A/N: Hey guys! This is not Cordially Un-Invited, but pnut9282! You guys are now wondering: Why are you writing something on her page? Well, this is a collab between us! I wrote this chapter, and Cordially Un-Invited will write the next, and so on! Yes, Hazel and Cat are in this, of course! So, without further ado, Demicraft! ORANGES!
Hazel's POV
This whole mess... started with a bad prank. The Hermes cabin had struck again, this time with extra vitamin C.
Let me explain a little more. My name is Hazel Anderson, daughter of Apollo. Yes, I am a demigod. I basically live at Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods like me. Anyway, back to "The great orange incident".
My first mistake? Leaving the cabin in the hands of Douglas Martell. Out of the five of us in the cabin, two were out on a small quest, and Alexia Smith and I were out training.
Apparently, Douglas was inside, writing poetry, when Steve Merlock of the Hermes cabin came in, offering him a six-pack of soda if he left the cabin for an hour. I think you guys can tell where this is going.
Anyway, an hour later, I was back from sword fighting practice. When I opened the cabin door, an avalanche of oranges rained down on me. Aggravated, I set my palms on fire, but stopped as I heard Steve's annoying laughter. I dug my way up through the citrusy fruit, turned around, and relit my palms. Steve's smile melted of his face, as he ran away, scared.
Nice thing to remember- if someone annoys you, just conjure some fire. It makes them run away like little girls!
To this day, I still have no idea how they got all of those oranges, and honestly, I don't want to know.
So, a day after the "great orange incident", I was at the archery range, when my friend Cat walked up.
Cat had been my only friend ever since I came to Camp Half-Blood three years ago. She was shy, even though she was easily one of the most powerful demigods here. She was a daughter of Hecate, goddess of the mist, crossroads, and magic. Cat has straight, chest length black hair that goes to an aquamarine blue at the tips. She also has these slightly creepy color changing eyes and pale-ish skin.
"Chiron wants us to meet him in the Big House- something about bringing a bunch of demigods here." Cat said, ducking to avoid getting an arrow in her temple.
"Well, this should be good!" I answered, excited to get out of camp for once. I was starting to get cabin fever, because the last time I was in the mortal world was 2 months ago, to rescue some stranded heroes, who were stuck in a hurricane.
Cat and I quickly made our way to the medium-sized house on the top of the hill. Sitting on the porch was a half man, half horse, wearing a black suit. He was our resident Centaur, Chiron. Chiron was sitting down in a chair next to a wicker table.
"Hello Miss Anderson, Miss Mageia. How are you doing today?" He asked as Cat and I sat down across from him.
"Well, I still smell like oranges, but besides that, fine." I said, still annoyed from Steve's "incident".
"Yes, I heard about that. Don't worry, Mister Merlock will be washing dishes for the next week." Chiron answered with a slight smile. "Now, to the matter at hand. I need you two to retrieve three demigods from California. They are very powerful, and monsters should be at their house soon."
"So, when do we leave?" Cat asked.
"As soon as possible." Chiron answered.
"I'll go saddle up Moonglow." I said, pushing my chair back in to the table. Moonglow was my beloved Pearl white Pegasus, one of the fastest at Camp Half-blood!
"Oh, one more thing." Chiron said. "You may recognize these demigods."
"What?" Cat said, also getting out of her chair.
"You'll see." Chiron exclaimed with a sly smile.
Cat and I made our way to the pegasi stables, pondering Chiron's weird attitude.
"Hi Moonglow!" I said, ready for a long flight. Moonglow nickered, excited to be free of the small stable.
"So, are you ready?" I asked Cat, mounting Moonglow.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" She answered, hopping on behind me.
Moonglow trotted out of the stables, spreading her wings, and lifted off.
If I had been smart, I would have fallen off of Moonglow right then and there.
Adam's POV
I've never seen a girl lob fireballs at an angry bull man. Then again, I haven't seen a dancing Cat either….
I knew that our day was going to get weird when the door exploded. I was just minding my own business, recording a Minecraft video with Ty and Jason, and then suddenly, our door blow open, coming off its hinges.
"What the-"I started, but stopping when I saw what broke our perfectly good door. It was a giant bull, but standing on two hoofs. Where its front hoofs should be were two human hands, one wielding a giant metal sword. It had the head of a bull, and a huge nose ring.
Ty and Jason rushed upstairs, hearing all the noise.
"Am I hallucinating, or do you guys see the bull too?" Jason asked, freezing in his tracks.
