"I'm all better Will, See" Emma flexed her ankle, rotating it freely. "No Pain" She added as she raised both arms up and down in a flapping motion.

"You winced" Will commented as he wrote on his clipboard.

"No i didn't" Emma argued, Will looked up from his board with a raised brow. "Its only a little twinge" Will put the board down,

"Emma, I agree that your better but I know what your thinking and I don't think your ready for a Quest" He told her gently. She looked abashed.

"I wasn't thinking that at all, I just want to join in on camp activities again" She lied, Carly burst through the door a second later, saving her from Will's skeptical look.

"Whats up Doc?" She asked, taking a seat beside her sister "We god to go?" Will sighed,

"Technically, yes you seem healed enough to join in on everything as long as you take it easy" He said

"Yes" Carly said, high fiveing her sister before leaping off the bed. "First things first, Pegasus Riding"

"Uh" Will tried to interject.

"Nope, no Questions, you said im fine" Emma leaped off with a little less effort and headed for the door "Come on Carly"

"Dont do anything stupid you two" Will said knowingly

"Hey, were just going to get back to normal" Carly told him honestly, "For now" she whispered to her sister as the exited the room. They smiled to each other and headed down to the stables.

"Gahh" Skye groaned, pressing her palm into her throbbing temple "Stupid, stupid, stupid" She repeated angrily She had fresh new scratches up her left and right arm and a sliced up side and face from the creature that Cynthia had finally decided to release into the waters.

The day had been the same as every other, same schedule, same water but today the Queen decided to judge her. She wanted proof that she had the talent that the Queen thought she the days after finding out that Damien was her son Skye had been taken to another room before her swim, there she would fight whoever was in the room with whatever weapon was left lying by the door for her. She hadn't bee given any instructions when she had entered, no they just pushed her through the door into the dark space and left her for a few moments before turning on the light to reveal three attackers in front of her and a Short sword by the door.

There wasn't even a buzzer or anything, just them rushing her the second her fingers wrapped around the hilt, she didn't know if she were meant to kill these people or disarm them but as it turned out she didn't have a say. Each time she had knocked their weapons away they had drawn another or dove to pick it up, coming at her as a group. The First one, she managed to render unconscious by hitting him with the hilt of her sword, the Second went down after a swift kick to the head but the last one wouldn't give up. Skye's arms were bloody and sore and her opponent wouldn't give up, she didn't want to kill her, she had only ever killed a few people and they were bandits and bad guys mainly but now isn't even a clean fight it was for the queens amusement and Skye was half tempted to just drop her weapon to let it end.

But her reflexes were to fast and as the woman swung at her Skye had ducked and Plunged her sword upwards into her chest, Her sword had clattered to the ground before she followed it and Skye was left alone in a bare room, filled with only two unconscious people, one dead and herself. When the doors opened She was ushered out, hand still holding the bloodies weapon, and taken to the water filled room.

She Yelled at the Queen for that, and refused to get in the water, knowing it would heal her. She didn't want the her knowing about that so instead she tossed the sword out into the Pool and watched it sink. As it sank something dark swam past her and Skye had to step back.

"Shit" She swore as it swam under the path, It's shadowy figure dabbled with dark, mucky green scales. Skye instantly regretted throwing away the sword as the creature turned back around, heading straight back at her. Fight or flight, she thought as it approached rapidly, the space she was in wasn't overly large, big enough to fit a small boat and deep enough to reach the bottom without too much trouble.

The beast crashed onto the path, revealing long legs tipped with three large talons. The beast seemed familiar, she had seen it somewhere but couldn't place it specifically.
It wasted no time in approaching her, backing her towards the door, she was running out of space and being boxed in, Skye took a chance and dived in to the water beside the beast and swam for the sword. She needed to avoid using and of her powers so she needed the sword.

There was a gleam about a meter away from her, the artificial light catching the blade where it sat on the hard floor. Behind her the water felt thick, the cuts on her arm closed as she moved through the water, reaching out for the sword and cursing herself for tossing it away in the first place. The water turned dark as the beast approached, it had swam above her rather than behind her which was weird but as Skye wrapped her hand around the hilt of the blade, she had no time to question it.

