…You guys are AWESOME. I love you all in that friendly kind of way. I got a lot of reviews on chapter 11 and when I checked my e-mail, I was like "WHOA." Seriously, I read all of your reviews and I couldn't keep myself from grinning. Also, and this announcement will be loud: THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME REACH OVER 100 REVIEWS!! Oh my gods, I was so excited when I clicked on the "Stories" button and saw that, in that small gray print, I had over 100 reviews on this story. I was in total shock, and I couldn't help but smile at all of you. Wish I could actually give you guys cookies for this, but sadly, I cannot. Thanks are just not enough for how awesome you all have been, sticking with me up until now. Truly, I just think you are all so awesome. If you all think I'm just that great, then feel free to feel honored if, at some point, I place your names in my profile or something :D. For now, I honor you guys by getting off my ass and updating just for you guys. I'm pretty much dedicating this chapter to you all. I'll even make it extra long! So now, time for the honors:
.Brown.eyes.and.bushy.tales: You, my friend, are being honored for sticking by me since the beginning. Right now, I feel truly honored to be called a great writer, let alone the best. I also second your opinion, Chiron and that kid need medication. I've been trying to get Chiron some medication, but he never takes them :S. That makes two of us!
bubblegum11: Though you didn't comment on the first chapter I ever submitted, I still honor you for sticking by my story up until now. Also, thanks for telling me my story is funny! I feel a sense of accomplishment from you and everyone else.
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Aechiles: Thank you! Lots of people have told me that Chiron is OOC, but I'm here to inform everyone that that is how I like to portray him. He needs to lighten up, the old kook!
chillyman96: Wow, you reviewed on chapter 5 instead of 11? Oh well, you are still a reviewer and I'm still very honored and grateful. And yes, she was very pretty. As pretty as you want her to be.
moonray9: I hear this a lot, so I've decided to just answer it here. In my story, Percy will not have full immunity to water, as it is required in order for me to fully hurt him. Percy torturing is a lot of work, seeing as though his immunities are very strong. But thank you for saying I did a good job!
dobbinx: No, because in the world fanfiction, life is not fair. Especially to Percy Jackson. I'm glad you find my story to be a favorite of yours among many others that could very well be much better. I don't feel pressured at all by your comment! Ignore you? Are you crazy?! I wouldn't ignore you!
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arpeggi: And I'm starting to think that you, too, are going to be addicted to Percy-bashing. I keep injuring him because I find it funny and very entertaining. It isn't that I hate Percy, in fact, he could very well be my favorite character, I just like to torture him. A LOT. No one knows the cannibal. He came from the shadows…O.o
etphonehome10: Yes, but I explained Percy's situation in my answer to moonray9. And Chiron's question is also answered in my reply to Aechiles. Thanks for reviewing, by the way!
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Chiron rubbed his temples, his mind reeling with different suicide attempts. The campers were floating around in the pool like pieces of deadwood, stiff and unmoving as they watched Chiron with blank eyes. It was so creepy, Chiron had to close his eyes to escape it. His day was not going well because his campers knew nothing about water polo, and there were no more activities scheduled for that day.
"…Hm…hanging is too slow and someone will find me…burning is too messy and too much of a hassle…perhaps…," Chiron muttered to himself as Annabeth swam over to Percy, who just kind of floated there quietly, thinking about something to himself.
"Hey, Percy," Annabeth whispered over to the son of Poseidon, who stopped moving to listen to his friend.
"Yeah?"
"What do you think Chiron's mumbling about? He looks a bit agitated," Annabeth whispered over worriedly, glancing at her chaperone from time to time, only to find himself mumbling every time. Percy just shrugged in the water, causing little ripples to form.
"Eh, Chiron's already off the deep end. Believe me, Annabeth, you can't save him anymore. He's too deep to save," Percy told her with a voice filled with nonchalance as Annabeth just glared at the floating boy. Annabeth sighed and just swam away, leaving Percy to float on his own. Suddenly, Grover clopped by.
"Hey, what's up with Chiron?" Grover asked Percy as Chiron suddenly lit up, though it didn't look to be in a good way.
"Who knows. I bet he's turning senile, what with the whole summer thing blowing him off," Percy answered with the same tone as to Annabeth. Grover just stared at him.
"I didn't even know that you knew what senile even meant," Grover pointed out, Percy staring him straight in the eye for a second.
"I don't, but it just kinda fit, ya know? I hear Annabeth telling other people how I'm mentally senile or somethi—hey!" Percy suddenly realized the meaning in his words as he shot Annabeth a glare. Grover just snickered on the side, pretending not to be in the discussion.
"Percy, I think Annabeth's right."
