OH MY GOD THE HOMESTUCK UPD8 ON SATURDAY
I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND OH MY GOD
I ACTUALLY DIED OH MY GOD
ALL MY HOMESTUCK READERS YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
ALL MY NON-HOMESTUCK READERS
WELL LET'S JUST SAY WE OFFICIALLY HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN MORE DEAD CHARACTERS
(SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE UPDATE OR HOMESTUCK: ROXY ZAPPED ROSE AWAY SO IDK WHAT ROSE'S LIFE STATUS IS NOW EVEN THOUGH SHES PROBABLY DEAD AND TEREZI IS ALSO UNCONFIRMED WOW)
AND LEAVE IT AT THAT
I AM GOING TO DIE I S2G
69 reviews...hee hee...
REVIEWS
TheKookieKing11: I apologize, my friend. Keep your mind intact, it's valuable.
MidnightEeve: I'm sure you can think of something, my friend!
(I got a request for a closet chapter HOW AM I NOT GOING TO WRITE A SCENE WHERE CHARACTERS COME OUT OF THE CLOSET WHILE THEY'RE IN A CLOSET)
TheHyperNarcoleptic: Reading this fanfiction already makes you an honorary member. There is no escape, I'm afraid. And can I join yours?
afhirnessfearness0423: I'll try! School is tough and I haven't got medication for my ADHD yet...
moonshroom420: I'll just respond to your reviews in chapter order. Yes, it is world wide, and if you don't ship it the fans will come in the night to convert you. I AM ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY HAVENT KISSED YET IN CANON but if they had kissed that would've been weird because their friendship is just beginning. Yes I am the funny stuff. Maybe later, and it won't be for Solangelo. I already have plans for how they get together. YES IT HAS HAPPENED. YOU'LL FIND OUT SOOOOOOON.
Para-seli: Well seeing as how I'm planning on ending this in December, it's gonna drag out for awhile. Also because Solangelo being dorky friends while secretly liking each other is very important to me okay.
readeatcook: Also responding in chapter order okay. Haha, wow, I'm actually writing someone's favorite story? Jason's girly voice will quite possibly return! And I really need that club in my life now lol. I know that now, I just read somewhere a long time ago that she was Korean and just went with it. Oh, yes, Lexi is both aromantic and asexual! Also, she will return, and I'll also touch more on the topic of platonic relationships! Along with a few other asexual/aromantic characters (I've subconsciously headcanoned Lacy as demisexual and I've only just realized lol. Yeah, I probably won't change it until something greater strikes me. Oh, man, Will updating Nico on everything modern is so important to me. I might write the meal thing as something separate, though. STUDYING IS IMPORTANT YOU MUST STUDY. Yes, good for me!
CheetosPotato: How could I resist writing a closet chapter without the greatest closet joke of all times? You want them to make out, don't you? I'll probably try writing that at one point, probably as a drabble. Hmm, don't think that I've written a make-out scene before, so that will be good practice! And Nico is the one who needs to make his feelings known, as of now Will is still undecided on his. But that will all change come Chapter 6…And thanks for that birthday gift! Which reminds me. AY, CUPID! APHRODITE! WHEN WILL I HAVE MY FIRST DATE?!
Cupid: *pinching nose, which is bleeding ichor slightly* At this rate, never.
Me: Well then. I see how it is. Be glad I'm too scared of your mom to attempt killing you, Cupid boy.
Guest: That's a little too violent, dontcha think? Also, if you kill me, how will anyone update this?
Spiesareawesome: Great to see that you're still reading! Aw, snap, I should've brought up ying and yang as a reference! *smacks head on keyboard*
Sierratheawesome: How's the next day good enough for you?
Blackberry Explosion: I write nothing but perfection, sweetheart. *Choir of heavenly angels start singing "Ode to Joy"* No, I don't want to kill you! I only kill people I don't like, like Justin Bieber! I could not resist it. If people send in more requests, it's probably going to be more.
Rainbowchameleon: Haha, thanks!
