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The next day

Travis POV

"What in Zeus were you thinking?" Chiron exclaimed to me and Connor

"We were actually not thinking in Zeus at all, I guess we were kind of thinking outside the box, but no not in Zeus." Connor, said earning a glare from Chiron. I elbowed him in the stomach, if there ever was a time for Connor's corny jokes, now was definitely not the time.

"Sorry Chiron," I said about to flip the switch on who Chiron was going to be yelling at though, "we were just trying to get revenge on Percy for what he, Annabeth, and Katie did to us."

Incase you need a recap, we had dumped 10 tons of water on the Poseidon Cabin, we thought it and Percy were going to be drenched by the time we were done. Connor had set up invisible buckets (provided by the book) on invisible string (again provided by the book) above the cabin and all we had to do was press a button on a remote, and no one would even know it was us. At least we hoped, somehow we had managed to forget Poseidon was thea water god therefore water had no effect on him, meaning Percy and cabin were dry, and the first one was very pissed. So while water rained down on him and his cabin, nothing happened except percy getting madder by the second, leading us to Chiron's office.

"And what did they do to you?" Chiron asked (I don't think he believed me since those were like his role model campers, well maybe not Percy so much what with talking back to pretty much all the Gods, but defiantly Annabeth. If we were going to get him to believe us we were going to have to play this very carefully.

"They kidnapped us and held us against our will!" Connor blurted out, so much for playing this carefully.

He raised an eyebrow at us, "Which explains why you are here now."

"No see we escaped, er I escaped and came back and got Connor-" I was interrupted that seemed to be happening a lot lately.

"Chiron! It's Katie! We can't find her anywhere! I think Travis kidnapped her!" Annabeth yelled.

"What!" I protested, even though I knew it was sort of the truth, but I had really just put her to sleep and stuck her next to that stupid daffodil bush, it's not like I harmed her in any way, I hope.

"Yeah, Travis pranked us yesterday, told us he couldn't remember anything, so Katie took him to the infirmary, we thought, but now we can't find her."

"LIES!" I yelled, perhaps a little too over enthusiastic, because everyone looked at me including Mr. D who had been there to watch Chiron yell at us because he claimed it was the most entertaining thing since Tic-Tac-Toe(which I truthfully didn't think was that entertaining, but maybe that's what he was going for) Now he had been immersed in this week's Wine weekly, for a while until I had shouted out. Great.

"Where is she Travis?" Chiron asked with a look that said 'please just tell me I don't feel like a war between Athena and Hermes it's bad enough with Ares' It was getting kind of scary how good I was getting at reading Chiron.

"Fine," I said , "Next to Demeter Cabin asleep in the daffodil bush." This raised some eyebrows.

"And how did she get there Travis?" Annabeth asked, it looked like she was using every last resort of self control not to come over here and strangle me. I found it quite funny.

"I drugged her," I said with a shrug, "I had a sleeping patch that lasted ten or something like that hours so I used it on her." The others stared at me in horror, well everyone except Connor and Mr. D, Connor was giving me an air high-five and Mr. D. had gone back to his magazine but other than that I was getting horrified looks.

Annabeth jumped up and ran out the door to probably find Katie, I did feel the tiniest bit sorry for Katie but she had deserved it. Chiron called out after her to bring Katie to the infirmary when she found her, then he turned back to Connor and me looking very very very mad.

"I'm very disappointed in you guys, you could be doing so many other things and blabbity, blah, blah. Oh wait before you go, you have KP for five weeks, anymore pranks will make it three months, oh and Travis you should go apologize to Ms. Gardener." Connor mimicked Chiron almost perfectly; it was quite a funny sight to see.

"Dude if this whole thievery gig doesn't work out for you, I'm pretty sure you have another future in mimicking." I laughed.

"We'll as of right now, the whole thievery gig is still agoin, so I was thinking,"

"Oh my gosh! You were thinking!" I exclaimed mocking him.

