A/N: And no I have not fallen of the face of the earth. I'M SO SORRY ON HOW THE LAST CHAPTER THREE TURNED OUT SO I HAD HELP AND RE- DID IS THE NEW VERSION. PLEASE REVIEW and tell me what you guys think so is by far the longest chapter I've posted yet. I DON'T OWN ANYTHING BUT MY OC's.
Warning this contains some cussing.
RECAP: (in Noelle's POV)
I closed my eyes and took a big deep breath. At this point my heart was racing but I was totally freaking out inside.
'Shadow travelling with Nico. Could this day get any better? Well beside the Cyclops attacking but anyway. I'M SHADOW TRAVELLING WITH NICO!" I screamed inside of my head.
I felt Angel tense up as I sensed the cold shadows surround us. I smiled the hugest smile ever managed as I felt the last little patch of warm sunlight disappear on my back as we were engulfed by the ice-cold blackness.
I laughed out loud in delight.
Then the only thing I could feel next was my grip slipping and next thing I knew I was falling.
Noelle's POV
The worst thing about falling wasn't feeling like you were falling in the endless dark which felt lot like riding a roller coaster as it zoomed back to earth. It was the feeling of losing my grip.
Suddenly I felt Nico's colder body shift and adjust his grip as he grabbed me before I could be lost in the darkness.
I let out a laugh as we all landed on the not so soft ground in front of my house. Landed wasn't really the word. It was more like me and Nico landed almost on top of each other, Leo and Renea ended up being the only ones who were standing, well Renea not so much. Angel was on the ground with me and Nico, after we fell in a mix of limbs. Coach was stumbling up of the ground in front of Leo and Renea.
I managed to untangle from everyone and got up and brushed myself off. Angel stood up offering a hand to Nico. He took it.
'All I have to say was that Shadow Travelling was awesome! Please let my godly parent be Hades. I would love to be able to do this! 'I thought to myself.
"Whoa, I got you!"I heard Leo say catching Renea before she could stumble and fall.
She gave him a shy smile as her face grew red. She thanked him as he held her arm to steady her.
I couldn't help but smile at them. I knew Renea had a huge fan girl crush on him. Back before we found out about us being demigods we would occasionally argue over which one was better Nico or Leo. She would always say Leo because he was funny and she like how he was. She noticed me smiling and glared at me in way to tell me to be quiet, so I stuck my tongue at her.
I looked over at Angel who looked like she was about to get sick.
"Everybody okay?" Nico asked and brushed the grass off his pants.
Leo and Coach said they were fine, though Coach clearly stated several times that he still and will always hate Shadow Travelling.
"Yeah. Just trying to make the ground stop spinning, but other than that I'm good." Renea said giving a thumbs up as Leo let go of her arm.
"Let's do that again!" I exclaimed as Nico just rolled his eyes at me.
"Ah, no. Let's not ever again." Angel said. She looked a lot better now but I still didn't want her getting sick and I felt sorry for her, so I helped her walk over towards the porch's stairs.
Coach said he would stay outside and walk around the perimeter. Leo stood back on the last step. Nico was on the one above him and waited for me to open the door while Renea, Angel, and I stepped up to the door.
I can only imagine what my mom is going to say when she sees all of us.
I put my set of house keys in the key hole of my front door just as my mom opens the door. Nico stepped up a little just to where he was standing off to the side. Leo did the same.
"Hey, Mom I'm home! Renea, her sister, and some of my friends are with me. I've got to run to my room really fast, "I said as my mom blocked the way. She glanced over at Nico and Leo and then turned to me with the famous 'Mom look'.
"Who the hell are you two?" My Mom asked hateful, "Get off my porch and go home! You too Renea and Angel. Call your Mom and have her come get you. Noelle can't have anyone over today. "She added.
"Mom, please it's important!"I begged her.
