Hey! So, I have the funniest thing happen to me XD. I'll tell you guys at the end.
Frank's POV
A few hours ago...
"See you later then!" Frank heard Harry yell out before the trio left.
"Do you think Ron is a little obsessive over that girl?" Jason said suddenly.
"I don't know but she's not normal", Piper said, "There's something weird about her."
"Well, are we going to explore or what?" Percy asked a bit impatiently.
Annabeth nodded, "Let's go".
They started walking again but Annabeth, who was leading them, stopped. Everyone crashed into each other and Frank heard a few snickers coming from Slytherin's table but Annabeth seemed unfazed.
"Did you guys get the map Chiron gave us?", she said.
Shoot!
Percy walked over to her, "Well, you see..."
Annabeth raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, my good friend Frank here," Percy started and put his arm around Frank.
"He told us he would bring it but he apparently never did, so I'm sorry for his forgetfulness".
Seriously. Did he just throw me under the bus?
"Fine, be right back", Frank said walking towards the Gryffindor area.
Great. Now I have to walk just because no one reminded me about the map.
After Frank said the password to the 'Fat Lady', he entered in to the Gryffindor common room. There were a few people there but most of the Gryffindors already know the demigods were saying there. He knocked on the fire place and said, "Anoixe Tora, Aperi Modo". It opened up a hallway which Frank crossed. He went to through the common room and up the left stairs. He still hasn't seen the training room or the girls room yet, but he didn't really care. When he entered he saw the luxurious area he is now living in.
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Inside the boys dorm, they each had their own sections slightly elevated by five steps. The room had vents everywhere but one area had an actual A/C (cough Leo cough).
Frank ran up the stairs to his area and started looking for the map Chiron gave them.
Every area in the entire dorm had one hanging egg chair, a desk, a black vanity, a stacked up bed with a swinging couch underneath it, a bench in front of that bed-couch thing, a bedside table, four large cabinets, a window, carpets that went with the same design as their walls, a bookcase, and their animal cages (all the animals were with Chiron at the moment because he wanted to show them a few different things in a forest called the Forbidden Forest apparently).
Frank's area had a dark red coloured wall with every piece of furniture being bronze. Even his crup cage.
Haha. Crup cage..
He hung up his archery equipment on the wall and filled his bronze shelves with random things he's gotten over the years. He had a black dog bed laying near his four cabinets -each filled up with his clothes and shoes, his Olympus uniform, and his normal clothes; and his school supplies. He didn't know what to do with his two other cabinets because the first two fit everything he had with plenty of extra room. Frank's blankets were red and his pillows were black. His couch was black with a few grey pillows and one red one. Next to his bed pillows, he had two small wall lamps next to him. Frank had multiple different animal artifacts and books on his bookshelf. His egg chair thingy was straight black.
Will's room walls were a light yellow, but they looked golden because Will had a giant lamp in the middle of the ceiling. His photo frames, and crow cage was, of course, gold. His furniture was black with gold outlining, which matched his bed. Speaking of the bed, the blankets were black with gold swirls. The pillows on his bed and couch were gold while his couch was plain black. His hanging egg chair was black as well. He had a few different sport balls and equipment on his bookshelves. He also had a bow and some arrows but the bow looked as though he didn't use it often. He also had TONS of medical books and equipment on his bookshelf as well. Plus, he was the only one with two windows because he one: he liked the view and two: he was the only one who can wake up with sunshine in his face without grumbling.
Leo's area walls were orange-red and all of his furniture and things on the wall was pale yellow. Frank can see that Hecate got creative with his room. His egg chair was an ombre of red, orange, then yellow. His bed was black and he had tons of grey-black pillows. His couch was also black with black pillows. He was the only one of the boys who had an A/C very close to him because he apparently heats up at night. Another thing that pits him on the 'one and only' list is the fact that while everyone's rooms looked quite empty, Leo's looked like Vulcan designed it. He had an entire section of the wall filled with every tool imaginable (Thank Trivia for that), and his bookshelf was filled with books on different mechanics and architectural designs. He even had tons of things he made stacked up on his bookshelf. His Phoenix cage was gold, and very large. Also fireproof.
