Okay, here it is the next chapter of Everything a Child of Hermes Needs to Know, please keep in mind I am currently traveling in the car on my way to a sort of vacation(Do you call doing yardwork at your Aunt and Uncle's cottage where we vacation in the summer a vaction), with my two younger siblings. Who must find it hilarious because they keep bumping into me and laughing, causing me to hit the wrong keys on the laptop, so I apologize in advance for any grammatical or spelling mistakes. Much thanks to everyone who voted on the poll on who to prank next, you can still vote as of right now, it says to choose two but I'm not sure if it's letting you choose two…

DisCLaImeR: I'M SaViNG My mOnEY Up, s0 nO I dO NoT Own PjO (I don't know why I did that I just felt like it…)

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Travis POV(AS ALWAYS)

"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?"

I woke up the next morning bright and early with the sun in my eyes, yet again. I'll have to remind dad to stop pranking Apollo when he visits today, oh crap! I jumped out of bed shaking Connor awake in the process, he groaned and rolled over. I had completely forgotten dad was coming to visit today. I looked at my clock, the neon red lights were blinking 9:23, shit. We had missed breakfast.

"Connor, come on, it's almost ten o'clock, we slept through breakfast already and dad's coming to visit today, let's move it." I said shaking him yet again.

He groaned and rolled over muttering, "Tell him I said hi, need my beauty rest, ill eat lunch." His words were all slurred together with sleep and all that I could make sense of them was that he wanted me to tell dad hi for him, he pulled and all-nighter doing gods know what, thunder boomed and I rolled my eyes, even the gods didn't know what he did, and he didn't want to get up now, and finally he didn't care about breakfast, he would eat at lunch.

I rolled my eyes and decided it was time to resort to desperate measures, I pulled out the fog horn we had stolen off of a fishing boat one year, I hit the button.

'HONKKKKKKNKKKKKK' blared through the cabin so loud I wondered if they had heard it on Olympus. In the meantime though it woke Connor up.

"I cannot believe you did that." Connor said massaging his temples in pain as I stood by watching him in annoyance.

"I had to get you up somehow, someway." I said.

"Next time, make that someway a hot coffee, kay?" Connor said in annoyance.

"Maybe," I said rolling my eyes at him, "maybe not."

"Whatever, what time is dad coming to meet us and pull some out of this planet pranks?"

"The letter he left said noon." I said

"Okay, what time is it now?" Connor asked

"Ten-fifteen." I said glancing at my watch.

"What! I could've slept for a whole nother hour idiot!" Connor yelled at me.

Fast forward to 12:00 and skip Connor chasing Travis for not letting him get his 'beauty sleep'.

"Hey boys." Hermes said materializing out of thin air, in front of me and Connor who were arguing about how I thought dad was up bright and early to deliver mail, and how Connor thought he slept in, none the less we had bet five drachmas against one another.

"I would've been here sooner but I needed my beauty rest for today." He finished.

"HA!" Connor said turning on me. "I was right! In your face, now give me my five drachmas, I need to go pay off a bet I made." I rolled my eyes and handed over the drachmas, Connor shoved them in his pocket and ran not before yelling he would be back in 'five'.

"Soo," I said turning to Hermes, "how's Olympus." My mouth was saying the words but my mind was elsewhere, I watched as Katie walked out of her cabin and looked around at the brown dead grass surrounding her cabin and sighed, I wanted to walk over and comfort her but I was afraid I might start to fall for her again, so I didn't, I just watched from afar. She glanced up and caught me staring at her, I blushed and turned away.

I turned my attention back to Hermes, who was telling me about a prank he had pulled on Aphrodite where he made all of her clothes and makeup disappear; it sounded like a good prank to play on her kids I thought.

"So dad," I said, "what are we doing today?"

"Well when your brother gets back we are going to have a little talk…" Hermes said.

Katie POV

I sighed as I looked around at the dead grass and plants in front of my cabin, it was depressing to see so many things that were once alive bringing joy and beauty now brown and well… dead, (It was Connor's fault) I sighed. I looked up for moment and in that moment I caught Travis Stoll looking at me with a sympathetic look on his face, he caught me looking and turned his attention back to… Hermes? Wow, he must have done something pretty big to get his dads attention, at that moment I saw Connor run up gasping for air, probably made another bet with the Ares cabin, on who was a better fighter or something like that, he probably lost.

