Half-Blood Initiates: The Initiates You Never Knew
Why is Jason covered in frosting while wearing purple Superman Underwear?
PERCY
I told Annabeth that if she woke me up on a Saturday without a valid reason I would get Leo to burn her Olympus blueprints.
But it was obviously a bluff. She's throw me back into Tartarus if I did that. Leo was also warned and you don't want to witness a pissed off Annabeth.
Although on this specific morning, Chiron simple requested the seven of us to be at the Mess Hall at seven AM sharp. To my dismay, I had to show up; for it was urgent apparently. Who knows what he could want from us.
But at least I wasn't tired. With Annabeth practically married to her Olympus blueprints, I hadn't hung out after dark on dates. She, on the other hand, has been working endlessly to finish the Olympus architecture by August. It was the morning of July 1st, so I don't know how she'll finish them. I wanted to be upset that Annabeth is ignoring me but you can't blame her I guess.
I dragged myself out of bed, glaring around the Poseidon cabin. It was pretty lonely since Tyson was still working with Dad and I had this enormous cabin to myself. It's soothing quiet but painfully quiet at the same time.
Camp Halfblood was already a happy and cheery place for such an early morning. The strawberries were having a great year and many demigods were been enrolled so population was equalized. A bundle of Hermes' kids were settled by the Volleyball court, chatting among themselves. In the vague distance, I swear I could see Piper and Leo heading out of their cabins.
"Percy!" Someone shouted. I turned around to see Nico standing fifty feet away, directly in front of the Hades cabin. He looked abnormally happy today. But everyone did, so what's going on?
"Nico." I gave him a subtle wave.
"What's up?"
"The sky....?" I trailed off.
"Good luck at that Chiron meeting." Nico managed to change the subject.
"How do you know?" I asked incredously.
"Everyone does. He announced it last night."
"Well I didn't hear him then. I was probably trying to pry Annabeth from her cabin." I chuckled.
"I swear she hasn't left for days." Nico mumbled.
"Yeah.....wait! Shouldn't I get her then? Annabeth needs to be at the meeting!"
"Are you talking to me or yourself?" Nico raised his eyebrow. I barely heard his sentence since I was half way to the Athena cabin by then.
I dodged a bunch of Ares kids and a mini group of Hecate children as I ran to the Athenian cabin. Why are so many people are active this early in the morning? Jeez, I just need to get past them to get to Annabeth.
But I stumbled upon two teenagers - sixteen and a fifteen perhaps? - sitting with a chocolate cake in their hands. I had no idea what they were up to, but with the look on their face, it wasn't good. A trickster like myself would know "the mischievous smirk".
"He'll love it!"
"Are you sure?"
"He loves chocolate. Trust me, I know this shit."
"I swear it was vanilla but whatever. So how are we going to pull this off - "
"What is going on?" I interjected. I wanted to know who the poor "he" was.
"Percy?"
"Do I know you?"
"Oh course not. We're just some Hermes children."
"Newbies?" I asked. "Not claimed yet?" Their head nod indicated that I was correct.
"Are you - are you - " The boy, I think the sixteen year old one, stuttered. "going to turn us in?"
I stood there a moment. Should I? They just admitted they were going to pull some prank, but I miss pranks. With my eighteenth birthday close, I was expected to be mature. (Let me explain that is not an easy thing to do, my friends)
But I knew what I was going to do.
"I want in."
~Le Time Skip brought to you by Ducks and Mangoes~
"So how are we doing this?" I whispered as the two Hermes kids - named Violet, fifteen years old, and Alec, sixteen years old - and I veered the Zeus cabin. Today, as I was reminded, was Jason's birthday. The cake was chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and 'Happy birthday, Jason you Fucker' (It's actually on the cake twice, one 'Happy Birthday, Jason you Fucker' in Greek and one below it in Latin; for Jason's own special treat)
"We're minutes away from the final blow." Violet mumbled into my ear. She held the entire cake (on a plate of course) in her fragile hands.
"Percy can tell that, dipshit." Alec growled. Violet just rolled her eyes at his response. "Now, come on. I want to see this with my own eyes."
With only twenty seconds until the three of us burst in and deliver the final blow, I sit there, feeling useless. I'm not sure why I came. Redemption maybe? Pure pleasure? I don't hate Jason. But I can't go soft now, with Alec and Violet counting on me. Even if they were somewhat on the asshole side of behavior.
