Hi, yes it's been over a month since I've posted. I promised myself that I would update every few weeks, and I haven't been able to do that. I got so much homework over the Thanksgiving break, you wouldn't believe. Also, I've been really sick over the last week and a half.
Thank you to the feedback I've gotten, it helps quite a lot. Thank you!
Thalia's POV
I clamped my hand over my mouth. I bit down on my hand, and shut my eyes until there were tears coming out of them. I tasted blood, and I unclamped my teeth. I'm so stupid! Am I asking to be killed? I thought.
I got up and stumbled around blindly until I tripped over a blanket. I came crashing to the ground before I could catch myself.
While I lay there, I felt the hot sun on my eyelids. Wait a minute. I thought. It had to past noon. What's going on? My eyelids opened, and I pushed myself up franticly.
That's when I noticed that the blanket that I tripped over was really Luke's empty sleeping bag. I turned around to face the campfire. The wood was a pile of red ashes.
"Luke! Where are you? Luke!" I screamed.
There was no answer, not even a rustle of bushes.
"Luke! Where are you? Answer me!" I didn't care if I was found, I was worried about Luke.
There was still no answer.
I felt my eyes water and I collapsed onto the sleeping bag. I couldn't lose him; he was like a brother to me. His eyes, his sandy blonde hair, his smile, I couldn't lose all of that. He was the person that I trusted, the only person that I had ever confided in.
I got up shakily for the sleeping bag. I went over to my backpack leaning against the old, twisted tree where we had set up camp around and pulled out my mace can from the pocket. I tapped my bracelet, and it transformed into Aegis. I pushed the nozzle of the mace can and it turned into my lightning spear.
I called Luke's name again, but again I got no answer.
I turned towards the forest, took a deep breath, and ran in.
Whew, that was a hard chapter! I had so many different ideas on how to write this chapter, I didn't know which to write. Don't worry; I won't update so late anymore…hopefully.
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