I think this may be my longest chapter yet. I have a lot of dialogue in here so, brace yourself for social interactions. I apologize if Nico seems a little OOC, I know Piper was pretty OOC when I wrote about her. Enjoy this chapter and please, review!
Chapter 11
That morning, we were all well rested. Shannon wore her usual hunter green jacket, jeans, and a solid color t-shirt. Today, it was gray. Lisa had on jeans and an orange t-shirt. I was wearing shorts and my favorite, 'Time Warp,' shirt from Rocky Horror (It's a pretty cool song, but don't watch the play, that is just plain creepy). Nico was ready to go. He was just wearing a black t-shirt and dark jeans. We all wore sneakers, well, Lisa and Shannon were wearing combat boots. Leo came up on the hill to meet us. He was holding a bag.
"Your weapons?" Oh gods, I had completely forgot. He handed Shannon her bow/hair clip and she slid it into her hair with ease. He handed Nico a backpack. He gave me back my charm bracelet, which was now a silvery bronze. It had a lot more charms on it. One looked like a spear, another like a long cavalry sword. He handed Lisa the rest of the bag and walked up to Shannon. He pulled her into the woods. Lisa was starting to put on her weapons. Her sword morphed into a tab that goes on a keychain. She pulled a D-ring out of her pocket. The daggers, she strapped to her sides. Her shield turned into a bracelet. She stuck her knife in her left boot. Her bow went on the D-ring as another tab, and her quiver, was a little pouch that fit easily into her pocket. Her other sword went on the D-ring too, and the small dagger she showed us last night went on her neck.
"You look half way normal now," Nico commented. I rolled my eyes. "No, I'm serious, you relaxed like crazy after you were done." I chuckled. I turned around and headed into the woods to find Shannon. I stopped when I could hear their conversation.
"-come back to me in one piece, alright?" Leo said.
"Of course Leo! You've helped us so much. Now, all we need, is to get my father's bow and return it to him here." I peeked at them. They were standing really close.
"Just don't die." Then, he kissed her! Full blown, right on the lips. She kissed him back and they just stood there kissing for about 10 seconds.
When they broke apart, I told them, "We're leaving. And Leo, nice to know how concerned you are with my friend's safety. Trust me, I'd rather die myself than let one of my friends die." He nodded, then stalked off. When he was out of earshot, I started to ask Shannon, "So, how was your-"
She cut me off by saying, "It was pure bliss. I've never met anyone sweeter," and on that happy note, we walked towards Nico and Lisa, towards our possible deaths.
(Line Break)
We all hopped in the black SUV that Argus was driving us into the city with. There was an awkward silence for a few minutes, when Lisa asked, "So, what did Leo want to talk to you about?" HaHaHa, this should be funny.
"That's none of your-" I cut her off.
"He was saying how much he didn't want her to die and then," I paused to look at Shannon's crimson face, "he kissed her!" I thought I heard her say 'Shut up' under her breath but, whatever. Lisa started smiling widely.
Nico piped up, "Change of subject, What is the mission of the quest?"
"Hades, I nearly forgot!" started Shannon, but she stopped.
"Will you tell us?" I asked in anticipation.
"Yeah, sorry, I thought I saw something, its probably nothing. Anyways, my dad's bow was stolen. Not the arrows, just the bow. He's been using a substatute bow from Apollo, but it feel off to him. Supposedly, the God of Strength stole it. What was his name? Krios, Kirito-"
"Doesn't matter. He's the twin of Nike. If he stole Cupid's bow, then we have a problem. I mean, I'm no fan of Eros, we have a little, history, but we have to stop him. If he's collectiong stuff from the god of love, who knows what may happen. If he get Aphrodite's girdle, oh gods, he could have total control over love." Nico made no sense.
"Translation?" I asked.
Lisa continued, "Ever heard the expression: All's fair in love and war? Well, that means that love and war are connected. Without war, there'd be no love, without love, there'd be no war. You may consider them opposites, but they are sometimes considered the same thing. Its like Night and Day, Moon and Sun, Artemis and Apollo, there are many other things. Ares and Aphrodite are opposites, you'd think they would war all the time, but they love each other." I nodded. Lisa was actually making sense to me.
"So, if he controls Love then he controls War?" I asked, just to confirm my suspicions.
