Chapter 38

Amber's Pov

I was half awake so I thought I was still dreaming. The figure walked in and walked towards me. I shot out of my bed and bumped my head.

"Ow," I said, rubbing my head.

"Are you alright Amber?" The man asked me.

I recognized him now.

"Dad!" I said. in my head.

"How are you?" He asked.

"Great. Can you believe what Hades did for me? Oh and he said you owe him," I said.

He smiled.

"Can we talk outside?" He asked.

I nodded. He went outside and I checked Percy, Alex, and Jenny made sure they were asleep. I went outside.

"You are about to make a friendship that will last for a long time. The quest you will lead will show you something important. Be careful. And take this," He handed me a little box.

I studied the box. It was the thing inside it that would be important.

"And give this to your sister. This is Hurricane," He handed me a small silver pen that matched mine exactly.

"Thanks dad," I said.

I gave him a hug which felt a little akward. He walked towards the beach and disappeared in the water. I opened the box and found a neclace and a bracelet. I recognized them. They had belonged to my mother. A tear fell down my cheek.

"She's nice," I heard a voice say.

I looked up and saw Nico walking over.

"Hey," I said.

"Hey. You okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine, and what do you mean she's nice?" I asked.

"I spoke to her. She wanted me to deliver a message. She told me to say that she'll always be in your hearts and to remember that she's watching," He said.

I started crying. Nico pulled me into his arms. When I had stopped crying, I had realized the position we were in. I blushed a little. He looked at me.

"She was important to you. I know that. I lost my sister two years ago. I had held a grudge against Percy for it. It was actually her choice. Her destiny. My sister died to save Percy. Your mother died to save you. One difference. You have no one to blame," Nico said.

I looked out into the ocean.

"Something's going to happen on this trip. I just know it," I said.

"Then we'll get through it together," Nico said.

I looked at him and leaned in and kissed him. He kissed me back. I felt tiny sparks go off ushing madly. Until I heard someone clear their throat. I pulled away blushing. Percy was standing there with Alex and Jenny giggling behind him.

"Finally!" Alex said.

Percy had a small smile on.

"I think I should be going," Nico said.

I turned to look at him. Nico pecked me on the cheek and walked to his cabin. I ignored my siblings and Jenny's stares and went to my bed. I hid my face in my pillow and smiled. Alex tried to talk to me a couple of times, but I ignored her. After trying with her mind a million times more, I gave in.

What happened?

I replayed the scene in my ead and I could tell Percy was watching too. Alex squealed and explained what happened to Jenny too.

"So, where's my present?" She asked.

I rolled my eyes and tossed her the pen. She looked puzzled.

"Click it," Percy and I said at the same time.

She clicked it and it became a sword. Her eyes lit up.

"Cool!" She said.

"Dad said it's named Hurricane," I said.

"Awesome. So... can I see the neclace and bracelet too?" Alex asked.

"Of course Alex. You get one and I get one. Which one do you want?" I asked.

"Can I have the neclace? It would be easier to lose the bracelet for me," Alex said.

"Okay. I'll take the bracelet," I said.

I took the bracelet out of the box. It had our mother's name written on it and it had pearls and drawing of my mom and dad together. It also had dolphins engraved on it.

"It's beautiful," Alex breathed.

I took out the neclace. It had a pearl at the end with mom's name engraved in it. It was beautiful too. I handed it to Alex who stared at it for a minute. She put it around her neck and I put the bracelet on. That's when I saw her. My mother was standing in the doorway. I was going to look at Alex, to see if she was seeing her, but I was afraid when I turned around again, she would be gone.

"M-mom?" I asked.

"Amber, Alex. My beautiful girls," She said.

It really was her. My mother looked at Percy.

"Percy Jackson, saviour of Olympus. It is an honor to meet you. Alas, I cannot stay long," She said.

"But mom..." I trailed off.

"I love you girls. Be safe and be happy, my darlings. I love you. Good night," She said.

She walked up to me and put her hand on my cheek. It wasn't solid, but I could feel it. She went and did the same for Alex. She walked out the door and Alex and I ran after her. She disappeared. I fell to the ground. I had already cried, so it was my turn to do the comforting. Alex fell to her knees and started crying. I held her in my arms and rocked her while she was crying.

"Shhhh. It's okay. You have me," I said.

Percy came out next to us.

"And me," He said.

"And me," Jenny said coming up next to us.

