My chappies are having a lot of dialog from now until...whenever. Enjoy!
HAYDENpfan – I just had to use that for the chapter title –mischievous grin- and I'm glad you like the action. Well, there is plenty of action to come…-grins again, this time sinisterly- and the horses are coming…it sounds like you have a very irritating brother (I should know, I'm an only, so anyone messing with my keyboard is completely intolerable…unless of course it's me messing up my mom's keyboard…hehe) The chef says that 'thanx chef' is enough, cuz it's his job. Well, at least you have an aunt that's got horses! lolz, I am the only horsey person in my family, which sucks because when I start ranting about how Anky should have beat Isabell, and how Salinero is better than Satchmo everyone is like 'wtf?'(your probably like that now too, but watevs.)
i-rock-101 – Glad you love the cookies! And the chapter, although I bet you like the cookies more :)
loopygirl33 – you like saying that to me, don't you? lolz…the whole great story and can't wait till the next chapter thing. But I guess it's a good thing that you review anyways, so I'll just shut my big trap…
Griffy – YAY! You're back! lolz, where ya been? And I'll slip you some of the chocoholic stuff now –passes it under table- enjoy! And are you questioning my authoryness by telling me who should of won the sword fight?! Hehe, okies, and 34 chapters with a paragraph each? What a pain…
Aechiles – No, you can't have a Danish. Chef don't like them, and neither do I. So no. :P and just kill the cookie monster, like any normal half-blood would. Wait…you're the almighty god of time, shouldn't you be able to kill it with a flick of your hand or something?
Belle95 – OMG! what is up with you and weirdness? You don't like chocolate, you love weird names, and you have odd favorite letters. What are you? An alien? Jk, jk, don't kill me! lolz…
I woke up when it was time for lunch. I quickly got dressed and headed to lunch. When I got there, I sat with Percy, who was glowering at me.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"Cheat." He said bluntly, and then turned back to his food. I looked across at Nico, who shrugged. I then looked at the Apollo table, searching for Damon. I caught his eye, and nodded my head toward the moping Percy. He just shrugged and rolled his eyes. How helpful.
I ate dinner quickly, not wanting to catch some of Percy's depression (I've heard it's contagious). I don't know what is with him; it was just a stinking sword fight! I guess he was worried about losing face.
"Well, don't say I never told ya so." I said before I got up and headed to the stables. I caught up with Maya on the way.
"So, they woke you up, huh?" I asked as I continued walking.
"Mmmhmm." She paused to show me the scar on her arm. "It was freaking scary; I had these scary visions about how the world would be if Kronos ruled." I cringed just at the thought. She continued.
"After that, it was like he had control over us, and made us do things like we were robots; my body would only respond to what he told us to do. When I got cut, he went all 'no…no…NO!' in that creepy voice of his. And then I woke up, and was back to normal."
"Sounds fun." I remarked wryly. Maya stifled a laughed.
"So, how were the horses for the day or so I was out? I heard that Ali's still out."
"We managed. Or should I say Damon managed." She smiled.
"How's Dancer then?" My face darkened at the mention.
"They somehow gave him Influenza." I informed her. Her expression darkened as well.
"So how's he fairing? Good I hope."
"He's good. You should have seen him this morning though!" So I went on to tell her about how Moondance did a total Buck, and kicked some butt. She burst out laughing.
"Oh my gods! That must've been so cool!" She said once she had stopped laughing.
"It was great. But he got a couple cuts while he was at it." She had a worried look on her.
"Anything too bad?" Maya asked.
"Nothing that Damon couldn't stitch up." I replied. She giggled.
"Does he do everything for you or something?"
"No! It's just that he's the son of Apollo, so I figure he's better with that kind of stuff."
"Whatever, Ari. I think we need to get some training done today though. I'm itching to jump."
"Let me guess, the whole 5 feet?" I turned to face her. She nodded excitedly.
"Are there any good jumpers here?" I questioned her, as I hadn't seen any horses that looked of great jumping ability.
"Oh, jumpers nowadays come in the least expected forms." She told me. I raised an eyebrow.
"Show me who this 'unexpected' one is on our way to Dancer, since he's way at the back in 'quarantine'?" I asked.
"Sure." She answered. By now we had arrived in the stables. Maya lead my to a stall which held an average sized, average looking white mare, with differently colored spots. Yes, spots. Like an appaloosa almost, but this thing would never make the registry, she was so strangely colored. One spot was gold, another black, it was like someone played paintball on her, only the markings had smooth edges. She had glass eyes, a pale blue. I definitely hadn't seen her when I was here the last couple of times.
"You jump with Maya?" I asked in astonishment.
"Ya, like no duh!" She told me in a cheer leader like voice.
"What's her name?" I asked, turning to Maya.
"Sprinkles."
"Creative. But it fits her well. Wanna go for a trail ride?" I asked.
"Like old times?" A smile crept onto Maya's face. So much for training.
"Just like old times!" We high-fived.
"Awesome!"
"I'll go get Max, since I doubt Moondance is in any condition to come with us, he's had quite a hectic couple of days." Maya nodded understandingly. So much for seeing Dancer too…
"You'll fill me in on the ride?" Maya looked hopeful.
"Totally. We really need to catch up…" I said, realizing I didn't feel like tacking up completely.
"Why don't we go bareback?" Maya said.
"Just what I was thinking!" I exclaimed. It was like we could read each other's minds. We squealed and jumped up and down. Just like when we were little. I smiled as we did our secret handshake.
Somebody, or some bodies, cleared their throats behind us. Maya and I turned to see a very bewildered and bemused looking Damon and a friend of his. I blushed, and Maya followed suit.
"Hi." I said quickly, trying to stop blushing. I think I sounded really stupid. Scratch that, I did sound stupid. Damon just looked at me, with the trademark look with his eye brow raised.
"Another one of those things you don't ask about." I told him. He grinned.
"You two are almost as bad as the Aphrodite's!" Damon said.
"It's called being a girl." Maya said, rolling her eyes and making it sound like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it was.
"So, where you two going?" Damon asked.
"For a ride; you know, catch up, gossip." Maya said casually.
"And before you ask, no, you can not come." I added sternly. Damon pouted in disappointment (?!).
"Do you see girls at the mall go shopping with their boyfriends?" I asked. He shook his head. "Exactly." Damon looked confused. Damon's friend nudged him, and whispered something in his ear.
"Oh, and this is Mark, son of Athena." Damon quickly introduced his friend, who I noticed had Athena's trademark gray eyes and blonde hair. Mark smiled. He was about our age.
"Hi. She's Ari, daughter of Poseidon." Maya motioned toward me.
"Hey." I said.
"And I'm Maya, daughter of Hermes."
"Anyhow, TTYL." I turned to My.
"Halters?" She asked.
"Yup. Where are they?" I asked. She pointed to the hooks that were aligned alongside Sprinkle's name plaque, each holding a piece of the horse's equipment. It was then I realized that all the horses had them; silly, unobservant me.
"Oh, I new that." I said, giving her a childish grin. She rolled her eyes. I went to Max's stall.
"Going for a ride?" He asked as I approached.
"Mmmhmm." I muttered as I picked up his halter and went into the stall. I slipped the huge thing on, and gripping the lead rope, led him out of the stall and to the mounting block. I got on after a couple of tries (and plenty of snickers on my best friend's part).
"Know a trail Max? A nice trail where I don't get hit in the head with branches?" I asked him.
Max nodded. "Follow me."
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