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Note: Piper's chapter has a lot of descriptions about what there girls are wearing and so forth, so if you don't want to just read a bunch about the clothes they're wearing, I'll put a note before/after it starts/ends.
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Part 3 of 5
Frank's POV
I was definitely nervous for tonight. Being a demigod,let alone a Roman praetor, I was never really familiar with the normal school atmosphere. Let alone, taking my demigod girlfriend who lived in the 1920s to a school dance. Neither one of us had gone to a dance, and knowing me, I was going to trip over my two left feet and make a complete fool of myself.
Gods that would be so embarrassing. I took a few deep breaths.
Reyna's voice played in my head. She seemed to know I was always psyching myself out, and had taught me to control my thoughts and steady my breathing.
In...out.
In...out.
In...out.
After the girls had left for the spa, they guys headed to the Zeus cabin, where Jason (with Leo's help) had been able to hook up a TV (no cable) so we could play video games whenever we wanted to. I know it sounds like it takes away from the whole "no internet at camp" idea, but sometimes, demigods need to feel normal for a change. Plus, there's not much to do when it rains, or when we're not battling for our lives and the sake of humanity.
Jon, Simon, Owen, and I were sitting on the couches that formed a small lounge area.
Annabeth had designed the Big Three cabins with more space in mind, because there weren't many kids living in them.
At the moment, Percy, Jason, Will, and Nico were playing the game, and all four were sitting on the main couch, facing the TV. I didn't know exactly what they were playing, but they were trying to choose their players.
Jason was trying to pick the leader of the group (of course).
What a Roman.
"Okay, if we want to win this, we're definitely going to need a medic."
"Well that's obviously me," Will replied, rolling his eyes.
Nico cried out from the other side of the couch, "Stop it! I want to be the assassin! Percy! You can't do that! No!"
It seemed Percy had taken his controller.
"Well I have to. The leader is the knight, which means Jason is probably going to pick that. I'm going to be the assassin. Can't you just be the mage or something." Percy snickered at Nico's horrified expression.
"D-did you just call me a mage? A MAGE?!-"
"Guys."
" -do you know who I am!-"
"Guys."
"-I am The Ghost King, Prince of the Underworld!I refuse to be called a pathetic, little mage!"
"GUYS!" both boys stopped, and turned to Jason.
"You know there's two different assassins, right?" Percy and Nico stared at each other for a minute, and then back at the screen. Percy used his controller to scroll down through the players on the row below.
"Ohhhhh." they both said in unison.
"I call the one in black and blue!" Nico shouted. Percy turned.
"No, I want the one in black and blue!"
"But black is my color!"
"And blue is mine!"
"But there's a green one right there! Green is also your color!"
"I don't want the green, I want the blue!"
"Well, I don't want the green, so you have to have it."
"Why?"
"Because I'm color than you!"
"What?! How dare you!" Percy jumped up, and grabbed Nico's head. He tried to give him a noogie. Nico kicked around, struggling to get Percy's arms off from around his neck.
"It's true, I can summon skeletons from the ground, and I can teleport through shadows!" All of a sudden, a skeleton popped out of the ground and started to pull on the back of Percy's shirt. Will narrowed his eyes.
"Are you saying you've tried to do that recently, Nico?" Nico's ears turned red.
"Whaaa. Psh. No!"
"You're lying! YOU'RE LYING!"
"No! I just got scared one time and accidentally moved to the other side of the room!"
"THAT STILL COUN-"
"I can summon water! You can't say that's not cool! I can breathe underwater and talk to fish!" Percy yelled, still struggling, and completely ignoring Will and Nico's side argument.
"Nico! I specifically said no shadow traveling! I don't care if it was a foot to-"
"OH MY GODS. ENOUGH!" Jason exclaimed, shooting out of his seat. He quickly snatched up both Percy and Nico's controllers, grumbling about everyone being idiots. He selected Nico's character as the black and blue one, and then gave Percy the green one. Before hitting okay, he went to settings, and changed the green to blue. He threw the controllers back at the two boys, and huffed as he sat back in his original spot, "Happy?"
It was silent for a minute as everyone was still trying to understand what just happened. Percy and Nico stopped wrestling, but Percy continued to hold Nico in a headlock. Even the skeleton stopped, tilting his head to the side, but it was still grabbing on to Percy's shirt.