After five minutes, we were back in our cabins, on our beds. I fell asleep to the sound of Alex's sniffling in her sleep.

Elm was pacing while Luna was sleeping. A twig snapped and he shrieked. Luna sat up immediately. She took out a bow and arrow and shot into the woods. Something roared. Something big. Luna shot about ten more arrows.

"Elm?" She asked.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Run," She told him.

He sat there as if proccessing her words. Then his eyes got wide. He galloped off in a direction with Luna right behind him. She would stop occasionally and shoot an arrow at the creature, but it only made it more mad.

I woke up screaming. I didn't know how that dream could have lasted all night, but it did. I had woken Alex by screaming.

"Amber? What's wrong?" She asked.

"Th-the demigod and the satyr. There in t-trouble," I said.

She got up and woke Jenny up. I woke Percy up.

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We were going to go in a car that my father had donated to the Poseidon cabin. The vampires and werewolves would be running together. It was blue with sea green patterns. We had been driving for what seemed like hours when I recognized the woods.

"Stop!" I yelled.

Percy slammed on the brakes. I heard a roar and hopped out of the car. I ran towards the noise and was knocked over by something. It was Luna!

"Luna! Where's Elm. Are you okay?" I asked.

She looked at me like I was crazy.

"How do you know so much about me and Elm?" She demanded.

"I'm-" I was interrupted.

"Amber?" A couple of voices called.

"Daughter of Poseidon," I said.

She got off me and helped me up when my friends came crashing through the bushes.

"Amber, who..." Percy trailed off looking at Luna.

"Luna. She's a demigod. Daughter of-"

"An Olmpian. Not important though. We need to find Elm," She said.

We let it go.

"Do you know where he is?" Annabeth asked.

"He told me to split up with him. He went that way," She pointed.

I heard a cry of help coming from tha direction and I sprinted through the woods. I came up to Elm and saw he was knocked out. Alex ran up woth everyone behind her and took something out of her backpack. She handed me an apple. I opened Elm's mouth and made him chew \. He woke up.

"Luna! You're okay! And backups here!" He said.

"Yes. Now what happened?" Luna asked.

Elm's facial expression turned to terror.

"H-he chased me into the woods. I tripped and he walked past me. He sniffed the air and walked off into the other direction. We have to get you out of here. With all of the powerful halfbloods in one place," Elm said.

"He's right, but where can we go?" Thalia asked.

"I saw an old house a little ways that way," Elm said.

We walked to the house. It fit a descri[tiopn I bet everyone has seen. It looked like a haunted house. It was old and rickety and looked haunted.

"I'm not going in there!" Alex said.

"Me either. It's to scary," Jenny said.

"I have to agrre with them. I get shivers looking at that house," I said, shivering.

"Let's set up camp in front of the house," Luna said.

"I want to go explore," A voice said from behind us.

Renesmee was walking up with Alice, Jane, Alec, Jacob, Embry, Seth, and Leah.

"Okay, the guys and I will go exploring, and the girls will set up camp," Embry said.

Every girl turned and looked at him. He looked around confused.

"Flip a coin. Heads says girls go," Leah said.

Percy took out a drachma and flipped it. It spun on the ground for ten seconds before it slowed. Poseidon, please let it land on heads. It finally stopped on... HEADS!

"That settles it. Girls go explore while boys set up camp," Alex smirked.

"Not fair," Percy said.

"To bad," I said.

"Fine. Go. We'll set up camp," Jacob said.

"Peace in the world," I laughed.

We went to the side of the house and what we saw in the backyard scared me so bad, I thought I was going to faint.

"A graveyard..." Jenny said.

"Look," I said.

I pointed and they saw what I saw. There was something... a figure in the woods. It took off and we were right behind it. Leah went wolf and Renesmee, Alice, and Jane ran vampire speed. Jenny, Alex, Luna, Annabeth, Thalia, and I ran as fast as we could.

"Nessie look out!" I heard someone yell.

We finally made it to a clearing where a guy had a knife out. There was another knife Renesmee was holding. Knifes don't work on vampires.

"Who are you?" The guy asked.

"Good question. Who are you?" I asked.

He looked at Alex and me. He had dark brown eyes and brown hair. He was wearing a black jacket and black pants. He had a backpack on. By the look of it, he looked like he was chewing gum.

"Alex? Amber?" He asked.

"How do you know us?" I asked.

"You don't recognize me?" He asked.