Oh, so like me the last five years?
Where did that thought come from?
Never mind it's time to go.
~Another time skip brought to you by Ducks and Mangoes~
"What the hell?" Jason mumbled in his sleep. He's probably between sleep and consciousness. I watched as Alec walked in with his cake. Violet was snickering behind me, the only noise besides her was birds chirping and Jason's obnoxious snoring.
"Is this cake for me?" I heard him murmur. I could scarcely see him in the window.
"So what do you have against Jason?" I turned towards Violet, careful to keep my voice down.
Violet hesitated before answering. "He's just.....too perfect. Like, no flaws. He was praetor of the Roman camp and ugh he's such a golden boy."
I saw it in her eyes, but that was no reason to hate him.
It wasn't, right?
"Well I guess that's how you see him then." I tried to shake off the subject.
"We can see the satisfaction of Jason at his knees."
"That's dark." I gulped.
"Not really." Violet shrugged. This girl was quirky at first but now she's just maliciously creepy.
"AHHHH!" Violet and I perked our heads up at the shrilly girly scream. We peered over the window to see Jason, his once golden blond hair was caked in chocolate frosting, along with his entire body. All he had on was purple Superman boxers on as he ran out the Zeus cabin doors, after Alec. Alec was running like hell down the trail leading to the Mess Hall. Not a smart move, Alec.
My first instinct was to run. I dashed off after Jason, not giving one shit about Violet. She could handle herself.
"JASON!" I screamed. It was much louder than I had anticipated, but it did the justice. Jason stopped in his tracks, the fudgy chocolate frosting clinging to his body. Nearby campers were trying to get a chance to witness the Jason (he resembled a puddle of mud) who decided to tromp the camp in his undies and chocolate.
"It's a fashion statement?...." I trailed off.
"If you're behind this, Jackson, I'll kick your ass." Jason clenched his teeth in a threat but it definitely wasn't a bluff like Annabeth's. Jason was obviously beyond pissed.
"Jason's in his underwear coated in frosting? I've GOT to see this!"
"Golden boy in frosting? I'll see this!"
"Ha I've got to tell my friends back at the Ares cabin."
People crowded around, crying of laughter. A few snapped pics on their phones, which were not smart to have if you're a demigod but that's not my problem. I didn't want them laughing at Jason, but I enjoyed it at the same time. My brain spun like some carnival ride.
"PERCY!" A familiar voice roared from across the camp. It was as loud as a bullhorn, but she didn't need it. As she ran up to the crowd and Jason and me, her face looked like a tomato.
"Annabeth!" Jason mumbled. "Piper? Leo?"
To her aid, Piper and Leo were by her side - to punish my ass probably - but that meant more witnesses. Chiron was behind them. I murmured a curse out loud. I was in deep trouble now. Where was Alec and Violet? They ran off? Those little, sly motherfuc -
"Percy! Did you do this?" Piper ran to hug Jason, but stopped when she saw the current circumstance. "Sorry Jason. These are new clothes from Aphrodite."
"It's fine, Piper." Jason looked almost semi-happy now that Piper was there. It was vice versa for me. I DIDN'T want Annabeth there.
"I can explain - "
"Sure you can. LATER. But you're," Annabeth referenced her watch. "thirty-five minutes late for the meeting. Jason overslept but you?"
"I - uh - "
"Yeah. He's speechless." Leo chuckled. I haven't even heard one word from him yet. I forgot he was even there.
"Let's. Go. Frank and Hazel are arriving in twenty minutes from California and we want to be courteous towards our guests." Piper smiled. At least she wasn't entirely pissed at me. Leo seemed chill too. It was just Jason and Annabeth who looked like they wanted to throw me off a cliff.
"Fine." Was all I could muster as I dragged my feet to the Mess Hall. Jason was still rocking his new fashion statement - chocolate frosting and purple Superman undies - as Chiron refused to let him sit on the white benches. Understandable, but still hurts his ego, Chiron.
"Percy, you're punishment will be decided later." Chiron paused as everyone (so Jason, Annabeth, Piper, Chiron and Leo) glared at me. "But we have larger things to discuss. Oh look, Miss Levesque and Mr. Zhang have arrived. Leo, Piper, go greet them and bring the two of them here. This meeting is crucial. I want you all to listen."
"What could it be?" Annabeth's voice echoed through the silence of the area. With only the four of us, it was quite tense.
