Hey guys, so this is a short fic based on Taylor Swift's song Eyes Open. The events happening will start when Jason has disappeared, then it will go back in time and will go from there in chronologic order. This will be from Reyna's P.O.V. Lyrics are in italics. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: (Do I really have to do this? Yes? Oh, fine.) Lyrics belong to Taylor Swift. Character and settings belong to uncle Rick
Everybody's waiting
Everybody's watching
Even when you're sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
The legion was watching her reaction when Jason was announced missing. They were waiting for her sole verdict. She couldn't show weakness even when she felt like just curling up in a corner.
The tricky thing
Is yesterday we were just children
Playing soldiers
Just pretending
Dreaming dreams with happy endings
In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords
Just a couple of years ago, Reyna was living on Circe's island. Playing with other girls her age and dreaming of becoming a general, fighting battles, and winning wars. After all, she was a daughter of Bellona.
But now we've stepped into a cruel world
Where everybody stands and keeps score
Then pirates came and she got her first real taste of the world outside the spa. She saw her friends, her people, get massacred. She saw things that no twelve year old should ever see. It was then that she learned that life was a fight for survival.
Keep your eyes open
She never let her guard down. Even when she came to camp Jupiter, she wasn't very sociable. It took her years to finally accept Jason's company, and even longer to become fully open to him.
Everybody's waiting for you to breakdown
Everybody's watching to see the fallout
Even when you're sleeping, sleeping
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
Keep your ey-eyes open
He's gone. He's gone. He's actually gone. Those words kept replaying in her mind. She was a broken mess inside. Tears were threatening to make an appearance. And that was exactly what Octavian was counting on. He and the whole legion was waiting for her to finally crack, to finally lose it. She became more and more distant, keeping her walls up higher than ever, never letting them down. Not once. Not ever.
So here you are, two steps ahead and staying on guard
Every lesson forms a new scar
She had thought that he was different. That Hylla and Circe was wrong. He wouldn't leave her like everyone else in her life had. But then he did. It was like life was saying, " That's what you get or being so stupid as to think anything good could ever happen to you."
They never thought you'd make it this far
But turn around (turn around), oh they've surrounded you
It's a showdown (showdown) and nobody comes to save you now
So far she had withstood Octavia's constant pestering for an election for a new praetor, and to finally declare Jason dead. But it had been two months now and that was the maximum time allowed for a missing person, and not even Reyna could defy the law. Declaring Jason dead meant she had to end all searches for him and select a new praetor almost immediately.
But you've got something they don't
Yeah you've got something they don't
You've just gotta keep your eyes open
She was left with almost nothing. But she had hope. It was the sole thing she had left. She hoped and prayed to all the gods she knew that Jason would be okay. Though no formal search parties could be sent for him anymore, she kept her eyes open for any sign of where he might be and if he was alive. She had hope.
Keep your feet ready
Heartbeat steady
Keep your eyes open
Keep your aim locked
The night goes dark
Keep your eyes open
Three months and now she was barely hanging on. She had until the Feast of Fortuna to come up with something. The camp borders were getting weaker and weaker. She was shouldering a job meant for two. Her hope was almost gone. Just a little longer. Just a little longer. That's what she kept telling herself. If not for yourself, do it for Jason.
Keep your ey-eyes open
And she wouldn't give up. Not once. Not ever.
So? Was it horrible? Bad? Not so bad? Good? Please review and tell me! Thank you for reading this! Free cookies to y'all! (::) (::)