Chapter 11: Amber
After the 'Cocoa Fiasco', Percy got cleaned up and we opened presents. We sat in a circle on the rug. I picked up one of the presents adressed to me and put it in my lap. Everyone did the same. It would be the first one we'd each open. I was sadly chosen to go first. I sighed and slowly unwrapped the Harry Potter wrapping paper. "Gee, I can only wonder from who this is from." I said. Annabeth stiffled a giggle and squirmed where she was sitting. I unwapped it to find... the collector's edition of Harry Potter inculing the Hogwarts library and Hermione's wand that she had a Hecate girl enchant it so that it works with the actual spells from the books. I ran over to her and hugged her so tight I expected her to die.
"Uh... You're welcome. Now, excuse me, but, I can't breath very well," She said so I let go. She opened her present next, as I picked up my next present. Annabeth's first present turned out to be my gift to her, an enchanted book that never ran out of pages to read. She'd pick a book to read and it'll appear on the pages, when she's done with that, she'll think of another book to appear. She'll never have to but another book again. This time it was my turn to be choked half to death.
Leo went next, opening the present from his father. He kept it to himself and looked up to the ceiling and whispered a quick 'Thanks, dad'. Next was Percy who got a new pillow pet from Frank. This one was a... unifish? It's front half was a white unicorn and the back was a scaly blue fish tail. Speaking- or rather- writing of Frank, Hazel loved her gifts from him. The present opening session kept going on like this. I got cute sea star earrings from Piper (they give me compliments), new art supplies from Alex (my colored pencils are centimeters long), a sea lion pillow pet from Percy (super cute and filled with cotton, being sensetive to polyester: yay!), new waterproof aqua speaker headphones from Hazel (my old ones broke), a cute purple-ish blue beanie cap from Jason (to keep me warm on the quest), one of the enchanted books I got for Annabeth from Frank (why is he so thoughtful?), and a jar of magical rainbow sand and five sand dollars from my dad, Poseidon.
It was time for my last present. I opened it to find a blue ipod touch and a cute case that switches with my mood. I looked around the room. Everyone shook their heads. My eyes landed on Leo mext to me and he blushed and whispered something. Eveyone looked at him.
''It plays whatever song you're in the mood for but, never plays something twice in a row, has games and apps that change with your personality, and you're able to use the internet and social medias without wifi...'' He trailed off, still red. I stared at him in disbelief. I put the ipod back in the box and set it aside. I suddenley threw my arms around Leo's neck and kissed his cheek as he patted my back.
''Open my present already.'' I told him, being the last to open their last present. He slowly picked it up from in front of him as I rested my chin on his shoulder. He slowly unwrapped the box. I swear to the gods, his jaw dropped to TARTARUS when he saw what was inside. He let the box and wrapping paper drop into his lap and stared at the gift.
"Th-the fire soundtrack. There's only five in the world! How'd you get your gifted hands on this?" He asked, staring at the record.
"I'll never tell." He readdied his hands for tickling. "Okay, okay! I looked it up and it turns out one of the original owners died and left it in his will to his granddaughter. So, I called the woman and she made a copy for me and gave the original cover. She says she keeps the actual record on display in a glass case so she has no use for it. Sorry it's not an original." I said.
"Oh my gods, are you kidding me. I don't care! It's every song ever made that has to do with fire! The creator was the first son of Hephaestus with fire powers. Also one of the the most famous mechanics. OMG. It's SIGNED!" He read down the list of songs. "This Girl is on Fire, Set Fire to the Rain. Thank you so much!" He hugged me and kissed me. We watched a whole bunch of movies and played Truth or Dare: Chicken Points version."