"Precisely! Think of it this way, if someone was to take Nico, they'd probably control you by threatening to hurt him. Then, they could lie and tell Nico they had you, and threaten to hurt you, then they'd control him too. Control over the sea and death, that'd be a problem. Oh Gods! Thats why Aphrodite had to threaten the council not to kill you two!"
"Excuse Me!" Nico and I exclaimed at the same time.
"Yeah, I'm invited to a lot of council meetings, and if not, well, I'm a daughter of Hermes. The entire last meeting was devoted completely to a certain, 'Son of Hades and his "friend."' Um... are you ok?" I was in shock, but I felt fine. Then I looked at Nico, and his face was really, really pale. I waved my hand in front of his face and he didn't move. Shannon was trying to stifle giggles and Lisa looked a little concerned. She grabbed a little ambrosia and handed it to me. Her message was clear, 'make him eat it, I don't think you want me touching your boyfriend's face.' I shoved the ambrosia in Nico's partially open mouth and made him chew. He swallowed and seemed to come back to his senses.
"Thanks, uh... If I'm not mistaken, the last time one of those meetings were held, the couple died." Eek! That wouldn't be good.
"Uh, do you have a brother Nico?" I asked. Stupid question. He shook his head no. Problems...
"Ok, lets continue on our plan. Curse ADHD!" Shannon made me giggle. I don't giggle often, do I?
"Earth to Ariel!" Lisa go my attention.
"Ariel?" I asked.
"Don't think I forgot the time you dyed your hair red."
"Oh, come on! You swore never to speak of that again!"
"I didn't swear on the Styx!"
"I didn't know anything back then!"
"No excuse!"
Shannon piped up, "you dyed your hair red?" Lisa and I laughed.
"Mrs. Carr said we had to dress up like twins one Halloween," Lisa started.
"Lisa was against dying her hair black, so I dyed my hair red. I figured I wouldn't look much different, except for the red hair. Boy, was I wrong!"
"She looked really pale against the shade of red we grabbed. It was hilarious!"
"And ever since, she's called me Ariel, because I loved the water so much."
Shannon asked, "Is that why you nicknamed me Cinderella?" I cracked up.
"I always nickname my friends by Disney princesses. Unless they're guys. For example, Nico's nickname is Eric." Nico threw his hands out as if to ask why.
"What the Hades is wrong with-" he stated.
"She nicknamed you that because Ariel ends up with Eric, Nico! Did you not watch the Little Mermaid?" Shannon made me laugh. If he answered
yes, we would shun him. If he said he watched it: Blackmail!
"I'm not answering that!" Smart move. I think I said that out loud because Shannon and Lisa glared at me.
"I said that out loud, didn't I?" They looked confused.
"How could you have NOT forced your boyfriend to watch your favorite Disney movie with you?" They asked in unison. I blushed.
"I did," they looked confused so I elaborated, "He fell asleep within 5 minutes. I tried to wake him up, but, boys."
"Whats wrong with boys?" Nico asked and Lisa and I laughed.
"You sleep like dogs," Shannon said coolly. I had managed to quit giggling and now just had a smirk on my face. Nico scoffed.
"Yeah," Lisa added, "Percy does, Travis does, Connor does, Chris does, You do, Leo does-"
"Leo?!" we all exclaimed/asked.
"I do come to camp sometimes. He is a pranking GENIUS! Leo is a mechanical stealth pranker. Elaborate pranks that work silently are his specialty. I
did need some friends my own age!"
"So, how exactly do you know that he sleeps like a dog?"
"Same as everyone. He tried to play a prank on me, I painted his face blue!"
"That was you!" Nico shouted in rage. I put my hand on his shoulder to calm him down. This was the first time I'd seen him without his Aviator Jacket on. Shannon and Lisa were laughing their butts off. It was kind of funny, but I held myself back, knowing that he'd ignore me for a little while if I did. We sat the rest of the time in a more comfortable silence. Halfway to the city, Lisa and Shannon started playing a hand game. I rested my head on Nico's shoulder as he stared out the front of the SUV. He moved and relaxed without saying a word. Nico leaned his head back and closed his eyes. I closed my eyes too and fell asleep.
When we got to the city, I felt someone shaking my shoulder. "Get up! We're here!" I opened my eyes and found Lisa shaking my shoulder. Nico was still in the same position he was in when I fell asleep. I smiled. It was rare to see him asleep. The only time before was during the Little Mermaid. That was a necessary school event that he was planning on skipping. I practically forced him to go. We sat in the back and he fell asleep. Stupid ADHD. So, I was thinking about this when Lisa yelled in my ear.
