Hi.
NOTE: CALYPSO REMY IS THE CALYPSO IN THE
ALLENS IS A RANDOM PERSON.
Also, I apologise for changing Calypso's hair colour.
Sadie
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RICK RIORDAN'S CHASING ME
A MAGIC KNIFE
A MAGIC HAIR
A RANDOM MAGIC UNDERWEAR
SO NOW I'M RUNNING FOR MY LIFE
'COS RICK RIORDAN'S GOT A KNIFE
Wait, what? Sorry, I don't own PJO
Chapter 2
Percy's POV
"Hi,welcome to Aphrodite's Premium Hair Dye Shop,"I welcomed in the first customer of the day. Just like expected,
she had covered up her face in an attempt to not be recognised. She hurriedly bought a few bottles of blonde
dye, paid and got out. The typical customers we got this year were princess hopefuls and overcaring moms.
I watched the clock.
3...2...1!
Right on the dot, the doors burst open and Calypso sashayed in. We all knew that Calypso Allens was a
fake blonde, unlike my other friend, Calypso Remy, who was a real blonde and hated her hair colour and her name.
She insisted we all call her Cal. Calypso draped her hardly clad body onto the counter. She put one manicured finger
on my chest and trailed it up and down slowly. Disgusted would be an understatement."So...Percy, my
parents are going out of town this weekend and I was wondering if you would like to come over to my house
and stay for the night..." she said suggestively."How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not interested
Calypso, now can you leave and let me work in peace?" I asked. She pouted and leaned forward to show more of
her, ahem, assets. Apparently unconvinced that any sane boy would not want to spend the night alone
with her,she repeated loudly,"I don't think you heard me properly, Percy, my parents are going out of town this
weekend and I was wondering if-" She was cut off by the doors being burst through by my punk cousin,Thalia.
"Well,wonder no more, Barbie, the answer is NO!" Thalia said. She pushed a protesting Calypso out of the
shop and into the streets."Bye! I hope to see you never again," Thalia said brightly, " now, scram!" Calypso
stormed off muttering something about killing someone. " It looked like you needed help, Kelp Head," Thalia
said,"Anyway, I brought breakfast of pancakes." She held out a lunchbox. " Are they blue?" I questioned
suspiciously." Yes, now take it!" she sighed. I happily complied. I hungrily dug into the fluffy blue pancakes.
Mmmmmmm...
Nothing beats homemade.
EVER.
All of a sudden, a teen about five years older than me stumbled into theshop. He clumsily fell down and almost
knocked down a pyramid of hair dye that had took me all morning to stack. He came up to me and asked,"Uhhh...
can I have some brow dye?" Thalia snorted. "Sorry, we don't sell dye for eyebrows, but we have brown hair dye
if you want."she said. "Uhhh...Whatever she said browN hair dye please, all your brown hair dye." he exaggerated
the 'n' as he flushed a crimson red.
Wait. All?! I thought in shock. It was the blonde season, why was he buying brown? "Uhh...We have more than
one shade of brown so..."I trailed off. "Ummm... The colour that would look the nicest on a girl please,"he replied.
Great, two awkward teens.
I gave him a choice of a light caramel brown or a slightly light chestnut brown.
He took all the slightly light chestnut brown colour, (AKA Mysterious Wood Elf) paid for it and left.
" Weird guy," Thalia commented. "That doesn't cover half of it." I murmured.
Annabeth's POV
Time flew by like an arrow. Soon, it was only just two excruciatingly long days till my first day in a normal school.
Only two. My tutors were in a frenzy, trying to cram in last minute stuff into my brain. My servants were also in a
frenzy, helping me pack all the necessary and unnecessary stuff. Examples of unnecessary : Two trunkfuls of fancy
dresses, extremely expensive branded makeup and ankle-breaking high heels. I knew that I would have to get
normal stuff and all like t-shirts, shorts, jeans, sneakers and most importantly, hair dye. Brown hair dye.
Since I was a blonde,I knew that I was going to be accused of dying my hair blonde.
After all, my hair was a rare honey blonde.
Like, honey, honey blonde.
It was so honey-ish, that it honestly looked dyed.
Meanwhile, the squirrel that I had brought home scampered around my room. I had decided to call it Small Bob.
Small Bob had refused to leave my house so I decided to keep it as a pet. At first I was worried about my mother
seeing it but apparently the squirrel was already terrified of my mother and could sense her from miles away. Every
time he sensed her, he would bolt to my bed and hide under it.
I wish I could do that.
Smart squirrel.
"Psst, Joshua!" I called for the baker's son. Joshua was only five years older than me and the person of closest age
group with were also neutral friends, I mean, how many friends can you find in an isolated castle?
Exactly,close to none. He came scrambling and slipping in the hallway. He cast furtive glances all around him
as if being chased by bloodthirsty gummy bears(he had a phobia of gummy bears for some weird unknown
reason). He snuck into my room somewhat ''stealthily", if you count making a big ruckus that could wake up
the dead , he would make a GIGANTIC ruckus that would cause an earthquake so...yeah, it was
an improvement. In his hands, was all the stuff that I needed. It was all in a backpack. He said he did not have
enough time to find girl clothes so I would have to wear his clothes and sneakers.
Meh.
It doesn't matter.
I took a peek into the bag and seeing the bottles of hair dye nestled among the clothes, I sighed in relief.
I hugged Joshua .
"You remembered!" He nodded sheepishly and was about to reply when a sharp
voice called out. "Annabeth! Where are you? We have decided to give you extra lessons, we cannot take the risk
and make you a liability for our family image!" Queen Athena said as she walked down the hall. We froze.
Joshua was not allowed in my room. If he was caught, my "Brown Hair" project would all be over and Joshua's
parents would lose his job.
