Disclaimer: I don't own PJO.
Maybe I'll go with a suggestion and only update a few stories right now. I keep getting plot bunnies, and then they disappear. So, I lost inspiration for my gods at Camp Half-Blood one, but I'm not giving it up. Just putting it on hold for a while. Until I can make better chapters and longer ones too. The first chapter is always the easiest isn't it?
Aphrodite's POV:
"Can you leave?" I asked Menthe. I saw the note that said Hades and Persephone had escaped.
"Not until I know where Hades went!" Menthe insisted.
"Fine!" Hecate heaved a dramatic sigh. "He doesn't like you."
Menthe gasped. "Liar! He does! You're a liar!"
"Which grade are you in?" Percy asked.
"Grade 8." Menthe sniffed.
"Dumbo." Athena muttered.
"Bye!" I said, looking at the others pointedly. I already checked that everyone had finished eating.
"Yeah, we have to go!" The others chorused, linking arms and walking out of the cafeteria, with me leading them.
Menthe just stared at us with a determined look, and the next thing I know, she was nest to us. Once we all reached the fifth floor, the boys entered, saying goodbye. And when we reached the sixth floor we all parted to our rooms.
"Which room are you in?" I asked Menthe sweetly.
"None of your business." She replied sourly.
I raced into my room, slamming the door after myself, and realized that Persephone was already asleep.
"So, what took you so long?" Athena asked me.
"I asked Menthe which room she was in." I said.
"And she didn't tell you. I guess it's a good thing she never saw Persephone and Hades, with all the hints she would hate Persephone." Artemis said.
"What colour are her eyes?" Athena asked. She was holding her phone, I realized.
"Her eyes are spring green with hearts when looking at Hades." I said, laughing.
"Okay." Athena said, typing something on her phone.
"No, wait! I didn't mean literally! They're actually spring green." I said, realizing she actually typed what I said.
"Shut up!" Hades' voice sounded.
Artemis and I jumped. "Sorry, I was typing something to Hades, and he sent me a voice memo." Athena said, smiling. "He wanted to draw something for her. Or maybe, draw her."
"I'm tired." Artemis said. "And no more mushy gushy love stuff tonight."
A few seconds later, Artemis was asleep, as was Athena.
"Oh well." I shrugged and fell asleep.
Dream****** (Fluffy clouds)
I was in a pink room, with Persephone and Hades.
"Truth or dare?" Hades asked me. Looks like we were playing truth or dare.
"Dare." I answered.
"I dare you to reach the closest cloud." He smirked.
I jumped up, but I still couldn't reach the cloud. I would so get him back for this.
"Truth or dare, Hades?" I smiled.
"Dare." His smirk wavered slightly at my smile.
"I dare you to make out with Persephone for as long as you can, with the two of you taking a deep breath before you do." I smiled evilly.
End of Dream
I woke up, and sat up immediately. It was 10 o'clock at night so I wrote my small idea on a sheet of paper.
Make sure we play a game of truth or dare and ask Hades to make out with Persephone for as long as they can, with the two of them taking a deep breath before they do.
I rubbed my hands together, and hid the note deep inside my closet. And then promptly fell asleep.
In the morning, I woke up to Persephone yelling at me.
"Wake up! We're going out of school today to a small festival in town!"
I jumped up, just to see that Athena and Artemis were already up and dressed. Athena was wearing a cute gray minidress with black skinny jeans and a bit of silver eyeshadow along with a gray jacket. Her black hair was in a chignon and was wearing sparkly gray high-heels. Artemis was wearing a long midnight blue dress with dark blue eyeshadow and a silver jacket along with white leggings and had her auburn hair in a high ponytail she was wearing black flats.
"It's a fancy festival." Artemis said at my questioning look.
"Ohh! That's why you're so dressed up! To be honest, you don't strike me as the person that wears those types of clothes." I said.
"They told me about it earlier." Persephone said, when I looked at her.
She was wearing a long dark green dress, with a matching cardigan and black high-heels, white tights, green eyeshadow and had her dark red hair in a side ponytail.
"You usually bring a date." Athena added. "And you have to agree when someone asks you. Unless you already have a date."
I grabbed a long sparkly pink dress with black pumps, a pink cardigan, white tights, and a hair band and went into my bathroom to change. I also put on some sparkly pink eyeshadow and red lipstick. When I finished changing and went outside Persephone smiled at me.
