okay, I'm feeling so bad right now. I just abandoned this story, you reviewers have every right to flame me. I totally deserve it. I'm soooooo sorry. I was working on my other story, 20 questions, which is a Thalico story, and I just abandoned this. I'm SOO sorry! I'm just getting ready for High School too, I'm going to be a freshman (I still can't believe it). Here's where I would list more excuses, but I just hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. Review with advice, critisism, praise, ideas, flames, or if you just liked it, which I hope you do!

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Chapter 7

Revival


Monica POV

The strange girl, Anya, led us to a cabin on the very edge of the lake.

She slid inside the door, calling to someone inside.

An old man with bright blue eyes hurried out as the boy with blond hair and pale gold eyes, Jase, put Jessie down.

"What happened?" He gasped, kneeling to inspect Jessie's side.

"Hydra." I explained, staring as the man poured nectar over Jessie's bloody side. He began to mutter a hymn to Apollo.

I watched in fascination as the side healed over, blood disappearing. It looked flawlessly new.

"Who are you?" Michelle asked in shy wonder, eyes glued to Jessie's newly-repaired skin.

"Asclepius, god of medicine. Well, minor god." He admitted.

"Son of Apollo?" I asked, struggling to remember. Hey, don't blame me, I was exhausted.

He nodded, frowning as he concentrated on JT's ankle. Sweat began to drip off his face.

"Who are you?" I asked the two teens, who were standing nearby, looking uncomfortable.

They exchanged glances, appearing to have an argument.

"Jase, son of Hyperion, Titan of the Sun." The boy said eventually, smiling easily.

"What about her?" Ian gestured toward the girl, who stuck her tongue out at him childishly. He rolled his eyes.

"That's Anya, daughter of Selene, Titan of the Moon, and my cousin." Jase said. "She's not as friendly as me."

"I can tell." I said sarcastically. Anya rolled her silvery eyes at her cousin.

"Who're you?" Jase asked.

"I'm Monica Aylmer, daughter of Iris. That's Jessie Dollien, a son of Moros, Michelle Skye, a daughter of Apollo, JT Anderson, a son of Kronos, and Ian Colt, a son of Khione." I introduced, pointing to the demigods in turn as they waved or nodded or, in Jessie's case, did nothing, to Jase and Anya.

"So, what are you demigods doing?" Anya demanded, her eyes fixed coldly on us.

"We're on a quest to get the Apples of Immortality to save the gods." JT explained, rolling his healed ankle experimentally.

"The Garden of Evening?" Anya asked, her voice shocked as her pale face showed no expression.

We nodded as Jessie groaned and Michelle hissed from the nectar dripping over her arm, the sound making it sound like sizzling acid.

"Great. Just perfect. By the gods, why there? Why us?" She groaned, pacing furiously across the clearing.

Jase shrugged as we looked at him curiously. "We can take you there."

"No!" Anya screamed. We all flinched as she whirled on her cousin furiously, though Jase didn't, as if he was used to her screaming. "I'm not going back to that hellhole."

"Anya and I were raised there when our mortal parents died. Selene and Hyperion couldn't raise us because they were fading-" His face turned slightly bitter. "-so Atlas and the nymphs raised us."

"It was horrible." Anya explained, looking slightly calmer. "We only survived that damn dragon because we were half-Titan, and we had good reflexes. I can't count how many times it almost bit my head off."

"How did you escape?" I asked as Jessie revived himself, looking around with a groan.

"We ran away four years ago when we were 10. I'm glad we met Asclepius, or else we wouldn't have lived. We've never been out of the Garden before that."

"We've never been out of Camp Half-Blood." Jessie offered as he sat up with a small moan of pain. Asclepius walked inside to cabin to get some ambrosia.

"Never?" Anya asked bitterly.

"Well, when we were born, we were with our mortal families. Then, we all found Camp sooner or later." JT explained.

"I was brought to the Garden when I was a year old. Jase was already there, his mother died in childbirth." Anya said coldly.

We sat in shocked silence for a few moments. I was surprised, especially since the Garden of the Evening was always so pretty in the myths. Why would anyone want to leave?

