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HAYLEY

As we skipped like two total idiots to the lounge, I kept thinking about the look on Alec and Jane's face when Aro said I could only stay for a month. Then, like a child of Mercury, Jane's face lit right back up. Jane was planning something.

We now stood outside ornate double wooden doors, dark oak with a large "V" carved in the middle. Jane grasped the golden doorknob, a flung the door open. The lounge had a large flat screen tv, where I could see two vampires playing what looked like Call of Duty. Alec was reading in a large recliner, and two girls were talking and laughing, as they looked over magazines. There were five vampires total - at least that's what I suppose they are - who all had red eyes like Aro. Alec and Jane were the only ones with any amount of gold in their eyes. Alec stood up, and walked to his sister and murmured something like ' skipping? Really?' Jane just smirked.

"Hayley, this is the rest of the guard. Guard, this is Hayley. You will not harm her." Jane said, growling at the end.

"Hello, Hayley. My name is Chelsea." a pretty woman- vampire, of course- with light brown hair said, stepping up to shake my hand. She had a slight Italian accent. It was cold and hard, like shaking hands with a marble statue.

"Hello, Chelsea. It's nice to meet you." I replied. Another man stepped up- one of the ones playing the video game- he looked as if he once had a tan. Now it was more of a ghost of a tan. His build reminded me of Alicia's, tall and lean. He had brown/blond hair that was cut kind of like Jason's.

"Hello, Hayley. My name is Demitri." He said quietly. He seemed like a quiet person.

"Nice to meet you Demitri." I replied. Another woman stepped up, she was the most beautiful vampire here. She reminded me of Venus when she isn't trying very hard to look good. That is a rare occasion. She had long mahogany hair, and long legs. She smiled at me.

"Hi! My name is Heidi!" She cried gleefully. She had a harsher and more beautiful accent than Chelsea, one I couldn't place.

My ears rang as I said, "Hello, Heidi." A large man grinned and stepped up. He was very tall and broad in the shoulders. He had dark brown hair and the same pale, cold, hard skin as anyone else. He shook my hand, and gripped just a little too hard.

I winced as he said "Hi. I'm Felix. You must be Hayley."

"Pleasure to meet you Felix." I said as I shook out my hand. He chuckled as Alec gave him a murderous look. Oh! Alec thought I got hurt! Duh. I looked at him like I'm okay. He relaxed.

"And you all ready know me and Alec!" Jane said excitedly. She looked like a kid in a candy store.

"Yep," I said awkwardly. "So, What do ya wanna do?"

"Well," she said. "We can play a video game, listen to music, or go shopping."

"Shopping?" I asked, not wanting to pull Felix and Demitri out of their game. "I wouldn't want you to spend any money-"

"We wouldn't mind, Hayley." Jane replied. "We have almost unlimited funds."

"I still don't want you to spend money on stuff I don't need." I answered. Even if they were rich, I had all the stuff I would need in my backpack. Ambrosia, Nectar, my shield bracelet, and my knife. I also had a sword, but right now it was a hairpin in the back of my hair.

"I want to go shopping with you. If I promise I won't spend I too much money, will you go?" Jane asked, pleading now. Have you noticed I crumble when people beg and plead? Well I do.

"Fine," I sighed, giving up. "But only if you buy more things for yourself than me."

"Yeah! Oh, we can go right now! I know this one shop that has the cutest clothes in the whole world!" Jane squealed, resembling an Aphrodite girl. She pulled me along by my elbow, and as she dragged me out of the lounge, Alec gave me a look that was half 'I'm sorry, but you've done it now.' and half amusement. I gave him the death glare as Jane pulled me out the door. I must've been mistaken about saying that the only way out of the castle was through the tunnel, because Jane pulled me out a door to a large glass skywalk, the kind you see in large hospitals that goes over the street. I could tell that on the other side that there was a parking garage with cars in it. I froze in place as Jane attempted to pull me across. I could feel my heart pick up, and my breathing was hitching in my throat. No.

"What's wrong Hayley? Come on." Jane said worriedly. She lightly grabbed my hand and tugged.

"I- I can't- I don't." I stuttered. " Heights." I finished simply. Jane's eyes widened.

"Oh." was all she said for a while. I backed away from the skywalk, eyes wide.

There's got to be a way! I thought frantically. I didn't want to hurt Jane's feelings.