"Some friend you are, Grover. I'm not mentally senile, I'm just a bit slow," Percy mumbled to himself as he dove into the water to sulk. Suddenly, Chiron turned to show his shining face, as if he hadn't been murmuring about suicide just moments earlier.
"Campers! I've found something fun you all can do!" Chiron called to them in an all-too-chipper voice. They all inched back a bit, others being surprised to find Chiron had the capability to even speak. Percy peered over the edge of the water to listen to what Chiron was saying. Grover decided to sit and listen as well.
"What, Chiron? Are you going to make us tie knots for you to suicide with?" Some random camper yelled out, causing his friends to snigger along with him. Chiron was shocked for a moment.
"…N-no! W-why would you think that? Hehe…" pulling at his collar, Chiron continued, though some campers looked at him suspiciously. "I've actually decided for us to craft popsicle stick cabins! You'll work all day until dinner and whoever has made the most will win a prize!" Suddenly, murmurs of excitement rang through the campers as Chiron grinned to himself, though he was unsure of how that kid found out his awesomely great plan for suicide. Everyone had filed out of the water and were seat inside of a stray building inside of camp. Everyone had their own small table, empty and lacking of anything.
"Now, before we begin, any questions?" Chiron asked to his campers, causing nearly everyone's hands to raise. Chiron raised an eyebrow, but decided to just pick one child out of everyone.
"Um…how about…Percy?"
"What are we supposed to make our popsicle stick cabin out of? Air? Because I don't see any popsicles or popsicle sticks!" A couple of campers laughed at that, while Chiron just smiled triumphantly. Out from a closet came tumbling out a box full of nearly millions of popsicle sticks. Everyone stared, fascinated by this new discovery.
"You will use these popsicle sticks for the rough draft of your cabin."
"What do you mean 'rough draft'? Can't we just build the whole finished product with those?" Kids whispered and nodded in agreement before Chiron shushed them all.
"No, our funds only have enough to get these sticks and nothing more, even for future use. The finished product will be made out of popsicle sticks that were originally from a popsicle." Everyone groaned. They were going to be eating over a million pounds of ice cold popsicles? That's just great. Throwing popsicle sticks around the room, everyone scrambled to pick up as many as they could and get started. Percy had the unfortunate luck of only picking up three of the several thousand sticks that were thrown out.
"Hm…what kind of cabin can I make out of three sticks?" Percy asked himself, noticing everyone working around him. Sticking his tongue out of the side of his mouth, he began to try and work. Readjusting the sticks every few times, he suddenly found the perfect shape. Rushing over to Chiron with his creation, he showed the centaur something that surprised him.
"…A triangle, Percy?" Chiron raised both of his eyebrows in intrigue at the stupidity of the boy. Percy just grinned.
"Yup!"
"How does that constitute anything to making a popsicle cabin?"
"Well, I only had three popsicle sticks, so that didn't help very much. I need more popsicle sticks." Chiron massaged his temple once more, but he could not give in to the stupid boy.
"Percy, as I said, our funds cannot allow for you to take any more popsicle sticks. I suggest asking someone else, or helping me with something," Chiron suggested, an idea forming in his head. Percy just shrugged and nodded. Chiron smiled as he handed Percy a thick piece of rope. Handing it to Percy, the boy held out two of his hands to hold the piece of rope.
"…What do you want me to do with it?"
"I want you to tie it into a knot with a loophole. I want it to be a large loophole."
"…Why?"
"I can't tell you, now go!" Chiron pushed the boy to his table as Percy tried to figure out the large piece of rope. Staring at it on his table, he tried to find a way to tie it. Holding each end tenderly, He twirled the ends so that it was entwined, leaving only a mild sized loophole left at the bottom.
Smiling to himself, Percy took the knot and went back to Chiron, who took the knot and untied it. Horror stricken, Percy stared at the centaur as if he had grown two horns and a forked tail. Surely, we all knew he had secretly, but let's pretend I didn't say that.
"What the heck?! I worked so hard on that!" Percy shouted to Chiron, even though in reality he had only really worked on it for about five seconds.
"Percy, I need a better loophole than this! My he—I mean, my friend won't be able to use this small loophole for anything! Try again, Percy," Chiron smiled lightly, freaking the daylights out of poor Percy. Percy slowly took the rope back into his hand and brought it back onto his table. Staring at it for another while, he decided to consult his smart friend, Annabeth. Walking over to her, he noticed that she had created a miniature mansion out of about a million popsicle sticks. Throwing the rope onto the table, the mansion nearly came toppling down. Annabeth glared at Percy, her eyes shooting daggers.
"What now, Percy? Can't you see that Annapolis is trying to survive here?!" Percy just blinked and stared at her.