"Will you help us?" Ian asked.

"Yep." Jase nodded immediately, but Anya bit her lip.

"Please?" I added hopefully. She shrugged.

"Sure."

"Wait. You guys look really sad. Did someone die?" Jase asked. Anya threw him a 'you-are-so-freaking-insensitive' look when we all winced.

"Ashlynn, a daughter of Zeus. She was taken by Persephone as a trade for her beauty, which Aphrodite needed so she would help us." JT told the two angrily, who looked increasingly worried.

"That's bad." Anya muttered. "We're going to need her."

"For what?" Michelle asked timidly.

"There is an ancient prophecy that the Oracle of Delphi prophesized that says a daughter of Zeus would kill the dragon that guards the Tree that has-had the apples." Jase explained. His expression brightened almost immediately though, no pun intended.

Anya smiled, her rounded silver eyes lighting with hope. "Asclepius is a god of medicine, but he used to be a mortal. He was killed by Lord Zeus because he could bring people back from the dead. Maybe he could try to bring back your friend."

"Can't hurt, can it?" Ian shrugged. "What do we need?"

"Well, bringing people back is really a type of sorcery. So we need ingredients. One-Persephone's symbol of power." Jase said.

"There were black orchids all over the throne room." JT recalled. I nodded.

"That's definitely her symbol. Gods, at least she could've had black roses." I ranted. Everyone stared.

"What?" I demanded. "I can like black roses; it's not a crime for a daughter of Iris to like dark-colored flowers!"

"Two-Asclepius's daughter, Aceso. She's a minor goddess of healing. She's easy enough though; Asclepius can get her." Anya said, ignoring my rant.

And three-we need something to die in her place. Not a human, but something that has enough energy to replace a human." Jase bit his lower lip in thought.

"A rainbow!" I shouted. "A rainbow could be used. There's a bunch of snow that could be used to reflect it, and there's always more."

"That could work." Asclepius said as he came out of the cabin to hear.

"Let's get to work." I said, beaming.

...

Once Ian and JT had gotten the black orchid, we started.

"How did you get the orchid?" I asked.

"Turning back time." JT panted, looking exhausted.

"Ah."

Aceso and Asclepius began to chant as we placed the black orchid on the snowy ground. I concentrated, feeling energy leaving my body, as a rainbow shone strongly in the center.

Michelle crossed her fingers as the chanting increased in intensity.

A human form began to appear in the center in place of the rainbow. For a minute, it looked like it was made out of rainbow, but then Ashlynn sat up, coughing and gasping, her electric eyes nearly bursting out of her face.

"Ashlynn!" I screamed, throwing myself at her in a hug. Pretty soon, we all had a group hug going, even Jessie reluctantly put his arms around us.

Soon, we pulled away, tears of joy staining our cheeks.

"Was I dead?" Ash asked.

"Yep. How did it feel?" I asked.

"I feel like I was dipped in the Styx twice and had to drink the water. My stomach came back from being dead reluctantly." She groaned.

"That's lovely. Hope you feel better soon because you have to kill a dragon." I said cheerfully.

"Hmm?" She stared open-mouthed as I grinned, completely aware of the fact that I had just told her that we had technically brought her back just in time to kill a dragon. "Who're they?"

"Jase and Anya, son of Hyperion and daughter of Selene." I introduced the two cousins, who looked awkward as they witnessed the reunion.

"Guys, in three days, the gods will fade." Michelle gasped suddenly, clutching her head as if it had split open, her eyes focused on something far away. She recovered almost immediately.

"Well," I smiled at our quest, complete with a revived daughter of Zeus and two demititans. "Let's go then."


Does anyone want Anya or Jase as a love interest? Anya is more aloof and untrusting and Jase is friendly and outgoing, if you didn't get that from the chapter.

Also, I was listening to If I Die Young by The Band Perry writing this, but I don't think it expresses it.

Okay, I was thinking 3 more chapters. What do you guys think? I was going to do them in Monica, Anya, and Jase's POV so I don't favor any other people's OCs.

Again, SOOO sorry for the wait!