FangirlingTooHard: EEEE IM GLAD TO MAKE YOU HAPPY FRIEND w They are the dorkiest of the dorks. Who doesn't, besides Octavian? Yeah, it is. I'll try!
DoomgirlForever: Thanks! I rejected it at first as well, but it quickly grew on me too. Like a mushroom.
BalletBookworm: Thanks! And thanks for the birthday wishes!
Queen Ore-sama: ALWAYS FEEL PROUD OF YOURSELF MY FRIEND AHHH *coughs harder* Thank you so much for the praise! Yeah, I loved writing that part! Thanks, and I'll try! Oh my god I just had the best idea involving that. "Let me get this straight: You guys. Left me and Nico here. Alone. WHILE YOU WENT TO SEE MOCKINGJAY WITHOUT US?"
P.S. I would say I'm not surprised but that would be rude.
AGHHHH YOU USED MY IDEA IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF! *cough* and I'm proud of you, too, of course. Awesome - especially that part where they find out about the club! Good for you and update soon! Ooh, next, leave them at camp ALL ALONE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS IN MANHATTAN OR SOMETHING.
Sabrina-luna-potter: Don't let Nico hear you say that.
Nico: I AM A DEMON CHILD OF THE NIGHT
Hikaru Itsuko: Every other character, I presume. Don't fall off the cliff, Percy and Annabeth barely survived when they did.
Disclaimer: Rick is married. I have not been on a date yet.
Percy: You could just be hiding your secret love life from us.
Me: You mean that fictional boyfriend my friend came up with for me in seventh grade?
Percy: What?
Me: I mean, you mean all the fictional boyfriends that are characters in love with other people?
Percy: That's not what you said.
Me: Don't push me, hotcakes.
Chapter 5: It's Too Early to Rise
It wasn't every day that a giant metal dragon flew into your camp, even if you were a demigod.
It also wasn't every day that that metal dragon happened to be carrying a friend whom you thought had been dead for just about two months, and you didn't know whether to strangle or hug that friend.
In Piper's case, it was both.
"LEO VALDEZ!" The daughter of Aphrodite marched right up to the dragon as the scrawny Latino hopped off of it, his grin faltering slightly. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!"
"Chillax, Beauty Queen. Papa Leo's home, safe and sound!" He spread his arms out wide. "Can I have a hug now?"
In the two months that had passed after the explosion, Leo had changed. His dark brown curls had grown out wilder and curlier, halfway down his neck. He was also tanner and thinner, and if Piper wasn't mistaken, he had actually grown a bit taller. But his grin was still the same, the exact same I'm-going-to-blow-everything-up! grin that still made her uneasy whenever she looked at it.
She punched him in the face.
"Ow!" Leo staggered back, clutching where Piper had punched him, which was his nose. "Jeez, I just got here! And I don't want my nosebleed to bring Gaea back!"
"Leo, as much as I've missed you, I take offense," Percy said from somewhere behind Piper.
"I knew you would."
Piper waited for Leo to regain his footing, then said, "That was for dying and leaving us here blaming ourselves for two freaking months, Repair Boy."
"Yeah, yeah, I knew you would." Leo waved her off.
Then Piper grabbed Leo by his suspenders and pulled him in for a kiss. She was so enraged about what her best friend (she would say that Jason was her best friend as well, but they were dating, so that didn't really count) had done, but that didn't mean she hadn't missed him and swore up and down that the next time she saw the Latino, she would embrace him and then dropkick him into next week.
When she broke the kiss, Leo was dazed, then muttered, "Please tell me you and Jason didn't break up while I was gone and you fell irreversibly in love with me, because I'm taken."
"That was the most platonic kiss I could muster, Leo. And that was for coming back."
"Leo!" Jason suddenly appeared next to them and swept Leo up in a hug, nearly strangling the boy. "Oh my gods, you survived! I was worried sick!"
And then it finally kicked in for Piper. Leo was back. Leo was back. Leo was back. Leo was back. Leo was back.
"HE'S BACK!" she screamed, then hugged Jason while he was hugging Leo still. "OH MY GODS HE'S ACTUALLY BACK HE'S ACTUALLY BACK LEO FREAKING VALDEZ IS ACTUALLY BACK!" She half-sobbed the last part, refusing to let go.