"Nico, we're here," I said groggily. He still sat there. I shook his shoulder a little. He still wouldn't wake up. "Nico!" I said a little louder. Lisa grabbed something out of my bag. She held it up to Nico's ear, and before I could warn her, she blew the horn. He hopped up and I was thrown back into the front seat. There were black spots in my eyes. I felt very dizzy. Someone tried to put something in my mouth. I opened my mouth and started chewing. It was the most delicious thing I'd ever tasted. My vision cleared and I saw Nico was right in front of me.
"Ouch," I managed to say after a little while. He smiled.
"Sorry," was all he said.
"I blame Lisa," was my response and he smiled. Rarities! Sorry if your reading this, he hardly smile! I got up and Nico steadied me. They had moved me out to the street, so we weren't in the SUV anymore.
Lisa looked a little guilty before she said, "I had no idea that would be his reaction. Sorry, I should have let you continue trying to wake him up."
"And this is why I'm anti-social. When I lose control of my emotions, bad things happen." Nico was joking around I just knew it.
"Lisa, Why do you have an air horn anyways?" she looked relived and shrugged.
"Your backpack, a gift from Piper, right? So, I saw it earlier when I was checking to make sure you had everything. I guess Piper thought we'd need it.
Just a question, Did you pack with Piper, or did you let her pack for you?"
"We packed together, but I left it in the Aphrodite cabin during dinner yesterday. Why?"
"Trust me, you'll find out soon enough. Swear on the Styx not to hurt me, Nico, Shannon, or Piper when you find out what she packed you."
"I swear on the river Styx that I won't physically or emotionally harm Lisa Davis, Nico Di Angelo, Shannon Greene, or Piper McClean when I find out what's in my backpack. Happy? Now, what did she pack me?" I grabbed my pack from her and looked inside. All that was packed, was a bunch of camisoles and jean shorts. Stupid Aphrodite girls!
"I'm going to KILL whoever did this!" I said. I kept scowling and continued, "but for now, we need to go along with our quest. Any idea of what to do?"
"South. He likes the South. We grab the bow and go back to camp. We need our wits, you can't beat him in strength." What the Hades was Nico talking about?
"How do you..."
"Dreams. Terrible, ugly dreams." He said with fear and disgust. "You know what Lisa was talking about before, about being able to control me with Andy? Well, my dream, it was Andy, in a room, being tortured by the god. He was using Apollo's arrows."
"What's wrong with Apollo's arrows?" i asked.
Lisa answered, "Do you know that myth about the Queen of Delphi?" I shook my head no. "Well, Delphi was supposedly the island where Artemis and Apollo were born. Everyone worshiped Leto, their mother. The queen thought that, because she had 7 sons and 7 daughters, that she should be worshiped instead of Leto. She made this boast, and that night, Artemis and Apollo killed all her children. Artemis killed the daughters with her arrows. They supposedly killed silently, with no pain at all. Apollo killed the boys the same way, except his arrows caused them to die in extreme pain. Even if your just cut slightly by one, it still is excruciatingly painful."
I was about to respond when Shannon randomly said, "Que hora es?" (What time is it?)
"Es el cuatro y media. Que?" I responded. (It's 4:30. Why?)
"Como se dice, I speak very little spanish, en espanol?" Lisa added. (How do you say, 'I speak very little spanish, in spanish?)
"No habla espanol!" Nico replied teasingly. (I speak no spanish)
Shannon responded, "Tengo hambre!" (I'm hungry)
"Que hay de McDonalds?" (What about McDonalds?)
"Oh heck to the no!" shouted Lisa, causing a few people to look our way.
"Do you even know what I said?" I asked.
"Something about McDonalds and I hate that place. I'm a freaking vegetarian!" Lisa practically was screaming at us.
"Woah, calm down girl! So where do you want to grab something to eat?" Shannon started.
"Hmm... How about Subway?" She provided.
"Yeah, we can use this to pay." I volunteered. Right before we left, Percy gave me a green lotus cash card. When Nico saw the thing he scowled and backed away.
"Put that stupid thing away!" he growled. I'd never seen him so mad before.
"Ok," I put the card back in my pocket, and he seemed to relax a little.