"It's Chicago. We have found out that the mist Hecate created to seal off Chicago has been broken."
I told Annabeth that if she woke me up on a Saturday without a valid reason I would get Leo to burn her Olympus blueprints.
But it was obviously a bluff. She's throw me back into Tartarus if I did that. Leo was also warned and you don't want to witness a pissed off Annabeth.
Although on this specific morning, Chiron simple requested the seven of us to be at the Mess Hall at seven AM sharp. To my dismay, I had to show up; for it was urgent apparently. Who knows what he could want from us.
But at least I wasn't tired. With Annabeth practically married to her Olympus blueprints, I hadn't hung out after dark on dates. She, on the other hand, has been working endlessly to finish the Olympus architecture by August. It was the morning of July 1st, so I don't know how she'll finish them. I wanted to be upset that Annabeth is ignoring me but you can't blame her I guess.
I dragged myself out of bed, glaring around the Poseidon cabin. It was pretty lonely since Tyson was still working with Dad and I had this enormous cabin to myself. It's soothing quiet but painfully quiet at the same time.
Camp Halfblood was already a happy and cheery place for such an early morning. The strawberries were having a great year and many demigods were been enrolled so population was equalized. A bundle of Hermes' kids were settled by the Volleyball court, chatting among themselves. In the vague distance, I swear I could see Piper and Leo heading out of their cabins.
"Percy!" Someone shouted. I turned around to see Nico standing fifty feet away, directly in front of the Hades cabin. He looked abnormally happy today. But everyone did, so what's going on?
"Nico." I gave him a subtle wave.
"What's up?"
"The sky....?" I trailed off.
"Good luck at that Chiron meeting." Nico managed to change the subject.
"How do you know?" I asked incredously.
"Everyone does. He announced it last night."
"Well I didn't hear him then. I was probably trying to pry Annabeth from her cabin." I chuckled.
"I swear she hasn't left for days." Nico mumbled.
"Yeah.....wait! Shouldn't I get her then? Annabeth needs to be at the meeting!"
"Are you talking to me or yourself?" Nico raised his eyebrow. I barely heard his sentence since I was half way to the Athena cabin by then.
I dodged a bunch of Ares kids and a mini group of Hecate children as I ran to the Athenian cabin. Why are so many people are active this early in the morning? Jeez, I just need to get past them to get to Annabeth.
But I stumbled upon two teenagers - sixteen and a fifteen perhaps? - sitting with a chocolate cake in their hands. I had no idea what they were up to, but with the look on their face, it wasn't good. A trickster like myself would know "the mischievous smirk".
"He'll love it!"
"Are you sure?"
"He loves chocolate. Trust me, I know this shit."
"I swear it was vanilla but whatever. So how are we going to pull this off - "
"What is going on?" I interjected. I wanted to know who the poor "he" was.
"Percy?"
"Do I know you?"
"Oh course not. We're just some Hermes children."
"Newbies?" I asked. "Not claimed yet?" Their head nod indicated that I was correct.
"Are you - are you - " The boy, I think the sixteen year old one, stuttered. "going to turn us in?"
I stood there a moment. Should I? They just admitted they were going to pull some prank, but I miss pranks. With my eighteenth birthday close, I was expected to be mature. (Let me explain that is not an easy thing to do, my friends)
But I knew what I was going to do.
"I want in."
~Le Time Skip brought to you by Ducks and Mangoes~
"So how are we doing this?" I whispered as the two Hermes kids - named Violet, fifteen years old, and Alec, sixteen years old - and I veered the Zeus cabin. Today, as I was reminded, was Jason's birthday. The cake was chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and 'Happy birthday, Jason you Fucker' (It's actually on the cake twice, one 'Happy Birthday, Jason you Fucker' in Greek and one below it in Latin; for Jason's own special treat)
"We're minutes away from the final blow." Violet mumbled into my ear. She held the entire cake (on a plate of course) in her fragile hands.
"Percy can tell that, dipshit." Alec growled. Violet just rolled her eyes at his response. "Now, come on. I want to see this with my own eyes."
With only twenty seconds until the three of us burst in and deliver the final blow, I sit there, feeling useless. I'm not sure why I came. Redemption maybe? Pure pleasure? I don't hate Jason. But I can't go soft now, with Alec and Violet counting on me. Even if they were somewhat on the asshole side of behavior.
Oh, so like me the last five years?
Where did that thought come from?
Never mind it's time to go.
