Percy Jackson: Daughter of Shadows

6. When Worst Comes to Worst, Eat Pasta

When I got back to my cabin, Silena Beauregard was inspecting it. Unfortunately, that was something I still had to deal with. "Oh, Lilly!" She waved me over. "Your cabin is very lovely. Full marks!" Silena said, clapping her hands. "Oh. Thanks" "Sure thing. Will we be seeing you at dinner?" "Maybe. Tell Chiron if I don't show, I'll be in my cabin" "Sure" She ran off to the Poseidon cabin. I sighed and went inside my cabin. I climbed up the stairs and went to my room. Viktor had decided to give me my own room last year when I got claimed and he had revealed that he had known. I was thankful for it, but it was kind of lonely. I collapsed onto my bed, rolling over on the sheets. There was a loud knock on my door. "What?" "Your pasta's ready!" Phobos called. "Thanks!" I got up and pulled on a gray cardigan.

Deimos and Phobos were sitting at the kitchen counter when I got downstairs. Phobos noticed me and handed me a plate of creamy alfredo. "Here you go. And I used pepper jack for some spice" "Thanks, Phobos" "Sure thing" Deimos groaned and leaned back in his chair. "Why couldn't you let us go nuts on that satyr?" "Because I don't want to be the one to explain to Ares and Aphrodite why their sons are in the infirmary because they decided to demolish an entire building and wreak havoc on a bunch of nymphs, dryads, and satyrs!" Deimos grunted. "Whatever" Phobos tossed a breadstick at him. "Shut up. We got to cause some panic anyways" "Panic is your thing, mine terror! Two completely different things!" "Oh, don't be such a crybaby!" "You're the crybaby!" I grabbed them both by the ear and knocked their heads together. "OWCH! WHAT THE HADES WAS THAT FOR?!" "Both of you need to knock it off!" Deimos and Phobos rubbed their heads. "Sorry, Lilly" I sighed, shaking my head. "It's fine. Let's just eat" "Not going to wait for me, ey?" Viktor stood in the doorway. "Oh, stop. You were going to eat; we all know that" "And" He leaned to one side. "What if I just stood here?" "You wouldn't" Viktor smirked. "Watch me" "You already made your presence known, idiot" He snickered. "Yeah, yeah" Viktor grabbed a plate and went over to the stove to get some alfredo. He sat down next to me. "By the way, Tyson's back" My fork clattered on the table just before I took a bite. "Hey!" Phobos leapt up. "You better eat that!" "Sorry, Phobos! But Tyson's back?" "Yeah, his boss gave him a break. You should go see him, he and Percy are in the dining pavilion" I bolted out the door.

"Lilly? What are you doing here?" Percy asked when I burst into the dining pavilion. "I live here" "LILLY!" Tyson said, getting up to give me a bear hug. "Tyson! Be careful! She hurt her ribs last win-" I threw a napkin at him. "Shush. It's good to see you, Tyson. How are thing underwater?" Tyson put me down and frowned. "Things are bad. Bad guys messing with Daddy's palace. Percy and I make them go boom" I groaned. "Let me guess. Oceanus, Pontus, and some of the old monsters, right?" Percy flipped. "OCEANUS?" "Yeah. He's the father of a whole lot of sea nymphs and the Nereids. Oh, and Klymene, the Titan goddess of fame. So yeah, in easy terms, THAT'S A PROBLEM" Percy looked at the marble scar in the floor. Nico had caused it when Percy had told him about Bianca. I hated it. Viktor had asked Chiron if he could fix it. I had overheard the whole thing before I left. "Chiron, things are bad enough as is. Lilly just got claimed, and Nico is her half-brother. He's gone, and Bianca's dead. Not to mention the kid, who just got named after her. Zoe's still alive, and now she's taking care of Lily. Throw that into the pot along with Kronos, Luke, Oceanus, and gods know who else decided to join them, things are already the worst! Just let me get rid of that thing to give her one less reminder of everything" I sighed. "I'm going... to head back to my cabin. See you guys tomorrow at Capture-the-Flag" I ran back to my cabin.

Viktor was sitting on the porch, mine and his plates on the coffee table. "Hey" "Hey" I sat down on the swinging bench. "What's new with Tyson?" "Oceanus and Pontus are back. Well, Oceanus, at the very least. Poseidon's having a great time" I said, shoveling the alfredo into my mouth. Viktor took a giant forkful. "Well, that's better than say, Kymopoleia, Iapetus, Krois, or Tartarus, right?" I glared at him. "Don't jinx it!" "Sorry" I took a bite of breadstick. "This is worse than when Ganymede went missing for five weeks and Zeus started blasting everything with lightning" "I'm pretty sure that was already established" Viktor said, pouring a glass of pink lemonade. "Phobos made some, drink" I took the glass. Viktor poured his and held it to the sky. "To the gods. "To the gods. Now give me back my pasta."