Hi! ^-^ So I just read the Son of Neptune again and wasn't satisfied with the story ending that Rick Riordan gave Bianca so I decided to write it for myself, hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own the series or any of the characters, except for the OCs.
I was sitting on the beach of the Isle of Elysium with Silena Beauregard. We had been talking a lot since she had died. I probably would talk to Zoë instead of her since we had talked more before this, but Zoë had been put up in the stars by Artemis. I still did talk to other hunters, but in death the blessing was lifted and our bond wasn't there and we don't have as close of a bond. Though I did find myself missing Zoë at times she was one of the few people back at camp that I had actually known. Still I had known Silena for a little while and it was pretty easy to talk to her. Though at times like now it was a bit awkward, because somehow my time as a hunter had managed to be brought up.
"So why did you choose to be a hunter?" Silena was asking me.
"I'm not sure it seemed like a good idea at the times," I replied.
"I bet you were tempted by the immortality of it."
"Maybe or maybe I just think that love is stupid," I said jokingly.
Silena not picking up on the joke, just stared at me way too shocked to say anything in reply.
"Just kidding, of course."
Silena sighed in relief, "Oh thank gods, and I thought you were being serious."
Then Charles Beckendorf walked up and said, "Hey ladies."
"Hi, Beckendorf," I said at the same that Silena said, "Hi Charlie!"
"What's up guys?" he asks.
"Not much, but I just remembered that I have to go sorry," I say.
Silena looks at me with appreciation and says, "Oh that's too bad, well I guess that I'll talk to you later."
"Yeah talk to you later," Beckendorf agreed with her.
"Yeah later you two," I said as I walked away even though I didn't know it then but in fact I wouldn't be talking to them later.
After I had left I started walking to the place where I kept all my things that I had managed to save from when I was alive. Before I could make it there Ethan Nakamura and Luke Castellan stepped into my path.
"Hey Bianca," they both said.
"Hey Luke, hey Ethan," I replied.
"Where are you going?" Ethan asked me.
"No where really, just walking," I lied evenly.
"Can we walk with you?" Luke asked.
"Yeah I guess you can."
"Okay cool," Luke said and the two fell into step with me as I started to walk again.
We were walking around and I was trying to think of something to say. Then I thought of a question and directed it towards Ethan, "So, how's Jenevra?"
"Oh, she's good, though I hardly ever see her, because she keeps going back and forth between here and the overworld."
"Yeah, she's a daughter of Melione, right? I've been meaning to ask, but is she still living?"
"Yes she is still living so that makes our relationship a bit awkward, but we still manage to make it work," as he said this there was a weird noise. "That was probably her I better go find her," he said as he ran off to go find her, leaving me alone with Luke.
"Hey," I said awkwardly. I still had a hard time being around him, because I partially blamed him for my death.
"Hi," he said a bit awkwardly as well.
"So, are you going to run off to find a girl?"
"No, I'm still stuck pining over Thalia," he said with a laugh.
I laughed at that as well, "So…"
"Well, look at the time I have to go," he said and walked away.
"Bye," I said, relieved to be free from that awkwardness.
Then I resumed my walk and finally made it to my makeshift storage place. I opened the door and walked over to the box containing all of Nico's old mythomagic cards and figurines that he had burned a few years ago. I'm not quite sure how but they made it here like most things, and they had been perfectly okay so I had grabbed them and kept them.
LINE
I had been looking at my things for some time and had just made it to all my old Hunters things, when I heard a creaking noise in the room. I turned around to see what it had been and saw my father standing in the doorway.
For a while it was silent while the two of us stared at each other. Then he finally broke the tension and said, "Hello Bianca."
"Hey dad," I replied.
Without so much as blinking he went straight to the reason why he was there and said bluntly, "I think that you should pass on."
"What? Why would I do that?" I asked him shocked.
"It is time the world needs new demigods and heroes to protect it."
"There's nothing saying that I'm going to be a demigod again."
"Yes there is. Everyone that makes it to the Isles of Elysium will become a demigod, though there's nothing saying who your parent will be."
"No thanks I don't think I'm ready yet. I want to stay and watch over Nico for a little longer."
"That can not always be your excuse. You know that you will never be able to help him in this state and that in it's self will drive you crazy."
"I can still point him in the right direction if he summons me."
"What if he does not summon you?"
"Then I'll have to deal with it, but I want to say. If I left I would lose my memories of everybody for a while."
"What if I told you that there is a way to retain your memories and go back to the overworld as a mortal?"
"I'm listening."
"My advisor Thanatos has been captured and his door open."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that a soul who knows the proper way out can leave if they want to, as long as neither I nor anyone else finds out."
"Where would said way out be?"
He then started whispering the directions to me so nobody who might happen to be around at the moment could hear and leave as well.
"So what are you going to do now? Are you going to remain here or be reborn," he said and winked at me.
As I write this I would just like to say that this story might show a bit of favoritism because Nico and Bianca are my favorite characters. If there are any spelling/ grammar mistakes I would like to apologize now I try hard not to let them happen, but occasionly they do slip past me. Anyway hope you enjoyed this first chapter. R&R!
~Ashlyn
