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Save My Life Again

Chapter 3

After we were in the woods, Leo told me why he had brought me there. "So I saw this tree right? It was all black. I started thinking of-" he stopped. "Capture the flag, and I got excited. So I burst into flames! I touched the tree by accident, and nothing happened! It should have burnt to a crisp." He said, dodging a branch. "Look there it is!"

I don't think I've ever seen anything darker. If there was a color darker than black, the tree was that color. I reached out and touched the trunk. A searing coldness spread through my fingertips. "Ouch." I whispered, rubbing my hand.

Leo took my hand, and I instantly warmed up. "Thanks." I said smiling, and he let go.

"Watch this." He said, his arm engulfing itself in flames. He pressed it to the tree. It didn't react whatsoever. "See? Nothing!"

I got a bad thought. "You don't think this has something to do with Donan do you?" I asked nervously.

"Oh gods," mumbled Leo. "That's just what we need! A monster apocalypse started by man eating fog and cold trees!"

"I'm overjoyed by it also," I said sarcastically. "What do you think we should do?"

He pursed his lips. "We shouldn't tell anyone." He said. "Let's visit Rachel. We can ask her about it and find out where to go. Then we'll leave."

I thought about it. Usually three people would go on a quest, but I guess this wasn't really a quest. I knew it would be dangerous, and I'd have to be really careful about my esp. "Ok. Lets do it."

Leo and I walked through the woods. The weather had never been colder at camp, and I started to shake. Leo noticed, and slipped his arm around my waist. "Better?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yeah." I whispered.

After about ten minutes, we came across our first monster. It had no legs, and it looked like a ten-foot long cobra. As soon as Leo saw it, his grip on me tightened. His other hand burst into flames. He pointed it at the monster. "Get out of here." he said. His voice was so deep; I had never heard it like that. It sounded brave and, well, protective. It didn't bother me though - friends protect each other.

When the monster saw us, it roared and disappeared. Right into thin air. "It's starting," I whispered. "They're sending monsters to spy on us and kill our friends."

"Stupid, tatarus scum bags." mumbled Leo.

"We should get to Rachel before any more monsters find us." I said, slipping out of his arm. "Let's run."

So we ran all the way to camp. We made our way up the hill to the cave where Rachel lived. We shuffled into the cave, panting. Rachel had her back to us, and turned.

"Hey guys, what's up?" she asked.

"Rachel, we need your help," I said. I explained what had happened. My visions, the fog, everything. I told her how we needed her advice on where to go.

Green light appeared around us. "North," began Delphi. "You shall travel north to find the one who stands without a shrine."

I almost passed out. Those words… that phrase… I had heard that before, when I was ten years old. I had been in the Zeus cabin, reading Misty of Chincoteague. To me it was interesting, because the mortals didn't know that Misty was the great great grandfoal of Arion. Anyway, I started to get really lightheaded. I put down the book and looked around, wondering what caused me to become dizzy so fast. That's when it happened. Green mist filled the room. I was terrified, but too stunned to call for help. "Elizabeth Greene," rasped a voice. It seemed to come from everywhere, not just one person. "You are part of a major event. You shall travel north to find the one who stands without a shrine."

Snapping back to reality, I heard Leo mumbling. "Liz, that's the… the thing!" I guess he was talking about when I was ten. Yes, of course I had to tell him, so now he knew exactly was Delphi was talking about.

I grabbed his arm. "We need to get out of here." I said dragging him out of the cave. We ran down the hill, stopping by the Hephaestus cabin. Leo threw a change of clothes, electronics, and some other things in a backpack. His siblings asked what he was doing, but luckily he came up with a quick lie. "Chiron wants me and Liz to camp out in the woods tonight and, you know, guard." Said Leo.

I did the same thing at my cabin. I packed some clothes, food, drachmas, mortal money, more stuff. "How the heck are we going north anyway?" I asked. "I mean, we don't just have a tricked out minivan to get us there."

Leo thought for a moment. "I know!" he said, snapping his fingers. He pulled a small cube out of his backpack. It was bronze, with gold edges. On top of it was a small emerald, my favorite gem. "This is sort of like a molecular transporter."

After being friends with Leo for over seven years, I knew the basics about machines. What Leo was holding in his hands was extremely hard to craft. "Leo, how did you…" I started, bewildered.

"Don't worry about it," he said. "Now all I have to do is press this emerald, and think of the place I want us to go. We'll be there in seconds."

"Awesome," I grinned. "Should we leave now?"

"I guess it's best to leave at night." Replied Leo.

To test the transporter, we chose to go to the edge of the woods. Thank the gods it worked!

I stared over the hill at the cabins and the big house. I had to admit, I was scared. I had left camp on several quests before, but this seemed really, really dangerous. I glanced at Leo, and he looked at me. He put his arm around my shoulders. "Don't worry," he whispered. "We'll see camp again."

I nodded as tears stung my eyes. Leo's warmth was calming me down already, though. I was brave.

"You ready to go?" asked Leo.

"Yeah," I replied. "I'm ready."

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