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dylanmunson · 2 years

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Hellcheer / Munson

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Summary: Fem Henderson, dustins older sister, on the cheer team, ex nerd and dnd player. stuff happens, eddie happens, its a mess but i regret nothing. youre welcome.

You were proud to be a cheerleader at Hawkins High, you werent so proud of the group of 'friends' that came with it, but you were proud none the less. It was mid way through middle school when you had gotten your braces off and grew a pair of boobs, that was went the basket ball team started noticing you, so you ditched the dnd dice and math club and joined the cheer squad. Sure you werent the best at the start but you put your everything into it. You'd practise all your high kicks and flips till you were bruised and sore. It all paying off since you were now one of the best on the team, and one of the flyers.

There was nothing better than having a little boogie in your bedroom with your pompoms, walkman on your hip and your dirty blonde hair in a messy bun on your head. That was until your oh so delightful brother came into your room. 'y/n' he chuckles, you snap out of your boogie pulling the earphones from your head 'what dustin?!' you groan, 'can you drive us to school tomorrow?' you huff throwing your pompoms at him 'ill take that as a yes, thank you big sister i love you' he grins before running out your room.

Its now 10minutes till you have to leave to get to school, and dustin is rushing around like a crazy person 'come on dusty' you sigh leaning against the door, keys in hand. 'i cant find it' he groans 'find what?' you shout back 'dusty!' you mother says coming into the hallway 'dusty its here! i washed it yesterday so its all nice and fresh for your game today!' she says holding out the hellfire tee your younger brother loved so dearly. 'thank you mother' he grins kissing her cheek before taking it from her and changing into it and pulling a shirt over it. 'ready now loser?' you grin, he rolls his eyes as you both walk out and get into the car.

You drive along, tapping at the wheel as the music softly plays in the background, Mike and Lucas in the back and Dustin in the passenger seat. 'what time does your game finish?' 'around 8?' he hums looking back at his friends, they all nod 'but its coming to the end of his campaign it could go on' mike grins. You just nod 'well ive got cheer practise so ill meet you outside ok?' you nod at your brother, 'your the best thank you bye' he grins as the car stops, him and his friends rushing out of the car and over to the van that is parked a few cars over.

The day dragged, but it was finally lunch time. You walked into the canteen, spotting dustin and his little hellfire gang a few tables over. You sit and pull out the brown paper bag with your lunch, noticing theres another one, realising dustin mustve forgotten to take his morning after all that commotion about his top. You put everything back in your bag and walk over to him. 'hey, sorry but you forgot to grab your lunch this morning' you smile at your brother handing him the bag. 'life safer! mike was just about to lend me some money' he chuckles, you smile placing a hand on his head. 'Eddie,Eddie Munson, i dont believe we've met' the older curly haired boy says holding out his hand. You smirk taking it 'y/n, y/n henderson' you smile. 'henderson?!' you grin 'indeed, this ones older sister, now if you dont mind' you grin 'see you later dusty' you shout before walking away.

Eddie just looks at Dustin 'what?' he mumbles eating his sandwich 'thats not.. no i refuse' 'what?!' he says a little louder. 'how are you both related?' 'well ya see' dustin starts 'dont even, shut up' Eddie groans flicking a chip at the younger boy.

'What were you doing by the freak table?' 'was giving my brother his lunch jason' you sigh 'be careful henderson, munsons a cult leader, a freak' he spits, you roll your eyes even more at the stupid lies jason starts to spread about eddie. Knowing hes just a massive nerd and wouldnt do anything to hurt anyone, after all your brother has been in this club for more than a couple of months now. And the fact you used to play, but nobody needs to know that.

Two weeks later, you and eddie had crossed paths a few more times since that day at lunch where you gave dustin his lunch. You'd stop and wave when you saw him in the hallway, before youd be dragged away by the cheer team. He'd also dropped dustin home a few times, one night even bringing you a slushie, as he had gotten him and the rest of hellfire one after their game that evening.

'Hey henderson' he grins leaning against the door frame as you open the door letting dustin in 'hey whats up' you smile at the older boy, 'i uh, here' he chuckles handing you the slush, 'huh?' 'we all got slush after the game and dustin mentioned you liked the cherry flavour so' he shrugs handing you the cold drink 'you shouldnt have' you grin, tucking a piece of hair behind your ear looking down. He shrugs 'dude stop flirting with my sister, its gross' dustin says looking at his dungeons master, Eddie doesnt say anything he just raises his fist at the younger boy as he runs up the stairs, you giggle 'i'll see you around munson, thanks for the drink' you grin taking a sip of it 'uh yeaah, no problem, see you henderson' he smiles before turning away walking to his van, you watch him jump in and drive off down the road before closing the door.

'gross' dustin says making you jump, 'dustin!' 'its gross, please stop' he says folding his arms 'please dont' 'i was-' 'dont. just no. hes my friend y/n, i dont wanna think about my sister and him making out and shit' he groans gagging. 'dustin' you groan 'he just got me a slush' 'yeah your favourite one, yano we only got slushies so he'd have an excuse to talk to you tonight' he groans, you grin 'really?' he nods 'y/n stop' he says pointing a finger at you, you grin as he walks away. Sure he was a very pretty man, his eyes like swirls of chocolate that you could definitely get lost in. His smile also made your heart feel fuz- shit you thought 'fuck' you mumble walking to your room realising you have a small crush on your brothers dungeons master.