Nico's room had black walls with gold furniture, frames, and antiques. He had white bedsheets with black blankets; he had two black pillows, two grey, and two white. His couch was black with more pillows then anyone -white pillows to be exact. His cat bed was white, (which Frank thought would only lead to disaster), and his egg chair was white. His book case didn't have much besides a few books and figurines. Like Frank, he had two wall lamps near his bed, except Nico's lamps were more white lighted.
Jason's room was a sky blue with silver furniture plus his owl cage and his hanging egg chair was white. His bed had white pillows and blue blankets. His couch was grey and had white pillows sprawled across it. His bookshelf had a few things like some weapons (every demigod had at least five in their area, probably including the girls), books, a few pictures and stuff like that. He had a hanging lamp in the middle of the ceiling shining brightly.
Percy's room wall was ombre, it was bright blue at the bottom building it's way up to a beautiful sea-green. His egg chair was brown like his furniture. His bed had white sheets and green blankets with blue, brown, and black pillows everywhere. His couch was brown with green and white pillows on it. His bookshelf had multiple pictures and things he's gained over the years. On the wall, he had a few hanging items like pictures of his family and friends, he also had some things that Frank didn't recognize were on his wall shelves.
Why is it so hard to find a piece of paper... Aha! There it is!
Frank had finally found the map. He walked through the boys common room. The main floor had a was black carpeted and had multiple couches, soft chairs, beanbags, tables, a small library in the corner, another fridge, another TV, an area with board games, normal games, some of Leo's video games, a few table sets, some more of those hanging egg-chair thingys, extra storage places, a kitchen set and too much for Frank to list. They all shared a large balcony too. It had enough space for there to be like thirty people on it with still a lot of room. Even better, Hecate bewitched it so that people outside can't see it, but the demigods can see them. Frank couldn't believe he was going to stay here...
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After Frank found his way back the rest of the demigods in the Great Hall, they set off looking for a few passages that Hecate had made.
Nico took ahold of the map first, "Okay, so there's one over by the perfects-"
"Prefects," Will corrected.
"Right. Prefect's bathroom".
"Why would she put it near the bathroom?" Calypso asked.
"Probably because no one would suspect a passage near a restroom," Annabeth said.
"Besides, it's easier for us to remember since we can just think, perfect passage: prefect place", Hazel said.
"Oh yeah", they all agreed.
As they were walking there, Frank took a hold to Hazel's hand. It became pretty natural for them, and most people.
When they got near the Prefects bathroom, they noticed something odd with the floor.
"Hey... Stop for a second", Annabeth said.
They did as she said and looked at the floor in wonder.
"I feel the entrance somewhere around here. I think it's underground", said Hazel.
"There's some type of pattern here, right?" Piper said tracing her foot around it.
"Maybe we have to follow it...?" Jason said.
"No," Leo said, "It's the entrance".
He circled the pattern and then started stepping on it a specific way. Then, miraculously, it created a door with a number lock on it.
Wait... Woah.
"How did you..?" Frank started.
"It's on the floor. When you circle around it, you can see from a side perspective that it actually forms Roman numerals. I just stepped on them in order".
"How did you know to circle it?" Annabeth asked, for once looking confused as everyone else.
Leo grinned, "Hephaestus powers. I can sense when there's a pattern or trap. Or in our case, a secret tunnel".
"Hmph. Cool", said Annabeth, "And the lock... "
She got closer to it. She took a moment to think.
Jason tapped his chin, "Do you think it's like a combination that would be in some of the myths?"
"Possibly", Annabeth said, "But personally, I think Hecate is testing our judgement... "
Percy walked over to it, "Let me try something.. "
He pushed in a few numbers the first time. It failed. Them he did it again two more times. Failed.