"You look nice." She said.
"Thanks. You guys do too." I said.
Right then, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Hephaestus, and the the other boys that we sat with yesterday entered. Along with the other girls.
"Who's going with who?" I asked.
"I'll be going with Hermes." Artemis said.
"I'm going with Poseidon." Athena wrinkled her nose.
"You're going with Ares." Persephone said.
"And you?" I asked.
"Hades." Athena and Artemis chorused.
Persephone blushed, but nodded.
"Hi Aphrodite." Ares came over to me.
"Hi." I smiled at him, and looked around the room.
Poseidon and Athena, Zeus and Hera, Hades and Persephone, Percy and Annabeth, Artemis and Hermes, Nico and Thalia, and the others were single. Clarisse was with a brown-haired boy that looked alot like Connor and Travis, which Hermes and Dionysus introduced us to.
"Chris!" They yelled hugging the boy, who smiled. "You didn't tell us that you were coming here!"
"And that's Chris Rodriguez, their step-brother." Hermes told us.
A dark haired girl approached us. She was really pretty with a side braid and silver dress, boots ad jacket.
"And that's Zoe Nightshade." Artemis said.
Together, we all left for the festival with Hera and Athena avoiding their 'dates'. I had to laugh at Persephone and Hades though. Persephone kept stumbling every few steps, and blushing when Hades helped her up. Percy and Annabeth were also awkward, as they seemed to lack conversation.
"I have a couple name for Percy and Annabeth and Persephone and Hades." I leaned over to to whisper to Athena.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Percabeth and Hersephone." I said.
"Cute. But what about Artemis and Hermes?" She asked me.
"Hertemis." I squealed.
Athena smiled and leaned over to the two of them. "Hertemis?" She called.
"Yes?" The two of them turned around, causing Athena and I to laugh.
"Do you want to play something?" Hermes asked.
"What?" Everyone else chorused.
"Like truth or dare!" He said.
I smiled, thinking of the dare that I thought of yesterday.
"Or we can just get to know each other by telling secrets." Persephone said, shifting away from me.
"Good idea." Hera said.
Hermes pouted. "Fine." He said. "I'll go first. I used to be a mailman."
Everyone stared at him.
"I'm deathly afraid of spiders." Athena said.
"I hate most males." Artemis said.
"I dislike my mother." Persephone said.
"I don't wear much make up." I said.
"I rarely go home." Hades said.
"Hades used to be my favorite brother." Poseidon said, causing Zeus to glare at him.
Hades' POV:
"Are you sure?" I asked Poseidon.
"Yes." He said.
"We reached the festival!" Hecate announced.
"It looks really nice!" Persephone gasped.
I smiled down at her. "Wait until you see the rest of it."
"Aren't you going to give her the picture?" Hecate asked me. I shot her a dirty look.
Looking around, I saw Zeus trying to get Hera to go on a date with him. I stormed over, I'd always seen Hestia, Hera and Demeter as my sisters.
"What are you trying to do?" I asked Zeus, putting a hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump a meter high.
"N-nothing." He said, flinching at my mild glare.
I just rolled my eyes at him. "I don't think that was nothing, Zeus. So you want someone to sing womanizer to prove it?"
"Who's going to do that?" He asked.
"I don't know." I pretended to think. "What about Hera? Or another person that knows your personality?"
Zeus frowned at me. "You should really come up with better comebacks."
"Says the person that pretends to have friends and popularity, but is actually really young." I said.
"Look at the flowers!" Demeter said, elbowing me.
"It would look better if they were black." I said. "Not wilted, but black. Of course, some people want it to have their faces on it." I looked at Zeus and Poseidon pointedly.
"Huh? Yeah, sure." Poseidon said, distracted.
I smirked at him. "Really?" I asked.
"Let's go!" Zeus growled at me, pulling Hera along.
In two strides, I caught up to them. "Careful!" I said, wagging a finger in his face. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hera cover her mouth with a hand, giggling.
"Can you leave me alone?" Zeus growled.
"No." I said.
Poseidon walked around us in circles. "If you want to befriend one of us, why don't you chose Zeus? You used to be nice to me, but you don't seem to want to befriend me, while you are always nice to Zeus." I snapped at him.
