Okay, so I don't own PJO, or Hope, and Hollie and Misa are my friends characters.
Oh, Susie is now known as Hollie ppls! If anyone's reading this… and Misa Yagami is NOT from death note! Okay, names are, but Danae wants her character to be Misa Yagami… And BTW, the character groups and relationships are not real life! :D and sorry for the delay… I wuz sorta busy tryna make friends in china, only to ditch them two months later… Did you know that the peeps in china aren't done with school yet? lolzz
"Man, this is one sweet ride!" Derek said to Hollie.
"I know, right?" Hollie agreed absentmindedly.
"Hollie, what's wrong?" Derek asked cupping Hollie's face.
"Nothing. It's just that Jackson tried to freaking kill Evie and she's cuddling with him! That's very uncharacteristic of her," Hollie sneaked a glance at Evie, who had her head in Jackson's chest and her arms around him. Jackson was tenderly kissing her head and whispering softly in her ear.
"Using big words, now, are we?" Derek teased kissing her forehead.
"Oh, shut up," Hollie said giggling.
Sobering down, Derek replied: "I bet she's fine, she's my half sister, you know?"
Hollie wrinkled her forehead. "How?"
"I don't know, but it felt like the right thing to say that would cheer you up," Derek broke into a smile.
Hollie grinned. "Let's go find out where Percy got this… flying chariot."
The two walked hand in hand to where Percy and Annabeth sat kissing.
Derek cleared his throat politely, and Annabeth and Percy flew apart while Annabeth turned beet red. "Um, hey Hollie, Derek, what's up?" Annabeth asked quickly, trying to cover up her embarrassment.
"Hi Percy," Hollie said pointedly sending Annabeth a glare that was easily interpreted as: You called us spoiled rich kids.
"Um, hey Hollie… Do you need something?"
"Yeah, Derek and I were wondering if you could tell us where you got this flying chariot and the pegasus' pulling us,"
"Oh," said Percy chuckling a little. "It was a birthday gift from my dad, Poseidon. And as for the pegasus' well the one in front, Blackjack, is mine. The rest belongs to the camp." A pegasus neighed and Percy added: "Actually, they, uh, believe they're working for the camp for free."
"But doesn't that mean they belong to the camp?" Hollie asked. The pegasus snorted and tossed its head, shunning her.
"Wow, that's the first time I've seen a horse-"
"A pegasus," Percy cut in and then leaned in and whispered: "They get sorta pissed off when they're called horses."
"A pegasus," Derek amended. "have an, uh, attitude."
As Percy, Hollie, and Derek chatted, Annabeth stole away to find Evie and ask her for an explanation to Hollie's behavior. She found Evie and Jackson making out, with Evie backed up against a railing, and Jackson in front. "Um, hey, Evie, can I ask you something?" Annabeth called out cautiously.
Evie leaned her head out lazily from behind Jackson but kept her arms around Jackson's neck. "Um, sure, shoot."
Annabeth tugged on her hair nervously. "Hollie and Derek are both ignoring me and I-"
"That's because you called us spoiled rich kids," Evie told her calmly.
"But what's not true about my comment?"
Evie sighed and finally lowered her arms slowly from around Jackson's neck. "Sure we're all rich, but that doesn't mean we're spoiled!"
"How?"
"Most spoiled kids around here have both parents. Mom and Dad. But not us. I only have my mom, and Jackson only has his dad. Hollie has her dad and Hope has her mom. And my mom doesn't pay any attention to me, she's too distraught about my father, Angel's disappearance. You can say that my friends and I have bonded, but I still think I'm closest to my brother Ethan, Hollie, and now Jackson."
"You'll always have me," he whispered in her ear before pulling her into a long, lasting kiss.
When they pulled apart, Evie turned to where Annabeth stood fidgeting, staring up at the sky. "You look like you have something important to say, due to all that fidgeting," she said to Annabeth.
Annabeth stopped. "I do have something to say. But that's not the reason I'm fidgeting. I just don't know what to do when you two kiss. I was singing 'row row row your boat' at the top of my lungs, and well you two didn't seem to have heard."
"We didn't," Jackson said, and pulled Evie into another kiss, partly because he had found his new drug, and partly because he liked ticking Annabeth off. "What'd you sing this time?" Jackson asked when they were done.
"Nothing," Annabeth said with a mischievous smile. "I flung my dagger at Evie. It's near her left boot."
Evie looked down. Evidently enough, there was a dagger by her boot. She picked it up and flung it at Annabeth, and nodded approvingly when she snatched it out of the air. "So, what's the important thing you needed to say?" she asked.
