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Disclaimer: I do not own pjo or any of its characters or Zoe Jewel D'Angelo owns her, I only own my Oc's and the plot line.
Now...ONWARD TO THE LAST PART OF MY STORY!
Epilogue
"Come on guys! Hurry up!" Nico, Willow, Sabastian, Leeza, and I were heading down to where the shrouds were burned. It was exactly one year to the date of Dakota's death, and Aarons. Flowers were in everyone's hands, and we set them on the ground and then lit them on fire. We watched them burn. I stared at the flames and thought about how they had a rosy colour about them. Just like someone's hair…
I stopped dyeing my hair after the fight a year ago, well at least different colours. I kept re dyeing it one specific colour. A rosy pink. It was a cross between white, red, and pink dye that Willow and I had played around with for a while. I would probably dye it a different colour someday, but for now it would stay this colour. It was a reminder of someone that I once knew; it wasn't the exact colour of his hair. But it was the colour that I imagined he would like on me.
The battle was a hazy memory that I never tried to visit. Sometimes it would appear when I slept and I would wake up trying not to scream, my heart racing and my eyes overflowing. It was painful to think of that day, the day that I lost the my love and my younger sister. That enitire month is actually a painful blur that I tried to erase from my mind. One thing keeps it rooted in there willingly though. A week after the battle one of Aaron's siblings came to me, her name was Carla and she was head of the Hepheastus cabin. She told me that they found a box underneath Aaron's bed and inside of it were pictures of us that someone must have taken. There were also two things in there that they knew Aaron would have wanted me to have.
One was a picture frame it had to be one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. I don't know how he did it, but it was green and purple metal, with swirls, stars, and hearts on it. At the bottom it said, "Η αγάπη είναι για πάντα" which is Love is Forever in Greek. When I saw it I almost cried, but I had told myself no more tears. He wouldn't have wanted it.
The next item did bring me to tears though. It was a small blue velvet jewlery box. When I opened it I saw a ring inside. It was had a gold band and there was am oval rose coloured stone in the middle of it. It was connected to the ring with delicate gold lines that reminded me of a spider web. My mind instantly went to a day where we were discussing if it was possible for a child of Athena to not be afraid of spiders. What sent me to tears though was a small note behind it that said, "Kira Rouge, will you marry me?" Part of me wished that Carla had never shown it to me, but I knew inside that I was glad that she had. The picture frame now held a picture of my siblings and I, which included dakota, and then I had someone photo shop Aaron in. It rested on my bedside and I looked at it every night before I went to sleep. The ring was on my hand today, but it was normally in the small blue velvet box. I only wore it for special occasions.
Thinking about his made my throat constrict and tears well up in my eyes. "I miss them." My voice was small, and I didn't know if anyone heard me. I think Nico did though because he grasped my hand and held it. For his sake or mine I don't know which. Maybe both.
After our quiet session where we just stood there watching the flowers burn, we headed back to our activities with the Zeus and Poseidon cabins, which were getting pretty full. Zoe had two brothers and a sister in her cabin, and Percy had a total of two brothers and three sisters. In a couple years we wouldn't be having activities together because the cabins were slowly filling up. We hadn't gotten any new siblings. It was just the five of us together teasing each other all the time.
This year would be my last at camp, at least my last time as a year-rounder. I was sure that I could handle myself in the world like I had before. I would come back every summer for as long as possible. I didn't think that I would ever be able to live without my siblings and my crazy best friend Jason, who was going to be living in New York as well.
I wasn't sure when the hurt would go away, but I wasn't sure if I really wanted it to. There were times when I can't remember what Aaron's laugh sounded like, or some of the conversations that Dakota and I had, and it drove me insane. The hurt was something that I had to remember them by, and deep down I hope that it never really went away.
Whatever happened at camp, and however much I hurt inside, I wouldn't let it show. It was my personal problem and I would deal with, and not ever look back and regret anything. That was my personal promise to me, and to Aaron and Dakota. And I would uphold it no matter the cost, that way when I saw the when I died; I could say that I lived my life without regrets. You know, I look forward to that day, but wouldn't spend all of my time thinking about it. I would spend it enjoying the life that I had now, while I still had it, which may not be for much longer. When you're a demi-god, and a child of the big three, you realize that every day that you're still alive is a miracle in itself. Domino helped keep me safe, but you never knew if the monster that you were fighting would be the one to take your life. All that I did know was that I wasn't going to die without a fight, and that I would live as long as I could to live without any regrets.
First thing that I needed to accomplish to live my life without regrets, was get myself a husband or a boyfriend at least. Really, I was twenty-five and without a boyfriend. You have to agree that's pretty sad. Oh well, I'm sure that I'll find someone eventually, until then, I'll just have to keep searching hard.
And there you have it. The very end of my first fic. I'm so proud of it! Review to tell me what you think, and if you're ever re reading it, don't be afraid to review one of the previous chapters. I just love seeing reviews when I log on. Also, feel free to check out my other fic if you haven't it's a crossover of kc and pjo. It's about a half-blood who finds out that she has the blood fo the pharaoh's, is hosting Thoth, and the Greek gods want to kill her because of that. Just a reglar day of a teenage half-blood. :)
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