone choose sides, but that soon fell into complete chaos. At one point I was back to back with Emily but then I was underneath Lou as she tried to get me. It went on like that for a while till someone's phone starting ringing. I felt a buzz in my pocket so I quickly grabbed my phone to put on speaker. "Hello?"
"Hey girls! I'm just calling to warn you that we're at our last stop and the boys will be coming back soon. Unless you want them to come home and see what you planned..." Drew's voice was hushed but louder over speaker. "Bye guys! Have fun cleaning!"
With that the phone cut out and the scrambling began. It took half an hour to get everything in order except for us which Piper fixed with a prayer, just as the door opened. We were all in normal clothes thank god but our hair wasn't as crazy as before, nor was anything about us. Any bruises and physical evidence of what had transpired was gone. We all sent silent thank yous to Aphrodite for that.
The boys with girlfriends gave them quick pecks before running to their rooms with all their stuff since Drew had to come up with all the bags like last time. She giggled as she walked over and nodded in approval. "I see the prayer to our mother worked, right Piper? We also got more groceries and actual cooking utensils, plates, etc. Anyway, The boys are going to look amazing on their first days of school!"
When the boys came back down they each had a back pack to give us which was nice. I received mine from Will who gave me a quick hug since he understood how left out I felt since almost everyone was in a relationship, making googly eyes at each other (cough Drew cough cough Connor cough) or were hunters. I wasn't going to become a hunter, I still wanted a chance at happily ever after with a significant other. I wasn't exactly picky on who.
Around dinner time the elevator opened to allow Sally in. Most of us that had been at camp since before the titan war knew her, since she and her husband Paul actually killed a lot of monsters in their defense. As soon as she was out of the elevator, Percy was charging towards her. He hugged her tightly before pulling back with his usual goofy smile on his face. "Hey mom. I missed you! Oh, how's Paul doing? What's this news you wanted to tell me?"
Sally didn't even get to say anything before Nico ran in, freezing when he saw Sally. "I thought Paul was with you." They shared a knowing look before he hugged her. "I'll go find Annabeth while you hand out schedules."
I stared at Nico quizzically before it dawned on me. He could sense life forces which meant...I smiled as I walked over. "Hey Sally, do you remember me? Nyssa, from the Hephaestus cabin."
She nodded giving me a warm smile for support. "I do. Thank you for trapping that telekine by the way. Nice use of a telephone wire." She then turned to everyone else and glanced at Percy with an expectant look. "Are you going to introduce me to everyone I don't know or am I going to have to do it myself?"
Percy shook his head before pointing everyone out. "The blonde is Jason, Thalia's half brother. He's a son of Jupiter if you don't remember, then the daughters of Aphrodite sitting next to him are Piper and Drew. Drew is the one next to Rachel who you remember. Reyna is sitting in front of Rachel, they're dating. Reyna is the leader of the Roman camp, daughter of a war goddess, and her co leader is Frank, son of Mars. He's sitting behind Thalia and Hazel, daughter of Pluto. You know the story. Anyway, the elf that just walked in is Leo and the girl on his arm is Calypso. Yes, daughter of Atlas, blah blah. She turned mortal for him. Tried to one up me for turning down immortality for Annabeth." They stuck their tongues out at each other before smiling. "And you remember Annabeth of course."
Sally hugged Annabeth tightly as she touched the familiar grey streaks with a motherly look on her face. "I seem to remember there were only one or two of these last time." She shook her head before handing out the schedules. "Alright. You all have at least one other person in your class, thankfully you all have the same lunch but you don't have any other classes all together. Oh, and before I forget..." She checked to make sure all the cousins were there before the biggest smile to ever exist crawled onto her lips. "Percy, we kind of need your room for someone else now. I mean, at least in eight months we will." Everyone gasped, as realization started to dawn on Percy's face. "I'm pregnant."
Everyone was congratulating her all the way up until the point she stepped in the elevator, when our attention went to our schedules.