It was now Wednesday and you walked into the library, it not so busy as everyone had class, you having a free period so decided to get some homework done, you spot eddie in the corner. You walk over and tap his shoulder 'hey is this seat taken?" 'really dude theres a t--' he stops and realises its you 'oh uh sure henderson' he smiles, you giggle taking the seat opposite him 'whatcha studying' you grin looking over his work, 'just some english shit' he shrugs, you nod pulling out your own english book 'whats it about?' he sighs leaning back in his chair. 'short story' he shrugs biting the end of his pencil, you nod before going to read your book.

'hey i uh' he says 'i know your super smart and get stupidly good grades in english could you maybe check over this?' he mumbles playing with his hands. You put the book down and look at the curly haired boy in front of you 'of course i can' you chuckle 'and im not super smart' you chuckle, he grins shaking his head pushing his paper to you. You bite your lip and begin to read. 'can i?' you say, he nods, you write above some of the words, either putting the correct spelling or adding to the sentence. 'i uh' you smile 'sorry' 'no no its fine thank you' he smiles as you hand it back 'its really good, just' 'spelling mistakes' he chuckles 'but its good' 'thanks henderson' 'eddie i mean it' you sigh. 'its a good piece of work' 'well hopefully its passable' he sighs 'come over later?" you rush 'what?' 'i mean, come over and i could help you with your english?" you shrug. 'if you want to, that is' you say biting your bottom lip, he raises a brow at you 'forget i said anything' you sigh beginning to pack your things, feeling your cheeks heat up and the little anxiety bubble getting slightly bigger.

He places his hand on top of yours 'youd really help?" you nod looking at the older boy 'of course' you smile softly, he nods 'mums out at book club tonight so its just me and dustin we could order pizza and work on your story' you smile at the boy, he nods 'that'd be great' he grins, you nod standing up 'i'll see you later?' he nods 'see you later sweetheart' he grins

It was now the last class of the day, and you were in the gym practising for the championship game that was this Friday. The basket ball team were at one end of the court while you and the rest of the cheer squad were the other practising a new routine for the game. 'y/n your flying' coach says, you nod finishing your warm up before getting into position.

the base, Jennifer, Gemma and Lisa push you into the air, them all holding your foot as you stand in the air pulling your body into a bow and arrow pose. You feel one of the girls grips loosen on your foot, you look down and notice that Gemma has stepped back, you wobble a little. 'Hey henderson catch' you hear and the next thing you know your tumbling to the ground.

You clutch your head 'ow' you groan laying down, feeling a warm liquid run down your face, you move your hand in pain and realise your head is bleeding, 'hey dont move' coach says making everyone move away from you, you begin sobbing, 'dustin' you mumble. Putting you into the safety position while they wait for an ambulance to get there.

Lucas had seen what had happened, you were being thrown in the air, doing the little pose you do, the girl behind had moved away and jason being the dick that he is threw a ball your way, all because he had seen you with eddie a few times, bit extreme but this was Jason.

He runs out of the gym and down to the old drama block pushing the door open knowing the club will be in there 'dustin!' he shouts gasping for air 'lucas i thought you had practise?' 'its- its yo- your sister' he says catching his breathe 'what about her?' he stands up going to the door 'jason' he says standing up, its then that they hear the sirens, Dustin looking to his friends before running to the gym to see what Jason had done to his sister.

'where is she?" dustin shouts at he bursts into the gym, Jason getting a scalding from Mr Coleman, while the coach talks to the girls who were doing the stunt. Dustin rushes to your side as he sees the paramedics move to your side.

'dustin?' you mumble turning to your brother 'hey what happened?' he says looking at you, the blood from your head now stopping, but your cheer top covered init. 'everything hurts dusty' you begin to sob, Dustin looks around and sees the rest of hellfire by the doors of the gym. Tears now flooding his eyes 'dusty' you grin, the blood lose now starting to making you feel dizzy 'dusty i love you man' you grin gripping his hand, the paramedics, begin moving you onto a stretcher and taking you out of the school building and into the ambulance. Dustin stands there watching you get taken away. Eddie rushing to his side, 'come on' he mumbles pulling him away 'we're leaving' he says as they get out of the gym dragging the younger boy to his van and following the sirens.

They didnt let the boys in to see you until gone 8pm, but eddie stayed with dustin, as he paced back and forth, your mother was also sat opposite the two boys, she had been on the phone with the school giving them an earful. 'Henderson?' the doctor says, Dustin looks at the doctor, 'my sister, i-is she ok?' he says, the doctor smiles nodding, 'we are going to keep her overnight but she should be alright to go home tomorrow, and no more cheer' he softly says.

