YOU MUST READ EVERY SINGLE FREAKING WORD IN THIS REALLY DISCURSIVE AUTHOR'S NOTE. And then you'll get to the chapter =]
Hey, ya'll! Well, I already told you I won't be able to update every single day and most likely I won't update on weekdays, because I'm in middle school taking high school classes so I have a huge homework load and I have a life and sports and all that good stuff. So, please stop telling me to update or else I get unmotivated and won't update.
Okay, so to all you people reading this… NO MORE GIRL SUBMISSONS! Sorry, but there are way too many girls right now and the male population at Camp Half-Blood is minute. The only way you can submit a girl is if she is a Hunter of Artemis. But don't go submitting 50 hunters now. And please, please make them unique. For most of these campers their good qualities are "kind, friendly, funny, brave" and the bad are "stubborn and not very trusting". Seriously? That's why some of your characters are changed a bit, because I need variety. Just because they're all related in one way or another doesn't mean they're exactly alike.
Sorry about that super long rant, but I had to get it off my chest. AND, there's a quest coming up! And I need you guys to vote for the campers who get to go! I have the first 36 names in a hat at the moment, and the first 12 I pick out will be the ones eligible for the quest. Do not get upset if your camper is not picked. If your camper is picked, don't vote for them just because they're yours. I want you to vote for the three campers you'd think would work best together. And actually get out of the quest alive.
AND THE CAMPERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE QUEST ARE AS FOLLOWS
-Lissandra "Lissa" Asteria Lexington, Daughter of Zeus
-Prosper "Posy" Esmerelda Aaron, Daughter of Apollo
-Cato Robinson, Son of Ares
-Lyric Tahir, Daughter of Aphrodite
-Danni Anderson, Daughter of Apollo
-Elise O'Blanca, Daughter of Hermes
-Stella Jackson-Jameson, Daughter of Poseidon
-Castilla Drake, Daughter of Aphrodite
-Clay Miller, Son of Demeter
-Aiden Blues, Son of Apollo
-Evan van Trixen, Son of Aphrodite
-Annalyse Drake, Daughter of Hestia
The poll is located on my profile.
So, on to the story. People requested Hades AND Zeus so I'll make this chapter extra long. And I know how much you guys like extra long chapters =] And I'll throw in some other Cabins. I mean, the more the merrier, right?
Oh, and a side-note, Bianca never joined the Hunters so she is now 15.
So, enjoy some Cabinly Love!
Sydney Preston's POV
The morning sun (aka Apollo's rockin' awesome convertible link on my profile!) broke through the thin silk curtains hanging over the windows, casting a yellow light on the black, marble floor. I stretched my arms and yawned loudly, the usual wake-up call for the Hades kids. I sit up and smooth my hair out and swing my legs over the side of the bed and stretch again, shaking off another dreamless sleep. I walk across the room groggily and crash into a wall.
"Crap!" I say. "Stupid wall. It just had to choose today to be here."
Nyx, still half-asleep in her bunk groaned. "Nnnn… It's there everyday. Now go back to sleep."
Suddenly, Bianca walked out of the bathroom her hair tied back and she looked ready to start the day."Morning, guys!" She says cheerfully.
"Guh Moornzing, sizz." Nico mumbles, his head buried into his pillow.
"Where are you off to?" I ask, curiously.
Bianca smiles. "Apollo Cabin invited me to join them for Archery."
"Wait. What? You're not serious." Nyx says, finally awake.
"I'm positive that's what they told me… Unless "Meet us tomorrow at 7 at the Archery Range." Has some sort of hidden meaning then that's totally different." She responds sarcastically.
I retreat into the bathroom because I'm no good at what people call "socializing". And I tend to be the girl in the corner, staying out of everyone's way, and avoiding the spotlight, which suits me just fine. Before I close the door behind me I pick out a fresh Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and my favorite jeans. I don't take as long as Bianca to get ready, but to avoid conversation I take my sweet time. I finish changing and I stare at my reflection in the mirror framed with obsidian. My bright blue eyes study myself. I analyze my curly black hair that falls to the middle of my back and frames my oval-shaped tanned face. I shrug and walk out, hopefully everyone's gone off to finish their Camp Activities.
Luckily, I did not miss breakfast. Katie, Cammie, and Nico were still at the table. Nico was still wolfing down what seemed to be his third plate while Katie and Cammie slowly nibbled at their eggs, not talking. Nico looks up and nods at me and continues tearing his bacon to pieces.
