Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing the aftermath of Andromeda being claimed by Poseidon, as well as a few changes coming from it. So, without further ado.
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The next day, Andromeda had been moved from Cabin Eleven into Cabin Three by Chiron, with the ravenette taking one of the empty bunks along with hanging the Minotaur's Horn on the wall. Aside from that, the only other things Andromeda had were her toiletries bag that Luke got her and a spare set of clothes.
'This isn't so bad. I get an entire cabin to myself, plenty of space for all my stuff, my own table for dinner, pick what activities I do, and go to sleep whenever I want. I don't have to listen to anyone, but me.' Andromeda thought while sitting on her new bed with a smile.
Only for to turn into a frown as she looked around her new cabin, seeing all the empty bunks, the walls glowing like abalone, and just taking in the sheer silence of it.
'…And I'm completely miserable.' Andromeda thought, looking down at how lonely and depressing it is to have a cabin all to herself.
Even worse, when she'd just started feeling at home in Cabin Eleven, to feel like a normal kid, or as normal as one can be when they're a demigod. Only to just as quickly be separated from everyone else, not helping how they all looked at her when she was claimed and then switching cabins.
Shaking her head, Andromeda got up and got changed into her spare clothes consisting of navy blue jeans and an orange Camp Half-Blood shirt. Before she exited the cabin to go meet Annabeth for their morning lessons, only to notice all the campers immediately look at her the moment she came out. Making the girl sigh at seeing the majority of them were now giving her wary and fearful looks, along with going out of their to avoid her.
'I guess no one wants to be around for when the ground suddenly opens up and swallows me or a lightning bolt to come down.' Andromeda thought, given the fact she shouldn't even exist, but because she does, she'll be facing the consequences of her father breaking his oath.
And no one wants to be around the girl that'd have two of the Big Three after her head, or anything else that'll happen to her in retaliation for existing.
'Starting to wish my dad was a Minor God.' Thought Andromeda, knowing how much easier that would make things, instead her luck only seemed to be getting worse.
Luckily, it wasn't long before Andromeda arrived at the amphitheater and saw Annabeth already waiting for her.
"Hey Annabeth. So what're we-" Andromeda said, wondering what they'd go over today, only to stop when the Daughter of Athena scowled at her.
"Sit down. Be quiet. And just listen." Said Annabeth before opening up a book without looking at the ravenette, making Andromeda sigh and sit down.
'Guess that's one less friend I have, then.' Andromeda mentally stated, seeing that Annabeth didn't want anything to do with her either.
Figuring it'd be best to just do as Annabeth said, Andromeda listened as the blonde demigod went over the gods and goddesses, as well as having her practice her Ancient Greek and Latin. The latter which only seemed to annoy Annabeth further whenever the Daughter of Poseidon messed up the words and had to try again.
With this continuing for almost two hours until Annabeth suddenly slammed her book shut and began gathering up everything.
"We're done for today, try to study more on your own time, so you don't keep messing up." Annabeth said, making Andromeda frown at her.
"I'm doing the best I can, this is all still new to me. Maybe you could try taking things a little slower." Said Andromeda, only for the blonde to scowl at her like she just poked her between the eyes before stalking away.
"…Quest…Poseidon?…Dirty rotten…Got to make a plan…" Annabeth muttered, the ravenette sighing at this, doubting she'd be friends with Annabeth again.
'Guess I better go see if I still have someone to teach me how to use a sword.' Andromeda thought, getting up to head to the arena, only to stop when she saw Naruko and Grover approaching her.
"Uh…Hey Andromeda, how are you? We just saw Annabeth leaving." Grover said, unsure what else to say after last night.
"Yeah, and I doubt she'll want anything to do with me outside of lessons, if she doesn't just try finding someone else to teach me." Said Andromeda, making the satyr wince while Naruko shook her head.
"Don't take it personally, she's just acting like she believes she's supposed to. Given your dad and her mom are rivals and hate each other, she thinks it only makes sense that you two shouldn't be friends or get along." Naruko said with an annoyed expression at how Annabeth was acting.
