Chapter 48: Apollo says Nyx is a psychopath

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Finished Son of Neptune today, for the 100 time. Also kind of in a hurry, I'm not sure if I'm able to upload more chapters this week due to exam on 20 February :(

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' Percy '

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"Whoa!" Nico cried out, "So that is Apollo! And that's his chariot! The sun!"

"Urgh, yeah, ugly isn't it?" Nyx mumbled.

"You're only saying that because it's not painted black." I argued.

We all looked at awe, well everyone except the hunters, at Apollo's car. The car was a red convertible Maserati Spyder and it was glowing, because it was the sun.

Apollo got out of the car and grinned, he looked like a teenager that was just about to jump on his surfboard. He wore a casual white t-shirt and short pants, he had blond sandy hair and a huge smile that would've put Hemera to shame.

"Artemis! My little sister!" he said and suddenly wings sprouted from his sneakers.

The wings lifted him a few feet above the air and he flew lazily towards Artemis, still grinning like a mad man.

Artemis rolled with her eyes, "I am older than you and stop flying Apollo before one of my hunters mistakes you for a bird."

Zoë played with an arrow in her hand and smiled at Apollo.

Apollo gulped and he dropped down, "Jeez, sis, you're just jealous you can't fly."

Artemis threw her hands up and glared at me and I could guess she blamed me for Apollo's flying ability.

"Sorry." I mumbled, "Next pair of flying shoe's I find will be yours."

"I can fly too." Nyx told Nico.

"You can't." Nico said with awe but Nyx just smiled.

"How can you fly?" Thalia asked Nyx.

"That's a secret." Nyx answered.

Apollo looked away from his sister and glanced at us, he looked at Thalia and exclaimed, "Thalia, sister! Good to have you back! I hate it when girls get turned into plants."

"Like Daphne?" Grover guessed.

Apollo scowled at him but then turned towards Nico and Nyx, "Wow! Two death breaths in one day."

Nyx beamed, "I know right! Totally awesome!"

Apollo looked at Artemis and said, "I like this one already!"

Artemis rolled her eyes, again.

"What am I death breath?" Nico asked.

"You better get used to it." I told Nico.

He then looked at me, his expression changed from really dark to really happy within a flash, "Percy!" he cried out.

I sighted, "hey Apollo."

He threw up his hands, "The Champion of hope."

"Seriously?" I asked, "I know you and Hermes made up that stupid name."

"It's cool." He said.

Apollo raised his hands and took a dramatic pose, "I feel a Haiku coming up!"

"What's a haiku?" Bianca asked, to late.

Apollo said,

"The snow melts away,

Everyone needs my help,

I am so awesome!"

He looked at us like he expected a applaus.

"What was that?" Nico asked.

"Shouldn't the second line have seven syllables?" I asked.

Apollo frowned, "it does right?"

"No my idiot brother, it has six syllables."

Apollo made a not appear from out of nowhere, looked thoughtfully, and wrote the line down, then his expression changed to shock.

"You are right!" he muttered traumatized

Now everyone rolled their eyes.

Artemis snapped her fingers, "Apollo! The campers and my hunters need a ride."

Apollo looked at Artemis with hope, "You need my help?"

Artemis turned towards her Zoë, "tell the hunters to pack our stuff."

Then towards, "Apollo I'm going on a solo hunt."

"Why?"

"The car Apollo!" one of the hunters sighted.

Apollo scowled, turned around and took out the keys out of his pockets.

He pressed on a button and the car transformed into a school bus, "I hate giving up this form." Apollo muttered as the hunters took their stuff inside.

"So why are you going on a solo hunt?" Apollo asked again.

"Some of use have duties, I need to hunt a creature so old." Artemis said determined.

"Don't you get in trouble with Greenpeace?" Nico asked but Artemis shook her head, "No, this monster is a threat to Olympus, I don't know what it is, but I will find it and hunt it down."

Nico blinked, "And then?"

Artemis scowled, "and then what?"

"Are you going to eat it?" Nico asked interested.

"I better should get going!" Artemis suddenly said and turned towards Zoë, "Zoë I need you to stay at camp until I'm back."

"But Arrtemis…" Zoë protested.

"We've been over this Zoë, act like I would act." Artemis said.

And she made a 180 degrees turn and faced the woods, "I let the trail go cold." she muttered.

"So do trails have a heat signature for you?" Nico asked.

"Bye." She said and she sprinted of towards the woods.

Apollo wildly grinned, "Now who wants to drive?"

"ME!" Nyx yelled, along with Grover and Nico.

I kind of wanted to drive to but being a son of Poseidon Zeus might blast the sun out of the sky, like that other kid.

Apollo pointed his finger at Grover, "to fury," then at Nico, "To young," and finally pointed at Nyx, "To psychopath."

I smirked at Nyx, "Well, no you hear someone else say it." I teased.

"What's wrong with Psychopaths?" she asked, "they are always the nicest people."

Apollo turned towards Thalia and me, I shook my head which left Thalia.

"Thalia!" he called out like he just discovered the earth was round, "You get the great honour of driving the sun chariot!"

"No thanks." Thalia said, suddenly becoming more paler.

Nyx put her hand on Thalia's shoulder, "oh you are going to drive."

"Indeed." Apollo agreed and he pushed us inside the schoolbus.

Thalia understood protesting would not help so she took, nervously, the steering wheel in her hand.

"Nyx, you have to wrap shadows around our feet." I demanded.

"Why?" she asked as she sat down and began playing with Nico's hair.

"Trust me, you are bad at driving so is Thalia."

Nyx scowled but snapped her fingers and shadows wrapped arounds our feet, Nico's and Grover's hoof.

"Blaa… what is this?" he asked.

"I am saving your life." I told him dead serious.

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