Chapter 9:
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Hello my pretties! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've just been really busy. Well, I see not a whole ton of you have reviewed...fine then. My hopes of this being a wonderful story are gone...kidding...but seriously, review or else. Again, kidding. Anyway, here is chapter 9 of Death's Prankster.
CAS' POV
I woke up and immediately sensed that today was going to be crappier than usual. I glanced over at my clock. 6:27. Darn, I had a while before I needed to get up. I reached under my pillow and grabbed my phone and headphones. I looked through my songs...hhhmmm...what to choose...what to choose...I selected "Wasteland" by 10 years. I listened to music for a while. When I looked at the clock again, it read 7:32. Okay, breakfast started at 8:00. I decided to get up. I yawned real loud and stood up. After stretching, I grabbed clothes and went into the bathroom, before it got to crowded. In the cabin, the bathroom is split, guys section and girls section. There were a few stalls in use, so a few people were smart to start showers now. I let the hot water flow over me a while before actually washing my hair. When I was done I shut off the water and wrapped myself in a towel. I changed fairly quickly and started brushing my hair. Once again, no make-up, no nothing. I will wear make-up when Clarisse wears a different dress everyday for a month. That's how much I hated the stuff. I put my hair in a simple side braid, like usual and exited the bathroom. Most people were already awake, but a few of the regulars were sleeping. When I say regulars, I mean the people who always cause our cabin to be late for breakfast, but none of us had the heart to wake them, until we had like 10 minutes to breakfast. I wrapped up my headphones around my phone and shoved it in my pocket. As I waited for my fellow cabin mates to be ready, I thought about my father. He wouldn't have a reason to...hurt...my brother...would he? I could tell Joseph was highly powerful, but we had the same parents, so why wasn't I killed to? I was getting really mad. Like, chaotic mad. I felt this pain in my stomach like a thousand knives. The pain increased I felt beads of sweat going down my back. I was trying not to yell in pain. This had never happened before and was scaring me. Suddenly, I fell to the floor. I would've face slammed into the ground, but one of my siblings caught me. She looked at me, and said something, but I couldn't hear her. I tried to fight it, but I soon gave into the darkness creeping into the corners of my eyes.
-Line Break-
I woke up the infirmary. I was sitting in one of the beds, and noticed a glass of nectar and a few ambrosia squares. I reached out for them, but my abdomen was really sore, so streaching my arms really hurt. I winced, and sat back. Suddenly, a voice said "Need help with that?". I turned my attention to her. She looked familiar. She had blonde hair and gray eyes. I couldn't place her, but I asked her if she was a Athena chick.
"Oh no, I'm an Apollo... people ask me that a lot now that I think about it" she answered smiling. "Anyway, we met the a couple says ago at breakfast, remember?" she looked at me.
"Oh... you're that Amber chick" I grumbled. The girl who insisted on being my, quote, unquote: "Bestest friend ever". She smiled at me.
"So, need help reaching your medicine?" she asked, starting to make a grab for the godly food. I grabbed her arm.
"No. I've got it, thanks" and I dropped her arm. She looked at me, wide eyed. She muttered a 'geez' and moved her arm. I stretched over, pretending it didn't hurt that much. I got it, but nearly dropped the nectar. I looked over at Amber and was smiling. I glared at her, and her smile fell quickly. She started playing with her hands, then perked up.
"Well, you missed breakfast, so someone made this plate for you and asked me to give it to you, probably another Hermes kid." she informed me as I ate the godly food. "and Chiron said that this evening you're to meet with him after dinner. You've been out for a few hours, and lunch is in about, an hour and a half." she said as she handed me my plate, stealing off a piece of bacon. I glared at her, and she sighed in defeat, breaking the piece in half, putting half back on the plate. I smirked. I mumbled a small thanks and started eating.
"Well, I'll see you later alright? Gotta go to archery." and with that, she left. I finished my food and sat up. My stomach muscles hurt really bad, I guess from...well, whatever that was. I slowly got up and started walking towards my cabin. I guess everyone was doing an activity, because the only people near the cabins, were the Aphrodite brats, who didn't do anything but worry about their appearance, and break peoples hearts. I entered my cabin, which was empty. I pulled out my phone and started listening to music. I laid on my bed, slightly stretching my abdomen. I laid there until a few people started entering. I guess lunch was in about 30 minutes, because most of them went to shower, having just finished sword practice. I got up and limped to the shower. Just a quick one to rinse the dirt and sweat off from my incident. I was out in about 7 minutes. I changed and slipped on my black converse, which was easier said than done. We had about 10 minutes until lunch. Once everyone was ready, we walked to the dinning pavilion. I hadn't seen Nico since I left his cabin. I skipped all the meals that day. I kept my eyes down, but curiosity got the best of me. I glanced around. It wasn't hard to find him. He was talking to someone at the Aphrodite table. Before he left, he met my eyes, for a split second, then bent over and kissed the girl on the lips. I stared shocked as he walked back to his table. Then I remembered that I left him, but still... I sat down with my table, and they all engaged in conversation. Talking wasn't real my thing, so I put in my headphones and listened to...you guessed it! Music. I found the perfect song to listen to. It was "I hate you" by Sick Puppies (not my favorite band, I just recently found them and I really like them right now, Three Days Grace is still my baby).
Every time I end up breaking you
You change into
something worth keeping
Every time I'm close to saving you
You grow into
A sin worth believing
You're everything I ever wanted but
It's never enough
You're never enough
I'll take whatever I can take
Whenever I can take it
If it ever comes
I HATE YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE
I HATE YOU TURN ME ON
I HATE THE WAY I NEED YOU WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
I LOVE IT EVEN MORE
WHEN I FIND YOU ON THE FLOOR
I KNOW YOU THINK YOU HATE ME BUT I WILL ALWAYS HATE YOU MORE
I smirked, this was truly the perfect song to describe my feeling towards Nico. When lunch was over, I walked up to Percy and asked him about enhancing my control over power. He said sure and to meet him at the beach after dinner. I remembered how Amber said I needed to talk to Chiron after dinner, but I shrugged it off. It couldn't do any harm...could it?
Well, what did you guys think? I made it a little longer because I was kinda late...kidding I just didn't realize it. Well, I'm on thanksgiving break, so hopefully I can update again before this weekend. Do you realize only one person answered my disney question? Shout out to BeyonderFilers for being the only one to answer. You guys are so mean to me...jk. Peace out and Rock On! ~ dark-rebellion di angelo