I tuned my attention back to Travis, he looked pretty cute, I have to admit it the way his hair fell over his eyes and how he smiled that nervous guilty loopy smile at me yesterday in the infirmary, and his eyes, well they say the eyes are the key to the soul, Travis's are the key to him; darker when he's mad, light when he's had a good day, dull when he's tired, shiny when he's excited, mischievous when he's well mischievous, all of that together made my heart skip a beat.

My younger half-sister Kristen walked out of the cabin at that moment and caught me staring atTravis. "Whatcha or who are you looking at?"

I blushed and turned to face her saying, "Nothing."

"Katie," She began, "you're redder than a rose, what were you looking at?" When I didn't respond she looked to where I was staring and smirked, "Got your eye on a Stoll do we now Katie?"

"Maybe." I mumbled blushing a deeper shade of red, just then my other sister Lucy walked out of the cabin.

"Hey guys-um Kates why are you the color of a fire truck?" she asked, Kristen replied,

"Katie here has a crush on one of the Stolls, I'm guessing Travis because well that's who I think."

"Correct." I said knowing there was no use in hiding it from them now.

"Oh my gods Katie!" Lucy squealed, "You just have to ask him to the dance tonight!"

"Good luck with that," Kristen scoffed, "I hear Connor set him up with his girlfriend of the week's sister, Kaitlyn's her name." All my hopes of going to the dance with Travis just flew out the window but Lucy would hear none of it.

"To bad!" she protested, "then we make Travis want Katie! Makeover time!" she squealed.

"Umm," Kristin began, "are you sure you're in the right cabin and aren't really a daughter of Aphrodite?"

"Yes I'm sure." Lucy said sticking her tounge out at Kristin.

"Um guys," I began, "I really don't think this is a good idea…"

"Do you want Travis to notice you?" Kristin said.

"Are you crazy? This is my most brilliant idea yet!" Lucy said excitedly

"Even more brilliant then that time you decided to wrap the Hermes Cabin in vines and get us a month of KP?" Kristin.

"Even more brilliant!" she responded, "So kates you in?" Lucy and Kristin looked at me expectantly.

I sighed and rolled my eyes; it was two against one, "Fine."

"Wooohooo!" Lucy yelled causing the Stolls and Hermes to look our way, I blushed-yet again- and pulled my half-sisters inside; Lucy still talkinging about what I was going to wear and makeup and a whole lotta other crap. Yippeee-please note the sarcasm there.

"Woohooo!" interrupted the conversation that was going on between Connor, dad and me, I looked to where it was coming from. It looked like it was coming from that daughter of Demeter, Lucy I think. Katie saw us looking and blushed before dragging Lucy and another one of her sisters back into the cabin. I shrugged it was probably nothing, I refocused on what Hermes was saying;

"So I was thinking since you boys are apparently such good pranksters that you end up in Chiron's office almost every day, I thought my two best prankster sons should come with me for a day of pranking, what do you think?"

"Sounds good!" said Connor excitedly, he loved pranking and stealing from people, I did too; it gave me such an adrenaline rush.

"So who are we going to prank first?" I asked.

"Athena." Hermes replied.

"Thanks dad," Connor said, "but we pranked them a couple of days ago, and it did not work out."

"I'm talking about their mother Connor," Hermes said rolling his eyes at him, "besides I already heard all about you prank gone wrong."
"Hey!" Connor protested but Hermes grabbed us and we were gone in brilliant white flash.

"To Olympus" a voice-I'm guessing Hermes-yelled out.

The next thing I knew we were standing on Olympus, Annabeth-and don't tell her I said this- had really done a great job so far redesigning Olympus; from the salad bar and statues and temples-the place looked even better than before.

I didn't have long to admire it though, Hermes pulled me and Connor aside and explained the plan to us, it was devil sent-my father is. A. genius.

Me and Conno walked up to Athena who was sitting on her throne working on some battle plan.

"And," she muttered, "I'll make sure Ares is here, then when- yes yes that should work- than I'll drop the-" As fascinating as this all was I decided it was time to interrupt and get this show on the road with.

"Um Lady Athena?" I said

"Don't say "um" young man it makes you sound improper grammatically." She replied not taking her eyes off of her whatever she was working on, Connor rolled his eyes.

"Lady Athena," I began again, this time without the 'um' though, "My brother and I were just visiting Olympus, and we figured we should stop by just to offer you our congrats."