~Another time skip brought to you by Ducks and Mangoes~
"What the hell?" Jason mumbled in his sleep. He's probably between sleep and consciousness. I watched as Alec walked in with his cake. Violet was snickering behind me, the only noise besides her was birds chirping and Jason's obnoxious snoring.
"Is this cake for me?" I heard him murmur. I could scarcely see him in the window.
"So what do you have against Jason?" I turned towards Violet, careful to keep my voice down.
Violet hesitated before answering. "He's just.....too perfect. Like, no flaws. He was praetor of the Roman camp and ugh he's such a golden boy."
I saw it in her eyes, but that was no reason to hate him.
It wasn't, right?
"Well I guess that's how you see him then." I tried to shake off the subject.
"We can see the satisfaction of Jason at his knees."
"That's dark." I gulped.
"Not really." Violet shrugged. This girl was quirky at first but now she's just maliciously creepy.
"AHHHH!" Violet and I perked our heads up at the shrilly girly scream. We peered over the window to see Jason, his once golden blond hair was caked in chocolate frosting, along with his entire body. All he had on was purple Superman boxers on as he ran out the Zeus cabin doors, after Alec. Alec was running like hell down the trail leading to the Mess Hall. Not a smart move, Alec.
My first instinct was to run. I dashed off after Jason, not giving one shit about Violet. She could handle herself.
"JASON!" I screamed. It was much louder than I had anticipated, but it did the justice. Jason stopped in his tracks, the fudgy chocolate frosting clinging to his body. Nearby campers were trying to get a chance to witness the Jason (he resembled a puddle of mud) who decided to tromp the camp in his undies and chocolate.
"It's a fashion statement?...." I trailed off.
"If you're behind this, Jackson, I'll kick your ass." Jason clenched his teeth in a threat but it definitely wasn't a bluff like Annabeth's. Jason was obviously beyond pissed.
"Jason's in his underwear coated in frosting? I've GOT to see this!"
"Golden boy in frosting? I'll see this!"
"Ha I've got to tell my friends back at the Ares cabin."
People crowded around, crying of laughter. A few snapped pics on their phones, which were not smart to have if you're a demigod but that's not my problem. I didn't want them laughing at Jason, but I enjoyed it at the same time. My brain spun like some carnival ride.
"PERCY!" A familiar voice roared from across the camp. It was as loud as a bullhorn, but she didn't need it. As she ran up to the crowd and Jason and me, her face looked like a tomato.
"Annabeth!" Jason mumbled. "Piper? Leo?"
To her aid, Piper and Leo were by her side - to punish my ass probably - but that meant more witnesses. Chiron was behind them. I murmured a curse out loud. I was in deep trouble now. Where was Alec and Violet? They ran off? Those little, sly motherfuc -
"Percy! Did you do this?" Piper ran to hug Jason, but stopped when she saw the current circumstance. "Sorry Jason. These are new clothes from Aphrodite."
"It's fine, Piper." Jason looked almost semi-happy now that Piper was there. It was vice versa for me. I DIDN'T want Annabeth there.
"I can explain - "
"Sure you can. LATER. But you're," Annabeth referenced her watch. "thirty-five minutes late for the meeting. Jason overslept but you?"
"I - uh - "
"Yeah. He's speechless." Leo chuckled. I haven't even heard one word from him yet. I forgot he was even there.
"Let's. Go. Frank and Hazel are arriving in twenty minutes from California and we want to be courteous towards our guests." Piper smiled. At least she wasn't entirely pissed at me. Leo seemed chill too. It was just Jason and Annabeth who looked like they wanted to throw me off a cliff.
"Fine." Was all I could muster as I dragged my feet to the Mess Hall. Jason was still rocking his new fashion statement - chocolate frosting and purple Superman undies - as Chiron refused to let him sit on the white benches. Understandable, but still hurts his ego, Chiron.
"Percy, you're punishment will be decided later." Chiron paused as everyone (so Jason, Annabeth, Piper, Chiron and Leo) glared at me. "But we have larger things to discuss. Oh look, Miss Levesque and Mr. Zhang have arrived. Leo, Piper, go greet them and bring the two of them here. This meeting is crucial. I want you all to listen."
"What could it be?" Annabeth's voice echoed through the silence of the area. With only the four of us, it was quite tense.
"It's Chicago. We have found out that the mist Hecate created to seal off Chicago has been broken."
Can't waiiiiiiit!
9/24/15