Gotta Catche em All

"What about your mom, Harp?" Connor asked his friend during the campfire one night. "Is she a 'Stacy's Mom?" How they had begun talking about the hotness of people's mothers was beyond her; she had her headphones in for most of the campfire, trying to drown out the campfire songs with Bruce Springsteen, because if she didn't they would get stuck in her head. And if that happened, she would become the object of what her cabin called the  "Pocket Full of Sunshine" torture.

Harp looked up at Connor, "No, my mom's more like the mom in 1985," she said. Harp was shocked when more than half the camp turned and looked at her like they had no idea what she was talking about. She was use to these looks because she always makes obscure Rock and Roll references. But she was not expecting no one to know what she was talking about.

"What?" Someone asked.

"1985, the song?" She said like it should have been obvious. The camp continued to stare at her. "Okay, then," Harp said. She walked over to where the iPod speaker was and plugged her iPod in. "If you're over, like, thirteen, you'll probably know this song,"

As soon as the song started, looks of revelation spread across people's faces, as if they just remembered some long lost secret. As soon as the first course started playing, everyone was singing along to the song.

The whole camp rocked out and sand along to a song they hadn't heard in years, enjoying every moment of it. By the end most of the campers were on their feet from dancing and jumping around and winded from singing along.

"Can you guys, once, play something people have actually heard of?"

Percy was once quoted saying 'One dragon could ruin your whole day,'. Harp liked to paraphrase him and say, 'one daughter of Aphrodite could ruin your whole day', because sure enough, every time there was something good about camp, Drew liked to ruin it.

"Um, judging by the way people were dancing and singing along, people actually have heard of that," Harp shot back at her.

"Can you just play something cool? Like Ke$ha's song 'Blow'?"

Harp, along with the rest of her cabin, turned and looked at Drew. "Ke$ha has a song called 'Blow'? Will you please enlighten me as to what the fuck that song is about?" Harp demanded.

"It's about partying so hard you blow the roof off the club," Drew informed her.

A look of relief spread across the faces of the Apollo cabin, "Oh thank the gods," Harp said. "When you told me Ke$ha had a song called blow, I thought it was about two other things she would be much more likely to blow."  Harp told her.

"What two other things?" Drew asked.

"Hard drugs and BJs," Harp said simply. The whole camp just stared at her wide-eyed. "Oh you were all thinking it," Harp said, "I was just the only one who said it,"

"What ever," Drew said in defeat, "but can you guys at least play something really catchy and cool?"

"Oh I have a song," Emmy said, "that's very catchy and cool. And honestly if you can't sing the whole song, you're a loser,"

Emmy walked over to the iPod speaker and went to her Top 25 playlist. The song was at the top of the playlist, where it belonged.

I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was. Most of the campers suddenly get very excited by the song and began to sing along.
To catch them is my real test,
To train them is my cause.

I will travel across the land,
Searching far and wide.
Each Pokémon to understand
The power that's inside

(Gotta catch 'em all)

It's you and me By this point almost everyone was singing along at the top of their lungs.
I know it's my destiny

Pokémon!

You're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokémon

(Gotta catch 'em all)

A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
Pokémon

(Gotta catch 'em all)

yeah

every challenge along the way
with courage i will face
i will battle everyday
to claim my rightful place

come with me the time is right
there's no better team
arm and arm well win the fight
It's always been our dream

Pokémon

(Gotta catch 'em all)

It's you and me
i know it's my destiny

Pokémon

Oh, you're my best friend
in a world we must defend

Pokémon!

A heart so true
our courage will pull us through
you teach me and ill teach you
Pokémon

(Gotta catch 'em all)
(Gotta catch 'em all)
(Gotta catch 'em all)
(Gotta catch 'em all)

Yeah!

Pokémon!

By the end of the song, everyone was winded and panting from singing along. It was the best sing along the camp had seen in a while. The flames in the fire were at least fifteen feet talk, and the people sitting in the front row were sweating and their marshmallows had melted off their sticks.  

The whole camp was laughing and having a good time when Drew said, "I didn't mean Pokémon,"

"You don't like Pokémon?" Adria, a petite Asian Athena girl (the only one in her cabin with black hair) asked her. Adria was one of the first people at the campfire to get extremely excited by the song that played.

"No I don't. I think it's childish and stupid,"

"You're Japanese, right?" Adria asked her.

"Yes,"

"Um, yeah, your Asian status has just been removed," Adria told Drew, making a slashing motion with her hands. Drew didn't seem at all offended or threatened by that.

"Wait," Drew's brother Mitchell said, "So, you're Asian, smart, want to be a doctor, and love Pokémon?"

"Yeah, I know, I'm such a stereotype I offend my self, but I've gotten over it,"

"So where do we sand on the music?" Drew asked, oblivious to everyone else around her.

"What do you want us to play?" Will asked her.

"Hip hop, rap, or pop. Not so many show tunes and rock,"

"Oh," Melody said,  "I have a rap song that I'm in love with,"

Then she walked over to where Emmy's iPod was plugged in and replaced it with hers. Melodies tossed Emmy's iPod back to her with the perfect aim the Apollo kids are born with. She found the song she wanted and plugged in her iPod:

Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute just sit right there
And tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air

"Oh, I give up!" Drew yelled.