Disclaimer: I don't own anything in the Ricky-verse
It was a beautiful mid-July day at Camp Half-Blood. The strawberry plants were thriving, the Hermes' Cabin was pranking, the pegasi were flying freely.
And the Son of Poseidon was on the warpath.
Again.
"NICO DI ANGELO, I'M GONNA STRANGLE YOU!" Percy screamed as he ran through camp chasing a certain Son of Hades, with Percy waving around Riptide. Several campers started betting drachna on how long this round would last. The older campers knew by experience that the Head Counselor of Cabin 3 was prone to being pissed off by the Head COunselor of Cabin 13, although the stranglign didn't usually happen due to something interfering.
The newer campers, on the other hand...
"Annabeth! Percy's gone mad!" A new Athena camper begged.
"Someone do something before they start destroying camp! a hysterical Aphrodite camper wailed.
"Who's Nico di Angelo and why does Percy want to kill him?" An extremely new camper asked Leo, who simply grinned.
""How come ttwo of the head counselors are fighting and you're doing nothing about it?" A Hermes kid asked Chiron, who, strangely enough, was chuckling and making bets himself.
Glancing down at the young camper, Chiron just shook his head. "You'll see in a few minutes, child. Ah, Annabeth, how about 5 drachna that the two of them end up dangling by their ankles thanks to tree nymphs?"
"You're on!" Annabeth grinned. "And Nico'll just shadow travel out, 10 drachna on that."
A shout came from across camp. "The'y're making for the woods!"
The vast majority of the campers were all flocking towards the sound of the voice. The new campers all hurried forward, wanting to see what was going to happen.
They did not expect what met their eyes.
Percy and Nico, knowing how the campers could always be drawn by the sound of Percy screaming a death threat on Nico, had staged a fake "deathmatch", intentionally leading the camp into the woods where they'd prepared a surprise for a certain blond-haired, grey-eyed camper...
"SURPRISE!" The duo shouted, dragging Annabeth forward. Percy kissed her as the campers cheered and started singing, "Happy Birthday".