p data-p-id="04a7318a3e6ee31ed67dde6b4a7f2b41"emPreviously.../em/p
p data-p-id="9c1afa5294b0a35853d42628624796c5"emAll of the soldiers, which is what I call them, came up and congratulated them. All in a days' work I thought. "Please show Krymeni and Katastrépsi to their rooms. If they wish, they may stay here until the summer ends, and they have to go back to the mortal world. They may even stay here year long, so that they may go on more missions for me."/em/p
p data-p-id="ed4be4edeadb39dbde19307ce5d7564d"em"We'll stay all summer" Lyra said for both of them. Charm squealed. "Now I can find out more about you." She said to Lyra. "Do you have a boyfriend? Any crushes?" I rolled my eyes. "Dismissed!" I said. All eight of them walked out to show Krymeni and Katastrépsi to their rooms./em/p
p data-p-id="ab6fdee2daca0efbd387f4ba9572be1c"emWe"ll see how well my plan works I thought./em/p
p data-p-id="7e2deb83626d148022a4a23782a9fe24"Percy Pov/p
p data-p-id="924060e0a6bb38f43094792404eae0d5"The next day, I was excited. It was my first day of working for Chaos. Even though I was really excited to have a way of making the gods step down from their positions, it seemed that Lyra didn't want to do it that much./p
p data-p-id="838415846077cf7591c48e457801b761"I wouldn't make her join Chaos if she didn't want to, but she didn't say she didn't want to, so I'm not going to ask./p
p data-p-id="a44a7fe66d99cebb6b4c7037e785c05e"As I finished dressing up in the uniform Chaos provided for me, I heard a knock on the door./p
p data-p-id="35e21b6939a53da663e0583139859722""Katastrépsi?" someone called. I opened the door to see Chaos at the door. He smiled when he saw me in the uniform he provided for me./p
p data-p-id="6407c5f910117531799cbe0ca2dcc5ca""I see you've found the uniforms I provided. Do you like them?" He said. I looked down at my clothes and managed a smile./p
p data-p-id="9f2e678c476a777638d67ccc81bb32f8""Um, it's certainly...uh...big, and...uh...it is certainly thick. Are you sure it is good for missions?" I said uncertainly./p
p data-p-id="5b5124d93a8d8c770decd5362016cb5a"Chaos put his hand on my shoulder. "Ah, Katastrépsi, these are magic cloaks. They adjust to the temperature of your location. And it actually weighs just as much as any other clothes, so it won't slow you down when you're running from enraged kings, melting ice cream monsters, or even furious village folk." He assured me./p
p data-p-id="9236c1964eac1ced062fcfbcb2962b66"I chuckled nervously. "Will I be facing all of those on your missions?" I said nervously. Chaos laughed, and I looked at him weirdly./p
p data-p-id="0afce205d5c08f6f8a7be63891b11699"He looked at me. "Yes, you will be facing them, except for the ice cream monsters. It is very rare that you will ever see one of those. They are endangered, mostly because they keep on melting, and there aren't that many planets that have both oxygen, and aren't too warm for them."/p
p data-p-id="5ed8c59c948eb8808623a344d692fb73"I was still nervous. "Um, okay. Anyway, what are we doing today?" I asked Chaos. He looked at me as if he was decided what kind of flowers I would like best on my grave. "You and Krymeni are going to be tested to see if you are worthy of working for me."/p
p data-p-id="cc0fc44b78247f4a991cfdc185ae614e" I was about to ask who Krymeni was, when I remembered that was the code name Lyra chose for herself. I still wondered why Lyra would choose "Hidden", just like I knew she wondered why I chose "Destroy". When I chose that name, I didn't know why I chose it. I just knew it felt right./p
p data-p-id="c6b8286262e07eb562f07059f9fa60fb"emMaybe that was the deal with Lyra/em I thought./p
p data-p-id="e02db9ad607412dca95d3ec9890e1435"Chaos broke me away from my internal musings. "So let's get to the Mess Hall. Krymeni and the others are already there. After breakfast, we'll test you both." I nodded, showing that I understood./p
p data-p-id="26478db11a74b3c8675f463fee30cba7" /p
