Percy POV
Typical. I should've known there would be some sort of hazing ritual to get through. Ugh. At least it was something I could have some fun with. Even thought I couldn't exactly throw Clarisse off me by brute force (unless I used my wings, but THAT wasn't something I ever want to have to explain) I COULD screw with the plumbing. As she was forcefully lowering my head towards the toilet bowl I felt the familiar tugging sensation in my gut as the water forcefully ejected itself into Clarisse's unsuspecting forehead. I took much pleasure in the resulting chaos as I ducked in cover while every other pipe in the bathroom exploded as well, leaving everyone but me soaking wet and generally unhappy. I took stock of everyone's reactions, Annabeth and Melody being the only ones not to have gotten washed completely out of the bathroom where angry yells could be heard as well as some words that would get me a jalapeƱo shoved down my throat, because soap is bad for you. Surprisingly, Annabeth and Melody had about the same reaction. Melody had froze and the expression she had was both hilarious and terrifying being a delightful mix of rage and shock. Funnily enough, despite being half water dragon, she HATES getting wet involuntarily. She was shaking so I got up and carefully poked her out of it as Annabeth recovered her senses.
"What, how?" Annabeth asked incredulously, still sitting on the wet floor. Melody and I shared a look and I shrugged.
"Stuff like that just seems to happen around us," I feigned ignorance, "Its how I got kicked out of public school for the first years of my life."
"Yes," Melody interjected, "And most of it seems to happen around me." Her tone was nothing less than accusatory and the feelings I was getting out of our bond were quite... murdery. I had to diffuse this quick.
"We should probably get out of here before the mean and the uglies come back in, I don't think I'm gonna get lucky again." I said quickly, offering my hand to help Annabeth up which she took and we all skedaddled out of there. Once we were safely on the other side of the horseshoe we stopped to catch our breath. Annabeth was giving us both contemplative looks before speaking up.
"Well, I don't want to stay in wet clothes any longer than I have to. My cabin is over there," She pointed to a grey building with an owl carved into the top with white curtains that were slightly sun stained, "Number six. You two will be staying in number eleven" The biggest of the cabins with peeling brown paint, "If you need any other clothes you can get some from the camp store if the Hermes kids haven't stolen them again. If they have just find Connor or Travis and eventually they'll give them up." She promptly left, presumably to go change. Melody simply expelled the water from her person once Annabeth's back was turned.
"Some more clothes sound good, let's check out our new abode first though." Melody stated, walking off and beckoning for me to follow so I did. We walked in silence, Melody seemingly contemplative and I was just enjoying the view of the camp. It was peaceful, the atmosphere wasn't unlike the one in our neighborhood just with less little kids and elderly. Oh, and people flying, that too.
As we came upon the cabin, some kid was thrown through one of the front windows by what appeared to be a giant vine.
"And don't you DARE try that stunt again!" A very angry looking girl stomped out of the cabin to glare at the guy who was lying in a pile of broken glass but was somehow smiling. I was closely reminded of a memory that hadn't happened all too long ago involving a particularly vicious game of Palace and judging by the images appearing in my head, Melody had also remembered that round. "If you put worms on the cabin roof ONE MORE TIME it will be the last prank you ever pull!" She shouted before stomping off toward a cabin that had a grass roof, probably why worms had been a viable option to prank it with. The boy was still quietly snickering as he pulled himself up. Melody approached him while I decided that if he was another prankster I'd likely meet him again one way or another. I walked into the cabin and noticing that there was an empty bunk bed, promptly flopped across it. Not too shabby for a cabin bunk bed. I tossed the Minotaur horn on the top bunk to save it for Melody when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
Spinning around to face my attacker I was greeted with the sight of a tall blond haired kid who looked to be just a bit older than I myself was. He had blond hair and blue eyes, your typical surfer dude but with a long scar across his left, no my left his right, eye. He held out his hand,
"You're new 'round here. Don't get too comfy, you could be claimed and you don't exactly look like a Hermes kid. I'm Luke." He said cordially. I took his hand,
"Percy. My sister Melody is outside helping up the guy who got thrown out the window. She should be in soon. Mind if I ask what just happened and if its a usual occurrence?" I did NOT want a repeat of the Palace incident or getting thrown out of things. Luke chuckled.
"Nah, well, it is kinda usual but only for the Stolls, you don't need to worry." He said, walking back to what I could only assume was his own bed, "Enjoy your stay." I couldn't tell but he sounded almost bitter. I shrugged it off because at that moment Melody came bursting through the door, loudly declaring that I needed to judge something involving pranks. Silently hoping I could be a simple bystander in the judging process instead of the test dummy I grudgingly followed her excited shouting outside.
Fear not! Another update coming soon to make up for the one I missed during finals. If you hadn't noticed I'm taking some liberties with the plot and characterization. The end result of the quest and stuff will be the same though and I'll try to keep everyone as in character as I can. Side note: If anyone is interested in the aforementioned Palace game, THAT will be published in my side story if you want to check that out. In other news I will be releasing the prologue of a new fanfiction for the Undertale fandom pretty soon either here or on AO3 that I'm writing with my good friend Da Man if any of you are into Undertale or want to see more of my writing. Anyhow, peace out and have a wonderful day!
~FictionGirl11
