2/16/15

No one has seen Nathan, still. I'm getting really worried. I've prayed to Zeus, Venus and even Dionysus. Still nothing. I've checked his cabin multiple times, but only when I knew no one else was there. I was not going to risk running into Keiden again. Anytime I've seen him around camp today, he seemed even more arrogant than usual.

I heard a knock on my cabin door, and when I opened the door, Amelia was standing there.

"I brought you some ice cream." She held up the ice cream for me and gave me a smile. I returned a sad smile, and invited her in.

"So, Monique... This is the Zeus cabin?" she asked.

"Oh, yeah. You can call me Mo." I walked over to my bed, and sat down. "Amelia, right?" She asked.

"Yeah, but you can call me Amy." She smiled, again. What was with her? She was like Captain Cheery or something. It was slightly annoying. But I guess kind of nice. She gave me the ice cream and a pair of fuzzy purple socks.

"Raspberry cheesecake." I read the label with half-hearted joy. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. I can't even imagine what I would feel like if Jayce went missing." She sat on the bed next to mine. I nodded silently, and slowly began eating the ice cream. I couldn't stop myself from breaking down in tears once more.

'I, uh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean..." her voice trailed off as she looked out the window.

"I've got to go." she said, and left hurriedly.

So, there I was, eating the ice cream Amy had brought me and crying. I'm pretty sure that my mascara was all over my face but at that point I really didn't care. And then Claire walked in, looking really worried.

"What is it?" I asked. "Tell me."

"Uh…" she began super eloquently.

"Claire! You have to tell me! What is it!" I asked, choking on my tears. She slowly sat down on the edge of my bed. She placed her hand on my shoulder, probably to be comforting, but I flinched at her touch. "Nathan's dead." she said.

My eyes widened in shock. No, no, no, no, no, no! Tears began pouring from my eyes in buckets, but somehow I knew she wasn't lying.

"He's in the woods. I don't know where, but it's by the river," she explained. I jumped up, not even caring that it was snowing outside and all I was wearing was a tank and worn out jeans and ran through the maze of cabins, pushing my way through the few groups of demigods that were outside, and sprinted into the forest. I had to find Nathan and prove Claire was wrong; maybe he was just unconscious, but he couldn't be dead.

As I ran along the river bank, the snowfall increased and soon I was shivering despite my rage of adrenaline. A bitter wind disrupted the rushing of the river, splashing icy water up at me. I was about 200 meters into the trees when I saw him. I cried out in panic and ran to his body. He was freezing cold and not because of the snow. Frozen blood caked the snow underneath his head and his face was whiter than a ghost. His eyes stared up at the pale sky, empty of all life. I fell to my knees next to him and held his face, my thumb stroking his frigid cheek.

"Nathan! No, please! You said you would never leave me! No, no, no!" I screamed, my cries cut off by a huge sob that racked my whole body. I heard people calling my name but I didn't care. I cried and clutched his cold, wet suit coat. Putting my head in my arms I sobbed into his chest, cold and empty without a heartbeat.

"Please come back to me. Please. I love you."

Within a few minutes, a bunch of people came rushing into the clearing.

"Monique?!" I heard a girl's voice shout. Someone grabbed my shoulders but I swatted them away and held on to Nathan's ruined dress shirt. Amber tried to take my hands but I just pulled myself over Nathan's body protectively.

"No! Don't touch him. Don't take him away!" I screamed. Another person grabbed my upper arms and pulled me off of him. I struggled and screamed even more. "No! Let me go! Please! I love him!" A few people picked up Nathan's body and I tried to launch myself at them, but that someone had a firm grip on me. "Don't! Please! No, no, no, no! Please! No!" I screamed again, my voice breaking into heavy sobs that tore at my throat. The person holding my arms turned me away from Nathan and held me tight. I cried into his jacket and he rested his chin on my head.

Soon, everyone had left the clearing and he let go of me. I fell to my knees and crawled over to the spot where Nathan had been. It was empty of snow, but was quickly being covered with the soft, white flakes. I layed down and curled up in a ball, closing my eyes. A few tears escaped but my eyes felt like the Sahara desert.

He sat down next to me and pulled his jacket over of me, as I was shaking from the cold.

A few minutes later, I felt his hand on my shoulder.

"Monique? We should probably get you back to your cabin now."

"I can't," I whispered.

"You have to. Come on," he said, helping me stand. The ground swayed beneath my feet and I fell over. He caught me and put his arm under my shoulders, helping me walk. Black shadows edged my vision and I leaned heavily against him.

"I'm going to pass out." I whispered.

"What?"

"I'm going to -"

*Thank you for reading and please feel free to leave a review! I would love a follow/favourite! Don't forget to check out Claire's Camp Journal and Tristan's Camp Journal by claireivm for more sides to the story!*