I'M BACK! Sorry for the slow update. It's pretty hard to think up something for happiness. And beauty. Not really that hard for kindness, but you know how it goes down. Oh, also, I DON'T OWN PJO! Now, ON WITH THE STORY!
Anna's pov
"Ugh. THAT WAS THE WORST!" I shouted at my friends as we walked out from behind the cafe. It earned me some stares from pedestrians, but hey. Can you blame me?
"I know right!" Agreed Lacy.
We blabbed about that for a bit, until Natalie begged us to stop while crying. Her makeup was fine of course. Wimp.
We continued walking for a bit, but Natalie stopped in her tracks.
"Oh. My. GODS!" She squealed, running to a shop window. "IT'S THE LIMITED EDITION WEBKINZ LOVE FROG!"
Tammy looked in the window and made a face. "Ick."
"HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?" Spazzed Natalie. "THIS IS THE LAST LOVE WEBKINZ WE NEED TO COMPLETE OUR COLLECTION! I HAVE TO GET IT!"
Before any of us could stop her, she rushed into the store and bought the pink frog. Wow, that's not something you say everyday.
"Yay!" She giggled as she stuffed the into the cardboard box I had told her she didn't need while we were packing. She scribbled an address and name, then dropped a few drachmas on it.
It disappeared in a flash of light.
"Thank-you for using Hermes mail. Have a nice day!" Where the heck did that voice come from?
"YES!" She might have gloated a bit, but at that moment her mouth started glowing. Uh-oh.
Lacy's pov
"Guys, get her away from the mortals, stat!" Tammy hissed.
Anna and I each grabbed one of her arms, dragged her back in the store and rushed her to the bathroom. Anna yelled something about diarrhea at the clerk as we passed him.
A look of agony passed over Natalie as she fell onto the ground. A glowing pink goose floated lazily out of her mouth. It squawked at me and turned into a ring. I picked it up and studied it carefully. The word ef̱tychía was engraved on it's side. Happiness. I suppose it's a good thing that this shop carries the ugliest webkinz ever.
"It was worth it!" Was the first thing that Natalie said after we left the bathroom.
"Are you crazy or something?" Asked Anna bluntly. "It hurts like all of Hades broke lose, and all you got from it was a piece of a monster's soul."
"True." Said Natalie, pouting. "But I finally finished off our collection. My cabin has been working for months on it."
"Really? That's weird."
"Says the girl whose cabin destroyed our entire stash of Twilight stuff!"
"Blah blah blah. Let's get back to Tammy before she pickpockets the whole city." I cut into their little argument. I'm cool like that.
We stepped out of the irritating shop and indeed found Tammy stealing stuff. Remind me again why we left her alone?
Anna's pov
"Tammy!" I shouted in her ear.
"Ack!" She yelped and stumbled backward, alerting the man she was stealing from of her presence.
"You little punks!" He shook his fist at us and stormed off. "Dang kids, this used to be the nice part of town."
"SORRY SIR!" I shouted after him. Then I glared at Tammy. "We were gone for five minutes, tops!"
"Sorry! I couldn't help myself, it's in my blood."
I scolded her for a while, then dragged her by the ear back to our friends.
Me (sighs): Tammy, Tammy, Tammy. Will you ever learn?
Tammy: Not likely, no.
Me: Need I remind you of the peanut-brittle episode?
Tammy (Shudders): Oh, Don't go there.
Me: Whatever. REVIEW!