"And I did say Annabeth really looks up to her mom, learning that you're the daughter of her rival, she's just doing what she thinks is expected. So, she doesn't have a problem with you Andromeda, just…a problem with who your dad is." Added Grover, making the ravenette's frown lessen.
"Well…good to know she's not avoiding me just for existing, only believing we can't get along because of our parents." Andromeda stated, feeling a little better, but not much since who knows who else would have a grudge against her solely for who her father is.
"So, did you two need something or just came by after seeing Annabeth?" Andromeda asked as she looks between them.
"I came by to let you know I'll be taking over your sword training, along with getting you started on learning Mist Manipulation, as well as improving your Hydrokinesis. That's not counting learning any other abilities you would have inherited from Poseidon." Naruko replied, surprising Andromeda that she'd be training her, but also thankful the Uzumaki didn't see her any different, even knowing who her father is.
"Thanks, I really appreciate any help and training. But I thought you wanted to wait on teaching me Mist Manipulation? And how can you teach me to use a sword, since you use daggers?" Andromeda asked, wondering why she wanted to start training her in Mist Manipulation and how she'd teach her to use a sword.
In response, Naruko pulled out one of her daggers with the runes lighting up before, to Andromeda's surprise, it suddenly transformed from a dagger into a katana with a black blade and red edge.
"For your Mist Training, that was before it was revealed you were a child of one of the Big Three and will basically have everyone and their mother after your head. And for sword training, as you can see, I'm also good at using swords as well as daggers." Said Naruko, turning her sword back into its dagger form and sheathing.
"You can transform your daggers?" Said Andromeda in amazement, with the Uzumaki nodding in response.
"Yeah, it's the runes I engraved into them, giving my daggers four different forms, including their base dagger forms. They can turn into twin swords, a broadsword, and a bow, the latter two requires me combining them together, allowing me to fight at close or long range. Which will also help in your training to combat anyone, who fights like that. They also have some other runes to give them different affects to paralyze enemies or manipulate different elements." Naruko explained, surprising and amazing the ravenette further.
"Wow. Well when can we get started?" Andromeda asked, hoping to begin training as soon as possible.
"We'll start later, after I talk to Chiron and take care of a few things. Grover, can you take Andie to outside of the forest and wait there?" Naruko said while looking at the satyr, who nodded in response.
"Yeah, come on Andie." Said Grover, motioning Andromeda to follow him, with the demigod and satyr heading towards the forest.
Once the two were out of sight, Naruko scowled before heading off in the direction Annabeth went, soon arriving at the arena where she found the Daughter of Athena training with her knife. Going through the motions of stabbing, kicking, and dodging a straw dummy before delivering a spin kick to the dummies head, sending its helmet flying off.
"Bretov Alagoria." Said Naruko, making a few hand gestures before aiming her hand at the dummy, causing it to be surrounded by magic as it came alive and suddenly punched Annabeth.
The blonde demigod not expecting the sudden attack and was knocked back, before getting up and glaring at Naruko, while the dummy became motionless again.
"What's your problem, now?!" Annabeth demanded, not in the mood to deal with Naruko as well, only for the Uzumaki to return the glare.
"What's my problem?! What's yours?! You were so excited about Andromeda being at camp, believing she was finally "the one" to take you on a quest! Now you're treating her like she shouldn't even be here! And why is that?! Afraid mommy will get upset at you for being friends with a Sea Spawn?!" Retorted Naruko, with Annabeth scowling.
"You wouldn't understand, we're not supposed to get along, our parents don't so we wouldn't either. Simple as that." Stated Annabeth, believing that they shouldn't get along because their parents didn't.
"Would you stop making excuses! Who cares if they don't get along, we're not our parents, not that it seems to matter since we're always blamed for their actions! You know that don't you, everytime you see a spider coming after you, all because your mom decided to turn Arachne into a monster! Now you and every one of her kids gets to be terrified of spiders coming after them!" Naruko said, with Annabeth flinching and looking around fearfully at the mention of spiders before shaking her head and glaring at the whiskered demigod.
