Leo / November 29th
It was time to voyage into the excitement.
"Look at us! All seven of us are together and going on our first epic quest!" I exclaimed
"To find a magical lamp at the bottom of the ocean?" Percy replied
"Sooo exciting" Jason added sarcastically
"You guys are such downers. It'll be fun!" I said
"I don't know what your definition of fun is" Frank sighed as we climbed up the ladder to the Argo II
Once we boarded the ship, Coach Hedge awaited us there looking kind of grumpy which usually meant some not so good stuff.
"Leo! The Internet isn't working! How am I suppose to watch my programs?" Hedge barked
"I'll get working on it" I held my hands in front of me in defense
"Ok, so what's our plan exactly?" Percy asked, facing Annabeth
"We sail to the mediterranean first, it'll take a little over a day to reach it from here. Once we get there, we use your water powers to help us find that lamp" She explained
"Sounds like a long process" Hazel said. "Then again, we don't have any better ideas"
"I wish there was some kind of find-a-magical-lamp-3000" I wished upon a star
"We're out of luck on this one. We're going to have to play it out by the 'better safe than sorry' kind of way. We don't even if it's in the Mediterranean" Jason said
"You think Iris-Messaging Layton for any information would work?" Percy suggested
"I don't have any drachma coins" Annabeth frowned
"Guess we're SOL then" Percy leaned back onto the couch in the main living room
"Well, you all should find your rooms. I labeled them so you all know" I announced to the others who haven't been aboard the Argo II
Hazel and Percy went to go find their rooms with Annabeth following the latter. Jason and Piper went to go check up on Coach Hedge and make sure he doesn't throw a hissy fit before I fix the internet.
That left two people...
"Is the one with the curly hair your girlfriend?" I asked
Frank swallowed. "Uh... yeah"
"Hmm... you don't sound confident about it"
"I'm one hundred percent confident. Yup, totally sure"
"Alright..."
There was a somewhat awkward silence for a couple of minutes as Frank just stood around, examining his surrounding while I fixed the TV.
"So you just change into animals?" I asked as I screwed a bolt
"Yeah, basically"
"So you could turn into a snake with wings?"
"I don't know about that, haven't really tried non-existent creatures"
"Who's to say you can't? You should give it a shot"
"I don't think I want to be a snake, with or without wings"
"Oh, Frank. One day, turning into a snake will fix all your problems. Count on it"
"I could only imagine..."
Piper and Hazel reentered the room to spare any awkwardness, because that was quickly rising.
"Where's the others?" I inquired
"Jason is talking with Coach Hedge. Only the gods know what Percy and Annabeth are doing" Piper answered
Frank and Hazel both looked uncomfortable at the thought of whatever was going down in that room.
Percy
The second Annabeth closed the door behind her, I began to panic, not knowing what came next. I sat on the edge of my bed and she sat down next to me.
"Finally nice to have to some real privacy" She said
"Yeah," I agreed, "too bad it won't last very long..."
There was a short pause.
"You know, when you were gone, I couldn't help but think what happened to you. I was scared and I never stopped searching" Annabeth broke the silence
"I'm sorry" I apologized
"Don't be. It's not your fault... it's none of ours" Annabeth replied
"I'm glad I remembered you though" I placed my hand on hers. "Knowing I had something to look forward really helped me out on the quest"
Annabeth smiled. "Glad you remembered me too. But I wonder why that happened..."
"Layton said it was because you weren't just in my head, but also my heart" I answered
"Aww, that's so sweet"
I blushed. "So um, anyways... how do we move on from this? Do we just pretend it never happened or..."
"That's kind of impossible, considering the fact you've been gone for two-thirds of our relationship. Also meaning you missed two of our anniversaries"
"Right, got it. I'll make that up to you" I assured
"I'm looking forward to it" Annabeth kissed me on the lips and I deepened it
A knock on the door made us both jump up.
"Important business!" Leo called
"Coming!" I responded a bit irritably
"We better go" Annabeth suggested as she got up
I nodded my head and we walked back to the main living room, hand in hand. When we entered, Coach Hedge seemed to be relaxed now that the TV was working, and the others seemed to be conversing about something important.