"No. I told you Noelle you can't have anyone over till you clean your room. You were supposed to be home by now! What where you doing Noelle?" My Mom yelled at me.
Crap... forgot about that.
"It's clean-ish. Fine Mom I'll go clean up my room, but I need Renea and Angel to help me! "I told her.
"You don't need them to clean up your room." She said.
"Yes I do." I argued.
"Whatever. I'm not going to argue with you. You didn't tell me where you have been, Noelle? "She said.
"First don't freak, know how I always talked Nico di Angelo from the Percy Jackson series." I said as I stepped back and grabbed Nico's arm and pulled him along with me for a dramatic effect.
Nico pulled his arm back as he stood in front of my mom. He looked a little nervous, but I had to show my mom that he was actually with me.
"It's nice to meet you Noelle's mom. I'm Nico," he mumbled and reached a hand out. My mom didn't take it. Leo stepped in I guess to see if his charm would work on my mom.
"And I'm the Repair Boy otherwise known as Leo," he said grinning and reached a hand out for her to shake. She looked down at it and crossed her arms. Leo lowered his hand.
"It's Ms. Melody to you two." My mom spat to Nico and Leo.
"Noelle, I don't want to hear that now. He's freaking stupid and this doesn't have anything to do with him, "my mom said.
'Great my mom just insulted the Nico di Angelo. I'll apologize for that he won't take that personal.'
"Well that was nice," he mumbled to himself.
"But Mom wait, will you just listen to me okay! We kind of all ran into him, Leo Valdez, and Coach. They're real and well long story short we're demigods. They're going to take us to Camp Half-Blood! We need to come here to pack my stuff and tell you." I said
"This is exactly why I didn't want you to read those books," My mom mumbles under her breath. It was just loud enough to where I could hear her.
"You're not going anywhere, Noelle." she added.
"MOM! Why not? "I said.
"Because I don't want to you to," she said.
"Going to Camp is better than staying here in this town! You seem to let me go to another country but not another state!" I came back. I was not about to let my mom ruin my good mood. I just didn't understand why she wasn't letting me go.
"Um...maybe we should talk about this inside while they go clean up the room. It's very urgent." Leo spoke up.
My mom looked at him for a minute and then finally held the door open and ushered everyone in. Once we were wherein she leaned out of the door and looked around before stepping back and closed the door.
Nico POV
Leo and I stood in the kitchen with Noelle's Mom and Dad while Noelle, Renea and Angel ran up to her room to help her clean and help pack some of her things. I didn't realized how hard it would be to explain everything to their parents. I stood off to the side with my arms crossed as Leo stood at my elbow.
I hoped the girls weren't going to take long because I couldn't stand the daggers Noelle's mom was shooting at me. Her father was regarding me questionably from his seat at the table. I was the Ghost King afraid of talking to some demigod parent's. I wasn't good with people anyhow and I never wanted to tell people that I would keep their daughter safe when I knew one of them was going to die in the first place.
"You know I'm not going to let you take my daughter to Camp."Mrs. Melody told us.
"Yes, but we're here to convince you to let her go." Leo said hopeful.
"Camp Half-Blood is the safest place for a demigod to stay. You have to let her go!" I told her.
"It's not far away from here. She can call you and visit on the holidays." I added quickly.
"How long is camp going to be?" She asked.
"Well it depends on who your godly parent is. Most people stay for a summer like my friend Percy, his dad is Poseidon, stays only for the summer but some campers stay all year," Leo said.
Most of the campers who stayed all year were because their godly sent was too strong and monsters could find them easily which is why they stay at the Camp. Others, like me, have no other family to stay with or they just hate their mortal parent and chose to stay at camp. I usually just stay with my boyfriend when summer is over.
"Where is Camp Half-Blood exactly?"Noelle's Mom questioned. Her tone scared me even more than Tartarus had and I've been there.
I looked over at Leo for help, but he just gave me this sly smile.
