-1Heartbreak Warfare

Chapter Two:

Give Me A Sign

This chapter was loosely based off "Give Me A Sign" by Breaking Benjamin and "Impossible" by Shontelle.

A cloud appeared and the face of Thalia Grace was visible in the rainbow tint.

"Ah, Spencer, haven't seen you in a while." she said.

"Yeah, well…" she trailed off, not really wanting to explain the whole Percy related story to her.

"What did you call on me for?" Thalia asked.

"I was wondering…what does it take?"

"What does what take?"

"Becoming…" the last words seemed hard to admit, "a hunter."

"You want to become a hunter?" Thalia sounded shocked.

Spencer nodded, "Well, I think so. I've got the general idea, but, can you explain it more?"

"Well, you're most definitely qualified. Plus, we've always wanted a daughter of Aphrodite. That's a huge in your face for Artemis." she said.

"Yeah, I know. I'm kind of mad at my mother right now, long story." she replied.

"Eh, okay. The main thing is, this is a permanent commitment. You are a hunter for life unless you die in battle or you fall in love and lose your maidenhood." Thalia said.

Spencer raised an eyebrow. If there was one thing she didn't like about Camp Half-blood, it had to be the way people talked like they were legitimately in The Iliad or The Odyssey.

"Your virginity" she replied bluntly.

"Oh, duh." Spencer said.

She stared at Thalia's image in the rainbow haze for a moment before looking around. She really didn't want to end up explaining herself to her, but it was bound to happen.

"So…" she began, "I can't fall in love?"

"It all depends on the person." Thalia replied.

"It all depends on the person?" Spencer repeated.

"Your mother is the goddess of love. I'm pretty sure you could probably get away with dating who ever you want, but Artemis is a whole other problem." she said, "Okay, so which boy are you having issues with? You wouldn't be so hesitant to join if it wasn't for a boy."

Spencer sighed, "It's no one."

"Lies" Thalia replied simply.

"It's a long, complicated story." She frowned, pushing a lock of bright blonde hair behind her ear.

"Ah, I see." She said, "Well, whenever you decide to tell me about this boy, I can help you more."

"Fine" Spencer replied as the rainbow dust flew away.

"That was no help at all." she spat, picking her CD up and putting it back in the case.

She walked back to Aphrodite's cabin and went to her cabin leader room. She put her CD back and then headed over to the main room and found Brandi.

"Where have you been?" Brandi asked, "I've been looking for you everywhere."

"Why?" Spencer asked.

"You missed lunch." she replied.

"Oh" the blonde said, sounding bored, looking around.

"What's your deal? Don't let Percy get to you. He's just a boy." Brandi said.

"Yeah, sure." Spencer replied, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.

Later that afternoon, Spencer walked back over to Poseidon's cabin and walked to the back deck just as Percy climbed out of the lake, shaking his jet black hair . He slicked his bangs down towards his forehead and then looked up to see Spencer standing with her hands on her hips, tapping the toe of her Puma against the wood.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, grabbing a towel off of the hook attached to the deck.

"Can we talk?" she asked.

"What is there to talk about?"

"What's with the twenty questions, Perseus?" Spencer replied sharply.

"Hey…" Percy cut her off at the use of his full first name.

"Well…"

"Well what?"

"Look, I'm sorry about earlier. What are the chances we can just put it in the past and move on?"

Percy stood up and ran the towel through his hair before looking back at Spencer. He stood there, studying her for a minute, leaving her wondering, before responding.

"What does it matter to you?" he replied.

"What do you mean by that? I think it's pretty obvious that it means something to me!" she said, "You're the one that said we were done, Percy. I never wanted any of this!"

"Well," he crossed his arms over his chest, "I'm done with all this fighting. It's ridiculous, like I said. I don't need it and you've bound to be sick of it as much as I am."

"Percy, we aren't fighting…" she trailed off.

"Look, what I said, I meant it." Percy said, "I don't want us to be together anymore. I want us to be done. We both need time apart, and to maybe go our separate ways."

