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Ethan's POV
I watched as my dad wrapped the last of the bandages around Rose's leg. I shouldn't have let this happen. I should've smelled the hellhound coming.
"She won't die, right?" I was so worried. I've only been friends with Rose and Mack for a couple of months, but they're some of the nicest people I have met in a long time. I looked at my father, who was smiling. I gave him a confused look.
"She'll be fine as long as we keep it wrapped up and clean. We may have to stay here a few days. She's too weak to move. I'm amazed she was able to make it this far. You did the right thing. You know that? Looking at her, I see a brave, courageous girl who would be willing to protect you and her friend with her life. I have a feeling I know who her godly parent is." He glanced at aunt Annabeth, smiling. She isn't really my aunt, but she's close enough to be one, plus, I see her so much at camp, and the way she tells me what to do...yup. Just like an aunt.
She and uncle Percy were getting supplies to set up a little camp outside the cave. I knew exactly what my dad was talking about. Even if you just looked at Rose, and knew anything about the gods and their children, you could almost instantly tell who her parent was.
My gaze swept over Rose's features. She was relatively skinny and her blonde hair went down to her shoulders. Her eyes were a grayish, blue, but changed either blue or grey depending on what her emotions were or what she was wearing. Finally, my gaze landed on her leg. I felt guilty for what happened. I should have been the one to fight off the hellhound, not her. I knew my dad was right. She would protect us no matter what. I had learned over the last few months that when she had her mind set on something, it was going to happen. She would make sure of it.
"I'm going to help Percy and Annabeth set up the camp. If she wakes up, come and get me." With that, my dad walked away.
I sighed, and leaned my back against the wall of the cave. I looked around outside, trying to find Mack. I wanted to make sure she was okay. I saw her lying against a tree. I was about to get up and check on her when a noise caught my attention. Rose was mumbling in her sleep.
"Please don't leave me with her again daddy! Please! She doesn't see the things I see. She doesn't help me with the nightmares! Please don't leave again."
I stared at her for a minute, shocked. She was crying in her sleep. I didn't know what to do. I had NEVER seen Rose cry. Not even when she got hurt. I wanted to wake her, but I didn't know how. She needed the sleep too.
I sat there thinking about what she said, and tried to think back to what it could mean. I faintly remember something about her dad working a lot when she was younger. I tried to think about what the rest would mean, but thinking back on it, Rose rarely talked about her life at home. I tried to ask once, but Mack stopped me and gave me a look that said don't. It might have just been demigod nightmares she was going through. That got me thinking about the girls.
I remember all the times they would talk about the Percy Jackson books. They would talk about their favorite characters, and their favorite ships. I always had to contain my laughter because I actually knew the people they were talking about. They talked like the people didn't exist. I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice Percy and Annabeth come and sit beside me.
"Why are you smiling?" I heard aunt Annabeth's voice say.
"I was just remembering when Mack and Rose talked about the Greek myths like they wern't real, and how they would obsess over ships and stuff like the ones from your books." uncle Percy and aunt Annabeth smiled.
They were the two most famous demigods at camp and in the world for two reasons. One, they saved the world. Not once, twice. Second, they had, like, ten books written about them and their adventures.
"So they have read the books. That girl, Mack, didn't recognize me when she first saw me...that's a first..." uncle Percy chuckled.
"Oh, trust me, as soon as she's not tired, confused, and sacred, she will be the happiest person on the planet." I looked at Rose's sleeping figure.
"Rose would be ecstatic too. She is just in love with Greek myths as Mack. She has about fifty books. It's insane. They both always dreamed of being demigods. I think it was because they thought it was impossible to be one. Rose said her mom and dad both live in her house, but obviously that's not true. She didn't mention it, but I could tell it's been bothering her that she's been lied to."
"Poor girl. I bet it was for her protection. But if her dad wanted to protect her, he should've sent her to camp." I saw a sad smile across aunt Annabeth's face. Uncle Percy just looked confused.
"How do you know it's her dad that's the real parent?" He asked looking at her.
Annabeth who rolled her yes like it was the dumbest question ever, opened her mouth to answer, but I beat her to it.
"It's definitely a good guess, and would make the most sense judging by the way she looks, but I'm not sure it's right." This confused uncle Percy even more, and it also got aunt Annabeth confused, which is a hard thing to accomplish.
"What do you mean? She basically matches the description of a child of Athena perfectly."
"That's the problem. Yes, she's really smart and her physical description matches perfectly, but she also has the traits of another god too. She..." I stopped myself from saying anymore.
There was something different about Rose. When I first arrived at the school where I found Rose and Mack, I had smelt three demigods. I found the two girls almost as soon as I got there. I searched for the third, but could never find them. I soon realized that there was actually not a third. Rose had asked if I wanted to hang out after school, so we went to her apartment because her family had one on the beach.
I thought I was going crazy because I kept feeling like there was a third demigod, but when I asked, she said it was private property. No one could access it without permission. The only one home besides me, Rose, and Mack, was Rose's mom, and she was always home. Her sister was at school, so that ruled her out. I haven't completely figured out who Mack's parent is, but I had already figured out Rose's mother was Athena. We talked for a while, and the things she told me made me think again.
She told me that the ocean felt like home, like she could go there and feel safe. Nothing could hurt her. She told me about her love for sailing and how everyone said she's really good. She said that sailing was a way of escaping from all of the tough things life threw at her.
The way she talked about the ocean sounded familiar. She sounded like a child of Poseidon. I tried to focus on that sense and I concentrated only on that sense. It was something I hadn't heard of before. I sensed two different godly presences. This wasn't normal, something was up, and I got a feeling that this was something I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. The gods don't like anything that isn't normal.
When I was little, I remembered that uncle Percy once said to me that the gods want to resolve anything that isn't normal with violence. My job was to protect Rose and Mack, even if it meant lying to my family.
"You know what? It's probably nothing. Is the camp ready? I really need some sleep, and I have to check on Mack." I said as I glanced towards the setting sun. They looked unconvinced.
"Um. Yeah. It's ready. Your sleeping bag is right there." uncle Percy said as he pointed towards a green sleeping bag. I muttered a thank you and walked out of the cave and to the tree where Mack was lying.
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