Hi, everyone! I hoped you liked the last chapter, and I hope the links worked. So, this part will be the getting ready and the actual masquerade. With that said, on to the review responses!
Music I was listening to while typing this: Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, masquerade music.
Elliryanna: I knew someone would catch on!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot and Ílios. Jamie belongs to HowToBook101.
"Are you sure about this?" Asked Annabeth to Piper as the daughter of Aphrodite did her hair in a braid. "Yeah, I'm sure. You look beautiful." Said Piper. "Thanks. You do too." Said Annabeth. "Trust Piper, Annabeth. I'm not the eye of Hathor, but I can tell that you look beautiful." Said Sadie. "Thanks, Sadie. Can we see your mask?" Asked Annabeth. Sadie nodded and took out a mask from her bag. It was black, and covered half of her face. It had gold outlines and what looked like a sun held by a gold crown on the top of the mask. Annabeth, meanwhile, took her mask off a shelf. "This is mine." Said Annabeth. Her mask was grey with white around the eyeholes. It looked like an owl. "I think Percy would like it."
"So, where's your mask, Percy?" Asked Mitchell. Jason, Mitchell, and Leo were in the Poseidon Cabin. Jason and Leo were enjoying watching Percy as he struggled to get out of Mitchell's grasp on his hair, who was trying to tame Percy's messy hair. "It's in my bag." Said Percy. Mitchell reached into Percy's bag until he found what he wanted. "Got it!" Said Mitchell. In his hand was a mask. It had a seashell on the middle of it, and was silver. There were fins on the side of the mask. "That's cool. Is it made of real silver?" Asked Leo. "I don't know." Said Percy. Mitchell had succeeded in getting Percy's hair neat-until Percy messed up his hair by running his hand through it. Percy grabbed the mask and put it on. "Do you think Annabeth will like it?" Asked Percy. "Course she will." Said Mitchell. The son of Aphrodite was wearing a white Armani suit with a black tie. He was wearing a mask reminiscent of the Phantom of the Opera. "Nice mask, Phantom." Said Jason. "What can I say? I love that movie." Said Mitchell, shrugging.
Walt/Anubis was waiting at the middle of the Camp. "So, where are we going?" Asked Percy. "You'll see, son of Poseidon." Said Walt in Anubis's voice. He waved his hand and a portal of darkness appeared. Anubis nodded to the girls. "Ladies first." Said Anubis. Sadie went through first, Anubis last. "This is amazing." Said Annabeth. They were in a ballroom that looked like it was from Russia. "Is this the Hermitage?" Asked Carter. "A replica, actually." Corrected Anubis. "The daughters of Hecate helped me make it." Said Anubis, nodding to Lou Ellen and Jamie, the only children of Hecate. "Thank you, Lou Ellen, Jamie." "You're welcome." Said the daughters of Hecate at the same time. In one corner was a table covered in plates and goblets, and there was an orchestra with ghosts playing the instruments. The masqueraders started dancing and finding people to dance with. Lou Ellen walked over to the group of boys. "Um, Mitchell, I was wondering if you want to dance?" Asked Lou Ellen, a blush on her face. "Of course, Lou." Said Mitchell, took her hand in a courteous fashion, and walked away, presumably to a place where they could dance. The other daughter of Hecate, Jamie, asked Sean for a dance. Sean was wearing a dark green suit, a dark green velvet top hat, and a mask with Venetian jade mask. Jason walked up to Piper. "Care for a dance, milady?" Asked Jason, kissing her hand. "Of course, good sir." Said Piper, laughing. "Hey, Seaweed Brain!" Said Annabeth. "Yeah?" Asked Percy, smiling. "Do you want to dance?" Asked Annabeth. "I wouldn't want it to be anybody else." Said Percy, who started dancing with Annabeth. Anubis wrinkled his nose. "How do you mortals enjoy this noise?" Asked the god. "Give me back my body please." Said Walt's voice. "After I do something." Said Anubis, smiling. Anubis's body turned into darkness as he flew to the orchestra. Anubis turned back into his regular shape and tapped the daughter of Apollo's shoulder. "Hmm?" Asked the girl, turning around. Anubis waved his hand and the girl wrapped up in mummy linen. Anubis then told the ghosts what songs to play and they started playing Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich. "That's better." Said Anubis. "That always feels so weird." Said Walt when he got his body back. Walt made a portal of darkness and stepped through it. He appeared behind Sadie. "Hey." Said Walt. "Care for a dance?" "Of course I'd care for a dance." Replied Sadie.
While Walt was dancing, he saw a man in a starry mask. The man had messy black hair and was wearing a black suit that reminded Walt of a nebula. In his hand was a pocket watch with the North Star on the back and velvet top hat on his head. "Who are you staring at?" Asked Sadie. "The man in the starry mask." Said Walt. It couldn't be him. Said Anubis in Walt's head. Who is it? Do you know him? I think it's Ílios. He was the star warrior you saw, the only one that talked. Walt looked at the man in the starry mask again. He smiled and winked at Walt, as if he knew what he was thinking. He then disappeared in the crowd. The orchestra started playing the Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms. I love this song. Thought Anubis. Everyone got in a line, boys on one side, girls on the other. They started dancing and switching partners. Soon, Walt was dancing with Hazel. They ended up talking about death customs in different cultures during their short dance. Walt soon came back to dancing with Sadie. "Anubis said it's Ílios." Said Walt. "The starry bloke who used to be friends with Anubis?" Asked Sadie. "Yeah. I guess the curse that Anubis told me about wore off." Said Walt. "Let's worry about him later after the masquerade." Said Sadie. Walt smiled. "Yeah, we probably should." Said Walt. The clock struck twelve. Sadie pecked Walt on the lips. They danced until 12:30, when they left to the Camps and Brooklyn House. 'Hey, do you guys want to stay at Camp for a bit?" Asked Percy. "Can we, Carter?" Asked Sean. "Sure." Said Carter. "Thanks!" "We'll all stay at your Camp for the week." The Egyptians cheered. Walt waved his hand and a portal of darkness appeared. Walt went in last, closing the portal.
I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I did writing it! If you want to get in a 'masquerade' mood, I suggest listening to Brahms's 16 Hungarian Dances. Who's excited and/or nervous for school? I'm both! Question of the day: Are you nervous starting school?
Here are some links! Remember to remove the spaces.
Annabeth's mask: bezi designs. deviant /art/ Grey- leather- owl-mask -36186 1466
Percy's mask: wane lo p /1460 943/silver –venetian –water -spirit- masquerade- mask-with- blue-ad -green- gems- mer
Sadie's mask: /masquerade -mask/? mask= 220
Sean's suit: dumble dores army role play. wikia wiki/File: Dsquared2 -green- satin -collar- velvet- tuxedo- jacket-product -3-3849 377-02191 7308_large _flex .jpeg
Sean's mask: vore artisan _jade _green _venetian _masquerade /thing ?id=2436 0140
Ílios's mask: terest pin/ 22222 45628 3668 4969/