AN: PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! I'm so so so sorry for not updating! And thank you all SO much for the reviews! It means the world, Olympus, and the Underworld to me :) And so I was gonna do Will's POV but I'm gonna wait for a bit :) and that's it so yea
Disclaimer: Don't own it. That's it.
Our screams roared in my ears. My brain had finally processed it. Will was in trouble. Aoratos was in my hand. So why wasn't I moving? I ran forward and Bear 1 growled and let go of Will. Thank gods for that. But now, I had both of their attention. Great. (Sar-cas-mmmm)
Bear 2 lunged for me but I jumped. Luckily (not), Bear 1 was there to grab my foot. I hung there, by my foot, and tried cutting him, but he just twisted my arm. I screamed in pain. Aoratos fell to the floor. I saw Andrea dragging Will away to safety. Bear 2 got out his own sword and sliced my stomach, and then Bear 1 dropped me on my head. They both loomed over me.
Bear 1 spoke. "This is your last warning. Surrender to Gaea or be killed with the rest." His voice was scratchy and deep.
"Never!" I squeaked, feeling dizzy.
He got ready to lunge when the tip of a sword erupted from its stomach, through the apron, and it exploded into dust.
Bear 2 was outraged, to say the least. He grabbed Andrea and threw her on the floor with me. "You have killed my brother! For this you must pa-" Arrows impaled themselves into his side. Will! Thank the gods! Bear 2 left the same way his brother did, into gold dust.
"Are you guys alright?" Will said, looking worried. He sat next to us on the floor and checked us over.
Andrea replied, "I'm fine. Just a little shaken up. Its Skylar you need to help."
"I'm ok." I said, even though I didn't feel like it. The cut in my stomach was deep. I was losing blood. It would take time to heal, but we didn't have any. I was seeing double, then triple, then nothing at all.
I dreamt about Camp Half-Blood. It was terrible. There was war everywhere. The cabins were burned down. The trees on fire, the lake completely drained. Blood everywhere, and my friends… my friends were gone. I knew that in this dream, my friends and family would be in the Underworld, preparing for eternal damnation.
Yes child… Life as you know it is doomed… Join me and it could be saved…
A new picture came before me. The camp thrived. The number of campers had doubled. And I saw familiar faces everywhere. Travis. Connor. Katie. Andrea. Danny. Will. I wanted that so badly, I was almost tempted to join her. But then I remembered who I was talking to. Gaea.
No! Never! We will defeat you Gaea, you can count on it!
Beware the earth, for it will no longer be your friend.
That's a you problem. Leave me out of it.
I concentrated on waking up. My eyes fluttered open. I was in the back seat of a car. My head felt better, and my stomach was wrapped. Andrea was driving and our bags were in the passenger seat. I was lying down, with my head in Will's lap. He was staring out the window, like he did on the plane, absently playing with my hair. I got up and he looked at me.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"Well, we're driving to San Francisco. We're almost there. We have like 10 minutes left."
"Ok, how'd we get the car?"
"When you were passed out, we were walking when the car came out of an alley. I have a feeling it's from our parents. It just radiated with power, a familiar type of power so that's what I'm assuming…"
"Oh ok." I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. I was hoping they stole the car. Hey! Don't look at me like that! I am a child of Hermes aren't I? But either way, I was glad our parents helped us, especially since they were going against the king of the god's wishes. The whole silent thing was stupid. That wouldn't do shit. If anything, it would make it easier for Gaea to rise.
"Yeah."
I looked out the window. I had to admit, I was scared. Terrified actually. I was expected to lead this quest, but the only things I really did were piss off people for some reason and pass out a lot. And I had no clue where I was getting us. My mind went back to when Chiron had volunteered me for the quest. How could he believe that I could save camp? I had no clue where to go, or what mountain would have the flower. But Andrea probably knew, and I trusted her to get us there.
"Hey, um… Skylar?" Will said tentatively.
"Yeah? What is it?"
"Um… I just wanted to say I'm really sorry for how I was acting before. I don't really know what got into me." He looked down, like he was scared I would be mad or something.
"It's fine. I understand. We all have those days." I smiled.
He smiled back. "Ok, cool."
"Guys." Andrea said, "Sorry to interrupt, but I think we're here."
I looked outside. The mountain we were next to didn't show any signs of life and it had a strange and powerful aura to it, so I knew it must be the one we were looking for. The quest was finally becoming real to me. We could die here. I didn't realize I was hyperventilating until Will said, "Sky, calm down. It's ok. We'll be fine." I nodded and we got out of the car and starting going to the mountain.
It wasn't very large, and had green trees everywhere. The path was a dirt road, which worried me, but Gaea wasn't doing anything… yet. AN: She won't do anything cus Piper, Jason, and Leo made her go to sleep again so… yea. Plus, I got no clue what I should write… We trekked up the trail, which went around the mountain about twice until the top. When we finally got there, it looked like a nightmare. There was a ring of smoke, going outwards from one certain point on the mountain. The trees had been blown outwards and it was all dirt and dust, no grass what so ever. It was all going away from one point, and at that point, there was a small flower growing, but you could feel its power all the way from here. It was changing colors and glowing brightly. The ground around it had a little bit of grass growing here and it had a sweet smell, like Fabreeze, but less artificial.
"Well, let's go." I said, and I started walking to it. It was there, so we should go right?
"Wait! It could be a-" Will started.
Boom!
There was an explosion of ice and wind between me and the flower and I flew backwards. I did a backflip into a tree.
"-trap." He finished.
"Thank you, smart one!" I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
He smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry!"
I grumbled and tried getting down. I fell out of the tree and landed on my back. I made my way back to the two of them and we looked to where the explosion was. There, a lady and her… minions were staring back at us like we were insane. Ok, that's a good way to start, confusing the shit out of your enemies and then attacking.
The lady was pretty, in an icy sort of way. She looked proud and regal, but also had this look that could freeze you in your spot, speechless. Her skin was unnaturally pale, like snow. She had lush black hair, as dark as a winter's night and cold coffee brown eyes, that seemed to follow your every movement.
She spoke coldly, "Well judging from that, I doubt you'll be smart enough to figure out who I am. I am Khoine, goddess of snow."
Well that sure as Hades wasn't good.
AN: I got no clue what to do now so it ends here :( But not the story! Gods no, the story continues, but the chapter ends. So… yea! Reviewww! Love ya!
Nessa
