Hey everyone! Midterms are finally over so I get to use the computer. yeah, my parents decided that me and my older siblings weren't allowed to use electronics for the two weeks before midterms. Imagine 4 extremely bored teenagers that could only study, and two 8 year olds rubbing the fact that they could use electronics in our faces, that has basically been my life for the past two weeks. I had planned on adding this chapter weeks ago and i tried to get on the computer but someone was always home, because we were basically all grounded( did I mention we couldn't go out with our friends unless it was planned before we got "grounded"). Sorry for not updating sooner. Anyway, enough with the rambling, enjoy this chapter!

Jillian's POV

When I wake up I don't know how much time has passed. It could be hours, days, weeks even months and I wouldn't have a clue.

There is a bandage over my eyes because all I see is bright blue. Someone is in the room though, I can hear them.

"Who's there?" I ask in a raspy voice.

"Hale," I hear a voice respond. At the thought of him I want to burst into tears. "Jillian, I'm so sorry. What I did was terrible, but the truth is last time I was at a dance a monster killed my family and I was scared of what might happen at this one. I never should've snapped at you like that. Please forgive me," he pleads.

"I'm sorry about your family, Hale. And I forgive you, I don't know how I couldn't. Now will you please take this bandage off my head so I can see you?" I ask him.

"Jillian, what bandage?" Hale asks in a serious tone that is clearly forced.

"Ha ha, Hale seriously, take off the bandage."

"Jillian, lift your hands to your eyes and you'll see I'm not kidding."

Slowly I lift my hands up to where my eyes are and my hands touch, eyelashes. So if there is nothing over my eyes and all I can see is blue. That means I'm ... blind. My breathing quickens and I blink my eyes rapidly to try to return the vision but nothing. I squeeze my eyes closed and then open them expecting to get the bright flash of light, but all I get is bright blue. I start hyperventilating and someone, who I assume is Hale, places a hand on my shoulder but I flinch away from their touch.

Hale brings his head so its inches away from mine. I can feel his warm breath on my face.

"Jillian, what's the matter?" he asks in all too serious tone for Hale.

"I can't see, Hale. I'm blind," I respond in a whisper. Saying the words out loud makes them all too real. He brings his head further away from mine.

"That's impossible. Your eyes look exactly the same. I know you got this bright blue poison in them but I healed it."

"All I can see is bright blue."

"No. This is my fault," he mutters. I hear his hand smack his forehead.

"No it's not. It's my fault. I was too cocky in battle. I took on more monsters than I should've and that resulted in me being sloppy."

"For all I know, I made things worse."

"Don't think like that, just help me up."

"Is that really a good idea?" he asks in a worried tone. Judging from where his voice came from his shoulder should be right about here, I think as I punch him in the shoulder.

"Ow, how'd you do that?" he asks in a shocked voice.

"How about you help me up?" I repeat. His feet shift in place, and I can tell he's uneasy. I stretch my hand out and seconds later he grabs it and pulls me up so I'm standing next to him. He doesn't let go of my hand and we just stand there.

"How about we go see Chiron," I suggest. He doesn't respond for a while. "So…" I ask.

"Right, sorry. Follow right behind me."

"Lead the way."

I follow him, keeping one hand on his shoulder in case I miss judge anything. I almost walk into several walls but we get their eventually.

I hear Hale whisper, "Chiron, Mr. D, Percy, Annabeth and Grover are in the room," under his breath.

"Chiron," I say.

"Yes, child," he responds and I turn so I'm facing him and train my eye towards where his voice sounded like it came from.

"Percy? Annabeth?"

"Yes?" they both respond quickly.

"Mr. D?"

"What'dya want kid?" he snarls.
"I guess I have something to tell you. At the battle, some poison from Kampe's sword got in my eye and now I can't see." I hear them all gasp. They all start mumbling to each other but I don't know where to look and I'm extremely frustrated. "Yes, I'm blind, but I'm not deaf. I can hear you talking to each other, but I don't know who's talking to who and it's driving me insane.

"Sorry, we must remember that from now on. Now about your new lifestyle…" Chiron starts.

"What new lifestyle? I intend to live the same way I did before," I tell him.

"Yes, but somethings will be different. You can't be expected to train like everyone else."

"Yes, I can. Ask Hale, I still have perfect aim," I say superiorly.

"She's right. She does. I wouldn't help her up and she punched me in the shoulder, the same spot she always does," Hale tells him.

"I guess you can train, but if you need any help at all you must ask. We should probably tell everyone tonight at dinner," states Chiron.

