"And so she then learnt that life was meant to be hard, because if it wasn't, then it wasn't worth living. The end." I said, shutting the book and putting it on the floor next to me.
"That story sucked," said Billy, this eleven-year-old jerk from the Hephaestus Cabin.
"Well obviously you don't get it then." I said, getting up and walking back to my cabin from the campfire, which was now just smoldering pile of ruins.
Once I got back to my cabin, I plunked myself down on my bed, thinking about the story that I just read.
Oh how I just love my cabin, full of Athenian things, like libraries and all that nerdy stuff, even though they can barely read. See, I don't have dyslexia in fact I am hyperlexic meaning that I could read super long books before the age of five, though I didn't, as they bored me at the time.
"Sophie," Whispered someone from the window, waking me from my peachy thoughts.
I lazily dragged myself off my bed, making sure that I didn't get any permanent injuries from falling from the top bunk. Once I picked myself up off the floor, I managed to walk over to the window, where I could see the shadow of a person standing there.
"Come back later, please Timmy?" I said sleepily, ready to drop right there.
"I need to see you Sophie, please." My Timmy whispered from his position on the ground, only tilting his head up ever so slightly to look at me, even though I was the one in the window, yeah im that short and he's that tall.
"Fine, I'll come out." I said, looking behind me to make sure everyone was asleep, even though it was pointless because I would have woken them up when I fell from the bunk, I don't know why they don't wake, they must be hibernating or something. I ducked out of the window, and for the first time since I saw him, bothered to use my muscles properly and managed to land in front of Timmy, somewhat gracefully.
We hugged, "Where did you go?" I asked him and I could feel him tense.
"I had to go somewhere," he said slowly, as if considering what to say.
"Where?" I said, holding him at arms length, hoping he wouldn't lie to my face.
"Uh, another camp." I could so tell he was lying.
"Yeah, really? Well then you can take me next time." I said, smirking, knowing I had him cornered.
"You cant come Soph, you will get killed, it's dangerous there."
"I'm a better fighter then you!"
"Lets just drop this ok? I missed you Soph and I need to ask you something."
"Ask away" I said standing there, arms crossed.
"Do you love me?" he said and I felt nervous, my strong stature disintegrating around me, did he just ask that?
"Do you love me?" I asked him, hoping not to make a fool of myself.
"Yes, I love you Sophie… do you love me?" I could see him blush and I jumped on him, kissing him.
"Yes," I whispered, the night breeze upon us, "Yes, I do."
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"Come on Sophie, we have to go!" Shouted my little brother, Hamish, who just woke me from the little sleep that I was gunning for.
"Five minutes," I groaned but it was no use, as he started jumping up and down on my knees, threatening the whole bunk to shake.
"But the bus is here now!" He shouted, laughing and then started to shake me and that along with jumping on me, does NOT get me in a good mood.
God, the immaturity of a ten year old. "Im coming, im coming, just get off me ok?" I groaned again, getting out of bed.
Once I was dressed, I quickly went and saw Timmy, who was standing outside his cabin, the Nike cabin. He was waiting for me outside, as usual, and we made small talk, trying to get up the courage to walk away, knowing we wont see each other for another year.
Timmy, aged sixteen, same as me, is exactly one month older then me, down to the hour. He has dark brown hair that falls in waves above his eyes. Caramel colored eyes, which always gives me the impression that I am looking into autumn, my favourite season.
He is 6' 2' and makes me feel both small and protected because im about half a foot shorter then him. He always wears a black t-shirt and jeans, making him stand out in camp, which is a sea of orange.
"You have to go now Sophie," he whispered to me, signaling that we both had to go. He gave me one last kiss before I turned to leave, but before he let go of my hand, he put something in my palm.
"Go," he whispered, letting me look at his eyes one more time, knowing I wont see my autumn for another year. I nodded like an idiot and turned around, walking slowly to the bus where Hamish was waiting impatiently.
Hamish is my full brother, though I don't quite understand why. I think its because Athena never got over my dad.
Hamish, like me, has the typical blonde hair, tanned skin and grey eyes. Even though he is ten, I can so tell he will be the next "Luke Callestan". When he smiles, he lifts up the whole world around you and when he laughs, its music to your ears.
"Come on Sophie, I wanna go see dad." He complained, oh I forgot to mention that he could win the gold medal in complaining along with just about everything else, In fact, the only things I hold against him is the fact I have more of an attitude then him and that im slightly smarter than him.
"Yeah, yeah lets go," I said, turning around and catching a glimpse of Timmy one last time, though his back was turned to me, so I only got to see the back of him and the front of Chiron before I got in the bus.