Alex gasped. I turned to look at her.

"Cameron?" Alex asked.

Cameron? Cameron was Alex's best friend when we were little. He had a sister named Callie. Callie and I would hang out while Alex and Cameron would hang out. Alex and Cameron had been close. They would have gotten together if Cameron's parents hadn't made him and his sister move. Still, it was suspicious.

"It is you. What are you doing out here?" He asked.

"Exploring. Where's Callie?" I asked suspiciously.

His eyes flamed with anger but it stopped.

"What are you doing out here?" Alex asked.

"Hunting," He said.

"Hunting what?" Annabeth asked.

"Vampires," He said, looking over at Renesmee, Alice, and Jane.

I took out my sword.

"You won't touch them," I said.

Percy, get your butt over here now!

Why?

You'll see.

"So you're best friends with vampires?" He asked.

"They're our friends. If you want them, you go through us first," I said.

"Why're you with them?" He asked.

"None of your buisness," I said.

"Amber," Alex said.

"What? He may have been your friend, but now he's a killer," I said.

"No, no, no. I only kill killers. Like your BFF's over there," He said, pointing at Jane, Alice, and Renesmee.

"They only drink animal blood. They're vegitarians," Jenny said.

"We'll see," I said.

Before any of us knew what was happening, Cameron had cut his arm a little bit. Blood came down the side of his arm. Alice and Renesmee looked at him in disgust. Jane was shaking her head.

"Stop the bleeding. Before I..." She couldn't talk anymore.

She covered her nose and mouth and closed her eyes.

"Come on vampire, you know you want my blood. My blood is very tasty to your kind," He smiled.

Alex ran up to him and tried to stop the blood from flowing. I heard Jane growl. Her eyes... they were pitch black. Uh oh. She charged at Cameron, but Alice and Renesmee held her back.

"PAIN!" She snarled.

Renesmee fell to the ground, screaming in agony. I heard a noise and saw Alec running at vampire speed to go... he went past me. Leah snarled and stood in front of Cameron. Jacob flew over me and went straight for Jane and Embry went to help Leah while Seth went to stop Jacob from shredding Jane to pieces. Percy and Nico finally ran in and saw the scene. I ran over to Alex and helped her. I took Cameron's jacket off and wrapped it around his arm. I went to go check on Jane and Alec. Alec had calmed down a little bit. Embry looked at me and nodded his head to te forest. He, Leah, and Alec headed into the woods. Jacob and Seth did the same for Jane. They needed to be away from the blood. Once they were gone, I went back to Cameron.

"You idiot!" I yelled.

I slapped him and started walking towards the car. I heard someone following me and I turned around. It was Cameron.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"What? No hello?" He asked, smiling.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. I turned around and kept walking.

"You know you missed me," He said.

"When I was younger and you weren't trying to kill my friends," I said.

"You're friends are blood sucking monsters," He said.

"Animal blood drinking people. They aren't the kind of vampires that you hunt," I said.

"You don't trust me do you?" He asked.

"No, I don't," I replied.

"But you're not scared of me, are you?" He asked.

"No, I'm not," I said, clearly unimpressed.

"So you wouldn't mind if I did this," He took out a knife.

"Not at all," I said.

He looked away and tried to do a surprise attack. Before he even got within a foot of me, I had already taken out Tsnami (my sword) and blocked it. I kicked him in the chest and he went flying. I changed my sword back into a pen and put it in my pocket. I turned and started walking to the car again. Something hard hit my head and I blacked out.

Percy's Pov

Amber had stormed off towards the car. Alex was talking to Cameron and he looked upset. I went over and pulled Alex away.

"You cannot become friends with him again. He tried to kill Jane and Alec!" I said.

"Percy, I know you're my brother, but it doesn't mean I have to do what you say," She said.

"I'm not trying to control you Alex. I'm just trying to keep you safe!" I said.

"Then maybe you shouldn't judge people by their past!" Alex said, her voice getting louder.

"His past was five minutes ago!" I said.

"It doesn't matter! He came from a long line of vampire hunters. It is not his fault!" Alex yelled.

"It's his choice whether to or not to hunt them. He made the wrong choice. Now he has to be treated like a killer, not a best friend," I said.

Her eyes were flaring.

"He is my best friend and always will be my best friend. And you can go to Tartarus!" She said.