I shoved the back pack into his hands and pushed him under my bed with Bob just as my mother entered the room.
That was WAY too close.
Suddenly, what Queen Athena had just said dawned on me."WHAT?! Mother, you promised you would allow me to
relax before the day itself! You promised!" I exclaimed. " Hush your foolish chatter, this is our family image at stake!
We need you to be ready for the day when it comes! If you are not chosen during the Choosing Ceremony our
family image will be tarnished! '' A cauldron of bottled up emotions rose from the pit of my stomach.
All those time spent in those torturous lessons, my only happy thought was this break that my mother
had promised me.
Now, it was gone.
Just like that.
" You can't do this to me Mother, I have my rights. You want me to prove my worth?Fine. Rule 2375 page 6780 of the
second edition law book clearly states that-" I was cut off by my mother who countered me with another law."Rule 1
page 1 of First Edition Law Book clearly states that royalty of highest rank is to be respected most of all. Royalty of
lower rank is to follow instructions of the royalty of highest rank regardless. I am of higher rank than you,no?"
Ugh, sometimes, having the smartest person in the country as your mother is not the best thing in the world.
"Fine, Mother,fine. I'll do as you say like a obedient little am I to you anyway? Nothing but a slave come
to help you improve the family image. I have no identity , I never even had one. In fact,my whole
life was controlled the day I was I should dress, how I should walk, talk,behave, how to do anything
at all! All controlled by you! Nothing is by my own choice. Nothing. So tell me what I am to you, so I can stop
humiliating myself by actually believing that I am something to me. Am I a daughter to you?" I ranted. Years
of pent up emotions burst out of me. There were tears in my eyes that I desperately fought back. I could not
show weakness. Not of a sudden, my head was snapped back and my cheek was stinging. I cupped
my cheek in shock. My mother had slapped time, I did not fight the tears. "Thank you for telling me what I
am worth to you. Loving parents don't hit their children, Mother."
Athena stared at her hand in shock. She looked at my face, where there was most likely a red hand print.
" Rule 5 page 2 of the First Edition Law of any kind towards a child under 21 is strictly
royalty of highest rank is not immune to this rule." I stated, my voice and face blank. Queen Athena seemed to
understand what I meant. "Get out of my room, My Queen," my voice trembled with emotions. Queen Athena exited
the room in a daze.
I sank to the floor and sobbed uncontrollably. Joshua and Bob crawled out from beneath the bed and
came to my side. Bob jumped onto my knee while Joshua scratched his head as if thinking of something." Aha!" he
said." I arranged for something to be delivered here to lighten up your mood, and keep you company for those two
years." Joshua padded over to the door and peered outside. He smiled and brought two things in. One was a picnic
basket with a cloth covering the top and the other was an amazingly wide birdcage, also covered with cloth. He
passed them both to me. " Take them as presents for the two years I'll be missing," he grinned.
" Wait... You'll be missing those two years? You said you'd visit!" A sudden wave of realisation washed
over me. I hugged Joshua tightly, my previous foul mood lightening a little. " Joshua! Don't tell me you finally got
into college!" Joshua grinned and nodded sheepishly." Josh! This is great! Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Joshua
told me that he wanted to keep it a surprise. He gestured to the stuff he had brought over and asked me which
one I'd like to open first. I chose the birdcage. I took off the cloth, revealing
the contents of the birdcage. The amazingly wide birdcage was split into two in the middle. On one side was an owl,
EXACTLY like Hedwig, Harry Potter's owl, and in the other side was a beautiful tiny blue started to sing
a mesmerising tune that I got lost in."Omigosh! Joshua thank you so much!They're beautiful!" I gushed. Joshua
grinned."Now the basket," he passed it to me. I opened it revealing an adorable toy poodle puppy
and an even more adorable calico kitten. They were both sleeping and hugging each other. It was a
heart-warming sight that immediately made me go "Awwwww..." Joshua Looked pretty happy with himself."Name
them!" He said. "Hmmm...well...I'll need to know their gender first," I said.
He then told me that the owl was male, the blue bird was female, the puppy was male and the kitten a female. I
considered VERY carefully before naming them." Hmmm... I think I'll name the owl Hedwig.." I said. Joshua
nodded," After Harry Potter's owl? Good choice..." I thought some more before I continued." I think I'll name the
blue bird Blue." I said." Obvious much?"Joshua chortled. I playfully swatted him on the shoulder."Hey! It's my bird,
don't judge!"I exclaimed. "Sorry, your Majesty!" He said in mock respect."Good, know your place, commoner!" I
said mock haughtily. We laughed and I continued naming my new pets."I'm gonna name the kitty... Muffin!" I said.
" And the puppy?" Joshua eyes lit up as I thought of the perfect name for the puppy." I think I'm gonna
name the puppy Joshua!" I said. Joshua looked surprised at my choice."Really?" He asked. I nodded happily.
"Since you can't visit me, little Joshua will have to so it for you."I said, "isn't that right little Joshua?" I picked up the
slumbering pup and nuzzled his puppy yelped sleepily in agreement. Meanwhile, Muffin mewled
in protest, obviously annoyed that her source of heat was missing." Sorry," I chuckled and placed little Joshua back
into the basket where the pair cuddled happily and promptly fell back to sleep easily. Looking at the pair so happy, it
made my heart melt. Not literally though. I yawned, which made me realise how late it was. Joshua seemed
to realise it too and shifted to exit my room. He hugged me goodnight and crept out surprisingly noiseless. I hid
the back pack and my new pets under my bed. "I hope you guys don't mind,just two nights like this then you'll have
an airy, spacious and free place to roam about in." I said softly. They didn't seem to mind, they were already
asleep anyway. I stretched and collapsed onto my bed.
I was welcomed into the realm of dreams.
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Sadie
