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Chapter Four

Davian

Pearl? Seriously? Elephyn has always claimed that lying was like second nature to her. In my opinion, it was more like first, but still, Diamond and Pearl was just pathetic.

The minute that auburn-haired girl showed up, I was officially freaked out. Then, the leader took out her phone and I mentally died. Whether the she was calling the whitecoats or her parents, I couldn't care less. We needed to get out of there.

"We really, really need to get out of here," I whispered to Elephyn. She frowned. "But they have food," she whispered back. I rolled my eyes.

"Well, do what you want. I'm getting out of here."

Elephyn grabbed my arm before I could take off.

"They'll just shoot you down again," she whispered angrily. "You'll get killed!"

I shifted from foot to foot, thinking about what she said. I didn't like all this standing around, waiting for something to happen. I have massive attention problem and I don't like waiting! I needed to stretch my wings before I died of boredom!

"Davian, calm down," Elephyn whispered calmly. I panicked at the sound of her voice- it was as smooth as honey, reminding me of Erasers- but I tried to do what she said and calmed myself down.

"We can listen to their conversation," Elephyn whispered. "If it sounds like whitecoats, we'll split."

I agreed to the plan and listened to the leader on her cell. "Hello?" a voice said on the other end.

"Hi Nico. It's Thalia," the leader answered. There was silence on the other end.

Finally, Nico asked, "What do you want?"

"I need you to do me a favor," the leader, Thalia, answered.

Nico paused again. "What's in it for me?" he finally asked.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "I'll give you a cookie," she replied.

Nico paused for a third time (he seems to do that a lot). "What kind of cookie?" he asked.

Thalia rolled her eyes again.

"Your favorite kind."

"What kind is that?" Nico quizzed.

"Your…..favorite- I don't know!" Thalia exclaimed.

Nico paused, thinking. Finally, he spoke again. "Throw in a taco and it's a deal."

Thalia sighed. "Fine," she gave in. "I'm gonna need you to shadow travel two girls to camp for me, kay?"

I gasped. Grabbing Elephyn's arm, I ran forward and sprang up, snapping out my wings. As I rose higher and higher into the sky, dragging Elephyn with me, I risked a glance back at the girls below.

Using my scientifically enhanced raptor vision, I noticed a boy about our age literally pop out of nowhere. He was tall, dark, and handsome; a mop of black hair framed his olive-skinned face.

"Wait," I told Elephyn, squeezing her hand twice before letting go, so she'd know to shapeshift.

"What's wrong?" Elephyn asked as she hovered next to me. I pointed at the girls and boy below us.

"Hot dude down there," I told her. "We're going back."

I dove down to where the kids were standing, not even glancing back to see if Elephyn was following.

Normally, my paranoia-filled self would ignore the visitor, presumably Nico, and fly away as fast as my wings would take me. However, this was my first time away from the School, and the first good-looking guy I'd ever seen since F-….the first good-looking guy I'd ever seen.

When I was about five feet from the ground, I tucked my wings in and turned vertical, landing somewhat neatly, but stumbling and falling to my knees in front of Nico.

Once again, Elephyn's landing was not nearly as graceful. She had shapeshifted into a piano and was falling to the ground 70 miles an hour, playing Mozart.

"Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun du-BANG!"

The piano crashed and Elephyn shifted back at the last second before she broke every bone in her body.

Nico looked down at me, ignoring Elephyn. "You okay?" he asked, reaching out a hand.

I nodded and allowed him to pull me to my feet.

"Hello?" Elephyn called impatiently. "I just crashed and you are all ignoring me!"

We continued to ignore her.

"Are these the two?" Nico asked Thalia, still looking at me.

Thalia nodded. "At least one of them's a demigod," Thalia told Nico, looking pointedly at me. "The other one's…different, that's for sure. I'd let Chiron decide what to do with her if I were you."

Nico nodded, not looking away from me.

Finally, he held out his hand again. "Nico did Angelo."

I shook it. "Davian. Just Davian."

"Well, Just Davian, are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?" Nico asked.

I nodded.

"Take my hand," he commanded. I did.

Elephyn was a bit more stubborn. "Why should I?" she asked.

Nico sighed and (abandoning the attempt at being dramatic) grabbed her arm.

I saw a determination in Elephyn's face that clearly said, "Let go or I kill you," but obviously Nico didn't notice because he just held on and suddenly disappeared.

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