Chapter 10 I've been working on this one for a while… I have the story planned (in fact it's in outline form) but for some reason I'm lost. C'est la vie. Anyway, any one see Easy A, I love that movie it's really funny.

Also regarding the…lemons… well I in no way support, having sex before your old enough so I need to do some tweaking because it should be legal. In Texas (where I'm writing) the age of consent is 17 the same for New York (where it takes place) and New Mexico (where Armony is from) and I think Connor is 17 or 18 (not sure) so I should only need to tweak Armony's age. So now I need to work in a birthday to the plot. Oh well. I just thought ya'll should know what's going on.

BTW; a lot of POV switching this chapter.

Please read, review and enjoy.

Ch.10 Plotting

Lilith POV

That little bitch! I have no idea what Armony did but she broke my spell. I worked all year on that spell to perfect it. And all she does is come along and sing a few notes and my spell is just washed out! Hell no. It took me months to figure out the range of the spell and to keep it up with increments of 5 gram potions, it was exhausting (which is why I had my servants carry me). Getting an owlet's wing in this day and age is incredibly hard. Not to mention splitting the opium alkaloids of a poppy plant. OR getting the yellow cake uranium…wait…I didn't use that one for this spell. Whatever, this girl is all about showing me up; I'll teach her a lesson. Maybe I'll use her brother, Max, or maybe I'll take away her hearing for a while to mess with her musical talent…or better yet, I'll use Connor.

Max POV

I was sitting in my bed. My new brothers and sisters were cool but I missed Armony. She's my real sister. I know Connor said it was because her dad claimed her but… I like it when Armony and I are together. I could feel my eyes getting hot and my vision got bleary from my tears welling up. Armony wouldn't leave me by myself; she loves me…unless I did something bad.

Maybe she's sick; after all she was acting really weird last night. What did Chiron call it? Inebriated? And she did sing; Armony never does that. The only time she ever sings is when she's alone; although she did sound really pretty. That's it! Armony must be sick! I jumped out of bed and pulled off my pajamas. I grabbed my clothes and dressed as quickly as I could. I heard a groan and looked at Travis getting up from his bed.

"Hey, Max" Travis rubbed his eyes and sat up. "So what are you doing up so early?" He looked at me. Travis and Connor were both really cool but they are way too easy to pull pranks on or pick pocket. Armony usually notices.

"I'm going to go check on Armony." I said.

"Oookay." He yawned. "But your shirt's on backwards." I pulled my arms into my shirt and turned it around. "Oh and take Connor with you." Travis smiled funny; he was up to something. "I can't let you go around by yourself." Seriously? I was eight years old; I could take care of myself. But Armony would have said the same thing.

"Okay." I went over to Connor's bed and heard him mumbling things into his pillow. I think he said 'Armony'. So I pinched him.

"Oww! What the Hades!" He yelled. I smiled; it was always fun to pull pranks on Connor. Especially stealing his money (so far I've made forty dollars off of him). He sat up on his bed and rubbed his shoulder where I pinched him. He looked at me and his face turned kind of red, then he started messing with his sheets in front of his legs. "What do you want Max?" He panted. I guess I shouldn't have pinched him.

"I wanna go visit Armony but Travis says you have to come with me." I answered. Connor glared at Travis, who went back to sleep.

"Fine, but why do you need to see Armony?" He said, getting up and getting dressed.

"Because she's sick, duh." How could he not figure that out from last night?

"Oh…" Then he smiled crookedly. I scrunched up my eyebrows but he put on his shoes and we left. The Apollo cabin wasn't very far so we got there pretty fast. Connor knocked on the door then yelled inside. "Hey Armony!"

"Ahhh!" Armony screamed. "What the He….are you doing you fu... as...cu…sh…lopsided…master…I'm going to s… then…shoot a po… with a monkey….shoved…up a...with extra…so you'll have to sh…sideways." Armony yelled at Connor. I pulled his hands off of my ears. I hate it when people cover my ears so I can't hear things. Armony looked at me her eyes were all red and she had a frown on her face. And I could smell vomit. I looked inside and saw the rest of the Apollo people were watching Armony.

"Armony are you okay?" I yelled. She winced.

"Yeah Max I'm alright just a little…" She didn't finish. Armony was too busy looking out of the cabin past me and Connor. I turned around and saw Rachel. Rachel is pretty, and nice, when Armony had fainted when we first got here Rachel gave me candy. And it wasn't the cheap stuff either.

"Hello guys." Rachel said, and then she turned to Armony. "Armony I need to speak with you." Rachel spoke quietly.

"Uh…sure, but what for?" Armony asked.

"For starters" Rachel began. "About what happened last night, and a few other things." I looked at Armony she didn't seem very happy.

"Okay just let me change." So she walked back into the cabin and shut the door.

"Hey Max" Connor said patting my head. I pushed his hand off; only mom, dad, and Armony are allowed to do that. "I think maybe we should go do something else. Armony is going to be busy for a while."

"Max," Rachel said. "How about you go find Tyson, I think he might have something to show you." Rachel smiled. And then I ran off to go find Tyson (Tyson is always making cool things) I could help Armony later. After all if she is sick I don't want to catch it.

Armony POV

I was going to kill Connor. Something tells me he knew I was in hangover mode. If he had something to do with this I was going to castrate him, then kill him, then go down to Tartarus* bring him back then kill him again. But right now I needed to talk with Rachel about….stuff. Gods my head is killing me. I dressed as quickly as I could; luckily my newfound siblings had already brought my stuff to the cabin. I put on my sunglasses and walked out of the cabin. None of my new sibs said anything, I just walked out. Rachel was standing outside waiting for me; there was no sign of Max or Connor.

