Chapter 3
A/N: Welcome to the third chapter of my misadventures with the Kane Chronicle characters! Today, I'm going to show you not only what I do with Carter, but also how I get him. And yeah, this story does have a few PJO references. For those who don't know PJO, it stands for Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In the first chapter, I mentioned Annabeth. Annabeth is a daughter of Athena. In this, I mention the Hunt. The Hunt is a group of maidens who follow and tend to Artemis. They vow to never date. I hate dating, so I am going to join as soon as they come for me!
On a kind of weird note, remember the cereal war Sadie and me were going to have?
Sadie: I changed it to a random war.
Ginger: Warning: there is still a lot of OOCness.
Sadie: the prune-head eats Bast!
I walked outside, to my tree. I touched its trunk and opened a blue-purple portal to the Brooklyn House, taking my wand and staff.
I walked through and walked up to the mansion. I rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.
Exactly as I had planned (and/or hoped), Carter answered.
I tapped him lightly on the head with my staff and whispered a spell for sleep. He fell to the ground, starting to snore. I dragged him back to my portal and shoved him through. I jumped through, just before it disappeared.
I dragged Carter into the house. "Jimmy!" I called into the hallway.
"Yeah?" He called back.
"Will you help me bring this into my room?"
He walked out of his room, and his eyes widened in horror. "Who is that?"
I shrugged. "Sadie Kane's brother. Now will you please help me? I'll give you some of my gum," I bribed. Now, kids, normally, I do not recommend bribing. It's cheap, it's dirty, and it's cheating. However, in this case, it got the job done. Plus, what's the loss of a few pieces of gum?
He nodded his agreement and started dragging Carter into my room. He arrived, and he dropped Carter to the ground. I winced as Carter's head hit the ground with a dull thump. You know, carpet and all?
Jimmy held his hand out. "Pay up," he demanded.
I sighed and brought out two pieces of gum.
Jimmy looked at them, then back at me. "This is all I get?" He cried, outraged.
I rolled my eyes and brought out another piece of gum. He took them and quickly left my room.
I took my wand out again and muttered a spell for waking Carter up. Not my strength, but it took much less time than manually waking him up.
Carter's eyes fluttered open. If I weren't going to join the Hunt, he would almost be cute. I thought.
He looked around my room and asked, "Who are you? And where am I?"
"You are at my house, somewhere in the United States. And I am Emily, self-trained magician, wizard, and demigod."
Carter nodded. "And why aren't you at the Brooklyn House if you're a magician?"
I rolled my eyes. "Didn't you hear me? I am a self-trained magician." Mojo leaped up onto my lap.
Carter reached out a hand as if to start petting her. Mojo hissed, as if to say, Back off, bozo. I am not Bast.
Carter withdrew his hand, looking scared that he understood my cat. "Uh, can I sit somewhere?" He asked tentatively.
I nodded, and pointed to a little chair I had made out of pillows.
He sighed and sat, looking a little deflated.
"Did Sadie tell you about me?" I asked worriedly.
Carter looked confused. "Sadie was here too?"
I nodded. "So was Set. Anyway, I'm doing this differently than with Sadie. You ask me a question and I'll answer it the best I can. You get seven questions."
I got out the notebook that was starting to fill up from my observations of Kane Chronicles characters.
"Okay. Why did you knock me out?"
I wrote down his question while answering. "Because there was no way I could willingly get you to come here. Plus, I like capturing people. I'm kidding," I said as I noticed the strange look he was giving me.
He nodded and let me finish writing down my answer. "Next. What happened when you kidnapped Sadie?"
I bit the eraser of my pencil thoughtfully, and then spit it out. "Eraser tastes horrible."
I wrote down Carter's question, still formulating a short enough answer. Finally, I spoke. "Well, I asked her some really random questions and she answered them. She also asked for cereal."
I wrote down my answer and sighed. "Can we cut this down to five questions? This is going to take forever otherwise."
"Fine. Three: what's your cat's name?"
I blinked, surprised. "Mojo. And no, she's not Bast." I answered the question he was about to ask. I quickly wrote down both question and answer.
"Question number four: what's a wizard?" He asked.
Suddenly, Jimmy burst in. "Hello. Who are you? I'm Jimmy, Emily's brother!"
Carter looked quite relaxed, actually. "I'm Carter Kane. Are you a magician too?"
Jimmy seemed quite confused.
"Jimmy hasn't heard your recordings," I explained quickly. "But yes, he will be a magician soon. I'm going to train him."
Jimmy looked around. "Why do you keep kidnapping these people?"
"Because I need them for a story I'm writing. Besides, I always return them! Now, shoo!" I pushed him out of my room and locked the door.
I saw a note slip under my door. I picked it up to read later. "Anyway, Carter, a wizard… well, this is going to be a bit of a shock to you, but… Harry Potter is real. No, I'm kidding. I'm not a wizard."
He sighed with visible relief. "Last question: can I have a tour of your house?"
I stared at him for a moment. "What the heck? No, you can't. My mom and dad are here. Maybe if you come back another time, but… no. Not right now."
I ushered him out the door, to my tree. "You were much more cooperative than your sister. Thanks for that. Now, get going!" I pushed him through the portal I had created moments ago.
I walked back to my room and opened the note. It read:
Emily: can I play Blokus with you?
I opened Jimmy's door. "Sure, buddy. Blokus it is."
After an intense game of Blokus, with me being the winner, I ran downstairs to type up the latest chapter of my… questionings. "Good luck surviving me, Anubis." I said, starting to laugh evilly. "Good luck indeed."