Spencer couldn't believe what was coming out of his mouth. In actuality, she could believe that he was saying these things. She actually planned on it not going well. What she couldn't believe was the fact that tears were daring to fall down her cheeks as she stared at the boy.

"Wh-Why?" She started writhing her hands back and forth and biting at her lip nervously, "I just don't understand…"

"I don't want you anymore!"

"I don't want you anymore…" the words fell from Spencer's lips right after they escaped Percy's.

She repeated the phrase over and over again in a whisper, trying to pretend she didn't hear them. She looked up at Percy as he looked back at her, a cold expression on his face.

"Fine" she nodded, sniffing to hold back the tears, "That's fine, Percy. I guess I'll see you around."

"Fine" Percy replied, walking away, leaving her standing on the deck.

She watched him walk away in what seemed like slow motion before letting the tears fall freely to her face as she sobbed, running back to the Aphrodite cabin. She didn't care about any of her siblings staring at her or calling after her. She was on one mission.

She ran into her cabin leader room and shut the door, locking it behind her. She flopped face down on the bed and cried for what seemed like forever. She held her knees to her chest, feeling like she couldn't move.

Then, as if it hit her like a ton of bricks, her original plan came back to mind. She sat up slowly, holding her upper right arm. She knelt down next to her bedside table and opened the drawer.

She withdrew very familiar materials and then walked over to the mirror to clean herself off. She wiped off the normal, human eyeliner that she used, as opposed to the permanent makeup the cabin was so familiar of.

She gathered her materials in her hand and walked solemnly out of the cabin, ignoring calls for her. She walked slowly with her head dropped, as if going towards a grave. In some senses, she might as well have been.

She paid no attention to where she was walking until she ran into someone head on, sending her stuff flying.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" the other person said.

"Yeah, it's fine." Spencer breathed, shocked.

"Here's your CD and your bag."

Spencer looked down at the hand that was handing her stuff back to her. It had to be a girl, because the person's fingernails were painted a brilliant shade of red.

"Nice nail polish." Spencer said, in true daughter of Aphrodite fashion, before looking up at the person.

A girl with wavy brown hair and dark brown eyes was now standing in front of her. The girl was a few inches taller than Spencer and didn't have the curves in her hips and chest like her either.

"I'm Juliet." The girl said, helping Spencer up.

"Spencer, Spencer Knight." she replied.

"Have you been…er…claimed?" Juliet asked her.

Spencer nodded, "I'm the oldest daughter of Aphrodite at the moment. There might be others that are older or younger that haven't been discovered, and all of my other siblings that are my age are brothers."

"Cool," Juliet replied, "I'm seventeen."

"I'm sixteen." Spencer replied with a sigh, "I'll be seventeen next month though."

"Switchfoot, eh? They're okay, but I prefer Paramore over anyone." She said, staring down at the CD.

"Oh, that's cool." Spencer replied, "Are you new here?"

Juliet nodded, "I just got here today, and I'm not going to lie. This place scares me a little."

"Oh, no worries. It always does for the first few days." Spencer said, a laugh in her voice.

"So where exactly were you going with…a CD, and a bag of what feels like money maybe?" the older girl asked.

"Aren't you nosy!" She replied, half serious, half joking.

"Just asking." Juliet put her hands up in defense, "Sorry about that."

"It's okay. I wasn't going anywhere important. Well, I was, but not anymore." she sighed.

"Oh, okay." Juliet said, "So I'm in Hermes cabin for now, and…"

"Spencer!" a female voice interrupted.

Both girls whirled around to see Annabeth and Percy walking towards them.

"Great" Spencer groaned.

"Cabin leaders meeting in ten minutes. This is really important, so you better show up this time." Annabeth said sharply.

"I'm not making any promises." Spencer replied.

"You better come."

"Well," Spencer cut her eyes over at Percy, "I learned from the best. Sometimes you can't always keep a promise. Human fallacy, right?"

Percy locked eyes with Spencer, his sea green eyes going cold. Spencer shook her head slowly, annoyed with every bit of him.