She looked up to find the scaly belly of the beast, literally, only a few feet above. She knew she'd have to get to the surface if she wanted to keep up appearances but doing that would likely get her killed. No powers, She told herself looking for an exit, the beast swam away, keeping close to the surface and Skye took a chance and shot to the top. She gasped as she broke through and immediately looked for the monster, it had noticed her already and spun around, with difficulty, to come at her. Rolling her eyes she took a large breath and ducked back under, swimming to the bottom quickly.

Again she looked around, thinking of her next move. The monster didn't seem to like the depth of the pool so she might be safe down here but then she'd give away her ability to breath underwater and Skye didn't want to give the Queen anything. Maybe she already knows about all your powers, She argued, She had been watching you at the Camp, Her heart skipped at the thought. No, she wouldn't give her any proof.

A glint in the corner of her eye caught her attention, she turned towards it and remembered the pipe. After checking the whereabouts of the beast she swam to the large pipe to check it out. The bars still remained but the ones on the left were loose, as if someone had try to knock them out, she wrapped both hand around one and wiggled it, when it didn't come loose she planted her feet on two others and tried harder. After a few more wiggles the pipe creaked, bubbles erupted from the base and she pulled harder, she got a cold chill up her spine and turned in time to see the shady creature coming straight at her.

She threw herself to the side and ducked down as it's pointy snout thrusted through the pipe, it had a large spike sticking directly out the end of its nose, it clanged against the bars as it tried to wiggle itself free.

Skye tried to flatten herself as it wiggled, knocking its snout into her chest. She brought her sword up, plunging it into the large snout and eliciting a sharp squeal from the beast. Blood spilled from around the sword and the snout was retracted from the pipe, taking the stuck sword with it. As it withdrew it continued to wiggle, catching Skye in the side with it apparently, razor sharp spike.

"Ahh" She cried out, hands flying to her side. The water around her turned red and her vision went dark for just a second. She took a breath, biting her lip and straightened up, sticking her head out to see the beast. It was thrashing its head around trying to remove the the blade but its was stuck tight and its legs were too short to reach it. She felt a twinge when she noticed the scars already around its mouth, like it had been muzzled, Then noticed the same mark's on each leg. She had only encountered a few amphibious monsters, most of which were serpents with bad attitudes but this one had a different feel to them.

She thought about the stories she had been told but the beast didn't fit in any she could recall, Maybe its not bad, she thought cautiously. Or maybe not all of the queens pets are willing, Her mind told her, either way she had to kill it before it killed her. Pressing herself against the side of the pipe again she removed her hand from her side, checking the wound. The sides had turned a light pink as if it were healing but it continued to bleed and throb, The water was Diluted but with something strange, slowing her healing.

She kicked the bar in frustration and heard a Crack, the bast had knocked the bars around enough to crack them. She kicked again and one snapped, a large jagged chuck breaking off, she grabbed it and looked out at the beast again. Another breath and she was pushing out of the pipe, behind the aquatic creature, She didn't hesitate as she kicked upwards. The jagged end of the bar slid int the creatures stomach without resistance and it made a painful noise as it swung it limbs around to attack its attacker, Skye waited too long to move and got smacked in the side of the head with a talon, slicing through her skin easier than the pipe slid through its stomach.

Skye moved to avoid the others as she tried to ignore the pain, swerving towards its head, she managed to get under its jaw and wrap her hands around the blade, pulling it free with some effort. She swung it through the water and across the beasts throat, opening it up and quieting the beast. She let go of it as its movements slowed, eyes closing as it sank to the bottom. She swam up and forced herself out of the water, to exhausted to care about her wounds as she lat on the cool path.

She heard the door open and two sets of footsteps approach, warm fingers pressed against her neck and a shadow blocked the light. With whatever energy she had she swung out knocking both figures off the path, she smiled as she heard the cry of surprise followed by a splash, and then she felt the water spray over her. Pushing onto her elbows she forced herself into a sitting position, she had stopped healing and blood continued to run from her side. Skye reached one hand up to her face to check for damage but had to remover her hand immediately as a shot of pain went through her on contact. She growled as she rose to her feet, pushing away the sick feeling she felt as she stood, and stalked out of the room in the direction of the Queen.

When she found her, she was given only three words before being escorted back to her room. "I Knew It"

She scoffed as she Lay in the empty tub, tempted to fill it and heal her freshly stitched wounds. After being escorted back to her room Damien had showed up and stitched her up without a word, luckily she didn't much feel like talking to him anyway. She had stomped into the bathroom after that and climbed into the bath with the intention of filling it to heal her woulds but she was worried, first that the Queen would notice and second, what if it didn't work because of whatever stuff Cynthia has likely put in the water. So she had groaned and tossed her legs onto the side's before Sliding down to lay comfortably.

