A/N: Just wanted to thank my new reviewers:
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Okay, enjoy this next chapter! And I don't own Nyan Cat or any other references. :)
Peace out,
~silentwolf111
APOLLO'S POV
Ahh, what a day! I have to say, pranking Aphrodite sure felt good! A brilliant plan, if I do say so myself! Why don't I reward my genius by annoying Arty with yet another irritating YouTube video? (When I say irritating, I mean to her, not me. I just find them enjoyable.)
I logged into YouTube, and saw that Hermes had sent me a message.
MrPrankster: It's up! YES!
Wow, that was fast. Then again, he is the god of messengers, so speed is kinda required.
I clicked on the link he had sent me, and found myself experiencing the brilliant feeling of pranking someone all over again.
The video started off with a clip of Aphrodite in her house. I tried to restrain myself from thinking how Hermes had possibly set up a camera inside without her noticing (or me, and that's unusual).
Then the video switched to a shot of the Fred doll rising. Wow, now that I see our plan in action, I'm even more grateful to Hephaestus for making that amazing invisible line! You can barely see Hermes moving it around!
Meanwhile, in the video, Aphrodite looked like she was going to pass out. I started laughing hard.
"HEY IT'S FRED! APHRODITE, I KNOW YOUR SECRET!"
I winced at my horrible Fred impression, but it looked like Aphrodite was convinced. Ah, that's good enough.
I watched the video until it was over, then sighed as I replayed those satisfying screams over and over in my head.
Now what? I guess I had some time to browse for videos. I clicked on the Trending Now section, and noticed a video I had never seen before.
"Nyan Cat? What on Olympus could that possibly be?" I said to myself.
I clicked on the video, and instantly became mesmerized. This video was so… what's the word? Oh yeah…
BEAUTIFUL! A kitty cat, made out of a Pop-Tart! And pooping rainbows! While an amazing song played in the background!
The video ended, and I sat back, awed that such an amazing thing existed. That song! So poetic, only consisting of one word repeated over and over! It was such a creative and original style of poetry, and I approved! Why, I didn't even know what "nyan" meant!
I should share this marvelous creation with Arty! Surely she would enjoy it!
I sent her a message, and replayed the video for hours until I fell asleep.
ARTEMIS'S POV
"All right, girls, it's time to turn in for the night," I declared.
We had just returned from our last hunt, and we were all thoroughly exhausted.
"Good night, milady," Thalia said.
"Good night," I replied.
With that, we crawled into our tents. I was just getting settled when a ping sounded from the laptop Hephaestus had lent me.
Oh, for crying out loud, who the Hades would send me a message this late at night?
I opened the laptop to see that the message was from none other than my brother. I should have known.
I clicked on the message, and was instantly confused.
FlamingHotSunGod: Sis, check out this video! It's AMAZING! I even made a haiku about it:
Nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan
Nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan
Nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan
Oh, dear gods, Apollo was officially going insane.
Eh, but why not try the video out, just in case I actually ended up liking it. Though my brother and I have been known for having completely different approaches to certain matters… almost all of them involving something he thinks is "awesome".
I clicked on the link he had sent me, and, just as I had predicted, that just led to a scary mix of emotions.
All it was was a cat made out of this… thing, with a rainbow coming out of its rear end. The whole thing was too colorful, and it hurt my eyes! But the worst part was the song…
It was one word, repeated over and over and OVER! And in the most irritating voice, too! It just made me want to scream in frustration! So I did.
"AAAAAAAAUUGHHHH!" I shrieked.
Of course, this attracted the attention of several Hunters, who rushed into my tent not a moment later.
"Milady! Are you all right?" Thalia cried.
I started hyperventilating.
"NO! Just, NO! He sends me this wretched thing! This colorful, girly, pathetic, useless, and HIGHLY ANNOYING thing!"
The Hunters froze. They didn't like seeing me this angry.
"Excuse me, I need to go take my anger out on something," I said, lunging for my bow.
I crawled out of the tent, ran into the woods, and found a tree with a thick trunk, good for target practice. And I knew the perfect thing to use as a target.
I burnt the end of a stick in a fire, then used it to draw a picture of that despicable cat on the tree trunk. Just the sight of the thing made me want to kill it. At least this was the second best thing.
I stood back, and took aim.
WHOOSH!
Bullseye.
I kept launching arrows repeatedly, one after another until the drawing was almost completely faded and the tree trunk had several holes piercing it all the way through.
I sighed, and collapsed from exhaustion. Oh, how I despise that cat.