Me: What's up people? Sorry for such a late update! I was working on one of my newest stories called "How Far Would You Go" and it's been taking a while. Please check out that story if you have time as it would really make my day! Also, here's an extra long chapter because sadly, schools starting soon and I won't be able to update for a while. :(
Zeus: *Sighs with relief* So we won't have to do anymore embarrassing stuff for a while?
Me: Er... No. I will keep on updating whenever I can so maybe every week or every two weeks but I WILL UPDATE! Anyways, I was just proof reading over this and Hades is slightly OOC. He's actually nice wants to help and stuff but that may be because if the fact that they look like teenagers so don't get mad at me for making him this way. Also, what do you guys think about the image I used for this story? Good? Weird? If you have a suggested one, please PM me about it! I would love to see your idea! ;)
There won't be a contest this week because instead, I have a very, very important proposal to make to all you viewer and would really appreciate it if you could check it out at the end of the story.
Special shout-out to: (The answer is the the Hunters of Artemis if you haven't guessed)
Percabeth Fan 1122, Feline Pawprint, MatildaSue, life fandoms, Apollo's Child, DarylDixion'sgirl1985, thorn gamadon, Guest, Hope-Hikari, queenoftheworld99, jarlcarriers, Ivy000, CelestrialSpade, kit catt luvs Percy j, and Won'tforgetcanregret. Huge thank you to everybody who tried the contest! Oh, and I know a lot of you were confused about the question and thought it was Hazel but if you read the question, I was asking for Hades's only daughter, not Pluto's. Some if you may say that they're the same but they're not!
Hades: Yes, we're not! and what's that about making me out of character?
Me: * Panicked look* Um... I'd rather not say... * Attempts to look Innocent* Thanks for reading people and please, please, please, please don't forget about the proposal! :) (Sorry for such a long A/N and sorry for such a bad beginning)
Hades's POV
After the encounter with the mortal, we all sat at our table and began reaching for the food. Thalia had a look of annoyance on her face as she grabbed a burger while Nico and Percy looked like they were about to burst out laughing but only suppressed it because of the look they were receiving from the Lord of the Skies.
As well all began eating, a silence fell as everybody munched their food. Or, at least, it was silent until Poseidon suddenly turned as green as his eyes, clasped one hand over his mouth and bolted from the table, leaving his half eaten burger behind.
We all looked in the direction he had taken and exchanged a glace. What happened to him?
I stood from the table and carefully sat down my burger. "I'll go check on him"
Percy began to stand as well. "Do you want me to-"
"No, this is a bonding trip is it not? Let me do it. I'll be right back"
He reluctantly sat back down. "Okay. But if you need help, just call"
I nodded in gratitude and did something I hadn't done for a long time. I grinned. "I'll be right back. Thanks boy- er, Percy" and I turned away before I could see the look of surprise on their face. Dashing out of the restaurant I looked around the parking lot and as my gaze drifted to beside the bushes, I saw a hunched figure, doubled over and moaning piteously.
Sighing, I strolled over and stopped when I was about 5 feet from the figure. "Poseidon? You okay?"
The sea god turned. "Hades?" He croaked. He looked terrible. Poseidon's green eyes were clouded, his forehead was clammy with sweat and as he tried to walk over to where I was standing, he went a strange shade of white and doubled over again, clutching his stomach.
I looked at him warily, unsure whether or not to he'd just puke all over me. "What happened to you?"
His answer was short and simple. "Fish Burger"
Poseidon had eaten on of his fishy friends so no wonder he was sick. If I had eaten a skeleton or a hellhound, I probably wouldn't look any better.
"Stay here" I instructed "I'll get the others and er, do try to clean up will you? Zeus has a rather delicate stomach and I would rather not be in the car with two sick gods"
He nodded and a couple minutes later I had everybody out of the restaurant and ready to go. As we got in the car, Poseidon gave me a small smile. "Thanks, Hades"
I shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant. "In return, thanks for not throwing up on me. I really don't enjoy fish breath"
He gave a friendly nudge to the ribs, green eyes shining playfully, just like his son. "You're very welcome, Zombie Brain"
As the teen aged Zeus began to drive, I stared out the window, my thoughts doing a complicated dance routine in my head. Being the Lord of the Underworld, I had to appear tough, commanding, strong, and also cold, stony but now, I had an overwhelming urge to join in their conversations and laugh with them at the stupidity of mortals. I wanted to chat with them, to show them I did have a heart that wasn't cold and black as the underworld and most of all smile like I had at that demented restaurant.
As my thoughts drifted aimlessly around, I gazed out the window at the moving expanse of green and focused on the face reflected in the glass. The form I had chosen looked like a older version Nico with a couple changes, looking about 17 to 18 with carefully ruffled black hair, the same albino complexion and steady brown eyes had the old aristocratic look to them with an air of power and also a cool but friendly twinkle. I smirked. Damn I look good.
Five pairs of bewildered eyes turned to me. Oops. Had I said that out loud?
The two gods sitting beside me wore identical looks of surprise and amusement and soon, both of them had to put their hands over their mouth to keep from laughing. Finally, Zeus couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing and soon, then entire car was vibrating with the sound of their laughter. "So you think you look good, huh?"
Even I cracked a smile. "Yes, of course I look good! I'm the coolest Olympian!"
"Are not!" Poseidon interjected "I am!"
Zeus shook his head. "No, I am. Lord of Lightning remember? Way cool."