"Enjoying your breakfast?" I ask.
He looks up and nods. Then he grins real big, revealing his white teeth with chewed up bacon bits stuck in his mouth.
"Oh, keep it to yourself!" I scold him. At that, he grins even bigger, showing off his stuffed mouth.
Just then, the new girl, Stella, I think her name is, walks to our table and sits next to me, across from Nico. Which, incidentally, he turns his head to the side real quick and spits out his mushed-up breakfast onto the grass, trying to cover up his previous foolishness.
Stella tries to stifle a giggle but I laugh out loud. "Smooth move."
"Shut up." He mumbles, casting me a dirty look, then turning to Stella. "Hi, Stella. How ya doing?"
She smiles and replies "Oh, I'm doing just fine. I was wondering if you would join me at the Pegasi stables. The Aphrodite kids refuse to teach me. And Percy's off with Annabeth somewhere. So you're my last resort."
"How kind." He glances at the rest of us to see our opinions. I eagerly nod, Katie rolls her eyes, Cammie cocked her head to the side like she's still trying to figure out this girl. "Sure. Uh. How about we get there before the Aphrodite kids do?"
And with that, Nico and Stella head off to the Pegasi Stables. Lucky them. They weren't stuck with Katie, the most disrespectful girl in Camp and Cammie, she's not all bad and she's a good practice partner and everything but I can't figure her out. She's only been here a few months, so she's still a mystery.
WHAM!
A cushioned arrow nails me straight on the back of my neck. I whip around and try to find the Half-Blood who did it. My eyes scan the Camp and find a bunch of Hermes kids laughing their heads off. The center of them is the newest, Elise O' Blanca. She's got a silver bow in her hands, the kind only the Hunters have access to. The Stoll Brothers must have knicked them from one of the Hunters last time they "visited".
I stalk over to them, hands clenched in fists, and my eyes are probably becoming that stormy blue they usually are when I'm mad. No, scratch that. I'm furious. I've had it up to here with those idiots. Last week they stole my sword Deathbringer (made purely out of the water from the River Styx) and threatened to drop it into the hearth.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" I spat at Elise.
She blinks and says. "My name's Elise. You?"
I roll my eyes. "You bloody well know my name, you useless twit. Now why don't you stop acting like such a child and get over yourselves." This time it's directed at the whole cabin.
"Pardon me, but you've obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn." Elise tells me, bravely.
Oh, no she did not just say that. "I won't! It's time you Hermes kids get a taste of your own medicine."
"Is that so? Well, how do you plan on settling the score?" Elise retorts.
"Capture the Flag. Tomorrow. Hades versus Hermes." I state calmly, I barely notice the rest of my cabin and the other cabins gathering 'round.
Elise puffs out her chest and replies, "You're on!" She turns to the Hermes crowds and thrusts her fist in the air and they respond with cheers, with fists flying up in the air.
Aurora Thorn's POV
Just a normal day at our Zeus table, Jason, Lissa, and Violet sat opposite of me, Angela (Angela is 17. Not 16. Typo!) and Chaz (another OC I came up with). The weekly Capture the Flag match is tomorrow and I can't stop bouncing in my seat.
Angela laughs at me and pokes my shoulder. "Stop that! You're making the table shake!" As if to prove her point her glass of water topples over.
"Whoa! How'd that happen?" I exclaim and examine the glass.
She points at the Poseidon table and winks at Phoenix who waves back cheerily. "I had some help."
"Anyway, why are you so jumpy?" Jason asks.
I roll my eyes, as if the answer was obvious. "Oh, come on. You know me well enough to know the answer."
Lissa nudges him and whispers in his ear.
His face lights up like he's having a "Eureka!" moment. "OHHHH! I get it now."
"No dip, Sherlock." I tell him.
"Sherlock Holmes, fictional character. Portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the movie Sherlock Holmes. Sidekick John Watson." Chaz says.
Vi looks at him curiously and says to him, "You know, sometimes I think you belong in the Athena cabin. Are you sure you're Zeus's kid?"
"Absolutely, 100%, positively sure." He confirms, pushing his glasses up his nose.
I catch Lissa staring at the sun again (with sunglasses of course). "Hey, Lissa. Dreaming about Apollo again?"
She scowls at me. "Dreaming about Derrick again?"
I blush a bright red, the same color as our ripe strawberries, and she continues. "Yeah, that's right. You wish he'd have you."
