She arose, moments of the night before flooding back to her memory with torment
Um, Kay… Not many people understood the last chapter, but I don't think there's anything wrong…
So read on.
Disclaimer: Again, I don't own PJO, like I said, would I be doing this?
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She arose, moments of the night before flooding back to her memory with torment. Annabeth was peering through a slightly ajar door, telling her she needed to get dressed for something…
"…What?" She asked, stretching her arms from the very awkward position she slumped herself into the night before.
"I said, it's breakfast, I'll see you at the dining pavilion, Grover will sit with you…"
"Why can't I sit with you again?"
"Because, half-bloods have to sit at their godparent's table, Grover can sit where he wants, he's a satyr."
She sighed deciding to keep her opinions to herself for the day. "Fine…Just, tell Chiron and Mr. D I might be a little late…"
"Sure!"
Like she'd promised, she was late, every once in a while, people gave her nervous glances, and she could hear relentless whispers as she skimmed for the only available table. There it was: Zeus's table. She felt slightly better sitting alone when she saw Percy, he wasn't that bothered, so she would be fine. She nervously stood with everyone else, sacrificing some food to the barbecue as everybody else did.
Please, help me with…my problems dad… She thought miserably, seeing so many reminders of Luke from the Hermes cabin that surrounded her. Would he watch her? She'd only just learned of the prophesy recently and he seemed to see this as an opportunity to bring her to his side…
Maybe he…No, this is just to confuse me…
"Thalia?" Her thoughts were broken by a very welcoming friend to her left. "So, how is everything so far?"
"Oh, great Percy. Just…fine. Hey, what do we do when this is over?"
"Head to activities? You can do rock climbing with me." And as fast as he had appeared, he had gone back to his own table, which reminded her, where's Grover!!
"Thalia!" He whispered from her table, signalling her over to him. When she followed, and took her seat, she seemed very little interested in what food she had, a bowl of cereal, and pushed it away with an meaningful glare.
"Grover! Where have you been?" She hissed.
"I'm sorry…I was with the other Satyrs and then I-"He bleated. "-Well I saw this-"
"Forget it; I don't want to know…" She tapped her fingers on the table; sensing that she couldn't leave until everybody else did, maybe then she could blend in with Annabeth and Percy.
"Are you okay Thalia?"
"I'm fine!" She snapped, which she instantly regretted, as she thought she heard Grove whimper slightly.
"I'm-I'm sorry Grover, I didn't have the best of nights…" He didn't buy it. She fished for something she could give him, and found a half-chewed tin can in her old jacket. Do tin cans have sell-by-dates?
"Here, Grover. You're not going to be my only victim today…" He smiled, and thanked her, chewing it down as Grover told her of the two quests he, Percy and Annabeth had embarked on, and that cheered her up slightly.
"He hitched a ride on a sheep!" She wiped a tear from her eye, watching Percy redden from across the room. He'd obviously heard her, had the rest of the camp? When it finally came for them to go to activities, she followed Percy. As it turned out, she had decided not to go rock climbing, Clarisse called her a wimp, and Thalia then singed her eyebrows off, and went to find Annabeth in archery classes.
"Meh, it was going to happen…" Annabeth commented, aiming for the target. She loaded her bow, and hit the third ring from the centre, before handing her weapons to Thalia. "On Percy's first day, Clarisse tried to get him and a toilet acquainted; he soaked her in toilet water!" She decided not to share the fact that Percy had clumsily soaked her in the crossfire as well…
Thalia stifled a laugh, and fired; to her surprise, it hit the centre of the target, with a bull's-eye.
"Wow, I got it on my first try!" She high-fived Annabeth, and then saw Travis Stoll firing an arrow in the target next to her, getting the same as Annabeth. He gave her a friendly smile; one that reminded her of….Luke.
"Hey Anna-"She was over helping a younger half sister, and didn't notice Thalia trying to get her attention. Everybody was busy with something, and she took her opportunity to disappear.
In the tour the night before, she had been too anxious to see the son of Hermes to pay any attention to what the two had showed her, so she headed to her best bet: Her cabin.