Aphrodite's POV:
I looked around at our little group. I really wanted to bring some people together. Like Percabeth. I walked over to them, pulling Ares along.
"How long have you known each other?" I asked.
"6 years. Since grade one." Annabeth said, grabbing a book from the bag she carried.
"Come on, Annie! You don't want to miss the festival by reading now, would you?" Thalia whined.
"Don't call me Annie!" Annabeth growled, taking her book and chasing Thalia around with it.
"What a group." Athena said. "So much people this year."
"This is a lot?" I asked, confused.
"Well, there are more people here. I was a greeter, so I know." Athena said. "If you've really got to know more about it, ask Hades. He was here much longer than I was."
"What's your favorite country?" Percy asked us.
"Greece. So much architecture." Annabeth sighed.
"Antarctica. It's on the bottom of the world and is cold, but has life." Hades said. {I was wondering which country was most like the Underworld. This was my first idea.}
"France. Paris to be exact. The city of love!" I squealed.
Persephone rolled her eyes. "Well, if no one chooses France, there isn't going to be any 'romance' there." She pointed out.
"Party pooper." I pouted. "What's your favorite country?"
Persephone thought for a while, tilting her head to the side. "I guess it'll be Canada, I heard there's greenery there. What about you, Demeter? {A/N: I almost wrote 'Mom' there. XD}"
"Canada." Demeter said, fiddling with some plants.
"China. So much people I can rule." Zeus said.
"I like bodies of water better." Poseidon said.
"This is boring!" Hermes said. "We should do something else. Like relax for a while. Or check out the attractions."
"Which one should we go on?" Dionysus asked. "The one named 'Throne of Zeus' which I think is named after you," He stared at Zeus for that. "Or the 'Poker Dude'?"
"I suggest the Throne of Zeus. It sounds bizarre, like Zeus." Hera said.
"Who's your first girlfriend?" Hades asked Zeus. "Metis Weta? The sister of Leuce and Poseidon's first girlfriend, Amphridite? I think I see them"
Poseidon and Zeus looked around frantically and raced to the cotton-candy stand, trying to drag Hera and Athena there with them, but they refused.
"Finally!" Hera heaved a sigh of relief. "Seriously though, I think we should go on the Throne of Zeus."
"It's a little bumpy." Hades warned us. "Do all of you have phones?" He paused to look at us and continued when everyone nodded. "How about we just tell each other our phone numbers and split up, texting to get together."
Everyone nodded and started trading phone numbers and putting them in the contacts. After I got all the phone numbers, I looked around the place and remembered a ride I wanted to try.
"Come on!" I said, pulling Ares along.
"Where are we going?" He asked, walking beside me.
"The Tunnel of Love." I said. I had seen it on the way here. I heard Ares sigh before I turned around. "It'll be fun!"
Hera's POV:
I grabbed Persephone's hand and dragged her over to Throne of Zeus, with Hades being pulled behind, while he was checking his phone and my sisters tagging along.
"You're going on that?" I just realized that Hades had looked up. Hades sounded so incredulous, though that I would have laughed if not for being out of breath.
"What's wrong with it?" I asked.
"Zeus designed it and Rhea approved and got the school to make the ride." I noticed how he didn't call her his mom. "Ridiculous ride, though. It's extremely bumpy and unstable, besides you go on different paths." He stared at the long line. "But everyone goes on it anyways, to avoid the wrath of Zeus. I went on it a few times, just to spite Zeus." He laughed at the memory. "I swear, if you could pour steam, Zeus would be shrouded by steam."
"What do you think is the best ride here?" Demeter asked. She seemed excited to get her first best friend back. I noted with amusement. Hestia and I also like Hades as a brother, which meant that we would hate Zeus and Poseidon. We'd always hated Zeus though.
"I guess it'll be the Ride of Doom, where various 'monsters' pop up and you use this weapon of your choice to slash them, as they are holographs and will 'disintegrate' if you slice them." He told us. "And the Poker Dude is new."
I turned around, seeing the whole festival, well at least trying to. Hades seemed to notice my attempts, for he spoke up. "After the ride, I can take you to a mountain which overlooks the whole place."