"Come on Armony" Rachel beckoned me towards her and we walked to the Big House. "So it seems that your dad is Apollo, huh?" Rachel was being really nice talking quietly to prevent my discomfort.

"Yeah…" I said. I hadn't really had time to think about it. So, Apollo was my dad. Well…mystery over. I can't really say that I was happy I had always hoped that when I found out who my dad was, it would be because he wanted to meet me. I always imagined a reunion or something. It's not this was a letdown it's just that…Oh who am I kidding? I was disappointed. "So what does being his daughter actually entail? And for that matter why are you talking to me about this?" I asked. Rachel smiled.

"Remember I am the Oracle of Delphi. So Apollo is basically my boss." She said in a happier tone. She really enjoyed being the Oracle. "Anyway back to what that entails, well because Apollo is a god of prophecy his children have prophetic dreams."

"So…like what? We see the future?" I asked this was starting to hurt my head making the hangover worse. We got to the Big House and sat on the steps.

"Yes and no." Rachel answered. "See all demigods have dreams of the past or of events happening around them. But Apollo kids have regular dreams that can be used to interpret the future. And déjà' vu." I nodded; this was a lot to take in.

"So if I try to decipher my dreams they will tell me the future?" Rachel nodded. "Apollo kids can also heal people by praying to their dad right?" Rachel nodded again. I looked up at the sky ignoring the pounding. "Hey dad a little help with this hangover would be much appreciated." I said. I waited a little while and nothing happened, my head remained in pain. Hey, that rhymed.

"You're supposed to sing it." Rachel said matter-o-factly. Oh great. I looked around only a few people were up. And this pain was getting on my nerves. So I sang it to the tune of that Beetle's song…the one about holding someone's hand.

"Hey dad

My head hurts

Oh so very bad

So please, heal me

That will make me glad

That'll make me glad

That will make me so glad."

Okay not the most eloquent thing ever but it did the trick. Slowly the throbbing in my head began to slow and quiet until it disappeared. "Thanks dad!" I shouted without wincing from pain. I could get used to this. Rachel laughed at my outburst. "Okay what else can we do?"

"Well basically your abilities stem from Lord Apollo's abilities. Since Lord Apollo is the god of the sun, light, prophecy, healing, medicine, plague, truth, poetry, archery, the arts, music and intelligence you will have powers that in some way represent those titles." That was a lot to take in.

"Really?" My voice was hoarse.

"Yup." Rachel said simply. "More or less, some of them will just express themselves as heightened abilities.

"Cool." Honestly…this was getting to be a bit much. I really just wanted to forget about all of this. Rachel looked at me and my registered my turmoil.

"Look don't worry about it Armony, if anything comes up just come and talk to me and we will work through it." My mind immediately jumped to the dream I had had last night. It was to say the least a sexual dream. I had been tied to a rock about to be eaten by a monster then some guy came along killed the monster and well…I showed him gratitude. However I really didn't want to talk to Rachel about that. Rachel's cool but that's a little personal. So I changed the subject.

"Rachel, what do I do about this whole 'Apollo cabin counselor' thing?" I asked this was actually eating away at the back of my mind.

"Oooh, that…yeah that's gonna suck." I stared at Rachel my mouth open like a gaping fish. Rachel smiled and laughed at me. "It's not really that bad. Just get a list of what you're in charge of and do it." Then Rachel smirked. "And if you need any help you can always ask Connor." What was with that look?

"Sure…I'm gonna go take a shower now." I turned around to leave but Rachel called me back.

"Armony, I need to know, do you remember what happened last night?" I shook my head. "You should sit down."

An hour later

"I actually sang…in front of people?" I screamed. Out of everything Rachel told me this was the one thing that I was actually hung up on; not the bad accents, not the speaking in haikus, not the weird displays of flexibility (or the nearly making out with Connor for grapes) but the singing.

"Relax Armony. You were really good, especially despite you drunkenness." Rachel tried to console me to no avail.

"And that's another thing. How did I get drunk?" I remembered nothing at all from last night. "The last thing I remembered was getting grapes…from…Connor."

"Yeah, Chiron suspected this much. It wouldn't be first time the Stolls have spiked something." If Connor and Travis had anything to do with last night I was going to make them pay.

"Okay well I'm going to go…do something."

"Alright but remember tonight is Capture the Flag and since you're a counselor, if the Apollo cabin participates you will have to play." SHIIIIIT!

I left the Big House, grabbed my clothes and took a nice long shower. By the time I was done with my shower my stomach was making my hunger known. Due to missing breakfast I had to go to the Camp Store to buy some junk food. I looked through the rows of what passed as food. Seriously, what the hell is a Mancho nut and why would it need be suspended in gelatin? After my rather unsatisfying lunch, I was not in the mood to join in the camp activities. So instead I walked aimlessly around the camp for about an hour trying to digest my new found ancestry. Apollo's daughter…well one of them there were only two, Kayla and I. And now I had twenty siblings the irony was suckish. As a kid I always wanted brothers and sisters and after Max arrived I realized I only needed one (I love him but being an only child wasn't bad). And Apollo was my dad, who had no interest in even claiming me until I 'proved' myself. I'm pretty sure I had a right to be pissed. But whatever, I decided to put more of my attention into something else. Like the boy who got me wasted and subjected me to a horrible hangover and made me sing in front of people. Yeah I was gonna do something I just wasn't sure what.

I know it's short but This was as far as I could get before I got bombarded with homework…So I will be out of commission for a while.

Okay now I realize something very important…I need more pranks in this story for Connor and Travis to do so if anyone has any ideas, I will more than likely use them.

Also regarding how I left Max POV so quickly; he has ADHD.

About my * I came up with a sequel to this story (and I haven't even finished this story what is wrong with me?) Any guesses what it will be about.