Your mother rushing to your side before letting dustin go in, Dustin rushing to your bedside 'dickheads the lot of them' he says giving you a hug, you look at the door and see eddie leaning against it 'i dont bite yano' you grin softly, everything still feeling extremely sore, eddie smirks 'i cant believe they did that' dustin says looking at you, you shrug 'i can' you sigh 'its so stupid' you chuckle dryly, tears coming to your eyes 'take it easy sweetheart' eddie says going to your other side and sitting down. 'i quit cheer' you mumble, dustin chuckles 'good, arseholes the lot of them' he says you grin at your younger brother 'got any openings for hellfire?' you grin, Dustin sighs looking away 'really?' he chuckles, Eddie frowns confused.

'she knows how to play?' 'who do you think taught dusty, wheeler and Sinclair' you grin at the older boy, 'no extra school activities y/n you go to school and come home do you hear me' your mother says walking into the room, 'but mom' you sigh 'just until your better lovey' she sighs 'dustin come on its getting late' she sighs, 'i uh, ms henderson, i could drop him home?' eddie says standing up 'we're all abit shaken u--' 'dustin, come on' she says 'you can come back tomorrow' she says Dustin sighs standing up 'love you dusty' you grin at your brother pulling him into a hug before whispering something in his ear, him giggling as he walks out waving at you and eddie. 'Get some rest lovey ok, well be back in the morning' your mother says before blowing a kiss and leaving you.

'I can leave if you want me to?' eddie says looking at the door as your mother and dustin leave. 'stay?" you mumble, 'i uh i dont wanna be alone' you shrug he nods moving his seat closer to you 'shes always been that little bit more protective over dustin' you chuckle looking at the older boy, he hums 'i can see that' he chuckles, 'sorry for not helping you with your homework' you chuckle, Eddie shakes his head 'please shut up' he chuckles 'got more important things to worry about' he smiles.

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Its now been a week since the accident, if you can call it that. You were in your room, just having woken up from a nap you cuddle the teddy eddie had gotten you closer. He had gotten you a small gift when you were in the hospital. He hadnt given it to you in person, it was more left on the bedside with a note when you woke up in the morning, but it was the thought that counts right.

The note was simple, but you held it close to your heart with the teddy, that boy made your heart feel warm.

You groan and get out of bed, teddy in hand as you follow the loud shouting, 'can you shut up' you groan, rubbing the sleep from your eyes standing in the door way. 'hey sweetheart' you step back realising your only in a baggy band tee and fluffy socks in front of the hellfire club. 'for fucks sake dustin!' you groan turning around and walking back to your bedroom.

You decide to shower and change, the cut on your head now feeling a lot less sore, meaning you could wash your hair without crying. You place Edward, the teddy, on your bed before hopping in the shower.

Once out you put on dustins old hellfire shirt and a pleated skirt, grabbing Edward the teddy and walking back downstairs. 'can i join?' you say leaning against the door frame, biting your bottom lip. 'y/n' dustin groans, 'we dont need anyone else on the team right now' Jeff says, you roll your eyes 'but she already has a shirt' eddie grins at you, 'she could be our own little hellfire cheerleader' he chuckles pulling you onto his lap. 'Besides she taught these losers to play' eddie says more to jeff and gareth. 'dude gross' dustin sighs now noticing your on eddies lap. 'enough shes staying' he says making space for you to sit next to him. 'sweetheart' he grins as you sit beside him. 'thank you kind sir' you giggle.

'suits you by the way' eddie mumbles in your ear as the others are arguing over what to do next. 'thanks, its dustins old one' you shrug, he nods 'say no more princess' he grins.

the following day there was a package on your door step, the handwriting almost unreadable but you knew who it was from, you open it and grin as you see your own hellfire shirt, and another little note which reads

"welcome to hellfire princess, you still owe me a study date by the way! - eddie"

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eraserdude6226 · 11 months

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Something to think about on this Sunday!!

Libs are always seeing this evil crap in everything!! First math is based on white supremacy and now three meals a day!!

If they took all the energy they exert in finding the boogie man in everything in their effort to dismantle society and turned it into something like homelessness, I wonder how much good they could do!!

#lgb #fjb #bethechange

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reckless-rider · 10 months

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Some thoughts about my bsd jjk au

Chuuya

Chuuya is a special grade sorcerer, he’s too loyal to the people he works with to leave them

Speaking of Chuuya, he was an experiment because of his small amount of cursed energy but developed an insane amount of cursed energy

He escaped and was found by Shirase then Dazai took him to Jujutsu High

His domain looks like a lab and is no miss

His cursed technique is gravity based and he knows reversed cursed technique and Idle Transfiguration, he knows a few others but doesn’t use them often

He used Idle Transfiguration on N and made him a curse

He now teaches at Jujutsu High, he’s a well loved teacher but no one is willing to spar with him

He does know how to use cursed tools but keeps breaking them

Dazai

Dazai has heavenly restriction and is technically a Grade One because of his talent with cursed tools (like what Maki would be)

He can see curses but has no cursed energy

Dazai comes from a very well known clan

He left Jujutsu high when Oda died after he was assigned to kill a curse of a much higher level (Oda is grade three)

Dazai used to join Oda and Ango (Not a sorcerer, he’s this au’s Ijichi) on missions when he’s bored and has nothing else to do. Afterwards they would go out and get ramen or something

After he left and joined the ADA, he picked up Atsushi

He’s actually still in touch with Chuuya and tries to get him to leave but he will not leave because he feels like he needs to protect the new generation of sorcerers

