Welcome back to the next chapter of Everything a Child of Hermes Needs to Know!
And by request of a reader, test-test-is-this-on, I have a sneak peek of the first chapter of Hating You is Harder Than it Seems. Just a quick question
HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE AN FF ACCOUNT?
Excuse me for that. Now that my ramble is done on with the next chapter.
Disclaimer: You know I realized that I've forgotten to post this on almost every other chapter. Oh well I'm doing it this chapter. Which character should I have do it…? I'll have my brother decide. He says Nico, but I've already done Nico for one of my stories so I think I'll do Percy!
Percy: Wisegirl does not own Percy Jackson, can I go now
Wisegirl1313: Haha Wisegirl doesn't own Percy Jackson! I'm not wisegirl!
Percy: *Sigh* You know this is getting pretty old having to do all these disclaimers, can we just get this one over with? I have another appointment at three.
Wisegirl1313: Boohoo for you. Well you don't get to go until you do the disclaimer, I'll start
Wisegirl1313, now you go.
Percy: Wisegirl1313 is an annoying, mean, bit-
Wisegirl1313: *Cough* That's not what we rehearsed.
Percy: WHAT IN HADES? WE DIDN'T EVEN REHEARSE!
Wisegirl1313: I'm sorry I'll let you get on to the chapter now while I have a little talking to with Percy.
Percy, do you have any last words?
Percy: Actually, yes. I-
Wisegirl1313: Too bad. Dear readers ENJOY! And try not to worry about Percy to much. He's in good hands, for the most part.
NOTICE: EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF AAWESOMENESS IN THIS CHAPTER!
An arrow flew straight above my head with such amazing accuracy it pinned a lock of my curly brown hair right to the wall above my head."
"And that was a warning shot." A voice said.
We all looked to the direction the arrow had come from; standing there was a pack of girls in silver, one clad in black, with a silver tiara on her head. White timber wolves surrounded them.
"THALIA!" Annabeth cried out in joy tackling her friend, Percy, Nico, and Katie gave her smiles. I was still shaking from the arrow, and couldn't quite manage to bring myself to a smile. Can you blame me?
"The hunters of Artemis have arrived." Thalia said a broad grin on her face as she embraced her friends.
I'm not sure exactly why I fainted, but I'm pretty sure it had something to do with shock, oh and the thrill of getting an arrow shot at me may have had something to do with it too.
Maybe I should've stayed with Connor.
When I came to I was in the infirmary, and my head felt like a pile of mush. I looked around at my surroundings, it was dark outside but a fire was going in the distance. Damn I was missing the campfire! On the bed next to me lay Connor, wide awake and staring at the ceiling.
He began to talk, in a British accent, lovely, "Quite a lovely night out chap. Don't you agree?"
I almost hit the red alarm button for an Apollo kid when Connor broke out into a smile and laughed.
"Ha ha gotcha." Connor said, "Did you really think that the Apollo kids wouldn't have cured me by now? And since you're awake can you tell your girlfriend over there to get out now that we know your safe, living, breathing, not going to die, to get the Zeus out of here! She's been nagging me all night,
'Go to sleep Connor. Stop being annoying. What's wrong with you?' it's really quite annoying! Forget about her being hot she's more annoying than hot." I looked to where Connor was pointing and saw Katie passed out on the chair, I winced for her because I knew that couldn't be comfortable.
"How long has she been here?" I asked Connor.
"Since you arrived." He replied.
"You're joking right? I probably arrived about 10 o'clockish and its gotta be at least eight thirty right now. Has she left at all?" I asked.
"No joke. Only once to use the bathroom, and she came right back. Will was feeling bad for her so he brought her lunch and dinner."
My stomach growled at the mention of food, "Where's dinner?" I asked.
Connor's face turned sheepish, "Well," he began, "it's kind of a funny story."
"I have all the time in the world." I said.
"Well I was really hungry, so I ate it."
"CONNOR YOU JERK!" I yelled, jumping up, causing Katie to wake up.
"Where's the fire?" She asked. "Oh Travis you're awake."
"Yes." I answered. "Only to find out that my own brother stole my food!" I was glaring harshly at Connor by now.
"Really Connor?" She asked. "Is there something wrong with your button that you couldn't hit it and ask for more food?"
"No, I was just too lazy to hit it." Connor replied and Katie sighed.
"Not lazy enough to steal my food though!" I yelled at him.
"Travis just push the button and ask for some more food please." Katie pleaded with me.
"Fine." I huffed angrily.
"The Apollo daughter walked in quickly, "What?" she asked coldly. Oops. She probably figured out that it was us that had spray painted her cabin windows, I decided not to ask for any food since she probably had lots of deadly drugs she could slip into my food that would kill me.
