HI GUYS IM BACK
How's your last month or so been? Mine's been okay, we had exams then snow then a new semester which has boring classes for me
I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS CHAPTER IM AS CLUELESS AS YOU AND IM FREAKING OUT AN OHUGHEAFLKNJVDBSF
Read to understand why I'm freaking out!
Disclaimer: Me no own.
It was late, and Will walked as quickly and silently through the camp as possible. As he made his way to Charlotte's tree, he saw the hired help was already waiting. The boy wore a sweatshirt, the hood pulled up, and his hands rested in his pockets. Will stood in front of him, trying to determine who he was, but a shadow covered his face.
Will tried to seem calm, "You're gonna take the job?" The boy didn't move, but a small smile curled his lips.
"Only if I get paid what I'm due." Will had prepared for this, and handed the boy five drachmas. After examining them and making sure of their authenticity the boy looked up at Will.
"I am at your command," he said, giving a mock bow. Will gave an evil smile.
...
Nico spread out a blanket on the ground, and Will ran over to help him. The boys laughed and talked. Nico introduced Will to Mittens, a skeleton cat that he co-owned with Cookie (he found her bones in the Hermes Cabin trash can...).
The in-dead cat immediately took to Will, and even though Nico would have never said it out loud, it made him really happy. Will had taken off his stethoscope and was letting the cat chew on it. Nico raised an eyebrow.
"Is that really a good idea," he asked. Will just gave the son of Hades a small smile.
"I need a new one anyway." After a few more minutes of chewing, Nico took the stethoscope from Mittens and pulled the cat into his lap. Will gazed up at the sky and smiled.
"Time for dinner," he squealed. Nico looked around but didn't see a picnic basket on the blanket. When he met Will's eyes, he noticed the son of Apollo looked smug. Dramatically raising his hands, Will clapped two times.
A young man with black hair walked towards them, and Nico's mouth fell open. The boy hand black hair and sea green sea eyes, but what caught Nico off guard was the curly mustache that rested on his upper lip. The boy held a picnic basket and gave an elaborate bow.
"Sirs?" Nico tried very hard to it laugh at the guys bad French accent. "Is there anything I can get you to drink?"
Will was smiling widely and kept on glancing at Nico to observe his reaction.
"I'll have Coke." His head turned to Nico. "What do you want Neeks?" Nico raised an eyebrow at the nickname, but decided to let it slide for now.
"I'll just have water please," he said. The air around them darkened, and both Will and Nico became confused at the change in atmosphere.
The waiters face slowly turned red, his eyes becoming lit up by some invisible fire.
"You... Want water...?" Nico slowly nodded, trying to inconspicuously grab Will's hand in case they needed to run. The waiters black hair fell in front of his eyes, but Will senses that he was still glaring at Nico.
The boy raised a hand to his upper lip, grabbing the end of his curly mustache. With a dramatic tug, the mustache went flying through the air.
"I THOUGHT WATER WASN'T YOUR TYPE," Percy screamed. Nico's face paled even more than usual.
The son of Hades swung to face Will, "You hired Percy as a waiter?!" Will's mouth was wide open.
"I-I didn't know it was him! He was the only person to answer the flier I posted in the Big House!" Nico groaned.
"You didn't even bother to see who it was?" As Will started to answer, Percy started to chuckle.
"There's no way that I'm leaving this date now; I've been hired for the hour." An evil smile fell on the son of Poseidon's face. "And I'm going to chaperone the Hades out of you two."
...
Jason set Alexandra back down on the ground, and she started to stumble upon contact.
"I f-feel sick..." Jason laughed and patted her back.
"It'll wear off in a while," he said. "Walk it off." He looked at the crowd of teens around him.
"Okay," he started. "Who wants to take a free flight next?" He scanned all the different faces until he saw a flash of red.
"Come on up, OJ!" The daughter of Hermes squealed and ran up. Jason gave her a small smile, wrapped his arms around her waist, and pushed off the ground.
OJ watched in amazement as the camp quickly got smaller and smaller. Blots of color spread around beneath her as far as her eyes could see, and she marveled at the peacefulness.
"It's so beautiful." Jason smiled at her.
"Yeah. And it's really peaceful up here too," he added. OJ nodded enthusiastically.
"I was just thinking that," she closed her eyes. "Even the voices are quiet up here." Jason's face turned dark.
"Wait, what voic-AHHH!" Jason was promptly cut off by a haphazard brick flying into his face.
The son of Jupiter didn't think anything of trying to remove the stone from his face, and it wasn't until the brick was finally gone and the boy had caught his breath that he noticed the small form of OJ spiraling dangerously close to the ground.
...
OJ's eyes widened as she felt Jason's hands leave her waist to battle the haphazard brick.
'Really,' she thought to herself. 'Only Jason would have a brick hit his face this high up.'
The ginger girl fell like a rag doll, silent, limp, and completely uncaring. The closer she got to the ground, the more she realized that she wasn't afraid the die. In fact, she welcomed death.
She closed her eyes and started to him," I've got no strings, so now I'm free, I've got no strings on me..." Her humming was cut off by a loud screeching. OJ clawed at her ears, trying to stop the sound. She was now aware that the voices couldn't stay silent anymore.
"YOU WILL NOT DIE!" The howls were almost unbearable, and OJ used all of her energy to crack open one eye.
She forced herself to smile, because the ground was now directly under her.
"Shut the fuck up, bitch." The girl hear a loud booming sound over the screams, and in a flash of bright light the girl's vision started to turn black.
...
