Thalia helped me up, she was still mad, but she didn't have pull so hard, I landed on my right ankle, I didn't scream out in pain actually I didn't show her that I was hurt.
Plus she didn't even notice, if I showed her I was hurting than she would feel bad and then she'll start talking and asking me questions, I don't want her to do that, I want to.
Once we were walking I kept trying not to cry, I landed right on my foot and twisted it a little, I closed my eyes and kept walking, eventually I started to slow down, this really hurts. "Katrina?" Thalia said in a concerned tone, I didn't look up, "I'm alright...I was just thinking...I'm sorry for being a brat, although you should know where I'm coming from. It takes a lot to get someone's trust, I know I'm making that really hard for you, but after trusting people who turned out to be monsters, that just made me think twice about trusting people, it could take years to gain my trust or maybe even weeks, you see where I'm going with this?" I asked.
Everyone was staring at me, no one was grinning but Thalia, "Then why didn't you say so then?!"
So apparently I wasn't clear enough about not trusting anyone right away, it actually seemed like Thalia thinks she can earn my trust in a matter of days, Thalia is excited about something...And I have a feeling i might involve me talking a lot to her, I think she's going to either, try to teach me whatever she can or protect me at all costs. Which I think is actually pretty cool of her.
Thalia hugged me a little tight, "Maybe we can be sisters?!" She looks so happy, wasn't she about to slap me yesterday? Ah who cares, maybe I can play along with her, maybe I can...never mind. I tried for a smile and said, "I also hope we can- can be sisters too..." I stammered. I think I need to sit down, or if we can't stop then Luke should carry me, it's up to them.
"Uh…Can we stop for a little while?" I asked, "But, we just started walking. Why? Is your ankle hurting?" Luke asked. I shrugged, "A little…" What a huge lie, but I can't say that, Thalia would just end up beating herself up because she was the one who made it hurt more. Thalia nodded and helped me sit down. I looked up, it looks like it's about noon. Six more days…I wonder what I'm going to be doing in six days. "Hey Katrina?" Grover said, I looked over at him, "Hmm?"
"Do you know what was chasing you? And do you know why they were chasing you?" He asked, I tilted my head, "Yeah I do…Kind of, but why they were chasing me is beyond me." I told him. He looked like he wanted to say more, but he thought about something else. "We should keep moving, whatever was chasing her might still be following her." Grover said, he sounded kind of panicked, "Alright…But we still have to take it slow." Luke said and point to my ankle, I frowned, "I'll be okay I've been through worse."
Grover didn't think much of it, he just got up, "We have to get back to camp we aren't safe out here."
Thalia got up, "Why?"
"I already explained everything to you guys." Grover said and looked around nervously, he actually started to sniff the air too.
"Grover…Are they close?" Luke said quietly, Grover shook his head, "The wind…It's making it hard to tell, it they might not be around us, it could go on for miles, which is why we have to keep moving." Grover said.
I didn't argue, "Yeah, like I said, I'm okay. I really don't want to have to run."
Everyone agreed, and just like that, we were on our way to some camp. About seven hours have passed since we started walking. We had to take the long way around, since we couldn't get a boat…Actually Grover thought it was a really bad idea for Thalia to be on water for some reason. Anyway, we were in a small town called Yorkshire, that's where we decided to rest, "This'll be good for tonight, I'll try to get us a room." Thalia told us, "I'll come with." Luke volunteered, Annabeth tugged on Luke's shirt, "I want to come too."
I smiled, they're like a little family…I guess that's what trust can do to people. "Fine" Thalia said. She walked into town, "I'll stay here." I told them, Grover looked at them, "Me- Me too, see you guys later…" He didn't sound too excited to be being alone with me.
Luke nodded and followed Thalia, with Annabeth trailing right behind them, she was smiling like everything was okay. I wish I was that carefree, but with this ankle and everything, I can't. Once they were out of sight and earshot, I said to Grover, "Tell me everything you told them."
He looked uncomfortable, "Uh…Sure, I guess…" He looked around, "What do you know about monsters?"
I frowned, "Like the ones that chased me out of school?"
Grover nodded, "Exactly, but those monsters…Did any of them mention something about a titan lord?" I froze when he said that. I regret asking him this, "Yeah…One of them did…But that was so long ago." I told him, plus I didn't really believe him…Although, I kind of did, he was someone I trusted so much, stop it! Don't do that to yourself, "What about it?" I asked.
He looked at me all serious, "That monster was a servant of the lord of time, a titan named…" He looked around and leaned and whispered, "Kronos."
