Reyna IX
After Piper was claimed, there was indeed Drew-drama. "But-but-but Dumpster Girl can't be related to me. My mom is Aphrodite! Her sign must have gotten mixed up with someone else's! Reyna's more likely be my sister, not this joke!" Drew exclaimed angrily.
"Um, excuse me?" Reyna asked angrily. She thought that Piper was plenty pretty to be an Aphrodite girl. Reyna remembered being annoyed whenever someone discredited her because she was a girl. Unfortunately, Reyna vaguely remembered it happening a lot.
"Drew, chill. Piper's leaving on the quest tomorrow and will probably be gone for like a week. That will give both of you enough time to cool down. All right?" Percy stood in between Drew and the other girls. "Just get through one night together, ok?"
"Fineā¦" the girls grumbled.
"Malcom! Can you show Reyna to your cabin and get her a bunk? Thanks!" Percy called out to the son of Athena.
"Sure Percy. Come on Reyna." Reyna took one glance back at Piper and Drew before following Malcom across the green to Cabin 6. It was a gray building with a carved owl over the door. Through the window, Reyna could see bookshelves, weapons, and some kind of whiteboard thing. Malcom opened the door and led Reyna inside.
He brought her to an empty bunk with white sheets and a gray quilt. There were only a few bunks with simple sheets and quilts. Most of them had gray sheets, while a few had blue, and one had a pale pink color. The quilts on top varied from bunk to bunk, as if campers had brought quilts from home. One bunk was empty. It had a few pictures taped to the wall. Reyna walked over to examine them.
One showed a picture of a seven year old girl with blonde hair and gray eyes standing in between two other kids. One had sandy blonde hair and blue (Is that Luke's eye color? I didn't want to look it up) eyes and was holding a sword and grinning excitedly. The third kid looked eerily familiar, yet so foreign at the same time. She had spiky black hair and blue eyes that Reyna could have sworn she'd seen before. "That's Annabeth's bunk" Malcom explained. "The kids in the photo are Luke Castellan and Thalia Grace. Annabeth is the one in the middle."
Reyna nodded. The name Thalia Grace made her head explode. She knew her, or someone related to her. She had to. "Where's Thalia? What cabin is she in?" Reyna asked. Maybe Thalia knew who Reyna was!
Malcom shook his head. "Thalia's a hunter of Artemis. They come and go from camp. Why?"
"This is going to sound strange, but I know her eyes. I've seen them before. Do you know if she was ever a blonde? Or had a brother?" Reyna asked her mind racing.
"No, I don't think so. She's a daughter of Zeus and not many of those are around. The big three gods; Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, made a pact not to have children. All three of them broke it at some point or another. Anyways, you have to leave early tomorrow. Why don't you get some sleep?" Malcom asked.
Now that he mentioned it, Reyna was exhausted. She smiled at Malcom and walked back to her bunk and fell asleep.
Reyna dreamed of wolves. She was in a clearing in the middle of a redwood forest. In front of her rose the ruins of a stone mansion. Low gray clouds blended with fog, and cold rain hung in the air. A pack of large gray beasts milled around her, brushing against her legs, snarling and baring their teeth. They gently nudged Reyna forward and into the ruins. The ground squelched under her feet as she walked. Stone spires of chimneys, no longer attached to anything, rose up like totem poles.
Reyna reached a rectangular pool of water. On the far side sat a giant she-wolf, several feet taller than Reyna. Her eyes glowed silver in the fog and her coat was a warm chocolate red. "I know this place. I remember it" Reyna said out loud, puzzled.
Of course,the she-wolf said. You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
"Well, that's hardly fair" Reyna told the she-wolf, but as soon as she spoke, she knew she had made a mistake.
Wolves didn't feel sympathy. They never expected fairness. Conquer or die, praetor. Conquer or die. The wolf told Reyna. Cleanse our house from these abominations. Clean the house of wolves, Reyna!
"At least tell me who I am, Lupa. You of all will know who I am" Reyna asked.
You? You are the Queen of Rome, as always. The wolf curled her lip, as if she had made a clever joke. Do not fail, daughter of battle. Finish you quest, free Juno, and come back to the saving grace.
Hey guys it's Nerd here! So, tell me what you think of this chapter! Sorry that it's so short, I just didn't want to type out the whole chapter and just change his to her, etc. Enjoy this chapter and review telling me what you think!
