I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show

I stared at the damage the war with the Romans. It was horrendous. Without our key fighters we were defenseless and offense less. There were barely any survivors.

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above

I watched the Big House crumble to pieces as the Romans continue to murder us. And now, as everything I knew and loved came crumbling to shreds, not even Mr.D could keep away the oncoming storm.

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

I closed my eyes. Can anything be the same again? I told Katie to do the same. Could this ever feel like home again?

"How can we fix this?" I asked her. "There has to be a way!"

"You can't Travis. No one can." she sighed.

We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
In your pose as the dust settles around us

We had been so obsessed in worrying about our own personal issues that we had missed what was hurtling at us from thousands of miles away. I looked at Katie Her chin turned up in a determined way, like somehow she alone could save the Camp. But through her resolute façade I saw the hopeless tears threatening to fall. But all we did was wait as the filth settled under our fingernails.

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Rain clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above

I heard the cabins fall and silently wailed. Why myhome? Why us? And it only got worse as the goddamned storm began and the freezing rain came pouring down on us.

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

"Please Katie! Just don't look!" I begged. If anything Katie could see that we could bring back our home, if only we pretend it was never taken.

"Katie we have to think positively. We have to stay strong!" I cried. I couldn't lose Katie.

"There's nothing left. Not even a single flower. I couldn't think positively even if I wanted to." She replied brokenhearted.

Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?

"We can go back! To the beginning, and solve the problem. Back to where we screwed up first. There, we can end this." I said trying to convince her to stay.

"There is no beginning. Only end. The end of us." was her bitter reply.

And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Rain clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above

I knew it was finished when the tree came down. Thalia had died earlier in battle so she didn't have to endure the torture. The one thing that had saved my ass when I need saving most, besides Katie, was gone. Everything I had ever loved had collapsed. Was gone. Forever. And that goddamned storm came on stronger, adding lightning to the mix. I mentally gave Zeus the finger.

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?

"Please, Katie! I need you to stay with me!" I pleaded as that asshole Octavian sauntered over. "Be the optimist I know you are give me something happy. Please!"

"The only happy thought I can muster is that... I love you Travis Stoll. I always have, always will." Octavian's sword stabbed her in the heart a split second later. And I don't think I've ever screamed so loud before, not even when that ass-hat's blade plunged into my own heart.

But what sucked the most is that I had never said that I loved her too.


So yeah...

I know I haven't been on in like a month... but here's something for you! I also know you all hate me know too because I killed them. Sooooooorrrrrryyyyy...

And Just to Clarify:

-I apologize for all the swearing. But if you were in Travis's position you wouldn't be all, "pumpkin-eater" and crap, would you?

-The line about vices, i know vices doesn't mean personal problems. i was just running with the concept of the line caught up.

-This is from Travis's POV

-I am discontinuing Sleepover At Silena's... I got bored and was out of inspiration for it. I will try to continue writing oneshots however.

ALSO: Any TMI fans out there? Well I am reading them now and am starting a little Clace fic so yeah!

*I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and don't own PJO or Pompeii.*

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