"That you have a lot of demigod friends," Annabeth said and turned to walk away when Ethan and Hope appeared.
"Who screamed that they were going to die?" demanded Ethan.
"Oh, yeah, I said that too," Annabeth said sheepishly.
"You-" Ethan took a step towards Annabeth but Hope, always the peacemaker, held him back.
"Look," she said urgently pointing down. "Land."
Annabeth walked over to Hope and grinned. Thanks, she mouthed and then pointed to a hill. "That's Camp Half-Blood. We're protected from monsters by the Golden Fleece that Percy and I saved…" she trailed off dreamily.
The chariot soon landed in a clearing and they were greeted by hoots and friendly slaps on the back. "Hey, I'm Drew," said a stunning girl looking at Evie. "I bet you're a daughter of Aphrodite. That would explain your beauty," she said and winked.
"Thanks," Evie said cautiously.
A man/horse walked up to Percy and whispered something in his ear. "That's Chiron," Annabeth told Evie.
"Annabeth?" Chiron called and Annabeth hurried forward. "Why did you bring 6 kids back? I told you two to only bring Evie and Ethan, but you brought back this whole bunch of people," he said disapprovingly.
"Sorry Chiron, we ran into… some… uh, trouble," Percy said scratching his head and looking everywhere but Chiron.
"Okay, but don't let Dionysus-"
"Annabeth! Percy! Please explain why-"
"Oh, hey Dionysus we're just about to start the tour!" interrupted Percy and with that, he turned on his heels and pointed at the person closest to him-which just happened to Evie. "C'mon I'll take you on the tour," he said and walked away with Evie hurrying after him.
Jackson turned away from Percy and Evie, and tried to focus on what Annabeth was saying. "So, anyone want to tour with me?" she asked.
When no one answered out of hurt pride, Jackson spoke up. "I will."
Annabeth turned and Jackson could see the quick flash of gratitude she shot him. Jackson followed Annabeth away from the group but only listened half-heartedly. He was thinking of Evie.
"Jackson!" Annabeth yelled waving her arms in front of his face and successfully snapping him out of his reverie.
"Huh? What?" asked Jackson and felt a sort of numbing coldness at his feet.
"I said: 'you walked into the stream'. Are you even listening to me?"
Jackson flushed. "Sorry, I was just-"
"Thinking about Evie, I know. Before you stepped into the stream I snapped my fingers in front of your face, like, fifty times!" Annabeth sighed. "What love can do to someone," she said shaking her head. "Anyways," she said pointing forward. "This is the clearing where we train and-" Annabeth stopped and stared openly across the clearing to where Evie and Percy were kissing. As they watched, Evie broke away and turned around.
"Hey," she said inspecting her nails.
"What was that for?" asked Jackson a bit amused.
"For trying to kill me,"
"But what did I ever do to you? That was my boyfriend!" Annabeth said furiously.
"I saved your life." Evie reminded her. "You owed me one and I decided to kiss your boyfriend," she shrugged.
"And what about me?" asked Percy in a state of shock.
"Well… I don't know. Maybe you're good looking? But definitely not as hot as my boyfriend," Evie noted and walked to Jackson.
"So," he said. "Am I allowed to kiss other girls?"
"Nope, you can't,"
"Why?"
"For that dream you dreamed,"
"Oh, anything else?"
"Yes," Evie replied devilishly.
"How come? I find my girlfriend kissing some other dude and there's this list that I can't do?" Jackson said feeling like a wounded puppy.
"Oh, it's not a list. Just one thing that you can't do."
"What is it?"
"This," Evie said and wrapped her arms around Jackson's neck and kissed him.
"Okay, what was that for?" Jackson asked pleasantly surprised.
"For looking so damn hot when you're hurt,"
Jackson laughed and threw his arm around Evie's shoulders and they walked out of sight.
"Wise Girl-"
Annabeth interrupted him. "That Evie," she said. "We'd be friends someday," Annabeth turned to Percy and added: "Don't call me that."
"What? Why?"
"We're over, Percy."
"No, Annabeth. I'd do anything. Everything," Percy broke off miserably.
He didn't see the beaming smile lighting up Annabeth's face as she asked: "Really?"
"Yes, please, just one more chance,"
Suddenly, Annabeth whirled around and threw her arms around Percy. "You silly, silly, boy, I'd never break up with you. Now that my mother finally lets me date you, there's no chance that I would ever break up with you."
"Neither will I," Percy murmured softly kissing her neck. "Neither will I."
Percabeth stayed there for a moment until Annabeth broke away wistfully. "We should go back," she said. "Chiron would be worried about us."