"What's got you so mad?" Lisa asked, "I mean, its just a debet... Oh yeah! I almost forgot. Wow, I'm stupid sometimes. Don't worry, I wont tell them, you can say when you want to."
"There's no time like the present," he grumbled and I almost laughed, but thought better. "I was trapped in that stupid hotel for about 70 years. The place is creepy. It makes it so you never want to leave..." I was stunned.
"You don't look 80 years old," Shannon blurted out. We (Nico and I) glared at her. "Did I say that out loud? Sorry, ADHD." I hate it when people dismiss stuff off to ADHD.
"Hey, I have a question. Why were we talking in spanish before?" I asked. Stupid ADHD! Wow, I'm a hypocrite.
"Were we? I have no idea. I was talking to Leo last night and we kept switching in and out of spanish and english." Shannon replied. I decided to drop the subject.
"Lets head to subway," Lisa commented, making us get off the steps of the library we were sitting in front of.
We walked into the store, and ordered our food. I had a BLT, Lisa had some weird avocado thing, Shannon had a spicy italian, and Nico got a personal pizza. Boys. We sat down and ate our meal. Nico had just gotten up to get a refill or something in the back of the restaurant, when three dudes came up and sat down.
"What are 3 fine ladies doing all alone here?" The lead one asked.
Being the smart alec I am, I said, "Waiting for my boyfriend to come back so we can leave." He smirked.
"Why not ditch your boyfriends and come with us?"
Lisa chose that moment to speak up, "Look, we really don't want to. Ariel here," she gestured to me, "is feeling a bit nauseous and needs to get home right away."
He had a retort, of course, "Well, I can make you feel better."
"Gross!" exclaimed Shannon.
Nico came back and I honestly, was relived. He sat down and put his arm protectively around me. "Who are you guys?" he asked coolly. I wanted to crawl in a hole. He was very scary when he wanted to be. I managed to make myself be calm and relaxed.
"I'm Trent," the guy who'd spoken to us before said, "and this is Caleb, and this is Richard. We were just asking your friends if they'd like to come to a party later." Lier! The creep was trying to hit on us.
Lisa replied, "Well, I'm Anastasia, this is Ella," she pointed to Shannon with her thumb, "you already know Ariel, and this is her boyfriend Eric. I have a boyfriend that I'm very faithful to, his name is Marcus, in case you were wondering, and Ella's boyfriend's name is Henry." She said this all in a friendly manner, subtly hinting that we are not interested. I noticed she talked with her hands a lot.
"So, none of you are single?" Trent asked dreadfully. I almost felt sorry for the guy, almost.
"Yep, hey, if you all are looking for girlfriends, I noticed those girls over there checking you guys out." I pointed to a group of girls caked in make-up and wearing clothing that, in my opinion, should have been illegal. They headed over to the girl's table and both groups started flirting with each other. In a matter of minutes, they walked out of subway together.
"Nico, you are a life saver!" Shannon exclaimed. "I mean seriously, with three girls here, it looks like a group of friends. If it were only two girls, we could probably pass off as gay for each other or something-"
"Shannon!" Lisa and I scolded.
"Sorry, but its true! Anyways, we could escape their trap with two girls, but three girls, no way to turn them down without brutally killing their mojo!" She took a sip of her Pepsi before continuing, "With you here, it just makes our story more believable! And Andy, nice move setting them up with the three girls, otherwise, they may have never left us alone."
"Hey Nico," Lisa interrupted, "you guys act like you've rescued each other from flirting a lot. I mean, you were remarkably calm."
"Yeah, you wouldn't believe how often that sort of stuff happens. I remember this one dude, who kept pestering me until Nico came over and we stage kissed." I contributed.
"Stage kissed?" Shannon asked.
"You put your thumbs on one person's mouth and press your lips together. It looks exactly like a real kiss, except, well, your thumbs are blocking, so your not actually kissing." I said this as calmly and even toned as I possibly could have, and Shannon just stared at me like I was an alien.
"So, you've never kissed before, like, ever?" was Shannon's first question. Really?
"Nope," Nico and I said at the same time, both popping the 'p.'
"Have either of you been kissed before?" She asked. Typical Aphrodite question.
"I haven't had my first kiss. I know you think its sad, because I'm 15, but I just have this nagging feeling that I'm supposed to wait." I replied.
"And I have the same morals as Andy does and am not some creepy weirdo who tries to make-out with every girl he sees." We all laughed. Way to break the tension Nico!
