(C) - Rick Riordan

Cabin Ten: Aphrodite
Outer appearance

If she had looked in the mirror one day ago, she would've seen an innocent girl. The pink eyeshadow, red cherry lipgloss, mascara and beautiful silky blonde hair most girls would die for. With the exception of her siblings, ofcourse.

Now, she was different, changed.

Hey Silena. It starts simple. Except it was Luke. Luke Castellan talking to her. Maybe this love magic works better than she thought.

Um, hi.

Silena's real thoughts: Luke why are you here and Zeus your blues eye look beautiful today.

Silena, can I come to ask you a favour, as a friend?

It depends what it is.

Silena's real thoughts: Ofcourse I will whatever it is. As long as I am friends with you.

He cleared his throat several times, which made her blush harder. They had never talked before. Never.

You know Kronos, right?

Yeah?

Silena's real thoughts: Out of all the things, KRONOS?

It ranked pretty high on her list of unexpected, which as a demigod she should be used to by now.

I'm afraid this is the end for me at camp. I have a mission to do that is none of Chiron's business. I need you to keep an eye out for me here.

How am I supposed to do that? And what mission, is it a quest?

Silena's real thoughts: You're LEAVING? Oh wait, mission...something. What was it about again? Oh well, he needs a favour from his friend and -

He holds up a silver scythe charm. She tried to touch it, but the tip of her finger burned with coldness. As if on cue, she senses evil voices lurking around the back, laughing at the thought little girl Beauregard would fall for it.

But this was Luke Castellan, only he doesn't like people calling him by his last name. He was asking a favour from her. What was that quote from her mother again?

Love conquers all.

She'll have to make sure not to fall in love with anyone else not, as she had already fallen for worse things than she can describe.

If she had looked in the mirror one day earlier, she would've seen a girl head-over heels in love with a blonde guy who had attacked camp and messed up her hair at pegaseus riding. Yet she was still in love, with the tiny friendship even though it meant giving everybody else in return.

Now she is no longer falling through a dtich - she was trying desperately to crawl her way out of one.

She took a seat to admire her new Hello Kitty Bandage. The arm hurted like Hades, but at least it was pink now with a cheerful kitten wearing a tie on one of her ears.

Suddenly the bench shook, like someone new was adding to it.

Are you ok now?

She should've known. It was Charles Beckondorf. He was big and typical Hephaestus-like, but he is a nice person with a nice heart. It was silly for someone that spends hours trying to cover up one pimple, but that was all she needed.

And Luke. He got her into this trouble, yet she don't regret leaking the secrets in. It wasn't like she could go back now. Last night he called her a star, he called her B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. It was a very big compliment even though she'd heard it more times than she can count.

Silena?

Oh right. Yes, I'm fine now.

Do you want me to walk you back to my cabin?

That would be nice.

She felt a tinly feeling inside her, more than the times when she was pratically pushing information into Luke's waiting arms. Although she cannot fall in love with someone else, the one has already caused enough trouble for her.

When they got back, she seems a nasty cut on Beckondorf's right knee. It was at least two inchs deep, worse than she'd ever done in her whole life. Guilt washes over all other emotions.

Charlie?

He turned around. Yeah?

She wraps him into a tight hug. Her legs were long, but she still had to stand on the end of her tones to reach up.

Stupid fates.

Huh? He asked, still in their hug.

I said, the Fates are stupid.

She CANNOT be in love with him. She simple can't. Because she was supposbly in love with Luke, and she was daughter of Aphrodite. The others would laugh at her for this.

If a mirror was handed to her right now, the bright rays of Elysium would reflect off it. Her faces would show up clean of scars - or even makeup. The rest was history. Ofcourse, she couldn't wish for a better ending.

She had been once innocent, then stupid, then faustrated, then somewhat an undeserved name of a hero. Last of all, she was free.

She was Silena Beauregard, and nothing more. She will spend enternity with Charles Beckondorf.

And sometimes beauty can turn into beast, and beast becomes a natural beauty.

(Nevermind now that it was too late)

I feel like I do not need to add in the part when she died. Confusing chapter I know...and this isn't really a good one.

R & E & R & CIYW (read, enjoy, review, critisize if you want)

- Taylor