She was so bored, it was almost funny. She hadn't felt a need to have people around her for years but now she missed it, like she had when she had first been alone. She didn't have Tramp, Emma, Carly or even Derek and what made it worse was that she didn't even know if they were okay. All this time she had tried to avoid thinking about it, whether or not the queen just burnt the camp down once she left or if Emma was okay. The image of her laying motionless with Carly frantically trying to wake her invaded her vision and she felt a tear slip down her cheek.

She wondered if they had looked for her or if any of them were worried but pushed the thought away, it was better to put it behind her, no need to worry over it from where she is.

She jumped up when she heard a loud noise from her room, a Thumping beat filled the room and Skye tried to see out the doorway.

"Where did you get a CD play?" Avril asked as she entered the Bathroom, "And why do you have so many Taylor Swift CD's?" She asked, shuffling through a handful of CD's as she leaned against the doorway. Skye had become speechless at her appearance it seemed.

"She Decent?" A nervous voice asked from the other room,

"Yeah yeah she's fine" Avril confirmed. Jasper walked through the doorway, eyes covered by his hands. "Jas its fine, She's just in the tub" She added causing him to spin in the other direction, She clasped his shoulder and chuckled.

"Seriously, She's clothed and in an empty bath" Avril continued "Skye, want to confirm that for this pris?" Skye cleared her throat,

"UH, yeah its okay Jasper, turn around" She said, standing up and stepping over the side of the porcelain tub. "How are you guys in here?" Skye asked, dumbfounded.

"Long story, You coming?" Avril asked as she walked away.

"Coming, Wait coming where?" Skye questioned, following the dark haired girl.

"Back to camp, Where else?" Avril Answered, Skye grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Did you two, Shadow travel in here?" Skye asked cautiously, to which Avril rolled her eyes.

"no we used the front door, Of course we shadow traveled, you nit wit" Avril replied. shrugging Skye's arm off.

"Why, How?" Skye continued, running a hand through her hair. She grabbed Avril and Jasper and pushed them back into the bathroom.

"Hey, hands off if you want to be rescued" Avril said as she dusted of her clothes.

"I don't, how did you find me."

"Wait," Jasper piped up worriedly, "you don't,"

"Want to be rescued?" Skye questioned, regaining herself as they spoke. "How did you two find me?"

"We didn't" Avril huffed from her spot by the tub "Nico did. He's been working with Annabeth trying to find the Queens main dwelling." She told her "He's been shadow travelling as often as possible to each potential spot, Jasper found the map when Nico showed up at our cabin last, he dropped it just before he blacked out"

Skye saw Jasper looking sheepish in the corner as Avril spoke.

"He told me about it while Will tended to Nico and we decided to check out the one's that aren't crossed off to save him some trouble, Camps gotten real boring." Avril complained.

"Hold on," Skye Said Backtracking "The Camps okay, Everyone's okay?" Skye Questioned

"Yeah, there were only a few injuries during the attack" Jasper Confirmed

"So, Emma, She's okay too?" Skye's throat felt thick as she asked it.

"Yes, She's fine." Avril assured her bluntly "Now if you'd like to inform us on why you don't want to return with us" She drifted off expectantly.

"I cant" Skye said. Avril rolled her eyes dramatically

"You do realize how Cliche that sounds right?" She asked

"I mean it, I'm here of my own free-ish will" Skye said, sounding less than happy about it. "I have to stay if i want the camp and everyone in it to be Safe"

"She's threatening the camp?" Jasper asked, Avril however waved her hand aimlessly to shush her brother.

"Ah ah" She said "Why would she want you bad enough to risk war upon The Demigods who, I'm quite sure, would kick her ass"

"Well, last time" Jasper started but Avril shushed him again.

"Last time we were vulnerable because the barrier was down, any other time we have the upper hand." Avril said confidently.

"She managed to get in, barrier in tact, and stab Derek in the chest" Skye argued.

"That would have taken a lot of" Avril tried to argue but was cut off By Skye

"I Cant risk it, Somehow i made friends there and like it or not i don't want to see anyone get hurt because i couldn't sacrifice myself" She defended

"I'm fine here, i don't plan on doing anything for the Queen that would endanger anyone. I'm not going to fight or lead her army's"

"Lead her armies?" Avril questioned "Why would she want that?"