"Uh nevermind." I said.
"Travis." Katie hissed. "What was that about?"
"I… ah… lost my appetite." I fibbed.
"Of course you did." Katie said, not buying it, I decided to go back to sleep before she started asking more questions.
"Night." I said turned over, fake yawned and tried to ignore the growling hunger pang in my stomach.
The following day.
"So you've been sprung?" Katie said as we walked out of the doors.
"Only until Connor is released." I replied.
She looked at me questioningly and said, "Why is that so?"
Because he'd be out with us now if I hadn't told the nurses he was talking in his sleep last night about 'Mr. Dandelion' as revenge for him eating my lunch and dinner, and once they release him he's probably going to put me back in there for making him stay in there, in case you haven't noticed, he kinda hates it there."
She laughed and leaned up against me smiling widely. I couldn't help but laugh too, her laughter was contagious.
Kristen and Lucy waved to Katie from the other side of the camp holding up their archery bows, and shouting 'let's go'.
"Well," Katie said laughing. "I'm needed elsewhere, see you later?" It came out as more of a question than a statement.
So I responded, "Yeah, sure." I was completely head over heels falling in love with her.
"What was that all about?" A voice asked behind me.
"Hey Nico," I said turning around, "Katie- agh! What happened to you?"
"Let's just say the Hunters don't appreciate being told what time dinner is! Even if your sister was an ex-hunter or your cousin's the lieutenant-whom by the way did nothing to stop this!" Nico yelled angrily.
I laughed, Nico was a sappy sticky mess covered in tree leaves and pine needles, not a pretty sight. "Just stay away from me." I said.
"What do you want a hug?" Nico asked coming closer holding his arms out towards me.
"Uh-no thanks." I said. "I think instead of you giving me a hug, I should offer my services."
Now I had Nico's attention.
"What kind of services?" He asked suspiciously.
"Revenge services." I replied darkly. "I'm afraid you'll have to help me though, because my partner is still in the infirmary."
"It's a done deal." Nico said and shook my hand.
"That'll be five drachmas." I said holding my hand out towards Nico.
He sighed, "How did I not see this coming?" But he fished around in his pant's pockets and retrieved five drachmas and placed them in my hand.
I smiled and said, "Welcome to the business."
"What time?" Nico asked.
"Huh?" I said.
"What time do we prank them at?" Nico specified for me.
"Oh well I have to use my sources to find out the best time to prank them." I said hoping my 'sources' would help me out.
"Your sources?" Nico asked doubtfully.
"Plus I have to figure out a way to make sure Thalia doesn't find out it's us and decide to barbeque us alive."
Nico shuddered at the thought of it. "Okay you do your stuff and I'll do mine, just tell me when you're ready."
I raced into the cabin looking everywhere for the book of pranks. My younger brother, Charlie, tapped my shoulder.
"Is this what you're looking for?" He asked me holding up the English book(remember its disguised as an English book).
"Yes!" I yelled and grabbed it out of his hands flipping through the pages.
"Why are you reading an English textbook in the middle of the summer?" Charlie asked.
""I'm…uhm…" I stuttered looking for an excuse.
"He's working on his dyslexia and trying to become better at English." A female voice from thedoorway said.
Katie stood in the doorway taking in the mess of the Hermes Cabin silently.
"Ohhh."Charlie said.
"You summoned me Travis?" Katie said a questioning look upon her sun tanned face.
"Travis," Charlie interrupted, "We have sword defense with Percy now."
"Tell him I'm skipping, he won't be surprised. Go now, don't want you getting in trouble!" I said shooing Charlie out of the cabin quickly. The ten year old raced off quickly.
"Thanks for that." I said to Katie.
"Why did you need me Stoll?" Katie asked.
"Well I need a favor…" I said.
"And what would this favor be?" She asked suspiscously.
"You're friends with Thalia right?" I asked.
"Correct." She replied.
"Well I need you to get a copy of their schedule so I can find out when the best time to prank them is." I rushed out.
"Travis." Katie said laughing, "I know you're angry that she shot an arrow at you but well pranking her and the hunters back is probably not such a great idea…" she said.
"No it's not for me, it's for a client." I said.
"Oh really," Katie said, "and who's this 'client'" she made air quotes around 'client'.
"I'm not at liberty to say." I said.
"Then I'm not getting you their schedules." She replied..
"Fine." I groaned. "It's Nico."
"Ahh." She said. "I saw him earlier today. I'll meet up with you later and exchange it with you, cool?" she asked.
"Cool." I replied.
"Bye." She said walking out of the cabin, the door slamming shut behind her.