"I'm gonna go see what's taking them so long." Leo said and rushed over towards the stairs faster than I've ever seen him run.
'Great thanks for the help, Leo!' I thought. I really wanted Percy to be here. He is so much better with talking to people than I am.
Noelle's mom completely ignored him and kept looking at me waiting for her answer.
"I'm sure she's told you a lot about it. It's in New York," I said. I really hate Leo right now, leaving me to be interrogated. I prayed silently in my head that the girls would hurry up.
"Great, New York. That's even more than enough reason not to let her go." She said.
"Wait you don't understand! It's in the rural part of New York. On the contrary it's safer than here. We have already been attacked once. Camp has got a barrier to stop the all monsters from coming in and plus you can only get though it if you're a demigod or god." I said.
"Wait you guys were attacked!" She yelled.
"It was nothing we couldn't handle and the reason why Camp is the best thing-"I said but she cut me off.
"She has already told me a lot about Camp. A lot I didn't want to hear. Like how dangerous the camp is. This was one of the reason I didn't let her know she was a demigod. There was a whole lot about prophecies and Greek monsters," she said.
"Again camp has a barrier," I repeated.
"How is it like at Camp? You obviously have been there, so you can you tell me all about what they do up there." She stated looking me over.
"Well we got an Arena to train in, an armory and a Climbing Wall, we do arts and crafts. Oh can't forget about the Strawberry Fields, everyone takes turns working it. There's a Volleyball court and an Amphitheatre. We play some fun games to like Capture The Flag and there's also swimming in the lake and a camp fire sing along, and then there is a stable. Pretty much everything you would normally do at camp expect the occasional quests and prophecies." I said.
Noelle's mom looked at me as she took all that in. Her face was unreadable. We were both quiet for some time when she spoke up.
"Noelle told me a lot about you. I don't really like you all that much." She stated calmly almost glaring at me.
"Um ... you don't mind me asking, what did she say?" I said carefully choosing my words. I already knew she didn't like me. I was taking her daughter away from her to camp because of a deadly prophecy for my father's sake. Did she know I was gay?
"Your dad is Hades the Greek god of death and that you can Shadow Travel, whatever that is," She said a little hateful.
"Well she's got that right." I said as Ms. Melody looked down into my dark eyes.
"Noelle can look after herself. But with all this craziness with these monsters and dumb gods, I'm afraid she might get a little over her head. Letting her going on this trip is what worries me let alone there is two boys with them too. I'm still not totally convinced letting her go to Camp is a good thing." She said.
I took a deep breath. I knew most demigod who knew that they were demigods and never went to camp where surely going to die if they stayed in the mortal world. I was almost one of them.
"So I can trust you to keep her safe no matter what, even if I were to let her go?" Noelle's mom said. Her voice deadly serious. I gulped.
"Yes ma'am." I said nodded as the dumb line of that of that dumb prophecy played in the back of my head. One of them was going to die and here we are saying we are going to protect them all.
'Shut up,' I told it in my head repetitively till it went away.
I was so distracted I didn't hear Noelle's mom say "Good." Letting me know she letting Noelle go and that she was counting on me to keep her safe.
I nodded and told her I was going to go to see if they needed me. She let me go; watching like a hunter would do to its prey as I walked out of the kitchen and ran up the steps.
Leo POV
I almost sprinted up the stairs to where the girls where. I did not want to be down there with Noelle's mom while she interrogated Nico.
Walking into a girl's room was weirder than I thought.
I hovered by the door and leaned against its frame and just watched, but not in the creeper kind of way. I couldn't help but notice everything in the room.
It looked half way chaotic and organized all at once. There where piles of notebooks stacked in a corner of the room and piles of clothes in another. Leaning against the far wall was a blue guitar. The closet door was slightly ajar and I could see some tennis shoes poking out. More notebooks where poking out from underneath the bed. I could see she had all kinds of posters hung up on the all every wall, all of them where about music.