Persephone, who noticed that we were next, pulled on me and Hades' hands, attempting to pull us forward. I turned around and walked forward. "You want to get some cotton-candy after this?" I asked her.
"Sure." She replied, looking at the ride. "It looks long." She commented to Hades.
"It isn't as long as you think. Or else the line would be much slower." He pointed out. "But again, there are a lot of paths so the line moves fast. Come on." He tugged Demeter and Persephone forward.
The small train car was actually comfortable, with five cushioned seats in a circle. We all put on the belts and placed our bags and devices outside the car except Hades, who placed his Iphone in his pocket and zipped it up. When we looked at him questionaly, he just shrugged and said. "Rhea pays more attention to me when I mess up. Though she does care for me, she looks after my brothers more. Besides, it's safe in my pocket."
I just shook my head. The intercom buzzed. "Attention, the ride will begin in...3...2...1!" I readied myself as the ride took us higher, out of the cave we had to enter for getting in the train cars. Once we reached the top, we started dipping lower before zooming upwards, and falling straight downwards. Persephone, Demeter, Hestia and I screamed along with everyone else, while Hades only looked outside, appearing to be bored. {A/N: Throne shape.}
"Why aren't you afraid?" Demeter nudged him with her shoulder once we were safely on the ground and had caught our breaths.
"I've been on this before. And I saw his blueprints for the ride. They were messed up, but the builder fixed them, so the ride is much more stable." He yelled, over the deafening roar of a waterfall that was beside us. The ride started zooming upwards.
"Oh no." Demeter said, her brown eyes widening. "Not again. I think I've developed a fear of heights." Looking at her, I had to agree. She looked like she was going to be sick.
"I think the ride's almost over." Hestia said, hugging Demeter using one arm.
Hades almost opened his mouth, before looking at Demeter and deciding against it. "What do you think we should do after getting some cotton-candy?" He asked.
"Go to the small zoo?" I asked, looking as we passed a map. "It's next to the cotton-candy stand."
"Really?" Hades exclaimed, surprised. "I guess they moved it."
Demeter turned towards him. "It's been so long! We really need to catch up. After all, the last time we saw you was before grade one!"
Hades sighed and rolled his eyes affectionately before facing her. "What do you think of your old school?"
"Annoying because the teachers chew gum." I said.
Hades laughed. "Really? I wouldn't have pegged Mnemosyne as one to chew gum."
"Not her!" Hestia said, smiling.
Persephone's POV:
I stared at them, feeling slightly left out. I wasn't there in the same kindergarten class as Hestia, Demeter and Hera, so I didn't have an idea what they were talking about. I only transferred to their school in grade one. Apparently, Hestia noticed that I was upset and turned towards me. "Remember Mr. Kingly? Kronos? He was the worst teacher ever."
Hades seemed surprised. "Rhea said that father's name was Kronos Kingly. Who is your teacher?"
"Math teacher." I said.
Hades made a face. "I absolutely despise that subject. Literally the worst thing since too much sun at the beach."
"Two things you dislike." Hera teased, flicking his arm while smiling.
"The ride's over!" Demeter said, jumping out after slipping her seat belt off and grabbed her phone and bag, putting her phone in her bag.
Hades just walked alongside her. "I have to show you the mountain." He said. "There's an amazing view."
"I have a question." Hestia said. "For you, Hades."
"Ask away."
"Who did you go to the fair with before?" She said.
"Leuce. We were always best friends since she arrived in grade three. The years before that, I went alone." Hades said.
I felt a slight pang of jealousy. "Where's the mountain?"
"It's not that far from here. Just about a few hundred kilometers." He replied, laughing.
Demeter, Hera and Hestia joined in. "You still remember that?" Hades asked.
"Of course!" Hera replied. "The time when Demeter couldn't count and thought a few meters was longer than a few hundred kilometers."
I stared at Demeter. "When was that?"
"In kindergarten." Demeter replied, still laughing. "It's not really a few hundred kilometers though. Hades is just messing with you. Right?" She asked Hades.
"Maybe..." He smiled softly. "Oh! There's the mountain!"
We hiked up the mountain, which basically meant that Hades had to carry us up. "This is so unfair!" HE exclaimed, as he took me up. I was the last one.
"We are wearing dresses, so..." I trailed off.
"Still!" He protested weakly.
"The view up here is amazing." Demeter said.
