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Why the Hades did I just cackle evilly, you may ask? Because I WANTED TO!
Anyways, I am feeling EXTREMELY proud of myself because I am updating again! Yay! That's twice so far, in one week! WOW!
I was watching the vlogbrothers (WHAT? You don't know who they are? Well, go look them up on youtube!) And something they said gave me I-N-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N. See, I spelled out inspiration so now you know that I CAN spell! Ha!
Sorry, of subject.
So, they gave me inspiration, and that's why I'm writing again. SO…yeah…
DISCLAIMER: I do not own PJO. I DO own, however, Lizzy, Rory, Mrs. De Lone, Ree, Evan, and any other OC that I'll make. THERE. NOW STOP HARASSING ME!
constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and so is praise...*hint hint* But i will ignore all flames!
Read and review, pleases!
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"So, Mom? Where the heck is this camp exactly?" Rory asked his mother, an hour later. They were driving down the interstate, in an un-comfortable silence. Lizzy didn't like it, and was glad when Rory finally said something.
Mrs. De Lone glanced back at them from the mirror. And said, "It's in Manhattan."
Lizzy continued to stare out the window, looking for something, even she wasn't sure of. Earlier she saw a flash of something big and black, like a dog, except the size of an abnormally large bear. But that was when they weren't on the interstate. When she had seen that, it was the middle of nowhere. But now she didn't see anything peculiar. Just a field with a couple of Maple trees as far as the eye could see. That, and a few cars passing them. "I'm sooo bored." Rory complained. "Well, why don't you two play a game?" His mother suggested. Rory and Lizzy simultaneously groaned.
"No offense, Mrs. De Lone, but that idea sucks." Lizzy said.
"Why don't you kids—"
"Teenagers!" Rory put in. He hated it when he called them children, when they had been thirteen for more than half a year. Rory was about to turn fourteen.
But Mrs. De Lone ignored her complaining son. "—play Ispy?"
"Um, no. Again, no offense, but I haven't played that game since I was in first grade." Lizzy said.
"Besides, there's nothing to guess. It's just trees, trees, and Oh look! More trees." Rory pointed out. Lizzy laughed, while Mrs. De Lone smiled inwardly. Rory was so much like his father, that it was scary.
Mrs. De Lone looked back at them through the rear-view mirror.
"Fine, fine. Don't play it." She said, putting her hands up in surrender.
They rode another couple of miles in silence, before Rory broke it (again) by asking, "Who's my father?" It was directed at Mrs. De Lone, who nearly ran into another car when he asked her. Lizzy had to grab a tight hold on the back of the passenger's seat, so she wouldn't get thrown off to the side. Of course, she was wearing a seat-belt, but she had a pretty good idea that they wouldn't do much good, if she didn't hold onto something.
"W-what?" Rory's mother asked.
"I asked, 'Who's my dad?' I want to know." He told her, patiently.
She didn't say anything for a moment, but then she finally answered.
"Rory, your dad is Lord Hermes."
There was an uncomfortable silence. Nobody said anything (again) for another couple miles.
It was Lizzy's turn to break it. "Lord Hermes? The messenger god?" Lizzy didn't know too much Greek Mythology, but she knew enough. She knew that Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades were the big three. Apollo and Artemis were twins, god of the sun, and goddess of the moon. Athena was Zeus's child, and so was Aphrodite.
So, really, she just knew the basics.
Mrs. De Lone nodded, turning her head to look at her for a second. "Yes. Messenger god, god of thieves. All that."
Lizzy smiled at Rory. "Yep, sounds like him."
"Hey!" He protested.
"Oh, you know it's true." Lizzy teased.
He sighed. Suggesting to sneaking into to school, steal the files, and hack into the school computers wasn't exactly the sort of thing you do when you're trying to keep low, and not get a reputation as a troublemaker.
Ugh. He'd never live it down.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Rory turned back to look out the window again. Lizzy and Mrs. De Lone continued to talk about Hermes. For the next hour and a half, Mrs. De Lone told Lizzy more mythology, which Lizzy found very nice of her.
Rory, on the other hand, wasn't paying much attention to they're conversation, but he did when Lizzy asked: "Who do you think me parent is?"
He snapped his head up to look at his mom in the mirror. She kept glancing back at them, worried about something.
Rory was just as curious about it as Lizzy was.
The boy's mother sighed. "I don't know, sweetie. Your godly parent could be anyone, since you didn't know your mortal parent. You don't look like any of the gods or goddesses I've met but—"
"You've met other gods-slash-goddesses?" Rory asked, now exceedingly interested in the conversation. His mom nodded. "Yes. Only a few, though. I haven't met Athena, Demeter, Persephone, Dionysus, Hades, nearly all of the minor gods, Apollo and Artemis (but, of course, Artemis can't have kids, so I wouldn't think she would be the one to break her oath now) or Poseidon."
Well, now, that left quite a few options, but Lizzy was sure Mrs. De Lone would've known. She was like a mom, to her. After hearing this, she looked down at her hands, a bit sad.
It just now dawned on her that she shouldn't be okay with being a demigod. She shouldn't want to believe it. But yet, she still did. Immortal, or not, Lizzy wanted to know who her family was.
Rory, though, wasn't taking it on so well. He believed it, yes, but it was…I suppose…harder on him. I'm not sure why, but it was.
"So…" She began. "You don't have any idea of who my parent is?" Lizzy looked up now. She could feel Mrs. De Lone glance at her every other second, but she didn't meet her eyes. She kept them trained out the window, at all the now passing cars, that now surrounded them. "I don't know. But…who ever they are…they'll tell you. I'm sure of it."
Lizzy smiled.
So, this is the longer version of this chapter. I made the other one a while earlier, but...yeah...
Aww...I like the last line, because it's just...so...I don't know!
Anyways, it would be really helpful if you could review...(please?) I need help, also. I'm not sure if Lizzy is Mary-sue-ish. Or if Rory seems Gary-Stew-ish (is a 'gray-stew' just a guy version of 'mary-sue'? I think...) I would REALLY appreciate it, if you told me!
So...yeah...please review, and I'll update soon!
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