"Congrats on what?" She said looking up now.

"The baby and you becoming a grandmother." Connor piped up from behind me.

"What baby? Oh is Zach and that mortal wife of his having a child? Oh my I, I should Iris-message them right away." (A.N. Just pretend Zach is some demigod son of Athena who is all grown up and married to some mortal girl.")

"Err, no" I said, "Actually it's Annabeth who's pregnant, wait didn't you know? Gosh! I hope I didn't ruin the surprise." I laughed silently to myself.

"WHAT!" Athena yelled, ouch I'm pretty sure I just blew an ear drum from that.

"I don't think she knew." Connor muttered to me, I could hear him trying to control his laughter underneath his breath.

"What do you mean my daughters pregnant? How did this happen?" Athena yelled not so loudly this time.

"Well," Connor started, "One night Percy and Annabeth-"

"Don't get smart with me young man." Athena growled at him menacingly

"I'm not sure Lady Athena," I said barely holding my laughter in now, "but did you hear what their going to name him?"

"What?" she said, "Surely the name they've chosen is something wise at least, I mean this is my wisest daughter we are talking about."

"Yeah well it's a cool name for the boy it's Delmar Poseidon Jackson, which means of the sea-" Connor got interupted

"I know what it means you idiot! How could my daughter name her offspring after such a, such a," I had never seen the goddess of wisdom speechless before but it was a funny sight to see, "such a fool!"

"Well the girl names even better," I said, "it's Lynn Orabel Jackson meaning "waterfall" and "beautiful seacoast"." Athena looked ready to explode now, her face was turning red when suddenly all the anger seemed to disappear and she said;

"Wait why is their last name Jackson?" This was going to be fun to explain.

"Well," I said, "I wasn't going to tell you tjis, I was going to let the happy couple tell you but I have to tell you now, after Annabeth told Percy she was pregnant he proposed and they eloped until they have time for an official ceremony!"

Well that just added the last bet to a pile of bets (A.N. Seemed like something Travis would say…) Athena just exploded, she grabbed a golden drachma out of her pocket and tossed it into a rainbow that lay on the floor and screamed "ANNABETH CHASE, CAMP HALF-BLOOD" A picture of Annabeth and Percy appeared making out on her bed. Could this be any more perfect, I wondered.

" How dare you go and get yourself pregnant! With that sea spawn too! And then you have the nerve to go and elope with him!" Athena ignored the scene before her.

"Mother?" Annabeth said confused now separated from Percy.

"Hey!" Percy protested realizing she was talking about him.

"Mom, what do you mean, I'm most definetly not pregnant and am in no way in Hades married to Percy." Annabeth said

"Yet." Percy added.

"Shut up." Both Athena and Annabeth said at the same time.

"Well I thought you were pregnant and married because these bozos here told me you were, they also said you were going to name your children Lynn Orabel Jackson and Delmar Poseidon Jackson, but that's not true."

"Actually," Annabeth said, "we said we would name our first child after the sea and the second after wisdom…"

"Wait, you're having children with this sea spawn not now but someday. I don't approve of this Annabeth."

"Mom, we'll talk about this later," Annabeth said, "but who are the bozos who told you this?"

Athena redirected the Iris message towards Connor and me, we waved weakly at the Iris message. Annabeth's glare was scary.

"Mother," she said, "meet Travis and Connor Stoll camp pranksters and resident sons of Hermes.

"You were joking!" Athena said.

I replied weakly not knowing what else to say, "I'm Travis."

"And you call yourself a wisdom goddess." Connor said laughing, we had just enough time to see the shock on Athena and Annabeth faces and Percy laughing his head off, before Hermes zapped us out.

"That was AMAZING! You guys unfortunately pulled that off and I didn't stop to think of plans to hide you from mad gods so we'll have to come back another day and do some more pranks but right now I should probably get you out of here before Athena comes and obliviates you into a bazillion pieces," I gulped at the thought of that. "So it was nice seeing you boys, but Athena's on her way, so you better go, bye!"

Before I could protest it wasn't safe at camp either with Annabeth, we were whisked out of Olympus and the next thing we knew we were standing back in front of the Hermes Cabin.

Katie POV

My eyebrows had been waxed, my skin scrubbed till it gleamed and smelled lemony, every knot in my hair brushed out, my nails filed to rid them of dirt, and nail polish painted on carefully, in other words I hated it. I was used to picking dirt out from my nails, the smell of the dirt and different flowers on my skin was relaxing, and the strawberry juice had always left my nails looking a light pink, I was beginning to greatly regret letting Lucy and Kristen do this to me.

