Ember: A Son of Hades
So after the Dragon Ball Z thing Kirsten did, she passed out and I ended up carrying her. What Kirsten doesn't know is that she took out Alecto, the most powerful one out of the three furies. When Alecto said that Hades sent her to capture, I was mad, but apparently Kirsten was even more pissed off.
I was mad because Hades… is my father. He knows that Artemis sent me on this mission to protect this girl, yet he still sends hellhounds and furies to tries to kidnap her. The main reason that Artemis, the Goddess known for hating men, sends me on the mission and not one of her hunter is because she is also the goddess of protecting children… at least… that's what she told me when I ask about that. She never gave me a clear answer.
After a few hours of walking in the rain with a passed out dark brown she-wolf on my shoulders, I found a decent place, a small cave, to stay the night out of the rain. I put Kirsten down and made a fire so we wouldn't freeze. I made my bed on the other side of the cave opposite to Kirsten's bed. I finally see how bad my wounds are. Luckily, they weren't that bad. After bandaging my wounds, I fell asleep to the sound of rain, but of course being a demigod, I have some freaky dreams. This dream was weirder than usual.
I'm in my normal human looks and I'm in a dark room. "Hello, Shadow Trail. The Wolfblood with the biggest mysterious past." I turn around to see… a dark red she-wolf spirit with bright green eyes… I let out a threatening growl, but the spirit just laughed, "Wow! And I though Grey Pine was braver against Zethus." I looked at the thing with confusion and asked in a growling tone, "Who the Hades are you and what do you want from me?"
"My name is not needed and I'm just trying to show some support to the Destiney of Twelve," it said as it revealed eleven images. I recognized four of them. One was Kirsten and the others three that I recognized were some of her companions when she was traveling with them. Some of the other images consist of what looked like a 14 year old brown haired boy and girl twins, a 17 year old red head lumberjack girl, a one eyed 17 year old guy that looks familiar to me (weird), a 15 year old girl with dark caramel blond hair, a 16 year old guy with dark blond hair and sea blue eyes, finally a 16 year old girl with black hair and red eyes. "Well Shadow Trail, as much as I would love to tell you more… I got to get going." The spirit told me, "Just remember… You have to know your limits between the shadows and the light!"
That's when I woke up to a toad croaking in my ear. "Damn toads," I whispered to myself as I move it away from me. What was that dream all about?, I thought. I decided to just ignore that weird dream. Just then I hear a yawn behind me and realized that Kirsten was just across the cave. Oh… I thought, I almost forgot about that. I laid my head down to make her think I was still asleep. "Hmm… must have fallen asleep not long after I did," she said. Sure… not long, I thought as she said that. I hear some footsteps that sounded like she was heading out of the cave.
"And where do you think you're going?" I say as I spot her leaving the cave. She looked me with a surprised look and managed to say, "I thought I could find something to eat, or really hunt for a fish…" I laughed and told her, "Yeah, we didn't pass any water sources last night." "Oh… O-okay," She said slightly quite. "We have to get going anyway. Here, eat this," I told her as I tossed her a pack of beef jerky. Almost immediately, she started scarfing down the jerky. "Geez! When's the last time you've eaten something?" I asked. She stopped and looked up for a moment. "You know that most would probably not trust you even after saving their lives, right?" she asked me as she ate another piece of jerky, "I don't even know who your Godly parent is or if you're a legacy."
I looked at her and said, "1) I'm a demigod. 2) I'm NOT telling you who my father is." "Why not?" She asked as she turned into a dark brown wolf. "Because you wouldn't trust me if I did tell you," was all I said as I was exiting the cave, "Now grab your things and lets go." She grabbed backpack and sword and we left.
A few hours later, she asked, "Are you always this quiet?" I smirked as I looked straight into her silver blue eyes and asked, "Are you always this talkative?" She was surprised at what I said and blushed. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" I asked, but then she started smirking and said, "Let's go Shady the Shadow wolf." My eyes widen when she said that, because I was considered the Shadow Prince in the Underworld. Soon she started laughing, which relieved me to know that she still doesn't know, and said, "Come on Ember. The sooner I get to Camp Half-Blood, the sooner I get claimed."
"You're not claimed yet?" I asked. To be honest, I thought she was claimed. I thought she might be a daughter of Athena or maybe Hecate. Kirsten looked at her sword with a sad expression and said, "My mother said that she would claim me when the time is right." I felt bad for her. She was both strong and innocent. She probably lived a life better than mine. In the past, so many people gave their lives to protect me like… "Terra,"
"Who?" Kirsten asked. That's when I realized that I said it out loud and said, "Oh…uh… forget I said anything." I must have blushed because Kirsten quickly looked away. "Let's get going," I said breaking the silence. She nodded and we continued.
As we walked I was thinking about Kirsten's personality. She was one of those girls that try to solider through things when things get bad. She was smart and could easily figure out puzzles. She also looked amazing with her dark brown hair that was not too long and not too short and her dazzling silver blue eyes. Don't fall for her Ember. This is a mission, NOT a love story, I thought to myself as we walked. As the day ended, we kept walking as day became night so we could get to the camp soon.
A/N
What's up everyone? Hope you guys like the new chapter. See if you can figure out who Terra is! Trust between Kirsten and Ember grows, but something else is growing between these two! PLEASE REVIEW! No bad comments!
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