"Percy maybe you should let m-" Annabeth started but never finished because Percy figured it out..
"How!?" everyone but Annabeth yelled.
"Simple. I used some of the most popular codes. Caeser, Atbash, and the A1Z26 code. When those didn't work, I combined them. The code is fifteen-eighteen-five-seventeen-fourteen-nine-eleven. Meaning Hecate".
They all stared at him. Annabeth smiled knowingly.
"What? My mom loves codes," Percy said.
"I never knew your mom taught you", Annabeth said leaning in closer to him, "I didn't really think of using it. I'm not the best at codes, we are all dyslexic so it's a bit harder for me to learn. But I guess it makes sense with you since you grew up with it".
"Yeah-"
"Are we getting in or not because I don't feel like being caught by someone," Nico said.
Will put his arm around him and mimicked his voice, "Yeah! What he said!"
They all started laughing and Nico blushed from either embarrassment or from Will's arm. Frank didn't really know.
They all started walking down the stairs, Percy going in first and Nico going in last.
When they got inside it was pitch black.
"Uh, Leo, a little light here," Calypso said, Frank could feel the small rush of air coming from her flailing arms.
"Comin' right up!" He replied. Leo lit his arms on fire and went to the front. As they were walking through a tunnel, Frank noticed it was getting less and less dark the farther they went. That's when they finally walked into a room. A bright one.
They all squinted their eyes and reopened them when they got to the room. It was a very large, white room. And inside they saw someone they knew good and well.
Trivia.
"Hello my young ones. I see you figured it out. Nice job," she said.
They all nodded.
"I need to do something that I realized will be essential to your future," she continued, walking around, "It takes hours though. I need to install myself into your head".
"Say what?" Percy said. Annabeth looked at him like 'why would you say that now'.
"Not literally. I meant, I would be able to communicate with you whenever I want through your heads", Trivia said quickly.
"Oh I get it", Jason said, "So if there is something that we need to know or say quickly, you can just tell us".
"Precisely".
"So what do you need to do..?" Reyna asked Trivia.
She smiled sadly, "I can't tell you. But you won't feel anything. You'll be knocked out for a while. You don't have to worry, just everyone link hands, ends grab mine".
They all did as she said. Soon Frank felt very sleepy. He turned to see Hazel falling asleep with him. Everything went black..
...
He woke up suddenly. He looked around saw others waking up too. Trivia was standing looking at her watch.
"I think it's time for champion to be chosen.. " she said.
Annabeth gasped, "You're right! Guys come on!"
Annabeth practically needed to drag down down the tunnel and into the Great Hall...
So I wrote this to tell you want happened before they went into the Great Hall. Anyway, so about what happened..
So my brother (Colarcus, but just like me, he likes to be called by a shorted nickname. We all just call him Cole) and I were at Bazaar. Since Winter is a giant tourist season for Greece, there was a lot more people there than usual. We were both just wandering around the store looking for groceries when we heard 2 women. One of them said, "Where's the bathrooms? I really need to go". The other woman said "Ask them, maybe they know". (They were referencing us). Then the 1st one said, "No way, that girl has white hair and weird eyes". Then they both started arguing over who would ask me. Apparently they forgot that 90% of Greeks speak English as well, we learned it in school. One of them came up to me and said, "Do you know where the bathrooms are? Uh, bathroom. Uh this thing", then she started making hand motions of flushing a toilet. My brother and I both acted confused. She continued and she was making flushing sounds, pretended to sit on a toilet, and the other one was helping. I was SO close to dying of laughter.
Then in Greek, I told her to follow me and then motioned for her to come, which they did. Then I went up to the cashier (who was watching this) and said in English, "Hey, these two are asking where the bathroom bus, could you show them?". The cashier, my brother, and the 2 women, and I all dropped dead laughing. In the end, my brother and I gave them a mini tour of Athens. So that's that. Anyway, hope you enjoyed! Next update 12/16/19
-E.V