Angel was sitting in Noelle's bed calling out the things that the other girls would need to get. They would say check as they laid the essential items on the bed beside a huge duffel bag. Well Noelle did because Renea was mostly humming to herself as she gathered some of Noelle's stuff.
"Hey guys, I thought you three would need some help so I rushed up here as fast as I could. But it looks like you guys got everything handled." I said still leaning on the door frame. Though I don't think the others besides Angel had heard me.
"Pretty much. We've got everything laid out except for some of Noelle's clothes," Angel said as Noelle turned towards Renea and held up two shirts. "Renea can you help me? I don't know which shirt to bring." Noelle added.
"Take this shirt. It looks good with these pants here," Renea stated as they pulled clothes out of the stack and made them into two piles of clothes, one to take and ones not to.
"You can sit over here with me Leo, just move that stuff over," Angel said as her sister and Noelle where looking for clothes that matched. I'm pretty sure she was the only who noticed that I was up here.
I nodded as walked over towards the bed. It had everything a normal person might take if they were going for a trip like tooth paste, a hair brush, shoes and other stuff. Though there was some stuff a demigod would take thrown in there too, like these really cool swords. A huge book on Greek mythology sat on the bed as well. I couldn't help but smile at them.
"I thought you were gonna stay downstairs with Nico." Renea said handing Noelle a shirt explaining she couldn't fold and if she wanted her clothes wrinkly she might as well fold them.
About time they notice the Boy on Fire. I thought and laughed inside my head.
"Yeah, well I was till Noelle's mom stared to integrate him. I got out of there as fast as I could. No offense. "I said.
"Poor Nico. He's a goner! "Renea laughed.
"I figured she would. Don't worry she isn't all that scary. Hopefully he'll be fine, though I kind of wonder if mom will bring up the part about Percy. Since that was all I talked about for months on end. He might even be able to convince her to let me go!" Noelle said smiling grinning along with Renea as Angel laughed which somehow stated to make me laugh and feel sorry for the son of Hades at the same time.
"Yeah right, she's scarier than Tartarus and I should know. I was lucky enough to get out of there alive! "Nico said as he stood in the door. He looked over at me. I waved.
"Nice enough for you to leave me back there, traitor," he said. I just smiled. He shot me a death look. I swear the air got colder.
"Sorry, she wanted to talk to you I didn't want to be intrusive." I said holding my hands up grinning.
Nico rolled his eyes and gave me the finger. Renea saw him and giggled.
"Sorry about that Nico, I should have warned you. Don't take it personal when she calls you dumb." Noelle said.
"It's fine, though a warning could have helped. And if she knows about Percy, why didn't she bring it up?" Nico told her. Noelle smiled at him.
"I have a co-worker that's gay and married. So she probably doesn't see it too big of deal that you are too. That or she forgot about that fact, though I don't see how," Noelle said thoughtfully before turning to Renea "Okay, I think I got everything. Leo, Nico what do you guys think?" she said and started folding clothes and shoving them in a book bag.
"I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" I said joking. Nico rolled his eyes and chuckled "So that explains it, huh?" he said.
"Mostly," I laughed along with everybody else then he turned to Noelle.
"From all the stuff you got, I think you're good." Nico stated and crossed his arm as he leaned against the door frame.
"Let's see, do you already have some money? And you'll need some extra shoes and some pj's. Though I'm glad you're taking a knife." I said
"What about a jacket?" Renea said as she helped shove some of Noelle's stuff in the huge book bag.
"Crap, I know I put that green one somewhere!" Noelle mumbled."
Renea POV
**time skip**
I don't think I will ever be able to Shadow Travel without feeling the ground, better yet the earth jerk out from under me.
The darkness didn't really scare me as much as I thought. And no I'm not or have I ever been scared of the dark. Okay, maybe when I was little.
If I had to say what bothered me the most was the strange, odd cold. I can't really explain why, other than it felt wrong to me, like I shouldn't be there. I didn't belong in the dark.
