Okay, you guys are very impatient with me. It takes time to write these chapters (also, I just kinda put it off). So, on to the chapter where you finally get to find out the new king! The story picks up steam after this I promise! Reviews are nice, I own a skirt, some shirts and some earrings None of them are in this story.
"-Athena!" Chrion had to scream over the cheers that erupted from the crowd. We all cheered and hollered, happy it wasn't Ares. The Athenian cabin's top exploded, a large, golden crown rising from the smoke. Spirals of gold laced the columns on the front. Suddenly, Athena herself appeared next to Chiron. Her brown hair in a high, old Greek top knot pony-tail thingy. Her grey eyes bright and clear, a crown nestled in her hair. We all dropped into a bow, even Chiron.
"Please, raise." Her calm voice called. We all rose and cheered for our new queen. She waved her hand for us to silent. "Thank you. I know the last few weeks have been hard for you but, I promise to help restore your forest and fields." She seemed to look each of us in the eyes. Her stare was measured but, calming. "Now, where is the one named Luna?" Athena called, looking around. I stepped forward cautiously, Ash gave my hand a squeeze.
"I-I'm Luna." I raised my hand sheepishly, the crowd backing away from me. She simply nodded.
"I heard something interesting from Hephaestus last night. Something about you dear." Athena looked at me, as did the whole camp. "Now, what do you think he told me?" She asked, almost daring me to say it in front of the rest of Camp.
"Umm, Athena I think it is best to finish this in the Big House." Chiron chimed in, glaring the crowd. They scattered, even Ash. Athena nodded.
"Very well. Come Luna." she waved a hand and we walked to the Big House. Chiron led the way to the meeting from and we all settled. Athena peered around and nodded at some of the things. "Now, tell me what happened."
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"Thank you Luna. Ares will be punished for his crime." Athena shook my hand and Chiron's before disappearing. I gave a heavy sigh of relief. I wasn't going to be blamed, yay. I raced out the House and to the Hephaestus cabin. I threw it open, ash was sitting with Cinder and Garrick, showing them how to fix a toy. Ash turned the screwdriver one last time and the toy sprang to life in his large, brown hands. Garrick grinned and hugged Ash.
"Sorry to break this up but, I have news!" I grinned, Ash looked up, brown curls hiding his eyes. Cinder and Garrick looked hopeful. "Sorry guys, only for teenagers." I shrugged sadly at them. They grumbled as they shuffled out.
"What is your news Luna?" Ash asked, standing to face me.
"Athena is going to punish Ares." I grinned, doing a weird dance. Ash's face cracked wide open with a smile. He grabbed me and hugged me, spinning a bit.
"That is awesome Luna!" He cried, after he released me. We talked loudly about it for a half hour before more of his siblings spilled in, to work on their projects. I grabbed Ash's hand and practically skipped to the Hermes cabin. I slammed my fist on the door. Amy, one of the younger residents poked her red head out.
"Yeeess?" She drew the word out, closing her green eyes. I rolled mine.
"Joey in there Amy?" I asked, twisting my foot. Amy ran her eyes up and down.
"Probably." She shrugged and ducked back in. "Joey!" I heard her call, "your girlfriend is here!" Laughter drifted out of the cabin. Joey's red head poked out.
"Amy I'm going to drop you in a lava pit!" Joey hollered at the younger girl. A middle finger rose from a bunk. Laughter clouded the room. Joey snapped the door shut. "Yo." He grinned at me and kinda frowned at Ash. Well, alrighty then.
"News from the goddess queen." I smiled, pointing at the Athena cabin. "Ares will be punished for what he tried to do." I informed him, Joey gave a cheer and hugged me. Ash stiffened behind me, something Joey didn't notice.
"Oh wondrous day! We must celebrate with ice cream and fun!" Joey laughed, dragging me by my wrist to the mess hall. I stumbled after him, laughing. Ash followed silently. The mess hall was a bit empty, since we were there between meals. "Three giant ice cream sundaes please!" Joey called to the empty room. Suddenly, three sundaes popped up. "Allllll riight." He plopped in front of one covered in rainbow sprinkles and drenched in hit fudge,, I settled in fornt of a triple chocolate sundae. Ash's was a banana split.
"Luna, shouldn't we be going?" Ash asked after we ate the ice cream. I spun to look at him/
"What? We have no where to be." I snapped, amazed at his rudeness. Joey glared at him.