"Only because Arachne thought she was better than Athena and then tried humiliating the gods in their competition!" Annabeth retorted.
"That just shows how vain and petty she is! If she's able to let a single human get to her and then beat her, simply for showing how petty the rest of the gods can be, showing that she also refuses to accept the truth! She not only humiliated one girl for having a talent she worked to perfect on her own, the only joy she had in her life, she had to then turn her into a monster! She could have turned Arachne into a nymph, a Minor Goddess, or just let her live in peace, instead she chose to turn her into a monster, making all of her children targets of her and her children! That certainly doesn't sound very wise, it sounds petty, cruel, and vain!" Yelled Naruko, making Annabeth fall silent as she tried thinking of a retort only for the Uzumaki to continue.
"Or how about that stupid golden apple she was obsessed with?! Tell me why the Goddess of Wisdom would care about something like that?! Shouldn't she have been wise enough to know it was foolish to fight over it or that it was thrown in simply to cause infighting?! But nope, she fought over it like every one else and when she didn't win, she sided with the Greeks simply out of spite for not being chosen! Showing even more, just how vain she can be, siding against Troy just because she wasn't chosen as "fairest of all"!" Naruko said, with the blonde demigods eyes shifting around quickly, desperately trying to come up with a retort.
"And let's not forget the flute she threw down to Earth, cursing it and the first person who picked it up, just because it made her look foolish! Leading to Maryas being skinned alive just for challenging Apollo, but hey, who cares if someone's brutally murdered since Athena was upset and felt like cursing a random person!" Naruko said sarcastically.
"I could keep going, I could mention Pandora being created, and how it was Athena giving her curiosity that lead her to opening the pithos, unleashing all the evils into the world! Or about turning Medusa and her sisters into the Gorgons simply to spite Poseidon, showing not even her own priestesses are safe!" Naruko said, glaring at Annabeth, daring her to try and make more excuses for her mother's actions.
"But let's get back to your excuses about how you're treating Andromeda, you say you can't be friends with her because your parents don't like each other? Then why don't you hate Aphrodite's kids? They don't get along either, so it must make sense you'd hate all of them too. Or why don't you ever jump at the chance to join the Hunters, then you'd be spending all your time with her favorite sister." Said Naruko, with the Daughter of Athena managing to regain her composure and glare at her.
"You know why I wouldn't join the Hunters! I wasn't going to abandon Luke, Grover, Thalia, or you, despite how you're acting now!" Annabeth retorted.
"But you have no problem abandoning Andromeda, after she was claimed! Even if, you know, Thalia would have been there to help her!" Naruko shouted, making Annabeth growl and clench her fists.
"You don't know what Thalia would have done! None of us do, because she's a tree now!" Yelled Annabeth, only Naruko to grab her by her collar.
"I don't?! Then you don't even remember what she was like! She helped me, you, and Luke, despite not knowing any of us! She already had to deal with monsters constantly chasing her, but she still let us stick together! Even when it cost her, her life! Thalia had no obligations to help any of us and may still be alive if she didn't, but she did because she wouldn't abandon anyone she cares about! And you're saying I don't know what she would have done?! No, you don't know!" Demanded Naruko before pushing Annabeth back, the grey-eyed girl flinching at her words.
"But let's face it, it's not even being Poseidon's daughter that you're angry about, you're angry that it's not Zeus. That's what you thought, right?! That he broke the Oath again! Were you hoping he had another child, another daughter?!" Naruko hissed in anger, only to find herself slammed against the wall of the arena with Annabeth glaring at her with glowing grey eyes and holding her up against the wall.
"Don't ever think I would try to replace Thalia!" Said Annabeth, angered that Naruko would even think she'd try to find someone to replace Thalia.
"Well you certainly have no problem abandoning her cousin!" Retorted Naruko with the two glaring at each other, until Annabeth dropped her and backed away.