I can hear Noelle laughing, how the heck is she so calm and relaxed!
Leo had to hold on to my arm to steady me again when we reappeared out of the shadows so I don't fall.
My checks get hot telling me that I'm blushing again. Noelle looked over at me just in time to see my checks get red. She started to smile like a mad fan girl. Yeah she knows about my HUGE fan girl crush on Leo.
Great. I'll never hear the end of this!
Angel looks like she's gonna puke again but this time she recovers quickly enough. I give her a look and Noelle mouths "she's fine".
Coach already set off to walk around the house like he did at Noelle's. Man I didn't really think about being a demigod meant that you would have to be so paranoid. Leo and Nico stayed behind us as we walked up to my house. It was a little bit smaller than Noelle's house. It was mostly brick and had a wrap around porch. There were vines of poison ivy climbing up on the other side of the porch.
I open the front door and held it open for everyone to come in and led them into entrance hallway beside the stairs.
"MOM! We're home!" I yelled as Leo and Nico looked around.
"Wow, who drew this?" I heard Leo asked. I turned around and looked to see what he was talking about. It was one of my paintings I did of this photo of a wolf I found in a book.
"Renea. Mom's got a lot of her drawings put up around here." Angel said. Nico and Leo looked at me.
"Yeah, well I try." I said shrugging as Nico joined Leo to look at my art. I didn't think it was all that.
"This looks really good. You got some talent." Nico said.
"Thanks." I said smiling my goofy smile just as my mom yelled from somewhere in the house, probably the Kitchen.
"Renea, Angle! That you?" My mom screams though the house.
"Yeah Mom we're with me along two of my other friends Leo and Nico. We won't stay long and we promise not to make a mess." I said as my mom almost bolted out of the kitchen.
She stopped and stared at us. I saw Leo nudge Nico to his hide his sword out of the corner of my eye .I couldn't help, but to giggle. I laughed at anything.
"Where have you two been? The library closed thirty minutes ago. I told you guys not to walk or hang out with some of your friends. I was there to pick you guys up and you won't there." My mom said upset and angry. She's a little over protective at times.
"Mom, its okay we were fine but we didn't exactly walk. we-"I started but telling my mom ' our favorite book characters found us and we Shadow Travelled here' didn't really seem like a good option at the time. Yeah my mom would definitely send me to a mental hospital then. I can't believe she didn't when I told her about the Greek gods.
"-got a ride from some of our friends," Angel said looking at me.
'You are a life saver Angel!'
"And these are your friends?" My mom said worriedly starring at Leo and Nico, mostly Nico. I wanted to show her that he's not a bad guy.
"Yep. This is Leo Valdez and that's Nico di Angelo," I said pointing them out.
Nico nodded his head and Leo waved his hand nicely.
"Um... Mrs.-,"Nico starts.
"Miss Lightwood." My Mom says flatly crossing her arms. (A/N: shout out to any mortal instrument fans...yes?...no?...mabye?)
"Miss Lightwood...how can I put this... do you ever remember learning about the Greek and Romans gods before?" Nico asks uncertainly
"Yes but what does this have to do-, "My mom starts as realization dawns on her. Looking from Leo and Nico, she turned to me and Angel looking ... guilty?
"Wait! So if you knew already why didn't you already send to the Camp Half-Blood?" Leo asked.
"Off course I knew. It wasn't like their father never told me that he was a Greek god. I was waiting for the right time. They weren't ready to know and they aren't' ready to go yet." My Mom said.
Now I'm mad. Mad as Hell, no Hades. Mad like mad has got nothing on me! You get it. Noelle and I talked hours, okay more or less fan girled about the Percy Jackson series and she didn't once bother to tell us once that it was all real!
'HELLO! This could have made finding out a whole lot easier!'
"Just like my mom," Noelle whispered to no one in particular. I'm pretty sure it was me, but I wasn't paying attention.