"I don't know, She's been telling me stories of her past for the last week, but hasn't told me anything of significance." Skye said "Oh, except"

"Except what" Jasper asked

"Your being dramatic again" Complained Skye

Skye huffed "her grand Father is Hades" She said "And she can Control Beasts and open the earth" The siblings looked unhappy at this information so Skye continued.

"The only things she has told me are about her life growing up, how she wasn't always evil and stuff. Apparently she had an affair with a god, fell in love but then that God left and took something of hers with him." She told them "It was her son, His Name is Damien and he's a bad tempered Medic here."

"He patch that up?" Avril asked, pointing at the gash running over her jaw and up beside her ear, almost reaching her hairline. Skye nodded, carefully clutching the wound.

"And this" Skye said lifting her shirt up enough to reveal the cut in her side.

"You know water wou-" Skye shushed her, looking around with a paranoid gaze.

"I'm doing everything i can to avoid revealing any, Talents." Skye said "And anyway, They've done something to the water here. I was fighting in the water when i got this, its strong enough to heal a little bit" She told them, showing them the white lines that ran up her arms from her earlier swordplay. "But it barely did anything to these' She gestured vaguely to her side and face.

Jasper spoke up, looking around the bathroom "Yeah, something about this place feels,"

"Off?" Avril Finished "Yeah i felt that too."

"You two should go, Shift change is soon" Skye said. Jasper looked at her, worried.

"Are you sure, i mean we've been looking for you for so long" He said "The camp will be fine and we can find a way to"

"Jas" Avril cut in. Jasper went silent and backed up, hands in his pockets and eyes on the floor.

"Thank you for the rescue" Skye said to them both "But"

"But until your sure that everyone is safe, blah blah blah" Avril said "We understand, Do you have any other information we could use?"

Skye thought hard "Uh, Lets see, Her grandfather is Hades. She had a demigod son who was taken from her when he was young, that's why she started al of this chaos." Skye said "She claims she had a peaceful plan but it changed due to circumstance that she didn't elaborate much on other than that something had been taken from her."

"Anything else?"

"She wants to train me up, use my skills with a weapon and eventually make me apart of her army. No sorry she wants me to lead it" Skye nodded "I think that's all"

"I assume you don't know why she wants you for all this" Skye shook her head, "Maybe because of the whole Poseidon, big three thing" She guessed.

Avril nodded slightly, "okay We'll deliver the information" She said motioning for her brother to follow her, Jasper looked like he wanted to ask her to come with them again but thought better of it.

Skye was tempted to go but denied herself from giving in.

"Next time we try to rescue you" Avril said "Let us" She faded into the shadows with her brother in toe and Skye was left alone, in her bathroom, surrounded by the sounds of drumbeats and guitars.

"There you are" Nico said as his younger siblings stepped from the shadows. "How often have you been told not to take off without telling anyone" he scolded them, though he sounded more worried than cross.

"We weren't gone for long" Avril argued weakly, "We just had to stop once or twice on the way back for a snack." She shrugged, dropping her back pack to the floor and then following it down. Jasper did the same, stretching out his legs and lying down on the dark marble floor with an exhausted sigh.

Nico gave them a look, "Where did you go?" He asked. Avril fished his map from her jacket pocket and tossed it to him, she had circled Skye's location once they had gotten far enough away to take a break. Avril watched Nico unfold it, After giving her a suspicious look, he scanned the paper briefly. She noticed when his eyes stopped, narrowing on the circled space, Nico crouched down to her level and looked between her and the map.

"Hey, you were doing the same thing" She defended, seeing that he wanted to tell her off.

"I've been through plenty of dangerous situations" Nico said "I know how to look out for myself"

"So do we" Avril said, Nico huffed.

"What'd you find?" Nico asked, figuring it was no use arguing.

"Skye" Avril said, Nico's brows rose.

"Your found her,"

"Yeah she's being held prisoner but refused our rescue attempt" Avril said before telling him the story.

.Skye was in the pool again the next day, cautiously swimming about to stretch her muscles. Her woulds don't heal anymore and a fowl feeling sits n her stomach, she swims to the bottom lazily. The beast has been removed but Skye finds the blade and fragments of the jagged pole on the ground, her eyes go to the pipe but she stays away, instead she swims back up with her usual gasp of air and stretches out to float. She has only been in there for fifteen minutes before She hears

"Girl" Called out from the doorway. That's how the guards refer to her, 'Girl', that is, the one's that speak at all.