(Ik Gojo and Dazai are really really similar but Dazai is so Suguru coded to me)

Other (sorry these are a mess)

Mori is a grade one and uses blood manipulation technique, he used to be a teacher but became a higher up

He taught Dazai everything he knew and hoped he would take his place

Q with the puppet manipulation

Atsushi with Ten Shadows and is semi grade one currently, there is a promotion pending though

Yosano with reversed cursed technique and a cursed tool user, grade 2

Kunikida with the ratio technique (please they are both tired single mothers) because he is fantastic at math, Grade one

Akutagawa who cursed Rashomon, Grade one

Ranpo with Black Bird manipulation, he has them everywhere and keeps watch over the city often, Semi Grade 2

Kouyou and Kyouka are both cursed speech users, Kouyou is a grade one and Kyouka is a grade 3 and uses amplifiers. She is getting training from Kunikida

Fukuzawa with Solo Forbidden Area and amplifies other’s, as well as his own, cursed energy, Grade 2. He also is known for using cursed tools

Kenji with Boogie Woogie and will kinda teleport(?) around the office for fun, Grade 3 currently

Tanizaki with a curtain technique, semi grade 2

#if anyone needs an explanation abt techniques lmk #both of these series i am so normal abt yes yes #i linked solo forbidden area bc its relatively new lmao #and Utahime <33333 #I love her sm actually #I wanna give someone straw doll but idk who yet lmao #bsd #bsd jjk au #jujutsu kaisen

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biceratops7 · 1 year

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My head’s been spinning round again…

Something I’m immensely looking forward to in season 2 (if Djenks would be so kind 🙏) is more interaction between Jim and Ed. Cause first of all, you can match the parallels between those two like a game on cool math. Second of all, the potential to get REAL fucking complicated regarding the shared experience of abuse and personal responsibility to recover is very present.

They’re both lost souls in eerily similar ways, entangled in a life of violence by virtue of their circumstances, forced to be fighters at a young age to protect themselves and their loved ones. Both struggle to live as anything else. So what happens when you have two mistrustful people, cautiously piecing together a way of life that finally makes them happy and healing in parallel? What happens when one is swept along in the other’s regression moments after absolving to allow themself love and vulnerability?

Ed is a victim of his own trauma but in falling completely prey to this he unquestionably retraumatized Jim. Even though Ed is clinging to the only sense of safety and comfort he know’s how to easily have, he’s now the boogie man Jim must fight to achieve the same.

Many have shown Stede he is unlovable. In turn he communicates to Ed that he is not deserving of a life that is kind and freeing, so Ed shows Jim that no matter how safe and in control they feel, the other shoe will always drop. And so the cycle continues.

#our flag means death #ofmd #edward teach #Blackbeard #jim jimenez #the cycle of abuse #trauma #meta #analysis #stede bonnet #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #tealoranges #1x09 #1x10 #biceratops

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twiststreet · 1 year

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Maybe it’s just that I’m looking forward to the new Ben Affleck movie-- I just got a good feeling about that one-- and maybe I’m just a dumb guy who’s too tired to imagine a better world, anymore, but I find this response by tweet-slingers to this micro-trend kind of irritating because I just like that they’re making grown up movies. “Oh no there’s a trend where they make movies for grown ups where”-- I’m going! I’m fully going. I don’t care what the trend is about. Fuck!

We just had 20 years of the worst nerds being swaddled in diapers-- I’m just not going to be angry that Ben Affleck is pivoting from being visibly suicidal in underoos to trying again. Movies for grown ups that aren’t horror movies. Movies for grown ups that aren’t Ti West’s X and being like “hey remember Texas Chainsaw” retread shit. I’m all in! I’m desperate for exactly that! I don’t understand the lack of desperation out there, I guess.

Plus-- if you want to tell stories about America, that justify movie theaters, American business is a pretty valid topic? People spend most of their lives at work. American business and the products they create are, you know, parts of our lives. These movies all have pretty easy to understand high concepts-- people like true-ish stories-- it’s not hard to explain what Air is about. And this fits what a segment of Hollywood movies kind of are supposed to be which is ... if the last decade in special effect nonsense crowding everything out has taught me anything at least, it’s how “feel good, weightless bullshit for people to see on a Saturday night and not walk out of a theater bummed about” has a ton of merit-- all the mid-90′s Julia Roberts bangers et al. that got thrown away in the rush to celebrate nonsense-for-twerps.

It’s not like it’s some entirely inexplicable thing, like-- not like the way it was in the 90′s, when suddenly the trend was “the 1970′s, huh?” (But even that trend got us Boogie Nights and Dazed and Confused and... every trend has winners, is the other thing). Five of these movies comin out at the same time is weird, but there were, like, 3 movies that came out about comets hitting the Earth one year-- that’s just a thing that happens.

I don’t think it’s the same thing as when people were like “if you’re sick of superhero movies, go watch original movies like Jon Carter of Mars.” I just don’t think it’s the same because it’s not trying to service the same audience. I like also on that some level people are out there saying “why don’t we make a run at adult dramedies.” If they’re going through the door that’s open for them, and this is the door...

