It was Will and Nico's movie night. Every week, they would cuddle up in Nico's cabin and watch a movie. The first time they did it, Will had picked a film (Friday the Thirteenth). The week after that, Nico had pulled him into the Hades cabin and they had watched the Titanic. After that, Will had picked a film; a bad production of Dracula. Nico had chosen the next one (Mamma Mia) and that went on for a while.
Right now, it was Nico's turn to pick a film. Will was the only person who knew about Nico's secret love for cheesy romance films. He sneaked out of the Apollo cabin when everyone was asleep, which didn't take long. Apollo's children weren't nightowls. He grabbed a pink blanket from under his pillow, and swiftly ran over the wet grass, to the opposite side of the rows of cabins. His hands softly touched the fence of the veranda of the Dionysus cabin, before running further to the door of the Hades cabin. He opened the door of his boyfriends cabin while staring at the crazy glow-in-the-dark Rainbow colours of the Iris cabin. The Hypnos cabin lay beside that, still in it's everlasting silence.
He walked stepped into the dark cabin. Nico was sitting on a black couch, hugging a pillow. A tub of popcorn laid on the little table. Will shook the blanket, and a thermos fell out of it. Nico stood up and got two cups out of a little cupboard. Will filed them with Chocolate milk, and draped the blanket around Nico's shoulders after that. Nico put on the television. The screen lit up, and the words 'Love, Simon appeared. Will breathed deeply. 'Alright then. I thought you would have chosen West Side Story, we didn't see that one yet.' Nico shrugged. 'I don't like it when they constantly sing.' 'Literally the second movie you chose was Mamma Mia, and we watched The Sound Of Music after that.' 'Don't ask stupid questions.'
Will left it with that. The movie began. Half way into the film, Nico paused it. 'I need to go to the bathroom.' He stepped out of the cabin. Will sighed, but got a little radio out of a secret pocket in the blanket (He had asked an Aphrodite child to make it for him). He put it on, and a song started blaring. He didn't really realise how hard it was on, and when Nico came back they turned up the volume even louder. The Danse Macabre came on, and they started waltzing around.
They didn't notice the loud music, but the neighbours did. The music was so loud, that it went straight through the walls of the Dionysus and the Iris cabin. On one side, Butch shot up. His siblings looked around. 'Who is listening to the Danse Macabre this loud, at this hour?' his sister screamed. 'How should I know, Laura?' Butch screamed back.
Sheila was earlier awake than her brother. 'Hey, Pollux, that sounds like the Danse Macabre.' Her brother got up, and jumped from the top bunk. Sheila got out of her bed (Which wasn't a bunk bed. There used to be three people in the cabin, and neither Pollux or Sheila wanted to sleep in Castors' bed). 'You're right.' They stepped out of their cabin, onto the veranda.
On the other side of the Hades cabin, the Iris kids got out of their cabin as well. They looked around. The Hypnos cabin was still silent, and there was also no activity seen in the Aphrodite cabin as well. So, both cabins concluded that the music came from inside the Hades cabin. Lilly, The Iris-girl, walked to the door and knocked on it. Nobody opened. Lilly knocked harder.
No-one inside could hear her, because of how loud the Danse Macabre was turned on. Nico and Will were slow dancing through the cabin. Nico laid his head on Wills chest. Will put his chin on Nico's head. 'Never thought the Danse Macabre could be romantic,' Will muttered. 'You know now.' Will giggled. 'We haven't finished the movie.' 'We can do that after the song is over.' Will laughed, and kissed Nico on his forehead.
Meanwhile, outside, the seven other demigods were getting extremely annoyed. Lilly kicked against a rock. 'This way, we aren't going to get any sleep tonight. One of those kids is an Apollo kid. This is not going to stop for quite some time.' Sheila nodded. 'We need to do something. Tomorrow you all have an archery exam.' Butch gave her a strange look. "Sheila, you're blind, why do you think about archery?" Pollux rolled his eyes. 'Not important. The rest of us do and we need to stop this.'
Lilly banged on the door. 'Can any of you pick locks?' Everyone shook their heads. 'Nobody can do it?' Sheila asked. 'Nobody,' Pollux answered, realising his sister couldn't see everyone shaking their heads. 'Are any windows still open?' Sheila asked. Lilly and the others tried them all, but they were all closed. Inside the cabin, somebody turned up the volume even louder. Butch screeched, and kicked away the doormat. They heard a clunk, and a key slid into the grass.
Pollux picked it up. A smile grew on his face. 'You know, we could just get inside and give it back. Yet, they ruined our sleep, you know...' Butch grinned. 'They did. You know, we still have some Rainbow streamers. They would look just lovely in Will and Nico's hair...' Lily smiled, and looked at the Dionysus kids. 'Do you still have a thing inside your cabin that could be used?' Sheila smirked. '"A thing?" We have an entire kingdom of useful items in our cabin.'
They walked back to their cabins. After five minutes, they met on the doorstep again, arms filled with stuff. In the meantime, Will and Nico had put on the Bohemian Rhapsody. 'When you Have Gone And Thrown Away Our Time To Sleep,' another Iris-kid said. The rest snickered. Butch had the key. 'Let's get inside, shall we?' he said, while putting the key in the lock, and dramatically swinging open the door.
Nico and Will didn't notice the door opening. They were swinging around on the Bohemian Rhapsody. 'I see a silhouette of a man!' Will sung. At that moment, the silhouette of Butch appeared in the doorframe. He had a bunch of streamers in his hands. Will and Nico stopped dancing. 'Group! Attack!' Lilly announced.
The Iris-kids bound Will and Nico together with Coloured streamers, and magically made Rainbow-coloured balloons drift to the ceiling. Sheila and Pollux covered the place in grapevines, while hanging Party lights everywhere. They used a lot of other things to 'decorate' the place, but at some point the streamers and grapevines had covered almost everything. Will and Nico couldn't move; the grapevines and streamers had closed around their bodies, pulling them together.
When it seemed like the Intruders were done with decorating, Will scraped his throat. 'So. why did you do this?' It was then that he realised he had to scream at the top of his lungs. He flushed slightly red, and tried to put out the radio. Yet, he couldn't. His arms were as short as those of a T-rex. Pollux put it out for him. 'So. Maybe the noise could be slightly toned down next time. Nico tried to not, but it wasn't possible. It was then that Lilly saw the television. 'Hey, were you two watching Love, Simon?'
Another failed nod. 'Yehhs,' Nico muttered. The grapevines loosened. Butch got the streamers of. 'Let's watch it, then,' Pollux said. 'Archery, guys?' someone from the Iris cabin said. 'Whatever,' Lilly answered. They all sat down on the couch, except for Sheila. She walked out of the cabin, but came back with a braille book. 'I am not going to be alone in that cabin while you all are having fun. I'll just... read.' Pollux pulled her onto the couch, and hugged her. 'You do that.' Nico put the movie back on, and together they watched to the end of the movie.