Look, I know it's been a while since I updated, but I did warn you that my exams were coming closer in the backseat of your Ro- okay, I'm getting carried away, but enough of my blah blah blah, here's your overdue chapter! (Man, that was weird!)
Frank
After I finished, I too received a round of applause.
I went over to the bowl and took out a name and gave it to the shorter Stoll (I think his name was Connor), then waited in anticipation as he opened in an overly dramatic-slash-slow method. After Travis yelled, 'Gods damn it, gimme it!' and took it from him, the problem solved itself.
He opened it and our eyes simultaneously widened.
Leo got over his shock first and said, 'Hedy Lamarr, come on up!' (MoA reference! And old timey actress reference) A few people frowned, including myself. Wasn't she some old-timey actress?
Seeing my confused expression, he said, 'Inside joke, tell you later,' and then turned to Hazel, who had come up on stage. I went and sat with Jason and Percy.
'So,' Leo began, 'will you be taking a song from the bowls?'
'No.' We were surprised by that (for the millionth time!) She then asked Piper to come up on stage to feature.
'What are we singing?' Piper questioned.
'You'll see,' she replied quickly before turning to the crowd and saying, 'Okay, now this song is dedicated to all of you who think I'm an innocent little girl, basically everyone.'
She gave a cheeky smile before she sang the first line. We were – you guessed it - shocked. And for very, very good reason.
(Hazel: Italics, Piper: Bold, Frank's in-song commentary: Regular)
I've been here all night
I've been here all day
And boy, got me walkin' side to side
What the hell? Jason and Percy were laughing so hard, I didn't think it was necessary to hurt them. They'd hurt themselves sooner or later.
I'm talkin' to ya
See you standing over there with your body
Feeling like I wanna rock with your body
And we don't gotta think 'bout nothin' ('bout nothin'...)
I'm comin' at ya
Cause I know you got a bad reputation
Doesn't matter, cause you give me temptation
And we don't gotta think 'bout nothin' ('bout nothin'...)
Suddenly, Leo and the Stolls dragged some of those exercise cycle thingies and started riding it in a weird way, touching their bodies all over.
These friends keep talkin' way too much
Saying I should give you up
Can't hear them no, cause I...
I've been here all night
I've been here all day
And boy, got me walkin' side to side
I've been here all night
I've been here all day
And boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)
Been tryna hide it
Baby what's it gonna hurt if they don't know?
Makin' everybody think that we solo
Just as long as you know you got me (you got me)
And boy I got ya
Cause tonight I'm making deals with the devil
And I know it's gonna get me in trouble
Just as long as you know you got me
These friends keep talkin' way too much
Saying I should give you up
Can't hear them no, cause I...
I've been here all night
I've been here all day
And boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)
I've been here all night
(Been here all night, baby)
I've been here all day
(Been here all day, baby)
And boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)
This the new style with the fresh type of flow
Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle
Come true yo, get you this type of blow
If you wanna menage I got a tricycle
Jason had a completely surprised look on his face. Ha ha! In your face! Who's laughing now, Grace!?
All these bitches, hoes is my mini-me
I be smoking, so they call me young Nicki chimney
Rappers in they feelings cause they feelin' me
Uh, I-I give zero fucks and I got zero chill in me
Kissing me, copped the blue box that say Tiffany
Curry with the shot, just tell 'em to call me Stephanie
Gun pop and I make my gum pop
I'm the queen of rap, young Haze Levesque run pop
These friends keep talkin' way too much
Saying I should give him up
Can't hear them no, cause I...
I've been here all night
I've been here all day
And boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)
I've been here all night
(Been here all night baby)
I've been here all day
(Been here all day baby)
Boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)
This the new style with the fresh type of flow
Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle
Come true yo, get you this type of blow
If you wanna menage I got a tricycle
Hazel
Oh. My. GODS! Did I just sing that? Mother would've killed me!
Leo came up to me, grinning. 'Well,' he turned to look at the crowd, 'WHO ELSE HERE THINKS THAT SHE WAS THE BEST PERFORMER OF THE NIGHT?!'
Everyone cheered. He smiled at me.
'And now, I request my BFF Percy to come up on stage,' Connor said. I was confused. Didn't he already sing? Before I could ask why, Leo let me know, 'Hey, I don't know what's going on either. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.'
Percy came up, followed by that faun – oops, satyr! – Grover.
He came up and took the mic and began to say, 'Okay. Well, I came up here to discuss something with, or rather, about, Nico. Now, if some of you old-timers remember correctly, when I brought Nico to Camp, he was this little kid who loved that card game Mythomagic, and was so excited that he was part of something as big as this. Then we,' he said pointing at Grover and himself, 'Thalia – who couldn't be here tonight, unfortunately -, Zoe Nightshade, and also, Bianca di Angelo. She was his older sister, and when I was eavesdropping on their quest plans, he came up to me and said, "Go on the quest. Keep Bianca safe for me." And I promised him I would. I broke my promise.'