Jon was the first to speak up.
"Does this happen every time you guys play video games?"
Again, it was silent for a moment before another noise was made.
"Yes."
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Half an hour through the game, Will had to use the bathroom, so Jon switched in.
I was kind of feeling antsy about the dance, and I wanted to get advice from the guys, but it was hard to get their attention when they were yelling at the screen, while some cursed in Greek, and others cursed in Latin.
"Percy! You have to rush them! They're frozen at the gate! Why are you jabbing at the air?!"
"Oh my gods, Nico, you are a terrible assassin! Just use the knife and stab him! You're just standing there!"
"That's not me! That's me! Ugh! Why did we have to wear the same costume! We can't tell each other apart!"
"We need a real medic in here!"
"What?"
"Sorry Jon, you just aren't cutting it. Will is an actual experienced medic."
"NO! Stop you ogres! No! NONONONONONONO!"
"Oh my gods, HACK! That was an obvious hack! RIGHT THERE! See!? YOU CAN'T FLY IN THIS GAME!"
"And no one is supposed to be able to fly in real life, Jason, but here you are...You're a living hack."
"Ugh, great job guys, we lost."
"Well, who else wants to play, Frank?" Jason held out the controller to me, but I hadn't heard him I was so caught up in my thoughts.
"Frank?" Jason's voice answered, once again.
"Wha-? Oh! Sorry." I said, taking the controller from his hands. Jason tilted his head, curiously.
"You alright, man?" I nodded slowly.
"Y-yeah. I, um, I was just thinking about the dance. You know?" Jason nodded slowly in return.
"Anything you wanna talk about?" This was my chance to ask for advice.
"Well, er, this is my first dance." I expected there to be some shocked faces, but I was only met with a couple of blinks. Well, know that I think about it, that makes sense. Most of them here have never had a normal life.
"Anyways, I guess I 'm just nervous, you know? Cuz it's my first dance, and Hazel's first dance, and living in the 1920s is much different. I just...don't know how to at around her, I guess..." Simon spoke first.
"Wait. Hazel was born in the 1920s?!"
"Yeah. And then she died. It's a sensitive subject, can we move on?" Nico grumbled from the side of the couch. Simon didn't say another word.
jason turned back to me with a sincere look, "Listen, there's nothing to be worried about. Tonight is just about having fun. All you have to do is be yourself. Get dressed, put the courage on hazel's wrist, tell her how beautiful she looks-"
Percy waggled his eyebrows, "I'm sure that won't be too hard."
The guys burst into laughter as my face started turning red. Jason continued, slightly amused, "As I was saying, tell her how beautiful she looks, and do whatever the heck you want to do! It's a dance. We're not going to war. Loosen up and just talk to her. Or dance. Whatever you want." I nodded at his words.
"Okay. I can do that."
A smile formed on Jason's face, "Great! Now, take this controller and get the next round going! Same characters, different people, except Will. Go in. Jon, get up. Will is going to actually help us win this. We are not quiting this level until that happens!"
Jon rolled his eyes, and mocked Jason, "Will is going to actually help us win this-"
"I heard that!" Jason said from the other side of the room, were he was getting a few drinks from his mini-fridge.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
Will just smirked and took the controller from Jon, "Watch and learn."
Nico was definitely watching.
Immediately after the game started, Percy shouted, "Let me set up my camera! I want to record this for my Youtube channel. I kind of forgot that I told my subs I would have a collab uploaded by tomorrow..." (A/N So basically, my friend has been promoting my other stories inside of this story, and I hadn't even realized it. I didn't even figure it out until I asked her about this scene...so props to you, StrangePeppermint for being creative!:))
Jason raised an eyebrow, mouth open to speak, when Percy butt in.
"Don't judge me. I'm still new to this...I only started three weeks ago. How would I know this would blow up?" Percy quickly ran to the Poseidon cabin to grab his stuff.
Now that it was quiet, my thoughts wandered back to the dance.
Jason was right. Why was I so worried in the first place? I'll be fine. As long as Hazel was having a good time, I was having a good time.