"Annapolis? What in the gods' names is that?"
"My miniature city, now leave me be!"
"But I need help!" Percy whined, his puppy dog face looking more like a scrunched up kitten. Wincing at the horrible and pitiful face, she sighed and pushed her mansion aside. Percy grinned as he picked up his rope and handed it to her. She blinked, staring at the piece of rope in her hands.
"What do you want me to do with it?"
"Tie it in a knot." Suddenly, loud laughter came out of Annabeth's mouth as she quickly held the rope in front of Percy's hands and began to slowly show him how to tie it.
"And that is how you—"
"Annabeth."
"What?! Don't interrupt me!" Annabeth shot him an annoyed looked until he glared back at her, holding up his arm to reveal the knot had been tied around his wrist. Annabeth began to crack up until Percy tugged at the rope, nearly lifting her from her chair. Bewildered, she stared at her own arm, finding it attached as well. Eyes wide with horror, Annabeth nearly fainted as she tried to think it was all a dream. Percy's tug brought her back to life.
"Annabeth, this isn't a dream, we are attached, and I'm not about to chop the rope in half with my teeth," Percy answered, surprising Annabeth.
"How'd you know what I was going to say?" Annabeth stared at him suspiciously.
"I just assumed what you were going to say by looking at your facial expression and body language."
"…Who are you and what have you done to Percy Jackson?" Percy glared at her while she tried hard not to laugh. Percy began to tug her outside, despite all the looks they were giving them and all the struggling that Annabeth was doing. Outside, Percy decided to sit down and think. Che, yeah right. Annabeth rubbed her wrist as her glare bore through Percy's head. He gulped, losing all of his confidence and nearly letting his bladder go wild.
"Annabeth, we need to find Grover," Percy said, saving him from any danger he might have been in earlier. Before Annabeth could retort, Percy started to run into the forest, looking for Grover as he went.
"Percy!"
"Not now Annabeth! We need to find Grover!"
"But—"
"But nothing! Grover now, your stupid Annapolis later!"
"Annapolis is not stupid!"
"Yes, it is! Now help me find Grover!"
"Grover's at the shack you just ran from, you idiot!" Percy stopped, then stared at her and blinked. He just blinked.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Percy almost shot her a dirty look. She just rolled her eyes and groaned. Percy, once again, dashed towards the shack, dragging Annabeth with him. She decided that if she fought against him while he was running, it would be no use. She'd just kill him later. Or at least break his legs. Once Percy had smashed down the door with his super awesome door kick, he gasped and panted as his eyes wildly searched the room for Grover. Grover was in the corner, doing his cabin as much as he could before deciding to eat it. Percy walked over to the satyr, nearly scaring the daylights out of him.
"Grover!" Percy towered over Grover as Grover seemed to shrink every second.
"…uh, yeah?" Grover squeaked, almost inaudibly.
"I need you t—"
"What's going on over here?!" Chiron came trampling over to where the fiasco was happening and pulled Percy by the ear.
"Ow! Let go!" Percy yelled, which made Chiron let go. Percy, who was unready, fell to the floor rather comically, causing the shack to start laughing.
"So, what is going on over here? Was Percy bothering you Grover?"
"I don't know. Were you?" Grover and Chiron looked expectantly over at Percy, who looked up at them.
"Sort of…but that's not the point!" Percy blurted out, making Annabeth roll her eyes some more as she slapped her face with her palm, shaking her head disapprovingly. Chiron crossed his arms as he stared at Percy crossly.
"Then what is?" Percy stared form Grover to Chiron, then back to Grover.
"Well, I heard the refrigerator was running and I decided to tell Grover, but then you came along and so I decided it would be better to tell both of you?" Percy said, uncertainty filled his voice as his lie came out more as a question than a statement. Chiron suddenly opened his eyes wide, galloping away at once. Grover stared at Percy, peering at him oddly.
"Percy, you know better than to lie to Chiron when he hasn't taken his medication!" Grover nearly shouted at Percy, which caught both Annabeth's and Percy's attention.
"Chiron takes medication?" Annabeth asked for the first time since a few paragraphs ago. Grover just stared at her.
"Yeah. It makes him a little kooky and odd. So what really is the matter?"
"Well, I need you to—" Suddenly, the thick rope that connected the wrists of Annabeth and Percy snapped loudly, causing everyone to jump in surprise. They all turned to face the group, their eyes rather odd.
"Nevermind, Grover, just…nevermind.
Whew! That's the longest my chapters have been in awhile! From here on out, I would like to inform you all that my updating times will change drastically due to school starting in only a few weeks. I hope this holds you all over until next time! Check out my profile if you've got the chance!