Almost the whole camp gave a collective gasp, including me.
'When I came back and told him this, he ran away before saving my life. We realized he was a son of Hades, but didn't tell anyone, because we were worried that someone would try to harm him. But I'm going off-topic.'
He looked straight at Nico. 'You were asked to grow up way too fast, Nico. From happy 10 year-old to reserved and angry 11 year-old? That's not the way to go. You had to take that path of distrust and resentment because of me, and I want to set you back on the right path. So, can you turn back into that person? Can you become happy again? I know Will,' he pointed at Will Solace, 'helped you on that path, but I need a fully happy Nico. So, is it possible?'
I looked at Nico, whose face was unreadable. He slowly got up and went up on stage. Percy involuntarily (I hope so, or I'll kill him) took a step back. Nico came up to him and then surprised us (I really need to stop putting in surprises).
He hugged Percy, and Percy hugged him back. I think Nico even cried. He then uttered the words we were all waiting for him to utter.
'Yes.'
Percy beamed. Then he brought out a pack of cards that said "Mythomagic" on the cover.
'One round?' Percy questioned.
Nico smiled and replied, 'One round.'
Everybody cheered.
'But,' Nico continued, 'after everyone is finished singing.'
Percy shrugged. 'Whatever you say.' I went back up on stage to select the next singer.
'I myself opened the chit as I didn't want to make everybody else wait.
'And now the singer we've all been waiting for… PIPER!'
She came up on stage and entered her song on the machine. Then she turned around and the music blared up. She began to sing.
Take it slow but it's not typical
He already knows that my love is fire
His heart was a stone, but then his hands roam
I turned him to gold and I took him higher
But I'll be your daydream
I'll wear your favorite things
We could be beautiful
Get drunk on the good life
I'll take you to paradise
Say you'll never let me go Deep in my bones I can feel you Take me back to a time only we knew
Hideaway We could waste the night with an old film
Smoke a little weed on the couch in the backroom
Hideaway
Say you'll never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Say you'll never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Ah
Ah
Say you'll never let me go
Deep in my bones I can feel you
Take me back to a time only we knew
Hideaway
We could waste the night with an old film
Smoke a little weed on the couch in the backroom
Hideaway
Say you'll never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Say you'll never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Piper
When I finished, there wasn't the usual pause. Everyone immediately started clapping. I gave them a bow before I quickly took a chit, gave it to Leo and went down to sit.
'WELL HAZEL, LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE FOUND YOURSELF SOME TOUGH COMPETITION! WOW! AMAZING!' He gestured for me and her to come up on stage.
When we got up there, he said, 'Okay, now, when I point at Hazel or Piper, you people who support or think is the better person will raise their hands. Now,' he said and pointed at Hazel. Almost all the boys raised their hands.
Before Leo could determine Hazel the winner, I took the mic and said, 'Those of you who enjoyed the content of the song and not the singing, please put your hands down,' putting some charmspeak into my voice.
Almost all the boys lowered their hands, except for people like Percy, Jason and Frank. I couldn't believe the number of perverts in Camp!
I gave the mic back to Leo saying, 'It's a tie. Leave it at that. I don't any unwanted competitiveness,' and dragged Hazel off-stage.
'Okay, so next up is… our dear Will Solace,' Leo said in a quiet voice, obviously shocked.
He came up, entered his song, said, 'This is for Nico,' before he began to sing. (I know that this song is also kinda OOC, but I'm kind of running short on time (it's my examinations), and I couldn't think of anything better.)
You know just what to say
Things that scare me
I should just walk away
But I can't move my feet
The more that I know you
The more I want to
Something inside me's changed
I was so much younger yesterday... (oh)
I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
Don't need no butterflies when you give me the whole damn zoo
By the way, by the way, you do things to my body
And I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
By the way, by the way, you do things to my body
I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
You know just how to make
My heart beat faster
Emotional earthquake
Bring on disaster
You had me, hey you got me weak on my knees
Yes something inside me has changed
I was so much younger yesterday... (yeah)
So much younger yesterday...
I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
Don't need no butterflies when you give me the whole damn zoo
By the way, by the way, you do things to my body
And I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
By the way, by the way, you do things to my body
I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you, you, yeah
Till I tasted you
By the way, by the way, you do things to my body
I didn't know that I was starving till I tasted you
Oooh oooh oooh
Da ra da
Da ra da
The more that I know you
The more I want to
Something inside me's changed
(I was so much younger yesterday...)
Okay, so I wrote this as fast as I could. Silverblaze16 (Do check out her stories, they're awesome!) said I should add more talking in between songs, so I did just that. I hope it was enough and that you liked it! The songs in order of appearance: Side to Side by Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj, Roses by The Chainsmokers ft. ROZES, and Starving by Hailee Steinfeld ft. Grey, Zedd.