She fiddled with aegis, on her wrist and yet another reminiscence of the son of Hermes came to her:
'What are those bracelets supposed to do against a monster?'
'Watch and learn pretty boy…'
'…Whoa, I want one of those.'
'To bad! Customised for me'
: Their first acquaintance, they both prepared to fight a monster and at the time, all Thalia had was her powers, and Aegis to protect her. But that was enough. They both protected her, which is partly why she was crestfallen when she found he had betrayed her. When she sat up, she heard a weak knock from the outside of her cabin, and chose to ignore it.
"Room service?" The voice tried.
"Come in Annabeth," She rolled her eyes, tucking Aegis underneath her dark sleeve.
"Where'd ya go?"
She sighed. She had always known Annabeth had had a little crush on Luke, but at seven, she could get away with the attention she received. Lucky… "I didn't feel much like training…" She fiddled with her necklace, which she then remembered was a gift. She never did find out when and where he stole that from…
"So, what's up? Grover says you were acting strange this morning." Annabeth knew it was because of Luke, she felt the same way. If she could just get Thalia to understand the situation, then maybe she would be okay.
"He said, the gods shouldn't rule, he says he'll tear down Olympus and create a new kingdom-"
"Annabeth, don'-"
"And he poisoned Percy with a scorpion, and stabbed him in the leg and poisoned your tree-"
"ANNABETH!! Don't you get- Wait, he…What?" Annabeth realised her mistake, and a tear rolled down her cheek as she solemnly nodded yes. Thalia wasn't far behind, as she embraced Annabeth in a hug. Then they sobbed into each other's shoulders for comfort; While Thalia tried to cry gently, Annabeth howled, unleashing all her heartbreak in a muffled moan.
"I'm sorry." She murmured, rubbing her eyes with sadness. "I-I went to far…You probably weren't ready to hear that…"
"It's okay, I feel better." She told the truth. Knowing that she wasn't the only one whose mind was clouded with frustration and regret comforted her. "Thank you, I know you'll stick with me…" Thalia held Annabeth's hand in hers, and she felt welcome for the first time that morning.
"You'll fit in just fine." Annabeth told her, wiping stains of her cheeks and heading to leave. She was a step away from closing the door when Thalia spoke "Thanks, you're a good friend…"
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When her room seemed too quiet, she attempted to confide in the palm trees, but couldn't bring herself to come any close, due to her encounter the night before, so she travelled along to the Poseidon cabin. As she went to place a fist on it, Annabeth came out, she looked disappointed, and slightly flushed when she looked up.
"Thalia! What are you doing?"
"I needed somebody to talk to, you know, about the big three thing…"
"Okay…But you've always got me too…' she scurried away as fast as she could to her cabin, leaving Percy and Thalia together.
"Hey,"
"Hi."
"Um, can I come in; I needed to talk to you, can I?"
"Uh, sure."
"It's about this whole….Big three thing."
"Oh, well, I've been kept out of the dark from most of the prophesy for 'protection', but I'll tell you what I know, no problem.
When he was done, there was an awkward silence, one that said: Hey, who do you think'll die first?
"Percy…?"
"Thalia?"
"There's…Another reason I, came here."
"Oh really?" he did seem surprised, but nervous too, as if he was afraid about a slipping up on something.
"Well, you see, Annabeth told me that Luke's done some pretty bad stuff to you and-"
"You wanna see if it's true…"
"Not that I don't trust Annabeth, It's just I need to hear it from you…"
"Okay, but don't take this the wrong way, he really has turned evil." She sighed. "But if it makes you feel any better, when we confronted him, he didn't like talking about you; maybe that's a sensitive area for him." He smiled encouragingly, before placing a hand in her shoulder.
"It'll be okay."
"Thanks, Percy."
So she left, her mind littered with intruding feelings and turned in for the night. Maybe, the next day would go better and people wouldn't watch her like she had three heads. She crawled into bed, having almost entered her dream state, when a petite hand rudely awakened her.
"What now?"
"Thalia, Grover's leaving…"
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Where's he going? Only time will tell! Um, and some of this involves chapters from titan's curse, so I take no credit for them!
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