Of Mary Sues and Murder: Chapter 10
Hey people, TheNeonNinja is back with more Mary Sue fun! Once again, I apologize for the long-ish wait for the update, and I have no serious excuse. I'm just lazy :P But now I am back at four in the morning (it's seriously four here, and I'm wide awake. Oh well.)!
I added another one of your wonderful, crazy, awesome, and amazing OC's to the story, so see if you can spot him (or her!)! I recieved more than one and I will add them ASAP, so if your's didn't make it into this chapter, don't worry! I didn't forget about him/her! Anywho, that's enough of me randomly talking (has anyone noticed these author's notes keep getting longer and longer?). Enjoy!
I awoke to an excruciatingly sharp pain in my head, making me cry out. Now you should know, I have an incredibly, super-humanly high pain tolerance, so this was some serious pain to make me cry out.
"She's awake!" a voice called. The sound rang painfully in my head.
I slowly sat up and watched as a man and a woman came into the room. The woman waved at me, and I recognized her as Aphrodite. The man wore designer clothes and glowed brightly. Apollo (ESP! Squee!).
Apollo was the one to approach me.
"What am I doing here?" I demanded.
He grinned. "We have a little surprise for you! Come on out!" he called.
From the shadows stepped a tall boy with the stereotypical blonde hair and blue eyes. He smiled charmingly at me.
"Hello. My name is Jake Spencer. Pleased to meet you, sweetheart. You're quite beautiful. Wanna go out?" he asked in a deep voice.
"Alright, slow down there, hotshot." Apollo cut in. "Rubella-"
"How many times do I have to tell you people that MY NAME IS RUBY!" I yelled through gritted teeth.
"Whatever. Anyways, Jake here is a demigod. We're sending him with you and your merry band of demigods. He already knows everything, so that won't be a problem."
"What? We already have more than enough people on my quest!" I protested.
Jake smiled his killer smile at me. "Don't worry. It'll be like I'm not even there. I already have almost everything I need to survive on my own. The only thing missing is you." he finished, gazing soulfully into my eyes.
"Oh yeah, in case it wasn't obvious, Jake is a son of Aphrodite." Apollo deadpanned.
Aphrodite waved again and motioned for me to come over.
I stood cautiously and was shocked to find my headache had completely gone away!
I marched over to her.
"Hello dear. Oooh, wait, that won't do. Here you are." She waved her hand and the bathrobe I was wearing disappeared, replaced by brand new designer clothes.
"Okay, now that that's done, I wanted to warn you to take care of my son. He may seem like he's got it all under control, but that's just an act. I think. Oh well! Just do it, okay?" she smiled at me.
I nodded slowly.
"'K, bye!" she waved her hand and I was engulfed in a flash of light.
"Wait!" I called, but it was too late.
I was dumped in a heap in the bathroom. It was the most graceful heap anyone ever saw!
I heard a thump, and Jake landed next to me. He looked up.
"Hey! We're in a bathroom... with the door shut... alone... I'm sure you know where I'm going don't you?" he waggled his eyebrows suggestively.
I made a disgusted face. "We are NOT doing that. Come on."
I flounced out of the bathroom, followed closely by Jake. He kept trying to grab my hand as we walked.
I wandered around until we ran into Mara.
"Oh, hi! Who is this?" she asked, surprised.
"I am Jake, and you are gorgeous. Wanna make out?" he asked boldly.
Mara didn't miss a beat. "I don't kiss 'til the third date. Nice try, though."
Her rejection had no effect whatsoever on him. He just shrugged.
"The rest of your gang is in the kitchen. Twinkle is there too! Come on!"
We followed her through the many hallways, Jake hitting on her and I in turns. We arrived in the kitchen, which looked like it had been cut out of a magazine. The gang looked uncomfortable and out of place in all the lavishness. Twinkle bounded up to me as soon as I entered. I scooped him back up in my arms, where he belonged.
"Who's that?" Thalia asked sharply when she saw Jake. I knew he would introduce himself by hitting on her, so I quickly cut in.
"This is Jake. He's a demi- I mean he's speshul like us. He LOVES adventures." I explained. Mara looked confused.
Annabeth nodded slowly. She understood my extremely subtle hints.
Meanwhile, Jake was staring at Thalia. His jaw hung open so he looked remarkably like a fish. He slid up to her.
"What might your name be?" he asked huskily.
Mara turned to me. "Does he do that to every girl he meets?"
I shrugged. "Pretty much."
Annabeth cleared her throat, mostly to stop Thalia from killing Jake. "So... looks like everyone is here and ready to go. I say we hit the road!"
Mara nodded. "Come on everyone! Let's go! Ooh, I know this really awesome ice cream place on the way! We can stop by if you want! Do you guys all have your packs? Hurry up; you don't want to get lost! This is fun! I feel like an adventurer!"
We followed the chattering Mara outside on the streets. She confidently led us through rich neighborhoods. I was beginning to recognize this place from my days here.
Our trip was long and boring. Jake hit on Thalia and Annabeth, when he discovered her. Thalia shocked him once, and he still didn't take the hint. Percy helped Annabeth deal with him. He still didn't take a hint. I tried to make Nico talk to me. He didn't.
Finally, we reached the imposing gates of Sir Peter Edward's School House and Unbeatable Library. Mara smiled, a little sadly.
"Well, here we are. I guess I'll leave you guys to whatever business you have." she said.
"Thank you so much." Annabeth said. "Without you, we might have wandered around forever!"
Mara smiled. Then she threw her arms around Annabeth, who stiffened.
