Way of The Halfbloods |Page 4|

–“Stealing again? I thought we had already talked about stealing a full bunk bed rather than just a bowl if you’re going to steal something.” Jason said, “Oh, chili stealing is something we do,” as he turned to face the individual. “I know,” the person smiled as the words “I do it too” spilled out of rain mouth. “But the bowl costs more,” Ky grinned, seemingly unaware that his hair had suddenly turned purple-flaming. “Plus, it’ll make the Apollo kids mad when they figure it out.” “Your hairs are on fire again, Ky,” smiled Jason. “Well, it’s okay; it doesn’t really burn anything unless I want it to or my emotions get out of control.” Ky shrugged and made his hair go back to normal. “It’s cool.” A grin had begun to appear on Jason’s face. Ky said, “I think we should get to the camp meeting thing,” and then threw the gold bowl into a bush. Jason gave a nod of agreement. “Ya, we probably should.”. Ky started racing toward the location he thought the camp gathering would be. Jason walked behind Ky, but not very fast. Ky stumbled while jogging and fell into a rose bush, saying, “Ow.” “Stupid!” Jason shouted. “Can I maybe have some help?” Ky’s voice sounded strained, most likely due to his discomfort from the rose bush’s thorns. Nova sighed, “You have to be an idiot to fall like that,” as she came up to Ky and Jason. “Come on, or we might be late,” she said as she chuckled and extended her hand to assist Ky in getting out of the rose bush. Ky took Nova’s hand. “Thanks” . “Your welcome, dunce,” Nova said with a smirk. Ky laughed at the last word of Nova’s statement. Nova gave a headshake. Jason said, “I would have let him suffer,” as he saw the interaction. “Would you like to take my place in the rose bush in that case, then, Jason?” Ky said, narrowing his eyes. Jason gave a shrug. “Sure, why not?” Jason leaped into the rose bush after that. “I wasn’t being literal! Well, mostly,” Ky hurried to assist Jason in getting out of the rose bush. “You two really are foolish people. Please move quickly now.” Nova shook her head at Jason and Ky, laughing. “I’d prefer not to be late.” Jason grinned and gently nudged Ky. “It didn’t even hurt.” . As Nova laughed, “Oh yeah, of course,” tears started to well up in her eyes. “Who stated I would be late? I can still run, so. the last one there is a rotten egg!” Ky laughed and ran off. Jason snorted and simply blended in with the shadows that quickly materialized at the meeting spot. A little while later, Nova arrived, panting “I hate the both of you” behind Ky.

Ky was hardly out of breath as he said, “Hey, I didn’t cheat by using powers; I just go running a lot.” “Since they cheated, this is true, so really Jason would be the rotten egg,” Nova chuckled, recognizing the slender logic in the situation. “Now let’s see what this meeting thing is about,” Ky said, turning to face Chiron. “Hey, you never said no powers, Ky,” Jason said before looking at Chiron, the camp activity director, who walked out. Mr. D, who was the god Dionysus, was walking out not that far behind him before saying in a booming voice, “WELCOME CAMPERS! I AM DIONYSUS! BUT YOU MAY CALL ME, Mr. D!” Ky jumped slightly, clearly being slightly spooked by Mr. D’s booming voice.

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