A/N: Hello! And since I've got nothing to say, let's go to my Harvard Favorite FML quotes before going to the story!
My Favorite Harvard FML Quote: Was I really the only virgin girl to run in Primal Scream? FML
I woke up to a jolt, not remembering what I was dreaming about. I felt sweaty and my heart was pounding fast. I heard the door unlock and Percy's voice echoed through the cabin.
"Bella! Yo, you there?" He shouted , then I heard a thump and he winced. "What was that for?"
"Bella might be sleeping, dumbass!" Annabeth hissed.
"It's okay, guys. I woke up a few seconds before you came," I shouted. They walked into the room and they stared at me.
"You look like sh—" Percy was interrupted by a glare from his girlfriend. "Uh... you look horrible, Bella. What happened?"
"A terrible dream, I think. I don't remember. I should wash up, I guess." I jumped out of the bed. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We just wanted to check up on you," Annabeth spoke up, then paused as she stared at me. "What happened to your face? You sorta... changed."
"Good change or bad change?"
"Good, I think. You look... beautiful?" She frowned.
I stood in front of the mirror and I immediately noticed the change. Ever since I drank the blood, more changes started to occur to me. My hair color was a lot lighter and visible, my skin was paler and my face and body was just more... enhanced.
"I'm... I'm gonna shower," I pushed past them and head straight to the shower.
I stripped and turned the shower on, calming myself down as this was a long time since I've been alone by myself. I took the time to think about everything. Vampires tend to have enhanced beauty when they turned — I learned about it in Greek Mythology. I guess it wasn't really a part of Greek history, but the rulers of the vampire world — The Volturi — actually came from Greece, which makes vampires part of Greek mythology.
My vampire senses were messing with my diet a few hours ago, and now it was messing with my body. Did my biological mother even know that the man she had a child with was a vampire — a predator? Maybe she knew. Zeus never said anything about the both of them — it has always been Aphrodite who told me stories about my mother, sometimes my father too. She's been watching over them but she never knew their exact location.
Zeus's face would be unreadable if she mentions them. Maybe he wasn't comfortable with my mother being with a vampire.
"Your mother was one of those people who were rare to meet — not because she was an offspring of two gods from different cultures, but because she had one of the kindest hearts. She never took her abilities for granted. I know that it's hard to believe that, but when she fell in love with your father, she knew that it wasn't something she could not turn away so easily from," Aphrodite explained. "They had each other who'd need anything else when they've got each other to love?
"So after months of knowing each other, they eloped. Zeus was never angry with your mother's decisions — he knew that she knew what was best for her, and your father was the best thing she could ever have. They were inseparable. Everyone thought that it was in her genes to pick the most complicated of decisions since her blood was complicated, too.
"They were out of every god's radar for three years. They finally showed up with you in hand. Zeus was happy to see them again and ready to accept you. You are the most powerful demigod the gods have ever seen. You are special, we all knew. But the sad thing was that when you three came, your mother & father had to leave you in Zeus's care.
"Apparently, the Volturi found out about their relationship, and luckily they never knew about you. Your parents decided that you shouldn't be involved, so they entrusted your care into Zeus's hands. He thought that concealing you into the normal human world would be the best choice, so you were given to Charlie & Renee. I'm sure that you remember Zeus watching over you from a few meters away ever since you were very young. He had spent days locked up in his office just finding out more about your vampire & Mai background," she told me. "He would sometimes not even attend our annual parties because he needed to watch over you."
Now that I thought of it again, I understood everything better. The story refreshed my mind a bit since I heard it when I was thirteen. I knew better about the Volturi & my parents. Though there was one thing nobody wanted to tell me — the names of my parents. Why didn't anyone tell me? Everyone was hiding it from me. Aphrodite would change the subject if I asked her. Grandfather would ignore the question. Hera — Zeus's wife — would look guiltily at me and keep quiet. Athena would just tap my shoulder like she was giving me sympathy before she leaves to escape. Poseidon would sigh and shake his head. It was like they knew everything. It was like my parents were close to them.
It wasn't like they broke a rule... or did they? I didn't know. Everything was going haywire. I was having a "mommy-daddy crisis", like what humans would say. Yes, unfortunately. I was facing parental issues, and everyone knew. I was going to explode soon if they never told me their names.
