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"Alright, do you say we take the creepy path through the woods, or the creepy path through the old abandoned houses?"
I considered my options.
"Hmmm... as much as I love abandoned houses, I think the wood's is the place to search," I said, trying to peer through the trees, "Plus, look there. Doesn't it look like something might have smashed through there?"
Elliott leaned closer to the trees and frowned, "Harmony? Is this... blood?"
I leaned forwards to look and gasped. Blood? Was it Ella's? Was she... no. I wouldn't even let myself think the words. But one look at Elliott's face made me imagine the worst.
"Please don't be such a pessimist," I begged, "I have to think that she was alive. She's my best friend."
"She was mine too," Elliott agreed. I felt a rush of fury.
"She was your best friend? Or she is? If I were you, I would think very carefully about your next choice of words."
Elliott sighed and started walking into the forest. His response wasn't very promising, but at least he hadn't said anything that would put my hopes down.
I followed him, pulling out my sword in case anything jumped out at me. The trees were slowly rustling in the wind, and I could tell they were mocking me. One would move, and I would jump and turn, only to find it was a trick of the wind. This happened many times before I finally became frustrated.
"Are you hearing things too?" I asked Elliott angrily, "Because I keep hearing things in the fucking trees, I can't believe that we still haven't found Ella, my arm and my face cuts hurt, and I think I'm going to lose it!"
I worked myself into a rage. I didn't even know what I was doing. I started stomping and pulling at my hair, glaring at anything I could. Elliott grabbed my hands and pulled me into a hug.
"Harmony, it will be okay," he said in a soothing voice, "Just calm down, okay? We will find Ella. I'm sorry that I was so pessimistic earlier, but we will find her."
I swallowed, my anger suddenly vanishing. It was so weird how Elliott could just control me like that, calming me down or cheering me up whenever I needed it.
"Thanks," I said gratefully. I looked up at him, and he was looking down at me. Suddenly, the whole situation was awkward, and he started to lean into me. I don't know if I was leaning too, or what, but suddenly we were so close that you couldn't have fit your hand between us...
CRASH
We jerked apart and whirled around. I know that I should have been thinking, "What was that loud noise? Was it something that was trying to kill us?" But no, I had to act like a typical teenage girl and start fretting over the situation. Why had I almost kissed him? Did I want to? Did I like him? Why did he try to kiss me? Did he like me?
As these thoughts were swirling around in my head, Elliott was staring around wildly for whatever had caused the noise.
"Did you see anything?" He asked, nervously twiddling with his sword, "Because if it was a monster, don't you think it would have charged us already?"
I didn't really hear him, I just nodded at whatever he was saying. Was he really wondering about the stupid noise when he had just almost freaking kissed me two seconds before? Now I was angry again, but I was careful not to let it show. If he found out that I was mad about this... no. It would just be better if he didn't.
"Um," I forced myself to swallow, even though my throat was suddenly dry, "N-no, I didn't see anything. Um... can I have some water?"
He handed me some, but accidentally spilled it all over my arm.
"Damnit, be careful, would you?" I snapped, but then my eyes went wide. I stared at my arm; the cuts were slowly healing into scars. But how could that be? Why would water heal my cuts if I was a daughter of Aphrodite?
Elliott was also staring at my arm. I could tell that the same thoughts were formulating in his mind. Thankfully, at that moment, we got an iris message from Chiron.
"Hello kids!" He smiled at us, "How are you doing on your quest?"
"Chiron?" I asked, trying to swallow again, "Elliott just spilled water on my hurt arm... and my cuts healed."
Chiron looked worried, but started asking questions as calmly as he could.
"Has this ever happened before?"
I shook my head.
"Have you been in water before with these cuts?"
"No... well, yes, but I kept them out of the water."
"Do you have any idea who your real father is?"
Once again, I shook my head.
"Chiron, do you really think that I could be... a daughter of someone else? Like... Poseidon? He's the god of water, so wouldn't this relate to him?"
Chiron nodded, "I'll have a word with both Aphrodite and Poseidon immediately. Because if you have two gods for parents..."
My heart almost froze. I knew where Chiron was coming from. If all of my blood came from gods... then wouldn't that make me a god, too?
HAHA, plot twist!!! OMG I had no idea what I would do with this chapter, but I think I went a good way with this. So anyways, review! Review or I'll find you in the middle of the night, steal your computer, and review myself from your name. Just kidding... I couldn't do that. But still.
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