Make It Blue! A Heroes of Olympus Story

Submitted into Contest #71 in response to: Write about a group of people determined to win an award for making the biggest cookie ever.... view prompt

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Fantasy Gay Fiction

*Burning Maze Spoilers*

It was five AM in the morning, but that didnโ€™t stop Leo.ย 

He ran through the camp until he reached Aphrodite cabin. He knocked furiously, accidentally tapping out I love you in morse code.

โ€œPipes! Wake up!โ€ He yelled into the door.

After about five minutes of nonstop knocking, Piper opened the door.ย 

โ€œLeo, itโ€™s five in the morning. What?โ€

Leo waved a piece of paper in her face. โ€œToday, we are going to bake the largest cookie ever.โ€

โ€œCanโ€™t it wait a few more hours?โ€ Piper yawned.

โ€œNo! We need to bake it today! That's the catch! It has to be completed by sunset!โ€

Piper groaned, but said, โ€œLet me get ready. But tomorrow, no matter what, I am sleeping in.โ€

Next Leo ran to the Poseidon cabin. It took Percy a little while to answer the door, and when he finally did, he saw Leo and said, โ€œWhat now?โ€

โ€œToday we are going to the biggest cookie ever! And you are going to help!โ€

โ€œWhy at-โ€ Percy glanced back into his cabin, and Leo spotted a blue clock on the wall. โ€œ5:02 AM?โ€

โ€œBecause we have to have it done by sunset! Now, come on! Lets go get everyone else!โ€


It took awhile, even with Leo, Piper, and Percy going around individually, but finally everyone was present. Nico and Will, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, even Hazel and Frank, who were visiting from Camp Jupiter.ย 

You could tell that the son of Hades was not a morning person. It had taken not only Leo, but also Will to get him up and going.

This was the first time The Seven had reunited at Camp Half Blood since Jason died. Everyone was upset about it, clearly, but they all put it aside to focus on the present.

Leo started dividing everyone up to get the supplies. Nico and Will shadow traveled to New York to get the dough, Percy and Annabeth went to the nearest convenience store to get eggs and butter, but also a lot of blue food dye, because it was at Percyโ€™s insistence that the entire cookie would be blue.

They decided to make the cookie over by the dining pavilion, and soon Will and Nico got back from the city.

โ€œSorry we took so long,โ€ Will said. โ€œLord of Death over here accidentally sent us to England.โ€ Will plopped sacks of cookie mix on the table, then said in a bad British accent, โ€œEnjoy your cookie dough, mates. Pip pip cheerio!โ€

Nico said, โ€œShut up. You were the one groveling. โ€˜Whoa, Nico, look! That guy is wearing an actual pork pie hat!โ€™โ€

โ€œI was not!โ€ Will protested. โ€œAlthough, we did see this weird guy, maybe sixteen or seventeen, walking around with a musket and thanking the Brits for staying neutral in the Civil War. Who knows what that was about.โ€

โ€œThat was pretty strange.โ€ Nico said.ย 


Soon, Percy and Annabeth got back. Percy had somehow found an entire barrel of blue food dye.

โ€œHow-โ€ Frank started. โ€œNevermind, I donโ€™t want to know.โ€

Hazel and Piper ran out of the kitchens with all sorts of kitchen gadgets. Beaters, bowls, everything you could think of to make a giant cookie.

Percy rolled his barrel of blue towards the pavilion. Annabeth walked behind him, carrying eggs, milk, almond milk for Frank, and butter.

โ€œAlright, everyone, let's get cracka-lackin!โ€ Leo said and rolled up his sleeves.

Annabeth and Percy were in charge of mixing together the ingredients. Every time food dye would splash on to Percy's face, Annabeth would mutter, โ€œSeaweed Brain,โ€ and rub it off. Percy would mutter back, โ€œThanks, Mom.โ€

While they were making the cookie, everyone shared quest stories. Percy told about his adventures with Annabeth, and Frank and Hazel talked about facing hordes of undead at Camp Jupiter with Lester/Apollo. Leo shared stories about the Waystation, and of course, his travels with Lester.

Piper was just about to talk about her times with Lester, when the door to the Hermes cabin swung open. Calypso walked over to the pavilion to greet everyone.

Percy turned red and looked down at the cookie dough he was kneading, and Annabeth smirked. It was funny when her boyfriend did that, especially around Rachel or Calypso.

Cal pitched in, helping Leo prepare the baking sheet. It was huge, twenty feet by twenty feet.ย 

Percy kept looking down, his face as red as a lobster, which was so different from his hands, which were stained cobalt from the dough.