I know some people like to complain about everything (me), but... You know: I just got a good feeling about that Air, more than anything. All the math on that one just seems correct to me, plus Affleck’s been killing it lately on smaller movies like the Way Way Back or he’s the only good thing in that lousy Tender Bar movie but he’s pretty darn good in that. Air seems kind of neat especially after that dueling movie Affleck-Damon tried to talk people into, whatever that was. Fuckin’ dueling? I have debts, financial debts, I can’t be caring about dueling, Matt Damon, come on.

The weirdest and most dishonest response to Air to me are people going “isn’t Michael Jordan a more important story than the shoe, why didn’t they tell his story” but I would 1000% not go to a Michael Jordan biopic. I have seen a biopic before-- they’re the most boring movies on Earth-- everyone knows Jordan’s story already because he was a global icon so there’s no drama there whatsoever-- plus, there’s not an actor who’s right to play Michael Jordan, given that’s a pretty peculiar person on top of the athleticism. Jordan, I wouldn’t even watch the trailer...??

(There’s also one’s about that weirdo who tried to steal all the credit for Flamin Hot Cheetos-- that one’s doing that creep’s version of the story, though, where he’s some Hero-- the fact they made that a movie makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to know anything about that one...)

#I Love Ranting About Things No-one Normal Cares About... :(

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incorrect-poppy-playtime-quotes · 2 years

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Mommy Long Legs: *Posts a super low-quality image to the group chat*

Huggy Wuggy: If I had a dollar for every pixel in this image, I’d have 15 cents.

Mommy Long Legs: If I had a dollar for every ounce of rage I felt in my body after I read this text, I would have enough money to buy a cannon to fire at you.

Boogie Bot: Actually I did the math, Huggy would have $225, not $0.15.

Huggy Wuggy: Fam I’m right here....

Candy Cat: If I had a dollar I would buy a can of soda :)

Kissy Missy: while you’re there could you buy me an apply juice please?

Candy Cat: Sorry I only have a dollar.

Kissy Missy: :(

Boogie Bot: Hey I just realized I was wrong. Huggy would have $22,500 because it's a dollar for every pixel, not a cent.

Candy Cat: If I had $22,500 I would buy a can of soda and an apply juice.

Daisy: You can buy anything you want with $22,500.

Bunzo: Yeah and they want soda and apply juice.

Cat-Bee: Apply juice to what.

Huggy Wuggy: Directly to the forehead.

Bron: Great chat everyone

#incorrect quotes #poppy playtime #meme #funny #tumblr

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einsteinsugly · 7 months

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Fictober 5. That 70s Show. August 1973. Like Grandmother, Like Granddaughter.

It's an atypical August afternoon, on the troubled shores of the Atlantic.

Their feet are similarly buried in the sand, in two checkered lawn chairs. They're hiding beneath a striped umbrella, to keep the sun from roasting their similarly pale skin to a crisp.

"You're the smartest person I know, Mina." Donna cracks a walnut with her fingers, before worryingly popping it into her mouth. "Why is everybody else so stupid?"

The wheels turn in her grandmother's mind, debating her granddaughter's dilemma, and she intuitively prods. "In the family, or in general?"

There are a million things on Donna's mind, a kaleidoscope of mixed feelings. A shade of pride, a lot of disappointment. "Both, I guess."

"Your grandpa's as dumb as a box of rocks," Mina bitterly declares, "And I think those rocks were thrown at his head a few times."

Donna inevitably sighs. "I guess I got some of that."

But Mina is determined and firm. "Just because you didn't get into MENSA doesn't mean you're dumb."

"I'm not good enough at math," Donna hopelessly muses, "I mean, Eric's almost better than me."

"That's a low bar..."

"Hey!" Eric apparently has sonic hearing, whenever it's entirely inconvenient. "Why did you invite me on your stupid family vacation, when all you were gonna do is gang up on me and laugh at me..."

A rogue boogie board suddenly emerges at the edge of the water, haphazardly hugging the shore. The board rams into Eric's twiggy legs, knocking him down into the sand.

Predictably, he shrieks. "I got sand in my crack!"

Both Donna and Mina burst out laughing, with a nearly identical cadence, and Eric stands up and shakes some of the sand out of his shorts.

"My mom was right. I'm not ready for the sea."

But they refuse to dull their laughter, clinking their cans of Coke together.

Mina smirks, with a final chuckle. "He's a chicken...

And promptly, Donna nods. "...in the sea."

But Eric is notably baffled. "It's Chicken of the Sea!"

Mina inevitably sighs. "It's a joke, you moron."

#that 70s show #that 90s show #donna pinciotti #eric and donna #eric forman #my ficlets #my fics #fictober23 #the familial lore #aka explaining how donna came from bob and midge #grandparent genes

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twoidiotwriters1 · 7 months

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Daughter of Olympus (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: Reading Chalice of the Gods was a religious experience -Danny Words: 2,928 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter / Next Chapter Listen to: 'Cold in California' -by Ashe

XVIII. The Risk I Took was Calculated, but I'm sooo Bad at Math

"That's Concord," Jason points to the background view. "Walnut Creek below us. To the south, Danville, past those hills. And that way, that's the Berkeley Hills. The East Bay. Past that, San Francisco."