A clamor of voices rose up around her as the rest of the Seven joined the group hug: Hazel and Frank crying, the worst of the blame finally being lifted off of their shoulders, Percy whooping, Annabeth laughing, Jason whooping as well, and Leo asking to be put down before he died of strangulation. But the choking-up of his voice told Piper that he had missed everyone just as much as they had all missed him, which was saying something.
And then a new voice asked, "Excuse me, but are you the rest of the Seven?"
The group hug broke apart-it took a little bit of time to untangle everyone-and everyone turned to face the owner of the new voice.
It was a girl, with willowy limbs, caramel hair pulled in a ponytail, and greasy casual clothes. She looked to be about Piper's age, maybe a little older, but her eyes seemed so old that Piper could tell she had lived for a very long time. She was breathtakingly beautiful, even with the clothes, and for a moment Piper wondered if she was Aphrodite herself, although seeing her mother around her age was pretty disorienting.
But apparently she wasn't, for Percy yelled, "Calypso!"
Calypso? Calyp-oh. The girl on the island that had fallen for Percy, and was now Leo's girlfriend! So that's where she went! Piper remembered the panic Percy had been in when he had asked the gods to free Calypso from her island and found out that Calypso had somehow managed to leave. Even if he had harbored no romantic interest in the girl, he still wanted to be her friend, and to apologize properly for any hurt that he had caused her. They had all secretly hoped Leo had found a way, but they didn't think it was very likely.
"Oh, Percy!" When the girl smiled, it was so warm and inviting Piper couldn't help but smile back. "Gods, you've grown."
"Yeah, it's a pretty weird feeling. Oh, um, I guess you'd like to meet Annabeth, also Leo didn't tell you about the syrup incident, did he-"
"Hi! Don't mind my boyfriend, he's a Seaweed Brain."
"Annabeth, no."
Calypso laughed.
"And you've probably heard about the rest of us from Leo-"
"Hey!" Jason grinned at Calypso. "We've heard a lot about you."
"Jason, introduce yourself!" Piper scolded, swatting her boyfriend playfully on the chest. He emitted an "ow." "Obviously, that is Jason, and I'm Piper. It's wonderful to finally meet you!" Piper extended her hand for a shake, which Calypso gladly obliged.
"It's wonderful to finally meet you too! Leo's told me a lot!"
"Hello! I'm Hazel," Hazel said.
"And I'm Frank!" Frank chimed in.
Calypso's smile seemed to grow even brighter, if possible, as she greeted the two Roman demigods. Piper liked Calypso. She wasn't well-known as a good reader of people, since that was mostly Jason and Hazel. But she could pick up a certain vibe off people (probably an Aphrodite thing, to help you know who would have good friendships or romantic relationships with other types of people), and the vibe coming off Calypso was a cheery and bright sort of a vibe, a good vibe, that made Piper feel delicious from her head to her toes. She liked that vibe. So she liked Calypso.
"Excuse me, mis amigos, but let me get back to my lovely girlfriend." Leo slid between Frank and Hazel, offering a friendly grin to them, and took Calypso's hand after giving her a quick peck on the cheek. Calypso scoffed, but under her many freckles Piper watched Calypso' cheeks gain a red tint. Did Piper blush whenever Jason did that to her? She had noticed that Annabeth and Hazel blushed whenever their respective boyfriends did that, Hazel more than Annabeth.
"Leo!" And suddenly Leo was being tackled by a bunch of other campers. Nyssa hugged him, while the rest of the Hephaestus cabin stood by and chattered aimlessly at him. He laughed and introduced them all to Calypso. More campers came in, although Piper noticed a lack of the Aphrodite kids (not worrisome, she knew where they were), Sol-Will and Nico (also not as worrisome, but she had to stopped hanging around Jason before she called them Solangelo to their faces) and the Stolls (very worrisome).
"He's actually back? Unbelievable," Piper heard Clarisse mutter, but she knew she was also slightly relieved.