"Guys, don't go there again." Angela pleads. She glances behind her shoulder and pulls at my sleeve. "Hey, look over there!" She points to where the Hades and Hermes kids are gathered up in a group.
In desperate need of changing the subject I latch on to Angela's distraction and say, "Wonder what's going on… Let's go check it out."
As usual, the cabin nods in agreement and together we walk towards the crowd. It seems that the two cabins were in an argument, Syd representing Hades and Elise for Hermes. There was no sign of the Stoll Brothers. That could not be good. But the two didn't seem to notice.
"Capture the Flag. Tomorrow. Hades versus Hermes." Syd challenges.
And Elise rises to it. "You're on!" The Hermes Cabin erupts in cheers.
Finally! A change for once. Every week it's Athena and Ares, but for once there can be a new rivalry. This'll be so much fun. Chaz knits his eyebrows together and I know he's thinking about which team we should ally with. Whenever we have Capture the Flag we leave it to him to pick which team. He calculates the strengths and weaknesses of the cabins and factors in the terrain and how much of an advantage it would give each cabin, he weighs the choices of possible activity times and chores they could offer us. And in the end he picks the team most likely to win and offers the best benefits.
We listen in as Chaz does his calculations. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" Syd snorts.
"Oh, I'll do anything. Just don't ask for your wallet back." Elise smirks and a couple of Hermes kids snicker.
"You think you're all high and mighty because you steal and lie but all that makes you is a thief."
Elise doesn't seem to mind her comment. "Don't forget dirty pranksters."
"And you still think you'll win." Syd says.
"And you think you still have a chance." Elsie retorts. The crowd issues an "Ooh."
Syd shrugs with a smile on her face. "Well, anything's possible."
Elise grins and says, "Ever tried nailing Jell-O to a tree? Slamming a revolving door? Or chew air? Yeah. Thought so."
"OHH! YOU JUST GOT BURNED!" Two twin voices come from the back.
We hear two metallic clanks and immediately dozens of white doves emerge and assemble into a V-shape in the sky, flying across camp. Each of them has a golden pouch in their claws. They circle around and just as they pass over the Hades kids the doves release the pouches, each one landing squarely on each child of Hades' head. The pouches explode simultaneously into a cloud of golden dust and the Hades children cough and curse.
Suddenly, the golden powder erupts into small flames that leave burn marks on the top of their heads. Most of them have black hair so it probably wouldn't have made a difference, but if you were a beauty queen you would care.
"Σαςφοντάνσακούλες!" Sydney shrieks. (whenever Greek or Latin is used in a chapter there will be a translator at the end of the chapter)
While the Hermes Cabin cracks up with laughter the Hades Cabin absolutely explode with fury. Arguments break out and I don't know who throws the first punch, but Sydney and Elise are engaged in a full-on fist fight. Once Elise slugs Sydney in the gut, Sydney gives Elise a rough uppercut, knocking her back on the ground. She jumps up swiftly and dusts herself off ready to go again until Chiron makes his way through the crowd.
"Now what is going on here?" he says, looking at Syd and Elise.
In fear of Capture the Flag being cancelled I step out, "Uh… The Stoll Brothers sto- I mean took- Sydney's sword and Elise tried to defend them and I guess they got carried away."
"Hmm… Well, then. Bianca take Sydney to the infirmary and Hallie (random name I came up with for a daughter of Hermes) take Elise to the infirmary. Make sure they have different beds across the room." He orders, eyeing Syd's hand on her stomach and Elise's black eye. "As for the Stolls… They'll have to come with me to my office."
Chiron starts to leave, but he turns around and addresses us campers again. "Who will be the teams for Capture the Flag this week?"
I pipe up again. "Hades and Hermes."
He simply nods and as he trots away the Stoll Brothers ask if they can braid his tail and ride him on the way there.
Chaz grabs Jason's arm and drags him back to the table and the rest of us follow.
"Okay. So we're going to team up with…"
Haha! Fill in the blank! So if you review please tell me who you want on which team. Not just the Zeus cabin, but the others too. So there should be at least 6 cabins each side.
It should look something like this (btw it's not going to turn out this way)
Hades- Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Apollo, Hecate, Hestia
Hermes- Ares, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Hestia, Hera, Dionysus
So, love, hate, review, or flame. I don't care. Suggestions? There should be about one or two more chapters until Capture the Flag. Please tell me the next Cabin you want to hear from.
How about that Cabinly Love?
-Dr. Asian -.-