Rating officially changed to M


Stark

The plane ride was pretty quiet. Zoey slept most of the way so I had nothing better to do than listen to the conversations that were happening up front. Percy and Annabeth with sitting with Nico and Piper while Leo and Jason were behind them. They seemed to have been deep in a conversation.

"Hey, Jason, looks like you'll be close to home," Leo quipped. Jason hit him upside the head and I had to stifle a chuckle.

"Why were we supposed to come here in the first place?" Nico asked obviously annoyed. He is such a dark person. Wonder what pissed in his cheerios.

"I keep telling you, Chiron said that Nyx's children need our help. I thought they were demigods so I agreed." Jeez, Percy. I always thought you were kinder.

"He always leaves out the details," Nico muttered.

"It could be worse. At least we're not dead or fighting a dangerous war." Yet.

"True." Piper chimed in.

"Exactly. After we're done helping them, we'll go home. I promise. Besides, they aren't all that bad. I know Stevie Rae, Zoey, Stark, Darius, Shaunee, Erin, and Aphrodite aren't bad. They're actually very nice. Well, except for maybe Aphrodite."Everyone looked at Annabeth like she had two heads. Hey. I couldn't blame them. Aphrodite can be a bitchy hag from hell.

"Damien is extremely nice." Why, yes.

"Yeah," the rest of the boys agreed.

"But where did that new kid come from?" Percy asked, sounding genuinely interested.

Piper and Annabeth shrugged. "We saw Stevie Rae talking to him before we left the House of Night. He must have stayed behind," Piper said.

"You mean Rephaim?" Erin asked joining them in the front.

They all bobbed their heads up and down. "He's half raven." Shaunee commented.

"Half raven?" Percy asked. Annabeth smacked his head. "Ow," he complained.

The Twins nodded and continued. "He asked for Nyx's forgiveness and she forgave him. For what he had done in his past, Nyx made him into a raven during the day and human at night. Probably so he and Stevie Rae could be together." I stifled a snicker.

"Is that why we didn't see him until today?" Nico asked.

They nodded. "He was staying with Stevie Rae at the House of Night at the Depot. They have to stay with the red fledglings." Shaunee said.

"There's another House of Night?" Annabeth asked. Always the smart one. "I thought there was only one in Tulsa."

"Yeah, we live there, but we go to school at the original House of Night. It's just for us and the red fledglings. We moved there because Neferet was running the school. And she's a total bitch."

Erin laughed and continued for Shaunee. "Almost like an Assbucket. Am I right Twin?"

"Worse than an Assbucket. Even worse then Hag from Hell over there." She pointed to Aphrodite.

Minutes after listening to their bickering and joking, Zoey woke up from her little nap. "How're you feeling?" I pecked her lips as she raised her head from my chest.

"Perfect," she pressed her soft, plump, pink lips to mine.

Without having to ask for entrance, she opened her mouth and brushed her tongue against mine. I lifted her up from the seat beside me and sat her on my lap. Zoey ground her hips into mine and I moaned. Aphrodite made a sound of disgust. I deepened the kiss and squeezed Zoey's breast. She moaned into my mouth and I felt Aphrodite kick the seat.

"Stop fucking having sex in public," she snapped.

I pulled away and chuckled.

Annabeth

"Stop fucking having sex in public," Aphrodite snapped.

The boys around me chuckled and the girls, including me, made sounds of disgust. We heard Stark chuckle and Zoey murmured a 'sorry'. Erin and Shaunee rolled their eyes then their eyes widened. Both girls got up to go to the back. "We have to go back to our seats. The plane is landing." They quickly gave a little wave and hurried to the back.

I turned to the others with a questioning look. The plane wasn't landing. We still had two hours until the plane landed. What is going on? I was just about to get up and look around when two blood curdling screams broke out. Both sounding way too familiar. Then the shouting started. The whole plane turned into chaos. Thanatos and Kalona ran towards the back. We, as in Piper, Jason, Leo, Nico, Percy, and I, got up and spun in the direction of everyone else.

Zoey was laying on the floor clutching her head while Aphrodite was on the other side of her doing the same. Both girls had blood tears streaming down their faces. Darius was holding Stark back who was shouting and trying to get to Zoey. Thanatos bent down next to the girls and whispered things at them. Erin, Shaunee, and Stevie Rae stood in the back with tears running down their faces. Kalona looked like he was having a hard time figuring out what was going on.

Zoey and Aphrodite hadn't moved from their previous positions. Except both girls were biting down on their lips. Probably to keep from screaming out.

Aphrodite

After Zoey had apologized I got this strange, but familiar pain in my head. Zoey fell to the floor clutching her head. I fell only a minute after her. Erin and Shaunee came running back. Zoey and I started to scream. Blood filled my eyes. I'm guessing that the same thing was happening to Zoey. This was the weirdest thing that has ever happened. I could sense everyone moving around us. Thanatos's voice was soothing, but then everything was cut off as I was whisked into a vision.


A/N: Uh oh! Is Zoey having visions like Aphrodite? What is going on with Zoey? DOes it have something to do with Neferet? Or Kalona?... Okay so did anyone else read the Hidden Epilogue? I cried so much. SPOILERS... I mean, I hated Erin throughout book 10 and some of book 9, but come on! RIP Erin Bates 3