p data-p-id="4abff931ead5857738f1dbcc262e5373"When we got there, Lyra looked at me and smirked. "So, Sleeping Beauty is finally awake. I bet she had a sweet dreams, too, making her late to breakfast." My cheeks turned red. I sat down at the table and wondered how I would get breakfast, since I didn't see any breakfast buffet, or servers anywhere./p
p data-p-id="3246381bfe5a53f73c6b2160392e68cc"Lyra seemed to sense my confusion. "You have to think about what you want to eat, and it'll appear on your plate. Same with the cups./p
p data-p-id="c061ddf991128bea6cb3cb3a727c25e6"So, I thought about 6 gigantic, emblue/em ,waffles that took up the whole plate, topped with emblue/em chocolate syrup. They appeared on my plate. A huge smile made its way up to my face. I looked at my cup. I thought of blue orange juice, and it appeared. If possible, my smile stretched wider./p
p data-p-id="24742ddae249677b913575d0108855c4"Zoë...I mean...Huntress, looked at my food in confusion. "Why is all of your food blue?" she asked me. I rolled my eyes. "Because I love blue food. Du." This time Huntress rolled her eyes. Then she went back to her food./p
p data-p-id="d2daf63e95ea58b7e8e262a80e18ed8b"I dug into my amazing food. I went for the waffles first. They tasted amazing with the chocolatey goodness drizzled all over it. I wondered what the test would be like. I hoped that they would go easy on us./p
p data-p-id="544d5dc8b2a91134c9db4af7e84b8f42"emWhy would they go easy on us?/em I thought. emThis is Chaos, the Lord of the Universe, we're talking about. I'll be lucky if I somehow manage to come out alive/em. I hoped I'd survive it./p
p data-p-id="48ec2aae7a6150111e8aabcbc37ba0c3"emWell, I'll just have to find out when the test comes/em, I thought./p
p data-p-id="cfe201de5943405c840233fec4378a45" /p
p data-p-id="d3348f45d14b3fde8cd495a08682a3e7"A/N Well, that wraps up Chapter Nine!/p
p data-p-id="291d12b2a4031bf7288120b1cedfa772"I hope you guys liked it./p
p data-p-id="d0c8a0a5a12d2d9e9287b1ae072f0152"So, guys, if you don't want a cruddy story, comment or message me with new ideas. I'll pick the ones I think fit in with my idea for the ending./p
p data-p-id="9c1afa5294b0a35853d42628624796c5"emAll of the soldiers, which is what I call them, came up and congratulated them. All in a days' work I thought. "Please show Krymeni and Katastrépsi to their rooms. If they wish, they may stay here until the summer ends, and they have to go back to the mortal world. They may even stay here year long, so that they may go on more missions for me."/em/p
p data-p-id="ed4be4edeadb39dbde19307ce5d7564d"em"We'll stay all summer" Lyra said for both of them. Charm squealed. "Now I can find out more about you." She said to Lyra. "Do you have a boyfriend? Any crushes?" I rolled my eyes. "Dismissed!" I said. All eight of them walked out to show Krymeni and Katastrépsi to their rooms./em/p
p data-p-id="ab6fdee2daca0efbd387f4ba9572be1c"emWe"ll see how well my plan works I thought./em/p
p data-p-id="7e2deb83626d148022a4a23782a9fe24"Percy Pov/p
p data-p-id="924060e0a6bb38f43094792404eae0d5"The next day, I was excited. It was my first day of working for Chaos. Even though I was really excited to have a way of making the gods step down from their positions, it seemed that Lyra didn't want to do it that much./p
p data-p-id="838415846077cf7591c48e457801b761"I wouldn't make her join Chaos if she didn't want to, but she didn't say she didn't want to, so I'm not going to ask./p
p data-p-id="a44a7fe66d99cebb6b4c7037e785c05e"As I finished dressing up in the uniform Chaos provided for me, I heard a knock on the door./p
p data-p-id="35e21b6939a53da663e0583139859722""Katastrépsi?" someone called. I opened the door to see Chaos at the door. He smiled when he saw me in the uniform he provided for me./p
p data-p-id="6407c5f910117531799cbe0ca2dcc5ca""I see you've found the uniforms I provided. Do you like them?" He said. I looked down at my clothes and managed a smile./p
p data-p-id="9f2e678c476a777638d67ccc81bb32f8""Um, it's certainly...uh...big, and...uh...it is certainly thick. Are you sure it is good for missions?" I said uncertainly./p
