Me: Wow, I am so sorry for my lack of updates! I've been having these two huge projects going on and they've both been taking aaaagggggeeeessss to finish. On the bright side, those are probably the last two big projects for this term so my updates will be far more frequent. Huge thank you to all of you who reviewed last chapter as you really helped motivate me into finally writing this chapter so in return, this chapter is dedicated to all of you who read/reviewed the last. Again, Huge thank you, you guys!
Zeus: That's all very Groovy dude, but can we just start? It's been two months!
Me:...Why are you talking like a hippy?
Poseidon: See, Mate, my bro and I have decided to embrace our true selves. HANG TEN!
Hades: *Sighs* Thou are both huge dolts. Thou should aspire to be like thy, a poet.
Me: ...I am not even going to ask... Anyways, HUGE shout out to: (The answer was the Titans curse when Biance *Sniffles* dies in the desert)
RainbowStar000, Ivy000, Doclover, coralie 14, Taylor, SeaweedbrainsWisegirl210, PurpleGoddess9, jarlcarriers, Velocity Drew Warren, Book 3, whatupmypeeps, E. E. Terril, AnnaYasashii, DawnShadowQueen, life fandoms, Won'tforgetcanregret, greekgeek25, MatildaSue, Amirexia, hi, Sula Rose Daughter of Chaos, Percabeth Fan 1122, and SeaFire21. Again, huge thank you to all of you who reviewed! You guys are awesome people, incredible authors, and your stories are over the top AWESOME! Huge thank you to all!
Oh, one more thing before we begin, some of you might remember how last chapter I asked who you guys thought was the most immature god and the god with the highest votes-scratch that, the god with pretty much all the votes- is... POSEIDON!
Poseidon: WHAT?!
Hades and Zeus: HA!
Me: Thanks for answering the question you guys and in this chapter and the next, you'll see why I asked. *Evil grin* Anyways, read on my friends and don't forget to review!
Percy's POV
"Blackjack was amazing" Annabeth finished, handing the black Pegasus another doughnut and stroking his sleek black mane affectionately. I had to admit, blackjack was pretty amazing, even if he did make me buy a dozen (very expensive) doughnuts. He had followed us from New York to Florida-which I wasn't even sure was possible but hey, when you've met a flying horse, anything could be possible- and finding us in a crowded amusement park.
'Say Boss' Blackjack said in my mind, panting slightly from either the heat or the sugar intake 'Can we get some more doughnuts?'
"But you just ate a dozen!" I protested "And they're really expensive! They... they..." Blackjack gave me the puppy dog look - or was it pony horse? Whatever- and I sighed reluctantly. He had just brought my girlfriend across the states without complaint. The most I could do was treat him to a few (very expensive I may add) doughnuts.
"Fine. Here" I said, handing a twenty, my last twenty over to Thalia. "Can you get us some?"
The daughter of Zeus didn't hesitate taking the money but she frowned, looking slightly befuddled. "Oh Thanks Percy, I've always wanted a twenty dollar bill. Er... mind explaining why you gave it to me? If you want, I can go get mysel-us some souvenirs. Harry Potter ones look pretty cool"
I rolled my eyes at her. "Blackjack wants some doughnuts, Thalia. Can you get some for him?
"And why should I get your pegasus some doughnuts?"
"Because... you can make him very, very happy by doing so?"
Thalia snorted but after seeing the look on Blackjacks face, she sighed reluctantly and grabbed a very surprised Nico on by the arm. "Come on death breath, you're coming too"
"Hey! Thalia don't! Leave me- ow, ow, ow I'm going, I'm going. Gods you're annoying..."
'I like old fashion glazed doughnuts Boss, though chocolate coated never goes amiss' Blackjack mused. 'Can you tell the scary girl and Death Boy that?'
I ignored him.
"So, Seaweed brain" Annabeth said, her grey eyes shining and a smile creeping onto her face. "How's the trip going so far?"
"My dad ate a fish burger, Thalia got harassed by some guy, Nico had to sit on a booster seat and... oh right, Hades started a popcorn fight. So, nothing much, just your regular bonding trip"
I had to hide my smile as Annabeth's mouth feel open at the last one about Hades. "You had a popcorn fight with the lord of the underworld?" Okay, the way she said it did make it sound pretty weird but I tried not to think about it too much. See, when you're a demigod, you don't contemplate over these small matters like the fact that your girl friend is actually your niece and that your father and the blood of your great, great grandfather kind of made the love goddess Aphrodite. In fact, I try not to think at all. Much more simple.
Thalia and Nico soon came back with another bag of doughnuts (with no change I may add, surprise, surprise) and Blackjack snorted and tossed his head in pleasure. 'Hey, what do you know! They did get old fashion glazed! Mmm...'
Nico jumped about three feet in the air as Blackjack began to nuzzle the bag of pastries and he backed away nervously. "Um, Percy? as much as I like to make your pegasus happy, I don't think we should leave him here in the middle of the theme park. It just might scare some mortals"
"It might" I admitted, ignoring the eye rolls I was getting from Annabeth "Fine. Why don't we take him out to the Plaza? There's enough room out there and grass to left Blackjack graze and there's also a candy store."
"A candy store?" Thalia asked dreamily. I wondered when the last time was when Thalia got to go browse in a sweet shop asI didn't think that Artemis exactly gave them allowance for getting treats. "A candy store sounds good. Let's go"
After checking in with our parents and telling them that we would be heading to the Plaza, we strolled out of the Theme park and with Blackjack trotting behind and walked to the brightly colored store. It wasn't until we had reached the entrance that I realized something.
