Aaahhh, welcome back Percabeth! HAHAHAHAHA okay, I'm hyper today! Wonder what's going to happen to my writing… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH… heheheh… Hey, Michael hasn't sent me a pic of him yet… sigh… I'll have to email him about it… Then rub it in _ face! HAHAHAHAHA im evil! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… sorry
Annabeth's eyes snapped open as she tumbled off her bed.
"Annabeth! Are you okay?" asked one of Athena's daughters, Cleona. [I'm not sure that's a name…]
"Yes," she replied shakily. "I'm fine. I just need to see Chiron."
"A dream from mom?" asked Cleona. "To say the truth," she shook her head. "I haven't been hearing anything from her, lately.
Annabeth nodded. "Listen, I need to get to Chiron. It's about my dream."
Cleona nodded understandingly. "Not good, huh?"
Annabeth agreed in her head as she hurried out the door to see Chiron. When she stepped into the Main Cabin, or as Evie put it, the Big House, Chiron was still asleep. Annabeth knocked on the door respectively and a disgruntled Chiron answered. "Annabeth? Do you need something?" Chiron glanced at the gray sky. "It's awfully early."
Annabeth nodded and Chiron opened the door wider. "Can I get Percy?" she asked.
"Sure."
Annabeth raced through the campground to the Poseidon cabin. She stopped briefly and glanced up at the cabin, loving how exotic it always looked. It fit Percy.
She dashed through. "Eh?" asked Percy.
"It's me, Seaweed Brain. I had a dream."
Percy nodded and sat up in bed. "I know. I did too."
Annabeth frowned. "What was it about?"
"How apparently Poseidon tried to find Athena but she was gone. He tried sending an iris message but it got disconnected. He did glance a fiery room and a cage… And a shady figure." Percy shook his head. "That's all I know."
Annabeth nodded. "Mine is similar to that." She grabbed Percy's hand and dragged him out the door and to Chiron's personal cabin. The two stepped into the door hand in hand.
Chiron glanced up and nodded at them. He was sitting in his wheel chair and there was a love couch set in front of him. Annabeth blushed but sat down with Percy. "Tell me about your dreams," Chiron said to Percy.
Percy told him. "That's basically it," he said and ran his fingers through his tangled hair.
"How about you, Annabeth?"
"I also saw a burning room, but did not see the cage. I saw everything from Athena's eyes. There were wood posts and I ached everywhere, so I knew Athena was beaten. There was a snarl next to her and suddenly I was cut off. It seems like her – her captor found out."
Chiron nodded thoughtfully. "I think," he said slowly, tasting the words. "That you guys should go on a quest."
Annabeth laughed bitterly, and squeezed Percy's hand. "I know, that was what I was thinking too."
"But who should we take?" Percy asked. "I don't think we should take the new people, since they don't seem too settled down. But they are making friends." Percy chuckled. "Misa and Evie. Never thought those two would get along with each other. They're exact opposites. Evie is icy, and mean. Misa is warm and kind and everything Evie is not. But perhaps," Percy looked at Annabeth and she nodded. "That's the reason they get along. They make up for what the other is not."
Annabeth grinned. "I agree with the second part of Percy's statement. But I disagree also. I think we should take the new people, get them a taste of the real world. We should take Evie though, if we can't take anybody else." Chiron cocked his head questioning Annabeth's reason, and she continued. "Evie is very good with her dagger and throwing knives, and I would enjoy having another girl with a dagger with me."
Chiron nodded. "Okay, Evie it is. But we should take two more people, to make a group of five." Chiron paused, and suggested Misa.
Percy nodded, but Annabeth frowned. "I don't think so… If we take Misa, then we couldn't take Hollie and Jackson."
"Why should we take those two?" asked Percy wrinkling his nose thoughtfully.
Annabeth again laughed bitterly. "I had this problem when I tried to get only Evie with us. She refused and Jackson talked his way – and Hollie's way – into the group. Now I realize he was using Aphrodite's power. The one Drew has."
"Wait, so you mean Evie won't go anywhere without Jackson and Hollie?"
"Yes, but I think Misa would be a very good influence on Evie, help us tame her."
"We can make an exception. Six people on a quest. That would work. You guys can pose as a school thing."
"School thing?" Annabeth and Percy asked in unison.
"Yeah, like orchestra field trip or something."
"Sure," Annabeth said. "I think we should set off in the morning. I'll wake Evie and Hollie. Seaweed Brain, you wake Jackson and Misa."
Annabeth hurried to the direction of Hermes's cabin, because Hollie and Evie were both in that cabin. Her footsteps crunched in the frosty air, and she could see her breath from the small puffs of air she breathed out. Annabeth shivered. Knocking on the cabin door, she inspected the cabin. Because Hermes was a messenger, the cabin fit him. But definitely not Evie, Hollie, and Ethan. The door slowly creaked open and Hollie stuck her head out. "Hi!"