Skye ignores him and continues to float freely,eyes closed listening to the water lap at the edges of the path. It sounds odd, unlike the ocean or any bodies of water she had come across. This, It's hollow and dull whereas she had grown used to the Oceans free, natural movements on the sand, like it belonged. This did not belong, something was wrong with the water, the room, this whole place felt wrong.

"Now" Skye heard, muffled slightly by the water covering her ears. She hears his dull footsteps moving towards her and waits for him to get closer, until his footsteps have stopped at the edge of the path before she ducks under the water and pushed herself under the path.

She pops up by the doors, pulling herself up onto the dry path and waiting beside the doors, watching as the guard tries to find her under the water. I took him a few moments to notice and when he did he had a embarrassed look on his face, he straightens his uniform and marches back up the path and through the doors. Skye follows a few paces behind.

He leads her through the same rooms as always, wood, rock, metal, she is however surprised when her turns in a different direction. She now stands in a dark room, lit only by the natural light fluttering through the large crack in the roof, under it is a small stream in the same shape of the crack, to catch the rain perhaps.

The guard leaves her with a bow, she flips him off as he does so and he scowls when he leaves. There is a large bed against the far wall, bigger than hers with deep purple and black adornments, much better than her bright pink ones. In the left corner Skye notices a dried up fountain, not as big as the one she had seen in Percy's room, or as nice, but still a decent size. She walks over to it and runs her fingers over the dusty statue sprouting from the top, a cherub shooting his bow of love filled arrows. The cherub is missing a leg and its head but the arrows and pond remain intact.

There's a 'tap 'tap 'tap behind her and Skye turns to find the Queen herself, in a purple robe and fine black heels. She enters from another room, paying no attention to Skye standing in the corner. She finishes pinning up her hair and, removes her earrings and sits on her bed.

"Its customary to bow" The Queen says, kicking off her shoes "Or at least greet me with a hello"

"I can think of some more colorful words to greet you with" Skye replied, smiling mockingly.

"never mind then, com here"

Skye walked over at a normal pace and stands near the Queen, arms crossed, eyes daring.

"Hmm" the Queen remarks,"Id have thought, oh well" she waves away her own comment. "Are you ready to fight for me yet?"

Skye look of scorn is all the Queen needs to continue, "Okay, how about i tell you another story?"

"Why?" Skye groaned "It's not going to accomplish anything, im not going to change my mind. You are a horrible person who i never intend to fight with or for, i'll die first"

"Come now, don't be so dramatic." She replies "People switch sides all the time, its easy"

Skye Glares at her. The Queen claps er hand together and two servants run in, she orders them to fetch refreshments and snacks, as well as a clean set of clothes to replace Skye's soggy one's. She ignores Skye's protests and demands.

"Enough of the fancy food and drink and making a show of things" Skye says "Just tell me what you have to say so that i can return to my room and stare at the ceiling for the rest of my days"

"What did i say about being dramatic, just go change your clothes, your dripping on my floor." The Queen replied.

Skye gives her a filthy look before following a the servant holding her clean outfit to the Bathroom to change.

"What do you mean you didn't rescue her?" Derek asks at the meeting.

"She wouldn't come with us, says the camp will be destroyed id she doesn't follow the Queens orders." Avril says, basically repeating herself for the fifth time that day.

"Damn it" Annabeth says

"She Is definitely your sister" Thalia remarks to Percy "Same fatal flaw"

"Can we not call it Fatal, just same flaw" Percy groaned, they had found his sister and she had made them leave her, Gods Thalia was right.

"So what can we do?" Hazel asked, sipping her cocoa.

"We know where she is, she seems safe enough for now" Nico replies "We devise a plan to defeat the Queen or fortify the camp more securely"

"Okay but we have the barrier, shouldn't that be enough protection now that its back up properly?" Frank queries

"Yes and no," Annabeth replies "It'll keep out her monster armies but she may still be able to get in like she did when she stabbed Derek" The groups eyes flickered to Derek who's hand had reflectively gone to his scarred chest.

"How do we fix that?" Piper asks, entering the room with a plate of sandwiches.