I looked up to see her and her sisters looking around. She stared at me for a second before smirking. I barely had anytime to wonder why before I almost fell.
"I can barely see over you!" Hades said, as he regained his balance. "It's a safety hazard!"
I stood up, realizing that we had reached the top and stared down the mountain. "Woah!"
"It's high. I didn't have to take you here, you know. This was my private spot until today." Hades sighed. "Why don't we go get some cotton-candy now?"
We headed down the mountain, behind Hades, who basically ran down without waiting for us. "I'm not carrying you again." He yelled behind his shoulder.
"What flavor of cotton-candy do you like? Is it still 'I want green cotton-candy! Tea-flavored with sprinkles on top!' ?" Hades asked Demeter, smiling while imitating Demeter.
We all started heading to what I thought was the cotton-candy stand.
"You idiot!" Demeter said, slapping him. I could tell she wasn't serious though, with the way her eyes sparkled. "At least I'm not 'Black and sweet flavored cotton-candy, with a skull on top. Oh, and make it as spooky as you can.' And after that, you chased Zeus all over the place, yelling 'DEATH!'" Demeter laughed.
"And then Hera would grab a pink one, with gold icing decorating it, and would sit down on a bench. Hestia, on the other hand, would take a blue one, with chocolate sprinkles and try to stop me from killing Zeus while glaring at him and yelling death threats." Hades smiled. "Which flavor do you like, Persephone? Pink with frosted flowers?" He teased.
I just stared at him, open-mouthed. He had actually guessed the flavor I liked. I knew that we like bizarre flavors, but back home we had weird flavors. "That is what I like." I said, regaining my wits. "Really? Black with a skull?"
"Yeah, I know it's a weird combination." He just looked surprised.
"I liked fancy stuff back then. Don't blame me." Hera smiled. "And then Hades would be the gloomy one that people stared at when we went to the park."
"Where Demeter tripped, going to the swings and accidently pulled out a few flowers, that she put into a vase. And then we raced over to the swings with me jumping on one and tumbling over when the swing moved, as it was one that was meant for people older than us." Hades added. "It was annoying that I was that much taller than you, so it looked like I was three years older than you instead of one." He added, pointing at Demeter, Hera and Hestia.
"It had always been so that the four of us were siblings along with your brothers." Hestia said. "You're the oldest, I'm second, Demeter's third, Poseidon's fourth, Zeus's fifth and Hera's sixth."
"And now, my brothers are so far away from me, it's like they hate me more. Zeus used to be half bearable." Hades sighed.
Hestia turned to me. "What do you like about our elementary school?"
I smiled. "The greenhouse. It was so peaceful and nice there."
Hades looked upset. "I always manage to kill the plants if I try to take care of them. You know, once I was given a plant-a cactus- to take care of in grade five. I still have it. It's the only plant I haven't killed."
Demeter stared at him. "Poor you, you can never appreciate the beauty of plants. Remember the time you went to the park after Zeus said you killed plants on site?"
Hades groaned, covering his face with his hands. "You seem hell bent on annoying me."
"And then you closed your eyes, grabbed Hestia's hand and tried to follow us around, and ended up bumping into everything." Hera finished, laughing.
"Oh look! We're at the cotton-candy stand." Hades said, pointedly ignoring them. We lined up, while laughing at him. "Hey, Demeter. Remember when you used to have Zeus flirting with you? And the day you whacked him in the face because of it?"
Demeter just laughed, although a bit nervously. "Yes?"
"Zeus had been so angry that you were grabbing your plastic flower pot and tried to stop him from yelling with it. And then when you threw it at him, you heard footsteps and ducked under the bed, except that you hit your head with it and stood up, then jumped and landed on your bed. With Zeus still flirting with you, while I almost fell over laughing from peeking through the peephole on your door."
"So it was you that walked up the stairs!" Demeter exclaimed.
"It wasn't me, it was Hera." Hades said. Hera peeked out from in front of him. "Guilty as charged!"
I just frowned, and turned around. "Oh come on, don't be such a party pooper! Lighten up!" Demeter nudged me. "Don't you like flowers?"
I nodded slowly. "Well then you'll hate me." Hades smirked. "I kill way too many." I just stared at him. Even if I did like flowers, which I did, I couldn't hate him.
