Read the first ten of these or you won't understand it and send me a lot of questioning comments. When I woke up again the next morning Annabeth was in my arms again on the fluffy couch. How do I keep moving while I'm sleeping? It was sunny as usual very cool inside but I knew the second I stepped outside I'd be drenched in sweat. It reminded me of Mt. Whitney. I smelled bacon and pancakes cooking, and I was starved. "Morning Percy." I heard Mochael's voice in my head. I sent him a thought of a smiley face and I heard a laugh fromthe kitchen behind me. I knew I had to get that food while it was hot but I didn't want to wake Annaneth. As I slowly moved my arms out from under her, I got hungrier and hungrier from the delicious smells from behind me. Closer... closer, yes, yes I was free I got up from the couch and ran into the kitchen. I was immeresed myself in the smell of bacon, pancakes and... strawberries? I opened my eyes and Annabeth was in my face and kissing me. I have to admit it caught me by suprise but I went along with it. "Good morning Percy, have pleasent dreams"? The picture of "Cetus" flashed in my mind, and Michael stopped smiling. "That's terrible Percy." Michael said "What happened Percy?"Annabeth asked concerned. She looked so cute when she was nervous. Her hair fell into her eyes, her lips tremble, looks like she's about to cry. Adorable. "Well I'm just feeling nervous and had a very bad dream where... Cetus stabbed me." I said the last part very fast and quiet but Annabeth absorbed every word. "I'm so sorry for that Percy but," "Aw, damn it" A fire had started on the pan of bacon Michael was frying. It was quickly doused in a lot of water and was dried up fast. "Well you're gonna feel nervous about stuff but wo imagined it would be fighting Cetus?" Annabeth said "I don't think anyone." Michael put in.
After we finished Michaels great breakfast, we stepped outside in our lightest clothese but were drenched in sweat in the first 5 seconds. As we walked towards town we saw that Jillian's house was extra sparkly today and occasional flashes came from the windows. "Let's check up on Jillian, shall we?" Michael said.
"Let's do it." Annabeth said
As Michael knocked on some random pieces of random furniture on Jillians porch. Once he was done though a loud clanging came from inside the house. Michael stopped knocking and waited patiently. The flashes from inside the house stopped and Jillian was at the door in an instant.
"Michael you came, and you brought your friends!" She sounded ecstatic that we came. "Come on in the place is well airconditioned." We walked in and Iimmediately felt better the sweat literally was taken off of me and flew out the door.
As we walked through Jillians house I saw lots of antiques regarding magic that were in glass cases with little bronze labels on plaques. I walked by the case with Harry Potter's wand in it. "Jillian," I asked she stopped and turned around with a grin the smell of roses and honey hit me like a spray of perfume. "Is this really Harry Potter's wand?"
"Yes he's my uncle, he lives in London and wrote those books about himself." Jillian said extremely calm. "Uncle Harry actually let Daniel Radcliffe use his wand."
"If you use it do you actually get magic?" Annabeth asked she sounded so excited. "No, the wand is used for precision."
"so there are really wizards?" I asked
"Well techniquly, no there just children of Hecate."
"oh." Me and annabeth said at the same time.
We continued walking through Jillians house passing by magical items like Houdini's Watch that not only kept time but also the rotation of the moon and sun, and gives a slight buzz to the person wearing it to tell them monsters are nearby. We passed Merlins hat as well which was pointy and blue but the stars on it spun around the hat slowly, and had a slight sparkle around it. Then we came to stop in the kitchen which had flowers burning to give light and the smell of orchids and honey. It had clear marble counter tops so you could see through to the drawers to find what you need easier. There was perfect oak cabinets with black knobs in the shape of a rose. It looked normal except for the flower shaped windows that showed shifting pictures from a beach to Jillians magic shack to a snowy mountain to the exact cliff Daedelus had his house on when me and Annabeth visited. It was now a black spot on adobe red cliffs. "Welcome to the Crystal Ball." Jillian said, "My sweet home but also a 'crystal ball."
"are these your favorite spots you've visited?" I asked.
"No, I haven't most of these places, The mountain is Mt. Helena, the beach is the Caribbean, that's obviously my store and the red cliffs are obviously Daedelus's old workshop. You've been there haven't you Percy, Annabeth?" Mt. Helena brought back bad memories. "Yeah we've been to the workshop. We got there through the Labrynth."
"Really?" Michael asked.
"Sure did, but it was burnt to a crisp." Annabeth said casually. A high pitched squeal came from a room in a side hallway.
"Oh, I'll get that." Jillian said and ran off to the sound.
"What was that?" I asked
"That's Jillians telliphone. It means someone needs to pick up an order at the store." I could some loud laughing and then some random blabbing about salamander skin or fairy wings. Stuff like that. I started thinking out loud for some reason.
