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Here's chpt 7 finally, this has been sitting on my desktop for ages so here it is finally. Thnx to all the people who have reviewed so far, keep it up! Okay this chpt could be a little bit confusing but if you have know idea what's going on just PM me.
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I stepped forward as the light faded around me. Thanatos appeared beside me, his body tense. I looked around for whatever could spook the god of death but all I could see was the gates of Hades rising up against the blood red sky. Cerberus suddenly sat up from his corner beside the gate and stared at us. He gave a happy bark when he saw Thanatos but when he laid eyes on me he stopped. Curiously he walked forward and began to sniff me. I let out a surprised gasp and jumped back. Even though I was dead, the sight of the three headed dog still made my blood run cold. Cerberus raised its heads and began to howl like it picked up a familiar scent. Thanatos suddenly stepped forward and struck the dog across the face.
"Stupid mutt!" He snarled as Cerberus backed away whimpering. Even though I was afraid of the beast, Thanatos had no right to lash out like that.
"What did you do that for?" I yelled glaring angrily at Thanatos. Thanatos ignored me and kept his eyes on Cerberus.
"That stupid mutt properly can smell she's different," he muttered under his breath.
"Different how?" I asked feeling the anger melt away into curiosity.
Thanatos snapped around and seemed to notice me for the first time.
"Nothing, we need to get moving now," he ordered as the gates opened. I followed him through reluctantly. We walked on through the dreary underworld but all the time Thanatos kept sending nervous glances around the place. Several times I tried to ask him what was wrong, but he just ignored me or told me to hurry up. Finally I cracked.
"I'm not going any further until you tell me what's going on," I shouted as I sat down. Thanatos looked back at me and frowned.
"Get up; we still have a long way to go." When I didn't move he hiss and turned around.
"Tell me what's going on! Why are you guiding me to the underworld any? Why are you?" I broke off suddenly and turned around. Behind us the River Styx and the River Lethe cut through the under world like two winding snakes. At the point where the two rivers met was a large stone building with elaborate gold markings on it. I cringed as the screams rose from the building and faded into the night.
"The Hall of Judgement!" I felt my stomach lurch at the though of all the souls down there being sentenced for eternity. Beyond the hall I could see the faint light of the Elysian Fields. I narrowed my eyes, trying to judge the distance between the hall and us.
"Why are we this far away from the Hall of Judgment?" I asked staring down at the valley. Thanatos opened his mouth to reply when he was cut off by a loud howl. I looked over to where the gates of Hades stood near the beginning of the Styx.
"You do know we should be on the river Styx instead of here don't you?" I asked turning to face Thanatos.
"In fact, shouldn't we be at the Hall of Judgement by now? You're going in the wrong direction!" Thanatos glared at me angrily.
"I know where I'm going!" he snapped. My eyes widened and I felt like I was going to be sick.
"We're not going to the hall then are we?" I said slowly trying to process what was going on. Thanatos merely shrugged.
"I told you I was doing a favour for some one."
"But who?" I shouted my voice cracking on the last word. Where the heck was he taking me? I froze as I remembered what Jay's brother had said that night when they had ambushed me in the park and Cronus had me pinned under him.
"Don't fight Theresa, it will be over soon and we can be together"
"Than," I breathed. Thanatos looked at me curiously.
"Who's Than?"
"The guy you're doing this 'favour' for, he said to me that when I died he would meet me here and we would be together." I choked on the last word, but Thanatos just laughed.
"You think I would owe Cronus or any of his nut case minions a favour? Cronus must have hit you harder than I thought." I sighed with relief but it was short lived. At least he wasn't giving me over to Than but who was he working for?
I opened my mouth to reply but was cut off by another howl.
Thanatos tensed and looked up, his mouth pulled into an angry scowl.