"What's going on?" I asked
"We're deciding on where to look first" Hazel said
"I think we should look around Turkey first" Frank offered
"I was thinking Greece, considering it's the original battle's exact location" Jason said
"But the lamp must have drifted in all these centuries, it would be more logical to check Libya or Tunisia first" Annabeth said
"Unless it drifted off to the right of the map, around Turkey" Piper replied
"Why don't we just split up? We can cover more land, or sea, that way" I advised
"Yeah, but none of us can really search the sea like you can" Hazel pointed out
"Well I can't just split the ocean in half so we could search the floor. There has to be another way to do this" I insisted
"The myth said that the lamp was encased in a permanent storm, created by the sons of Poseidon and Zeus. Maybe if we combine our powers somehow... we can track the lamp" Jason said
I nodded my head. "Good idea, but we don't know exactly how to do that"
"I'm sure you guys will figure it out once were there. We'll stop in the center of the sea by Italy and see what works from there" Annabeth said
"In the mean time, you all can watch this movie with me" Hedge said, not taking his eyes off the TV
"What are you watching?" Piper asked
"A classic, The Titanic" Hedge replied
"That movie sucked" Leo once again showed his distaste
"In my opinion the movie was pretty good" I argued
"Yeah, well the ending was garbage" Leo said
"Was not" I disagreed
Piper
Percy and Leo argued on about how The Titanic was either a really good movie, or a really bad one.
It really got me thinking about Percy. After all the talk I heard about him, he wasn't as impressive in person, especially when compared to Jason. People described him as a good looking hero, but he just looked more like a trouble maker skater boy.
Not to say I disliked him or anything, he seemed like a good guy. He just didn't really... live up to the expectations I had set up in my mind.
"And that's why The Titanic was a good movie" Percy concluded
Leo took his five minutes to explain why he thought the movie wasn't good.
"You guys are so childish" Annabeth rolled her eyes
"Tell me about it" I said
"We're trying to have a civil discussion here!" Leo complained
"You guys have different opinions, that's all" Jason replied and the rest of us visibly agreed
This was going to be a long trip, maybe even a boring one...
"I win!" Annabeth exclaimed
"Remind me never to play monopoly with a child of Athena again" Leo groaned
"I say we got pretty close" Percy replied
"Percy, you were the first one about" Annabeth retorted and the rest of us laughed while he rolled his eyes
"Alright then" Leo said. "Let's play a game where no one has an advantage in"
"Oh gods" Jason and Annabeth sighed
"What kind of game are we talking about?" Frank raised his eyebrow
"Truth or dare!" Leo dramatically revealed and we all blinked at him
"Right. Good old truth or dare before we voyage straight into danger" Percy agreed
"I'll go first. Piper, truth or dare" Leo said
"Truth" I replied
"Ok. Is it true... damnit it Piper, pick a dare"
"Nope" I crossed my arms
"Then you leave me no choice" Leo grinned and quickly glanced at Jason
Knowing what he was going to ask I quickly said, "Fine! Dare!"
"That's more like it. I dare you to apply a peanut butter mask"
Frank gagged. "Leo, that'll take forever"
"Well we've got time"
"I hate you" I said
"You know that's not true" Leo took a step back as he applied the last of my peanut butter
I wasn't lying when I said I was never more grossed out. Having peanut butter all over your face wasn't a pleasant feeling. And I had to keep it on for five minutes.
"Whatever. Annabeth, truth or dare" I asked
She sighed. "Either one is fine with me"
"Both of them then" Leo suggested
"What? No!" Annabeth denied
"You fell right into that one" Percy chuckled and she lightly hit his arm
"Fine, I'm not a baby" Annabeth said. "But don't you dare ask any questions about me and Percy or I will personally -"
"Alright, alright. Just a dare then" I cut her off. "I dare you to take a shower with your clothes on"
Annabeth
"There? Happy?" I asked with my arms crossed
I was still dripping wet and my hair was all over the place. The others laughed as expected while Percy handed me a towel, despite him being able to just dry me up.
He looked more taken aback than anything though, probably because of the way my clothes were stuck to me.