"I don't have any money left from the doughnuts. I'm pretty much broke now"
Thalia and Annabeth both checked their pockets and found nothing but-
"I got a couple drachmas" The daughter of Zeus said, counting the large golden coins on her palm. I was about to remind her that mortals won't take drachma's and I really wasn't in the mood of threatening the cashier like Are's did four years ago but Nico just grinned and pulled out a shining black wallet with silver studs embedded on the sides.
"Being the son of the wealthiest god has it's advantages. See, that's why it's smart to be nice to me. I'll pay for the treats" We all gawked at him. Gods he was lucky.
We continued into the store. It was bigger then Sweet on America, the place where my mom worked and only 100 percent fancier, with giant glass displaying colorful treats, giant stands and shelves lined with whatever kind of candy imaginable, and huge statues of famous people built of thousands of Jellybeans.
In other words, it was pretty much Elysium.
Annabeth put on her magic cap as not to attract any unwanted attention and to make sure that if the gods came, she would be hidden and as she shimmered and disappeared, Nico looked at the place she had been with a slightly hungry and envious glace. "Nice to have such as useful magic item"
I had to agree. Riptide was awesome of course, but not much use in the mortal world besides making sandwiches and killing demonic math teachers. I had once accidentally taken Riptide out for a math test and had kind of sliced the table and test in half.
Let's just say I didn't get a very good mark.
Thalia scowled. "Hey, Aeigis is pretty useful! Wanna see how fast I can clear the store?"
"NO!" we all exclaimed, shrinking back slightly.
"I'm kidding guys, Geez" She said, rolling her eyes but with Thalia, you can never be sure.
We began exploring the store.
Thalia's POV
The store was awesome, beside the fact the it was crowded with people. I actually wasn't kidding when I suggested I use Aeigis to clear the store but after seeing the look on their face, I decided to play it cool.
I actually hadn't been in a candy store for ages and the moment we got in, we began racing around the store, grabbing backs of treats off the shelves and stuffing them in our now getting very full arms. Hey, Death Breath had just offered to pay for it all! Might as well make the most of it.
"Percy!" Nico called across the store, waving excitedly from across the store. "Look! Gummy swords!"
"Sweet!" Dropping the pack of blue sharks that he had been holding, the son of Poseidon raced to join him and they began to spare with the packets of candy weapons , attracting a couple hard stares and more then a dozen looks of awe and longing, especially from the girls. I rolled my eyes. Boys.
Spotting a bag of floating smarties -Ha, so much for not attracting attention- I figured it was Annabeth as there weren't many fly bags of candy in the world and distractedly began to chat, feeling slightly awkward about talking to candy. It wasn't the strangest thing I've done, not by far, but it still felt pretty weird.
When we finally left the store, our arms full and Nico's wallet presumably lighter, we began walking back towards the gates of the theme park and as we neared, I spotted three figures in the distance and froze. "Annabeth, they're coming. You have to hide!"
Thankfully, she understood and the bag of smarties flue off and a moment later, a huge black form rose and soared into the sky, steered carefully away by a bag of candy. Whoa, that sounded weird didn't it? One of the down sides of being a demigod. Your thoughts get very, very messed up sounding, and when you say them out loud, even weirder.
As it turns out, it wasn't a moment too soon. As the gods neared, they didn't look to approving at the mounds of candy in our arms but they didn't tell us off about them though.
"If you guys are hungry, we can go for dinner" Poseidon suggested. Hm... Dinner... not a bad idea actually. My cousins nodded but Zeus and Hades both shook their heads and said they weren't hungry.
"Well meet you at the hotel then, okay?" The two brothers set off leaving us alone with Percy's dad, who looked rather pleased at his brothers decisions.
"So... where are we eating?" I asked.
"Poseidon smile mischievously and for a second, he looked just like Percy after he had slipped a rubber spider into Annabeth's cabin. Uh oh...
" I know a place" He promised, "It'll be a very... unique meal, I can promise that. Be prepared for the best meal of your life"
Me: Hm... now guess where they're going for dinner? *Evil grin* In the next chapter, I think I'm going to include some Zeus and Hades bonding (Face it, they really need it. Hades almost killed Zeus's daughter, Zeus killed Hades's mortal wife. They really need some family therapy), and Poseidon getting some form of punishment for acting immature and childish. *Hint, hint* :)
Blackjack: 'Mmm... Doughnuts... Say, can I have another dozen, Boss?
Me: *Face-palms* No, Blackjack, that would be your third dozen! Even for you that's a bit much!
Blackjack: A wise pegasus once said, "There can never me too much doughnuts"
Me: I don't care what 'a wise pegasus' said. Before Blackjack annoys me to death and I start breaking out the gummy swords-
Percy & Nico: I LOVE GUMMY SWORDS!
Me: *Grumbles* Why did I ever agree to work with these characters? *Clears throat* As I was saying before I got RUDELY *Glares at the two grinning boys* interrupted, it's CONTEST TIME! This time to win a shout-out, all you have to do is answer this question.
What are the names two or more of Percy half siblings and can you say what they are?
If you think carefully, there's at least three or more. Answer that, and the shout-out is yours. Also, if you have any suggestions of what Poseidon's 'Punishment' can be, feel free to write it in your review and PM me about it :)
Good luck with the contest guys! Now where did the demigods put their stash of candy...