I laughed nervously, "Alright…What about it? Actually isn't he a myth? Aren't all those monsters…Supposed to be a myth?"
He shook his head, "Not 'myths' they're real Greek monsters that serve under the titan lord of time. Let's not talk about monsters, what you want to know is that…You're a demi-god."
I put my hand to my chin, "One of those monsters called me that, what does that mean?" I asked, Grover started removing his pants, "Whoa! What are you doing!?" I asked furiously, and looked away. What a crazy little boy. "I'm not a demi-god, nor am I a kid, I'm a Satyr." He said, "What?" I asked and looked back, okay…this makes perfect sense…Kind of.
"Dude…" I looked down some more, he's got no feet. Okay, think, what's a Satyr? I get that it's uh…I don't know. "Fill me in please." I said and kept staring, "Satyr means, half man and half…" He looked at me like he wanted me to finish, I can't finish that, I've never studied Greek mythology. Wait, I do know animals. I feel so stupid! The damn kid has hooves, and since he's kind of small and doesn't have a horse's ass, that rules out horses and cows.
So that means, he should be, "Half goat. Right?" I asked.
He nodded, "Exactly, and know for the hard part, you're a demi-god, meaning half human and half…Well I think you know now." He explained.
I looked at him puzzled, "You've got to be kidding me I don't know what…Wait…Demi…God…No way." I said and felt a little excited for some reason, "You're saying I'm half god? How's that possible?" I asked, he shrugged, "when the gods come down to earth, they usually come down for…Uh, how should I explain this…" He stopped to think.
"Well they come down to meet new people…I guess, anyway, they almost never leave unless they have a child. Which means, you're…" He stared at me again, "My what? Mother? She can't be a goddess, she used to be in the military." I told him, he chuckled, "true, but that means the other would be a god, then. Olympian god to be precise." He said.
"Olympian god?" I asked.
He nodded, "the Olympian gods that control the weather, you know, Zeus is the lord of the sky, he has the power to strike anyone down with lightning. And they're a bunch more…but let's not speak their names here, we should wat until we get to camp." Grover explained. Hmm…Interesting, I can tell that he's telling the truth.
I nodded, "Sure."
After that Thalia came back with everyone else, "We found a place to stay for tonight." She said and helped me up, "Thanks I said." She smiled, "No problem."
Once we got into our room, we were expecting…Well, not a bad nor good room, but…I could've sworn we had no money, and that we were only kids without an adult to watch us. So how did Thalia get us a suit that had four bed rooms!? I am so confused…Seriously, this place is amazing, how did she get it? Actually where did she the money for this? Is she a thief? Am I in trouble? Was I right not to trust her?
Annabeth poked me, I twitched, "Please! Don't do that, what if I fell and landed on my bad ankle?" Annabeth blushed, "I'm sorry, but don't worry about how Thalia got this place, just be grate that she was able to get it for us."
For a little girl, she's pretty smart and reasonable. "Sure…" I said and hoped on one foot and looked around, I went into one room. Ah come on! There is like ten pillows on this thing, who needs that much? I mean won't they suffocate? Whatever…I'll just throw them all on the ground to let them know, it's dumb to put that many pillows on a bed.
Once they were on the ground, I landed face first on the bed, not bad. It's not too hard and not too soft. Perfect for me. I stayed like that for fifth teen minutes, "This isn't working…" I grumbled to myself, I can't sleep. Why? I sighed, "I guess I'm bummed out about what Grover told me…" I said to myself, "I mean, come on…My so called dead beat dad is an Olympian god? That can't be right…"
Someone at the door knocked, "Katrina?"
I turned my head and saw Luke, he's the only one I haven't really got to meet properly, "Hey." I said and turned my head. "Uh listen Katrina…" He stopped and then continued after a short while, "I know Thalia can be pushy and hard to…Deal with, but she's a really good person, and she's trustworthy, I know she is, and I'm sorry for what happened about before, she just really wanted to help you." Luke told me, I smiled, "I could tell…Plus, I don't mind that she's kind pushy, and I never said she was a bad person, Luke, it takes a lot to get my trust, if you want to know why, you'll have to earn my trust first." I sighed and looked at him, "Getting chased for no reason, and getting betrayed is a lot to take in, especially at a really young age."
Luke walked into the room, "Yeah, I know what you mean. But like you once said, we all have our reasons not to trust others, Katrina you want to know something?" He asked, I raised my eye brow, "Sure, what is it?"
He sat down beside me, "I hate the gods." He said.
"Oh, so they're real. What do you hate about them?" I asked casually. Luke shook his head. "We aren't at that stage, trust comes first remember?"
I smirked, "True."