"Okay, this is all very heartwarming and all, and I should've written a little speech all Hazel-Grace-Eulogy-for-Augustus-Waters style-" Someone sobbed at the reference. "-but I have a question." Leo broke out of the crowd of kids to stare at the Seven. "Where's Nico?"
Piper was a little surprised that Leo had actually remembered Nico, to be honest. Although she did remember Leo saying Nico was pretty cool at times, he just had to stop popping out of nowhere and scaring people (and also join Team Leo), she wasn't sure how much effort Leo put into thinking about the boy.
"Ah," Piper said, and then smiled weirdly. She had no idea how to explain to Leo what the entire camp was trying to do. "Let's take this to the Big House, shall we?"
*If you listen closely you can hear the theme song from "Bear In the Big Blue House" in this linebreak because the Big House is big and last I checked blue.*
"So, what exactly is going on?" Leo took a bite out of his Ritz cracker, spewing crumbs everywhere. Calypso made a face, and he swallowed as to grin sheepishly at her.
All of the Seven and Calypso (along with Reyna, who had joined the group on their journey into the Ping-Pong room, since she had been in the stables), sat around the aforementioned Ping-Pong table. Piper found it a little ridiculous, since this was technically not a counselor meeting, and this wasn't that big of a deal that an entire conference was needed. But, in a way, she supposed it was. At least it was somewhat organized.
Jason leaned forward. "Okay, not sure how to break this to you, but Nico is sort of, eh-"
"Dead?"
"No, he's alive."
"Half-dead?"
"All alive."
"Disappeared?"
"He's at camp."
"Pregnant?"
Everyone stared.
"Chill out, I'm just kidding! Plus, (no offense to readers who enjoy that sort of thing), that'd be kinda weird."
"What about readers?" Hazel asked.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Okay, so Nico is gay."
Another pause, until Annabeth asked, "How did you know?"
Leo rolled his eyes. "You're obviously dancing around the topic and trying to break it gently to me, and if he's not dead then he must be gay. And besides, not to stereotype, nobody can wear pants that tight and be completely straight. Bisexual or pansexual with a leaning for the opposite gender, maybe, but not 100% straight."
"Oh!" Jason sounded relieved that Leo wasn't all freaked out over Nico's sexuality, even if his reasoning was a bit weird. "So, uh, it doesn't bother you?"
"Nope!" Leo shook his head, dark brown curls flying about. "There was this one older cousin I had-Manolo or something-and my uncle swore up and down that he was gay."
"Was he?" Reyna asked.
"We never really found out, he got bit by a snake and died. Very tragic. Turned out he did like a girl, someone named Maria I think, but he also kinda liked his best friend, Joaquin, who was a guy. Very confusing."
"Sorry."
"It's alright, I only met him once or twice."
Piper turned to Calypso. "Does it bother you, Calypso?"
Calypso shrugged. "No, not really. I've seen the myths happen."
Piper nodded. "Ah."
Leo rubbed his hands together, his cracker now-hopefully-digesting in his digestive system. "So! What's up? Does Nico like someone or something?"
"Yeah, he liked me," Percy answered.
Leo's hands stopped mid-rub. "Wait, what? Geez, what is it with people and falling for Percy?" Then he blushed. "Uh, sorry Callie, and Annabeth."
"Callie?" Hazel asked.
"Me," Calypso answered, cheeks dusted a light pink at Leo's use of her nickname.
"Oh, I see," Hazel nodded.
"Anyways, Nico has been spending some time with Will Solace from Apollo since the war ended, and he's brought him up in conversations," Jason changed the topic.
"Solace? Seriously? Man, that guy is terrifying! He's so forceful in the infirmary, and the moment you get hurt he just drags you there!" Leo shuddered.
"Is it also because you're almost a foot shorter than him?" Percy asked.
Leo frowned. "Don't push it just yet, Jackson. I may have just gotten back to camp, but I will find a way to hurt you."
Jason cut in. "And, obviously, we all love Nico and want to help him. So we've sort of formed a camp-wide club to help get Will and Nico together! And before you asked, Will's gay too, we asked the cabin."
