Mortals and Mist

I am so sorry it the chapter is late again! I have been sick for the last week and haven't been able to write. So, here is another chapter, (It is not word for word from the actual series, just from the present Hazel's P.O.V) Now, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I am not Rick Riordan, so I don't own Percy Jackson!

Chapter 6 - Seeing Him Again

Hazel P.O.V

I stepped into the portal that Hecate had created, and felt a blast if wind swirl me around to my unknown location. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping to block out the queasiness inside me. The spinning stopped and I opened my eyes, I was back in the memory that I showed Leo of Sammy.

I was back in Houston, in the home Leo grew up in. I saw Sammy, he was sitting in his old wooden chair tapping his fingers on the arm of the chair saying something in Morse code I couldn't decipher. Even though I loved Frank, I still felt a sting of pain in my heart, like life still wasn't complete without him.

Tears threatened to spill from my golden eyes as I stared at Sammy. In that moment I completely forgot what I came here for. I forgot mortals were walking through a nightmare. I forgot the sanity of the world rested on my shoulders. I forgot that I had created this chaos. All that was in my mind was how much I missed Sammy and how much pain I felt when I looked into his weathered face.

Suddenly the door opened, and a woman walked in with a bundle of blue blankets. I recognised her as Leo's mum, Esperanza Valdez. She gave baby Leo to Sammy and Sammy grinned, "A boy!" I smiled fondly at Sammy's excitement of baby Leo. I tried to hug Sammy, but his form dissolved into particles and then, just as quickly, Sammy's body re-joined together again. I trembled as my tears poured out of my face. I curled into a ball on the ground and wept.


Leo's mother took baby Leo out of Sammy's old, frail arms and walked out of the room. Sammy sat in his chair with his hands open in his lap. Then, something caught my eye. It was a ball made of eternally moving mist. I was transfixed on the movement of the ball. I knew I had to retrieve it, however, it was in Sammy's hands and I couldn't bear to look at him in the eye, let alone take something from him. I didn't have the heart to do that.

Suddenly I heard a voice, "Hazel Levesque," I looked up at the voices owner and saw Sammy staring at me directly in the eye. But it was a younger Sammy, the Sammy from the early 1900s. But that was impossible, he shouldn't be able to see me and why was he younger. "Sammy?" I whisper, "How can you hear me?" Sammy smiled at me fondly, "I have always been able to see you Hazel. You have always been in here," he pointed to his chest, where his worn heart lay. I let out a sad sob. "Oh Sammy," I whispered, "I miss you so much. Remember you were the most amazing best friend I could ever ask for. I'm just a little girl who took away the mist!" Sammy shook his head at me, "No, no Hazel. You are much more than that. You are a very special, extraordinary hero." I grinned weakly at him and he smirked his finest smirk back at me.

Then he extended his left arm and opened his hand to reveal the mist ball. "This is what you were looking for, right?" I nodded gratefully and extended my hand to retrieve the mist ball. Sammy dropped it into my hand. "Before you go," he said, "a hug?" I flung my arms around him and squeezed him, he hugged me back. After all this you must be thinking that I still had feelings for Sammy, the answer is no. Sammy is my oldest, silliest best friend, nothing more. Frank is the only guy I have feelings for now. I pushed away from Sammy and beamed at him just before mist enveloped me in its clutches. Th last thing I remember was Sammy crying, "I love you Hazel, my best friend, my hero!" "I love you too." I whispered back to nothing but the mist.


I stumbled back onto the hill where Percy, Nico and Hecate sat. Nico ran up to me and then, like Sammy, I leaped into his arms, however this time, I cried and cried. I never knew how much this had triggered me emotionally. Nico wrapped his arms around me protectively and whispered comforting words to me while I broke down. Another pair of arms wrapped around both me and Nico, I looked up and saw Percy. I smiled frailly up at him in thanks.

I stepped away from the two boys and walked over to the Goddess of Magic and handed her the mist ball. She took the ball and said, "Well done my apprentice, you have done well." I nodded and walked back toward Nico who would be going through the portal next.


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- DemigodishWitch