"No," I exclaim. "I can only tell those who must know. If Arianna were to find out she'd get me replaced as the leader of the eight and take the position for herself."

"I will respect your wishes but campers are the only ones who will be kept in the dark. The gods must know."

"Fine, now can I go home?" I ask.

"Yes, Percy and Annabeth please join them," Chiron states and I take that as a hint to leave. I spin around and after a few steps I walk straight into Hale.

"Sorry," I mutter as I take a step backwards.

"It's fine," he tells me.

As we walk out I hear Chiron call out, "Send Beckendorf to me, I have a project I need his help completing."

"Okay," I tell him.

Once I'm led, ugh how I hate the fact I must depend on other to find my way around, out of the Big House I walk up next to Hale and take his hand.

"Jillian, I love you and all but I'm dating Annabeth," Percy jokes, dropping my hand.

"Shoot, sorry Perce. I thought you were Hale," I apologize. A shoulder brushes against mine and someone, who I assume is Hale, takes my hand.

We head towards the Poseidon cabin and as we walk I ask Hale to, "Tell me what's happening."

"Well," he starts, "two guys are running away from the Demeter Cabin with dirt all over their faces. I think we both know those are the Stolls. Clarisse is yelling at someone and threatening them with her spear. A bunch of the Apollo kids are playing basketball-.

He interrupted by someone who comes running up and stops in front of me.

"So, I see she's alive and well," says a voice I can't seem to place.

"Yeah she's fine," responds Hale.

"Hello, care to introduce me?" I ask Hale.

"Oh, right, sorry. Jillian this is Marty," Hale tells me.

"But everyone calls me Eastwood," Marty says with a light tone in his voice.

"I'm sorry, have I met you before," I ask Eastwood, trying my best to look him in the eye.

"Yeah, in the elevator on the way to the battle. You don't recognize my jacket? You complimented me on it?" he tells me.

"Right, how could I forget. You have two guns that you used to kill a bunch of monsters, awesome by the way," I tell him, holding up my hand for a high five. When he smacks my palm it takes me a second to balance myself again. "So, what cabin are you in?" I ask him, hoping he won't notice my slip up.

"Poseidon," he says in a you-know-your-jealous voice.

"Oh, so we'll be roommates," I tell him easily.

"Right, I'll see ya later, sis," he says, the last word sounding weird, then walks away. He seems like a nice guy.

"How'd I do?" I ask Hale.

"Perfect," he tells me then kisses me on the cheek. When he tells me this I'm not sure if I should breathe a sigh of relief because I had a conversation without him noticing or be terrified because it took all my concentration to keep up the facade.

Finally we make it back to the cabin.

"Okay, I seriously need to get changed, go, all of you," I tell them all.

"Jillian, you're gonna need a little help picking out clothes that match," Annabeth tells me.

"You're right," I tell her. "Boys out," I say pointing my finger towards the door.

"Jillian, I'm sorry we can't walk through walls," Percy teases.

"You know what I mean," I state. When they're finally gone Annabeth leads me to my dresser, where she picks out an outfit for me. She spins me so I'm facing somewhere and I walk forward until I bump into a door. I walk into the room and close the door behind me.

I takes me five minutes but I figure out how to put the clothes on properly. When I walk out of the bathroom Annabeth cracks up.

She explains I put the shirt on backwards and my hair is standing up from the static. I fix the top and ask her to pull my hair into a pony tail.

She leads me into the bathroom where she tells me the order that everything goes in, and where all my stuff goes so I don't accidentally use Percy or Marty's toothbrush. With my hair pulled into a ponytail we head out to where the guys are waiting.

Before I can say his name Hale takes my hand.

"So, what do you want to do?" he asks me.

"Swimming?" I ask him hopefully.

"Perfect," he says and starts walking towards the beach.

"Hale I don't have a bathing suit on," I say stupidly.

"Well, I can see that but there's nothing wrong with swimming in your clothes." I cringe a bit at the word, missing my vision more than ever.

I count the number of steps it takes to get to the beach and commit it to memory. When the hard soil changes into soft sand I kick off my tennis shoes and walk towards the water.

I walk a few steps and take a seat in the smooth sand.

"I thought we were going swimming," Hale says.

"I'm reconsidering that plan. I could start swimming out to sea, or you could drown and I wouldn't even notice," I tell him.

"Don't worry, I'll be right next to you the entire time," he reassuringly tells me.

"Okay."

