Quest for the Third

xStarletx

A/N: WOO! I'm soo glad someone else thinks this story is FUNNY! Well there will be some places where it gets pretty depressing, but it does end on a happy note at some point that I hopefully get to. So more funny stuff here, this is going to be the only one that is going in order but doesn't expect two chapters in order from the same character. This is the last time it's going to happen. But enjoy it. Clarynda is going to do something stupidly funny in this chapter too. ENJOY IT!

Chapter 4: I Break Up A Cat Fight

The undead soldiers manning Clarisse's steamer were definitely unnerving. Clarynda would freak out whenever she saw one, and the skeletons would merely laugh, and then Clarynda would hide behind either Tyson or I for a couple of minutes. Annabeth and Clarynda's standoff was definitely the worse all of that though. It didn't take much to notice that Annabeth definitely didn't like Clarynda and all Clarynda wanted was an apology and both wanted me to take sides and I couldn't. Annabeth didn't understand how I could feel any sort of loyalty towards her when I had only know her for less than a day. I couldn't explain it either, something told me that she needed me, that we were connected somehow but when I tried to explain that to Annabeth she turned an uncharacteristic red color and huffed off after punching me very hard.

Before I went to bed that night I found Clarynda up at the hull staring down at the water, looking as terrified as she did when Annabeth had pushed her onto the boat. She was scared of water, I wondered if she had a good reason.

"You won't drown you know. I won't let you." I assured her. She knew who my father was, I could see a glimmer of hope on her face, but when she glanced back to the water she looked terrified again.

"Thanks Percy. I fell a bit better now." She told me, though I could tell she was lying. So I stood with her by the hull instead, wondering what other motivational comments I could throw at her to make her feel better.

"I didn't know he was evil you know. I know that seems stupid, but Luke, my Lucas, I could never imagine him being evil or wanting to hurt people. Just goes to show you what happens when you disappear for a little bit, I thought he'd be ok while I did what I was told to do, but I was wrong apparently. I suppose you'd say I should have guessed it. Monsters as minions, sailing around with a boat and a great evil glowing golden coffin big tip offs right? I guess you think I'm stupid." She confided.

"No." I told her, though I really did think that she was.

"Luke seems pretty attached to you." I mused, for some reason that bothered me. It wasn't cause I wanted her for myself, far from it, I was just worried about what that would mean for her. Would he hunt her down, all the way to the ends of the earth if he had to? Would he hurt her for running away?

"Oh yes, he and I are lovers, or well we are now, you know how it is when you're in love." Clarynda giggled to me. She was suddenly the bimbo again, her hair was sprouting flowers just thinking about him. I felt a pang of jealousy hit me, why couldn't I have someone burst into blooms whenever they thought of me? And what was so good about Luke anyways? Apparently I wasn't the only jealous one on the boat.

"You're what?" Annabeth cried. Both Clarynda and I whirled around looking for where the voice came from. I knew that Annabeth was wearing her invisibility cap, but Clarynda had no idea that Annabeth even owned an invisibility device.

"Whoa… like the boat is talking to us and it sounds like Annabeth." That was the wrong thing for Clarynda to say. Annabeth tackled Clarynda and they went flying. They began to wrestle, and Clarynda was doing ok for someone with an invisible opponent. Annabeth was shaking Clarynda now, banging her head over and over again on the metal deck.

"Not so tough when your trees aren't around huh?" Annabeth taunted. Clarynda struggled against her and I tried to get a good grip on Annabeth to pull her off. Once I got a good strong grip on what I hoped was Annabeth's middle and yanked her off of Clarynda who sat up and began to rub the back of her badly abused head. It was just sheer luck that she wasn't bleeding. Annabeth ripped her invisibility cap off.

"Oh hey Annabeth! Where did you come from? I was just attacked by a ghost. The ship is wicked evil." Clarynda confided in her. Annabeth growled and lunged for her, had I not had my hands still firmly wrapped around her she would have attacked Clarynda again.

"What does Luke see in you, you vapid bimbo!" Annabeth snarled.

"He loves me. I wouldn't have given myself to him otherwise." Clarynda replied sounding as if the answer had been staring Annabeth right in the face. I saw Annabeth's lip quiver.

"I didn't know you and him were that close. He never mentioned you and he being –uh – lovers before." Annabeth hiccupped. Clarynda didn't seem to notice, she merely continued.

"Well we weren't, you see I had to go away and all we had was a measly old kiss. It was after he found me adrift at sea that we became lovers. He was just so happy to see me, and I to see him… I bloomed a whole bouquet of flowers. It was a shock when I found out he was evil. Broke my heart to run away, and to hear him scream for me like that." Clarynda near sobbed, she was staring up into the heavens as if she were reliving the whole thing.

"Was he happy with you?' Annabeth asked. I had let her go now, it didn't seem she would attack Clarynda again. I wondered why Annabeth needed to know this.

"I would like to think so, cause why would he be so eager to keep me with him otherwise? But he had been pretty moody recently." Clarynda mused. She was talking as if she had just talked to him, it made me nervous… what if she had?

"Was he you know…. Good?" Annabeth whispered to her. I turned and quickly walked away from them I didn't want to hear this.

"Oh yes!" Clarynda exclaimed loudly. She must have been thinking about it for flowers were blooming on her head again. Shortly after Clarisse herded us into the bunks, said she had top secret business on deck and we had to go. I didn't think I was tired, but the second my head hit the pillow I was out like a light.

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