"It's not safe here any more," he muttered looking down at me. I shrank back from him but he was to fast. Before I knew it Thanatos had his hands wrapped around my waist. His body began to shimmer and change. I could feel the flesh dropping away from his body, leaving his bones exposed. His grip on me shifted as large leathery wings sprouted from his back. I tried to scream but it was cut off as he launched us into the air. He soared across the under world with ease while I clung to his arms, eyes squeezed shut. Even though I was dead, I felt my stomach lurch as we flew. I felt as if I were going to throw up but couldn't. Thanatos seemed to think I was nervous because of whatever he was trying to escape from.
"Don't worry, we'll be out of here before Hades can figure out what is going," He murmured. Why should I be worried about Hades when even I don't know what is going on? I wanted to reply but thought better of it. Trembling slightly I grasped on to him tighter and tried to calm my rapid breathing
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I paced back and forth, trying to lose myself in the sounds of the beach. No luck. The sand felt soft under my bare feet as I retraced the track I had been making for the past hour. Where was Thanatos? Shouldn't he be here already with her? Thinking of the girl made my stomach lurch. From what I had learned through my visions, her name was Theresa. Remembering the vision sent shivers down my spine. Theresa had looked at me like I was . . . some kind of monster! How could she think of me like that? Shaking my head I reminded myself that she had never met me before. I would have freaked out to if some random creature I had never seen before started talking to me in my dreams. I wrapped my arms around myself and stared out at the setting sun. Funny, I wasn't use to being cold, my body adjusted to whatever temperature the ocean was automatically. I could tell the difference between water temperatures but I never felt cold as such.
Sighing I sank down on to the sand and stared out at the rippling ocean. I tried to calm my mind but a million questions were running through it all at once. How was I going to explain to Theresa what was going on? No doubt she would have started to change by now. How much had Thanatos told the gods about what's happening? The only gods who knew the whole truth were him and Poseidon. I suddenly felt the urge to call my grandfather here, he had met Theresa before, and he would know how to explain everything to her. Sinking back deeper into the sand I began to close my eyes when something flashed on the horizon. I jumped to my feet and squinted out over the water. Sure enough Thanatos flew over head, casting a dark shadow over the water in the light of the dying sun. The god of death circled around a few times before coming into land. I ran across the beach to meet him.
"Thanatos!" I cried running up to him. Right now he was in his 'death is coming' form, featuring a large set of leathery bat wings and a ton of half decomposing flesh hanging off of him. I craned my neck to try and find the girl he was carrying but she was shielded by his wings.
"Thanatos let me see her," I asked folding my arms impatiently over my chest. Thanatos dropped his gaze from mine and shuffled his feet nervously.
"You may want to give her some time to get over the um shock, of what has happened," he muttered, fiddling with a strand of flesh hanging from his chin. I resisted the urge to throw up.
"Thanatos what did you do? Show her to me!" I shouted glaring at him. He gave a low groan and lifted his wing. I stepped forward and gasped. The girl standing before me looked as if she had been to the under world and back! Her skin was pale and she trembled violently. Her eyes were squeezed shut and she looked like she was about to be violently ill. My gaze travelled to Thanatos.
"What in Hades name did you do to her?" I snapped sending death glares his way. He opened his mouth to responds but the girl suddenly opened her eyes and stared straight at me. I forgot about Thanatos and focused on Theresa. She seemed so small and fragile here. I wanted to sweep her up in my arms and tell her everything was going to be okay but that would properly just freak her out even more.
"What's going on?" Theresa asked looking around with surprise written all over her face.
"Where are we?" Thanatos gave me an uneasy look which I met with my own angry glare.
"How much have you told her," I asked Thanatos, trying to keep the anger out of my tone. Thanatos winced and began to reply when Theresa suddenly spoke out.
"Why am I here Thanatos, is this the person you owed that 'favour' to?" Theresa's voice shook a little but she stood up to Thanatos.
"I'm suppose to be dead, why can't you just let me move on already!" My eyes flew wide open as I glanced between Thanatos and Theresa.
"Dead? How can she be dead? Immortals can't die!" Thanatos looked like he was ready to melt into the ground. Theresa turned to me and seemed to notice me for the first time.
"You, you were in that vision I had yesterday!" she cried. I nodded, my eyes still fixed on her. Theresa shrank back sending nervous looks at both of us.
