Yey! Chapter 10! :3
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In these three days, the campers have been practicing really hard for the upcoming capture-the-flag. We were all fired up especially the Aphrodite cabin. They weren't sitting around and fixing their hair and make-up anymore. They were actually training with us in the arena though they're really annoying when they're around.
"Nico! How about you teach me?" Some girl from the Aphrodite cabin said, while batting her eyelashes. "I want to learn from the best."
I know this trick already. She just wants me to teach her how to swing a sword. I'd be going at her back, hold her hand and guide her in swinging the sword. It'll look like I'm embracing her. So, what's bad about embracing a beautiful hot girl? It's bad when there are about nine of her other sisters around getting jealous. Soon enough, I was being pulled in every direction.
I got out of it thanks to Angelica. She simply called them aunts. The Aphrodite girls went mad; said something about sounding old. They stopped for a moment to tell her that. It gave me enough time to escape. I never trained with them again and I swear I got taller after that incident.
I handled that bit better than Thalia. The Aphrodite cabin was hissing and glaring at Thalia wherever she went. It didn't bother her since she could shut them up with one swift glare but then it got personal.
The night before the Hunters came, we were dining in the Big House. I was about to eat the scrumptious lasagna when suddenly an Aphrodite girl shoved it off the table. I looked at the now filthy lasagna on the floor. Rest in pieces my delicacy…
"Sorry. No food for you Nico. You're getting fat." She said. What the Hades? I'm not fat!
I was going to shout at her for ruining my dinner and calling me fat when I noticed that all the boys present were staring at Thalia's direction. Some were drooling; some looked mesmerized and started day dreaming. There was one guy from the Hermes cabin who didn't notice his drink dripping on his pants. She hasn't become aware of anything yet.
Then a brave soul, a camper from the Apollo cabin, went to her side and sang then asked her to marry him. Thalia spat out some food from her mouth and choked. The other boys were crowding around Thalia and were requesting for her hand. I could see Astner, Chrys and even Chiron asking too. Percy was being held off by Annabeth. She was cursing under her breath and, I'm guessing, also plotting a revenge plan to the Aphrodite cabin.
The food was drugged with love potion specifically for Thalia. I never thought I'd say this but, good thing that that the Aphrodite cabin is obsessed with me. I'll never live my life if I went drooling all over Thalia.
This was going to end badly. Mr. D wasn't around to stop this mess. He went somewhere, who knows but I knew someone has to stop this before it gets out of hand. Not me, I was busy laughing my ass off. Chiron just went centaur form; carried Thalia on his back and confessed his undying love for her. Cheesy, yeah. That's Chiron for you.
After recovering from the shock of Chiron declaring her to be his mare, she electrocuted all of them back to their senses. After they broke off from the trance, the Big House looked like it was stuffed with tomato fruits. The Aphrodite girls were almost electric-arrowed to death by Thalia and they were given three months of doing the dishes after getting out of the infirmary. Because of laughing at her situation and doing nothing, she says, Thalia was going to shock me to Tartarus. Fortunately, Percy was standing beside me so I used him as a shield and shadow travelled out of the Big House by using his shadow. The power of the shock was enough to brighten the night. Poor Percy. Better him than me anyway.
The Hunters were using Apollo's sun bus again in coming to camp. We were all required to welcome Apollo. Oh, and the Hunters too I guess. We all looked away as the sun bus landed neatly on the beach, unlike last time when Thalia was driving it. Apollo came out of the bus looking cheery as ever while the Hunters were all disgruntled. That changed when they ran and greet their lieutenant. They gave us a glare along the way. One girl stuck her tongue out on me. Don't worry Nico, they'll be gone soon with Thalia along…
"Hey there cuz!" Apollo greeted. "You've grown, Nico! Last time I checked you were this big." He placed his hand on his hip. I wasn't that small! I was a bit taller… "You asked me if you could drive my sun bus years ago right? You were still young then but now, I reckon you're old enough to drive it."
"Sorry Lord Apollo but I don't think Lord Zeus would let a child of Hades in his territory." Apollo looked solemn. I really do want to drive it though. "Wait, you know how old I am and when my birthday is right?" I asked remembering the time he told Thalia her age.
"Yeah. Being the god of prophecy, I do. Wanna know your birthday and age?" I nodded. He tapped his lips with his fingers and said. "You're fifteen years old. Your birthday is on November two." Wow, All Soul's Day. The irony is killing me.
"Thanks Lord Apollo."
"No prob. Hey there's my other cuz! Percy, the Hero of Olympus." He went over to Percy. "How're you doing? Still dating Athena's daughter, I see. Did you read the book I gave to you?"
"What book?" Annabeth asked, appearing out of nowhere. Lord Apollo looked like he regretted mentioning it.
"Um… Ugh… The book is… about Greek myths and stuffs." Percy was sweating a little.
Annabeth narrowed her eyes for a moment and said. "Can I also read this book?"
Percy and Lord Apollo looked at each other. Lord Apollo said, "Sorry, Annabeth. It was er… only made for Percy to read it. It was my present to him for saving Olympus. It'll um… burst into flames when somebody else read it."
After scrutinizing them, Annabeth decided to drop it and went over to Thalia's direction. Percy looked relieved and explained to me. "It was a book about dating girls. I don't want her to know that I'm picking some great stuff from a book." I got a feeling it was something like that. I think Annabeth already suspects that unless she's not really a daughter of Athena.
"Yes… sir, I've been reading it. It helped me a lot too."
Posy and Chrys arrived. "Wow! You're Lord Apollo? You look young though." Chrys said.
"Ah, my fun-sized brother and cuz! We gods can be anything we like. I just prefer this look." Apollo explained. "It's the appearance that fits the God of Music."
"Isn't Artemis the leader of the Hunters? Why didn't she bring them here? Not that I don't like you coming here Lord Apollo. I'm just wondering. Where is she?" Posy asked. Good question. She isn't a Seaweed Brain like her brother.
"Oh yeah. Where is she, Lord Apollo?" Percy asked.
"Oh, just went on some mission given by Lady Hera." Lord Apollo said. "Well, I got to go!" He went to the sun bus and converted it into a red slick Ferrari. Okay, I've decided. That's the car I'm going to get with black as its base. "Goodbye young Demigods and um… not really young Hunters. Here's a haiku for my departure." We all groaned. He's really famous for his reputation in making bad poetries.
"Prophecies to make,
I got some Muses to date,
This hot god says goodbye!"
"The last line had one spare syllable, Lord Apollo." Annabeth said.
"Oh, sorry. Then um…" Apollo thought. "This hot god says bye!" He hopped into the Ferrari and revved the engines. We all looked away as he left with a blast.
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