She turned to find Cameron, but he snuck off. I felt a chill. Amber was in trouble. Again. I sprinted towards the car and came across Amber. She was on the ground unconcious. Alex, Annabeth, Thalia, Luna, Elm, and Nico came behind me. I knelt down and took some Ambrosia and Nectar out.

"Is he still your friend?" I asked Alex harshly.

She just stood there, shocked. Amber woke up.

"Ugh. here did he go?" She growled.

"He dissapeared. We have to get inside. We have no choice but to go to that old house," I said, helping Amber up.

Thalia's Pov

We approached the old house slowly. I'm usually not scared, but this house definitely was creepy. I saw Amber shiver. I was soaking wet, so I ran up to the door. Everyone as behind me. The wolves had phased back and now had shirts and shorts on and Jane and Alec were feeling better. I was about to knock when the door opened. The whole house seemed to groan.

"I'm gone," Amber said.

She ran down the steps, but Percy stopped her. She sighed and followed us. I took a step into the house. The was a big living room. The lights flickered on. Annabeth had found the light switch. Amber walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder. I dried instantly.

"Thanks," I told her.

"No problem," She said.

Poseidon's kids dried everybody off while Annabeth and I looked in the next room over. Annabeth put her hands on the wall trying to find a light switch. The lights came on.

"Thanks Annabeth," I said.

I turned to her and she was pale.

"I didn't do that," She said.

"What do you mean? You had to of switched them on. How else could they-" But the lights went out again. Annabeth screamed.

Amber's Pov

Old house + Storm Outside = Scared demigods. The vampires and werewolves had gone hunting together and Elm had gone outside to talk to tree nymphs about the monster that was chasing them. I was setting out my sleeping bag when somebody screamed. Percy and Nico went into the room where the scream had come from with me, Alex, and Luna were hiding behind them. Annabeth and Thalia were screaming and running towards us. We all crashed and fell to the ground. The door closed and it got pitch black. All of the girls screamed.

"HEY!" Percy yelled.

We immediately shut up and huddled close together.

"Do any of you have a flashlight?" I asked hopefully.

There was a chorus of no's. Then I heard something that made my heart go up my throat. There was a very creepy laugh that echoed through the room. Thankfully, Percy and Nico weren't scared. Nico because he met ghost and other horrible stuff before, and Percy because he had a big head for defeating Kronos.

"Show yourself!" Nico said.

The laugh stopped and I felt something on my shoulder.

"Who's touching my shoulder?" I asked, fear in my voice.

Thalia was infront of me, Annabeth was next to her, Luna was on her other side, and Alex was next to me. None of my friends were touching my shoulder.

"Amber?" Alex asked.

I closed my eyes and shook my head.

"There's something behind me isn't there," I said.

I opened one eye and saw Alex nodding. I slowly turned around and saw a skeleton. I screamed and tried to jump towards my friends, but the skeleton had a good hold on me. He dragged me through a door.

"Help!" I shrieked.

"Let her go!" Nico yelled.

He jumped through before the door slammed. Nico didn't care though. He charged and attacked the skeleton. The second Nico's blade touched the skeleton, it erupted into flames.

"You okay?" He asked me.

I nodded and grabbed his hand. He blushed a little but got over it. I went to the door and started banging on it, but it didn't budge.

"Nico, can you shadow travel back in there?" I asked.

It was completely dark so i only knew where he was because I was holding his hand.

"I don't think so. If I do and they went into another room, we would be alone again. And I would be super tired. I wouldn't be able to fight," He said.

"Can you shadow travel us outside?" I asked.

"I don't know Amber. I don't think it's Kronos or ghosts behind this. I think it's a demigod. Child of Hades to be exact," Nico said.

"Okay, well maybe-" But I stopped.

I had an idea!

"Amber?" He asked.

I let go of his hand and took out my pen. I clicked it and a slivery light came from it. I could see Nico.

"You're a genius!" He said.

"Thanks. I think we should..." I looked around.

There were six doors. Which one did we come in?

"Uh oh," I mumbled.

"Amber, they're this way. I can feel it," Nico said.

"Where's the demigod at?" I asked.

He closed his eyes and pointed at a different door.

"That way," He said.

"We have to go stop the demigod, otherwise someone else will fall into his trap," I said.

"Agreed," He said.

Together, we walked through one of the doors.

I'm so sorry I haven't updated! My dog just got sick and had surgery and I haven't had the time. I'll update as soon as I can! I swear!