"At least if she was Zeus's daughter, then she'd have some protection. He already broke the Oath, so it wouldn't matter if he had more demigods. But Andromeda will have it worse, not only from Poseidon breaking the Oath now, but whatever is going on. She'll have an even bigger target on her back than the one Thalia had. And I'm not going to try and be her friend, only to end up watching her give her life." Annabeth said, shaking her head, refusing to see what happened to Thalia happen again, only for Naruko to chuckle bitterly.
"You…you really think I want to see that happen? To be forced to relive watching Thalia sacrifice herself and turned into a tree? That is…that is the last thing I ever want to see!" Naruko said, punching the arena wall hard enough to crack it, making Annabeth flinch.
"You may be willing to simply leave Andromeda alone, but I'm not. I'm not going to let go through what Thalia did or let Andromeda sacrifice herself, and I know Thalia wouldn't either if she was here." Stated Naruko, the Daughter of Athena flinching again.
"…You weren't the only one that lost her, she was my sister too." Said Annabeth, still feeling the hurt from losing Thalia, before looking at Naruko when she scoffed.
"That's where you're wrong, Annie. You lost a sister, but gained a whole lot more and new brothers as well, you had people there to support you. Luke just buried his pain and covered it up with anger, like he did with his parents. But me…don't forget I was with Thalia longer than both of you, she was the only person I had left when I didn't have anyone else. I cared about you, Grover, and Luke when we found you all, but she was and is someone I cared about more than anything. Having to watch her sacrifice herself, being unable to even try and help, then how she was turned into a tree…" Naruko said before shaking her head, while Annabeth looked at her with wide eyes.
"Do what you want, Annabeth. But I'm not going to abandon Andromeda and I'm not going to let what happened to Thalia happen to her, because it's what she would have done. I'm going to do everything I can to protect her and prepare her for those that will come after her, even if it literally kills me. I swear on Styx." Said Naruko with thunder booming overhead as the oath was made, much to Annabeth's shock.
With that Naruko took her leave, while Annabeth's legs soon gave out beneath her, not believing what the Uzumaki just did. Along with starting to realize just how much Thalia's death affected her, beyond only losing a sister-figure. Before the Daughter of Athena pulled her legs up to her chest and began crying at how far Naruko was willing to go.
'Mom is the Goddess of Wisdom, yet I'm not wise enough to see my own friend has been traumatized and broken for five years.' Annabeth thought, letting out a bitter laughter at being unable to see her best friend and someone she saw as a sister is in pain.
*With Andromeda and Grover*
Meanwhile, Andromeda and Grover stood at the edge of the forest waiting for Naruko to arrive.
"So…um…how have you been? With settling into camp? And since you were claimed?" Grover asked, looking at Andromeda, who shrugged in response.
"I've been fine, up until I was claimed and that I shouldn't technically exist, and now everyone's likely either waiting for the ground to swallow me or a lightning bolt to come crashing down. And now I'm stuck in a big empty cabin with just my own thoughts. But other than that, I'm great." Said Andromeda with a sarcastic smile and thumbs up, making the satyr wince.
"U-uh-uh, blaah-ha-ha…right, sorry to ask. And I'm sorry we haven't really seen each other since you arrived at camp, you just seemed really busy with your training and getting settled, and I've…I had to see the Council of Cloven Elders and Mr. D." Said Grover, only for the Daughter of Poseidon to wave it off.
"It's fine Grover, I know you have your own stuff to take care of. It's just hard I guess, learning I'm not supposed to even exist and how everyone is acting, even the Ares kids don't seem to want anything to do with me. But I am grateful for those that stick by me, including you, and especially Naruko. It's actually surprising how she's basically going out of her way to help me with…everything, really." Andromeda said, still surprised at how much Naruko's willing to do to help her, despite how they barely know each other, making Grover smile solemnly.