I then thought about my future. Was I ever going to meet them soon? Maybe — they still had the right to see me after all. I never thought if I would ever have a family life in the future — the issue of a possibility of not having kids had never been brought up. My mother could conceive me, so maybe I could still have kids. But maybe if my vampire genes started messing more of me, I couldn't have children. Female vampires could never conceive their own biological children since they were frozen. The possibilities were endless. I was the first of my own kind — a force not to be reckoned with. Maybe my mother hadn't always picked what has been the best all her life. My father & mother might be separated by now. They might have been dead, killed by the Volturi. Or they might have been in hiding, forgetting all about me.
I got out of the shower as I realized I've wasted an hour on bathing. I got changed and sat at the table with Jason, but we barely talked. I just waved and smiled, since we barely knew each other. After dinner, I sat down with Percy, and the table was finally full when Annabeth came over. When everyone started changing their seats, murmurs between the demigods became louder to my ears.
"Bella, why do you look... strange?" Annabeth asked.
"How do I look strange?" I asked, pretending to not know exactly what she was talking about.
"You know exactly what we're talking 'bout," Percy said, grabbing his drink. "What's happening, Bella? You've been acting strange since just now."
"I can't tell," I sighed.
"Why?"
"Because I can't. I'm getting more dangerous. I can't put you all in danger," I told them.
"Then tell us if you don't want us in danger. Anyways, we're always in danger. Death's been in front of us since forever." Annabeth said.
"I told my dad not to hurt you guys,"I heard Nico's voice and our heads snapped up. He sat down beside me. "He's not always that mean, you know. He's got a real soft heart."
"Wow," I rolled my eyes. "Hades, the god of the underworld, a softie at heart. Awesome. I can totally see that on his profile page if he had Facebook."
"I'm serious." Nico replied. "Maybe he's a softie at heart for me, but he can be a softie to others who really know who he is." He took Percy's drink and drank it. "So, what were you guys talking about?"
"Bella isn't telling us something," Percy said, taking his drink back from Nico's hands.
Nico looked at me. "Hell, what happened to you? Did you go for surgery or something?"
"Watch it," I scowled.
He looked down. "Sorry Bells. C'mon, tell us! We won't tell anyone!"
I took a deep breath. "Well, you know how I'm part vampire, right?"
"Where are you going with this? Are you turning into a vampire or something?" Annabeth asked.
"I think it's something like that." I sighed. "Earlier today, Aphrodite visited me."
"Why?" Percy frowned, Nico was about to laugh, and Annabeth gasped.
"We... we talked. About someone." I paused, careful not to think about Edward. "Then my throat started to feel like it was on... fire. I wasn't thirsty for water. I was thirsty for something. Aphrodite brought me to Zeus, who gave me a cup full of liquid. They never explained what happened, so I made them tell me. They said my vampire genes were acting up. The liquid was blood. Vampires usually have enhanced beauty, right? So that's how I kind of... changed. It just started to get weird."
"So your vampire side kind of... enhanced your face?" Annabeth asked, her eyes examining my face.
"Is it going to affect anything else?" Percy asked, worrying. "That's it, right?"
"I don't know," I shrugged. "I'm the first of my kind. Zeus studied me, and he assumed that this was going to happen anytime soon. I can't always drink blood. I need a balanced diet. I'll stay like this forever, but I can't get so easily hurt like how demigods or humans do — I won't have scratches or scars anymore. It would be hard killing me, but if people do, I'll have my extra unused lives left."
Nico spoke up, his eyes showing interest. "It's amazing how you can escape death nine times. If you're on your last life and about to die... oh crap, I got to tell my dad to not accept you to the Underworld when you die, so that when you're at your last life, you're immortal, but the rest of you won't be affected! Oh!" He ran out of the room and we stared at where we last saw him.
"It's lucky he's the son of Hades. I can't believe he's my uncle! He has such a bright and wise mind for a seventeen-year-old..." I commented.
"So sorry to correct you but he's wise because he's over seventy years old — born in 1924, to be exact. Think twice before calling him a seventeen-year-old," Percy joked. "So Bella, who exactly did you talk about with Aphrodite?"
"Crap." I groaned. "You remembered that, huh?"