Yep. I was most certainly falling in love with Katie Gardner.
I rushed back into the cabin and opened up th e book.
"Revenge…revenge…revenge…" I muttered looking for the revenge section of the book.
"Revenge on Aphrodite… revenge on Hera-ooh that's a good one- revenge on Zeus…ah here it is Revenge on the Hunters of Artemis!"
Revenge: The Hunters of Artemis
Put itching powder in their beds and well that's about the safest thing the rates of living through this are even worse than the rates of living through pranking the Demeter Cabin… Good luck.
"Aww." I said. "I already did that. Oh well, guess I'll have to repeat history."
"Time to getta pranking!" I yelled, then realized that was not the smartest move I had ever made. I remembered my promise to Nico about finding something that would help Thalia not to electrocute us. Inoticed a sidenote at the bottom of the page.
In order to stay safe from the Hunters two invisibility cloaks are provided, use them wisely.
"Sweet!" I muttered, "This book is the best, and this prank is going to be even better!"
Uh-oh. Travis is going to pull a prank without Connor! This isn't good…
But you can worry about that next chapter, now here's Percy who I know you've been worrying about even though I told you not to.
Percy: I'm fine, for the most part, but only because she gave me ambrosi-
Okay Percy that's enough just do your disclaimer and get to your three o'clock.
Percy: Wisegirl1313 does not own my series!
Thank Gods. Finally.
But anywho as promised here's a sneak peek of the first chapter of Hating You is Harder Than it Seems(subject to possible title changes)
"Annabeth! Is it true that you cheated on Luke Castellan?" a reporter asked.
"No comment." I replied.
"Annabeth, what do you have to say for yourself?" Another asked.
"Yeah what do you have to say?"
"All I have to say is, leave me alone." I said as I rushed in through the condo door and slammed it hard behind me.
I sighed as I watched the scene from earlier in the day play on the plasma TV in front of me. My phone began to ring, I ignored it figuring that it was those pesky reporters calling to ask more of their nosy questions. I was seriously considering disconnecting my phone line, then getting a restraining order.
I listened as the answering machine began to play, 'Hey you've reached Annabeth and Thalia, We're not here at the moment so leave a message.'
The person began to speak, "Chase! Get your ass off the couch right now, and open the back window so I can get in past all these pesky reporters, I know you're in there! I can see the television lights flashing, so get up and-" I cut her off there and picked up the phone, tired of her ranting.
"I'm opening it Thals, be ready to jump in. If you let any of those bugs in, you're squashing them yourself."
"Thank you." She replied exasperated. I opened the back window, and sure enough, like bees to honey, the reporters swarmed the window, Thalia managed to climb in though, she even managed to shut the window on a reporters camera, smashing it into a million pieces. Her black boots hit the floor with a thud, and her shopping bags, overflowing with shirts saying, death to Barbie, Step away and you'll live, Try me and ill kick your bleep, were thrown onto the couch.
"One down, a bazillion more to go." I joked.
Thalia, however, wasn't amused, "Geesh! What's a girl gotta do to get into her own house?"
"Out maneuver the paparazzi ." I answered. She managed a smile and turned to me, all serious like again, I saw what was coming.
"No." I said, "We've been through this Thalia, I am not designing ever again. Or falling in love for a matter of fact."
"Annabeth," she said, "I'm speaking as a friend and not your manager, you cannot live your life not doing anything. It'd be like living in Hell."
"That's what you think Thalia, and I'm perfectly happy like this." I lied.
"No you're not." She said, "You're miserable. So I figured you needed some motivation."
"What's that supposed to mean Thalia?" I asked half-scared.
"And now I'm speaking as your manager and not a friend, you have an appointment at 11:30 tomorrow with a client."
"You did not." I said.
"I did to."
"Thalia!"
"You can't cancel." She said.
"What! Why not?" I protested.
"Because if you don't help this guy, you will never make it to the top of the fashion business, which you have been dreaming about your whole life, there's rarely second chances, and you got one, so you're taking it." Thalia said, she was one of the few people not scared of me, which is why she made such a great friend and manager, though sometimes her stubbornness, it had negative effects.
"Fine." I huffed. "At least tell me who it is."
"Percy Jackson."
I turned and began to walk towards the kitchen.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"To the kitchen to find a knife to help bring me to Hell, because I'd rather go quickly then painstakingly helping him." I replied and Thalia rolled her eyes.
"What do you have against him anyways?" she asked.
"Nothing." I replied awkwardly, "nothing." Thalia looked unconvinced, but she let it go. She picked up her bags and headed to her room.