The ride was particularly boring, until we got to the freeway, then it got interesting.
"Sophie," Hamish's voice whispered to me, "can you feel that," his voice wavered and died out, leaving me to whisper back.
"Feel what?" I whispered, putting my hand on my brother's arm, feeling him shake under me.
"That," he said and I started to feel it, monster.
"Duck," I whispered to him and he curled up on the floor, leaving me to slowly pull out my knife.
Then, ever so quietly, I unbuckled my seat belt. "One, two, three." I whispered and opened the door, stealthy rolling out onto the road, watching my brother drive away, having a bad feeling of dread as I watched him disappear towards home.
I turned around in a complete circle, waiting for the monster to attack me, but it didn't.
Be smarter, it still doesn't know you're here.
Whispered a voice in my head, though I paid no attention to it.
Everything started turning black, and I started to panic, black, that thing that you fear most. Run.
I listened, sprinting back towards camp, though I was too far away, I would never make it.
The end.
I stopped, realizing that I would either die or live today; today was the day, the one in my dreams.
I turned to face the blackness, now suffocating the road and the greenery around it. It brought flashbacks, one where I lost another I held dear.
"Danielle" I screamed, turning in a complete circle around the rocky landscape of the south-western United States. "Danielle" I screamed, though I knew, deep down, that she wasn't going to answer my call.
It was starting to get dark, and I ran north, instincts telling me she was there. I spotted a cave, seeing there was a fire of some kind inside it, which was going to help me get through the night, which was chilling me to the bone.
I sprinted off towards the cave, and once I reached the entrance, I found the fire was ablaze, giving off a warmthness that seeped into your skin, leaving you warm and sleepy.
I got out my knife, just incase it was a trap, and made my way to the back of the cave. It was shallow, but from the entrance it deceits you, making it look deep.
When I got to the end, I found Danielle. I started to scream, seeing that she was dead, and was lying in a pool full of blood. Before I could get out of the cave, realizing it was some sort of trap, I collapsed, from the enchanted fire, leaving me to sleep in a world of black, full of dead bodies and enchanted fires…
I started screaming, clutching my ears as the memory came back, as vivid as day, and I fell to my knees, leaving me defenseless to the monster that did this.
"Oh poor Sophie, dying and her poor Timmy wont do anything about it." Mocked a voice from above me, standing over me. I couldn't see who it was because my eyes were squeezed shut, and the darkness would have left him invisible to the shadows.
He has him,
I managed to open my eyes, finding I could see the evil man perfectly.
"There, there, it wasn't so hard was it?" He smiled, though it made me want to scream all over again.
Then, unannounced, he stumbled forward, and had a look of anger on his face as he turned around and lashed out to a struggling figure behind him.
"Filthy mutt," he whispered as he shoved the figure next to me, and I saw autumn, though it was fading, scared and distant.
"Timmy!" I screamed and he just looked at me and shook his head, letting me know that he was going to do the unthinkable. Keep me alive.
"Oh haha, poor Sophie, now ready to be released and for her darling Timmy to take her place."
"NO!" I screamed but something came down on my head, pushing me back into darkness, my biggest fear.
"Sophie" Whispered a soothing voice, stern and kind. I opened my eyes, finding a woman, mid thirties, leaning over me.
The resemblance to my brother was unimaginable, she looked just like him, except she has black hair, and the obvious, she is a girl. Athena.
Even though she was Athena, and she had other children who look like her, it isn't the same. All my other half sisters and brothers look like her, but they are all influenced by their mortal parents, while Hamish looks exactly like her, right down to where there eyes crinkle.
"Come here," she said and enveloped me in her arms, which was a weird feeling, since she wasn't even there.
"What's happening?" I asked her and she looked at me, worry seeping into her features, looking even more like Hamish.
"Sophie," She said hesitantly.
"Just tell me," I asked her and she sighed, signaling that I had one but I wouldn't like the story that she was going to tell me.
"Once they knocked you out, they," she paused, giving me the chance to tell her not to continue, but I stayed silent.
"They," she continued, "started to torture you and Timmy leaped forward to stop them before they killed you," tears started gathering in her eyes, and my own were getting watery.
"They had their stygian iron sword held high in the air and brought it down on Timmy's back, causing him to die instantly." I started to cry, and she hugged me again, letting me cry into her shoulder, soaking her shirt.
"Though the sword also touched you, reaping your soul from your body." I nodded my head, not needing her to continue.
"Dead." I whispered.
As soon as I whispered that, I was brought into darkness again, letting the invisible rope pull me to Timmy, the one who I will spend the rest of my peacefulness with.
I am safe
Happy
Peaceful, I am peaceful.