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Chapter 6: Luke Castellan
"Why isn't dad here?" Luke asked his mother the instant she placed a new batch of cookies on the table.
May Castellan spoke rather dreamily, "he was a businessman, very important job to do."
"So why isn't he here?" Luke spoke bitterly, taking a bite out of his burnt cookie. Crumbs flew all over the place, as he continued. "Why isn't he living with us?"
"Luke..." May sighed, sitting down on the chair beside her son. "It's because he's a-"
The sound of a chair screeching backwards could be heard as Luke hastily scrambled out of the dining room. He tried running, but his mother was quicker.
"Terrible fate!" May rasped as she held onto her son's shoulders tightly, shaking them. "Don't join- don't join Kronos!"
"Let go!" Luke yelled, as he struggled to get out of the strong grip.
Fear flashed in his eyes, as he stared at the frail figure of his mother. The grip lessened it's tightness as she suddenly let go.
"What was the question again?" May asked, as if it was all a dream, her eyes blinking.
"It's ok," Luke muttered, falling back in his chair. "It doesn't matter anymore."
He didn't know what was going on. Luke took a glance at his mother and saw that she was perfectly normal- no creepy mist surrounding her. No raspy croaky voice shouting something about his fate. It was just his mother. No monster that had possessed her.
"More cookies?" May offered her son the food as his eyebrows creased in confusion.
Luke shook his head as a no, but his mother put some more cookies in his plate anyway.
"I don't want anymore cookies," Luke said aggressively as he pushed his plate away.
A moment of awkward silence stunned May, and hurt stayed in her eyes as she walked back to the kitchen.
Instant guilt built up inside of him. He watched his mother shuffle to the kitchen to do something.
"Mom," Luke said loudly, catching her attention. When she turned around, he spoke again. "I'm sorry. I'll have those cookies."
The frown on May's face was replaced with a bright smile. She took out some oven gloves and placed a new batch of cookies right on the table.
"Your father would have been so proud," May stated as she took a cookie for herself. "Just look at you now."
"Who is he?" Luke asked curious, hoping that his mother wouldn't start another phase again. "And where is he?"
"Didn't I tell you before?" May asked her son curiously, studying his face for any signs of lies. "I must have."
"You didn't," Luke shook his head before he spoke.
"Oh," May looked surprised but then smiled. "Your father is a-"
The phone rang right at the time she was about to reveal the identity. She briefly gave a small frown before walking to where the phone was.
Watching his mother talk on the phone to one of her friends, Luke decided to escape to his room. He didn't know how much longer it would take anymore. How much longer he could take before he ran away.
A/N: I've been saying this a lot, but I'm sorry for the late update and any OOCness, even if this was short. School's been starting and I can't update that often anymore.I'm putting this story on a temporary, short hiatus. When I've got my other stories sorted out, I'll update this one. Sorry to all the people that read and enjoyed this story, but this won't go on forever- only for a little while. Any ideas or inspiration would be helpful. Thanks for all the support!
ChristieLaurenn: Thanks! And I already took a look at it. It's a great story, and I'll say more once I review later.
SakakiHaruna12: Thanks, I appreciate it! I'll check it out later, and I actually will.
Fruity (Guest): I actually didn't read the Heroes of Olympus series, so that's why I don't write stories about the HOO characters. I didn't know that fact, but I can't change it, because it's already published. Thanks for that fact though, I'll keep that in mind in the future. Thanks!