Here were the schedules:
Blue Days:
Early Block: (7:30 - 8:30)
Class: Greek Mythology with Margarita Cortez (Sophomores and Juniors)
Class: Latin with Lynn Blake (Seniors)
First Period: (8:30 - 10:00)
Class: Art with Kristin Thompson (Percy, Travis, Katie, Annabeth, Thalia, Jason, Piper, Will, Frank, Nico, Hazel)
Class: Gym with Elaine Marsh (Reyna, Rachel, Clarisse, Chris, Nyssa, Emily, Leo, Calypso, Connor, Drew, Cecil, Lou Ellen)
Note: Gym and Art are semester long classes, they switch when one semester ends
Second Period: (10:00 - 11:30)
Class: Sophomore Science with Joanna Rhodes (Cecil, Nico, Hazel)
Class: Junior Science with Stacey Cole(Connor, Drew, Frank, Piper, Jason)
Class: Senior Science with Mitchell Carter (Lou Ellen, Will, Leo, Calypso, Thalia, Nyssa, Emily, Travis, Katie, Chris, Clarisse, Rachel, Reyna, Percy, Annabeth)
Lunch: (11:30 - 12:00)
Third Period: (12:00 - 1:30)
Class: Algebra 2 with Cindy Murray (Cecil, Lou Ellen, Nico, Hazel)
Class: Advanced Algebra with Gina Jensen (Piper, Leo, Calypso, Connor, Will)
Class: Trigonometry with Ivan Harvey (Jason, Frank, Drew, Thalia, Nyssa, Katie, Travis, Rachel, Clarisse, Chris, Percy)
Class: Calculus with Thomas Rodgers (Annabeth, Reyna)
Fourth Period: (1:30 - 3:00)
Class: Marine Biology with Kristy Webb(Percy)
Class: Architecture with Katrina Wright (Annabeth, Emily)
Class: Debate Janis Cross (Drew)
Class: Shop with Morris Steele (Leo, Calypso, Nyssa)
Criminology (Piper)
Extracurricular: (3:00 - 5:00)
Sports:
Swim Team (Year Round) :
Sam Ross (Coach) : Percy
Horseback Riding (Year Round) :
Ellis Horton (Coach) : Hazel, Reyna
Soccer (Fall) :
Rufus Patrick (Coach) : Thalia, Lou Ellen
Sara Robertson (Coach) : Nico, Cecil
Football (Fall) :
Scott Davis (Coach) : Frank, Jason
Cheerleading (Fall - Winter) :
Claire Woods (Coach) : Drew, Piper
Mathletes (Fall - Winter) :
Bobby Fowler (Coach) : Annabeth
Basketball (Winter) :
Alexander Rodgers (Coach) : Jason, Will
Wrestling (Winter?) :
Kathleen Blair (Coach) : Clarisse
Christopher Bowers (Coach) : Frank
Lacrosse (Spring) :
Virginia Davis (Coach ) : Annabeth
Clubs:
Gardening Club: Travis, Katie
Book Club: Emily
Key Club : Rachel
Orange Days:
Early Block: (7:30 - 8:30)
Class: Greek Mythology with Conrad Andrews (Seniors)
Class: Latin with Anna Mcgee (Sophomores and Juniors)
First Period: (8:30 - 10:00)
Class: Chemistry with Joy Higgins (Junior)
Class: Chemistry with Brendan Haynes (Sophomore and Senior)
Second Period: (10:00 - 11:30)
Class: Sophomore Humanities with Wilma Warner (Cecil, Lou Ellen)
Class: Junior and Senior Humanities with John Stokes and Paul Bolis (+Nico and Hazel)
Lunch: (11:30 - 12:00)
Third Period: (12:00 - 1:30)
Class: Human Bio with Antonio Rios(Sophomores and Juniors)
Class: Human Bio with Georgia Reed (Seniors)
Fourth Period: (1:30 - 3:00)
Class: FACS with Wendy Rose(Sophomores)
Class: FACS with Preston Goodman (Juniors and Seniors)
Extracurricular: (3:00 - 5:00)
I looked it over and smiled as I realized that I would always be with someone I could talk to, someone not goo gooing in a relationship or about to be in one. Like Emily or Thalia. Except for shop, but it didn't matter. Leo was also my younger brother so I could deal with not hanging out with him for a little...I could hear people groaning or arguing over things that I really didn't care about, so I simply carried my backpack to my room so I could look through it's contents. I had a binder for every class except for FACS, Gym, Art and Shop. For Shop I had a organized notebook for designs and stuff. I smiled as I looked over the map of the school and was surprised to find that it was really simple. The bottom floor was numbered in the 100s and the second floor was numbered in the 200s. It was basically two giant loops, so I might be late but I couldn't really get lost.
"You know if you stare at that stuff for too long then you'll turn out like Annabeth, but with out a Percy. Well, I approve of the last part. Anyway, I promise to fulfill my role as the annoying younger brother." Leo was leaning on the doorway as his signature smirk appeared, looking around my room with interest. "Nice be. You get it all to yourself?"
I rolled my eyes at him but nodded anyway. "Drew get's the hammock. Did Percy explain the blue and orange days?" I watched as he straightened his back so he was standing tall which he had actually become, than walk over so he could sit down next to me on the bed.
"He said that it alternated the classes. Three blue days one week and two the next. The colors were picked because they're the schools, the mascot being a Shark. I mean, Goode Sharks? I don't get it." Leo sighed like it was the saddest thing in the world that he couldn't figure it out.
I tried shoving him off the bed but that just ended in us play fighting and laughing like idiots. It was the first time I'd laughed in years and it felt amazing. I had always felt so reserved at camp but here...I was free. And I loved it. If I had a choice, I would try living in the city, only visiting camp. Maybe going to college or travelling,...I had always wanted to go to Africa or Australia. Because at camp war was always right around the corner. There was always another battle to win or lose, not everyone having or getting to go home to a family. Because they simply don't have one or they live too far away.
Leo noticed my expression change, his laughter dying out. "Common Nyssa, stop doing this. You always think about how bad our situation is. But think of this. Would you have met anyone if we weren't half bloods? Would you have gotten to build a warship, take care of an automaton dragon? No. So please, stop doing this. No matter how terrible our lives were up until this point, there is nothing that happens after Gaea died for a long long time. We'll all be in the isles of bless by then, maybe even our children will be."
I let out a breath as I smiled. "When did you become so smart? I think Calypso is rubbing off on you little brother." I ruffled his curls as he tried to glare at me, but we were both too busy laughing which only worsened when Drew came in, giving us weird looks.