Hestia laughed. "It's hard for you take care of flowers. But what I truly wonder is how Poseidon got sea-green eyes when your mother has blue eyes and dark blonde hair, and your dad has black hair and eyes, from what your mom told me."
"I guess my blue and black makes sea-green?" Hades shrugged. "That isn't really something I think of often. What about you? Hestia has yellow eyes, Hera has honey brown and Demeter has earthy brown eyes. It adds up, but my siblings are different. Our hair colour make sense and so do yours."
"What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you?" I asked them.
Demeter, Hestia and Hera looked at each other, and shoved Hades. "Why don't you go first, Hades?" Demeter asked, ignoring the glare Hades sent her.
"Let's say it later." Hades said.
"What flavor would you like?" The guy at the counter asked.
"I guess blue raspberry." Hades said, reluctantly. "With a skull."
"Isn't that Zeus' favorite flavor? Without the skull, I mean." Demeter asked. "A green tea one, please."
"It was, until grade six. He now likes blue with yellow, lightning shaped sprinkles." Hades told her.
"A pink one, with frosted flowers please." I said.
"A pink one with gold icing." Hera said.
"Orange with yellow sprinkles, please." Hestia said. "And Poseidon likes sea-green with wave like sprinkles. Right?" She asked Hades and he nodded.
"He will do anything to get it. Last time, I said that if he stopped bothering me for one year, I'll buy him one. Guess what he did." Hades smirked.
"He agreed?" I guessed.
"He sure did. And stuck to the deal, annoying Zeus." Hades frowned. "Though, I didn't mean for him to ignore me. It was useful though."
Hera rolled her eyes. "What a bad deal for Poseidon." She whispered to me.
"Why are you whispering?" I asked.
"Bad vibes." She replied.
Me and Demeter burst out laughing. The way Hera said it was really commical.
"I feel it too." Hades said, looking around the place and seemingly spotting someone. Because he paled. "No. No. It can't be. Mom said... That's impossible." He murmured.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." He replied. But the way he was hesitating made me think that he was lying.
All of a sudden, I realized that Demeter, Hestia and Hera had froze, and everyone else was backing up to make a path for a man. That was wearing a dark blue suit and black pants. Not to mention that he looked like Hades. "Mr. Kingly?" I murmured.
Hades seemed to be stuck in a trance, blinking fast and not speaking. I saw Zeus and Poseidon in the background, with Zeus scowling. I wondered why until I realized the guy was heading towards Hades. I guess they wanted to be in the spotlight as everyone was staring at Hades.
"Hello son." He spoke, in a cold voice.
"Who are you?" Hades asked, falling out of the trance. "I don't think I know you."
"I'm your father." The man smiled coldly. "And I want to know where your brothers are."
I saw Hades looking around, for them. But when he saw them, he only turned back. "I have no idea where my brothers are, and I have no intention of telling you where they are. You probably don't even know how many brothers I have."
"That is true. I didn't know until your mother told me." The man said. "If you don't call me father, call me Mr. Kingly." I stared at him. My math teacher was actually Hades' father?
"Then why is my last name not yours?" Hades asked. "I noticed that I'm not my mother's favorite child, so I don't think I would be named after her. And do you know my last name?"
"Lerpia. You are Hades Lerpia."
Author's note: Well... that was dramatic. I really have no idea what I'm going to write in the next chapter. I was actually going to continue this chapter, but I felt like putting a cliffhanger so I just stopped it there. I'm evil, aren't I? *Insert evil laugh here* *Throws head back and laughs harder* That was awkward. Any ways, tune in later for the next chapter. I know this chapter is mostly Hades, but you will have to pass alot of the next chapter to continue from the cliffhanger. But the cliffhanger is picked up in the next chapter, so don't worry. It's almost summer, but I have swimming lessons during summer, so... I will only be working on one story a day right now. Maybe I'll change this later, but for now it'll be like this.
To fans of my other stories,
Sorry, but I will not be focusing on those right now. I have the best intentions for this story. I really need to continue this. I plan for about 5,000 words a chapter. Maybe I'll work on my other stories once I'm at 30,000 words or something. That's six chapters or so, by the way.
Au revoir,
Goddess of Sea-Wisdom (Who speaks french)
Anyways, I'm going to work on the next chapter right away.