"Jason?" Piper asks with excitement. "You remember something? You've been here?"

"Yes... no." His face falls. "It just seems important."

"That's Titan land," Hedge informs them. "Bad place, Jason. Trust me, this is as close to 'Frisco as we want to get."

"That's not quite true," Ara responds. "Annabeth lived here a while, it is true that it's packed... with monsters..." She tilts her head, deep in thought. Why is San Francisco packed with monsters?

"Hey, guys," Leo's voice quivers, he's starting to sink into the mud. "Let's keep moving."

"Gaea is stronger here," Hedge takes off his shoes and hands them to Leo. "Keep those for me, Valdez. They're nice."

"Yes, sir, Coach. Would you like them polished?"

"That's varsity thinking, Valdez. But first, we'd better hike up this mountain while we still can."

"How do we know where the giant is?" Piper looks at Ara for an answer.

"A giant's not easy to miss," she shrugs, "let's keep going and—"

"Smoke equals fire," Jason points up: A thin gray column is rising. "We'd better hurry."

Ara, as usual, ends up at the head of the group. Hedge goes next, then Jason, Piper, and Leo in the back. The girl waits to keep an eye on them and make sure they're not eaten by anything.

Ara tries not to laugh when Leo gets to where she is. He's wearing the Ray-Bans Aphrodite gave him, the collarless shirt is dirty and he's rolled up the sleeves, he's sweating buckets and toying with scraps that he probably pulled out of his tool belt. Now he looks like himself. A more fashionable version, but it's definitely Leo.

"What's so funny?" He scowls at her.

"I think I should cut my mother some slack, you looking good."

Leo stops. "What?"

Ara pats his shoulder. "Keep moving, heartthrob."

The group hides behind a massive rock once they reach the top. Hedge is reluctant to join them. "I don't want to get my outfit dirty!"

"Satyrs," Ara scoffs. "They turn into idiots so easily... kinda like you, Valdez."

Leo elbows her, but it's a playful gesture. Ara looks ahead and studies the giant, they're supposed to be like a knock-off version of the Olympians, and if she had to guess, this one is either Ares or Hephaestus's counterpart, if the flames tattooed on his body mean anything.

Enceladus reminds her of every monster she's fought. In short, Ara's going to die today.

"Okay," Hedge says quietly. "Here's the plan—"

"You're not charging him alone!" Leo elbows him, not as gently as he did to Ara.

"Aw, c'mon..."

Piper gasps and points with a shaky hand. "Look... Dad." The girl's father is tied to a post, he's not awake but doesn't look dead either, so that's something.

"There's four of us," Hedge urges them. "And only one of him."

"Did you miss the fact that he's thirty feet tall?" Leo scowls.

"Okay. So you, me, and Jason distract him. The girls sneak around and free Piper's dad."

They turn to Jason. "What? I'm not the leader, Ara is."

"The quest is yours, and so is the prophecy," Ara corrects him. "I have to follow your lead in these cases."

Jason seems troubled. "I hate to say it... but Coach Hedge is right. A distraction is Piper's best chance."

Ara nods. "Then let's make sure we don't waste it."

"Let's boogie," he agrees. "Before I come to my senses."

Piper and Ara watch in silence while the boys and Hedge go forward. Jason's got his lance in hand, which reminds her Leo has no weapon to defend himself, she should see he gets one once they're back in camp. If they go back to camp at all.

"Well," the giant smiles at the boys. "What a nice surprise."

"Let the movie star go, you big ugly cupcake! Or I'm gonna plant my hoof right up your—"

"Coach," Jason interrupts him. "Shut up."

"He's not the biggest Hedge fan, is he?" Ara whispers sarcastically.

"Scatter!" Leo screams.

The giant opens his mouth and spits out fire.

Ara feels her knees buckle. "He breathes fire!" she squeaks.

"Come on!" Piper says anxiously, pulling her up.

Enceladus sinks the end of his spear into the ground and makes the earth shake. It feels exactly like the kind of thing Percy would own with no help. He would create a geyser right under the giant's feet, or something just as impressive... And that thought is what snaps her out of her terror.

She's here to save her brother from what Hera might've planned for him. Ara sprints as fast as Hermes but as she does, the giant looks in Piper's direction.

"I see you, Piper McLean!" He spits fire when the girl runs off. "I'm happy you've arrived. And you brought me my prizes! That's right, son of Hephaestus. I didn't expect you all to stay alive this long, but it doesn't matter. By bringing you here, Piper McLean has sealed the deal. If she betrays you, I'm as good as my word. She can take her father and go. What do I care about a movie star?"

Ara sneaks her way to Piper's dad and gets to work, making sure he's still alive. She lifts his head and hears him whimper very quietly, that's good enough to focus on the rest.

"Dad!" Piper screams.

"Pipes...? Where..." he tries to focus on Ara. When he notices she's not his daughter, he frowns. "Who are you?"

"Stay still," the girl searches through her dino bag, and she finds something that wasn't there before: a bag full of Beckendorf's old bombs. There is a note taped to it with a Heta scribbled on it. "Thank you!" She whispers.

