Yo! I'm back!

Just recently I noticed that there is no description of Penny anywhere in my previous posts. I will probably leave it to you to decide what she looks like, but if you'd like me to tell you, please let me know.

Adios, Amigos!

Emily Snippet

For a while after that, things went back to normal. At least, if normal still existed. Every once in a while there was an attack, though not often.

Despite knowing Percy's background, Penny could tell he was still hiding something from her. Every time she asked about the gray streak in his hair, he went quiet and refused to say anything. If she asked what had happened to him when she had first come, he would say he didn't want to talk about it. The more Percy brushed her off, the more Penny wanted to know what was going on.

Finally, one night when they were sitting on the couch together, Penny came right out and asked, "Percy, what aren't you telling me?"

The question took him by surprise. "Wha-what do you mean?"

"You're hiding something from me, I can tell."

"Hiding what?" Percy said.

"What on earth happened to you during winter break? You came home a complete disaster!"

Percy looked sheepishly at the ground. "A lot of things happened to me."

"As in-?" Penny questioned.

"I nearly got myself killed several times in a row."

"Care to explain?"

So Percy told her about the quest.

When he finished, Penny wasn't quite sure what to say. She simply sat there, opening and closing her mouth. Based on the look on his face, Penny had the feeling Percy was trying not to laugh at her, despite the story he had just told.

Even after Penny managed to close her mouth and keep it closed, they remained quiet.

Finally, Penny said, "You seriously took the sky from Artemis?"

Percy nodded quietly.

Penny studied him in silence for awhile. At first glance, Percy looked like your average adolescent boy. You wouldn't think much of him. But if you actually payed attention to him, you could see signs of what he had done. You would start noticing things, like the fact that his eyes made him look like he could two decades old, or how he was always alert, no matter how hard it was to tell.

Now that Penny studied him, she noticed things that she hadn't noticed before. The roots of the gray streak in his hair were gray, too, even though it had been there for more than a month. She also noticed that he had a large, circular scar on the palm of his hand, though how it had gotten there she had no idea.

After some time, Percy stood up. "We should be getting dinner soon. Mom's not going to be home, tonight. Something about dinner at a friends house..."

Just then, the doorbell rang. Percy jumped to his feet, and Penny fell off the couch.

"Wonder who that could be.." She mumbled as she picked herself up.

Percy shrugged. "No one's planned to come over as far as I'm aware."

When Percy opened the door, two boys came hurtling into the room. Penny had no clue where they would have gone, but before they were halfway across the room, Percy grabbed both by the back of their shirts. Slowly he turned them around so they were facing him.

"Hello, Connor, Travis. Care to explain what you're doing here?"

The boys looked almost exactly alike. At first Penny couldn't tell there was any difference between them. Then she noticed one was slightly taller than the other. The shorter one was holding a stack of pizza boxes.

The two boys took a moment to catch their breath.

Finally, the taller one said, "Hey, Perce! Want some pizza?"

Percy eyed him suspiciously. "First, tell me why you're here."

The shorter one answered this time. "Umm... The pizza sorta came from Katie's credit card..."

"So, you stole Katie's credit card and bought several pizzas with it, and now she's chased you all the way to my house?"

"Yeah," the taller boy said. "That's basically what going on."

Just then there came a knock at the door.

"Penny, would you go let Katie in?" Percy requested. "I think she deserves a chance at revenge."

Penny nodded and went to the door.

As soon as she opened the door, a girl came flying in, nearly knocking Penny over. She skidded to a halt in front of Percy and grabbed both boys by their ears.

She glared at the two brothers and they whimpered under her gaze. "You're going to pay for that, Stoll's. With your own money." Then she turned to Percy and grinned. "Thanks, Perce. Go ahead and help yourself to the pizza. You can keep it all if you want." Then she marched out of the room, the two boys trailing behind her, moaning that their ears hurt.

The apartment was silent for a few moments afterwards, until Penny said, "So, I guess dinner's taken care of, then."