Sorry for the wait though now that finals are over we can update regularly again! Also no one has given an answer for the riddle so we decided to extend the contest to the first person whom gets it right before the end of this story. I made this chapter longer then the others to hopefully make that up to you guys for waiting patiently. Thanks!
Camp Half-blood was covered in snow and Christmas decorations despite it being a month after Christmas.
Malcolm: Keep it moving. Come on we don't have all day hang up those lights already! No the star doesn't go that way. Go get a bigger tree, no you can't use one that a nymph is using! I don't care just bring the tinsel here!
Messy: What's this?
Ele: Yah he just monologued and I didn't get to speak (missing the point completely)
K9: It's a month past Christmas why are you doing a Christmas disclaimer now?
Annabeth: Well his idea is that since we missed last year's we should be as early as possible for this year.
Messy: But it's January!
Malcolm: And now for the Christmas caroling!
Apollo Cabin: Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, they own nothing!
XIX
The Hades cabin was now overflowing with demigods and screaming or arguing what ever you want to call it, the point was it was noisy and chaotic.
Ele: Wow nice first lines.
K9: Sorry, out of practice and it's like 2:00 am right now.
Messy: What ever let's just keep this moving.
Ele: Also isn't that the normal scenario for them?
K9: Yes and let's move on now!
The Neutritish force (they are still trying to come up with a better name) decided it would be better to cram into one cabin then spread their forces across camp. Also, the two sides had joined forces but weren't getting along. One of the reasons; penguins. Yes that's right flightless arctic birds.
"Move your stupid penguins, Felix!" Jason screamed.
"But…"
"No buts, they're in my bed!"
"Jason, why don't you ask nicely," Willow said.
"This is war, and in war leaders can't go soft, I'm the leader, therefore I can't go soft on some whiney kid!" Jason 'reasoned'.
"Excuse me? You're the leader?" Annabeth asked.
"Um…never mind, I demote my self to second in command to you," Jason sheepishly said and hid in a corner.
The chain of command still needed some work.
"Move over," Carter said still half asleep he shoved Walt off the bed.
"Ouch, why do we have to share a bed?" Walt asked.
"There are enough beds," Piper answered.
"But why us, I need my beauty sleep," Carter mumbled.
"Offense intended, but no amount of sleep will fix that," Patricia said referring to Carter's face.
"Offense!"
"I did say intended," said Patricia
"Don't care what I do care is that Sadie is working for the enemy and we're doing nothing about it!" Walt said getting Carter's attention.
"That's true, but it's not like we can undo the sinner thing, can we?" Carter said.
"I don't think so," Joy said.
"Hm maybe, Willow I want you and your siblings to look into that," Annabeth said, surprised she hadn't though of that and somehow a bonehead like Carter did.
Then again, things have been off for her since the war started, she and Percy were on different sides and not calling him Seaweed Brain within the last few weeks clearly affected her. Though, she could tell other people had it worse, like Nico.
Nico, the creepy Goth child of Hades was now making scones in a pink maid's uniform humming the tune of a One Direction song, Happily to be exact.
Something was seriously with this picture to her. But what was even creepier was that he was skipping and twirling around calling everyone 'dearie' finishing by throwing pink sparkles on everyone.
Somehow the child of Hades had become a pink version of Tinkerbelle. This was more disturbing to her then the picture of Hades in a tank top and pink short-shorts when he visited last father's day that Percy had sent her.
Meanwhile on the Colonist side:
"What?!" Thalia screamed.
"I just said that the Neutralist and British sides have joined forces," Alfie quietly said; in his mind (if you could call it that) believed that Thalia could possibly be more terrifying then Patricia.
"I heard you, that was a rhetorical question," Thalia replied.
"And that was a rhetorical answer" Alfie answered not knowing what rhetorical meant.
Annabeth: Rhetorical means: a question asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.
Alfie: I didn't know!
K9: That is sad Alfie, now back to you're regularly scheduled fiction.
Alfie received a glare from Thalia and scampered off into the corner of the cabin.
Percy had a bad feeling lately. Nina, he felt like something was really off with her. She was a little more temperamental; she also had been disappearing a lot at night, though he assumed it was for the bathroom (even though most people don't go to the bathroom for two – three hours). Plus as Percy went over the facts more and more the less he believed Nina's story.
