The Wedding

The girls were all dressed in their bridesmaids dresses (navy strapless dresses with two brown buttons that went down the stomach, a little bit frilly at the bottom and that stopped about the knees) and their shoes. They all had their hair down and curled. Sonny, who was walking around, screamed as Aiden appeared in front of her, stealthily.

"Oh my gods! You big doofus." Sonny said, blushing. Aiden grinned.

"Don't lie. I know you thought it was funny." He said, grinning wider.

"You promised me you'd never do that to me." Sonny said, looking away.

"You're right, I'm sorry. I forgot that best friends had special treatment." He said, looking at her apologetically.

"It's O.K." Sonny smiled. She jumped on his back and made him carry her around.

"Gods, woman, how many pounds have you put on?" He gasped, dramatically.

"Shut up!" She laughed, pulling his ears.

"Ow ow ow ow!" He complained, through laughter.

"Come on, Argus is ready to go." Madison said, walking over to them. "And don't ruin your tux, please."

Aiden grinned. That was something Lisa would say.

"No problem, Li-Maddie." He said, catching himself.

"Alright." Madison said, hearing him.

They all walked off and went to the van where Argus and the other demigods were. Everyone sits in their preferred groups and talk about nothing the whole way to the church where the wedding was being held. Once they got there, all of the bridesmaids went to Madison's mother and the groomsmen went to her father. After everyone had gotten ready and Kayla, the seven year old of Dionysus, got ready in her dress, everyone began taking seats. The girls and guys walked to their places and the groom, Vince, had gotten in his place at the alter, the piano began to play the wedding march. Kayla walked out, throwing pedals everywhere. Following Kayla was Madison's mom.

Her mom's dressed flowed behind her two feet as she walked. She held her bouquet and had one of the biggest smiles on her face Madison had seen in years. So, Vince did make her mom happy. Her mom hooked Vince's arm when her grandfather let her go. Her grandfather smiled at her and she returned it. It seemed so silly, having a wedding so soon. But Madison remembered they'd been dating in secret for years. The priest began his vows and whatnot and soon, they were up to the part where Madison's mom and Vince were kissing. Everyone cheered and her mom threw the bouquet, ready to start the after party. Her mom's best friend, Janine, caught the bouquet and squealed happily, looking at her boyfriend.

Her boyfriend almost choked on his Parmesan chicken, which he sneaked away from the buffet. Of course. Madison and everyone else then went to the rooms to change into their dresses.

~X~X~X~

"This is so stupid." Ricardo groaned to himself.

He'd spent years being alone, except for the only two people he cared about, and now here he was. Alone again and with those same very two people missing. He couldn't help but wonder how Rebecca was doing. He also couldn't help feeling guilty about forgetting Javier and Rosalie. He needed to leave soon. He still had three more hours. He groaned once again.

"Are you O.K?" Route asked, walking over to him.

"No, I'm not. Javier and Rosalie are missing and Rebecca and the others could be in danger right now and I'm here." He replied.

"Well, you could always go." Route suggested.

"Bullshit. How am I suppose to get there?"

"Shadow travel. You're a son of Hades. It's better you learn now than never."

"How the hell does that work?"

"Just run into a shadow and imagine where you want to be. You'll be there. You'll get the hang of it. It should come naturally to you."

While Route was blabbering, Ricardo had already jumped into a shadow and gone. Once he arrived at the wedding, actually it was the after party, he noticed the chaos. Rebecca saw him and ran to him.

"We have to get out! We have to go! It's Hera! She's here to kill Madison! We have to get everyone out! We have to go!" She cried. Ricardo hated to see girls cry. He nodded and lifted her bridal style then ran.

"Where is everyone?" He asked, running past a burning table cloth.

"There! In that building. All of the demigods including Madison are there." Rebecca said.

He opened the door the building and saw everyone. He put his had on the light switch.

"Everyone make a circle and hold hands. We're gonna get out of here." Ricardo promised.

He waited until everyone was holding hands and he flipped out the switch, grabbed Rebecca's, and was engulfed in the shadows. Once he was on ground again, at the camp, he fell to his knees. Suddenly, someone screamed. A body, without a head was outside the borders. Ricardo crawled out of the borders to it and noticed it was in a wedding dress. He already knew who it was.

"No no no no!" Madison cried as she ran to the body. She lifted up the skirt of the dress, on the backside, and tears ran down her face. "Mom!"

Aiden ran over to her and soon everyone was surrounding them. On the back of the body, just above her butt, was a butterfly tattoo with the name 'Madison' under it. Ricardo was right.

Hera had killed Madison's mom.

Well, I'm sorry it took so long but here it is! So, yeah!

1. How do you feel about Madison's mom dying?

2. Here's something that's eating me up. I think I'm moving too fast with Rebecca and Ricardo's relationship. Maybe?

3. I'm gonna be updating more, hopefully!

Well, review please!

Love youu!

-Gabby