"You know something about satyrs is that we can sense and read emotions from demigods and mortals. The few times I've seen Naruko before going to Yancy Academy, I could only feel her emotions were completely chaotic and out of control, it's a miracle she's even able to remain calm most of the time. That's not counting how she keeps herself closed off most of the time, even when interacting with her half-siblings. While she did speak with the other campers and help them whenever she can, she never really went out of her way to try befriending anyone." Said Grover, making Andromeda frown at him while remembering everything Naruko told her.
Having lost her parents to monsters, being forced to go on the run before being found, only to then forced to watch the girl she loves die, fall out with her best friend and sister-figure, and might've lost her brother-figure as well. While Grover's duties as a satyr and Protector don't keep him in camp long enough to be able to interact with her.
"But since you came to camp, I've noticed her emotions have begun settling down, while they're still pretty chaotic, they're also now more…focused than before. And I'm really glad, while I haven't been able to spend time with Naruko much with my duties, I'm glad she's starting to open up again, this is actually the happiest I've seen her in years. So, I really appreciate you being able to help her Andie." Grover said, smiling at his friend, which she returned.
"I don't think I really did much, but I'm glad I could help her." Replied Andromeda.
"You've done more than you think. But I have to ask…can you please keep helping Naruko and protect her? After…after Thalia, it seemed as though a part of Naruko had died with her. I'm worried she may have become pretty reckless and will do something dangerous." Said Grover in worry, surprising the ravenette before she smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I promise I can do that." Andromeda said, making Grover smile and pat her on the shoulder.
"Though…if you don't mind me asking…how did your conversation with Mr. D go?" Asked Andromeda, wondering if things had worked out for him.
With Grover suddenly freezing while his face turned a sickly shade of yellow.
"Fine, just great." Grover replied quickly while looking away.
"So, your career is still on track?" Andromeda said, making the satyr look at her nervously.
"Chiron t-told you I want a searcher's license?" Said Grover, confusing Andromeda at what that was.
"Well…no. He just said you had big plans, you know…and that you needed credit for completing a keeper's assignment. So did you get it?" Andromeda said, wondering what a searcher's license was.
"Mr. D suspended judgment. He said I hadn't failed or succeeded with you yet, so our fates are still tied together. If you got a quest and I went along to protect you, and we both came back alive, then maybe he'd consider the job complete." Explained Grover while looking down.
"Well, that's not so bad right? And with who my dad is, maybe I will get a quest." Said Andromeda, hoping to lift his spirits.
"Blaa-ha-ha! He might as well have transferred me to stable cleaning duty! Even if you do get a quest, it'll be an incredibly dangerous one! That's even counting the monsters you'd have to face! And besides, why would you want me to go on a quest?" Grover said glumly.
"Of course I'd want you along!" Andromeda assured before the two soon noticed Naruko walking towards them.
"Looks like Naruko finished her business, good luck with the training Andie." Said Grover before taking his leave, as Naruko walked up to Andromeda.
"So, I talked with Chiron and he's allowing me to take over your training, but he did encourage us to come to him if we ever needed help. Especially since while I'm strong in my own right, I'm still just a Hero-In-Training as well. He also wanted me to give you this." Said Naruko before pulling out a pen and tossed it to the ravenette, Andromeda recognizing it as the pen Chiron gave her against Mrs. Dodds.
Uncapping it, Andromeda watching amazement at it transformed into a sword just like before, and finding unlike the practice swords she's used, this one felt perfectly balanced. As if it had been made specifically for her.
"What is this?" Andromeda asked, looking the sword over.
"Celestial Bronze, it's the metal used to make our weapons and armor, even the weapons used by the gods, including your father's Trident. It's one of four metals capable of harming monsters, gods, Titans, and demigods, basically anything supernatural. But it won't hurt mortals since they aren't worthy enough to be harmed by such a metal." Explained Naruko, getting Andromeda's attention.
"What're the other metals?" Said Andromeda, curious of what other magic metals there were.
"There's Imperial Gold, but that's really rare to come across, it's basically the same but just a different color. Then there's Stygian Iron from the Underworld, it's much stronger than both metals since while Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold will destroy a monsters form and send them back to Tartarus to reform, Stygian Iron absorbs their essence, it's also capable of harming mortals, but it can only be used by children of Hades or other Underworld deities. My daggers are actually made out of Stygian Iron since my mother is good friends with Lady Persephone. And lastly there's silver, which isn't considered a magical metal, but is sacred to Artemis and is used by her and the Hunters, it works the same as Celestial Bronze and Imperial Gold, with the addition of being the only thing capable of killing werewolves." Naruko said, much to Andromeda's amazement, though was worried about how powerful Stygian Iron is, before she looked at her sword.
"Anaklusmos." Stated Andromeda, when the name suddenly came to her.
"Riptide, seems like a fitting name." Said Naruko with a small smirk before motioning the ravenette to follow her, Andromeda doing so as she returned Riptide to its pen form.
"So what're we doing in the forest anyway? Aren't we going to train in the arena?" Andromeda asked, confused as to why they're in the forest.
"No, we'll be training here, so that you'll be much better prepared for what you'll face outside of camp. The forest will be good for training due to it being stocked with monsters." Naruko replied, much to Andromeda's shock and horror.
"There are monsters here?!" Said Andromeda, having heard from Chiron that the forest was stocked, but didn't think it was stocked with monsters, which would explain why he said not to go in unless she was armed
"Yeah, they're used for training to get real combat experience, as well as when we're playing Capture the Flag against each other." Added Naruko, only increasing the Daughter of Poseidon's shock and horror, which the Uzumaki noticed.
"Don't worry, I'll have your back the entire time and have a flare in case things go too far. And the area where we play Capture the Flag is close enough to the camp, that none of the stronger monsters will come out, while the number of demigods will keep the weaker ones from attacking us." Naruko assured, with Andromeda nodding shakily, relieved things won't get too dangerous, she hoped so anyway.
The two soon arrived at a spot near the lake, making Naruko nod, knowing this would be a good spot to begin their training. Before drawing one of her daggers and turning it into its sword form, with Andromeda quickly uncapping Riptide as well.
"Let's get started then, shall we." Naruko stated before immediately rushing the ravenette.
*Timeskip-Four Days*
The next four days have passed since Andromeda fell into a new routine, with her still having her morning lessons with Annabeth, while the rest of the day she'd be training with Naruko. Something that always left her beaten, tired, and sore as the whiskered demigod wasn't taking it easy on her at all. Though Andromeda also couldn't argue with the results, feeling herself getting better each day.
Both with her swordsmanship and her Hydrokinesis, as well as starting to get better at seeing things through the Mist and limited success in manipulating it. Though so far, they haven't seen if she inherited any other abilities from her father, which Naruko assured her would come in time and with training. Her reflexes have also greatly improved, having quicker reaction time to dodge or block attacks. They'd also gone to Chiron a few times, like he encouraged, with the centaur instructor being more than happy to give them any advice or tips they needed.
As for her lessons with Annabeth, they continued as usual, though Andromeda had noticed the Daughter of Athena was much less harsh than their first lesson after she was claimed. With her remembering one lesson, where she asked about Naruko.
*Flashback*
"How's…how's Naruko doing?" Annabeth suddenly asked, making Andromeda look up at her in surprise, seeing the blonde demigod still looking at her book.
"…Fine, she's been a really good teacher so far, I'm even able to consciously control and manipulate water, something that only gets stronger when I'm stand in it." Replied Andromeda, making Annabeth nod in response.
"Good, that's…that's good, I'm glad she's…doing better." Annabeth stated, with the ravenette nodding slowly with a frown.
"You know if you want to talk to her, I'm sure she'd like it." Andromeda said, hoping to try and get them to reconnect, the Daughter of Athena merely nodding before looking up.
"…Grover also told me about the promise you made, that you'd help and protect her. I'm only going to say this once, if anything happens to Naruko and there was something you could have done to prevent it, I'll never forgive you and will make you regret it." Said Annabeth.
'And I'll never be able to forgive myself, either.' Annabeth mentally added, the Daughter of Hecate's Oath on Styx still fresh in her mind, knowing if they didn't have their argument then she never would have made it.
Knowing if something happened that made Naruko break her Oath, then Annabeth would only be able to blame herself.
"I wouldn't, I keep my word, and I don't need a threat hanging over my head to do it." Andromeda said with a frown, with Annabeth merely nodding as they went back to their lesson.
*End Flashback*
Though outside of her lessons, things were still the same with the rest of the campers, all of them doing their best to steer clear of her. Even Clarisse now kept her distance, though Andromeda knew by her glares that the Daughter of Ares was still angry about her magic spear being broken.
And she knew someone at camp had it out for her, when a copy of the New York Dail News was found outside her cabin, one that talked about her and her mother's "disappearance". Which angered Andromeda even more as she read the comments from her stepfather talking about her being expelled from different schools and having violent tendencies.
At the moment though, Andromeda had just woken up in her bed in Cabin Three, finding nothing out of the ordinary, only to see that outside was dark and stormy, which wasn't supposed to happen in camp.
'Does it have to do with that dream?' Andromeda thought, having woken up from a strange dream she just had.
Having found herself running on a beach in the middle of a storm with a city behind her, knowing it wasn't New York by the different sprawl. With buildings spread farther apart, palm trees and low hills in the distance.
While in the distance were two men fighting each other, both of them wearing blue and green robes respectively. With the one wearing blue shouting about giving something back, while each time they connected the storm would get worse.
And Andromeda didn't know why, but she knew she needed to get them to stop fighting. But no matter how fast she ran, it seemed like she didn't get any closer. Before she then felt the ground begin shaking and heard a laughter underground, a deep, dark, and evil laughter that made blood feel like ice. Then a voice urging her to come down to where it was before a crevice opened beneath her.
After that she'd woken up, finding herself still in bed.
Shaking her head, Andromeda stood up and looked out the window with a frown, seeing the storm clouds overhead and knowing that something was going on, something bad. Her attention then turned to a clopping sound at the door.
"Come in." Andromeda said, turning towards the door as it opened and Grove walked inside with a worried expression.
"Mr. D wants to see you." Said Grover in worry.
His words made Andromeda gulp; having known she would have eventually been called to the Big House after being claimed. The ravenette being worried and nervous of what exactly was going to happen, and if she was even going to survive.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see Andromeda has been moved to Cabin Three, much to her disappointment at now being separated from everyone after finally feeling like she was being accepted, along with everyone now avoiding her. Before she goes to her lessons with Annabeth, who's also treating her differently now that she's been claimed by her mothers rival, with Naruko and Grover showing up afterwards, the former revealing she'll be taking over Andromeda's training along with revealing some abilities her daggers has, as well as later on revealing they're also made from Stygian Iron due to Hecate's friendship with Persephone, making them even more dangerous. Then we see Naruko confronting Annabeth about how she's treating Andromeda leading to another fight, one much worse as Naruko brings up numerous points that Annabeth can't deny or rebuke, getting even worse when Thalia is brought up, leading to Annabeth starting to see how traumatized by her death Naruko was and the pain she's in, only for Naruko to then swear on Styx to prepare and protect Andromeda, even if it kills her, much to Annabeth's shock before she breaks down at how far her friend would go. Before we go to Andromeda and Grover talking, with Andromeda swearing to help and protect Naruko after learning how damaged she really is, before Naruko shows up while giving Andromeda Riptide after talking with Chiron and going over what they'll be doing for her training. Finally we get a small timeskip and seeing how Andromeda's improved as well as Annabeth acting differently during their lessons, asking Andromeda about Naruko during one of them and also blaming herself for the Oath Naruko made. With Andromeda also having her dream of Zeus and Poseidon fighting each other, until she wakes up and meets Grover who tells her Mr. D wants to see her. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
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