"REALLY MOM, YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST TOLD US!" I yelled even though I didn't mean to and regretted as soon as I saw Mom's face.
I got quiet as my outburst scared everyone so I took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
"Mom where not little kids anymore. I'm seventeen and angel's fifteen. We can handle this." I said strongly.
"I know and I'm sorry I kept this from you. I just wanted to keep you two safe. Your father said it was important not to tell you guys till you were old enough. He said being a Half -bloods was a hard and dangers life," she looked over at Leo and Nico," He told me to wait for a sign and send them to Camp then. I'm guessing your appearance here is the sign." My mom said and sighed.
I started to think about what 'sign' was my mom talking about. Maybe it really is just Leo, Nico, and Coach finding us, though the more you think about it, them finding us isn't really the best of signs and could meaning anything. There is got to be something else that's a sign.
Nico nodded." I guess we are then. "I could tell he wanted to say more but stopped himself.
"Mom do you know which one is are dad?" Angel questioned.
"I'm sorry I didn't know his real name, which never told me. I guess he thought it was safer like that. I met him at an AC/DC concert. He was bright, charming and so romantic. We shared a lot in common with our music. He came around when he could, when you were little Renea, but the last time he came was when Angel was a baby. He said something about a law that prevented him seeing you two anymore. "My Mom said smiling sadly.
I watched as Nico and Leo gave each other sideways glances. Note to self I'm going to have to ask what's up with them. Their faces looked like there was a silent conversation going on in between them. Whatever they were thinking about I didn't like the looks of it.
I couldn't take it anymore and rushed to my mom and hugged her along with my sister. I know she could have told us sooner but I know she did it for a good reason. She wanted to protect us and I knew why. We let go of each other but not before she kissed both of us on top of our heads.
"So you're the ones the Camp tasked with taking them?" My mom asked Leo and Nico.
"Yep." They said.
"You two don't know what you've got you're self into." My mom joked.
"What's that supposed to mean?!"Noelle and I said at the same time.
"Nothing, Nothing. You guys need to go and pack. Do you need any help?" My Mom asked me and my sister.
"We got it." I said pointing to Angel, Noelle. Nico volunteered quickly saying that he could help them decide what to bring to Camp.
Leo was just about to run up the stair with us when I heard my mom tell Leo she would like to talk with him. Nico was behind us and already up the stairs which led to the second flour and mine and Angel's shared bedroom.
"Don't forget to pack an extra change of clothes, and your tooth brush and a jacket!" My mom called as Noelle laughed.
"O-K mom we will "I called back over at my shoulder and walked into mine and Angel's room where everyone else was. I saw Leo just about to step on the stairs hoping to escape when my mom turned to him. He looked back up at me and I gave him a thumbs up.
Leo POV
I was just about to follow everyone else up the stairs when Renea and Angel's Mom looked at me .She had just asked me to have a talk with her. With the all mighty Ghost King running up the stairs like his life depended on it, I smiled at Renea and followed her into the kitchen.
No fair, at least when she kills you can come back to life. Get your butt back down here. DON'T LEAVE ME! I thought to myself.
"First I want to how far is Camp Half-Blood from here "Miss Lightwood said in a stern tone like she just caught my hand in the cookie jar red handed.
Great too late now to escape I guess this is how Nico felt. Karma is a you know what ' I thought to myself
"Um - it's in New York. It'll probably take a couple of days to reach it. I'd say three at the most if we leave A.S.A.P and try to beat the bad weather coming in." I said hoping I said the right things so I wouldn't get yelled at.
"That's a little concerning." She said.
"What about protection. Are you sure you're going to be able to keep them safe on that long of a journey? "Miss Lightwood questioned.
"Whoa, Nico and I are heroes. I'm pretty sure we can handle protecting them. Once we get them to Camp half -blood, which is the safest place for a demigod. The bounders there are magical and only let in demigods. No monsters." I said and if I was right about them being Apollo's I was lying through my teeth
"Okay well how are you going to get everyone there? New York is a little far don't you think." She said.
