𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 ➵ 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧

: ̗̀➛ 𝗢𝗡𝗘 cupcakes, creepy teachers, and a dance of disaster

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Right after Devi had gotten out of school her mother had picked her up in her beaten-up, grey Toyota Corolla to drive her to Bar Harbor, Maine for her first-ever mission. Somehow they arrived at their destination in two days and stayed the night at this smelly, old motel.

Devi's stomach twisted into knots. Even though she had been at camp for years, the idea of a real mission made her pulse race. She usually didn't get called for quests or missions and never minded it. She enjoyed training at camp with her friends and siblings, and not worrying about getting killed.

However, Chiron had voluntold Devi for this mission since there weren't many kids that were at camp at the time.

Devi herself wasn't at camp either but her mother had accidentally let it spill to Chiron that Devi was a bit sad not getting to go on adventures with others. Plus, her mom told her that she needed an excuse to get off work because of her annoying hospital boss.

It was a bit embarrassing that Devi couldn't ride with the others in Sally Jackson's car, but she couldn't say no to her mom and because she lived half-away across the country from camp.

The only times Devi really saw her mom was for dinner since she worked at a very busy hospital that seemed to have emergencies every other night. She missed the times when she was younger and her mom would take her to the zoo where she would stare at the snakes hoping for them to talk to her and wreak havoc on everyone like in Harry Potter.

The entire ride Dr. Kalpana Eswaran had been her lecturing her daughter about being safe, and double-checking if she had all the items she needed. Devi's ADHD acted up when she was nervous, so instead of listening to her mom, she tapped the rhythm to Cotton Eye Joe while imagining what she was going to do when she got to Westover Hall.

When the large school came into view she grabbed her backpack, and zipped and unzipped the front pocket over and over again, her nerves acting up.

The school was all black stone, with towers and slit windows and a big set of wooden double doors. It stood on a snowy cliff overlooking a big frosty forest on one side and the gray churning ocean on the other.

She saw Annabeth, Thalia, and Percy standing outside waiting for the her.

"Make sure to be careful!" Devi's mom called out to her as she hopped out.

She kissed her mom on the cheek and waved goodbye. "I will! Bye, Amma! Drive safely!"

Her mother looked back and nodded, pulling back onto the road.

Devi headed over to join the other demigods.

"If that was any of your fucking business, Percy—" Thalia had started, but stopped when she saw the Daughter of Apollo walk over.

"Devi!" Annabeth ran over and gave the girl a warm hug. Thalia gave her a side hug and Percy rolled his eyes at her. The Son of Poseidon and she have never gotten along since Percy's first capture of the flag. He likes to blame her for getting beat up by Clarisse and her lackeys by the lake. Technically it was her fault for stationing him on defense, but she had apologized and he never accepted it. After that it was the silliest things they would argue over, and if they agreed with each other on something, one of them would switch their opinion to spite the other.

"What are you looking at, Jackson?" Devi raised an eyebrow.

"Your ugly fac-"

"We'd better get inside," Annabeth interrupted before things could escalate. "Grover will be waiting."