"Find out how she did it, sounds like old magic, maybe she used the mist" Nico Muses "And she's a Grand daughter of Hades so it is in her blood"

"You said she had a son?" Thalia asked Avril

"Yeah he's a medic, probably a son of Apollo." Avril said, Jas and i only got a glimpse of him when we almost dropped in while he was stitching her up, lucky the rooms are so dark we got out and waited a while before going back"

"Stitching her up?" Percy asked, Avril had conveniently left out Skye's wounds on Nico's request, in an attempt not to worry the others too much.

Jasper and Nico Gave her a 'what the Hades' Look and she cowered slightly "Sorry" She said "I forgot"

"Forgot what?" Jason asked. Avril and Jasper exchanged glances before Jasper spoke up for the fist time since entering the big house.

"She had a few new scars and wounds, Some i assume she got the night of the attack but her wounds seemed fresh." Jasper said, his innocent voice making it nearly impossible for anyone to get cross at him for leaving the information out of the original story.

"How bad?" Will asked, moving closer to the group.

"Only a handful of stitches that i could see. But her clothes were wet and she wast healing" Jasper answered. Annabeth noticed the look of worry on her boyfriends face and reached for his hand, clasping it in her own reassuringly.

"Skye said that the water had been tampered with, filtered or contaminated with something to stop her from healing. The whole place juts felt wrong but that could be due to all the monsters" Avril said "The Queen is testing her, she want her to lead her armies"

The room was silent for a few minutes as they processed this information.

"Why her, cause she's a daughter of the big three?" Jason Questions "That cant be the reason otherwise she'd likely want Avril and Jasper" there were murmurs of agreement

"Have you guys had any strange dreams, the queen trying to get to you?" Annabeth asked the sibling, the shook their head.

"Why has she not gone after you guys then?" Derek asked "Percy, Jason, Nico, Hazel?"

"Hey?" Thalia said, offended.

"Your a Hunter of Artemis" Nico replied flippantly "You don't count" Thalia glared at the back of his head.

"Maybe she new we wouldn't help." Leo suggested "Assuming there are demigods on her side, they would have definitely heard of us, i mean come on were basically famous." The group collectively rolled their eyes. "I'm serious, We were responsible for stopping Gaia and Percy, he'd already finished one great prophecy before that so do you really think there is any doubt about whether or not we would join the bad guys side." Leo added defensively.

"He has a point" Annabeth Agreed "You'd have to be stupid to even consider asking one of us to turn"

"So she takes Skye who has Nobody?" Hazel Asked sadly.

"No" Piper asked, Dread in her voice "She waited till she cared again, before she took her"

The room was silent, a heavy sadness spread through them as they dreaded what was to come. They spent another hour discussing their situation and then analyzing what they new about the Queen, formulating a plan.

Nico sent Avril and Jasper to bed as soon as they were no longer of use, they didn't argue as they trudges to their Cabin and collapsed into their beds, practically asleep before hitting the pillow.

"So?" Skye asked in a bored tone, trying not to sound to expectant.

She sat on the floor at the and of the Queens bed, surrounded by bowls of sweets and glassed filled with different colored liquids. The queen herself, sat on the bed, lounging comfortably with a bowl of triangular shaped biscuits and a glass of red wine.

Cynthia wore a Robe and slippers similar to the ones the servants had brought for her, though the Queens were purple and pink silk with fuzzy pink bunny slippers and Skye's Were A soft aqua blue with deep blue fuzzy slippers. She was wearing a silky Shots with a matching silk tank top, the queen had ignored her when she had complained about the attire.

"Oh yes, you wanted information" Cynthia said, "What would you like to know specifically?"

"How about what to call you apart from 'Your highness'" Skye said mockingly with a bow of her head.

"Cynthia, dear, if you please then you may call me Cynthia"

"What, no last name."

"Do you plan on calling me by by last name"

"Not if i don't know it" Skye replied

"Then that's a no" Cynthia said "Is that all?"

"Why don't you just tell me whatever the heck it is you want to tell me so that i can leave" Skye suggested, grumpily

"You dont have to get grumpy dear,"

"Stop calling me that"

"What, Dear?"

"Yes Dear, Sweetheart, Darling and whatever other weird little supposedly endearing names" Skye voice rose with frustration

"No"

"No?"

"that's right, while you here I'll call you whatever it is i want to" Cynthia said

"Permission to do the same?" Skye asked darkly, lip quirking to the side.

"No darling, im afraid your nicknames are probably more colorful than mine"

"you'd be right about that" Skye Replied quietly.