He smirked at me, "I thought we could prank the Demeter Cabin next, kill all of their plants, and I have an idea on how to do it." I shuddered visibly Connor's plans almost never worked hence the reason why we have KP almost every single dang night. "So here's how it goes, everyone knows you and Katie have got something going right?"

"What?" I shrieked causing people to look at me, second time today, whoopee.

"Good so you don't like her, I was worried there for a while, so this won't be hard for you to do. Since she thinks you two have some kind of chemical bond I figured you're our way into the prank, unless of course, you do like her and don't want to ruin your chances with her… then I guess I understand."

He was baiting me. I knew it, but I accepted the challenge, "Connor, I don't like her so tell me the prank." I felt something though plunge right through me, and it was nowhere as painful as the lava on the rock climbing wall (I would know from my hair being scorched on previous experiences), it plunged right into my heart as I said those words, and made me realize that some evil, manipulated, twisted part of me did like Katie. Damn you Aphrodite! Stupid love! I will beat you!

"So what's the plan?" I asked coming out of my daydreams.

"You bring Katie, a bag of new amazing make your plants grow three times faster fertilizer as a peace offering/get well gift in the infirmary, the fertilizer is actually harmful fungi, that will kill all the plants, here just read the book it'll tell you all." Connor said tossing me the book.

I flipped it open to the folded down page and sure enough the page was marked

Demeter

Demeter's Cabin has always had along lasting rivalry's with Hermes' Cabin, perhaps to end one day, perhaps not to. I swear this book just sounded funny how formal it was sometimes, almost like a person. (A.N. Don't worry it's not, unless of course you wanted it to be… Review and let me know.) Demeter's offspring has always had a fond love of nature, which is what you'll use against them, to prank them. Take the bag of poisonous fertilizer and sprinkle it on crops, please take precautions as peaceful as Demeter's offspring, as calm and gentle they may seem. can too be murderous, use the below key to help on the above prank.

Kill 500+ plants= run for your lives, the chances of you making it two seconds is unlikely, the record high is seventy five seconds held by Blaine Knight in 1995. RIP

Kill 100+ plants= you will more than likely not make it through the night

Kill 50+ plants= you may make it a night or week

Kill 30+ plants=be ready to negotiate for your lives

Kill 10+ plants= you'll live; just be prepared for KP

"Are you sure about this?" I asked Connor.

"Never been more sure about anything else in my life, because I have a plan." He replied. I smiled uneasily, we were going down.

"Hey Katie." I said nervously clutching the gift bag in my hands. She looked up at me. I flinched and looked away, not daring to see her expression.

"Oh hey Travis." Katie said, I looked at her, she didn't seem mad at all, yet. Phew, I did not want an angry daughter of Demeter on my case…yet.

I smiled uneasilyand said, "Brought you something." Now her face dropped and she stare myseld at me doubtfully, I just wished she'd take the bag so I could run the smell of sickness, cleaning products, and dried blood seemed to be taunting me, You'll never convince he it'll be a bloody mess if she finds out what you did. I glanced out of the window in her room trying to distract myself and push the voices out, it would have worked if her siblings weren't lined up at the window peering at us. Most were shhoting daggers at me, some actually holding daggers pretending to slice their throats with it, I gulped, I believe those threats were meant for me.

"Travis? You there?" Katie said waving a hand in front of my face bringing me out of my phase.?

"Uh yeah." I said pulling myself away from the window, "What's wrong?"

"So kind of you to ask," said sounding like the old Katie I knew, "Did you and you and your brother forget I can pretty much sense dead or harmful things torwards nature?

"It was Connor's idea!" I protested weakly my voice quaking, kind of like my feet in my gymshoes. All I could think of was the book and the probability of our surviving the Demeter Cabin

"Travis Stoll, you are the most single minded person I know, I know your brother was in on it, and I'm guessing he made the plan considering there are so many loopholes in it, your plans are usually much better." I didn't know what to respond to that, so I didn't. She looked at me and rolled her eyes, "Just go and take your killer fungi with you Travis."