The three of us burst out laughing and behind us, I could hear Thalia mutter something about 'acting like teenagers' which was true but at the moment, laughing with my brothers, I didn't care that I was acting like a teenager. I didn't care about anything as we drove along the maze of roads because for the first time in a while, I was content.
Poseidon's POV
After that little outburst, the car ride was noticeably more cheerful. We laughed and joked, talking about whatever popped into our heads, pretty much acting like teenagers and even Hades joined in, smiling uncertainly as if he weren't quite sure how.
As we began talking about a fascinating story of how Aphrodite was dared to not wear make-up for a dare, Zeus suddenly grinned and declared "I've got a very, very hard question for you that not even Athena can solve"
Not even Athena... must be a really hard question to stump the goddess of wisdom. "Go on" I said, interested.
The Lord of Lightning cleared his throat. "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"
"The chicken, right?" Percy guessed.
Thalia shook her head. "No, then where did the chicken come from? It has to be the egg."
"No, that doesn't work either" Hades's son contradicted. "Then where does the egg come from?"
"Ahh... Good point" Thalia said thoughtfully. "What do you guys think?"
"Egg" Zeus said.
"Chicken" Hades decided. "What do you think Poseidon?"
I thought it over. A chicken hatches from the egg but the egg had to had come from a chicken, so...
"Not so easy, huh?" Zeus said smugly.
The chicken came from and egg, the egg comes from another chicken, meaning... "There is no answer" I decided. "If we wanted to figure this out, we'd have to ask our grandmother. She should know" I thought for another minute "I've got a better question though. Why in the name of Zeus's beard-"
"I haven't got a beard!"
"Okay, then why in the name of Hades's underwear-"
"I haven't got any- oh, I do. Never mind. Go on"
I looked at my grinning brother in exasperation. "Can I please finish my sentence using a god or goddess as a exclamation without them coming to me and telling me that they don't have whatever it is? Gods. Why in the name of Hera's cows" I paused and looked out the windows to check for any incoming goddess or cows and not seeing either, I continued, "Is the mighty Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy worrying about chickens and their reproduction?"
They shrugged. "Because she was bored and has nothing to do?" Zeus suggested.
"No, when Athena has nothing to do" Percy said, "She'll come to camp and threatens me about being nice to her daughter or how she'll send a couple hundred owls to the camp and make it look like and I'm quoting directly from her, "A scene from Harry Potter""
"Ouch" Thalia said sympathetically. "I've seen the movies and at the time when the owls come in the morning to bring their mail or whatever, there are owls everywhere. Hermes express is far better but the owls are like in their milk, in the rafters, I almost feel bad for them." She frowned. "Why in the name of Percy's teddy bear do the mortals think that Hecate had so many children and have to go to a special school or whatever anyways? A couple of them would've made good sisters of the hunt"
"Why in the name of Percy's teddy bear? Really Thals? I haven't got a teddy bear" The said person exclaimed.
Nico snickered. "Sure you don't, Percy, sure"
Percy smirked. "At least I don't keep Mythomagic figurines under my mattress"
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"DO NOT!
"DO TOO!"
"DO- whoa, where are we?"
Confused, I looked around. I had been so wrapped up in their conversation to notice that we had stopped moving but now, my eyes widened as I noticed the roller coaster rides, cheap rigged games, cotton candy machines...
I looked at Zeus incredulously. "No way. We aren't... we couldn't have..."
"We are thanks to the magic of the grey taxi" he replied, grinning broadly at our dumb struck expressions.
"Welcome to Universal Studios"
Zeus: Hades was NICE?! That's amazing! That's cool! That's... actually quite freaky.
Hades: Hey! At least I had the guts to go help Poseidon when he was sick! He could've thrown up on me!
Poseidon: *Grumbles* The way you're acting now, I wish I had.
Me: *Shakes head in disapproval* Gods these days... *Sighs* Anyways, a couple questions I have to ask you guys, since we're in Universal Studios, in Florida no less, (Yes, I've actually been there)Should I make up a couple rides to go with each gods domain or just go with the regular ones? Should I include some cousinly bonding or brotherly bonding? Should Annabeth show up and reveal her self to the others? (The demigods I mean, not the gods) Can anyone tell me what came first? The egg or the chicken?
BlackJack: YES! Dying here! I flue from New York to Florida which isn't even possible and there are DONUTS there! Give me a break will you? I'll even call you boss from now on. *Wide eyed horse look* Please... er, Boss?
Me: I'll think about it but that's up to the readers. While we're on the topic of readers, I have a really important proposal to make. *Clears throat importantly and glares at you to make sure you're still reading*
I, Silver Artemis Moon, swear upon the river Styx that if you guys (The readers) can help me reach my ultimate goal of 100 reviews by before chapter eight, I will reward every single author and guest who has ever reviewed Road Trip! at the end of the story with a mega shout-out. Every. Single. Reviewer. Ever. Even in the later chapters. If you've ever reviewed Road Trip at all, then you're on the shout-out.
Percy: Really?
Me: Really. Not joking at all *Serious face* Also, the 80th, 90th, and of course 100th reviewer will all receive a mega shout-out and I will personally read and review every single chapter of every single story that they have. Every. Single. One.
So what do you guys think? I won't change my updating scheduled for this as I said above and it's really your choice. If you guys are up for it, so am I. So what do you guys think? Please consider it and oh! Check out my new story "How Far would You Go" if you guys could, it would really make my day. ;)