"Alright, hmm" Cynthia said, tapping her fingers repeatedly over her chin "What have i told you already"

"Reason for starting this shit, sort of. Reason why im here, Sort of, And all about your childhood with your movie star Grandmother" Skye told the queen, counting off the topics on her fingers. She popped marshmallow in her mouth while she waited for a reply.

"Yes will, i would tell you the rest to those stories but im not quite sure your there yet."

"And where, would that be"

"I need you to stop pretending your not as strong as we both know you are" Cynthia said, swirling her wine "I know who your parents are, i know what you can do and I need you to embrace,"

"I swear if you say 'Embrace your destiny' i will throw this bowl at you" Skye said, cutting the Queen off and raising the large glass bowl high enough to toss.

"Fine, Embrace your future"

"The one where i lead your armies and destroy whats left of the world, no thanks"

"You wont destroy it, we will reshape it"

"I swear ive read that somewhere, in an old book or something" Skye said, rolling her eyes dramatically.

"Skylar, listen to me" Cynthia said, voice slightly darker than usual.

"No, you listen to me" Skye said, rising to her feet "Im not doing anything for you, The only reason im here is because you threatened the only place ive been able to call home for more than four years since you destroyed my life"

"I did no such thing" Cynthia replied flippantly.

"Excuse me?" Skye said "You don't think you ruined my life, what do you think happens to the people in the towns you destroy?" the queen tried to reply, a bored look on her face, but Skye was on a roll

"People die all around you because a god pissed you off, well boo hoo." She said "Happens all the time and still your the only one reeking havoc, you have your son back, the Gods haven't been heard from in who the Hades knows how long and nobody can defeat you. Why continue this, it cant be fun, it cant be fufilling so why continue this shit?" She was yelling now arms gesturing wildly at each word.

"I just don't understand. Why do you need a fucking army when there's almost nothing left to conquer and why on earth would you think id even consider working for you in any way. YOUR FUCKING NUTS IF YOU THINK ILL KILL IN YOUR NAME"

"You already have" Cynthia replied quietly, reminding Skye of the girl she had killed earlier.

"That was self defense" Skye defended

"If it were then you would have disarmed her and knocked her out" Cynthia said "But you didn't"

"I couldn't" Skye argued, she had barely thought of the girl, she had barely crossed her mind.

"Her name was Emilia, in case you were wondering" Cynthia supplied "Had two younger sisters, i promised her a years worth of food for them all if she could take you down, now they'll likely starve"

Skye was unsure how to reply, the Queen was baiting her, she knew it but the thought of two innocent faces crossed her mind and Skye felt a shiver run down her spine.

"The thing is dear, until i say otherwise, you are mine and unless you want those friends of yours to get hurt you will do as i ask"

Skye glared at her.

"I've tried to be polite and invite you n to join this Family I'm creating but you don't seem to want that"

"Family" Skye spat "Gods forbid, I wouldn't take part in this family of yours under any circumstances, I'd much rather slit my wrists." The Queen took a deep breath looking mildly disappointed.

"So be it," She nodded to a servant near the door and they scattered off, their uneven footsteps echoing in the hall.

"Youll be sleeping in the dungeons until you have reconsidered but you will continue your training, though i now about your abilities so you may as well give it your all next time lest you get torn up again" Cynthia stared at the cut running up the side of Skye's Face as she spoke.

"I'll have some proper Armour made for you as well as whichever weapons you choose to carry, a bow is one of them yes?" Skye didn't answer. "Lucky for you im feeling generous or i may just kill one of your friends for your attitude" Skye felt herself go cold as the Queen spoke. "Speak to me like that, or disobey my orders and i will drop their lifeless corpses at your feet, okay"

Skye was escorted from the room and taken back in the direction of the training rooms, they took a right near the first room and entered a dark hall. She was taken down some wooden steps and plunged into darkness. Around her were moans and cries of pain from beasts and human alike, the servants escorting her lifted a torch and led the way to a vacant looking room. The ground was dirt and in one corner was a pile of hay with a blanket and pillow, in one wall ung a metal slab that was either a table or a bed and a bucket. the bars were a heavy copper colour and had large prison cell gaps that provided no protection from the cold breeze she could feel coming from further down the room. Great, she though as she was pushed through the door and into her new room, this is just great.

.Authors note

Okay ending it here because i can, love to hear some thoughts on this chapter. Hope you liked it. see ya next chapter.

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