Hero, people of Fanfiction! I just finished the Hunger Games…wow. Probably one of the best books I have ever read…well next to PJATO, of course. Now I'm obsessed with it. The end result? Probably my precious weekend will be spent holed up in my room, with my laptop, looking at Hunger Games stuff. And I'll more than likely hiss at anyone or thing that dares come into my room.

Random thing but-my neighbor looks like my science teacher 0,0

KESSIALALWAYS: Yeah, you don't have to worry about that. Heck, I thought I wasn't adding enough of it in…

PurpleDress: IKR? I wish I had that kind of money lying about, my wallet is stale by now I bet. At first I was all confused about the "phone bit" but then I saw what chapter you were reviewing *face palm*.

Thank you SO much to anyone who added me to their faves or reviewed. It really makes me happy.

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep - not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

Chapter Fifteen: Olympus

Annabeth led them all through the entrance of the Empire State Building. The same guy who was always there, was sitting behind the security desk, reading a book. Percy leaned on the counter, "Six hundredth floor, please."

The guard looked up from his book, "There isn't one, kid." He looked back down, "Try someplace else." Clarisse mumbled something inaudible and grabbed the guard by the collar.

"Look, pal. We're here for the competition-get with the program," She growled, and released his collar from her iron fist. The guard took and old-looking key off his ring of others and gave it to her. As they walked towards an elevator, Percy mouthed Thank you to him, and he nodded once. They cramped into the elevator car, just standing there. "So, nobody is going to put the key in?" Clarisse asked. They all looked at her expectantly, and she broke down and finally turned the key into the slot. The metallic doors closed open and they rode up to Olympus in silence.

The elevator dinged after what seemed like an eternity. The hot, stuffy containment of the elevator made him feel woozy, and his ADHD didn't help much, either. He could tell by the sick, green faces on everyone else that they were more than happy to get out of that elevator. The way there was fairly quiet, except for a few birds chirping and the trees rustling in the wind. As they got closer and closer to the main area of the city, the more busy the city became. A bearded man in a pale white toga pushed through to get to them, "You're the competitors?" He asked. They nodded to him and he yelled over the commotion, "Follow me to the Throne Room, please!"

Percy wasn't sure why and escort had been sent to lead them to the Throne Room; it's not like they would need him. He had been to Olympus enough times to know where it was, and the last time he had been here, it when he passed up the gift of immortality. He decided to just go with it, rather than be a pain the second he got there. Beardy entered the Throne Room. A few minutes later, he reappeared, "Lord Zeus will see you now." Percy noticed that the man had beads of perspiration streaming down his face. He didn't blame him, Zeus was pretty intimidating.

He looked down at Annabeth, "You ready for this?"

"Nope," She said anxiously.

The doors swung open to reveal the gods looking in the direction of the door expectantly. Percy was the first to kneel before the gods and bow. He heard his friends step forward and bow as well. After a few seconds, they rose up to their feet again. He could feel the piercing eyes of the gods staring them down; Percy began to feel a little uncomfortable under their gaze. Finally, Zeus spoke.

"Demigods, you have been chosen to compete in the annual Hero competition. The competition will go on for ten days; with one challenge per day. One hero will be eliminated each challenge. You have today and tomorrow to make final arrangements, rest, or take the spare time to do some last minute training. Do I make myself clear?"

It was a lot to take in all at once, but Percy bobbed his head in understanding.

"Good. You are all dismissed." Zeus wills the doors to open, and the six of them exit.

Percy jumps when he hears the doors slam behind him; jitters run up his spine. They all stand there, oblivious on what or where they were supposed to go next. The people who pass by eye them, and some people even snicker at the fact that they didn't have a clue where they were supposed to go.

"Just what we need-losers in sheets laughing at us as if we're upside down." Clarisse says, shooting a glare to a passerby. Just then, their escort reappears,

"Sorry I'm late! Please, follow me to your rooms,"

Percy and Annabeth trail behind the rest of their party at an attempt to get a little time together. Percy holds out his hand, and Annabeth takes it.

"It's nice we have some downtime." Percy said.

He hears her let out a light sigh, "Yeah," She pauses a while before saying, "What are you proposing at?"

"Oh I don't know…maybe we can run the town, get some coffee," He grins.

Annabeth smirks as well, "Well then, it's a date."

They continue holding hands when they get to the elevator, and little do they know, two rivals are watching them-Poseidon and Athena.

Poseidon smiles wryly when the elevator closes, but Athena stamps her foot on the marble floor in sheer anger. "Poseidon, please. Enough with the irritating smile." And with that, she storms off.

TGIF People!

I finished reading the Hunger Games series. No words can describe how much I'm OBSESSED with it. I bought the poster for it from my school's book fair. It looks nice next to my Halo poster. I'm going to go see the movie tonight when my sis' gets home from school. Hopefully they don't bomb that movie like they did with HP and ATLA. This girl my school was wearing all kinds of Hunger Games stuff her parents bought her-straight A's in exchange for $200 worth of stuff. I almost got all A's, and I did except for this B in Social Studies. That's like-my best class!

I've gotta go,

~iGwyn12