Red Hair Rebellion

Stash Wallace

Written by: Fairy Lori

Camp Half-Blood During the Four Corners Joint Quests

"Freya!" I called, giving a high-pitched whistle. A SUV sized hound bounded out from the shadows and tackled me.

"Seems your Hellhound is energetic today," a voice said. I turned to see my favorite Hecate kid, Victoria Smith. And possibly my favorite crush. Don't judge. I find her enchanting. A bit. Maybe... Gah!

"Yo, Vicci! Was just coming to see ya!" I said, a smile plastered on my face. And not to mention I was bringing Freya along as incentive.

"What you need, Stash?" Vicci asked, petting Freya behind the ears as I wiggled out from under her.

I got to my feet and dusted off my jean cutoffs. "Well, I was wondering it you awesome Hecate kids had any permanent hair dye spell."

Vicci continued to pet Freya, her brown curls totaled by the wind. Her love of animals knows no bounds. "Yeah... Why?" she asked off-handly.

I felt my grin widen. "It is time to rebel against the blonde Apollo kid stereotype! I shall be blonde no long! Only red!" I said, fist in the air.

Vicci looked at me. "On two conditions. I get Freya for the rest of the day and you have to promise to not sing like a drunk at the camp bon fire for a week."

"Aww... But that's my thing!" I protested. "Everyone loves my rendition of Jar of Hearts in the stylings of a drunken motorcyclist!"

"That's my deal. Take it or leave it."

I thought about it. It would be worth it. "Fine," I sighed. "Give it to me."

Vicci lead me back to the Hecate Cabin and tossed me a bottle of red liquid.

"That should work. It won't wash out," Vicci said. "Just pour it over your head and let it work it's magic."

I uncorked the bottle and did as instructed. My hair turned tomato red and I chuckled. "Finally! I have outwitted my siblings!"

I left Vicci. Perhaps Freya can put in a good word for me.

I went back to the Infirmary and slipped on my uniform. An Ares kid had a freaking arrow through his shoulder.

"Gary," I sighed. "Why are ya always in here with an arrow in ya? Did you miss off one of my sisters?"

Gary chuckled. "I flirt with Abby one time and all you Apollo kids are out to get me," he said. Then he raised an eyebrow as he looked at my hair. "Another rebellion? Dude, you are going to get dragged to that frilly cabin to get it fixed again."

I shrugged, carefully taking the arrow out. "Let them try. This is courtesy of the Hecate Cabin."

Gary yelped as I bandaged his shoulder and sang a hymn.

"Your choice," Gary squeaked. I sent the guy on his way and waited for my next patient.

"Stash!"

I turned around slowly and see Abby glaring daggers at me.

"Abby! What ya doing here?" I asked, playing dumb.

She grabbed my by the ear and began to drag me out of the Infirmary. "You sneaky little snake! You need to stop messing with your hair. You look amazing as a blonde!"

"Ow! Ow! Ow! I don't want to be a carbon copy of Dad! Let me go!" I hollered.

"Never!" Abby yelled! "Kaden! Get that primadonna butt out here!"

The black haired Son of Aphrodite appeared. "You hollered, Abby?" he said, pulling his shirt on.

Abby pushed my up the steps. "Fix Stash now!"

Kaden grinned. "Another Red Hair Rebellion? What is this? The 50th time in two months?"

"Can't do anything about this," I said, smirking. "Hecate magic!"

Kaden grabbed my hair and combed through it. He whipped out a mirror and I screamed.

"No! Blonde again!" I cried.

The Aphrodite boy put the mirror away. "Let me guess... Victoria gave it to you?"

I looked at him. "Yeah... Why ya ask?"

Kaden laughed and placed a hand on my shoulder. "You got suckered, Stash."

Aww man!