"Yea, Moon needs her stable cleaned." Ash tried, pointing down the hill. I shrugged. Joey set a hand on my shoulder. I looked at him, his blue green eyes soft, unlike Ash's. "Fine. I'll do it myself." Ash growled, stomping out.
"Okkaaayyyy?" I titled my head at Joey, he just shrugged.
"To the beach! Duh da da duuuuhhhh!" Joey hopped up, fist on his hip, finger pointed to the door.
"Dork." I ruffled his hair and pushed open the doors. We walked down to the beach, a lot of the other Campers had the same idea. Two beach ball volleyball games were happening, a few of them were swimming the rest, were tanning or talking. Joey and I settled into the sand and peered out into the water.
"Luna," Joey sighed, running his hand through the sand. "do you know Ash loves you?" He turned to look at me, his face open. I nodded.
"Yup, long ago. He doesn't know I know." I tried to skip a rock but it sank.
"Oh, didn't know that." Joey's head grouped. "That whole conversation is ruined. I was gonna try to convince you that I was soo much cooler and funnier and more awesome." Joey laughed, puffing out his skinny chest. I rolled my eyes. "Hey! It was legit!" He sprinkled sand into my hair.
"You just secured your grave skinny one." I growled, grabbing a giant hand full of sand and dumped it into his hair. He shriek in horror. "that's what you get!" I laughed at his girly cry.
"You jerk! I hate you!" He cried, shoving me over. I grabbed his wrists and pulled him down with me.
"No no, you are the jerk." I grinned, peering at him. We were on our sides, Joey's head covered in sand.
"Nope, you are." He poked my cheek. I tried to bite his finger.
"Don't think so." I sneered, stabbing my finger into his chest.
"Ow." He winced, rubbing his chest. "You hurt me Luna." He fake cried.
"Baby." I muttered at him. "Do you want me to kiss it to make it better?" I asked sarcastically. He nodded. I rolled my eyes. I leaned forward, at the last second he ducked his head down, sending my lips onto his. It was only a second but it felt longer. He backed up and smirked at me. I smacked his chest. "You are the jerk now!" I cried. "Trickster!" I fake yelled, pointing at him.
"You liked it Luna don't deny." He was so smug but, kinda right. Can I just run away now? Is that an option? "C'mon, admit it." He waggled his eyebrows at me. I stuck out my tongue.
"Maybe a tiny bit." I offered. He grinned.
"I'll take it!" He cried, a large grin across his face. "can we try again?" He asked, his voice soft. I shrugged, why not? He grinned again and scooted down, so we were face to face. He leaned over and pressed his lips to mine. They were soft-ish, kinda gritty with sand. It was kinda awkward, since neither of us really knew what to do. His tongue poked my lip, I giggled. He broke away briefly. "You giggled at me?" He whispered, his lips resting on mine.
"Nope. you are imagining things." I smiled and kissed him again. This time, when his tongue poked at my lips, I opened them allowing him in. We fought with our tongues for a while, I was clearly winning. Joey gave a groan and pulled me closer, I wrapped my arms around his neck, his around my waist. He pecked at the corner of my lips, my chin and then my neck. He halted and made quick work of my neck. Scrapping teeth and using it as a punching bag for his tongue. I pulled him back to my mouth and continued our fight from earlier.
"Eh hem." Sand flew over us. We jolted apart to see Chiron glaring at us. "glad you two are having fun but, dinner is ready." He informed us, waving a hand for us to go first. We trudged up, hands clasped together.
When we walked into the mess hall, everyone glance at us. Aphrodite's table exploded in whispers. Ash's eyes burrowed into us. We sat at Hermes's table. We were bombarded with questions. Joey's hand traced lines on my palm all dinner making it hard to concentrate. "Hey," He whispered into my ear. "We should go to your cabin after this." He nibbled my earlobe. I nodded and he laughed. "Great."
Whew got kinda um, interesting there. Hope you are happy with my choice of the new ruler of Olympus. If not, well boohoo. Next chapter is some the reason for the M rating. Hope you guys are ready for that. (If not, prepare yourselves) hehe gonna be mean and make you wait ALL weekend for it! Sorry boys and girls. Love your reviews, keep them coming! See you all next week.