Hello! Long time no see…
Anyway, the Author's note will be at the back, and someone, anyone, please tell me who should do the disclaimers…
Madin POV
"Hey Madin!" I spun around when I heard my name. I smiled faintly at Elise as she walked past m. I've only known her for a while, but I knew she was one not to judge. Either that or she was a very good actress. Never has she once given me a weird look for reading the same book over and over again, unlike some people.
"So, what's up?" She asked, smiling brightly. I'll admit, her teeth freaked me out, but if she didn't give me weird looks, then I'm obliged to not give her any either.
"Oh, nothing much. How your hand?" I mumbled, looking at the ground.
"Fine. I'm excused from archery, and I'm glad. Hate that sport."
"You haven't even tried it yet!" I protested. Archery is fun!
"Oh, believe me. My mom used to love it, so she tried teaching me. And failed." I cracked a grin.
"You can't be that bad…" I tried comforting her. I was surprisingly wonderful at it, but I'm not going to rub it in her face.
"I'm just not talented in that area. You on the other hand…"
I tried denying it. I really did. After all, we have to be modest, don't we?
"Don't be modest! Anyway, I gotta go! See you at breakfast?" Elise asked.
"Bye!" I waved at her and finally made an attempt to make eye contact with her. I didn't know making eye contact with someone would be so... Weird. Is that the right word to describe it? No. I really doubt so.
The moment I took one look in Elise's eye, I felt something at the pit of my stomach. No, I did not fall in love with her, it was just a feeling. I felt like I suddenly had pins and needles all over my body. At first, it was manageable, but after five seconds or so, it became overwhelming. First, it started from my feet. It was as if I lost feeling in them, like someone was dumping freezing cold water all over my feet, causing them to go numb. I tried to move them, but couldn't move. I just couldn't move my feet. I looked down to see what was wrong. I got the shock of my life.
They were turning to stone.
Yes, my feet were turning to real, actual stone. I panicked. What is wrong with me? Why am I turning to stone? I watched in horror as stone slowly crept up my body, and I watched myself die with my very own eyes.
My heart thudded in my chest painfully, but suddenly, it stopped. That's when I knew my heart had frozen. Become stone cold, unfeeling. The cold sensation crept up my neck, and I opened my mouth to call for help, but no sound came out. Probably didn't help that my mouth was stone now.
After that, all I felt was coldness, darkness and nothing else.
Elise POV
We were getting ready for breakfast when we heard the scream.
"Cabin eleven! Fall in!" Connor Stoll had yelled.
As usual, nobody listened.
Suddenly, the worst smell possible hit my nose with such a force that I felt like someone had boxed it. I raised my head and saw a smug grin on Connor's face, a huge oxygen mask secured tightly over his nose and a skunk sitting smugly in his hand.
The skunk looked at us innocently, as if it did nothing wrong. If only that thing knew how long we'll take to get his stink out of here, maybe he won't be looking so innocent and cute anymore.
And now, you can insert the scream here.
Everyone got out of the cabin in the record timing to see what happened, but also partially because of the smell. I saw Sabrina from the Nike cabin clinging onto her boyfriend, Alex, a petrified look on her face. She looked as if Frankenstein mistook today for Halloween and asked her for candy. Gee, I wonder what could be worse than that. Maybe evil pink bunnies with crossbows? But the moment I saw it, I totally understood why she was acting this way.
It was Madin.
Madin was turned to stone. She wasn't one of those people who sprayed painted themselves gold and stood there stark naked on a pedestal along Fifth Avenue, she was really, truly, stone. She had a terrified expression on her face, one that matched Sabrina's.
A cold feeling washed over me, and I felt a pang in my chest. Madin. I didn't know her for long, but she was a nice girl. She was a bookworm, a nerd, and a fantastic archer. She was friendly, nice and never did once comment on my teeth.
Soon Chiron herded us off and the hot topic was about Madin's stone-transformation. Everyone was talking about how Medusa must have been stalking around in the camp, or how the Hecate Kids casted a spell-gone-wrong.
I offered some food to the gods and sat down. Alone. I always sat next to Madin, but because of her little, er, episode where she turned to stone, I had to sit alone. I pushed my food around, and each time I thought about Madin, I lost what little bit I had of my appetite. I pushed my food away and walked off, ignoring the nymphs as they clicked their tongues disapprovingly at me for wasting food.
I could hear people whispering rumors about Medusa, and how she was lurking around in the Camp. Just the thought of that made me shudder. Then, a thought struck me. Madin was still in roughly the same position where I last saw her. That means right after I left, Medusa came. I suddenly felt sick and rushed back to the cabin.
One more second and what happened to Madin could have happened to me.
Annabeth POV
I took one look at Madin. Turned to stone, allegedly by Medusa. I didn't believe it, though. For one, I've seen statues in Medusa's Garden Emporium. Yes, the people's clothes were turned to stone as well, but not the objects they carry. Like the little girl with the basket? Yeah, her basket was still a basket.
Madin, however, was holding a book, and her book was stone too. Weirdly enough, a small patch of grass had been turned to stone as well. Could Medusa have done that? I really doubt so.
I remembered that day at the beach. Hadn't Elise turned the fish to stone? It's a possibility that she turned Madin to stone too. Maybe it was just an accident, I don't know. But I'm sure as Hades having my doubts about 'Percy's Little Sister'. Something tells me she was more than just that.
Percy POV
"Annabeth, that's stupid. As in, really?" I looked at Annabeth incredulously. I mean, come on. Elise, tuning Madin to stone?