Percy's facts:
Nina had been in the hands of the enemy for a while
The note Patricia left said she was evil
A contradict to 2 was Patricia attacked Jerome
Nina had been acting suspiciously for a while
Patricia had been gone for a while though has an alibi with the Kane's
Contradict to 5 was that they could be sinners helping her
Contradict to contradict was that there were too many of them to all be sinners
Nina disappears a lot at night for long hours
Patricia has a twin sister who could have posed as her
9 would give a whole new meaning to the phrase evil twin
Nico had also been acting strangely
Drew had disappeared as well
Drew was with Nina when she disappeared.
Annabeth had reasons against her
Annabeth was normally right in these situations
So after 15 facts what added up, it was to seem that Nina was evil and Patricia wasn't. But his faith in Nina said otherwise, and the fact he was never really good at math.
Percy knew he had to tell Fabian (Note: I had written a more serious ending to this while Messy insisted on a more dramatic one so I wrote both, chose how you want to end the chapter though for the story line the serious one will be used, since the other was more comic relief)
Dramatic ending:
Percy: Bro, you're girl friend is evil!
Fabian (in tears): No, how can you say that I love her!
Percy: It's the truth man go over the facts!
Fabian: No, it's not (pulls out sword)
Percy: What are you doing with that? (Pulls out Riptide, just in case)
Fabian: I must fight you for my girlfriend's honor!
Percy: Now, let's put the sword down before we do anything we regret.
Fabian: (Slashes sword at Percy, clearly beyond the point of reasoning)
Percy: (Barely blocks the sword with his own)
Fabian: How could you say that about Nina! What if I said Annabeth was the evil sinner, how would you like that!?
Percy: You can't drag my Wise Girl into this! Now I will fight for her honor!
And the two idiotic gladiators continued this until Thalia was done with her popcorn while watching and got bored of their sloppy fighting to end it by zapping them both with lighting.
Serious and more 'normal' ending:
Percy reluctantly joined Fabian on the porch of the cabin with regret written all over his face, how could he break it to Fabian. How could he tell him that his girlfriend was evil? He just hoped Fabian believed him, after all if someone came up to him and told him Annabeth was evil he wouldn't believe it either.
"Fabian, I-I think we were wrong," Percy quietly said.
Turning around to face Percy, "What do you mean we were wrong, about what?"
"I just was thinking,"
"Don't hurt yourself,"
"Very funny, though I as just thinking about everything and everything points to Nina being evil, Fabian," Percy answered.
"Nina? No, it can't be her, she wouldn't, she couldn't, Percy she has a pure heart when the Mask of Anubis-"
"Yah but you heard them Robert also had a pure heart and he was the one who turned you into a sinner,"
"I don't believe it not for a minute, Nina she would never let anything happed like that!"
"But sinners can't be made willingly so you just confirmed Nina was evil," Percy said.
"I'm sorry, though I just can't believe that now, look join Annabeth on their side I'll pretend I didn't hear this so Thalia wont zap you with lighting," Fabian said, before the son of Poseidon disappeared into the night.
Everyone is at the Big House sitting by the tree.
Malcolm: Okay, we got presents for everyone, so here you go Messy.
Messy rips off the big box to find Fabian tied up and gagged.
Messy: This is just what I wanted, how'd you know? (Jumps in the box with Fabian.)
Fabian: MmmmmmmmMmmm! Translation: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ele: Oh what'd you get me! What'd you get me?
Malcolm: (Hands her a small box).
Ele: (Opens box to reveal coal) This is just what I wanted! (Runs out of the Big House after about ten minutes screams could be heard and the Ares cabin is ablaze).
Annabeth: She's the only kid that is happy to get coal on Christmas, isn't she?
K9: …I think we should end it here, so um…thanks for reading and please review. (Runs out to the Ares cabin with fire extinguishers).
Sadie is working for Nina but isn't a sinner
Nina blackmailed Saddie with Liv and Emma as hostages
Nico, Piper W., and Drew are sinners
Percy has joined the Neutrish side
Fabian is in denial about Nina
Hope this helped!