"Lets just drop this subject," Lisa said. Lifesaver!
"Wait a sec, did you say you were 15? When was your birthday?" Shannon asked.
"Yesterday," I replied in a small voice. I buried my blushing face in Nico's shirt. Shannon was most likely, mentally cooing, while Lisa was making audible gagging noises.
"You guys are worse than Percy," I mumbled.
"Whatever, lets get going. How are we gonna go South? I'm pretty sure Nico can't shadow travel us all there. Plus, we don't know exactly what we're looking for." Lisa, the rational one.
"Just a sec Lisa, why did you call everyone by their nicknames?" I asked. That may have gotten suspicious. She shrugged.
"I have a hard time coming up with names. Hey, at least I didn't call Shannon Cinderella, then, he would have known I was lying."
"Eric and Ariel?" I asked.
"The guy was pretty stupid." True.
"K. How are we gonna get South?" Shannon asked. "Fly?"
"No!" Nico and I screamed at the same time, making the counter guy look up at us. Nico explained, "Do you think that Zeus is gonna let not one, but two, of his brother's children, fly across his realm without killing us? Not to mention, because we're dating, Hades and Poseidon have something in common that could be used to overthrow Zeus, again." The sky rumbled.
"Shannon, flying is out of the question. How about a bus?" Lisa suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement and we headed down to the bus station. We got on a greyhound, heading out of the city and to Philadelphia. The trip took the rest of the day, so we headed into the woods next to the station to set up camp. Lisa pulled 4 mats out of her bag. We set up the smoke-screen and argued about who would take first watch.
Nico wanted the oldest to go first.
Lisa wanted the most experienced to go first.
Shannon wanted the best archer to go first.
And I, was honestly, so hyped up for some reason, that I couldn't sleep.
We eventually agreed that I would take watch, because everyone else was bone tired, as I was practically jumping up and down. My watch was really uneventful. Everyone else was asleep within minutes. I played silent hand games with my self and checked my wrist-watch to see what time it was. After a few hours, Nico woke up (on his own, I was so hyper, I was going to let them sleep all night). I only realized he was awake, when I felt a presence sit next to me.
"Did you think I was going to let you guard all night?"
"I was hoping... I just, get really hyper sometimes, and-"
He cut me off, "I know. Some people that I've had to work with are way worse than you were though. Leo, was by far the worst. He actually built things in his sleep. Leo is seriously hyper." He put his arm around me and I felt myself drifting off to sleep. Tonight, I had a very creepy dream.
"Its a small world after all," was playing in the background. It was extremely dark, but I somehow knew, we were near the sea. I heard a rough voice say, "Did you bring it? The arrow? We must control everything. To capture and restrain the sea, let alone torture it, that is something that has never been done."
A more feminine voice responded, "Yes, master. The arrow is here. He will not even know we have it until it is too late. The sea spawn will be captured. I have learned some new information, a way to control some of death as well."
"Tell me, Now!" Wow this guy's impatient.
"The girl, if you capture her and torture her, but she must stay alive. The boy of death could sense if she died. However-"
"Get to the point!"
"Yes, master. The daughter of Poseidon and the Son of Hades are," she paused for a moment, as if to shudder, "in love." Oh Gods No! They were talking about me and Nico.
"If they are here, in this creepy place of 'where dreams come true,' we could control the Gods." The female voice concluded. I had a feeling, she had another, more painful, idea for me.
"WE? What you are saying, is that if I were to capture both, then I would have control over death and sea. We could overthrow Zeus again. Mwahahahahahahahaha..." The rough voice was starting to get on my nerves. I woke up sometime while the guy was still laughing.
I sat bolt upright and I was shaking in fear. It was morning. I realized I was on one of the mats that Lisa had set up. Nico was still awake, keeping watch. I got up and sat next to him. Lisa and Shannon were asleep, so I decided to tell Nico about my dream.
"Hey," he said.
"Morning," I was ready to tell him all about my dream. "I had a dream. There were these two voices. One was feminine and the other was male and rough. They kept talking about an arrow and controlling death and sea. I think that they're gonna try to capture us, well, at least me."
"I know, did they mention where they were?" he asked.
"They said something about a place where dreams come true. I'm kinda scared to find out what that means."
