A/N: My excuse for not updating is upcoming tests.
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Please note: story idea comes from dnapolymerase314
A bump in the road jolted me awake. "Where are we?" I asked.
"West Virginia," Percy said. "About 10 more minutes until we cross the border to Kentucky."
"So, any ideas on where Demeter's favorite place would be?" I asked.
"Not really, but she would definitely like a farm or some cereal place," Percy replied.
"GPS please," I said. I typed in "cereal factory", and got one result. Lucky Charms Cereal Factory. "Percy!" I shouted gleefully. "Found it!"
"Good going, Annabeth. Now, please consider not damaging my ear drums." Percy said.
"Oh. Oops." I replied sheepishly.
-30 minutes later-
Percy parked his convertible at the entrance of the factory. The sun was setting, painting the sky with colors from purple to a faint orange glow. It was beautiful. There was only one thing that was more pretty than that. Hahaha you guessed it. Cliché, I know.
"Uh, you coming out or not?" Percy asked. Yup. Stuck in my thoughts as usual. Percy held out a hand and I grabbed it hauling myself out of the car. I felt his familiar scars and callouses from years of training and fighting.
"Whoa, this place is huge," Percy said looking at the giant building looming ahead of us.
"No kidding, Captain Obvious," I replied.
"Back to you, Lieutenant Sarcasm," Percy said somewhat smugly. I shoved him playfully.
Percy held out the door for me (just like a gentleman!), while smirking (not really). We walked into the factory. The smell of marshmallows and cereal was overpowering. There were piles of it everywhere.
We walked by rows and rows of cereal, without any luck on finding Demeter and getting our next challenge. Suddenly, I found myself tripping over something. "What the *insert choice words here*?!" I screamed as I dove headfirst into a mound of cereal. She's graceful even when tripping :D
"Well Percy," I said. "Can you at least help me up?" He stuck a hand for me to grasp onto. It actually took me a while to get out, and I had gotten a mouthful of cereal in my mouth on accident. Ok, I am definitely never eating cereal again.
"Look at that skinny body of yours! You need to eat more cereal!" Percy said in a nagging voice. I snorted at his perfect imitation of Demeter. Looking down, I saw that I tripped over a machine part. How clumsy of me.
Looking ahead, I saw a light. "Percy! There!" I called, excited. I grabbed his arm and dragged him to the light. In a burst of cereal (not again!) Demeter appeared.
"Congratulations on completing my challenge!" she boomed. I didn't know her voice could even get that loud. Whatever. "Your next challenge will be from Hephaestus!" In another burst of cereal (I pretended to throw up) she disappeared.
"Hello, demigods," Hephaestus boomed even louder. When will the gods learn to use indoor voices? "Your challenge will be to humiliate Aphrodite and Ares. They will be going to Olympus Nightclub tomorrow night, and I want you to do whatever you can to embarrass them. I'll give you a video recorder to tape them. The video will be played live on Hephaestus-TV. You have all of tomorrow to plan. Oh, just go into Neon nightclub in Mississippi and go into the closet, where there will be a secret set of staircases leading to the nightclub. I will transport you to a hotel in Mississippi to save you the driving time. Good luck!" Hephaestus snapped his fingers, and the cereal factory suddenly disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in front of a huge building made completely of glass. Fancy, I know. I read the sign. Hotel Caraché. Ha, take that gods. You have to pay for our trip! I hope it was Aphrodite. I entered the hotel with Percy, and found the person sitting behind the receptionist desk. "A room for two, please," I said.
"Do you lovebirds want one king-sized bed?" the receptionist asked, smirking slightly.
"What?! No! Just two queen ones." Percy said quickly. Oh, I forgot, we were arm in arm. I quickly let go, pretty sure my face was beet-red.
"That would be $1000, for one night, if you can afford it." she said. "Are you sure you can pay for it?"
"YES." I said, rather impatiently. Anytime now. Suddenly, receptionist's face was wiped blank, and after a few seconds, she turned to us, confused.
"Oh, of course, here's your room key," she said, handing a card with the room number 790 on it.
I grinned and ran to the elevator. Thankfully this elevator was made out of glass, instead of mirrors (COUGH COUGH Olympus elevator where we were surrounded by millions of reflections of us).
I stuck the room key card into the slot and entered. Our suite was pretty nice, with a fully equipped kitchen (FOOOD), a nice living room, big bathroom (perfect for long showers!), and of course, TWO beds.
Somehow, all my luggage was on the bed already. Cool. I flipped through my suitcase, looking for my pajamas. All I found were my day clothes, toiletries, a cami, and some shorts so short it should have been illegal. Darn it. Percy was going to see me in that cami and shorts when I'm going to sleep. Argh, I'm so screwed. It was the only thing I had that was comfortable, and I did NOT want to sleep in my skinny jeans and sweater.
I stomped into the bathroom. Camis and shorts. Camis and shorts. Uh...Annabeth, you ok in there? Fine, Percy.
When I stepped out, I found that Percy was waiting impatiently outside. "What took you so long?" he demanded. Just then, he noticed what I was wearing. Wait a second, why is she wearing just an underwear?
"Percy!" I screamed, probably waking up our downstairs neighbors.
"I was just kidding," he replied, smirking. Somehow, his smirk was both endearing and annoying. Wait, how was that even possible? My brain was finally failing me.
"Well then, good night," I said, yawning. It would be a long day of planning tomorrow. And honestly, I think I'm going to enjoy publicly humiliating Aphrodite.
A/N Please review! (And read the A/N in the beginning of this chapter!) See ya in the next chapter :D