This chapter's a little shorter- but it's when my surprise character gets introduced!
It couldn't be Luke of course; Hades himself had said he was dead. The boy was around Thalia's age of seventeen, with sandy blonde hair and hazel eyes. He wore a dark green shirt and jeans.
"Hold the boat!"
But it wasn't Luke... Was it? He sounded just like him.
"Please!"
Charon groaned and the ferry slowed to a stop. The boy climbed in and sat down across from Thalia.
"Hey," he said with a grin. "I'm Luke."
"No," Amara scoffed, breaking Thalia's startled silence. "Luke's dead."
Something flickered in Luke's eyes. "I'm alive, though," he said with a shrug. "It must be another Luke."
/But you look just like him,/ Thalia thought to herself. "Must be," she managed.
"So why are you in the Underworld?" Luke asked "You obviously aren't dead."
"Neither are you," Amara said pointedly.
He glanced at the floor of the boat. "No."
"We... Had a question to ask Hades," Thalia blurted.
"What was it?"
Thalia froze again. Luckily, Amara had her covered.
"It's none of /your/ business," she snapped.
"How old did you say you were again?" Luke asked, taken aback.
"Eight."
Thalia and Amara left Luke in the DOA Studios building and tried to find the Hunters. Thalia still didn't understand why she left him. If he /was/ Luke Castillan, and he wasn't really dead, then she could complete the Trials. But now she was returning to Artemis and was going to turn into just another piece of game for them to hunt.
"Thalia! Thank the Gods!"
That voice. It could only be one person.
But no. She too was gone.
And yet...
The girl now embracing Thalia was about fifteen, had hair the color of coffee, and chocolate colored eyes. Her hair was down around her shoulders and she wore dark blue jeans, black shirt, and a khaki jacket.
"What?!" Thalia gasped as the girl pulled away. "But I thought you were-"
"Dead?" Laughed Bianca DiAngelo with a grin.
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