AN: Hey, so, this is just a grouping of scenes that aren't with any of my stories. Anyway, enjoy these short stories. If you're confused about who Ethan is and what they're referring too, it's in Following a Legacy. I'll totally write scenes with characters of your choosing if you like! 3

Chaira glared at me, "I do not like him, Ethan."

I shrugged, "Okay, it just seemed like it. He would be lucky."

"You're my half-brother, you have to say that."

"So, now you're sayin you do?"

She glared again, "Shut up, Ethan."

I grinned. It was my second week at camp, but my first week in the Tyche cabin. My moms cabin. Man, that was weird.

I flipped a coin, "So, Alice and Julia might be pranking us tonight."

"Wwwhyyy?"

"Well, apparently I get on Alice's nerves. Or maybe it was Julia's. I've got a plan to counteract whatever they do, but I thought I would warn you." I told her, shrugging. I had had a few battles with the girls while I was in the Hermes cabin. I was pretty lucky, and they were usually unlucky when it came to pranking me; the perks of being a child of Tyche. However, with the last prank ending the way it had…

Alice poked her head in. She had that mischievous grin, and her blonde hair was loose around her shoulders. "Settled in?"

I waved and shrugged, "Settled as I can with what I've got."

She nodded, glancing at Chiara.

Chiara watched the daughter of Hermes warily.

"Well, I just thought I'd see if you're settled in."

"You mean you came to see which bunk was mine." I corrected, grinning, "But I'll make sure to switch before lights out."

Her grin grew, but her eyes narrowed. "Sure you will."

"Oh, I will."

"So, it's on?"

"It is so on."

She nodded slowly, "I'll tell Julia. She'll be excited."

The way she said that made it sound like she herself was disappointed.

"Julia doesn't know?"

Chiara was hiding a smile for some reason.

"Well, we were going to back off since things get a little…extreme." Alice lied about the reason, but not that they were going to back off.

Weird.

Weirder that I could tell she was lying though.

"We did bring down the Hermes cabin." I conceded, trying to figure out why she would be disappointed. "Though, that was totally Julia's fault."

She snorted, "Cassie is in solitary confinement because of it, with the Apple of Discord lodged into her arm. My cabin is being rebuilt and summer is just around the corner. Any day more campers could come flooding in." She frowned at the floor.

I grabbed my numbered stones and put them in the bag, then held it out to Alice, "Draw one from the bag."

She looked wary, "Excuse me?"

"Draw a stone from the bag." I insisted, "Whatever one you draw out will be your lucky number."

She drew a stone from the bag and looked at the number, "How do you know it will be lucky?"

I smirked at her, "Because it's two. That number has always been lucky for me. It's natural for the world to have pairs. Opposites, matches, the balancing act of the world. Two is a good number."

"Your number." She said slowly.

I nodded, "Keep the stone. Give it back when you know it's brought you luck."

Julia appeared at the doorway and gave me a disgusted look, "Alice, Connor just got back. He cut off Cassie's arm and Will reattatched it. She's going to be okay. She should wake up soon."

Chiara pursed her lips, "Oh, I better get to the big house."

Alice nodded.

"Hey, I like Cassie. Let's see how she is." I shrugged and followed Alice out.

Alice glanced back at me, "It's two in the afternoon."

I grinned at her, "Told you, lucky number."

She gave me a soft smile, no mischief visible in her eyes, then she pulled ahead with Julia.

I stumbled a bit, my breath catching in my throat.

Lucky as I was, I didn't think I would ever be lucky enough to draw one of those smiles out of her again.

But I would certainly try.