I on the other hand sighed and plopped back down in front of the couch. Thalia was right, I was miserable. I was just to prideful to admit it.
I began to doze off.
In my dream I was at a party at Luke's house celebrating his five stars model collection, basically everything he had modeled at his latest show had been awarded five stars. It was impossible to not like Luke, he was handsome, funny, and smart, at least that was what I thought when I was dating him.
Luke and me were leaning up against a wall talking, he was trying to tell me what I should design for the next upcoming season and what they should look like, I was refusing what he was suggesting. Angrily I walked away from him. He shook his head and followed me, grabbing my shoulder he apologized and gave me a hug, I hugged him back.
He lead me out to the dance floor and we began to dance, halfway through the song Luke looked up and pulled away glaring at somebody, I turned around to see who.
The man Luke was staring at was a handsome guy, black hair and eyes that reminded me of the ocean, he was handsome, he caught my eye and our gazes locked for two seconds before I looked away. Luke marched up angrily to him.
"Yo Jackass what are you doing here? I don't remember inviting you." Luke said sneering at him.
"The names Jack-son." The man said enunciating the son part, "but since you don't have any brain cells Castellan I wouldn't expect you to remember that."
"Hey!" I said. "Luke here's very smart!" Luke pulled me behind him.
"You got your girlfriend standing up for you now Luke?" Jackson said.
"No." Luke said. "I can stand up for myself, it's just that Annabeth here doesn't always know when t o shut her mouth."
"Excuse me?" I asked turning to Luke, by now people were starting to pay attention, but I ignored them. "What do you mean by that?" I arched an eyebrow at him.
"We'll talk later." Luke said brushing me off and turning his attention back to Percy.
"No." I said, "We're going to talk about this now." Luke shoved me out of the way.
"Perseus Jackson get out of my house now!" Luke roared in his air.
"Nah," Perseus said, "I don't feel like it."
Luke grabbed something from his pocket and stabbed downward with all his might, the next thing I knew blood was seeping from Perseus's hand rapidly.
"You bastard" Perseus muttered through gritted teeth, he fell to the ground. I saw someone btreaking through the crowd.
"PERCY!" The guy yelled. He began to shake him, Percy made no noise. His friend stood up, he was clad only in black. "Who did this!" he asked/yelled. I looked down at Percy's hand which was beginning to turn purple, I could tell whatever Luke had stabbed him with had poison on It.
When nobody answered the young man, Luke said, "Get outta here DiAngelo, and take Jackass here with you." The man took his friend and dragged him out of the room, that night I saw Luke in a different light, a more menacing one. But I loved him, perhaps to much, so I stayed with him and when the police came round asking questions I remained mum.
Luke then turned to me and said, "Wake the hell up Annabeth!"
I sat up quickly shaking my head from the dream surprise, that was all I needed, a reminder of Luke and a reminder of Percy Jackson and why I hated him so, because my ex'cheating boyfriend had hated him so and I couldn't let go.
"Thank God! You're finally up!" Thalia said, "I thought I was going to have put some hot sauce in your mouth, dinner's getting cold."
"You cooked?" I asked in surprise.
"More like takeout." She answered, tossing a Chinese food carton at me, "Lo Mein, enjoy!"
"Thanks." I drawled out. She grabbed the clicker and turned it on, the reporter began speaking.
"And in other news today, Luke Castellan was spotted hanging out with his new girlfriend, while Annabeth Chase sat at home" The reporter said, she turned to the man next to her and said, "You know Tom, it really is great to see him getting out and not letting her cheating on him get her down-"
"Change it." I told Thalia coldly before the reporter could say anymore.
She obliged and switched it to the next channel, which was some Spanish news report.
"Annabeth Chase y Luke Castellean son encima. Ella enganado en ello." The Spanish reporter woman said. I cried out in frustration and screamed at Thalia, "TURN THE DAMN THING OFF!"
She did as told and turned it off quickly, I threw my Lo Mein at the TV set angrily.
"Maybe I should rent a movie tonight." Thalia said quietly.
"And while you're at it, can you pick me up some more Lo Mein?" I asked miserably.
So what do you think? There's still Percy's POV in the first chap but I haven't finished writing it and I don't want to spoil it all! So remember to VOTE AND REVEW!
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Thanks!
Oh and wish me lick, I have to make dinner tonight! Every time before I've almost either given food poisoning, almost started a fire, overcooked, almost broke a new microwave, had the people I babysit for oven start smoking, and… well you get the idea. So wish me luck and if I never update again… well I'll miss you guys. :'-( *Tears tears* Now I'm depressed and my signoffs going to be depressing. Oh well.
Graves, shadows, black,
~the suddenly depressed wisegirl~