I smiled to myself as the others resumed their yelling. Percy was setting up his tripod, "Hey guys! We need to make a crazy looking thumbnail. Let's pose!"
"Great! I can strangle Percy, because he was standing in front of my portion of the screen, and let me die!" Jason replied.
Will's eyes were gleaming. "Ooh! And to make it even more dramatic, Nico and I can make out in the background!"
Everyone was dying of laughter as Nico was running around the room, red and sputtering, trying to catch Will.
Well I'm glad that my friends are just as weird as I am.
Laughing, I joined in, shouting at the TV, as the other team beat us once again.
Piper's POV
I don't care if people think I'm just like my mother for liking the spa (even though I'm most definitely not). The spa was a nice place to relax, and it seemed to be one of the normal things in my life that I could count on.
Plus, it helped me with the visions.
As soon as the war ended, I started getting nightmares every night, of course, this was normal, but then I started having flashbacks during the day.
Usually, they were about Leo and Festus flying into a blinding burst of light, the battle agains the giants, the Roman and Greek armies, or the ruins of Camp Half-Blood.
Hazel had tried to help by talking with me, Annabeth suggested yoga and mediation, and Jason tried entertaining me with activities all the time to keep me distracted. But, I just felt like I was bothering everyone.
I lied. I lied and said I was getting better, but as time went by, it got worse.
Finally, my mom noticed the terrible condition I was in, and said I should paper myself. I was shocked. How could I pamper myself knowing we had barely just survived a war? How could I, knowing Leo hadn't returned and could be dead? I refused to listen to her.
One day, a miracle happened. A bronze dragon with two figures on it swooped into camp. he came back, along with Calypso, alive! When Leo gave me a hug and inspected me, his face contorted in disbelief. "Oh my gods, Piper, what happened to you?!" he asked. Everyone was going through pain, everyone was carrying some kind of weight on their shoulders, everyone was wrecked by the war. Tired, messed up- looking me fit right in.
That's when I decided to give my mom's advice I try. I went to the spa for the first time in my life.
The first visit changed me.
I think knowing I was doing something normal relaxed me, and took my mind off everything that was weighing me down. And even though my friends meant well, trying to make them all happy, and trying to make them feel like they were helping me, was only making me feel worse.
From then on, I always had a day at the spa scheduled, once a week. My condition got better, and I stopped having flashbacks. Nightmares still come and go, but then again, all demigods get them once in awhile.
Sitting with the girls as we waited for our nails to fry, we admired each other's styled hair, and nail color choices.
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Annabeth's hair had been pinned in the same intricate updo as before, and she had decided to get her nails a glittery silver. Hazel had left her hair natural, and wore a black headband with gold wire designs on it. She had painted her nails the same color as her headband. Tayla's hair was in a fishtail with a few strands framing her face (Herme's art was no longer there; Hazel had bent the mist to hide it). She had gone for a bright, bubblegum pink on her nails. At first, K.J refused to let the hairstylist do her hair, but after some coaxing, she agreed to get her hair curled in simple beach waves. The had pinned back a small section of her hair with a tiny black bow, which she begrudgingly agreed to wear. Her nails were already painted black, so she decided to stick with it. Calypso had done her own hair, and decided on the loose curls she always wore, along with a french tip nail. Riley's hair was curled in small ringlets, and her nails were painted lavender. My choppy hair had been straightened, and I got a bright red feather to match my nails.
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After our hair was styled, and our nails were dry, I paid the lady at the front counter, and we were off.
Once we were back at camp, we headed to the Hades cabin where we all agreed to change. The boys had decided to change in the Zeus cabin.
The initial plan was to leave the stuff in Aphrodite's cabin, because all the make up stuff was there, but that proved to be a bad idea considering all the sons of Aphrodite who couldn't shut up about the beautiful dresses hanging in Piper's closet.
We hurried into the Hades cabin, and they got dressed as I did some of their make up.
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Annabeth was in the gown my mom had given her. A few minutes later, Aphrodite appeared in person and took Annabeth to a corner to do her makeup perfectly. She looked like she was from a Barbie princess movie...in a good way!
Hazel was rocking a sleepless black lace dress, which flared at the waist and stopped just above her knees. The cloth underneath the black lace was gold, which made her glow. Her makeup was perfect. She was sporting a cat eye, dark lip, and golden eyeshadow.