"What is going on," She said quieter this time. Suddenly I couldn't take it any more; I wanted to know what Thanatos had done once and for all.
"Why does she think she is dead Thanatos huh? You know very well that she can't die so why are you putting her through this?"
"Wait how can I not be dead? I remember dying," Theresa screamed at both of use. The anger that I felt before was doubling now. How could Thanatos do this to her!
"Enough," I screamed raising my hand. The ocean bowed to my will and rose into a massive wave, crashing down on Thanatos. Theresa froze and looked like she was about to faint. Mentally I kicked my self for not being more careful. The poor thing just thought she had died, was abducted by the god of death and now was standing on a deserted beach with a person she didn't know screaming her head off. Taking a step back I took and deep breath and relaxed. Now calm, I turned to Theresa.
"Sorry about all this, it wasn't suppose to happen." I shot a warning glance at Thanatos.
"I think Thanatos owes us both an explanation." Thanatos sighed and pulled himself out of the water.
"Yes I staged her death but Alice you of all people know that she has to be kept a secret from the others until she is ready. What if Cronus found out about her? She has already been to close to him as it is. Staging her death was the only way to through him off the trail. The other gods had to fall for it too because other wise they would try to intervene." As much as I hate to admit it he was right.
"So where is her body now?" I asked. Thanatos shook his head.
"I'm god of death; I could only take her spirit without notice. On our way here we passed though the under world so Hades would have felt her presence. Though I don't know how long it will be until he notices she is missing. Persephone was her mentor." I nodded feeling the bile rise in my throat. This wasn't good.
"What do you mean stage my death; you mean I'm not dead?" Theresa cried out. Warm tears were streaming down her cheeks now and I knew this was all too much. How was she going to take the rest of the truth?
"No you not dead, just not with your body. Umm think of this as an out of body experience," I groped around trying to find words she would understand. I expected her to turn hysterical but she merely nodded.
"Then why did you bring me here?" Theresa asked numbly. I took a deep breath and tried to relax. This was the part I had been dreading. Now thanks to Thanatos it was going to be even harder.
"Has anything strange been happening in the past few weeks?" I said running my fingers through my flame coloured hair. I noticed it was almost the same shade as Theresa's, only mine was straight.
Theresa gave me a curious glance.
"You mean like my powers going psycho, my eyes changing colour and feeling like crap?"
I nodded. "Yeah exactly like that." Her face went blank for a second but I continued on.
"Have you ever her the story of Aqua?" I asked. I might as well get it over and done with.
Theresa shook her head.
"No," she whispered. I let out a sigh and leaned back against the rock.
"Well basically she was Poseidon's daughter. She was minor goddess I guess but she was really strong when it came to magic. She could control the water and bend it to her will almost as well as her father." I paused trying to find the words to continue.
"Any way she had a daughter who was about five years old and was pregnant with another when one day Cronus appeared. He attacked her and bought his scythe down on her stomach. Any way she was captured and the baby was lost or so we thought. Since Aqua was a god, the baby survived and was to be reborn again. The oracle predicted her return when the world was near chaos."
I broke off and looked over and Theresa. She gave me a confused look but wasn't having a mass heart attack yet which I took as a good sign. Behind her Thanatos gave me an awkward thumbs up which was just creepy.
"So what does this have to do with you?" Theresa asked, her eyes narrowing on me. I shuddered slightly remembering the day.
"I was five when mum was attacked my Cronus." Theresa's eyes flew open and she gave me a sympathetic nod.
"I'm sorry, my mum died when I was five as well." I couldn't help a small smile.
"Not exactly, remember how I said the baby would be reborn, it turns out she has." I mumbled nervously.
"So what does that have to do with me?" Theresa asked suspiciously. Taking a deep breath I met Theresa's aqua eyes which reminded me of mine own.
"Because she is standing here right now, you are my sister."
Sry had to cut it off there, nxt chpt should be up soon. Plz review and let me know what you think, feedback always welcome!
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