A/N This is just a place filler, really. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed me, shoutouts go to JoJo Dragons(thanks!), Silver Huntress of Artemis (I'm glad you enjoy it so much. Also, I'm actually a girl...), and guest (I thought the Ambrosia thing was clever too, glad you agree), and thanks for OVER 3000 VIEWS, GUYS! Woah, that was loud.
So yeah, anyway. Enjoy!
Over the next twelve hours, Will was visited by a steady stream of visitors, all of whom seemed to want nothing more than to gape at his injuries. Several people asked him of it was true that the attack had originated from the Nemesis cabin, but they never listened when he tried to ask them to do nothing.
The few exceptions from the general rule came in the form of Annabeth, Percy, and Piper. They sat by him as he told his part of the story, and when he was done, the expression on Percy's face was murderous.
"If I ever get my hands on them..."
"No, Percy, don't. I know it sounds dumb, but I don't want to see them punished." Then he appealed directly to Piper. "Please, Piper. Don't let this happen. You can do something; you could charmspeak them out of it!"
Piper seemed to consider it, then shook her head. "I'm sorry, Will, but something has to be done to that cabin..."
Only Annabeth seemed to understand. "I'll do my best, Will, but I don't think it will be good enough..."
Whatever his other faults, Will was a fast healer, and by the following morning could hobble around a little. He took advantage of this to go and see what was likely to happen to his home in the next few days.
Nico had not yet returned from collecting the offenders, so he took to wondering around alone.
The camp seemed serious about the whole war thing. From what he could see, most of the cabins had sided with Apollo, but a few (Ananke, Alastor, Até, Eris and Enyo, Zelus, and, for some reason, Pheme) very minor cabins (with about one demigod each) had chosen to join Nemesis. Nike cabin had chosen to stay 'neutral', but were still running around all over the place, trying to start fights.
He got to watch as people on both sides rushed about, sharpening weapons, practising spells, turning into pigs ("Lou! Turn them back!", "Sorry Miranda!"), singing songs, stealing from people (*cough* *cough* Travis and Connor *cough* *cough*), and generally doing what demigod did best: jumping into something feet first, and only looking properly when it was too late to change anything.
By evening, Will was leaning against the railing outside the infirmary, and watching as the Ares cabin moved their landmines to just inside a row of spikes that they had previously made, facing the 'enemy' base (i.e. Nemesis cabin).
Someone moved behind him, and for a second he was sure it was Nico- but then they spoke.
"Y'know, this was not what I was expecting from this camp."
"Apo- Dad! What are you doing here?"
Apollo winked. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred."
"... A god named Fred?.?"
"You only needed one question mark there, William. And yes. Zeus..."
"Doesn't like it when you meddle in our affairs," Will finished. "We know. Are you here for any real reason? Or are you just watching?" Yes, he knew that he was being disrespectful, but his face hurt, and he still had a headache. Apollo seemed to understand. He didn't incinerate his son, anyway.
"I'd heal you, but that would be-"
"Interfering."
"Yes." Apollo looked sheepish. "I can, however, give you a hikau."
He cleared his throat.
"Campers start siding,
Things will end in a battle,
And a kiss in the end."
Will was about to point out that neither the second or third lines had the right amount of syllables, that this was already a battle, and what in Hades did he mean by 'a kiss in the end', but when he turned around, his father had gone.
Jason flew in moments later, followed by Frank the Hyphen (Gryphen, Sorry. I could change it, but...), with Hazel on his back. After going over the familiar 'What in Tartarus happened to you... let's kill them', they set off to make themselves useful, and Will returned to his bed.
A Nike kid ran past outside, screaming, "Down with participation! Nico must triumph! Darla must triumph! WE MUST HAVE A VICTOR!"
Nice to know I'm surrounded by sane people who know what they want, don't want two opposite things at once, and always look before they leap, Will reflected, and sank into an uneasy sleep.
A/N Yes, I did just bring the God called Fred thing into this. It's from the first book they meet Nico, after all...
That list of God names? Off the top of my head, I can say that Pheme is the godess of celebrity and gossip and fame, or something. The rest, Google if you can be bothered, and forget about it if you can't. Sorry.
I wrote a random Rachna earlier, so check it out and review by all means. It's called 'No demigod shall heal your heart', I think.
And finally, please review me.
~Fi