Mara released her and sniffled. "Sorry. I just never met such interesting people as you! You guys look like you have an exciting life and great friends... oh, never mind. Go on, I'm sure you have important things to do. Bye!" she waved us on.
"Mara..." I began. "Here." I thrust Twinkle towards her. Her eyes widened. Twinkle's did too.
Twinkle not wanna leave Ruby! Noo! he thought frantically.
I felt a tug on my arm. Thalia pulled me to the side. "Are you crazy? You can't give a shape shifting monster dog to a mortal!"
"But..." I began.
Thalia narrowed her eyes. "No. Go tell her you were kidding or something!"
"Fine." I pouted. "Sorry, Mara. I wasn't thinking straight."
She smiled. "That's okay. I wasn't going to take him anyways. He loves you too much! Now seriously, go on in!"
We all waved goodbye and swung open the gates.
"This doesn't look like my kind of place. Mind if I stay out here?" Nico asked.
"If I'm going, you are!" Thalia grabbed his arm and dragged him inside.
I didn't see what their problem was. This pink place felt like home to me!
"Good day, and welcome to Sir Peter Edward's School House and Unbeatable Library. What may I do for you?" the front desk lady asked without turning down her nose.
"Eww, look Thalia! That lady needs to shut her nose or clean it!" Nico snickered quietly. Thalia laughed too.
They looked around the room and chortled at random things like little kids. Jake tried to join in, but Nico and Thalia's death glares combined almost melted him into a puddle on the spot.
"Hi, we need to see all the files on Rubella." Percy told the desk lady.
The lady finally looked down at us. "Wait... you don't mean Rubella Starshyne Lilak Raynebow Princessa Sue Loren Twynkle Tulyp Rose Avaari Mary Sapphiire Jones, do you?" she gasped.
"How many other girls with silver eyes and purple hair do you know?" Thalia snickered.
I ignored her. "That's me!" I squealed.
"Ruby! Our star student has returned!" the lady gasped again.
"Right... so can we see the files?" Percy asked again.
The woman nodded furiously. "Of course! Anything for Ruby!" She bustled away to a room behind the desk.
"What did you do to her?" Annabeth asked.
I shrugged. "I was my usual fabuloumazing self! I still don't see why you don't like me!"
Annabeth narrowed her eyes and whispered to Percy.
"I like you." Jake whispered to me. "But to tell you the truth, I like her better." he pointed at Thalia.
"What?" I shrieked.
Just as I was about to slap the white off his teeth, the desk lady came back out with a thick stack of papers.
"This is all we have on Ruby. I hope you find all that you need." she said.
Percy took the papers. "Is there anywhere we can read these?" he asked.
"You can go to the Unbeatable Library!" the desk lady beamed. "I'm sure Ruby knows the way!"
"Psssh, I know the way too!" Jake bragged.
I smirked. "Sure you do. Come on guys, let's go read all about me!" I pranced off in the direction of the Library.
When we arrived at the library, I gave a warning to everyone.
"This library is this school's pride and joy. No making jokes about it, no messes, and no disruptive behavior! 'Kay?"
I swung open the ornate doors.
Annabeth gasped. "Wow! Do you know how many rare books are here?"
I smiled loftily. "Come on, I see an empty table."
I led them to a dark wood table, but just as we were about to sit down, a girl and her posse jumped into the chairs. "This is OUR table. Move, losers!" she said in a nasally voice.
"Really. Is that necessary?" Thalia asked, voice dangerously low.
"I'm afraid it is." the girl smirked.
"Can you girls just move? Please?" I asked politely.
"Mmm... let me think... no. I'm sorry!" the leader teased. Her group snickered like she said something witty.
Thalia glared murderously at them. "I... said... move."
"Come on Thalia, let's just go to a new table. It's not that serious." Annabeth cut in.
Thalia cracked her knuckles and glared at the girls one last time before letting herself be led away to a new table by Annabeth.
We all sat down and waited as Annabeth shifted through the papers.
She took a deep breath. "Okay, I know this looks like a lot, but we can do it! There are six of us and around one fifty papers... so that's about twenty five pages a person! That's not that bad!"
Nico, ever the pessimist, reminded her that all of us (except me!) had dyslexia.
Thalia punched his arm. "Shhh!" she hissed.
Annabeth passed outl the glorious papers all about me and we began to read.
Well... what did you think? A review would be greatly appreciated! Suggestions, concrit, it's all welcome! Thank ya!
So, for the OC's, I recieved three more last chapter so that brings the total up to four. There's one spot open, so if you haven't submitted one yet, go ahead! I accept them on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Shout out time!
Eleos- Whew! for a second there I thought you meant Rubella! :)
The Queen Of Valencia Torgue- Sorry I didn't use your character in this chapter, but I will soon! Ruby needs that extra someone to push her around a little bit! :)
CrazyDyslexicNerd- Thank you, I was kinda worried! And if Ruby was a dog-distracting squirrel... does that mean Twinkle would chase and/or eat her? Hmmm... heheh...
SeaChick
elraks- Well, here he is... sorry if I messed anything up. I hope I wrote him okay! I really like the idea of adding another Mary Sue into the story. There are NEVER too many Mary Sues in a story! :)
Lukeme- You can review anything you want...? Sorry, I don't really get the question... *feels slow* Anywho, I will put your character in soon too! Keep an eye out in the upcoming chapters!
mythlover137
Peace 98- Thanks for the concrit! I will try to make them a little less OOC now!
As always, thanks for reviews, favorites, and alerts! They make my day!
~TheNeonNinja~