"Here," Lucy said tossing me a ruffled denim skirt, "try this on. But wait until I find a shirt, okay, okay good." This went on until she found me a rainbow flower shirt, "try this on too, now where in Hades did I put those shoes I was going to have you wear…" she muttered.

I laughed at her and said, "I could always go barefoot." She let out a little shriek and pretended to faint.

"Drama Queen." Kristin muttered from her bunk where she was watching this scene unfold from.

"Am not!" Lucy protested, we both shot her looks and she said, "Okay maybe a little bit…but you would be to if you were this stressed out!"

"You're stressed out?" protested Kristin, "Look at poor Katie right here you forcing her to actually put something nice on for once!" Kristin stuck her tounge out at me as she said this

"Hey!" now it was me protesting.

"You had to face the truth …" she said trailing off. I laughed at her.

"Found them!" Lucy shrieked with excitement and a pair of sandals hit me in the middle of my cheek.

"OW!" I yelled, I could feel it starting to bruise, I winced and rubbed it.

"Oops! Sorry!" Lucy said coming torwards me,I put my hand down, she gasped.

"What? What is it?" I turned and looked into the mirror, I gasped, an ugly purple bruise was forming on my cheek.

"That looks like it hurts." Kristin remarked from the bed.

"You think?" I asked sarcastically.

"Yupp." Was her only response, I rolled my eyes at her, and she stuck her tongue out at me.

"Kate come here." Lucy said. "We can cover up that ugly thing with some more of this." I groaned and prepared myself for torture, but thankfully a loud knock came from the door and I jumped at the chance to get it.

"Hel- what are you doing here?"

Travis POV (yeah I know I'm evil leaving you there :-D )

"SO how do I look?" Connor asked me, he was wearing a plaid blue shirt with dark jeans, his messy hair was brushed and straightened.

"Wow, you clean up nicely. I'll keep that in mind." He grinned ignoring my snide comment.

"Well?" Connor asked me.

"Well, what?" I asked

"Well, when are you getting ready?" He asked.

"Soon." I answered.

"Soon! Soon! Dude the dance starts in half an hour, we're picking the girls up in fifteen-twenty minutes! Let's go!" with that said he dragged me out of my bed and shoved me into the bathroom with a pair of jeans and a shirt I had never seen before in my life, he probably had stolen it.

I emerged five minutes later,"Well?"

"Well what?" Connor asked.

"Well let's go!" with that said I grabbed Connor and dragged him out of the cabin.

When we got to the Apollo Cabin(Did I say Aphrodite earlier? If I did I meant Apollo.), we found out the girls weren't there, so we did what we could; we waited and avoided the death stares from their siblings, they were probably still mad at us for un-tuning all of their instruments that one time.

Katie POV

"Nice to see you too Katie darling, you look so nice." Kaitlyn mocked me in her southern accent. "May I ask, why you're even getting dressed up? I mean who in their right minds would ask you to the Camp Half-Blood Informal?" I just stared at her in shock, all day I had spent getting ready to look nice and here she was shooting me down, basically telling me I was hideous. I blinked back tears threatening to leak out. "I mean seriously who would ask you?"

Lucy looked ready to claw Kaitlyn's eyeballs out of her head, but she was interrupted by a voice, "I would ask her. I think she looks like a million gold drachmas." I looked up in shock to see Travis standing in the doorway glaring at Kaitlyn, his date, she was staring at him in shock. I had a feeling this would not end up pretty.

Okay, I know I said I would put the dance in this chapter but seriously I typed 3,500 words (13 pages) if I typed the dance it would've been like 6,000 with everything I have planned to happen . So instead of posting it all together, I'll just post the dance first chance I get, I've got tons of ideas for the next couple of chapters, which is always a good thing! So yeah for that! I'm going to try and post Friday, try. So if I don't post before then have a good week! Oh and I can't remember if Connor's girlfriend is a daughter of Aphrodite, if she was, she's now a Daughter of Apollo just an FYI there. So yeah for 47 reviews! Can we make it to 50? We better with all the typing I just did! I mean seriously, it's only 3 reviews people! Come on, you can do it! So make my day (or what's left of it anyway…) and REVIEW! (Please)

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