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I walked down the muddy hill a head of Connor and Travis who were blabbing away behind me there conversation turning into a blur of words in my mind. I noticed a van at the bottom of the long hill with a large juicy looking strawberry painted on the side Delphi's Strawberries was painted beside the strawberry on the large white van. I had been quiet ever since we left the comforting borders of the camp, I was unnerved by every sudden flap of a bird's wing or the sudden chirp of a chipmunk in the trees. The Stolls have already noticed this and tried to taunt me to get a reaction.
"Hey brother did you just see that?" I heard Travis say from behind me.
"Why yes Travis I think I did, I think it was a monster but I am not too sure." Connor replied smugly, my body immediately stiffened at the mention of this so called creature, but I continued walking down towards the van.
"Oh no Connor, it was definitely a monster." Travis replied.
"But Travis what kind?" Connor asked his brother.
"The kind with the big scary teeth coated in blood!" Travis dramatically explained.
"Oh know Stefani watch out there it is!" Connor said as he came up behind me and growled in my ear, I turned around hit him hard in the arm.
"You're and idiot!" I said through clenched teeth as I walked to the van and opened up the back door, I climbed into the back putting my back pack beside me. Travis and Connor crammed into the two seats in front of me, that's when I noticed the driver. He had many, many eyes all over his head that kind of just stared at you no matter where you went. I sank back into my seat further as Travis and Connor continued their conversation.
The van started driving away from the camp, I sighed as I looked out the window, the Big House now just a spec in the distance. I looked forward again, bored already. I've never liked long drives or any kind of trip besides going camping. Now that there could be monsters around any corner, I am not so sure I should've even left the camp. My mind started to think of the up coming quest and how I would be stuck with the Stolls and their impractical jokes.
"I need you guys to stop acting so immature on this quest, because if so help me gods if I have to babysit you two on this quest I will use your own weapons to drag you back to camp." I snapped at them, silencing them. "I may not have experience on any quests, but I do not trust either of you in charge."
"Maybe we don't trust some controlling Apollo child in charge." Travis stated firmly.
"We don't?" Connor quietly asked his brother, who in return elbowed him in the side. "Oh right we don't."
"Yeah uh huh sure you don't, well good luck going anywhere without money." I smugly stated.
"Well good luck doing anything without someone to protect you from monsters." Connor stated.
"I don't need protection." I protested.
"You don't have a weapon." Travis butted in.
"I have the ability to control light." I smirked.
"Well if we meet a vampire then well send him your way, other than that you can't kill any monster without a proper weapon." Connor retorted.
"Well maybe I could use some of the money to buy a weapon." I spat.
"Yeah, okay, good luck with buying a weapon at the age of sixteen." Travis laughed, I just stuck my tongue out at him. I resumed to look back out the window to see we were already in the city. New York is gorgeous, the city was bustling with people, bulletins of lights filled the streets changing with each minuet. The van turned around a corner sharply, and since I didn't put a seat belt on I fell to the side, the van slowly came to a stop in front of the bus station. I waited for the brothers to climb out of their seats before swinging my bag over my shoulder and climbing over the seat in front of me.
"Uh thanks Argus." I smiled thanking the many eyed driver as I finally got out of van and it sped off. ''Okay, Travis and Connor, please just behave-" I turned around to find neither of them there. "Travis? Connor? Guys where are you?" I called out to them as a few people brushed by me to either get on a bus or go into the station.
"Right here Steffy." I heard Connor pipe up as he suddenly popped up in front of me, Travis not too far behind.
"Where did you guys go? Oh never mind it's not important, let's go buy our tickets." I suggested.
"Already ahead of you Steffy." Travis smiled holding up three tickets.
"How did you buy tho-you didn't buy the tickets did you?" I said bring my hand up to cover my eyes in shame.
"You know us too well." Connor laughed ruffling my hair.
"Alright what ever let's just get on the bus." I groaned grabbing my ticket and heading towards the designated bus. I showed the driver my ticket and he punched it, I walked to the back of the bus and took my seat on the black fabric bus seat, placing my stuff beside me to my right. I heard Travis and Connor chatting loudly as they took a seat across from mine.
This is going to be a long trip I groaned as I rested my head against the bus' window and waited for the adventure to start.