After about twenty minutes, he wasnโ€™t blushing anymore, and he announced that the cookie dough was kneaded enough.ย 

It took everyone together to dump the huge bowl onto the baking sheet. It landed with a huge plop!

After their huge cookie was in the oven, they just sat and talked. Percy was frankly still a little surprised that Nico had had a crush on him. Annabeth, of course was proud of Nico for being brave. Nico was like a little brother to her.

Nico was clearly happy with the son of Apollo, even if they were polar opposites. Everyone could tell, they were perfect for each other.


Piper, Leo, and Annabeth said they were going to go check on the cookie. They left, and Percy sat, awkwardly chatting with Cal. He wondered why Annabeth had done this to him, and left him to die of awkwardness.

Seaweed Brain, you're already awkward. He imagined her saying.ย 

Then, he felt an unknown sensation, and his eyesight turned blue. He looked down, and he was covered in blue! Annabeth, Leo, and Piper had snuck around and dumped the blue food dye on him.

โ€œHey!โ€ Percy said.ย 

Everyone started laughing so hard, including Percy. The son of Poseidon loved blue, and now he was blue.

Percy focused, and the blue food dye rose off the bench and made a beeline, splattering on Annabethโ€™s shirt.

She looked down at her shirt, then up at him.ย 

โ€œOh, Seaweed Brain, itโ€™s so on.โ€

After that, the friendly conversation quickly deteriorated into a blue food dye fight. Soon, all the columns around the dining pavilion were splattered. Nicoโ€™s black and white aesthetic was ruined, but everyone was happy nonetheless.ย 

Percy looked around. โ€œOopsโ€ฆโ€

The timer went off, and Piper, Leo, and Cal ran to pull the cookie out of the oven.

Annabeth looked at Percy, who was thoroughly drenched in blue.ย 

โ€œHereโ€ฆโ€ Annabeth ran off towards the Athena cabin.

Campers were starting to file towards the pavilion for lunch.ย 

Drew Tanaka shrieked, โ€œWhat have you Dumpster people done?!โ€

โ€œJust having fun,โ€ Percy said, wiping dye off his arms. โ€œNot that youโ€™ve ever heard of it.โ€

โ€œI have!โ€ Drew said, turned angry red. Percy could almost see the steam coming out of her ears.

Percy made a little bit of the blue liquid splatter on Drewโ€™s Gucci t-shirt.ย 

โ€œUhg!โ€ She shrieked. โ€œI hate you!โ€

She stormed off towards her cabin.

โ€œWhat was that about?โ€ Piper asked, seeing Drew stomp away. Her, Leo, and Cal had returned.ย 

Annabeth returned, passing Drew. She was carrying a disposable camera. โ€œJeez, Percy, whatever you did made her really angry. She didnโ€™t even insult my hairstyle.โ€

Percy laughed. โ€œI made her have a little fun.โ€

Annabeth rolled her eyes, but kept smiling anyway. โ€œEveryone smile!โ€

She held up the camera in a selfie position, and everyone smiled, showing off their bright blue.

Snap!

โ€œI think the cookie is cooled by now.โ€ Piper said. โ€œPercy, Annabeth?โ€

They followed her inside, and each grabbed a side of the tray.ย 

Leo whistled once he saw the cookie. โ€œWe did it. The biggest cookie ever.โ€

โ€œWe did.โ€ Hazel said. โ€œWe did it together.โ€

Annabeth took a picture of the giant cookie.

They all broke a piece off of the cookie. Percy held his piece in the air. โ€œTo Jason.โ€

โ€œTo Jason.โ€ Everyone said, and they enjoyed the fruits of their labors.


December 04, 2020 17:09

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42 comments

Nainika Gupta
23:53 Dec 09, 2020

WOW!!!! I'm biased bc P E R C Y J A C K S O N !!!!!!!! *calming down now* Ok ok ok ok ok, this story was wonderfully written :) I love your style of writing!!! .... was this the easter egg?? "โ€œI was not!โ€ Will protested. โ€œAlthough, we did see this weird guy, maybe sixteen or seventeen, walking around with a musket and thanking the Brits for staying neutral in the Civil War. Who knows what that was about.โ€" I FORGOT HIS NAME but I think i know him ....maybe???? I'm probably completely off anyway...GREAT JOB!!!! Can't wait to...

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Nainika Gupta
00:00 Dec 10, 2020

AHHHHHH YESSSS Haha I just KNEW it, but .....didn't know it lolll and no problem, you are amazing!!!!