p data-p-id="5b5124d93a8d8c770decd5362016cb5a"Chaos put his hand on my shoulder. "Ah, Katastrépsi, these are magic cloaks. They adjust to the temperature of your location. And it actually weighs just as much as any other clothes, so it won't slow you down when you're running from enraged kings, melting ice cream monsters, or even furious village folk." He assured me./p
p data-p-id="9236c1964eac1ced062fcfbcb2962b66"I chuckled nervously. "Will I be facing all of those on your missions?" I said nervously. Chaos laughed, and I looked at him weirdly./p
p data-p-id="0afce205d5c08f6f8a7be63891b11699"He looked at me. "Yes, you will be facing them, except for the ice cream monsters. It is very rare that you will ever see one of those. They are endangered, mostly because they keep on melting, and there aren't that many planets that have both oxygen, and aren't too warm for them."/p
p data-p-id="5ed8c59c948eb8808623a344d692fb73"I was still nervous. "Um, okay. Anyway, what are we doing today?" I asked Chaos. He looked at me as if he was decided what kind of flowers I would like best on my grave. "You and Krymeni are going to be tested to see if you are worthy of working for me."/p
p data-p-id="cc0fc44b78247f4a991cfdc185ae614e" I was about to ask who Krymeni was, when I remembered that was the code name Lyra chose for herself. I still wondered why Lyra would choose "Hidden", just like I knew she wondered why I chose "Destroy". When I chose that name, I didn't know why I chose it. I just knew it felt right./p
p data-p-id="c6b8286262e07eb562f07059f9fa60fb"emMaybe that was the deal with Lyra/em I thought./p
p data-p-id="e02db9ad607412dca95d3ec9890e1435"Chaos broke me away from my internal musings. "So let's get to the Mess Hall. Krymeni and the others are already there. After breakfast, we'll test you both." I nodded, showing that I understood./p
p data-p-id="26478db11a74b3c8675f463fee30cba7" /p
p data-p-id="4abff931ead5857738f1dbcc262e5373"When we got there, Lyra looked at me and smirked. "So, Sleeping Beauty is finally awake. I bet she had a sweet dreams, too, making her late to breakfast." My cheeks turned red. I sat down at the table and wondered how I would get breakfast, since I didn't see any breakfast buffet, or servers anywhere./p
p data-p-id="3246381bfe5a53f73c6b2160392e68cc"Lyra seemed to sense my confusion. "You have to think about what you want to eat, and it'll appear on your plate. Same with the cups./p
p data-p-id="c061ddf991128bea6cb3cb3a727c25e6"So, I thought about 6 gigantic, emblue/em ,waffles that took up the whole plate, topped with emblue/em chocolate syrup. They appeared on my plate. A huge smile made its way up to my face. I looked at my cup. I thought of blue orange juice, and it appeared. If possible, my smile stretched wider./p
p data-p-id="24742ddae249677b913575d0108855c4"Zoë...I mean...Huntress, looked at my food in confusion. "Why is all of your food blue?" she asked me. I rolled my eyes. "Because I love blue food. Du." This time Huntress rolled her eyes. Then she went back to her food./p
p data-p-id="d2daf63e95ea58b7e8e262a80e18ed8b"I dug into my amazing food. I went for the waffles first. They tasted amazing with the chocolatey goodness drizzled all over it. I wondered what the test would be like. I hoped that they would go easy on us./p
p data-p-id="544d5dc8b2a91134c9db4af7e84b8f42"emWhy would they go easy on us?/em I thought. emThis is Chaos, the Lord of the Universe, we're talking about. I'll be lucky if I somehow manage to come out alive/em. I hoped I'd survive it./p
p data-p-id="48ec2aae7a6150111e8aabcbc37ba0c3"emWell, I'll just have to find out when the test comes/em, I thought./p
p data-p-id="cfe201de5943405c840233fec4378a45" /p
p data-p-id="d3348f45d14b3fde8cd495a08682a3e7"A/N Well, that wraps up Chapter Nine!/p
p data-p-id="291d12b2a4031bf7288120b1cedfa772"I hope you guys liked it./p
p data-p-id="d0c8a0a5a12d2d9e9287b1ae072f0152"So, guys, if you don't want a cruddy story, comment or message me with new ideas. I'll pick the ones I think fit in with my idea for the ending./p