Daniel was excited. He had finally gotten the spell for teleportation correct, and who wouldn't want to go and try it out? He ran to an empty field, not paying much attention as Jason flew into the air with an elated OJ in tow, and drew a small spell circle.
Opening a small journal he had made in the name of magic, Daniel started to chant.
"Sit viel aperiatur terra, et omnia inferni in mundum viventium, deorum, hic mea preces et da mihi transitus per nebulam..." As he finished, he noticed the air above the circle started to shimmer and glow, opening a portal.
"Yes!" It started to grow bigger, leaving the atmosphere above the circle and spreading into the air around it. "No!" The boy became petrified as he saw the form of OJ falling through the air, straight towards the portal.
"OH MY GODS," he screamed. The boy could only watch helplessly as the girl fell into the portal, engulfed in a blast of bright light that knocked him off his feet.
After a few moments, Daniel slowly sat up and put his face in his hands. Tears formed in his eyes.
"What have I done?"
...
Nico and Will say side by side, both wearing identical scowls as they watched Percy, who had decided to go through and judge the contents of the picnic basket. Nico was slightly ticked the Mittens had left them alone in this situation.
"Of course you guys were eating McDonalds," Percy muttered, holding up two Happy Meals. He threw them to the side, oblivious to the aghast son of Apollo.
Percy pulled out a small box that had a bow on top, which he started to pull open.
Will's eyes got huge, "Wait!" Percy tossed the lid to the side and pulled out a small deck of Mythomagic cards. Percy threw them at Nico with a heartbroken look.
"You told me that you didn't play Mythomagic anymore," he yelled at Nico, who wouldn't make eye contact. "You wouldn't except your birthday gift from me because of it!"
Nico weakly shrugged his shoulders, "It's a guilty pleasure..." Percy's bottom lip twitched, and Will cringed as he started another long rant. After thirty minutes of this, the date couldn't have possibly been better (sarcasm intended). It was time to call it quits.
"Nico-" Will was caught off by a blinding flash of light that appeared directly above them. He grabbed Nico in a bear hug and blocked the son of Hades from its glare.
"WHAT THE-AHHH!" After the light had turned back to normal, the two boys looked up. Percy had flopped on the ground, and it looked like someone was laying on top of him.
Percy sat up a little and rubbed his head. He brought his hand down to the forehead of his attacker, pushing it back a little, only to see the unconscious face of OJ.
"What the Hades... Will," he called, making the son of Apollo run over. Nico got up and bent down next to OJ.
"What just happened?!" They crouched next to the girl in stunned silence, and after a moment they started to hear screaming.
Jason was frantically flying over the camp, and Weasley was shaking a hysterical Daniel, yelling something like 'Where is she?!'. As Jason grew closer, Percy flagged him down.
The son of Jupiter touched down next to the four, slowly reaching out to feel OJ's pulse. After a quick sigh of relief that her hear was still beating, he gave Will a hard look.
"What's wrong with her," he asked.
Will shook his head in a confused manner, "I'm not sure." Percy gave him an incredulous look.
"You're not sure," he repeated dryly, giving Nico a look. "He's not sure!" The son of Hades rolled his eyes.
"No," Will corrected. "It just doesn't make sense. Her bodies suffered no physical damage, and the collision with Percy not only saved her life, but would've left her completely conscious." Will turned her head over in his hands, and gasped at what he saw.
"Guys, look at this." The four boys looked at the side of OJ's head, and noticed a stream of blood protruding from both ears. Will gathered the girl into his arms and started walking towards the infirmary, Nico following close behind, leaving Jason and Percy to speak to each other in low voices.
Nico put an arm on Will's shoulder, smiling up at him.
"One good thing came out of today." Will looked down at him shocked.
"What," he asked.
"OJ stopped Percy from being a creepy chaperone who couldn't mind his own business." Will laughed and looked down at the girl fondly.
"But," Nico added. "No more hiring waiters on future dates." Will kept his eyes trained ahead, and as calm as he seemed, he was inwardly fangirling. Nico wanted to go out again, and next time, Will wouldn't mess it up.
...
OJ felt so far away from reality. She could hear Will's voice, and he didn't seem happy. She could hear Weasley in the background as well, and it was possible that he was arguing with Will.
"She'll wake up soon, Weasley, she just needs a little-"
"What, time?! She's been out for a day! I don't think that it is possible for me to be patient anymore!" OJ inwardly cringed.
'I need to give him a hug when I wake up,' she thought, but as soon as she thought it, she felt her mind detaching from reality even more so than before.
The girl marveled at the sensation. 'Almost like flying.' She smiled to herself, and enjoyed the peace.
A faint tickle passed over her nose, and she could make out a soft green mist. She kept on smiling, but tried not to flinch as she felt her eyes change.
A flash of light illuminated the dark around her, and she was standing in a hall of mirrors. She walked to the closest one and observed her eyes.
A sharp voice rang out, "Green is beautiful, isn't it?" OJ turned to face the voice, but all she saw was a shadow. The girl gave a soft smile and turned back to the mirror.
"I've got no strings to hold me down, to make me sad, to make me frown." OJ's reflection started to laugh, and the girl could only watch in bemused horror.
'Wesley, please forgive me,' she thought.
"I've got no strings, so now I'm free. I've got no strings on me."
DO YOU SEE WHY IM FREAKING OUT NOW
IT GOT ALL DARK AND STUFF!
Chapter 16 should be coming tonight or tomorrow fyi
ITS ANOTHER DREAM SEQUENCE duh duh DUUUUUUUHHHH
I'll see all you llamas then!