Grr. Sorry for being late on the update. My computer was out of whack yesterday. NOTHING was working right. So, I didn't get to update this story or write next chapter for my other story (though, I try and write it tonight). So, sorry. (Really, I am!)

After I finish this story (and The Word on Percy Jackson), I'll be taking a short break from fanfiction. Like 1 week to a month, though most likely not that long. Sorry. I'll be working on 2 other stories and just enjoying a short break. And I'm not going to lie, I'm really excited about these two stories. One is along the lines of a parody and the other is an original idea of mine. (Hehe, and they've both got Percy, who, in case you haven't noticed, has been lacking in most of my stories.)

susan army: Yeah, I realize. Don't worry, there will be. (;

LAUGHwithaSMILE: haha...an eye for a head...so true though...

DIsclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Heroes of Olympus.

Travis was excited. This Prank War was starting to get interesting. He knew Katie was going to kill him multiple times over for what he was about to do, which only made it better (okay the dead part wouldn't be so good, but Katie's reaction would be priceless).

And she so deserved this because of the makeup incident. Travis did not want to talk about it, so, yeah, he called it the makeup incident.

Travis had spent most of his secret stash of mortal cash getting the components that were required for this prank, so he was ready to get it on with.

Oh, what was the prank, you ask?

Spray paint the flowers around the Demeter cabin to make them look dead, of course. Yeah, the paint was safe, meaning it wouldn't actually hurt the flowers. And it came off with water, so it wasn't permanent. So, the prank was harmless, but Katie's reaction when she thinks all her flowers are dead, well that would be priceless.

So Travis snuck out of his cabin in black ninja clothes and a bag filled with spray paint. He headed over to the Demeter cabin as quietly as possible, not wanting to be discovered by the harpies. (It happened before; they almost ate his ear before he got back to his cabin.) Travis had survived the second Titan War and Katie's wrath several times; he was not going out by being eaten by some half-bird things.

Once at the Demeter cabin, Travis got out the spray paint. He got several different shades of brown and tan, in order to make it as realistic as possible. He got to work spray painting the different flowers different shades to look dead. He could name almost all of them, not because he was a flower fanatic, but because he had spent time with Katie when she was planting flowers. And, well, she attempted to teach him about some of them. Who knew some of it would actually rub off on him?

Once he was finished, Travis stepped back to look at his work. It was hard to see in the dark, but the flowers definitely looked dead. After admiring his work, Travis realized how tired he was. Being a pranker really takes a lot out of a person.

He headed back to his cabin, stumbling here and there do to exhaustion. He got into his cabin, and then collapsed on his bed; he was asleep before he even hit the pillow.

Katie woke up smiling. Today was going to be good; she could just feel it. She got ready for the day, and was out of her cabin heading for breakfast with the rest of her cabin close behind. However, when she saw the flowers surrounding the Demeter cabin, she stopped dead in her tracks.

They were dead. All the flowers were dead.

Katie wasn't sure whether she should cry, scream, or kick something. She just stood there staring. Finally, her siblings seemed to take notice.

"Who did this?"

"How could this happen?"

"Do you think Mom is cursing us?"

"Maybe Hades. Him and Mom hate each other. The flowers are dead; he could have done it."

However, Katie knew it wasn't Hades or Demeter or any other god. No, she knew who did this. And this time, he went too far. Killing all her flowers? That wasn't a prank, it was cruel.

"Guys," Katie said, grabbing their attention, "I know who did this. I'll be back."

Katie left without a reply and headed towards the Hermes cabin, reading to kill Travis. And then bring him back to life, and then kill him again.

She opened the door to find the entire Hermes cabin asleep; she marched over to Travis' bed and shook him violently until he woke up.

"Oh, hey Katie. Whatcha doing in my cabin?" Travis asked, a smile on his face.

'What did you do to my flowers?" Katie shorted, waking up server members of the cabin. But she didn't care, even if they were glaring at her.

"I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I'm pretty thirsty. Man, I wish I had some WATER." Travis replied, talking noticeably louder when he said water.

"What are you going on about Stoll? Why would you do that to my flowers? That was cruel and uncalled for." Katie said, her voice growing louder and more angry.

"I didn't do anything to your flowers. Maybe you just didn't WATER them enough." Travis answered, his voice once again growing louder when he said water.

Katie wasn't sure what game Travis was playing or what water had to do with anything, but she was done dealing with him.

As she was leaving the cabin, she heard what sounded suspiciously like a certain son of Hermes laughing and saying water.

Katie wasn't sure when exactly she got it. Maybe it was when she was by the lake, or possibly during training. But when she did, she rushed back to her cabin with her watering jug.

Katie sat down next to the flowers and prayed to every god she could think of, but specifically her mother. She poured a little water on the flowers, and they seemed to come back to life. .

Paint.

The stupid son of Hermes spray painted her flowers. She regretted agreeing to this stupid prank war, but at the same time, she was anticipating her next move. Because once again, she knew exactly what to do to get him back.

She sighed and got up to find her cabin. Before she pranked the son of Hermes, Katie decided she should probably go find her crying cabin mates (they were really upset about the flowers) and some more water.

Sorry folks. I just couldn't have Travis actually kill the flowers. That be a little cruel, and pranks are funny, not cruel. So, review and tell me what you think. The prank war is almost over, and I think you all will be shocked about it's ending, but hey, maybe I'm wrong.

It's getting tiresome typing this each chapter; however, I will again anyway. Any suggestions or questions? Leave 'em in a review!

Again, sorry for the late update. It really wasn't my fault!

Bye. (: