Chapter 52.

Percy

Hannah and John come back at almost the same time.

Hannah is smirking and John comes back bright red.

"What happened?" Merlin asks.

"What makes you think something happened?" John asks, his voice rising in pitch.

"You look the same way our brother did when he was cams down the morning after grandma caught him and his girlfriend having, er, whats the English word for seksas?"

"Oh my god we didn't do that I swear, she's just." John scratches the back of his neck

"He wouldn't believe I didn't have bottles of vodka hidden under my jumper so I took it off."

"And?" I ask

"I'm not wearing a t shirt."

"Hannah!" Someone gasps and half the room giggles.

Hannah's cheeks go red as well.

"John got all awkward, and now I'm realising what I did. Oh god I need to start thinking before I act, it's funny though you can't deny it."

"Please never do that again."

"Well then believe me next time. I swear to god so many problems could be fixed if people actually believed me."

We talk, John tells us stories about his life, Merlin tells us stories about Lorien and somewhere along the line I hear John saying that Nine has some sort of obsession over finding out whatever is different about Annabeth and I.

"Just in case he brings it up, I've told him to leave it but he's an idiot so, don't mind him."

"It's no bother, I've had my fair share of encounters with idiots." Annabeth laughs.

"Oh wow, it's getting dark already." Felix comments. "I didn't even realise the sun was setting."

"The sun is setting?" Hannah gasps.

"Hey chill out." James sighs.

"Isn't it a full moon tonight? I wanted to go star gazing, goodbye."

"Oh shit yeah same, see you guys!"

They both run out the door.

"Well that was weird." I laugh.

"Gotta get those star gazing hours." Merlin comments,

"Maybe they're secretly hunters of Artemis." Felix shrugs.

"What?" Katy asks.

"Greek mythology, I studied it in school. Artemis was the goddess of the moon and the stars."

"Oh yeah."

Hannah

"Will you stop following me wolf boy? You're gonna give me away."

"You were in my dorm, witch girl!"

We burst through one of the exits.

"No running!" We hear, I think it's one of the Guarde but I don't have time to check.

We have until the sun sets to hide.

We find a small wood, this seems to be the best we're going to get.

I trip and slide down to the bottom, falling alongside James.

Then the sun dips below the horizon.

Black fur covers me and James' body odour gets worse than usual as he turns into a wolf.

I pounce onto a boulder, but my back paw doesn't land just right so I take a few seconds longer trying to get up.

"I never knew you transformed into a cat." James says, then the idiot decides to howl. Stupid wolf.

"Are you trying to get animal control to come?" I hiss.

"I have to, Ugh I wish I brought food, I always forget."

"Do you also always forget to bathe?" I ask.

"That was uncalled for."

I stare at him.

"I've had enough of you, I'm leaving."

"You can't leave what if you get caught."

"Unlike you people aren't scared of me. Bye!"

I walk around, avoiding busy areas.

"Aren't you a pretty kitty?" I hear.

"Jesus Katy leave the cat alone."

I turn around, Katy and Liam are out. They must've left.

"Maybe this kitty will know where Hannah went."

"You're not serious. Katy, it's a cat, put it back and stop looking for excuses to keep it."

"But I love cats."

She picks me up and cradles me in her arms.

"It's probably got fleas." He sighs.

"He's only being rude kitty, don't listen to Liam the fun sponge."

"Come on, put it down and let's go to your dorm."

"No, I'm bringing her with me."

"Well I'm not holding her."

I rest my chin on her arm and watch as she takes me to our dorm.

Nine and Maddy are still in here.

"Oh my God it's a kitty!" Nine squeals.

He doesn't seem like the type of guy that would get excited over a cat, but he takes me out of Katy's arms.

"What's your name?" He asks. But he didn't say it out loud.

Animal telepathy, shit. What if he finds out I'm Hannah?

He drops me.

I meow at him.

"Hannah is that actually you?" He asks.

I meow again.

"Is this another legacy?" Katy asks.

"Shapeshifting and resurrection? Two powerful legacies in one regular Guarde? Is that possible?"

"Come here Hannah, kitty kitty."

Why couldn't I transform into a crow? That'd be so much more useful.

I heard that. Nine responds.

I jump onto the sofa in surprise.

"It is Hannah!" He gasps.

I don't know what else to do so I run out the door that Liam left open.

"Catch her!"