Annabeth looked around the women's room.She saw some girls getting their makeup done in Poofy dresses and some in less poofy dresses. The room itself was normal sized, connected to four rooms in the back ,which were serving the purpose of a dress storage, changing room , accsesories and jewellery storage and a  waiting  room respectively.

She noticed queen Aphrodite in a corner talking on the phone animatedly ,a girl with choppy brown hair standing in front of her.

She was wearing a blue gradient dress, which accented her blue eyes. She seemed to be whispering something to Aphrodite, who must be her mother since the girl was wearing a pink tiara, representing the Kingdom of Aphrodite.

''The dress was meant to be pink " ,Annabeth heard Aphrodite half yell to the person on the floor

''All my daughters were supposed to be dressed like princesses in pink ! The dress you gave Piper is blue!!''

"It's all right, Mom. I actually do prefer this one over the pink dress", the girl, Piper, said.

The rest of the conversation was hushed but Annabeth noticed Aphrodite give up and give in to the demands of her daughter.

Aphrodite signalled to Sally who brought in a shimmering pink shrug but Piper dismissed it immediately. She turned away from it as if the sight of it terrified her.

Annabeth realised that her eyes were green, not blue.

"Annie!" , she heard a voice whisper behind her and turned around to see none other than Thalia Grace in the poofiest dress she'd ever seen her in.

Annabeth burst out laughing. There were tears rolling down her cheeks as she laughed. This caused a lot of people to glance at her, including the Piper girl whose eyes seemed to have mysteriously changed to brown.

Kaleidoscope eyes, Annabeth concluded, turning her attention back to Thalia, who was glaring at her.

''Nice way to greet your sister, Annie'' Thalia said, smirking and glaring all at once.

Annabeth missed Thalia.Even though she looked different now in a big gown with lipstick and eyeshadow, she still looked like her Thalia to her. Her hair was short and black, and her electric blue eyes shone, like a hunter searching for her prey.

''I would've hugged you Thals, but I didn't want to get lost in your dress'' Annabeth smirked, enveloping Thalia and her gown in a massive hug anyway.

"Can't wait till Luke see's your gown'' Annabeth whispered

"What?!" Thalia exclaimed, pulling back, glaring at Annabeth." I'll have you know I didn't agree to this. I was forced by the queen make up to put this hideous thing on and what did you say about Luke ?!" She exclaimed.

"Oh nothing ! Just that he would laugh as much as I did" Annabeth lied, smirking .

"Why you little liar-"

Annabeth quickly cut Thalia off, diverting the topic. " Your brother is back isn't he?" she asked, making her best 'I am innocent ' face

" Oh yes. Jason is part of this Choosing shit too. "Thalia replied ,still glaring.

" How is he? Is he anything like you remember him ?"

" I haven't gotten to talk to him much, actually, with all this going on. I think someone's calling you, Annie", Thalia said, looking over Annabeth's shoulder.

Annabeth turned around to see Aphrodite wave her over. She quickly bid farewell to Thalia, promising to find her later. "You go find Luke", she whispered.

" Someday, I'm going to kill you. You know that right?", Thalia laughed.

"Yes yes whatever".

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"Well now darling, go try on your dress. Then tell me if you want to change it, have it fancier." Aphrodite said. She opened a door and ushered Annabeth into a small room with a mirror and few lights.

'This dress is beautiful,' Annabeth thought as she put it on. It was perfect for the event! Not as grand and big as Thalia's but not too simple either. It was similar to the one Annabeth saw on a redhead in the women's room, she was from the kingdom of Apollo, dawning an orange tiara.

"It's wonderful " Annabeth thanked Sally and Aphrodite, who smiled at her warmly.

She was escorted to have her make up done and was sat next to a black- haired girl.

She was wearing a huge pink ball gown and the Aphrodite kingdom crown. Drew Tanka, princess of Aphrodite's kingdom.

Annabeth looked at her, she looked like Aphrodite to some extent.The same plump lips,brown eyes and overwhelming amount of makeup, but where Aphrodite had an exited and flowery aura around her, this girl had a bad one.

Annabeth turned back to her station, telling the makeup artist to go natural and that she wanted to look like herself today.

Just then, she heard a high pitched scream next to her.
It seemed that Drew was screaming at her make up artist, after knocking the eyeshadow pallet out of her hands.

Queen Aphrodite came running to the scene and tried to comfort her daughter, which, of course, didn't work.

Drew kept on yelling at the make up artist who backed up into the corner with fear.

Annabeth didn't bother listening to what Drew was saying. All she could make out were the words peasant, useless and some other things that Annabeth couldn't say,Athena would probably wash her mouth with soap.
Aphrodite somehow managed to calm Drew down. She dismissed the make up artist and proceeded to give Drew her makeup.

At this point, Annabeth's make up and hair was done, so she went to pick up her jewellry from Sally and felt the familiar clasp of her owl necklace close around her neck.

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Annabeth sat in the waiting room, making small talk with Piper next to her.

Thalia was no where to be found and Piper seemed nice ,she had a calming personality and soothing voice ,which means she could probably get away with anything.

"That's my sister Silena, Drew's biological and my step-sister" Piper informed, pointing at a girl with black hair in a pink dress, she reminded her a lot of Aphrodite ,with the fact that she could command the attention of everyone in a room effortlessly and look flawless while doing so. She was the heir, and rightly so.

"Wow,and I thought my gown was pretty." Annabeth laughed "You daughters of Aphrodite really know how to dress up!"

Piper shifted her gaze to her gown, smiling slightly "That's only Drew, Lacy and Silena. I never personally felt like I was meant to be in the kingdom of Makeup" Piper said.

"Lacy?"

"Yeah, our youngest sister over there" Piper said, pointing to a blonde girl with brown eyes in a puffy pink dress, who was talking excitedly to another girl,who looked pretty young,with red hair and pale skin in an orange dress, Apollos daughter.

Piper and Annabeth talked for a while , Piper telling her about why she cut her hair and how she always felt out of place , and Annabeth added her own experiences and thoughts.

"ALL ROYALS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARRIOTS OR FLOATS.
ALL ROYALS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARRIOTS OR FLOATS."
Boomed King Apollos voice through the loudspeaker.
Annabeth heard a large grunt,turning to see Clarisse La Rue, from  the kingdom of Ares.
Her brown hair was tied back in a bun and her eyebrows furrowed in annoyance,her brown eyes giving away that she'd rather be wrestling than be here,which Annabeth knew she did. Since Clarisse had recently won a restling competition.

"Show time " whispered Piper as all the princesses began exiting the room.

We're going to update chapters on Saturday every week. So stay tuned!!!
--S&D