Kayla was also in a short dress, except it was in pink, and had long bell sleeves. She had chosen a natural makeup look, and was wearing a golden choker.
K.J had a strapless black gown on. The material looked like silk. She had a smokey eye, which intensified her mysterious look, and a statement necklace.
Calypso looked like an angel. She had a sleeveless white asymmetrical dress, which mimicked a chiton. She didn't need makeup (perks of being a goddess). She had a pearl pendant and matching earrings, and on her wrist was a metal charm bracelet that I was one hundred percent sure Leo had made for her.
Riley's dress was very colorful. The dress had a lavender background, but the bottom of the mid-thigh dress was made of pastel colored flowers. She only wore mascara and a lip stain. She had also added a flower crown on top of her head, so it nestled delicately on her ringlets.
I was wearing a strapless red gown, that criss-crossed at the back. I had a winged eyeliner, put on a matte red lipstick, and glittery natural eyeshadow. I also wore a silver chain Jason had given to me as a "yay, we survived a near-apocalypse" gift.
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I looked everyone over, examining our transformation. We looked pretty amazing.
"Daaaang! We look hot!" Tayla exclaimed, "Let's go out, and wow the guys." She skipped out, followed by the rest of us.
We were greeted by some whistling, and open mouthed boys in shock.
Suddenly, something bright flashed behind us. All the girls whipped around and saw a gold bow and arrow floating over head.
All of a sudden, Will was giving her a delicate hug, careful not to ruin her appearance. Everyone was cheering. K.J whispered, "Apollo?" She tilted her head towards Owen. I had almost forgotten he was also a son of Apollo.
Will gave her a bright grin. "Yep. Welcome to the family, sis."
"How fitting for Apollo to claim her when she's all dressed up for the party," Jason chuckled.
"Good looks always catch his attention, Jason," Will retorted.
After a few hugs and excited whispers, Annabeth pecked Percy on the cheek as Jason turned to address them all, "You guys all look strapping, and not at all like the crazy demigods I know."
Percy posed as it he was a model on the runway,"Well, all of this takes time."
Annabeth smirked, "So, three things."
We all turned to listen.
"First of all, we need to take prom pictures."
"That'll be easy." Percy smiled.
"Second of all, where are the limousines? There are sixteen of us in total, and our transportation isn't here." Percy's ears started turning pink. He scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Um...well you see, I thought you told Jason to book the limos, so when I asked him about it an hour ago-"
Annabeth's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Seaweed Brain..." He quickly hid behind frank, in attempt to shield himself from what ever onslaught came his way.
"Pleasedon'thurtmeIdidn'tdoanythingwrong,ititsn'tmyfaultthatIheardsomeonetell-"
"Are you saying we don't have a way for us to get to the prom?!"
"Uh...no, it's okay. Just calm down. We still have the camp van that seats 8. Percy's car has 5 seats, Frank can shape shift, and Jason can fly with Piper..see? All good!" Will butted in.
I could see Annabeth trying to control herself, and quickly stepped in front of her before she said anything, "That sounds like the perfect plan. You, Annabeth, K.J, Jon, and Hazel go in the car, and everyone else besides me, Jason, and Frank will go in the van. Oh, and don't let Leo drive unless you want a free ticket to the Underworld. Which probably brings Annabeth to her next thing..."
"Where is Leo?!"
Percy looked a little panicked, "It's not my fault! He just wouldn't budge."
I noticed Calypso's expression, "Wait, what? What's happening? I haven't seen Leo in a while, especially with my school and schedule completely different form his... It's been almost a month! Is he okay?"
Jason jumped in, "Well, I think he's okay...he's just -uh- getting ready...very slowly. Maybe you should check on him?"
There was worry pasted all over Calypso's face, "Of course...I'll be back with him soon. In the mean time, give your dates their corsages! And take the prom photos." She muttered what sounded like, 'Men...' and walked over to the Hephaestus cabin.
Everyone was standing awkwardly. I sighed and rolled my eyes, "Well, you heard her! Let's get started!"
Aaaaaaand. That's the end of Part 3! I hope you guys are enjoying this. We are know half way through the finale!
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