Sorry the lsat chapter was so short, but this one makes up for it.
Chris' pov:
Black trousers: Check. Black hoodie: check. Black army-issue boots: check. 5 pound bag of carrots: check. Dark sunglasses even though it's nighttime: check.
There was nothing quite like a risky, illegal, unauthorized quest to clear your head of 'boy trouble', not that I have any of course. But anyway, a few conscious hours away from flame-boy would do me good. Famous last words.
I had barely made it out of my cabin when an excited, sparking boy plowed straight into me.
"Oof" said the boy good-naturedly.
"What do you want Leo?" I said tersely.
"I just came up with this great weapon idea. It works on hydraulics and… hey wait, what are you doing up?" he said, all in one breath.
"I was going to get the horses"
"Ya know you could just get them from the stables, you know in the day time. I heard that's normally what people do." He said, obviously grinning at what he thought to be a perceptive point.
"What? Use those namby-pamby, wishy-washy pegasi to pull a war chariot. I think not. What we need are war horses, battle hardened and trained by the great Ares himself."
"Oh, so your Dad's lending us horses then?" he said throwing his arm around my shoulder.
"No" I spat, twisting his arm "We are going to steal them."
"Won't he mind?"
"Not if we win. But if we lose, he'll probably kill you and ground me. Now I have a motorbike in that shed over there, and I intend to get on it in about 5 seconds so hurry up if you want to come."
"Coming right now." Uh. Stupid, stupid brain, why did you ask him, I'm definitely not wearing a helmet. That'll teach you.
"Are we there yet?" if he doesn't shut up…
"No."
"Are we there yet?" I am going to kill that boy.
"Yes." I said through gritted teeth.
"But this is a ship. People don't normally keep horses on ships."
"Well my father does, now shut up. From now on we have to be absolutely silent." So, I pressed a button on the motorbike (which turned it into a Rubik's cube), and slipped it into my pocket as we crept on to the ship as silently as possible. It's not like I was scared of my Dad or anything, he's actually a pretty good father, as gods go anyway. Sure, he shouts at us at random times, and threatens to kill us if we show weakness, but if we're actually in a life-or-death situation, he actually comes to help, and trust me not many demi-gods can say that. The real reason I didn't want to be caught were my brothers, Phobos and Deimos, they were not at all fun, trust me.
Surprisingly, we managed to make it on the boat and into the stables without any trouble, which means we either got super lucky, Dad's security has really gone down the drain, or someone is toying with us. I was willing to bet on the last one.
"Nice, evil horsies." I said as I approached the huge black stallions. I reached in my bag for a carrot, and held it towards its face. A horse named Blackheart slowly began to approach, he obviously recognized me as one of his master's children as it did not attempt to eat me (trust me they do that, I've seen it happen). It grabbed the carrot from my hand as I slipped a specially designed halter around his head.
Slowly, another began to approach, this one named a stallion named Buttercup (I'll bet all I own that Aphrodite named that one), obviously Blackheart's pair, walked up too. Slowly, I fixed a harness around his neck and attached it to the other horse. Sighing with relief, I led the first out, the other following, as I silently motioned for Leo to follow me.
We were centimeters away from the door when my absolute favorite immortal brother decided to pay us a visit.
"Aww look Deimos, it's our favorite sister. And she brought her boyfriend, won't Daddy be pleased." Okay, not good, not good, no way in hell was I having them drag me up in front of Dad.
"Leo, whatever you do, don't look in their eyes, got it." I said, grabbing his arm for emphasis. And what's the first thing he does? Well he looks into his eyes of course! So he stood there, paralyzed in fear of gods knows what's, leaving me to deal with the dipshit twins all by myself. Just perfect, this is how I always wanted to die, my father screaming at me non-stop for hours on end, with my immortal brothers standing behind him sniggering.
But there was no way in Hades I was going down without a fight, so I grabbed Leo's head, covering his eyes. Bringing his ear close to my mouth I whispered "D'ya think you can throw a fire ball at them or something, then jump on the horse?"
"Got it." He whispered back, his voice still quivering. Before I even had time to register what was going on he had blasted the gods with a massive flame ball.
As quickly as I could I leapt onto Blackheart's back, and dragged Leo up behind me. Grabbing the reins I screamed as loudly as I could and kicked the horses into action. They galloped out the stable door at breakneck speed, trampling Phobos and Deimos in the process.
I clung on to the horse's neck with all my strength as we skimmed over the ground towards Camp Half-Blood. Leo's arms clung tightly around my waist, his chin hooked over my right shoulder, our cheeks resting against one another. Not that I noticed or anything. Hehehe
We had been riding for about two hours, and my butt was starting to really hurt, when we reached camp. The horses ploughed through the camp towards the stables, thankfully, by some miracle we managed to avoid riding through any of the cabins. Unfortunately, we showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. Leo, who obviously noticed this decided to scream in my ear; "How the hell are we going to stop?" For a few moments I was more than a tiny bit worried, until I came up with a rather cunning plan.
"Pull on the reins" I screamed to him. We both did, pulling on it with all of our rather limited strength. Gradually the horses began to slow down, just enough so that we cantered into the stable rather than galloped.
The horses, who obviously smelt the hay and sugar cubes I left for them in one of the stalls stopped rather abruptly. Leo and I on the other hand did not.
We sailed over Blackheart's head, doing a few graceful somersaults in the air as we went. I landed in a nice, soft pile of hay. Leo landed on an even softer pile of me, which I did not appreciate.
"Get off." I said, my voice dangerously soft.
Blushing, he scrabbled off me, and pushed his messy hair out of his face. I shudder to think what my hair looks like at the moment. I groaned as I stood to me feet and we walked out of the stall. I latched the door securely and gave Leo a curt, goodnight nod.
Plainly, he decided that that was not enough and pulled me into a tight hug. It lasted for about two seconds, but it felt like so much longer. He quickly released me and walked out the door shouting goodnight.
I stood there, unmoving for at least another 5 minutes.
Awwwwwwww, so cutesy, and even a bit fluffeh.