I heard a new voice, "I dreamed about that teacups ride in Disney. It was when I was five. Apollo was on babysitting duty and I had told him I wanted to meet Rapunzel, or something stupid like that. He brought me to disney and we did everything possible. I personally think, he had way more fun than he'll ever admit." It was Lisa. I smiled at her comment.
"Disney!" I exclaimed. "Oh Gods, I know where we have to go! I remember in my dream 'Its a Small World' was playing. It may have been the ride after hours. That's why it was so dark!"
"So, if Lisa saw the past, and Andy saw the present, then what did Shannon see?" Nico asked. I ran over to Shannon. I was going to wake her up, but she was already looking around the campsite trying to find us. I twig snapped underneath my foot, and I felt an arrow breeze past my head. It landed in a tree.
"Shannon, why did you try to kill me?" I asked. She looked like she just had a panic attack.
"I thought you all had been kidnapped. Where have you been?" She sounded worse.
Lisa snook up from behind, "Bed empty, No note, Car gone?" Lisa was talking in a British accent. I quickly realized it was from Harry Potter.
"Oh, Harry darling, how are you?" I concluded. We all burst out laughing, well, except for Nico.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"Did you not read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a.k.a. the Philosopher's Stone as Brittin likes to call it?" Lisa asked and Nico stood there looking confused.
"I have ADHD and dyslexia, you expect me to sit down and read a book?" Logical answer. Lisa looked at me with daggers. I guess I said that out loud, oops! "I'm gonna go and get something to eat. Stay here," and with that, he shadow-traveled away. We cleaned up and changed our clothes. I wore the black cami and dark wash shorts that the stupid Aphrodite campers put in my bag. Lisa had on shorts and a Green Day tee, as Shannon wore
a One-Direction tee under her hunting jacket. When we asked her why, she just shrugged. I pulled my hair into a high pony-tail, and we cleaned up the camp.
I thought we should start singing, so I chose one of the orphanage's favorite songs from Annie.
[Andy}
It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!
[Lisa]
'Steada treated,
[All]
We get tricked!
[Shannon]
'Steada kisses,
[All]
We get kicked!
It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock row we how!
[Andy]
Cotton blankets,
[All]
'Steada of wool!
[Andy]
Empty Bellies
[All]
'Steada of full!
It's the hard-knock life!
[Lisa]
Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n?
[Shannon]
Don't it seem like there's never any light!
[Andy]
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
[All]
It's easier than puttin' up a fight.
[Lisa]
No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy!
[Shannon]
No one cares if you grow...of if you shrink!
[Andy]
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy!
[All]
From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink!
Ohhhh!
Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!
[Shannon]
Santa Claus we never see
[Andy]
Santa Claus, what's that?
Who's he?
[All]
No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!
[Lisa]
(Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan)
You'll stay up till this dump shines
like the top of the Chrysler Building.
[Andy]
Yank the whiskers from her chin
Jab her with a safety Pin
[Shannon]
Make her drink a mickey finn
I love you, Miss Hannigan
[Lisa]
(whistle) Get to work!
(whistle) Strip them beds!
(whistle) I said get to work!
[All]
It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge
When your in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life!
When we finished the song, we were pretty much, ROFL-ing.
"What's that from?" asked a voice from right behind me, and I did the natural thing, I screamed, grabbed my knife, and threw it towards the voice. Of course, the voice just had to be Nico, so he dodged, the knife landed in a tree, and Lisa and Shannon just cracked up more.
"Sorry Nico."
"No problem, are you gonna tell me what you were just singing? 'Cuz you guys are good, like Apollo cabin good." Suddenly, the sky rumbled. Nico looked up at the sky and yelled, "Sorry! But they were pretty good!" I laughed.
"So, what's for breakfast?" Lisa asked. I don't blame her, she was always the hungry one.
"Ahh, that is a good question. For Shannon, I got a peanut butter chip granola bar," and he tossed out the food as he said it. "For Lisa, I grabbed a honey and oats granola bar. And last but not least, for Andy, I grabbed a... insert drumroll here... chocolate and peanut butter chip granola bar."
"Stalker!" Lisa, Shannon, and I yelled.
"Why is that?" he asked, mainly directed at me.
"You managed to get each of us, our favorite granola bars. That is somewhat stalker-ish," does Lisa always have to answer for me? Nico laughed.
"Lets catch a bus to Disney," I interrupted before things started getting ugly.
"Why Disney?" asked Shannon.
"Dreams," I replied. She shrugged it off, and we headed back to the bus station.
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