"...I was Athena's nemesis, the anti-Athena, you might say. Compared to some of my brethren—I am small! But I am clever. And I keep my bargain with you, Piper McLean. It's part of my plan!"

"Athena?" Ara stands up and talks loudly. "Why do you spit fire and not spiders, then?"

The giant whirls around, his eyes flare up with annoyance. "Ara Jackson! Mother says you're a plague that we ought to eradicate. I promised her I would skin you!"

"Cute!" She pulls out a bomb from her bag. "Did Mommy tell you I don't give a fuck?"

Ara shouts: "DUCK!" and throws Beckendorf's invention in the direction of the giant. Water bursts out of it, soaking Enceladus and keeping him from summoning anything more than just steam.

From all around them come out smaller giants, they remind her of Tyson's friend, Briares, but these are definitely not friendly. Ara draws out Almighty and slashes the ropes around Piper's dad. The man tumbles forward but she grabs him before he falls face down onto the mud.

Behind them, Jason, Piper, and Leo are fighting the mud creatures. "Vroom, vroom!" They yell, which is on brand for lesser monsters. "Vroom, vroom! Kill Yay-son!"

Encedalus recovers from Ara's attack and tries to convince Piper to betray her friends. "You see, Piper, you have a choice. Save your father, or ah, try to save your friends and face certain death."

"You will not take the people I love," she says fiercely, drawing out her blade. "None of them."

The clay monsters step back, affected by her charmspeak. "Okay. Okay, sorry."

"Good job, Pipes!" Ara cheers loudly.

"This is why we wanted you alive, my dear," Enceladus smirks at the girl. "You could have been so useful to us. But as you wish."

"What about me?" Ara scoffs, carrying Tristan to safety. "Is it because I'm not rich? That's—"

"Quiet!" Enceladus notices she's got Tristan out of the ropes and points at them. "Earth-born! I will show you, Jason! There is Jason—Tear him apart!"

Piper rushes to her side while Jason and Leo move in different directions. "Thank you," Piper helps her carry the man. "Go help the others!"

Ara jumps and dodges monsters while Leo swings a crane arm from the construction site on the edge of Enceladus' enclosure. She doesn't know how he got it to work, but she's not complaining.

Ara seizes a random bomb, throwing it over her shoulder at the monsters attacking Leo. "Incoming!" It's fortunate that the boy's immune to fire, cause that one is Greek. It surrounds the creatures, and all Leo has to do is slam the robotic arm on them and smash them into pieces.

Ara reaches Jason in no time and pulls out a new bomb, she makes sure is water this time. She tosses it in the direction of Enceladus's face, he hits it with his spear and it explodes. "Glad you could make it," Jason pants.

"What's the matter?" Ara taunts the monster. "Thought I was a plague you couldn't wait to skin? C'mon, I'll give you a headstart!"

Enceladus opens his mouth to blaze her out of existence, but Ara ducks while Jason jumps and uses the air to control his fall. He cuts the giant's cheek and Ara slices his ankles. His skin is tough, but Almighty's tougher, and the ichor pours down his feet.

The girl looks over her shoulder and spots Leo pulling one of the craziest stunts she's ever seen: He jumps off the crane doing a backflip before it gets crushed by the last earthborn, then screams "Dozer!" as if summoning the machine, and the crazy part is that it works.

"Leo!" Ara pulls out the last two bombs from her bag and tosses them to Leo, who catches one in each hand and activates the one on his right, throwing it to the last group of clay guys.

Enceladus pushes Jason out of his way and turns to Ara, but the dozer raises its shovel, hitting the giant's chin and causing him to stumble back. Jason stabs his lower back, and Enceladus shrieks in anger and pain, he seizes the dozer and throws it out of reach.

"I'm not some minor monster! I am a giant, born to destroy gods! Your little gold toothpick and car toys won't kill me!"

"Who said anything about killing?" Ara grips her sword tighter. "I'd like to see how much pain you can handle..."

The ground sinks so fast it makes her lose balance. Ara falls but hurriedly pulls her foot out of the small quicksand hole that formed there, Gaea must be getting impatient. Jason goes back to attacking the giant, who turns to him and laughs.

"The mighty Jason Grace! Yes, we know about you, son of Jupiter. The one who led the assault on Mount Othrys. The one who single-handedly slew the Titan Krios and toppled the black throne..." Jason seems confused, but now his eyes have a second layer to them, a look she's seen many times before in veteran campers.

The earth is invigorating Enceladus, as long as he's in contact with it, they won't get the upper hand. She remembers what Percy did to his half-brother Antaeus in the labyrinth, but the crane and the dozer are destroyed, so they've run out of ways to pull him off the ground.

Ara runs at the same time as Jason and they charge against the giant. She lifts her sword and slams it against the giant's spear. "You can't think straight!" She screams, and her weapon slashes across his spear making an unpleasant screeching sound.

The giant's momentarily stunned. "I... don't..."

Ara raises her sword again, and Jason's javelin gets stuck in the middle of the collision. When it happens, it doesn't take it well and a blinding light throws them back. Ara feels her muscles burn from the inside out, blistering her skin as she lands on the mud.