"Hey, may I come in?"
"Y-yeah, you must be f-f-freezing." Hollie's teeth chattered.
Annabeth walked in, and immediately searched the sleeping bodies for Evie. None of them seemed right. "Where's Evie?"
"She's an early bird. Probably up the tree like yesterday." Hollie answered and plopped herself on her temporary bunk.
"Tree?" Annabeth couldn't climb any tree in the Camp. They were designed – or cut – to keep the campers away. "She climbs trees?"
Hollie blinked. "Yeah. Every since her dad disappeared when she was seven. Her dad taught her."
This was news to Annabeth. And her godly parent stayed till she was seven? "Taught her to climb impossible trees?" Annabeth joked.
It was a lame and weak joke, but Hollie cracked up and was rewarded by some sleepy glares the other campers sent her. She ignored them. "I don't know how she does that, but apparently Misa can climb the trees too. Dunno how she does that, but," Hollie shrugged.
"Can you show me where? Like tell me directions. You have to pack. We're going on a quest."
"A quest?"
"Yep. It's going to be… interesting."
Hollie shrugged. "Is that why you wanted to know where Evie is?" Hollie stood up and stretched. "Sure. If Evie's going, I'm going." Hollie pointed out the window. "I'm surprised you missed her. She's just out the door, on the big tree by the window."
Annabeth thanked her, and with all the dignity she had left with her, walked out the door and looked up. Sure enough, she saw a memorable face snickering at her. "You heard?" asked Annabeth and Evie nodded.
"You guys talked pretty loud. Besides, I read lips." Evie cracked up. [I wish I read lips…-_-]
"Ok so go and pack." Annabeth noticed Misa also sitting on the tree. "Misa? Percy's looking for you. You better get back before – "
"Annabeth!" came an unmistakable cry that sent pleasant shivers up Annabeth's spine.
"Percy," she whispered in a voice so filled with lust, longing, and love that only the darkness had heard before. She took a shuddering breath before calling out, "Yes, Seaweed Brain? I'm over here."
"Wise Girl! I can't find – " Percy came into view, so adorably disgruntled that Annabeth's breath caught. "Oh, there you are," he said to Misa. "I was looking for you." Misa blushed.
"Umm, s-sorry, I was, umm, talking to Evie." Misa looked down and whispered to Evie, "I don't like talking to boys."
Annabeth overheard laughed. "Come on down, Misa. I'm so jealous you can climb a tree like that. You have to show me how to do that sometime in the quest, okay?"
Misa nodded. "I'd love that! But I'm not a great teacher… Except on drawing anime. Do you want to learn how to draw anime? I can teach you."
"I don't draw that well," Annabeth said. "But you can teach me some tips on the quest. Why don't you go get packed."
Misa nodded then jumped down and sprinted off with a wave over her shoulder.
Evie also jumped down, but when she was a few feet from the ground, it seemed like she hovered there for a second before landing. Annabeth bit back a gasp of surprise, looked at Percy and noticed that he had also seen what impossible thing she had seen. Flying. Impossible. Evie passed Annabeth when she walked to the cabin, and her shoulder slammed into Annabeth's causing her to stumble a bit. The cabin door slammed shut.
Annabeth headed over to Percy. "Flying? Is that even possible?"
Percy shook his head thoughtfully. "We should go ask Chiron."
That's what we did. "Fly?" asked Chiron. "I thought only Zeus's children could do that. Like Thalia. Have you heard from her, Annabeth?" he asked.
"Well, no, not really. But I think she's pretty busy with Hunter business, they're in California now."
"Oh, well, Nico does seem sad that she's gone, not considering his age the last time they met. But then again, I think they're about the same age, now that she's 15 forever and you two are 18." Chiron said thoughtfully. "My oldest campers!" he added in glee.
Percy and Annabeth rolled eye-dentical eye-rollers. [See what I did there? EYE-dentical? Identical? Told you my hyper ness results in me making random comments in this]
"What?" Chiron added, hurt.
"Sorry," Percabeth said in unison. Then, they cracked up. Also in unison.
"Well, I believe you two have to go. Shoo, shoo," Chiron said causing the two couples to stare at him. Chiron never used 'shoo shoo' lightly. He's like a few thousand years old! Obviously, he had something on his mind. The pair left.
"Hmmm," Chiron said folding his legs under him in order to fit into the wheel chair. "Thalia's Zeus's daughter. The Spawn of the Sky – " A rumble of lightning sounded overhead. "I mean The Daughter of the Almighty God – " A happy thunder sounded. "As if thunder could ever be happy," Chiron muttered. Lighting flashed. "Oops, sorry. Anyways, she's the daughter of the sky, so it's natural she could fly. But Evie? She's unclaimed, so we don't know who her father is, and can't draw conclusions. Could she also be the daughter of the sky?" There was no rumble of lightning in the silence that followed. Either Zeus was bored with watching him, and went to check up on Thalia, or he was plainly denying it. Chiron sighed. He hoped the quest would help Evie get claimed. The others, too.
