Chapter 14

Alex POV

Don't you just love it when somebody who knows magic thinks of dropping you off home? By opening a portal ….. Letting you fall through …. Finding that it's a long, long drop before you hit the ground …. Certain death unless someone saves you…

Basically, Andvari is dead next time I see him.

And I think I speak for everyone when I say we all screamed.

"Not again!" Magnus screamed.

In our defense, we were taken by surprise.

While I was falling, I saw a camp below us. There were lots of cabins and a training arena. Then there was a construction site that was building …. Something. There was also a lava wall. As we were neared the ground, Percy did some quick thinking and got water from the ocean to surround us. I had the sense to take a lungful of air before I was wrapped in a water cocoon. Percy moved us over the ocean and then it was like a large water slide. We all slide down to the ocean, sank a bit and then resurfaced.

Good thing too because I was running low on air.

Once I got to the beach I turned around to see everyone, except Percy, dripping wet. Sam's hijab was clinging to her face. Hazel's normal frizzy hair was dripping wet. Blitz's suit was a mess. After we had all calmed down enough to talk Annabeth suggested we all head over to the big house to dry off. "We can also tell Chiron we're all back too." So we hiked up to the big house.

The big house was big. Very big. The house was a light baby blue color with a white trim. Sitting out on the porch were a professor in a wheelchair and a guy in a leopard print shirt drinking coke. Jason called out, "Hey Chiron!" and Percy added loudly in a sing-song voice, "Mr. D, WE'RE BACK!"

The leopard print guy rolled his eyes and said, "Oh that's beautiful." The professor ignored him and welcomed us. "It's good to see you all made it back alive. May I know who you're new friends are?" Annabeth brought him up to speed while the other Greeks went to go find some towels.

That's what I thought until they came back with 3 frickin huge leaf blowers.

"What the Hel are those for?" Sam asked. "These babies are here to dry you off. We usually use them on poor, soaking wet shmucks like ourselves that fall into the canoe lake." Leo replied before turning his leaf blower on full power in her face.

Needless to say, it was faster using the leaf blowers.

After Annabeth finished explaining things, Dionysus (Yes, the guy from Greek myths who over sees wine production.) the guy in the leopard print shirt gave us instructions. "You five may stay for a while. But don't destroy things. And I'm looking at you Mango Chase and Alain Cheerio."

"Umm, that's not my name," Magnus said.

"I know what I said, Mangle Pace." The wine God replied.

"Still wrong, old man," I said.

"Watch your tongue, Aaron Carrion."

"He does that to everyone," Percy said.

"Perry Jonson, did you settle that quarrel the water Nymphs were having?" The god asked.

"What quarrel?" 'Perry Jonson' replied.

While the wine dude was giving Percy his assignment, the professor, who is actually a Centaur named Chiron, gave us permission to explore the camp.

Piper grabbed Blitz, saying a lot of her half-siblings had heard about his store 'Blitzen's Best' and were planning on placing orders. Blitz followed Piper, muttering about inventory at his store, obviously ecstatic that people recognized his work. Leo decided to be Hearth's tour guide around the camp. Sam went with Annabeth and Hazel to go check out the Lava Wall and the arena. Jason and Frank offered to go with Percy when he came back. That left Nico, Magnus and me.

Nico turned to us and said, "How about we go to the infirmary?"

"Sure, but I'd like to know why though," Magnus asked.

"Yeah," I said, 'Magnus is a walking healing machine on his own."

Nico smiled and replied, "Because I need to see my boyfriend."

"Oh! Why didn't you say so then?" I replied

Soon, the three of us were trekking towards the infirmary. We passed some Ares kids having a wrestling match, a couple of Hermes kids playing pranks, and a few Demeter kids growing some plants on the side of the path.

Nico was an excellent guide, giving us small details about the gods and their kids. We shared our experiences with the Norse gods as well. By the time we reached the infirmary, Magnus and I were laughing about Jesus's fight with Thor. He never really showed up though.

We walked in to see a blond kid helping a ten-year-old girl treat a nasty scrape on her knee. He just finished putting a bandage on when Blondie noticed us. The first thing I noticed was how he was a walking ball of sunshine, just like Magnus. I don't if he glows or not though.

(Probably not)

"Hey Nico!" the guy chirped while handing the girl a lollipop. "Be careful now." He told the girl. "Thank you will!" The girl cried before running off. Will came up to Nico and gave him a bone-crushing hug. "Can't ….. Breathe ….. Solace." Nico managed to spat out.

"Sorry, sorry." Will apologized as he let the guy go. "You have been gone for a bit and I was worried about you shadow traveling."

"Oh, he shadow traveled alright," I said.

Magnus quickly added, "But he also got a lot of sunlight."