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Nainika Gupta
00:11 Dec 10, 2020

I am being COMPLETLY honest when I say, er type, that your story legit made my day - you deserve HEAPS OF PRAISE!!!!

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Okokokok I really wanted to write a PJO fanfic so I wrote this all this morning because hyperfocus so its garbage but annnyyyyywwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyy.... alsssooooo.....did you guys find the easter egg?

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16:16 Jan 04, 2021

aaaaaaah! You captured the personalities of each character so perfectly, Rick Riordan might have written this!!!!! Also, now I'm craving a giant cookie. I HAD TO READ THIS BECAUSE- DUH! ITS PERCY JACKSONNNNNNNNN!!!!

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16:23 Jan 04, 2021

No problem!!!!

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Mira Caplan
03:19 Dec 05, 2020

Yesssss!!!!! I LOVE Percy Jackson, and every single series by Rick Riordan!!! (Solangelo is my OTP, and Seaweed Brain/Percybeth is a close second, so I LOVED seeing them in there.)

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Mira Caplan
15:21 Dec 05, 2020

I don't think so..

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18:51 Mar 02, 2021

At last, I have found a PJO/hoO fanfiction. Yesssssssssssssssssssssss *reads* โ€œ'I was not!' Will protested. 'Although, we did see this weird guy, maybe sixteen or seventeen, walking around with a musket and thanking the Brits for staying neutral in the Civil War. Who knows what that was about.'" I seaaaaaaaa what you did thereeeeeeeeee. Hey, TJ! Go back to Valhalla!!!! You captured all of the characters beautifully. Their personalities were spot on! I love your style as well. I loved this story!! Great job!!! :)))

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19:07 Mar 02, 2021

yw! :) Lol you did XD

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Jasey Lovegood
00:18 Mar 10, 2021

I'm going to cry. HEROES OF OLYMPUS GAHHHHHHHHHHHH My emotional breakdown aside, I really did love reading this story, the character's personalities were all in check (the blue cookie!), and I saw what you did there with the MC reference... Wonderful work, I'm going to go cry about Jason now :D

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Jasey Lovegood
01:34 Mar 10, 2021

RIP JASON. You did a great job! Question, would you like to be apart of my Reedsy Cast?

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Oh wow, very fun story. Except... I FORGOT JASON DIED!!!! I kind of hated the whole "Oh Apollo's a person now" story, but I love Percy Jackson, so of course, I had to read it. I like how you kept the characters pretty similar; some people try to change their favorite characters to make them more likable (Draco is a tsundere, not sweet), but I love how they barely changed here. BUT HOW DID I FORGET THAT JASON DIED?????

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Thank you! I chanelled my inner Uncle Rick. Gosh, Idk! We all forget things sometimes...

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In eighth grade, I could remember the entire part where Nico was asking Percy a ton of questions about surfing, and he wanted to throw him to the wolves. Word. For. Word. Eighth grade was the year of mistakes.

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haha, i've read all of them, and its like other things, i can remember word for word and other things completely forget. i.e. the greatest showman. I could re-enact that ENTIRE movie.

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As a drama kid, I can relate too much to that.

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Ari Berri
19:36 Jan 04, 2021

This is awesome! I like how you put TJ in it. Nice use of the prompt.

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AntMan ๐Ÿœ
02:35 Mar 05, 2021

OMB PJO FANFIC! So GOOD! I love the Magnus Chase reference ๐Ÿ˜‚ OMB TJ! "Charge the hill!" "Why?" "Because it's a hill!" this was an amazing story, and I love the drama! I'm all for it! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I was grinning so hard, my family thinks I'm insane, and my mouth hurts, but I'm still smiling! I would try writing fanfic, but I don't think my first-person writing style would be good for that ๐Ÿ˜…

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Thank you! I'm really glad I had you grinning like crazy! "Because its a hill!" ๐Ÿ˜‚ I think you should try it! I bet you would be good at it.

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AntMan ๐Ÿœ
12:48 Mar 05, 2021

Thanks! I'll try it when the prompts don't match my series! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜† I'm working on 5 chapters this week, but I'm probably only going to be able to do 3. I'm hoping next week's prompts will be just as good as this week's! ๐Ÿ˜

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AntMan ๐Ÿœ
13:57 Mar 05, 2021

Yeah, the prompts this week were really good for my Felicia series! ๐Ÿ˜… I am so happy, but sad at the same time, because I don't have time to write 5 stories ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

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Delia Tomkus
12:59 Dec 10, 2021

You are really good at capturing the characters!

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