Maybe he wants me to trust him first in order to find out more about him, I'm not really a social person, so it'll probably take a while. "Well, goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow." I told Luke, he got up and walked towards the door, "Yeah, goodnight."
After he left, I felt at ease. I went to bed, but I also didn't, am I going to see weird things again? I laid there for about two hours and finally fell asleep. I thought I was going to have a weird dream again, but no. I slept like a baby with a broken ankle. Actually, it felt a little better.
I looked around, I was the only one up, I was hoping around, no doubt I'm annoying people right now, the people below us, I mean. I went to the window and saw the sun raising. "I haven't seen that in a long time." I said to myself. It was hard not to walk on my other foot. But I managed to avoid that. After about three hours everyone woke up, I spent that time thinking, since these 'Olympian gods' are real, whose my parent? I'm not that familiar with Greek gods, so I don't know their names.
Anyway, we resumed walking, five more days…Will we get there by the time my birthday arrives? I hope not…Although it doesn't matter. The whole day went by in a flash. Thalia was as talkative as last time, the others still didn't want to talk to me, while Thalia was talking to me. I don't know why all of them don't want to talk to me….Oh wait, is it because of what I said when we first met?
Anyway, we set up camp and Grover told us that we would get there tomorrow, "About time, right Katrina?" Thalia said and patted me on the back, I smiled and said, "It's only been three days. Although sometimes that feels like months on end, heh." I chuckled lightly.
Thalia laughed, "I know the feeling."
Thalia came a little closer and whispered, "You don't want to go there, do you?"
I gulped, it crossed my mind, but…I'm still not sure, "I want to see it…At least. Don't you?" I asked. She nodded, "Yeah, from what Grover's told me, that place is the safest place for people like us, plus we can train and learn new things there." Thalia's eyes lit up, "Plus he said there's some volleyball courts there. There is so much I want to do."
I admire her, if only I was that enthusiastic about going there. "Sounds like fun." I said and sighed, "Thalia…Do you hate the gods?"
My question caught her off guard, "W-What? Why would I…Hate the gods?" She stammered.
Does she already know about them too? Well judging by her answer…Of course she does, but I kind of see why Luke kind of hates them, they leave us as soon as we're born, they leave us with nothing by a sad mother or father. They leave them alone to take care of a child, who could possible ruin their fathers or mothers life. Couldn't they send some sort of sign? Showing us that they care about us? I don't know much about gods and goddess's but I know that they don't care for their children.
"Oh no reason, it was just a question, sorry. But I want to tell you something. Remember that I said I killed my first monster at the age of four?" I said to Thalia. She nodded, "Yeah, what about it?" She asked.
I sighed, "When I was four, there was this teacher, his name was Tai Wong. He was a substitute teacher at a daycare. I can't remember what it was called, but that doesn't matter. That teacher helped me with my English, I was very bad at reading words and math and science…So he started to teach me those things, he explained everything so clearly, he helped out so much that I started to trust him, soon I trusted him with my life. After about two months of learning from him, he taught me about trust." I paused, am I making the right choice? I'm probably going to get hurt again.
I smiled and said, "I also used to have a crush on him…Weird right?"
Thalia shook her head, "We all have a crush. But this guy was a teacher wasn't he?" Thalia asked. I nodded, "Yeah, that's why I said it was weird. Since it would never work out between us." I laughed half-heartedly. "After two months, the principle noticed Mr. Wong giving me special treatment…He ended up getting the wrong idea and Fired him on the spot…At least that's what he told me." I hugged my stomach, "He took me to a room and…Told me about that and then…He started to change, his voice got deeper, he started closing the blinders and then I couldn't see him anymore, I was scared. But I trusted him, I knew he wouldn't do anything to me…"
I sniffled, "He said to me, 'Do you trust me?' I said yes, 'Okay then. Then would you want to join a cause with me?' after that I started to…Feel even more scared, the funny thing is…I trusted him enough to keep listening to his offer." Thalia hugged me, "You don't have to keep going."
I shook my head, "It's too late to stop."
I wiped my eyes and continued, "His offer was for me to join a cause to bring back Kronos, the titan lord of time. At the time I thought nothing of it, but the way he was acting…Frightened me. So I went for the blinders and…I saw this huge monster, then after that, I blacked out. But…When I came to, he was laying down about two feet away from me, and then I looked at my hands and saw…Purple blood, and his head."
Thalia's eyes went wide and then she stopped, "You killed him?"
Well this is all for today, not exactly a super long chapter, but it'll do.
Thanks for reading! I hope you all have a nice day!
Rilurz~