"Hey," Percy said as he met up with Ethan and Hope. "Since you two will be left here without friends, I was wondering if you wanted to use my cabin." Percy said bluntly. Annabeth had forced him into this, and he was only doing it for Annabeth. His Wise Girl.
"Umm…" was the only word out of Ethan's mouth when Annabeth appeared.
Hope was still staring at her shoes and blushing. Percy wondered what about her shoes embarrassed her. Ah well, it was Hope. There were a lot of things about her, seeing as how she was really silent and just observed that he didn't understand.
"-remember," Annabeth was saying in a hurry to Hope who was looking like a rose. "Use protection. We don't want pregnant teenagers," she said and Hope tugged on Ethan's arm and walked away staring at her shoes. Well, Percy thought. At least she wouldn't trip that way.
"What are you looking at?" Annabeth asked him.
"I just wanted to know what about Hope's shoes made her so embarrassed." He said scratching his head.
Annabeth blinked. "What?"
"You know, she was staring at her shoes and blushing like crazy."
Annabeth blinked again. "Percy, you're stupid. She wasn't staring at her shoes because she was staring at her shoes, it was because – " she broke off. "Never mind. Let's just go eat breakfast and leave for the quest, all right?" She walked away to get her bags.
Did you notice how weird that sentence was? And they call me blunt. And obnoxious. And stupid. And – Whatever. And Seaweed Brain. But I liked that name. Because Annabeth gave it to me. And she's my Wise Girl. I already, thought that, didn't I? Shaking his head from these thoughts, he started following his Wise Girl.
"Hey Hollie," Evie called after her friend.
"Hmmm?" she replied.
"Are you sad because Derek can't go on a quest?"
Hollie ran her fingers through her hair. "Well, I'm sad that we can't go together, but I trust him not to cheat on me, if that's what you're worried about," Hollie's eyes twinkled.
"I also feel sorta sad for Misa," Evie admitted. "I mean, we just got those two together! And then we're dragging the couple away. For his sake, I hope Misa doesn't find someone to her liking on the quest."
"Misa doesn't strike me as a player," Hollie said.
"Yeah, I know. She doesn't seem like one to me, either. But like Kailin said, if a person is quiet and anti-social, they must be hiding something." Evie wrinkled her nose in disgust at the mention of Kailin and Hollie mirrored her.
"Prejudiced freak," she said.
Evie nodded. "Anyways, I'm going to finish packing some things, and then meet you at the mess hall, okay?"
"You can do things after breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you know!" Hollie pointed out helpfully.
Evie couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah, I guess so. But you know as well as I do that I skip mostly."
Hollie grinned. "I know. But we're going on a quest. And I can't help thinking that we're going to have to fight monsters! Like that Cyclops thing!"
"Yeah, I guess I'll eat breakfast. You have money with you, right?"
"Hell yes! I have a lot. Remember my obsession with bring more money than I need at parties? Especially school parties?"
"Oh yeah, that seems so long ago," Evie said dreamily. A bark sounded and Evie's hellhound bounded over. "Hey boy," she said fondly scratching his ears. "Are you sad that mommy has to go? It'll be fine; Ethan will protect you from all the baddies here. You'll be fine, don't worry."
Misa walked over. "Aren't you going to name him?" she asked.
"Well, I don't know what to name him."
"How about Spot? Or Smoky, Or Gray?" she suggested.
Evie pursed her lips. "I don't know. I'll think about it, over the Quest. Maybe iris-message Ethan sometime, when I have an idea." Then the hellhound decided to bite Evie's toe. "Ow!" she shrieked. The hellhound let go, but not before lapping up the spilled blood.
"Oh shit!" Hollie yelled. "Somebody get a healer, or someone! Or just help!" she screamed.
Misa looked freaked, and then ran to get Chiron, but a Hephaestus kid stopped her. "Here," he said. "I'm like the demigod healer," he grinned at her and did something to Evie's toe, which made it healed and perfect. Except for the tiny scar. "There you go," he said. "All better? Go and get breakfast. Food will help the pain, and remember, eat a lot of sugar!" he called then slipped through the crowd.
Evie limped over to the mess hall, with her two friends as crutches and got her breakfast. She then realized she didn't remember his name. Ah well. Thanks, anyway.
Jackson came over. "Evie, Hon, are you okay?" he asked. "We put the hellhound inside of Percy's cabin, because that's where Ethan's staying."
Evie smirked. "Remember," she whispered into Jackson's ear. "Tell Hope to use protection."
Jackson laughed and walked away to deliver the message again.
After Breakfast, the quest members walked, each carrying a backpack of their belongings that they needed – no matter what. They hopped into Percy's car and they drove away from the camp. Evie looked back one last time. She wondered how and what her brother would do now. Already, she missed him and the small feeling of contentment he provided.
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