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We made it. We brought back Apollo's lyre. Our first quest was a success or is it? Three left and two of us came back. The quest in itself became a dream, no scratch that, a nightmare.
I can remember bits and pieces like how the quest began. I was really excited to finally be on a quest after almost a full year in camp. I was determined not to let the god down and so I picked Kim, a friend I've known since I was eight with a kick ass power. I didn't really make a lot of friend while in camp and was surprised when one of the older kids probably around 16-18 volunteered to go with us. It seemed pretty easy at first. We were trained to fight monsters and most likely the god just left his mini harp thing somewhere and is too lazy to get it. No life changing and earth shaking quests have been given for a while but this was an opportunity to show Hermes that here I am, I exist, I'm your son. I could make a name for myself. Everything would go well.
We packed our stuff and got ready to leave. As expected Kim was very nervous. It is just like every trip we took. It's just like that day that our parents sent us off to camp… the last day we ever saw them.
"Dun worry. It'll be great. We'll be okay Kimmy I promise," I reassured holding her hand giving the best smile I could muster
"Barry, this is serious. We could get killed out there. We…" she stammered as I tried to steady her trembling hands
"If I were you I'd save that mushy stuff for later," said our companion in an eerily calm and low tone as she gave us a stern gaze. "You at least have an idea what we are going to deal with correct?"
"We're demigods we can handle it. Plus it isn't like there'd be an army of monsters out there guarding it" I replied defiantly only to receive a scrutinizing gaze and a frown that pretty much says I gave the wrong answer. We travelled for days sleeping in the weirdest places like homeless people. As I predicted hardly any monsters came up. Well that was til we made a detour in the subway…
I am not sure what kind of monsters they were but all I knew is that they weren't friendly. One tried to bite off a chunk from my arm while the other clawed at Kimmy who suddenly froze up as she backed against the wall. Her eyes wide and her body trembling as she struggled to shoo away the beast. I managed to chop off the head of the one that's chasing me and run to her aid. It made me wonder where the other girl went. Was she eaten? I was pulled out of my thoughts by the sound of an explosion and the sight of the ceiling collapsing on the creature and the all too familiar face glaring down at us.
"You were lucky," she said flatly as she pulled Kim up to her feet. This lady was one hell of a sourpuss. Kimmy was almost killed and all she could say was 'You were lucky'. She pushed aside some of the rubble and pulled out a card of some sort from the debris. From the looks of it, it was made out of Celestial bronze. Without another word she walked off again seemingly vanishing like a ghost.
I was wrong. This would be anything but easy. This isn't going to be just a game. Things would never ever be the same.