A ha! Shadow Travel! I quickly thanked Minerva for my thought process and turned to search for a shadow in the room. There was one in the corner. The garage across the dreaded skywalk was dimly lit, so no problems on the shadows there. I stepped into the shadow, thinking about the parking garage across the way.

Here's the thing about shadow travel. I don't recommend it if you hate the following:

Weird Noises.

The dark.

Going so fast it feels like your face will peel off.

I loved it. Jane looked at me like ' WHAT THE EFF?' when I appeared on the other side of the skywalk, waving her over. She gave me another look but I didn't say anything. We walked up to a car, which I recognized as a black 911 Porsche. So. UNFAIR.

She drove to a nearby city, Santa Luce, and pulled into the parking lot of a mall. She dragged me to the JC Penny buying me a pair of new tennis shoes, a black windbreaker, and one pair of white skinny jeans. Then I pulled her into my favorite store, Hot Topic. I bought an Avenged Sevenfold shirt, black eyeliner, a Charlie Sheen shirt that said 'Duh. Winning' -which was more of an inside joke to me, considering ancient Rome almost never lost- A to write love on her arms bracelet and a small "monster" pillow. Jane, on the other hand got a pair of ballet flats, a maroon shirt with lace in the back, grey skinny jeans, and a tote bag that was white and had one large silver 'J' right in the middle. This was only at JC Penny. At Hot Topic, Jane got two different Paramore shirts, Brown eyeliner, mascara, Blue eye shadow, and a pink zipper dress. We drove back to the city, listening to an alternative station, and we sang along to the songs we knew. She parked in the garage, swiftly grabbing all four of the bags, and strode out across the skywalk. I just shadow traveled across again. She spun around, surprised to see me across the skywalk right next to her. She glared at me, and an immense pain racked through my whole body.

It felt like someone had set off a bomb in my body. The pain was everywhere. I dropped to my knees, burning inside. I hadn't started screaming yet, I hoped. I fell onto my left side, writhing in pain. I started screaming, my eyes weren't moving, just staring at the carpet. I could barely hear now. I heard the door open, surprisingly. Alec stood there for about a second, not knowing what to do. The shadows where crawling closer to me, trying to touch me. Perks from my dad, I suppose. Shadows like me. Big whoop.

"JANE!" Alec roared. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Pain. I wanted to move, do anything to get away from the pain.

"SHE HAS LIED TO US, ALEC! SHE IS A WITCH! SHE HAS USED MAGIC BEFORE MY OWN EYES!" Jane screamed back. The pain increased, searing hot now. I screamed louder.

"Felix!" Alec barked to the other vampire standing somewhere off to the side "Please, help with Jane." Alec looked close to crying.

"I'm sorry Hayley, so sorry." he said. I felt the pain leave me, but I was in shock now. Jane was gone, Felix too. I couldn't move. I could still see and hear, but I couldn't move. (a/n: I'm making this the effect of Jane's power.) Alec picked me up, and grabbed the bag that Jane had dropped that I could recognize as mine. He started walking in the direction of the hall where everyone's rooms where.

"Alec," I said. I could tell I was crying really hard, because my head was pounding. "I'm sorry."

"What do you have to be sorry for?" he asked, bewildered.

"I made Jane do it, I shadow traveled. I ruined it. I'm sorry." I cried. He stopped, just outside of a door adjacent to Jane's. Opening it, I recognized that it must've been his room. The large painting over the bed was of an "A' instead of a 'J'. The room was red and gold and black, instead of blue, green, and white. His room was exactly the same as Jane's, but the colors were different, and the bookcase was larger.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. My sister's just simply an idiot. She wants to believe that there are magical beings such as witches and warlocks. If anything I should be sorry, Hayley. I brought you here. I didn't go with you like I probably should have. Are you okay?" He finished. I just nodded. He set me down on my feet, arms out to see if I would fall, but I didn't. The door opened again, and someone threw my backpack in the room. I picked it up, praying that nothing was damaged. I walked over to his desk chair, not wanting to bother anything in his room, my backpack in my hands. I set it down, and opened the front pocket where I kept my ambrosia and nectar. I pulled out a little square, broke off an itsy-bitsy piece and ate it. It tasted like skittles, which are my favorite candy.

"What's that?" Alec asked, pointing to my little ambrosia square.

