You're still reading this? Thanks :D Here's chapter two! (A little late, I know, but enjoy none the less.)
Thanks to Darknesse Sidhe for being my beta!
Disclaimer: If I owned PJO Luke wouldn't have died a heroic death, he would have been hit by a bus.
His blue, blue eyes never seemed to stop amazing her. She couldn't stop staring. She was so sure he was the one.
She remembered almost every conversation she had with him and especially one in particular.
"Silena, can I ask you a favor?"
"Anything for you!" She answered with a cheeky smile.
"I'm leaving soon and I need someone to keep an eye on things and tell me what's going on." He said, returning a small smile.
Silena didn't understand. "Where are you going?"
Luke hesitated. "I'm going someplace better. Someplace where I'll actually be appreciated."
"But Luke-" Silena started.
"Please Silena, for me?"
One look in his eyes and she was a goner.
Now she couldn't help hating those eyes. It was those eyes that ended her up in this vast, horrid place full of lost souls. There was no sky; the grass was black along with the trees. There was no beauty, there was no love. How was a daughter of Aphrodite supposed to spend eternity in a place like this?
Not to mention she was all alone. There was no one to hold her hand, to tell her everything would be okay- even though it's not.
The guards who stood about five feet apart (she couldn't decide if they were keeping people in, or keeping them out), carried guns and were dressed like soldiers. The soul around her chattered with each other endlessly. They still hadn't accepted the fact that they were dead.
It's funny how she could feel so alone when she was in a place full of people.
She was still quite a way away from the judges. They should have just automatically sent her to the fields of punishments. She's such a horrible person. It's her fault they all died. It's her fault all those kids won't return to their bunks tonight.
And the worst part is, those kids are all her family. Silena Beauregard was completely and totally responsible for the murder of half her family.
"Hey gorgeous." A voice called from behind her, snapping her from her thoughts.
"What?" She asked politely, silently hoping that the man behind her will leave her alone to her thoughts.
"A penny for your thoughts?" He asked.
Silena considered for a moment.
"You don't have any money on you." She finally said.
The man frowned. "True, but wouldn't it be nice to talk and get some stuff off your chest instead of pouting in line?"
Silena gave him a look. What can it hurt, she thought, I'm already dead.
"Fine. My decisions lead to the death of not only myself, my boyfriend, family and friends. And now there is absolutely nothing I can do about it."
The man frowned again. After a moment he spoke, "well, I don't know much about comforting people, but I've got a brain tease for you, if you could have a wish, any wish with no limits, what would it be?"
Silena almost blurted out, I wish I never fell for his stupid blue eyes, but before she could get any words out of her mouth, she was dragged forward by guards.
"Silena Beauregard?" A judge who she recognized as William Shakespeare asked. She nodded meekly.
"As by order of our lord Hades, you are sentenced to Elysium immediately. Please enjoy your stay."
Before she could protest, she was ushered out of the room by more guards and brought to the big gate that protected the lovely place named Elysium. The guards shove her inside and shut the gate behind them.
For a moment Silena couldn't speak, she couldn't move and she couldn't think. What was she doing here? She deserved to be in the fields of punishment.
And then for the first time since entering the underworld, Silena thought of Charlie. Maybe Charlie wasn't as gorgeous as Luke, but his creations were. Like the metal rose he made for her for their first date. Charlie's eyes didn't have to be blue like Luke's but she was in love with them. Charlie's hands were bigger than Luke's, but that didn't mean they aren't as delicate.
Charlie would never have done to her what Luke had.
Charlie wasn't Luke. He wouldn't leave her alone. In fact, he was probably on his way to meet her now.
Silena thought back to what the man behind her had said. If you could have a wish, any wish with no limits, what would it be?
This time, she considered carefully. I wish I realized it's not about what's on the outside sooner.
Silena looked up at the non-existent sky. Maybe she could find love in such a loveless place like this. She grinned, then she raced down the streets of Elysium to find Charlie.
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