Chapter 11

FLASHBACK

Lacey's P.O.V.

*Flash Back*

I sat down at the creek thinking, "if Athena really cares… she should let me see my father. At least every once in a while! She thinks she can keep me here? I am not a prisoner!

I got up and walked farther into the woods. That's when I saw an olive tree, and I thought "great! Athena probably heard all my thoughts including these and I hope she is actually going to do something helpful." Not necessarily in that order but you get the point of my thoughts.

"Hello, do you remember I can hear your thoughts? Its an advantage to me…not so much you… anyway I agree with you." Athena said behind me.

"You do?" I asked surprised that a god would agree with me and especially this one.

"Yes, and I do miss your father terribly…Have you noticed there are no younger Athena children than you?"

"Unless they haven't been brought here yet then I guess there aren't any."

"I am going to give you a portal to your house right here in this necklace."

I looked at it skeptically. All it was, was a little gold owl pendant with amethyst eyes almost as beautiful as diamonds. I looked again to find I could see into them to see my house in my living room.

I looked up and all of the sudden we were sitting on the far side of the rock were no one goes but me…for special reasons like monsters- that's pretty much it. But there isn't one monster that dares fight me when I have my weapons if you know what I mean.

She continued, "But there are some things you have to promise me you won't do…"

This is where it all began.

I was at the big house the next day and asked Chiron if I could go visit my father. He said," very well but you'll need transportation."

"Chiron I already have that figured out I just need your permission" I said

"Okay…but one day! Tomorrow at 8:00pm sharp. You may leave now," Chiron sounded so edgy in his voice like he was afraid.

"well I will go get some stuff-"

"NO! GO NOW!" Chiron screamed, which was very unusual for him.

As I walked down the steps of the big house Claire came up to me and whispered: are you in trouble or something? That is not like Chiron at all! She said astonished.

I looked around to see more than Claire was looking. I went straight into the woods after that and into the portal.

The weird part was that my father decided to be in that very spot that I walked into from the portal and we both fell.

"Lacey?" my dad said amazed.

"Yep," I said

"How did you appear right there?"

"Athena gave me a portal in this necklace to come here every once in a while because I practically live at camp forever."

"Well I knew she'd let us share at least a day every once in a while in time," he made funny face then said, "15 years till she let us be together for at least a day… you are staying longer than a day?" he asked

"Umm…" I didn't want to leave and I don't know why Chiron was freaking out so much! I have only left camp once before and I was just 7 and didn't know better to walk out of the gate but then the harpies carried me back in as soon as I left. I deserve one more day with my father.

"Of course I am! I wouldn't visit for just a day! We wouldn't have enough time to go do stuff together like old times!" I exclaimed hiding my doubt.

"Great!" he exclaimed, " Lets go out to eat at your favorite restaurant and we can catch up."

(I know your probably thinking, "Catch up? How? They haven't seen each other in 15 years! Well Athena gave them each a mist they could summon which they could talk to each other with. We will get in the details later)

We walked down the parking lot shortly afterwards and my dad was swinging our hands like a maniac- in the best of ways though. I guess he was just excited or something.

After we were done I dreaded having to tell my dad I had to leave tomorrow. That's also part of it.

Once we got home I said, " I am going to go ahead and turn in early, I want to get up early tomorrow."

" I will too, the earlier we wake the more we can do!" he beamed at me

"Night!" I call going up stairs to my room

"Good night"

I didn't sleep at all that night, guilt was pretty much just sitting on my bed and whispering all the "what ifs"

What if Chiron sends out the harpies to get me again?

What if a monster comes and hurts me and my dad?

What if I have to clean the stables again?

What if I get a guilt dream that comes true?

What if-what if – what if!

All of those have happened before and I do not want that but if I have to tell my dad it would be worse than almost all the what ifs.

I blinked and found myself in the infirmary at camp. That's how it felt anyway. My dad was here and looking at me worriedly but a little hurt in his heart, I could tell.

All the Apollo children were rushing around looking at charts and one girl who looked about 17, Amy, noticed my eyes were open and gave out a sigh of relief. " Lacey! We all thought you weren't going to make it!" she said gladly but still worried.

I looked down to see bandages all over my stomach much like a large belt, on my legs and one on my right upper arm.

"What happened?" I asked

"You don't remember?"

"No"

"You and your dad were attacked by a hell hound and right before he was "pounced on," she made air quotes around pounced on, "you saved him but you almost died, thanks to Athena she saved you with her necklace she gave you-

"LACEY!" my dad called/yelled

I suddenly woke up and sighed relived it was a dream.

"Yes?"

"Come eat breakfast" he said with an edge in his voice

I changed clothes and went down stairs to find my father talking to Chiron with an iris message.

Chiron was wondering why and where I was so long because it has been 5 nights and 4 days…

That's how I got busted and even though there is obviously more…That is what you will find out soon

Authors Note: I am soooooooooooo sorry I haven't updated lately… I was busy with the holidays and finals But! I have made this chapter fairly long so I hope you enjoyed finding out what happened last time when lacey left camp too long