She's having trouble breathing, Ara glances at the crater Jason's weapon created: It's deep and looks like glass, which tells her that what hit them was lighting. The girl glances down her left arm, she's got a crazy-looking bruise pattern over her forearm, from the blood vessels that burst during the discharge.

She spots Jason, trying and failing to get on his feet. Enceladus blinks away the bright spots from his eyes, and then he cackles. "Impressive! Unfortunately, that was your last trick, demigods."

Ara looks for her sword, maybe it flew out of reach, maybe she's lost it forever, and the thought makes her want to cry. Losing the last physical proof that she's gained her title in a rightful way feels like the confirmation that she's not an adequate child of Olympus.

The giant jumps over the crater and lifts the broken spear above their heads. Ara's ears are buzzing and her legs are numb, she can't do anything. "And now," Enceladus looks at them with a hungry gaze. "My first sacrifice to Gaea!"

"All that back-bending training, just to die on my knees," the girl thinks with scorn.

"Heads up!" Leo shouts.

He throws the last water bomb at Enceladus and Ara watches him fall into the pit, but she can't even feel glad about it. Something is wrong with her and she's just starting to notice.

Piper approaches her and Jason. "Guys, get up! Don't die on me—You are not dying on me!"

"Yes, ma'am," Jason responds hoarsely.

Jason and Piper try to help her up, but the arm that got bruised is not responding. Enceladus is getting up again, and Ara wants to keep going, has to keep going. She wonders if this is only going to escalate from now on, her injuries, the fights, maybe once the gods allow her to retire she'll be missing both legs as well.

Leo's eyes are full of concern when he kneels in front of her. "What's happening?"

"It was my fault," Jason replies, voice cracking. "My lance broke and she got hit with lightning."

"No, I broke it," Ara doesn't want Jason to feel guilty. "But I'll be fine..." She tries to clear her throat although the effort visibly hurts her.

"Good try..." The giant crawls out slowly, broken spear in hand. "But I cannot be beaten..."

"What is it with this guy?" Leo groans. "Die, already!"

"My fate is preordained," Enceladus's breathing is hard and choked, but he's not going anywhere. "Giants cannot be killed by gods or heroes. Not even a Child of Olympus can take me out singlehandedly."

Ara flips him off with her working hand, stumbling slightly as the boys help her stay on her feet.

"Only by both," Jason says knowingly. "It's true, isn't it? Gods and demigods have to work together to kill you."

"You will not live long enough to try!" Enceladus pushes himself up but the glass parts continue to shatter under him.

"If you haven't used Artemis' blessing, now's the time," Leo whispers to her.

"I think her blessing's what's keeping me alive," she grimaces. "But like, I can pray to Hades? Throw me into the pitch and I'll summon a bunch of skeletons once I'm dead..."

"Think I'll pass," Leo keeps a tight grip around her waist. "Guys?"

Jason has reached a conclusion. "If you've got a rope in that tool belt, get it ready."

Piper uses her charmspeak. "Enceladus! Look behind you!"

"What?" He gives a start, turning to look over his shoulder.

"Cheap trick," Ara grins. "Love it."

Jason pushes the giant back to the pit. They can't lift him off the ground, so the next logical thing is to try and push him back onto his mother's skirts, so far below he can't climb his way out.

The problem is Jason goes down with him, the boy crawls and climbs over Enceladus's shoulder, the sky turns grey, the air grows lighter, and Ara knows what comes next.

"Hit the deck!" Jason shouts.

Ara holds Piper with the arm that's still working and tackles her to the ground. Leo falls next to them, trying to cover her body so she doesn't get hit by a second electric discharge. A stronger bolt of light hits the pit and makes Ara's ears buzz, she's ready to throw up what she ate at the café.

Ara uses her healthy arm to push herself up to a kneeling position. As she bends down, struggling to breathe, she supports her right hand on her hip and feels a bump in her pocket.

"Ha!" Ara smiles, grabbing the compass. "It is Riptide's sibling!"

Enceladus's voice comes from the pit, he's slowly slipping deeper down the crack. "You've won nothing, boy. My brothers are rising, and they are ten times as strong as I. We will destroy the gods at their roots! You will die, and Olympus will die with—"

Ara watches as he falls before he can finish his threat. "That's embarrassing..."

"Grab hold!" Leo quickly stands and throws a rope into the pit.

Ara gets up and holds the end of it, pulling with just one arm, but the three teens are strong enough to get Jason out of danger. He crawls out and examines his body, then he goes to her.

"You okay?"

The area surrounding them is scorched, and wet like a tsunami washed over it thanks to Beck's bombs. There is a thirty-foot-deep pit in front of them and a helicopter's getting closer, but Jason's worried about Ara.

"Don't think so," the girl glances at her numb arm, the way it's positioned doesn't make a lot of sense to her. "Is my arm..?"

"Oh, god," Piper's face loses color. "I think it's broken."

Ara stares at it in confusion, she can't feel any pain.

"Huh," she says, then she looks around for their satyr, he passed out pretty soon after the fight started. "We should wake up Hedge."

"You almost ripped your arm off and your response to that is 'Huh'?" Leo questions in disbelief.

"What, should I scream and throw up about it? I can't feel it," Ara shrugs with only one shoulder. "Seriously, wake up Hedge, I don't know how to fix this."

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