"Ok. Percy, I dare you to-"
"You didn't even ask me truth or dare!" Percy protested
"You're suffering with me" I insisted
"Fine" He agreed
"Fine is what I like to hear. I dare you to do a ten minute handstand while handcuffed"
"Oh! I have Chinese handcuffs!" Leo added
"Annabeth! This hurts!" Percy groaned
"Yeah and I'm still freezing" I replied
It probably shouldn't have hurt as much as it should, but because of the Chinese handcuffs, Percy's hands were bent inwards.
"One more minute" Hazel said
Percy shook his head. "I'm either going to pass out or die of exhaustion"
"You freed the god of death and defeated a giant, but you can't do a ten minute handstand?" I asked
"That's different!" Percy responded
"Thirty seconds" Jason said
Once the time was over, Percy fell onto his back and caught his breath as he stared up at the roof.
"Great, now someone get these handcuffs off of me" Percy requested
"Oh um, about that..." Leo rubbed the back of his neck nervously
"Leo, take them off" Percy ordered, holding his hands up
"I'm sorry but I only had the metal kind, not any of the plastic ones!" Leo apologized
"LEO!"
"Worst. Dare. Ever" Percy said as I used Riptide to cut through the handcuffs
"You try taking a shower with your clothes on. It's way worse than it seems" I replied
"I think I would rather do the shower, that looked kind of painful" Frank said
"Same here. The handcuffs were a little extra too" Piper agreed
"Whatever, it's fine. Hazel, truth or dare" Percy asked
"Dare" Hazel quickly chose
"Alright. I dare you to shout the first sentence that comes to your mind" Percy dared
"Screw you!"
There was an awkward silence as Hazel clasped her hand over her mouth in shock.
"Alright then... moving on" Leo said
Hazel swallowed. "Um, sorry. Jason, truth or dare"
"Truth" He replied
"Of course the goody two shoes chose truth" Leo crossed his arms and shook his head disappointingly
"Everyone chose dares so I thought I would be different" Jason defended
"Is it true that you fought Krios alone?" Hazel inquired
"Well, yeah" Jason confirmed
"Boring" Leo dragged out the last syllable
"Frank, truth or dare" Jason asked
"Dare"
"I dare you too brush Hazel's teeth"
"Why thank you Frank" Hazel said once he was done
"That was way harder than I thought it was going to be" Frank wiped sweat off his forehead
Leo laughed. "Yeah yeah"
"Now we're only left with one person" Percy said
Frank grinned.
Leo slammed his hands on the door. "How much longer?"
"Five more minutes!"
"It's only been five minutes?" Leo shouted
"Yeah, deal with it!" Frank replied and we all laughed
The dare? Stand in the extremely small and very claustrophobic tool shed in the dark for ten minutes.
"Leo! The TV isn't working again!" Hedge exclaimed from the other room
"Oh well, that's my call to action!" Leo attempted to open the door knob but Percy held it in place
"You're not going anywhere" Percy said
"This is your game Leo" Piper reminded
"I hate my games" He groaned
"Hey, how long have we been playing this anyways?" Hazel asked
"No more than two hours" I answered
"Great, only twenty two more to go" Leo said
"That means twenty two more rounds" Percy joked
"NO!" Leo slammed his fist on the door again
Layton / November 29th
"You guys feel that?"
"The presence is heavy, very evil-sorcerer-like" Caeruleum said. "And it's approaching quickly"
"So the lamp remained in the Mediterranean after all, but this thing is really large" I concluded
"Perhaps you have a spell that could find the storm that encases the lamp" Rubrum suggested
"I already tried that but I can't seem to find it. At this point, it looks like I might have to face Xander and take the lamp from him" I figured
"That wouldn't be too bad of an idea. How powerful can an evil sorcerer be?" Caeruleum agreed
"I'm not that good. He's definitely better than me if Athena wasn't over exaggerating" I replied
Just as I said that, there was a sharp presence that appeared. It was far but I could be over there within seconds using instantaneous movement.
"There he is" I muttered
"You can't face him head on" Rubrum said
"I have no other choice"
My suit encased me and I placed two fingers up to my forehead while mentally prepping myself for the next challenged that laid ahead. The attack of the Majin would begin here if I failed.