"Ambrosia." I answered simply. He just nodded. I took out my notebook and a pencil, and began to randomly draw. Alicia, Christine, and I at Camp Half-Blood. Kyle, Reyna, and I at First Legion after Kyle's prank on Reyna. The bubblegum was visible in her hair. I started to quietly sing Monster by Paramore.

You were my conscienceso solid now you're like waterWe started drowningnot like we'd sink any furtherBut I let my heart goit's somewhere down at the bottomBut I'll get a new back for the hope that you've stolenI'll stop the whole worldI'll stop the whole worldfrom turning into a monster, and eating us aliveDon't you ever wonder how we'd survive?But now that you're gone the world is oursI'm only humanI've got a skeleton in meBut I'm not the villaindespite what you're always preachingCall me a traitorI'm just collecting your victimsThey're getting stronger,I hear them callingI'll stop the whole worldI'll stop the whole worldfrom turning into a monster, and eating us aliveDon't you ever wonder how we'd survive?But now that you're gone the world is oursWell you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tensionAnd not always knowing the answers when you're gonna lose it, you're gonna lose it.I'll stop the whole worldI'll stop the whole worldfrom turning into a monster, and eating us aliveDon't you ever wonder how we'd survive?But now that you're gone the world is oursI'll stop the whole worldI'll stop the whole worldfrom turning into a monster, and eating us aliveDon't you ever wonder how we'd survive?But now that you're gone the world is ours.

"You have a pretty voice, Hayley." Alec blurted. I blushed, heat spreading across my cheeks.

"What time is it?" I asked, having no watch. Alec checked his arm, which had no watch, and said

"Hmm, about half past freckle." He said it so serious, like that was really the time. I burst out laughing.

"No-" laugh "really" laugh " what- laugh time is- laugh it?"

"5:42 P.M." he answered. "Just before sundown."

"Do you have a fountain?" I quickly asked.

"What? Yeah I have a fountain, it's right there by the window," he replied skeptically, pointing to a window by the bookcase. The sunlight was coming in through it, and there was a faint rainbow where Alec's marble fountain stood. The fountain had a single angel holding a pitcher, which poured out water in a fine mist. Perfect for IM'ing.

"Thanks." I answered, pulling out my last drachma. I walked over to the fountain, and kind of stood there, not knowing who to contact. I didn't want to leave, so Jason, Piper, Percy, Annabeth, Jeremy, Mom, and Dad where out of the question. Bingo, I thought.

"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering." I chanted, throwing the drachma into the mist. It disappeared, so that meant 'time to call!'

"Izzie Torres, daughter of Jupiter, Miami, Florida." I continued. The mist shimmered, and suddenly I saw the back of a blonde head.

"Izzie!" I exclaimed. She turned and her eyes widened, but they were red and puffy.

"HAYLEY DI ANGELO WHERE IN HADES ARE YOU?" she yelled.

I guess I should tell you a little something about Izzie Torres. She's got blonde curly hair and sky blue eyes, which are the trademark of the Jupiter family. She's kind of tall for being 16, and she's skinny. She's my aunt, I suppose, but she's the closest thing to a friend at First Leigon.

"Have you been crying?" I asked. Crying at First Leigon was a big no-no. (an: first leigon is the roman camp half blood)

"Yes! I've been worried sick ever since you ran away a month ago! They've already burned your funeral shroud!" She all but yelled at me. If I was really there, she would have me by the shoulders, shaking me so hard that I wouldn't be able to see straight.

"Was it pretty? I bet it was black, was it black?" I asked.

"Yes, but that's not the point, the point is that you're okay!" she cried.

"Yes, Izzie, I'm fine. But you can't tell anyone that I talked to you. I'm not done with my freedom just yet." I explained.

"Okay, Hayley. Just be safe okay?" she plead.

"I will Iz. You know me." I replied.

"Oh! Got to go, mom!" she yelped, cutting the connection. I sighed, knowing why she called me mom. Jason. My cover was basically blown.

"What was that?" Alec asked, incredulous.

"Iris Messaging." I replied, feeling a little homesick. Yes, I loved my freedom, but I missed all my friends.

"What are you thinking about?" Alec asked.

"Going home." I replied simply. But I wouldn't be going home alone. I fell asleep soon after, dreaming about going home with Alec.

AHHH! JANE IS EVIL! Thanks to all of you who visit this story from the states, Canada, and oddly enough, the Philippines. Thanks for reviewing! Please continue reviewing, don't hesitate to tell me what you want to see, or what's missing.

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