"Nope, we see it too!" Ty answered.
The bull man snorted, and then charged.
"RUUUUN!" I yelled, not caring about the computer anymore.
The three of us made a beeline for the back door. Rushing outside onto the (thankfully) empty street, we were completely confused.
"Ok, I think that we have officially lost our marbles." Ty yelled, trying to top the angry bulls angry snorting.
"And maybe our lives! Look!" I yelled back, pointing at the door.
Mr. Angry Bullman had ruined another perfectly good door.
Suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound coming from above. It was the underside of a pure white horse, but with feathery wings. There were two riders on its back, heading onto the street in front of us.
"It's official." Jason said. "We're going crazy!"
The two riders jumped off, and I could see for the first time that they were both girls. One had chest-length black hair with blue tips. The other had curly reddish-brown hair. The one with the curly hair was wielding a long, silver sword and had a bow and quiver of arrows strapped to her back. The other was empty handed.
"You hold him off. I'll make sure that they're safe." The sword-wielding girl told her companion. She sprinted towards us while the other turned to face the bull.
"Ahh, so this is what Chiron meant." She said, laughter in her eyes. "I'm a big fan."
Her attitude changed immediately. "Ok. Don't cross this line if you want to live." She exclaimed as a glowing line appeared in front of us. We all jumped back at the sudden blinding light.
"Any injuries?" She asked, scanning us. I suddenly noticed the splinters stuck in my arm, which I stuck out for the girl.
She snorted, and then waved her hand over my arm, where the cuts disappeared.
"I'm Hazel. That's Cat." Hazel said, pointing to the other girl, who was disappearing and reappearing behind the bull to confuse it. "We're here to save you. Now, don't move." She sprinted back to Cat.
"So, what do you think is going on?" Ty asked, stunned.
"I have no idea." I answered.
"You know, those two are kind of hot!" Jason said, staring.
Hazel then threw some sort of fireball at the bull, proceeding to catch on fire herself.
"Not in that way!" Jason answered.
Hazel then drew her sword, charging toward the bull. Cat was somehow creating arrows out of midair, hitting the beast.
Hazel jumped on its back, driving her sword into the creature's neck. It screeched, and then dissolved into dust.
The two girls sat there, winded. The light in front of us vanished. We all ran toward them.
"Ok, you two have a lot of explaining to do." I said, crossing m arms.
"We will soon. Come on, let's-"Hazel exclaimed, stopping suddenly. "Oh gods, Cat I'm-"Hazel collapsed.
"Now? Seriously?!" Cat screamed at no one in particular, pulling Hazel into a sitting position.
Suddenly, Hazel's eyes opened, but they looked different. They were gold.
She started talking slowly, in a deep voice.
"As the plague spreads, Olympus will fall
Unless the 5 most powerful demigods will answer the call.
3 of them less experienced than the rest.
They must have to pass the test.
The one real question though,
Is that who is friend and who is foe?"
She closed her eyes again. Ty, Jason, and I stared bewilderingly at Hazel's limp body.
"Is she ok?" I asked.
"She'll wake up in a moment." Cat answered. Sure enough, Hazel suddenly sat up, breathing heavily.
"Let's get back. Now." She said anxiously.
We all wasted no time walking toward the winged horse. Cat whistled, and another brown horse flew out of the sky.
"It was…nice to meet you two…" I said, still slightly shell-shocked.
"Oh, you three think you can stay here!" Hazel laughed with a tinkling laugh. "No, you guys are coming with us!"
"What?!" We all said in unison. Hazel nodded, and then mounted the pearl-white horse with amazing speed. Cat climbed on the brown one, and helped Jason and Ty, still protesting, up behind her.
Hazel held out her hand for me. "I'll explain everything on the way." She coaxed. I took her hand, and hauled myself on the horse.
"Let's go!" She said as the two horses took off. I wrapped my arms around Hazel's waist, holding on for dear life.
"Hey, why do you smell like oranges?" I asked.
Hazel turned around, her eyes blazing. "Don't. Ask." She hissed between her teeth as we flew off into the sky.
A/N: Hey Cat Pack! Cat here! Did you like the chapter? I did! Written by the one and only pnut9282! She's another amazing author so go and check her out! If you didn't notice, the pun in the chapter was oranges. We will be putting a pun into each chapter, and that pun will be selected by you! Put any random item down in the reviews and it can be used! Anyways, the next chapter will be shorter and will be written by me. So F,F, & F and R&R!
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