And The Stars Look Very Different Today.
Sad but happy oneshot that I came up with. Percy x Bianca. They are both 15.
As the robot exploded into a shower of bronze metal pieces and dust, one thought ran through my mind. BIANCA! I ran to the wreckage and started digging through it. Every time I found an empty piece, another fraction of my soul became hollow. I had to find her. I had to find my love. My soulmate. My miracle.
As the last part was searched, I felt everything inside of me die in that moment. She was gone. I had finally found love and now it was ripped out of my grasp. Why was life so cruel. Why. Why. Why. I curled up into a ball as Grover tried to calm me down. Zoe was crying, crying tears for her lost friend. Thalia looked pained, but she showed no sadness. How. how could you not show sadness for someone who had just sacrificed themselves to save them.
Bianca di Angelo was gone. My love was gone. My soulmate was gone. My soul was dead, and so was she.
Earlier that day, in Cloudcroft, me and Bianca had been talking outside of the grocery store. Thalia, Zoe and Grover had left, leaving only us two.
"So, how are you enjoying the hunters so far." Things were really awkward. I wanted so much to confess my feelings for her, but I was too scared. What if she doesn't like me back? I had loved her ever since I had laid eyes on her, though I didn't know it at the time. It was only after D.C. that I realised my true feelings.
"It's alright I guess." She mumbled. I looked at her. "What's wrong?" Tears started to well up in my eyes. "It's just, my only friend in the hunters is Zoe, none of the others like me. I miss Nico too. I thought being my own self and not looking after Nico 24/7 would be amazing, now I can't stop thinking about his safety and how he's holding on without me."
I thought for a bit. "Why don't you just quit? The hunters that is." She had a pained expression on her face. "I thought about it but… what about Zoe? She's the only friend I've got. I can't just leave her." I frowned. "What about me? Aren't I your friend?" She looked even more pained. "Yes but…"
Silence.
"But what?" I asked her. "I… nevermind." She blushed. What does she have to be embarrassed about? "What is it?" I asked her again. "I… I like you as more than a friend Percy. I know this is a bad time to say this but you are the greatest boy I've ever met. You saved me and Nico, you've been nice to me this whole adventure and you looked after Nico at camp. I could never repay you for all that you've done. I love you."
Tears were streaming down her face as she looked at me. I wanted to say something. Say that I loved her. Say that she didn't had to worry anymore. Instead, I pulled her into a hug. She leaned into it, savouring the feel of my embrace and she pulled me tighter, still sobbing.
"Come with me. Come back to camp with me. Leave the hunters and come back to me and Nico. I… I love you too." And at that moment, time seemed to slow down as we looked into each others eyes. Her black, misty eyes were beautiful, I could stare at them for hours. Leaning in, I felt her lips connect to mine as she kissed me.
Her lips were warm, which was weird considering it was snowy. That wasn't on my mind at that point though, what was on my mind was her. My love. My soulmate. My miracle.
It was done. Artemis and Annabeth had been rescued, but at what cost? Bianca and Zoe had both perished. Artemis was miserable. Her lieutenant and lieutenant-to-be were both gone. Zoe was in the sky, the group of stars twinkling as she watched over us all, sending down the purest and whitest dove. Even though we hadn't started out well, I still missed her and felt somewhat guilty for her death.
The death I felt more guilty for was Bianca's. She had volunteered to go into Talos instead of me, and I had let her. I should have stopped her. If I had, then she would still be alive.
When I told Nico what happened, tears in my eyes, he hated me. He yelled at me, saying things like how I should've died instead of her, how I promised to protect her, how it was my fault she was dead. I wholeheartedly agreed with him.
My true love was gone. After the quest, Annabeth threw herself at me, saying things like how I was her hero.
Her hero.
I should've been someone else's hero.
I should've been her hero.
The self-harm started soon after. Cutting my wrists with Riptide or purposely causing injuries in training. I endured the pain. I deserved it. Bianca was gone. My love was gone. My soulmate was gone. My miracle was gone. I deserved the pain, in her name.
My miracle was gone.
It was all my fault.
Hades. They were children of Hades. My cousins. I should've known. They both looked so similar to Hades, it was uncanny. Nico looked more like an emo Hades, though. But Bianca, her eyes. She looked like what I guess must have been her mother. Olive skin, brunette hair, except for the eyes.
Black, misty eyes. Just like uncle Hades. Maybe, since she was the daughter of Hades, she could come back to life. I had to bring this up with Nico. With his powers inherited from his dad, Bianca could come back. I could see once again, Bianca di Angelo. My love. My soulmate. My miracle.
I would not rest until I found her. Even if it takes me a year.
A century
A millennium.
An eon.
Eternity.
I would find her.
As the portal opened, a dark silhouette could be seen. Me and Nico looked in shock. It had worked. The light of our lives was back, and she was standing right in front of us.
Looking around as if confused, she wondered where she was. She looked at us and blinked. Did she not recognize us? Did one year in the underworld take that all away? Bianca di Angelo. My love. My soulmate. My miracle. She did not recognize me.
Nico ran to her and engulfed her in a hug. She looked dazed, she was wondering why this 13 year old was hugging her. Faint silver waves could be seen disappearing from her eyes as she looked upon her brother.
"N-Nico?" The tears ran down her face. Her brother was here, and he was safe. She was here, and she was safe.
As her brother released her, she looked up at me. Confusion dazzled on her face before the same silvery waves in her eyes vanished. She started crying tears of joy again, and so did I.
She ran to me, and I ran to her. She hugged me, and I hugged her. She kissed me, and I kissed her. "Perce? Is that really you?" I kissed her forehead. "It is, babe. I'm here and so are you."
As we kissed, three words were exchanged between the two of us. A year of pain that felt like eons all flooded into three words that rocked the world forever. The words we've been wanting to hear from each other for so long were spoken.
And as the gods, the constellations and even chaos himself smiled down upon us, those three words were spoken by both of us. It was a blessing from all divine powers, we were finally able to meet again. If we were to fall in the second titan war, then so be it. We would die but at each others sides.
We would remember this night, this starry night where we looked into each others eyes and confessed our feelings for each other.
Here on Olympus, we sit, remembering that starry night where we whispered to each other.
"I love you."
And The Stars Look Very Different Today.
Yay! Writing this made me cry until the end. Then I was crying tears of joy. I don't know why but 'And The Stars Look Very Different Today' is one of my favourite quotes of all time. I will continue Immortals, just needed to write this down. See ya!
R.I.P. David Bowie and Bianca di Angelo.