Percy only nodded, trying to swallow past the lump of sadness in his throat at the thought of their private time interrupted.
*^~Later~^*
"As you all have noticed, we have a few more demigods with us. Seven, in fact," Chiron said and motioned to where Evie and her friends sat, along with another girl with red hair and brown eyes. A collective cheer went up and Chiron continued. "As you all know, this is the campfire meeting, where we sing some songs and when most demigods are claimed. Now let's get started!"
Evie and her crew introduced themselves; birdcalls greeted Evie, Hollie, and Hope, and screaming cheered the guys. Soon, Chiron led the campers into typical campfire songs. Suddenly, in the middle of a song, Jackson rose up from the ground and started glowing. His glossy brown hair suddenly had blond highlights, his dirty suit turned clean and new. He opened his eyes and everyone gasped at the brilliant green they turned, more brilliant than before. A shimmering dove appeared above his head, with a green sprig before it vanished and Jackson was set on his feet lightly.
"What does this mean?" Annabeth asked anxiously, breaking the heavy silence that hung in the air. "Aphrodite's never had a son before!" she turned to Chiron, along with everyone else and demanded an explanation.
"I think-" he started before the new girl, Misa Yagami started to glow, just like Jackson did. Her red hair became an eye-blinding red and wove itself into braids. Misa opened her eyes and they were a pinkish red, and her clothes started to change. A temporary mist enveloped her and when it disappeared, Misa was wearing a white, sleeveless dress that went down her knees. Her arms had lace climbing up on them and an identical white dove flashed over her head, and she was also set lightly on the ground.
"Aphrodite's been busy," Chiron remarked.
And the night wore on, and everyone was claimed except for Evie, Ethan, Hollie, and Hope. But Derek was a son of Ares, so everyone knew that Hope's father was also Ares. (Duh, they're brother and sister, so screw you, Jason :P) The night grew long, and everyone was yawning up a storm. (Yes, a storm, due to Percy) Finally, Dionysus clapped his hands together, extinguishing the fire which had gone all dark and moody. "All right, everyone! Off to bed! Who wants to show Ethan, Evie, and Hollie to the Hermes cabin?"
"I will," said a tired looking boy.
"Okay Justin," Dionysus yawned and headed off to his bed.
"Hey everyone, I'm Justin Lockes. My dad is Hermes." He said to Ethan, and nodded at Evie and Hollie.
Hollie nudged Evie. "He likes someone," she whispered.
"I know, right? He didn't even look at us," Evie replied then added: "Closely."
Hollie prodded Evie's side again and pointed her chin at Justin. 'Find out' she mouthed.
Evie nodded and walked up to Justin, pondering how she could get the little tidbit out of him. She decided to be blunt. "Hey Justin, do you have a girlfriend?" she asked.
Surprised and with his walls down, he glanced at Misa Yagami then remembering Evie, stammered. "Uh, n-no,"
Evie hid a grin. "Okay, cool. Bye,"
"Who is it?" asked Hollie the second Evie got back to where she walked, last.
"Misa Yagami."
"Who?"
"You know red hair, red eyes, and Aphrodite's daughter?"
Recognition dawned in Hollie's eyes. "Oooh… Speaking of Aphrodite, wonder how Jackson's doing?"
Before Evie could reply, a voice behind her spoke. "Not so well at first, you know, but now that I'm with you guys, I feel awesome."
Evie and Hollie twirled around and Jackson flashed a grin at Evie. "How'd you get here?"
"Well, I was talking to Misa Yagami, and so she mentioned she was a good artist, so I asked her to draw us. She was about finished with me and looked at me to fix my nose cuz she messed up and then the air in front of me shimmered or something, and, like, a replica, or clone, of me popped out. I stepped out from behind it and Misa was all freaked, lolzz, so I told her I'd shut up about it if she told nobody about how I was coming over here to see you two."
Hollie blinked. "Uh…"
"Wow," said Evie. "That's-"
"Hollie! Evie! You two coming?" Justin yelled in the darkness.
"Yeah!" reassured Hollie. "Just a sec!"
Evie, on the other hand, didn't bother to reassure Justin. Instead, she grabbed Jackson in a bear hug, then turned and shoved him roughly to the general area of the other cabins. "Shoo," she said and walked briskly away.
Hollie and Jackson looked at each other and cracked up. "Evie," they said in unison, shaking their heads.
Evie sat on her bunk, staring at the ceiling. Why? She thought. Why didn't you claim me? Dad, you told me you loved me, so why am I unclaimed?
And Evie buried her head in her hands and cried for the first time in eight years.