"I wonder how JIllian and Michael got here?" I said, it was loud and blatant and I must've blushed really bad because I could see a red glow in a mirror over the jade fireplace. "Well here is the story, for both of you." Michael said almost whispering. My vision started to dim and a vision started to appear. A blonde boy and a brunette girl were playing together on a cute mini playground for toddlers. They were both sliding down a slide with the girl in the boys lap. Once at the bottom they laughed so hard they fell on the floor. "That's me and Jillian there. Oh, the memories." Michaels voice said. Michael and Jillian walked over to a nice looking woman with blonde hair that took Michael to a nice house while Jillian went to a nice looking dad with brown hair like hers and took her to a nice house. "Me and Jillian were both 9 at the time. Fastforward 3 years our parents got married." There was a vision of a nice wedding with Michael in a sweet white suit and Jillian in a adorable white dress with a vail over her head and a magnolia in her hair. "Our parents went on there honeymoon, they came back looking refreshed, you see my mom was a daughter of Hestia and Jillians dad was a son of Demeter. He was a gardener and my mom was a saleswoman. They were planning on sending us to Camp-Half Blood but they couldn't afford to fly us there and back evey summer. Since we lived in Louisiana they took us to were they learned there stuff. They called it Half-Blood Subarbs. Fastforward two months to were it was time to go to "Suburbia" but on the way our aura must have been pretty powerful because we attracted a whole pack of hellhounds and goblins." The vision shifted to a car being attacked by a horde of black and green. "My parents gave Jillian her wand that could turn into a sword and I got the water bottle full of celestial bronze water. My mom gave me a band with beads that looked exactly like fire and Jillian got a band made of grass and orchids, these represented our parents life forces, if they turned into gold dust, our parents were dead." The adults jumped out of the car and slashed, burned, and annihalated monsters and lead them off the street. While Michael and Jillian ran down the road with directions there parents gave them. They ran and ran only stopping to catch there breath there parents weren't dead yet. They finally made it to "Suburbia" and crossed the boundary of the town. At that moment Michaels mom died he broke down and cried. While the kids and teens came over to the children they asked who they were. Michael at the time was still crying but Jillian was still able to tell them the story, and at that moment Jillians band of plants withered and turned to dust. She broke down to and the crying children were sheltered in there current houses that were recently vacated. A timeline passed by and we could see them grow to today when Michael and Jillian were claimed and Michael was told by Hermes that I saved Olympia. We then saw how he got here, lots of hitch hiking and train rides. Then we see Michael meet us on the bus. My vision returned to normal and I see that Annabeth is crying and Jillian is still talking on the phone but then hangs up. She walks in the kitchen with a smile on her face is immediately frowning when she see's Annabeth crying. "Did you show them our bio Michael?" Jillian asked a little shocked.
"Yes, they asked I answered."
"Well since you know who we are you should know that we will be going to save Clarisse tomorow right when the potion is done. We'll need to be prepared and Annabeth I know ou want to learn magic, I"
"How'd you know? Did Michael teach you that mind reading thingy?"
"No I taught him and can easily teach you, come along you'll need full concentration so Michael and Percy will have to go do something elsewhere." She started laughing.
"Maybe I can go show you this awesome lake. Wanna come?" This all hit me with a surprise.
"Uh, sure. Heh why not." I answered with a smile.
"This'll be some good brother bonding time." I thought. Just hopefull not like that experience in the cave under Michael's house.
After we finished Michaels great breakfast, we stepped outside in our lightest clothese but were drenched in sweat in the first 5 seconds. As we walked towards town we saw that Jillian's house was extra sparkly today and occasional flashes came from the windows. "Let's check up on Jillian, shall we?" Michael said.
"Let's do it." Annabeth said
As Michael knocked on some random pieces of random furniture on Jillians porch. Once he was done though a loud clanging came from inside the house. Michael stopped knocking and waited patiently. The flashes from inside the house stopped and Jillian was at the door in an instant.
"Michael you came, and you brought your friends!" She sounded ecstatic that we came. "Come on in the place is well airconditioned." We walked in and Iimmediately felt better the sweat literally was taken off of me and flew out the door.
As we walked through Jillians house I saw lots of antiques regarding magic that were in glass cases with little bronze labels on plaques. I walked by the case with Harry Potter's wand in it. "Jillian," I asked she stopped and turned around with a grin the smell of roses and honey hit me like a spray of perfume. "Is this really Harry Potter's wand?"
"Yes he's my uncle, he lives in London and wrote those books about himself." Jillian said extremely calm. "Uncle Harry actually let Daniel Radcliffe use his wand."
"If you use it do you actually get magic?" Annabeth asked she sounded so excited. "No, the wand is used for precision."
"so there are really wizards?" I asked
"Well techniquly, no there just children of Hecate."
"oh." Me and annabeth said at the same time.