Leo returned his attention to focus on Jason. "Tell me more," he practically purred in evil intentions, letting his chin rest on his hand as he stared expectantly at Jason.
Jason, of course, was seemingly oblivious. "Well, last week, the Apollo cabin sang 'Kiss the Girl' to Will and Nico when they walked past their cabin, although it was an abridged version. Frank helped."
Frank snorted. "I failed."
"You did well!" Hazel patted his arm reassuringly, and Frank's angry scowl softened.
"And before that, I and Jason tried to get Rachel to see into the future to tell if Solangelo got together." Annabeth shuddered. "That was not fun."
"Rachel's scary anyways," Leo pointed out.
"And just now, the Aphrodite cabin has set up a quote-unquote 'romantic dinner' in the pavilion for them, like Lady and the Tramp. My cabin has issues," Piper added.
"Also the Hermes kids hanging around closets, that's important," Percy chimed in.
"Yeah, it is."
Leo tapped a finger on his bottom chin, then stood up and began pacing the room. "Hmm, would a large monster work like that? No, you'd have to reverse the effect and get a special element for that. How about—no, that won't help them get together…"
"He's in," Jason declared.
"To tell the truth, I am quite interested in helping Nico and will get together now, despite having not met them yet," Calypso giggled. "Although I highly doubt any of Leo's inventions will work the way he plans for them to."
Piper laughed along with her. "Yeah, they almost never do."
"I heard that!" Leo hollered, then clapped his hands together. "Bleah, I can't come up with anything straightaway, my mind is still processing it."
"It's a lot to take in, isn't it?" Frank agreed.
Leo shrugged. "Eh, yeah, I guess you'd say so." Then he stopped, and his entire face lit up like a Christmas tree, despite Halloween not being over yet. "Hey, Calypso, wanna see part of the Big House? I'll give you the Grand Leo Valdez tour!" He performed miniature jazz hands.
Calypso laughed. "Oh, Leo, I would love to!" She turned back to face the other demigods. "Do you mind-"
"No, not at all, go keep Leo busy for a bit! He'll also need something to occupy his hands and mouth with anyways!" Jason grinned, then frowned. "That could've come out a whole lot better."
"Wow, Jason," Leo joked, although his face was dusted with a light pink blush. Calypso's was the same. He offered a hand to help Calypso out of her chair, to which she obliged by taking it, and then walked her out of the room, already chattering away about the Ping-Pong room.
Once they were gone, Percy said, "And that is Calypso."
Piper nodded. "She's nice. Good match for Leo."
Jason grinned. "Wow, can't believe we got them to join so fast!"
Reyna frowned. "I do not trust whatever Valdez will come up with. We must not rely entire on his machines."
Hazel opened her mouth to say something, but a cold gust of air blew through the room, and suddenly every shadow in the room seemed to be leaning towards a specific spot just a little past the Ping-Pong table. Leo yelled just outside the room, "You guys feeling that breeze? Close your windows!"
A mass of darkened shadows appeared on that spot every shadow was being drawn to, and it stayed swirling for a moment, before finally separating into two different forms: one tall, lanky male, and another shorter male. As the shadows finally faded away, the people were revealed to be none other than Nico di Angelo and Will Solace. Oddly enough, Will's hand was resting on top of Nico's head, while Nico was holding his wrist. Okay, Piper ha to admit that that was pretty weird. The two boys turned to see everyone staring at them. Will's hand fell off of Nico's head, and Nico let go of Will's wrist. They both stepped away from each other.
"Nico? What's going on?" Hazel asked.
"The Stolls locked me and Will in a closet, so we had to shadow-travel out," Nico explained.
Inwardly, Piper groaned. Well, now they act! And they hadn't evenly properly gotten together yet! That was a disappointment. She would have to have a talk with the Stolls later, as would the rest of her cabin. She just hoped that that dinner hadn't gone to waste. It had taken awhile to make, after all…
"The question is, why are you all in here? And what fan club?" Will looked pointedly at Jason and Annabeth, who gave each other Uh-oh looks. If anyone was going to explain, Piper would let them do it.
