So, hi! Welcome back to the Roman's perspectives. I can no longer say Roman camp because they're across the country.
Do you like the book cover I made? I spent a lot of time drawing the wings simply evacuee I wanted them to be symmetrical. The sword I redrew around seven times because the hilt was too large or the blade was crooked. Then I added words, and you get the result I have there.
I have not forgotten the disclaimer, I have simply once again misplaced it so that it is at the very end of the author's note. Okay! On with the chapter!
I don't own Percy Jackson in the Olympians. Or anything in it. Or any characters in this.
There is some form of rustic charm that you can experience by sleeping under the stars. The same feeling is not experienced when you sleep under the stars during a rain storm. For what seemed to be the hundredth time, Emblem, Lila, and Mike were stashing their stuff under a tall tree at hours in which even demigods should be sleeping. Rain drops splattered violently against the ground, and the three were finding it hard to hear each other over it's noisy din. Lila was busy yelling at Emblem, but Emblem couldn't understand a word she was saying. Lila was shouting, "Why in the world did you forget to bring at tent! Now whenever it rains, we have to drag all of our stuff under a tree and hope that enough of the rain is blocked from reaching it do it doesn't get drenched!" Emblem stared at her confused then screamed, "What?" Lila was about to shout at her again, but Mike interrupted her by saying, "Lila's annoyed because you forgot to bring a tent." Emblem said, "Oh! Well, I guess I though we wouldn't have much rain. We just got unlucky." Lila screamed, "What?" She looked at Mike, expecting him relay the message to her. Mike glared at her, but said, "I'm not your little personal messenger. She said that she thought it wouldn't rain, and that were just unlucky." Lila screeched loud enough that Emblem could hear her this time, loud enough that Adrian, Mimi and James probably heard her, "Unlucky! Unlucky doesn't cover this! In the time I've with you we've been caught in 37 rainstorms, 22 thunderstorms, and even one typhoon!" Emblem tried her hardest to be loud enough to be heard, her sound matching Lila's level of loudness, but much less angry, "Well, on the bright side, we can hear each other now!" Lila was about to counteract that statement when the rain started pounding on the ground harder, making them once again unable to hear each other. Gaia has a sense of irony.
James sat close to the fire. He felt safe sitting next to it because it reminded him of the forges. Though he was happy to be on a quest, he would rather have been in the forged than in a damp cave in the base of a mountain. James didn't really like the mountains. They were cold and threatening. Kind of like how the Greek demigods had acted. The three girls had left awhile ago in search of their friends. (Based on their conversation, he thought they were named Annie, Megan, and Kelby.) Adrian was still staring out the doorway, where he ha stood when they'd left. James didn't know why. Adrian was his best friend, but he still didn't understand too much about him. Maybe he was still thinking about the three girls, though that wouldn't explain why he was looking at the mountains with a sense of loneliness and betrayal.
Some time later, the rain started. It was more violent than a thunderstorm, but there was no lightning, so it was just regular rain. Adrian stepped away from the entrance of the cave to avoid getting drenched. After taking a moment to check that the rain wouldn't flow into the cave, he walked over to Mimi and James. Sitting down by the fire with them, he said, "It's raining." James smiled and said, "Thanks, Captain Obvious." Adrian smiled as well and said, "I'm a captain!" Mimi sighed, "Your humor is worse than that of a five year old." She frowned in disapproval for a moment, but they all started laughing after that. Once the noise died down, Adrian said, "But seriously, I checked to make sure this cave wouldn't flood. We'll be alright, but if we step outside in that rain we'll be soaked." Mimi said, "We probably would've stayed inside anyway. It's dark out. I just hopes the rain stops by tomorrow. I think we should try climbing the mountain." Adrian was mildly taken aback at this statement, "Why?" Mimi said, "If I remember correctly, your dream had took place in a higher up the mountain. So that's where we should go." James looked between the two, and then he said, "The prophecy did say that we were to listen to winds, and there has been no wind down here. However, there is a lot of wind closer to the top." Adrian said, "I guess it's a good idea." Suddenly Adrian wanted the rain to continue as long as possible. The high altitude would make him unable to think straight.
"Finally!" Lila whispered as the last of the rain fell. All three had gotten drenched during the rain, and both girls were busy trying to ring out their hair. Emblem's hair looked almost black when wet, while Lila's was a dark brown. Lila hated having her hair wet. She used water to change her hair color temporarily when disguising herself. The things she's done in disguise disgust her. Lila absentmindedly wondered whether the police were still looking for the twelve year old serial killer from so many years ago. She wondered for a moment whether the girl from the boat died or not until she remembered seeing her in that car. She was frowning when Mike said, "Look! Up on the mountain! There's a fire up there. How'd it keep burning through the rain?" Lila did look, and upon recognizing the girl sitting by the fire, she said, "You know, Emblem, maybe climbing the mountain isn't such a bad idea after all."
If you haven't noticed, I've been pushing each group up the mountain. They will begin to collide soon. I've completely decided what each of the line of the prophecy means by now. Except for the "kill the foe and strike the friend" line. I have no idea what foe the line is talking about.
Well, I'll see you next week, and hopefully the chapter will be better, because I had to write this one on my iPod so the spacing might be weird. I was traveling with my parents and my sibling to their college reunion.
Ramijek out!