We introduced ourselves to him and spent the rest of the afternoon in the infirmary chatting and helping out with the patients. Will Solace was a Son of Apollo His area of expertise lay in the medical arts. He was a more efficient than an average doctor, but not as good as Magnus when it came to instant healing.

The injuries we helped out with ranged from being scrapes and burns to being shot in the arm with an arrow. I helped calm the really frantic patients while Nico did everything Will told him too. Magnus took the opportunity to learn some stuff about herbs and other stuff I can't remember. Will was a pretty chill guy and by the time dinner rolled around Nico and I had started to call Magnus and him 'The Sunshine Boys. I mean, compared to us, they are definitely a lot more sunshiny.

Magnus and I decided to head back to the hotel after we had dinner. If you'll remember properly, we didn't really eat much of anything except a glass of mead. Dinner was held next to the dinner pavilion on picnic blankets.

Blitz had a ton of orders for dresses and whatnot from the Aphrodite kids. Hearth and Leo came back looking a little bit scorched. "Festus burned us a bit." On the other hand, Jason was soaking wet. "I regret helping Percy," Jason muttered. Sam was looking very victorious when she and Annabeth came back. I later found out she beat some girl named Clarisse La Rue in a spear battle.

We all grabbed our food and were about to sit down on one of the many picnic blankets spread out when we noticed everybody scraping a part of their food into the fire. "Offering to the Gods," Will explained as he came back. "Making sure they need to be appreciated and loved," Nico added.

"We don't do that in Valhalla," Magnus said. "Dinner is mostly trying to eat without getting impaled by sharp cutlery." "That must fun," Leo said as he sat down. None the less, we got up and gave our offering to the gods. After that, we sat down and dug in.

The food was good. Unlike Valhalla, we did not have to worry about being impaled by sharp utensils. Well, there was a fork that came flying towards me, but I caught it easily. Spoons and Forks often come to me mostly by accident. This was no different.

Annabeth zeroed in on whoever threw it, which turned out to be a girl named Alice and went over to give her a piece of her mind. Five minutes later Annabeth came back and asked if I was alright or not. I was.

Then dinner was over and we helped to clean up. Afterwards, we decided to get our butts back home before we got in trouble. Clarisse came over and demanded Samirah a rematch next time she comes to Half-Blood. "Sure," Sam replied. "Can't wait for it," Clarisse replied.

The Chase cousins hugged while Blitz promised to call Piper when he finished the orders the Aphrodite kids placed. "You're the best Blitzen!" Piper said as she gave the dwarf a hug. Hearth and Leo exchanged a few last words in rapid-fire ASL.

After everyone said goodbye, Magnus called Jack back from his date with Riptide. "Don't worry Jack," Annabeth said. "Percy and Magnus still owe you two a romantic dinner." "I and Annabeth will personally see that they pull through," I added.

"Really?" Jack asked.

"Truly." We both replied.

With that, Jack cut us a portal straight to Blitzen's Best.

Magnus POV

So we were in front of Blitzen's Best. From there, Sam went home, because she had to explain things to her grandparents. Probably something along the lines, "I was helping to tutor kids." Blitz and Hearth went back to their apartment above the store. "Good night Kid. We'll see you later Alex." Hearth signed, "Good night."

That left me and Alex. After walking through Alfheim for hours, we decided to ask Jack to open another portal for us. We ended up in the hallway of floor 19, in the middle of an office chair race. "Get out of the way!" Halfborn was screaming at us. Alex and I jumped up and hung on the spears on the ceilings. The racers passed by before we let go and hit the floor with a loud thud.

"Alex! Magnus! Are you two okay?" T.J asked as he ran up to us. "What happened to your face?" Alex asked. T.J was wearing a pointy birthday hat and looked like a scary clown waiting to get someone. "Oh, just some harmless birthday party games." Was the reply we got.

Alex and I shrugged. We said our good nights and both headed to our rooms. After I had changed into my PJs and brushed my teeth, I heard a knock on the door. Curious to see who it was, I went to open it. And I find a very grumpy looking Alex Fierro, with a pillow in her hand.

"Can I sleep in your room? Alex asked. "The music is way too loud."

"Sure," I said while scanning the hallway. All the einherji that were in the hallway before left, and had gone to Halfborn's room. And I could almost see the door vibrate. If they died due to high sound levels, they'd be fine in the morning. Probably.

When I came back to find Alex, she had already buried herself in the blankets on my bed and gone to sleep. I was totally not staring at her face thinking how cute she looked. Totally not me. I grabbed a pillow and a blanket and went to go sleep under the tree.

The End.

So that Marks the end of this story. Can't believe it took me almost a year to finish this.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, gave me suggestions, and especially to everyone who waited who knows how long for the next chapter to come. You guys are the best!