"Percy, I'm not kidding! Just hear me out, okay?" She pleaded. I shook my head. No way Elise would, or could, do such a thing.
"I'm telling you! She did! I swear!" Annabeth insisted.
"Annabeth, so maybe Elise isn't as nice as she seems. Fine. But even if she wanted to, there's no way in Hades she could turn Madin to stone." I reasoned with Annabeth.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you! She must be Medusa in disguise or some powerful freak of Hecate!" Annabeth screamed in frustration as if I was the one talking utter nonsense.
"What Medusa in disguise?" Elise suddenly pushed the door open and entered. Annabeth quickly shut her mouth and I immediately thought of an excuse.
"Umm, we were just talking about how Medusa was in disguise!" I said a little too cheerily. I instantly touched my nose to see if it had grown longer. I mean, if Pinocchio's nose grew longer as he lied, my nose might just do that too. Especially after I found out that Pinocchio was real and he was a poor demigod who was cursed by Athena.
"Oh. How nice." Elise looked at us and smiled faintly. I prayed that she had not overheard our conversation. If she did, that would be disaster. I smiled faintly back, feeling a little guilty now. I looked at the girl in front of me. Could she be Medusa in disguise?
If she was, I could've been killed so many times. I could've died ten-thousand times over without even knowing that I was in danger. Just the very thought sent my world rocking.
"Yeah, I need to go. See you later." Elise went off and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Annabeth, see? She's totally innocent. We would've been turned to stone if she was really Medusa." I looked at Annabeth and could see it in her eyes. Even she knew that this wasn't an argument that she could win.
"Fine. But when you come crying to me, I get to say I told you so. Deal?"
"Deal."
The dinner bell sounded. Time to go for dinner. As I left the cabin, I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was going to happen. Maybe it was something good, maybe it was bad, but I definitely could feel the static in the air.
Ahahaha, you can now kill me for giving you such a crappy chapter…
I had so many problems while writing this chapter… Like personal problems, school problems and of course, I've never really been turned to stone before, nor has anyone really described it to me, so I sat there, cracking my brains as to how poor Madin should have been stonefyied. I know. There's no such word.
Oh yeah, I have a blog, where I posted some stuff regarding this fanfic, go check it out! I think the link's on my profile… If it's not, PM me or something, I'll put it up! Anyway, the disclaimers!
This few chapters, I'm gonna do a special disclaimer series. Enjoy!
Announcer: WELCOME TO THE… BBMBGOATIFC!
Audience: What?
Announcer: Biggest, Baddest, Meanest Bad Guys Of All Time In Fanfiction Convention
Audience: ?
Announcer: Here, we sort of invite all the antagonist in all sorts of popular stories to write on fanfic and bash them up.
Audience: Ok, can.
Announcer: Let's give it up for R.E.D!
*Prachel lovers start cheering*
*Percabeth lovers start throwing potatoes*
*Percabeth lover throws potato, misses, hits me and I fall into a drain*
Me: Shut up! Oww, I thought that drain had drain covers?
in: Nope. I don't.
Me: I wasn't talking to you. Shut up.
Drain: Okay.
Rachel: Why am I here again?
Me: Like, I've read so many of those fanfics where you try to steal Percy from Annabeth after a ten year trip to Egypt or England or some Lalaland. I pity you. That's why you're here.
Rachel: I know. And if they want to write about me, even if it's in a bad way, at least use decent grammar!
Me: Mhmm. This is so gonna offend someone.
Rachel: What needs to be said should be said.
Me: Agreed. Also, I don't like that they've made you so…
Rachel: B**chy?
Me: Yeah. And sl*tty.
Rachel: Urgh, I know! It sort of hurts my feelings, you know. Why do all those fangirls have to use ME of all people?
Me: Maybe Cause you're the easiest to use?
Rachel: Yeah…
Me: I honestly don't mind the whole concept of 'Some girl takes Percy away from Annabeth but they get together again'…
Rachel: I thought you were on my side?!
Me: Wait! Hear me out!
Rachel: Okay…
Me: BUT, they should stop twisting your character into the stereotypical bimbo/mean girl. That's not you.
Rachel: They'll still keep on writing those Korean-Drama imitations, though.
Me: Haha, good one. Yeah, but if you're reading this and you are planning to write one of those stories… WAIT!
You: ?
Me: Please, create another character. Don't use Rachel. And if you write a story like that without Rachel as the antagonist and with good grammar… PM me. I will read it, I will review it. So long as it fits these three conditions:
1) Decent grammar
2) No Rachel as the antagonist
3) Luke DOES NOT come back to life as a good character. I hate him.
Rachel: Yup. She will read it. And review. Swear on the styx. *Cue thunder*
Me: Okay, That's all for today. What do you have to do now?
Rachel: She doesn't own PJO, and tune in next time for more of BBMBGOATIFC!
Me: Who do you think I should do next? Who do you think is the biggest bad guy of all PJO history? Leave it in the reviews! Thanks!
Haha, you didn't think I forgot the FCSFTIDTMBIA Awards did you?
It goes to…
EVERYONE!
Yes, that's right. Everyone who reviewed! *Throws confetti around, blasts Party Rock Anthem, strangers start coming out to dance and party*
Ok, can. That's enough.
Now, in the reviews, I want you to give some constructive criticism! Like, maybe, 'This character is too OOC' or 'The story line doesn't make sense' or 'There are a lot of plot holes' or 'Annabeth is too dumb here. She should be smarter' or 'This story is moving too slowly'. After that, tell me how to improve and what I should do.
Best review will get the FCSFTIDtMBIA Awards! See you then!