We continued walking through Jillians house passing by magical items like Houdini's Watch that not only kept time but also the rotation of the moon and sun, and gives a slight buzz to the person wearing it to tell them monsters are nearby. We passed Merlins hat as well which was pointy and blue but the stars on it spun around the hat slowly, and had a slight sparkle around it. Then we came to stop in the kitchen which had flowers burning to give light and the smell of orchids and honey. It had clear marble counter tops so you could see through to the drawers to find what you need easier. There was perfect oak cabinets with black knobs in the shape of a rose. It looked normal except for the flower shaped windows that showed shifting pictures from a beach to Jillians magic shack to a snowy mountain to the exact cliff Daedelus had his house on when me and Annabeth visited. It was now a black spot on adobe red cliffs. "Welcome to the Crystal Ball." Jillian said, "My sweet home but also a 'crystal ball."
"are these your favorite spots you've visited?" I asked.
"No, I haven't most of these places, The mountain is Mt. Helena, the beach is the Caribbean, that's obviously my store and the red cliffs are obviously Daedelus's old workshop. You've been there haven't you Percy, Annabeth?" Mt. Helena brought back bad memories. "Yeah we've been to the workshop. We got there through the Labrynth."
"Really?" Michael asked.
"Sure did, but it was burnt to a crisp." Annabeth said casually. A high pitched squeal came from a room in a side hallway.
"Oh, I'll get that." Jillian said and ran off to the sound.
"What was that?" I asked
"That's Jillians telliphone. It means someone needs to pick up an order at the store." I could some loud laughing and then some random blabbing about salamander skin or fairy wings. Stuff like that. I started thinking out loud for some reason.
"I wonder how JIllian and Michael got here?" I said, it was loud and blatant and I must've blushed really bad because I could see a red glow in a mirror over the jade fireplace. "Well here is the story, for both of you." Michael said almost whispering. My vision started to dim and a vision started to appear. A blonde boy and a brunette girl were playing together on a cute mini playground for toddlers. They were both sliding down a slide with the girl in the boys lap. Once at the bottom they laughed so hard they fell on the floor. "That's me and Jillian there. Oh, the memories." Michaels voice said. Michael and Jillian walked over to a nice looking woman with blonde hair that took Michael to a nice house while Jillian went to a nice looking dad with brown hair like hers and took her to a nice house. "Me and Jillian were both 9 at the time. Fastforward 3 years our parents got married." There was a vision of a nice wedding with Michael in a sweet white suit and Jillian in a adorable white dress with a vail over her head and a magnolia in her hair. "Our parents went on there honeymoon, they came back looking refreshed, you see my mom was a daughter of Hestia and Jillians dad was a son of Demeter. He was a gardener and my mom was a saleswoman. They were planning on sending us to Camp-Half Blood but they couldn't afford to fly us there and back evey summer. Since we lived in Louisiana they took us to were they learned there stuff. They called it Half-Blood Subarbs. Fastforward two months to were it was time to go to "Suburbia" but on the way our aura must have been pretty powerful because we attracted a whole pack of hellhounds and goblins." The vision shifted to a car being attacked by a horde of black and green. "My parents gave Jillian her wand that could turn into a sword and I got the water bottle full of celestial bronze water. My mom gave me a band with beads that looked exactly like fire and Jillian got a band made of grass and orchids, these represented our parents life forces, if they turned into gold dust, our parents were dead." The adults jumped out of the car and slashed, burned, and annihalated monsters and lead them off the street. While Michael and Jillian ran down the road with directions there parents gave them. They ran and ran only stopping to catch there breath there parents weren't dead yet. They finally made it to "Suburbia" and crossed the boundary of the town. At that moment Michaels mom died he broke down and cried. While the kids and teens came over to the children they asked who they were. Michael at the time was still crying but Jillian was still able to tell them the story, and at that moment Jillians band of plants withered and turned to dust. She broke down to and the crying children were sheltered in there current houses that were recently vacated. A timeline passed by and we could see them grow to today when Michael and Jillian were claimed and Michael was told by Hermes that I saved Olympia. We then saw how he got here, lots of hitch hiking and train rides. Then we see Michael meet us on the bus. My vision returned to normal and I see that Annabeth is crying and Jillian is still talking on the phone but then hangs up. She walks in the kitchen with a smile on her face is immediately frowning when she see's Annabeth crying. "Did you show them our bio Michael?" Jillian asked a little shocked.
"Yes, they asked I answered."
"Well since you know who we are you should know that we will be going to save Clarisse tomorow right when the potion is done. We'll need to be prepared and Annabeth I know ou want to learn magic, I"
"How'd you know? Did Michael teach you that mind reading thingy?"
"No I taught him and can easily teach you, come along you'll need full concentration so Michael and Percy will have to go do something elsewhere." She started laughing.
"Maybe I can go show you this awesome lake. Wanna come?" This all hit me with a surprise.
"Uh, sure. Heh why not." I answered with a smile.
"This'll be some good brother bonding time." I thought. Just hopefull not like that experience in the cave under Michael's house.