I shrugged taking my cue left her to be, it was a relief too what with her siblings all staring at me.

"Hey Connor," I yelled as I walked into the cabin, "bad news." No response. I sighed he was probably out pulling a prank or getting scolded by Chiron. I sighed again and flopped onto the bed turning on the television and flipped through the channels. One thing I loved about being but a son of Hermes, was modern world stuff in old dusty Greece camp. You get it.

"Travis? You back?" Connor called walking into the cabin. I felt no need to answer because since when did Connor ask if I was back, probably nothing I turned back to the

TV. I heard giggling coming from behind me, I ignored it. Someone giggled again, louder this time, it most certainly was not Connor, out of confusion I turned around and what I got/saw was a scar for life.

"Oh will you just chillax already bro." Connor said bumping shoulders with me, I rolled my eyes at him.

"I turn around and you're kissing some girl from Aphrodite and you want me to chill!" I exclaimed. The girl had left, not even the slightest bit phased by me interrupting her and Connnor.

He shrugged and said, "Well Melanie was hot and I called to see if anyone was in the cabin and you mister did not respond, so technically you're the one at fault here."

"Oh suuree!" before he could argue back I said, "well I saw Katie today."

His interest was provoked and he asked, "Yeah? Well howd it go?"

"Ok," I said, "she didn't kill me, but she could tell it was killer fungi in the bag, oh and her siblings were outside the window giving me threats/glares.

"Her siblings were there?" Connor asked. "Perfect, the plan worked."

"Wow wait, how did it work, she didn't take the killer fungi?"

"Well, I figured if word got around about you going to see Katie in the infirmary her siblings would go to watch and make sure you didn't drug her again or something. Meanwhile I snuck to the Demeter Cabin and sprinkled my killer fungi on the grass and in about," Connor glanced at his watch, "seventeen hours any plant near the Demeter Cabin will die."

I stared at Connor, my mouth agape, "Your plan? Worked?" I sputtered.

"Yup." He said looking mighty proud of himself. I woud've said more, but we were interrupted.

"Hey boys." A voice said from the TV. I turned in shock in the TV, I must have turned to the Hephaestus Channel while I was flipping and God messages were on now . On it was Hermes waving to me and Connor saying, "I decided that in the morning before the Demigod Informal I myself, would come down to Earth and help you boys pull some pranks! What do you think? Or do you not want your old man there embarrassing you?"

"Olds one word for it," Connor muttered under his breath before speaking up and saying, "Yeah of course dad, we'd love you here, you can teach us all your tricks."

He hesitated and said, "Not all of them, you two boys are quite troublesome enough, I got another Iris message from Chiron earlier today." HE narrowed his eyes at us.

"Oh yeah, about that" I said laughing nervously, but Hermes interrupted before

I could make up a good excuse or calculate if I could reach the clicker in time to turn the TV off.

"Oh I'm just joking." He said," But I must go now so I'll see you boys tomorrow." With that the TV flickered off and he was gone.

I turned to Connor and said, "Now wait a minute, what did dad mean by demigod informal?"

"Oh right, I forgot to mention that didn't I." Connor said, "Well Chiron and Mr. D are hosting a dance, it's informal, 14 and up, demigod to attend, food and drinks served, dates allowed kind of thing. You going to bring anyone, because I'm bringing Melanie and she's got one hot sister who would be more than happy to be yours."

Immediately Katie flashed into my mind as of a date but I shook it off, trying to remind myself to outgrow Katie, I found myself saying, "Sure, what's her sister's name?"

NOOOO TRAVIS! DON'T DO IT! Haha, sorry for not updating sooner I was really really busy, but I'm updating now so your life is complete. I hoped you liked my chapter, I thought it was pretty good, next chapter will be Hermes and the dance and the usual prank or two. I'm finally on Spring Break, so I'll probably be able to update sooner than usual which is good. So there's only one thing left to do and that's REVIEW!