"Come on, Percy. We have to tell everyone else." Annabeth pulled on his arm.

"Okay, I'm coming." he replied, taking one last look at Spencer before walking off.

"What's up with that?" Juliet asked, "Like, I know Annabeth and Percy already, but why were you…"

"It's no big deal." Spencer replied before stalking off towards where cabin leader meetings were held.

Spencer sat down at the table and stared down at the wood, not wanting to look up and accidentally have to exchange glances with Percy. If it weren't for Juliet and then this stupid meeting, the whole scene would be fixed and she would never have to see Percy again…hopefully.

She was knocked out of her daze as Chiron stood up and began telling of a new prophecy that was delivered by Rachel, the oracle of Delphi.

Spencer twisted her blonde hair around her finger with an awestruck look on her face. Not only was there some new prophecy, but Juliet was an essential key and it involved Luke Castellan…someone who'd supposedly died in battle.

"This is completely impossible, isn't it?" Annabeth asked, "Luke is dead!"

"She said he saved her." Percy said, "The guy she said she spoke to said his name was Luke and the description she gave fit him perfectly."

"Luke is dead. He died in battle. I usually don't agree with Annabeth, but this is too weird." Spencer said, looking down at her light pink painted fingernails.

"Well, until this quest has been decided on, we will never know the answers to these questions." Chiron spoke up, "So, what do you think?"

"It would be great experience," Spencer said, putting both hands on the wooden table, "She needs to get it together if she's going to stay here, and this is the perfect opportunity."

"She's too new," Annabeth said. "And she doesn't even know her mother."

"She was given the prophecy, so I think she should go," Percy said. "Annabeth & I will go along with her."

"So will I," said the son of Apollo.

"Good job Noel," Chiron said. "Any opposed?"

"I want to go too," said a teen in black. "Clearly is says The Underworld's Prince. That would be me," he said.

"Okay Nico," Chiron said. "So it is set, Percy, Annabeth, Noel, Nico, and Juliet will leave at lunch."

"Wait, I want to get in on this too!" Spencer said, "I've never been asked on a quest before!"

"Wonder why…" Annabeth trailed off sarcastically.

"Hey!" Spencer spat, "Anyway, the prophecy says 'And Aphrodite's lost treasure'."

"Who's to say that's you?" Percy spoke up, "Like we've agreed, it's possible you aren't the last one out there."

"I'm the cabin leader." She said.

"Well, it's been decided already." Annabeth said.

"Spencer, it is best that you stay and keep an eye on the camp. Keep the camp safe from those who may come to interfere with the prophecy. You are a good cabin leader. You will know what to do if disaster strikes." Chiron said.

Spencer crossed her arms over her chest with a deep frown as the meeting got released. She walked out before everyone else was done discussing the upcoming quest and walked back towards Aphrodite's cabin angrily.

She stayed in there for the next two hours debating her options. She left for dinner after making a decision she wasn't quite sure if she would regret. She couldn't do it without making one last ditch effort though.

On the way to dinner, she saw Percy walking alone. She walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"What now?" he asked in a monotone voice.

"Why wouldn't you back me up back there?" she asked.

"You can't go on a quest, Spencer. You just can't. You aren't ready. You aren't trained enough. You would die." Percy replied.

"You think you're so great because you're a son of one of the 'big three'. Well, you aren't Percy Jackson, you just aren't." she said, "When you're done embarrassing me and making me look like an idiot in front of the rest of the cabin leader council than you can come find me, okay?"

"Look, I'm just going to tell you this up front. That day may not come."

Spencer sat in shock, yet again, until she heard a familiar voice in her head.

"Release your grip, Spencer. Let him loose, but don't let go. He's stubborn, but you are too."

She nodded and then muttered under her breath, "Okay, mom."

"That's fine, because I don't think that day's ever going to come either." she said, "This is the last time you'll see me, Percy. Take a good look and don't forget it."

"What?" he turned to face her, looking more shocked than she thought he would.

"That's my girl."

"You heard me."