Then a moaning noise caused everyone to pause and look at the door.
Leo staggered towards Will and Nico, arms outstretched like he was a zombie. Piper was thoroughly convinced that he had completely and finally lost, her suspicions reinforced when he moaned, "Uhhh, I'm back from the deeeaaad, uhhh, I want braaaaaiiiiiins…"
Will moved quickly behind Nico, a look of terror painted on his face. "As much as I do not like admitting to being scared, Nico, you're better with the dead than I am," he squeaked.
Nico held up a finger. "Leo, you can stop pretending to be dead now."
Leo stopped shuffling mid-gait, then snapped his fingers and exclaimed, "Aww, man!" in the best Swiper the Fox impression that Piper had heard in years.
Nico pointed at Leo. "I knew there was something funny about your death, you didn't quite feel dead. How did you survive?"
Leo spread out his hands and waved them. "Magic."
Nico raised an eyebrow.
"No, seriously. Magical potion. Can't mass-market it, I'm afraid."
"Leo." And then Calypso was suddenly by Leo's shoulders. Leo jumped and stifled a yelp, face turning bright red. "What-exactly-were you trying to do?"
"Uhm…scaring them together?" he answered, grinning sheepishly.
Will swiveled around to glare at the campers seated around the table, and Piper had to stifle a gulp of fear. Despite being around her age, only a little bit older, Will could be quite terrifying when he glared. Piper blamed it on the fact that Will was about six feet tall-pretty tall for a fifteen-year-old, but at least he could use it to his advantage.
"Seriously. Leo hasn't been here even a full hour, and you've already converted him to your little 'OTP club' gimmick?" He threw his hands up in the air. "No, I'm-I'm done. Officially done with all of you. I'm going back to my cabin. I still need to talk to them about last week's incident…" And he walked out of the room. A few moments later, a door slammed.
The room was quiet, until Leo turned to Nico and said, "So, have you met Calypso yet?"
And here we have another round of Find That Reference: Book of Life reference. Go find it!
Also, here's a sneak peek of the official Solangelo getting together chapter! I'm gonna upload it sometimes in December because someone suggested they get together during a Christmas party and I am weak for couples at Christmas. And you guys get it now because 80+ favorites, 130+ follows, 69 reviews (heehee), and 4000+ views!
I'll have it all nice and done around Christmas, and the engagement (engaygement) and wedding chapters up close to New Year's or so, it all depends, really. I've only written like two engagement scenes, one in a story for my friend's birthday with her characters that didn't feature a proper ring it was a promise ring, and a Doctor Who one you can find in my stories (AND THEN ONE FROM SEVENTH GRADE WITH ME AND MY IMAGINARY BOYFRIEND COUGH COUGH I CAN EXPLAIN I DIDN'T EVEN COME UP WITH HIM MY FRIEND DID). And then I need to write a wedding scene I like weddings.
Anyways, without further ado, here it is!
Percy poked his head behind the bed sheet Piper had put up around her bed. "Uh, everything okay?"
Jason laid on his back, head on a pillow, staring up at the ceiling. Annabeth sat a foot or two away from him, massaging her temples as she blew out shaky breaths of air.
"Running a shipping club. It does this to you," Piper commented, stepping in front of Percy and moving past him to sit besides Jason. She picked up the blond boy's head and moved it into her lap. He didn't say a word.
"I've noticed."
"We screwed up," Jason finally said, pushing his glasses back. "We done screwed up."
"We got so involved and caught up...Ugh! I should've seen this coming!" Annabeth moaned.
Percy moved to sit besides his girlfriend. "Hey, it's okay, Wise Girl," he soothed. "I wouldn't have seen it coming either, but it's nothing to beat yourself up over."
Annabeth whirled around to face the son of Poseidon. "You don't understand, Percy!" she accused him, gray eyes wild with anger. Percy leaned back. "Because of me, Jason, and the rest of the camp, Nico and Will aren't speaking to each other!"
Oops. Looks like we've got some drama going on...
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