Man, is there anything she hasn't thought about?
"My friend Nico can Shadow Travel" I told her.
By the looks on her face, she didn't know what I was talking about so I explained.
"It's a way of travelling by using the shadows to teleports you. I don't know the details but you can only do it if you're a child of Hades. Nico can probably tell you a whole lot better about it than I can. "I said
"That doesn't sound all that safe. Is there any other way you can get them there?" She asked.
"There isn't any other way we could get there that is as fast as Shadow Travelling. It's safe alright." I replied.
Miss Lightwood sighed. She was quite for a few minutes no doubt thinking about her options.
Finally she said, "I'm a little reluctant to let them go. But it's for the best and maybe this could really help them. Renea and Angel are very special girls."
"Yeah." I agreed. Suddenly she glared at me, right in the eyes. I was about to tell her I didn't mean it like that when she spoke.
"You will keep both of them safe, right?" She said deadly serious.
I gulped knowing I would have to lie and normally I didn't mind but now I did. "Y-yes," I said, sure it came out as a whisper.
Her face brighten "Good."
Renea POV
While my sister had her duffel bag out on her bed, Noelle was helping her gathering everything she needed.
I was digging through my closest for my bug out bag. Both Noelle and Nico, even Angel offered to help me, but I turned them down politely. I had everything covered I just need to find it.
Yes, yes I admit I have a bug out bag. It's just a regular hiking backpack. The one that has a whole lot of pockets and a compass strapped to it. I made it when I was watching a show about people who are doomsday preparers and I kind of thought it wouldn't hurt to have one. Who knew I would use it for my journey to Camp Half-Blood!
It has a first aid box in it with everything you would ever need from splits for broken limbs and Band-Aids for small cuts and everything in between. I got enough water purification tablets in there for at least 2 week and a 1 litter water bottle. There's fire starter though I highly doubt that I would need it because we got Leo. I also packed some non-perishable food like some can food, a big bag of trail mix and dried fruit, some peanut butter and enough non-perishable food to last for at least three days. Can't forget the can opener, a pot, and sporks too.
"Ha I knew it was in here!" I exclaimed pulling my bug out backpack. Noelle watched me from over Angel's side of the room and rolls her eyes. She went back to helping chose a pair of pants and some t-shirts for Angel. Nico raised his eye brows.
"Gods, it does exist." He said.
"Renea, are you sure you're going to need all that? We're just going to camp; it's not going to be that long." Nico said.
"Yeah I know but the trip though. You know we would have to take breaks and let you restore your strength. You never know when this stuff will come in handy. It's better to be prepared for the worst," I said back.
"In other words she gonna bring it no matter what you say, Nico," Angel said. I shot her a look. She mouthed 'it's true'. Nico chuckled and Noelle grinned.
"Hey Renea all your prepping for a doomsday came in handy after all!" Noelle joked.
"You guys are gonna thank me for this," I come back and stick my tongue out at them.
"What's in there anyway?" Nico asked.
"Well I got a first-aid kit, a water bottle and water purification tablets, some non-perishable food, a can opener, a pot, and some sporks of course. Oh and a sleeping mat. "I tell him.
He smiles at me, "Wow, you really did prepare for this didn't you."
"Yes, now all I have to do is pack some clothes and the others things I'll need" I said going to my dresser. Out of the corner oh my eye I can see Leo checking out mine and Angel's room.
I searched and with the help and advice from Noelle and Angel I had all my clothes and all the other stuff I would need. After I doubled and tripled check that I didn't leave anything out, I zipped up the backpack.
"Crap "I said realizing that we forgot something.
"What?" Noelle asked.