Hale takes my hand and leads me into the ocean. We swim around for a while, the entire time Hale is right next to me. His hand in mine, our legs bumping into one another's or the water that I know he splashed in my face all remind me I'm not alone.

I don't know how this happens but I end up in his arms standing waist deep in the water. He spins me around and he whispers, "I'm going to kiss you now," in my ear.

I wait for what seems like eternity but his lips finally touch mine. The kiss is simple and sweet until I deepen the kiss. We kiss for who knows how long, but eventually have to breathe.

We just stand their in each others arms enjoying the serenity of the ocean. Out of nowhere Hale picks me up and starts carrying me. He stops and sets me down next to a tree. He sits down next to me and takes my hand.

"Are you okay?" Hale asks me. Why the Hades does he even ask me that? Of course I'm not.

"Gods damn it. Of course I'm not okay, I can't see for the gods sake. Why would you ask such a stupid question?" I tell him angrily.

"I don't know, I'm stupid," he jokes.

"And I'm blind. Glad we've stated the obvious," I tell him. Maybe that was a bit harsh.

"Well, I'm sorry for trying to be comforting. If you don't want me here, I'll leave." The joking tone has left his voice.

"Okay, go then since you clearly don't want to be here," I yell at him.

"Fine," he huffs and storms away. I listen as he trudges through the woods.

I cry for the first time since I lost my vision. I cry because I can't see. When I kissed Hale it killed me, knowing that if I opened my eyes I wouldn't see his gorgeous gold eyes staring into mine. I cry because I'm such a terrible person. I yelled at Hale when he was just trying to be a good boyfriend. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me and now I'll loose him forever.

Someone puts an arm around my shoulder and pulls me into a tight hug. It's Hale, I can just tell. He's the only one who knows about this place. I cry into his shirt as he hold me in his arms. "I'm so sorry," he whispers into my ear repeatedly.

Finally when I can talk without breaking into tears I apologize. "No Hale. You've got nothing to be sorry for. I was mean and rude. I'm so so sorry," I tell him.

"It's okay."

"What am I gonna do Hale? How am I gonna live being blind?" I ask him desperately.

"I don't know, but you'll figure it out. You're Jillian, Daughter of Olympus, most powerful demigod ever. As for right now. You're gonna dry your tears and then we're gonna go talk to the gods about your eyes," he tells me. His voice is forceful and sure of his words.

"A plan even my mother would be proud of," I tell him lightly.

"There's the Jillian I know and love. Now come on."

Hale gives me a piggy back ride back to the Game Room. He tells me that all the gods are here.

"My daughter, I'm so sorry that you were injured. But sadly there isn't much we can do," my mother says.

"There must be something," Hale counters.

"There is one thing, but the task would be extremely dangerous and nearly impossible to complete before the summer solstice."

"I'll do it," Hale responds immediately.

"You've chosen a boyfriend well, Jillian. Now young Hale, speak amongst your friends. You should be able to figure out what must be done."

"That's all you're telling me."

"All I can say is visit Alcatraz, then go shopping."

"Thanks," he says sarcastically.

"Don't use sarcasm with me boy, now go," Athena snaps. The ground spins beneath my feet and I fall over.

When everything finally stops spinning, I'm sitting in the grass.

"Jillian, Hale what are you doing here?" Percy asks.

"Hale pissed of Athena and she sent us here," I tell him.

"Wait, mom is here?" Annabeth asks.

"Not anymore. She told me how to regain my vision," I tell her.

"How?" Jason asks me. Okay, how many people are here?

"Before I answer, who's here?" I ask.

"Jason, Piper, Leo, Eastwood, Percy and me," Annabeth says.

"Okay. Well, she told Hale, but I think it applied to me to, that we had to go to Alcatraz then go shopping. She said you'd know what that meant."

"I wish," Annabeth mumbles.

"How 'bout we go to San Fran then figure it out from there," Marty suggests.

"Thats a good idea Marty," I tell my brother.

"Eastwood," he chimes in.

"Marty," I retort.

"Eastwood."

"Marty."

"Eastwood."

"Marty."

"Eastwood."

"Shut up!" Piper says annoyed with us.

"Whatever, so when do we leave?" Marty asks.

"All of us?" I ask.

"You'll need all our help," Leo states.

"I guess, we'll leave tomorrow morning, right after breakfast, kay?" I say. I get choruses of yups and yeses.

8 half bloods, 4 kids of the Big Three, 1 quest, this cannot be good.

Hope you liked it. Can anyone guess what the 8(these may not be the 8 from the prophecy) have to do to help Jillian regain her vision? Review or PM to let me know!

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