Here's another chapter this one for Quorah-Lee. It's a Rachel/Reyna one-shot. No more info needed. Oh wait except that it's not that good because I wrote it really really (should I add another really or would that be too much? Hmm sure) really (and one more just for the heck of it) really fast. With absolutely no idea where to go. And, like my others, no editing past spelling. ANYWAYS I hope you enjoy it!

Rachel took a step forward. She had almost missed the mark in the dark. Not because it was hidden in shadow although it was. No. It was because of the mark itself. The message had said a blue mark on a tree, but this mark was less blue and more indigo. Then again, not everyone noticed these things. She looked up at the sky. It was not indigo, nor violet, nor even black, as many said. It was the deepest shade of blue before turning brighter. The moment when it seemed everything is pushed beyond it's limits of darkness and was holding it's breath. Dawn would come in a few hours.

A tremor shook her but she ignored it as she so often did. Every other night it would come to her and leave her shuddering when morning came. When questioned, she would always answer that she didn't know why, that the Oracle's spirit seemed to be settling a bit more. No cause for alarm. Everyone else nodded like this made perfect sense. Even Piper, the daughter of Aphrodite, although she had hesitated the first time and had watched Rachel more carefully since. Throughout that day, she would feel slightly ill and could feel the spirit's disapproval but there was nothing it could do. Once it had settled, it would stay there until she died. Or longer. Oracles were not supposed to be in relationships.

Another shape slid around the tree trunk. Rachel reached out and stroked it along it's arm. SHe saw a glint of white teeth and the gleam of brown eyes then the shape crossed into the tree's shadow where Rachel stood and she saw no more of it. Reyna laughed softly and smacked Rachel's arm back gently.

"I was hoping you would show." Reyna said, "I would hate to have left the warmth of my bed for nothing."

"At least your's isn't in a cave," Rachel retorted.

"No, it's in a tent. Surrounded by other tents."

Rachel wrinkled her nose, the motion visible in the light pooling onto her face. "Do they snore? Much I mean?"

Reyna stepped forward so she stood in the light too. "Of course. The boys are the worst. They make such a racket you I'm sure you can still hear them from here."

Rachel grinned at her, red hair frizzing around her face. She sat down in the grass, half in the light of the moon and half in the twilight shadow. See, a shadow had different colors ranging from the darkest gray at the center to the light gray of a dove's wing on the outside. She leaned against the tree trunk and patted the grass to either side of her. Light ot dark. Either one she didn't care. "In the moon's glow but sitting on a root that can poke you or in the shade but on soft grass.

Reyna made a face, "I'll take the grass, thank you very much." She sat next to Rachel. In the privacy of the darkness, they lay against each other, shoulder to shoulder, Rachel's leg thrown over Reyna's and holding hands. Somehow, they had both slid forward so they were flat on their backs, they stared up at the sky as they talked, watching the twinkling stars. Percy had smelled like the sea and salt and cake. Reyna smelled like pumpkin spice and cinnamon and vanilla and steel.

A shudder passed thorough Rachel as the Oracle's spirit shifted and spat at Reyna from where the girl had trapped it in a small corner of her mind for the time being.

"Is it causing trouble again?," The Roman praetor wound a curl of the other's hair around her finger, "I can always leave."

Rachel shook her head vehemently tightening the grip she had on her hand, "No, no. I can control it. I can keep you safe from it."

"It's not me I'm worried about."

They were both silent for a moment. "Have you told anyone yet?" Rachel asked changing the subject, "Not that it's me, but that you are… You know, bi?" She glanced over to see Reyna's expression and found her doing the same.

Reyna shook her head ever so slightly and their noses brushed. This time the sudder was bigger and brought with it a wave of pain that left her with blurry eyes and panting for breath, sweat beading her forehead. This was why they had not tried to do anything more then meet in secret and sit- or lay- together. This is why she had never kissed Reyna's soft pink lips, however tempting they might be.

Reyna propped herself up onto one elbow and watched her with concern as the tears flowed from her eyes and she gasped for air. She brushed away the drops of water and held them up to the light, watching them glimmer then wiped them on her shirt. She continued to look down at Rachel, still racked with pain.

"I'm sorry," the Oracle gasped. Her voice was almost a sob,"I'm so so sorry."

Reyna tilted her head down, dark eyes staring sadly into Rachel's. "No, I'm sorry. For causing you such pain. I think I can fix it." She swooped down on Rachel's lips and kissed her.

For a moment Rachel felt the most agonizing pain yet, pushing past the limits of all other pains, pushing more tears from her eyes. Then, it quivered and collapsed on itself bringing in a tide of reif along with it. A small part of her compared it to the darkest point of night spilling over it's peak then crashing down and pulling along the sun. The other part felt Reyna's lips on her's. They were indeed soft but she could almost sense the steel in them that commanded armies.

Reyna pulled away. They kiss had lasted seconds but is had felt like hours. All Rachel was able to do was murmur, "Dawn is coming." Indeed the sun was rising and ushing in a new day. Reyna's face closed off. That wasn't what she had wanted to hear. Rachel slowly came back to her senses. "Thank you."

At those words Reyna relaxed again. She studied Rachel's face, the new tear tracks. "I'm sorry. I thought it would work." She started to get up and off Rachel.

Rachel grabbed her friend- girlfriend's- arm and raised her head. "It did." She felt inside her but for the first time in a long while felt at peace, content. She lifted her other hand to cup Reyna's face. No pain. In fact, the spirit seemed to purr and glow with warmth and happiness. "It really did." She kissed Reyna, this time slowly and smoothly as the night ended and the sun shone it's beady eye down on them. She didn't care if Apollo saw them. Right now was perfect. It was the end of an unforgettable night but the start of an enchanting age for the two of them.

They both pulled away and rose in unison. Hand in hand they walked slowly towards the two camps. No words were spoken and none needed to be said.

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