"I almost forgot my pocket knife. Angel you don't have a weapon do you?" I asked grabbing the said knife from my dresser drawer and put it in my pocket
"Nope, I'll find something." Angel said as I was pulling my backpack on my shoulders. Noelle was grinning and dropped her bag on the ground
"Hold on, Angel," She said pulling out one of her small swords her dad had bought her a few weeks ago and handed it to a shocked Angel.
"How did you get that to fit in there?" Angel asked and I gave her a look.
"It's Noelle do you really want to question her on that," I said joking earning me a slap on the arm from Noelle. I started laughing and telling her it was a joke.
"Gods, I leave you guys alone for like five minutes and you're already beating each other!" Leo said walking into the room.
Noelle turned to him,"She started it." Leo smiled and whispered, "I'm sure she did." He looked at me grinning.
"You guys all packed up and ready to go?" Nico asked smiling.
"U-um do you think we can say good bye to our mom one last time?" My sister asked. I looked over at her concerned. Normally she would have just left because she is not really that touchy-feely one. I was starting to worry about her.
Leo look at her and smiled "Yeah, sure." He said giving her a warm smile.
Angel POV
After I lifted my duffel bag on my shoulder we headed down stairs to say good bye to my mom. I ignored Renea's looks because I didn't care if she thought I was weak and a baby for wanting to go say good bye to my mom.
Mom had just go done cooking her famous chick' and dumplings. I felt bad that she had just made Renea's favorite food, and secretly mine too, in the world and we would be leaving. Let's just say I was thankful when Mom told us we all should stay and eat, that it would help us get started on our journey. I was glad that we didn't have to leave so soon.
The whole time we were up in mine and Renea's room, Coach had come in and had settled with two bowls full. Leo and Nico where a little reluctant to stay and eat. After a little persuasion and convincing that my mom made plenty and that it wouldn't hurt anything, they sat down and ate. I don't think I've ever seen anyone put that much soup away. Well there's Renea when she's hungry enough but even she didn't eat that much.
When everyone was done, Leo, Nico, Noelle, and Coach gave Renea and I some privacy to say our good byes. Mom stared to get teary eyed but she didn't let them fall. I was glad because I could tell Renea was about to cry. I was on the edge, okay.
Mom ended up giving us both a bone crushing hug and kissed us on the check.
"You two keep each other safe okay. Watch out for one another, And no boys or dating okay. I love you! "She said causing Renea to groan.
"Mom! Love you too!" Renea said hugging her back. Mom kissed her head again.
"Plus we can message you from Camp, Mom" Renea added which resulted mom telling us to message her when we get there and every day to tell her how Camp was.
"We will Mom. If we get in trouble I'm blaming you, "I joked. "Love ya, Mommy." I said hugging her.
"Behave and listen to your sister, Angel. No fighting." she said causing me to roll my eyes. I knew the rules.
When we got done, we meet up with everyone in the living room. Nico explained that we were going back up to mine and Renea's room since it was easier to Shadow Travel in a dark place.
With the lights off, we all gathered around Nico like we did before as he did his weird thing with the shadows. I was already starting to regret doing this again when my stomach started to do flips. In no time the air was colder and we were sucked into blackness.
I can honestly say we landed better than we did before with everyone still on their feet. I still felt a little sick but it was starting to go away. Leo didn't even have to hold on to Renea this time.
I looked up and all around and heard Renea gasping at the scenery. Noelle was at her side with her head tilted back, looking up at the place looked so familiar. I'm pretty sure Renea has either drawn this place before or wrote about it and described it to me.
I walked over and joined them. I had no idea how far away we were from the house or if we were any closer to the camp, all I knew was that we were in a...
OHHHHHHHH! So where do you guys think they are? And no it's not China. Again review and tell me what you guys think (and that means you to silent readers). Chapter 4 will be up as soon as I can. Oh and leave me a comment if I should make Renea and Leo into a couple! I want to thank my beta reader and all those whose been reading my train wreak fanfation, it means a lot :)
