Chapter 4 - The Ultimate Prank, Part 2

A/N: Here is the sequel to The Ultimate Prank, Part 1.

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Hermes sat up and rubbed his eyes. It was a beautiful morning on Olympus, and the sun was shining, which meant his dad wasn't mad with anyone. That was always a good thing, because the other gods didn't have to put up with him raging at them or something.

He threw back his blanket and pulled on his Minecraft sweatshirt and some jeans. Opening up Minecraft on his phone, he instinctively reached for his winged hat.

Except obviously it wasn't there, 'cause Athena had stolen it the night before.

Hermes glanced around, his eyes widening with alarm. Where was his hat? It was always in the same spot on his dresser.

He got down on his hands and knees, peering under the dresser. No hat, only a few crumpled papers, comic books, and some socks.

He looked under his bed. He saw more junk, but he didn't see his hat.

"Where in the world is my hat?" he wondered aloud.

After looking in several more places in his room, he came to the conclusion that he must've left in somewhere else on Olympus. Sometimes he did that, and the next day he went without his hat until he found it. So this time, he decided he could get along fine while he searched for it.

All the other gods were chilling in the throne room doing stuff like watching morning cartoons on Hephaestus TV or playing video games on their iPads. Demeter was eating cereal and trying to get Zeus to do the same. Apollo was scribbling in a notebook, and Artemis was reading over his shoulder. "Haikus?"

She read one out loud.

"I am so awesome.

That fact is definitely

Truer than all facts."

She groaned. "Really, Apollo?"

Apollo shrugged. "But it's true!"

Artemis rolled her eyes.

"Would you rather I compose a song on my ukulele?"

"No thank you!" Dionysus said loudly from across the room.

"Oh, come on, I want to hear one!" Hestia encouraged.

Apollo smiled. But there was one problem. He didn't know what his song would be about.

He started strumming a few chords, setting up an intro. He bit his lip. He would never live it down if the other gods found out he didn't actually think of what to sing!

But right at that moment, Hermes entered the hall.

And he didn't have his winged hat on.

Apollo loudly strummed a C chord before he took a breath, singing:

"Oh, Hermes doesn't have his hat.

I wonder, why is that?

He always has it on his head

Probably because his haircut is bad!"

He finished his song and grinned at Hermes. "Eh? Eh? Was is good?"

Hermes clapped slowly and sarcastically while the other gods laughed.

"'Head' and 'bad' don't rhyme," he grumped, running a hand through his messy blond hair. "And that's not why I wear my hat."

"Then why DO you wear it?" challenged Aphrodite.

Ares spoke up. "Did you lose it?"

Hermes flushed. "What? No! No way!"

"Then where is it?" Aphrodite crossed her arms.

"It's, uh... it's in my room!" Hermes blurted, quickly coming up with a lie.

All the other gods silently laughed to themselves. They knew he was lying. It was in Ares's fortress.

There was an awkward pause.

Then: "I'm gonna finish my song!" Apollo announced.

Hermes stormed out of the throne room to the sound of Apollo strumming chords and singing about him.

"So, here's the deal," said Hermes to a couple of demigods. Eva, the daughter of Hebe, frowned at her brother Tommy. They were near the entrance to Camp Half-Blood, and Hermes was trying to get them to go on a quest. But Eva and Tommy didn't really want to, as they were fairly new to camp.

"Please find my hat," Hermes continued. "and I'll reward you greatly. With infinite pranking supplies."

The demigods shot each other another look, but it was a smile this time. Hermes sighed. "Why are you looking at each other like that?"

Eva looked uncomfortable. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain."

Tommy snort-laughed and tried to hide it as a sneeze.

"Bless you," said Hermes and Eva.

"But seriously," said Hermes, "what's wrong?"

Tommy pointed at the deity. "It's weird and kind of hilarious to us that a god randomly shows up in camp without warning, asks us a big favor, and tells us he'll reward us with pranking supplies. Most other people would offer us money."

Hermes rolled his eyes. "That's IT? I thought there my shoes were on the wrong feet or something."

"They are," Eva whispered in Tommy's ear, loud enough for Hermes to hear. They both cracked up. Of course Hermes had his shoes on the right feet. Eva and Tommy were just hoping that the god would fall for that.

He did. He looked down at his feet. "They are? They can't be. They're not!" Eva and Tommy continued to laugh.

"Okay, okay," said Eva after she calmed down. "You got yourself a deal. I DO actually have a desire to own pranking supplies."

"One hat for infinite pranking supplies," Tommy added.

Hermes nodded, and motioned for the two demigods to come closer. "Don't tell anyone about this," he muttered. "It HAS to stay a secret. I don't know what I'll do if the other gods find out."

"Alright," Eva agreed. "We won't tell anyone at all."

Hermes grinned at her. "Perfect! I'll just be going off—" He turned around and started towards the camp's exit.

"Wait." Eva reached over and grabbed Hermes by the jacket. "Where IS your hat?"

"I don't know!" Hermes said cheerfully. "That's for you to find out!"

Tommy had unsheathed his sword and was now sticking it in the god's face. "We're not going to be wandering around the entire planet looking for your hat!" he shouted.

Up on Olympus, all the gods were watching. "This might get violent," said Artemis nervously.

Ares rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

"I think you all took this too far," Hestia said to the other gods. "I don't want to endanger any lives here."

Athena sighed heavily. "So what should I do? Go down there and break up the fight?"

Hestia shook her head. "You should end this joke."

There was a pause. "Fine," said Athena, marching out of the throne room determinedly. Hestia followed her.

They both teleported to Camp Half-Blood, and Athena loudly cleared her throat.

Hermes jumped. "Athena! Aunt Hestia!"

Eva and Tommy gaped. They weren't expecting to meet so many gods in one day.

"No need to bow," Hestia said kindly, stopping them as they lowered their heads.

"So…" said Eva. "What do you need?"

"Well," said Athena, glancing at Hermes. "I overheard you talking to my brother about his missing hat."

Hermes blushed furiously. "You weren't supposed to know about that!" he sputtered.

Athena raised her eyebrows. "But I do."

"How?" Hermes was still quite red in the face.

"Because…I hid it." She smirked.

Hestia tensed, ready to break up a fight between her niece and nephew.

"So…you pranked me?" Hermes asked slowly.

"Yup," Athena admitted proudly.

"He's gonna blow," Tommy muttered to Eva under his breath.

But Hermes started laughing. He collapsed on the ground, he was laughing so hard.

"Of course! You pranked Poseidon! I should've known you would pull one on me!"

Athena looked smug. "But you didn't realize it was me. Admit that I'm the better prankster."

Hermes stopped giggling. "Yeah, but that's because nobody expects you to prank them."

Athena rolled her eyes. "Exactly."

Tommy tapped Hermes's shoulder. "So does this mean we don't have to go on any quests?"

Hermes shook his head. "You can go back to camp."

"Can we still have those pranking supplies?" Eva piped up.

"They're in boxes under your bunks," Hermes said as he snapped his fingers. He was never one to discourage pranking. Also, he had to admit that Eva and Tommy had gotten him with the shoe prank.

Hestia stepped forward. "Oh, by the way, we forgot to tell you where your hat is, Hermes."

Hermes brightened. "Where?"

"In Ares's fortress," Hestia answered.

Hermes's eyes widened. "I can't go in there! Ares'll kill me!"

"Too bad!" Athena laughed, and teleported away to Olympus.

To make a long story short, Hermes snuck into Ares's fortress after he distracted him with a stink bomb. But when he found his hat, he accidentally knocked over a big pile of shields, causing a very angry Ares to chase him everywhere.

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