Disclaimer: I do not own PJO sadly, how ever i do own Marie and her family
Chapter 5: The Story and the Dream
"What do you mean Marie?" I asked her.
She looked me in the eyes and said "Luke went on a quest to get a golden apple from the garden of the Hesperides and like every other camper he was allowed to take 2 other campers and-" suddenly she was cut off because she pulled out her sword and pointed it at the bushes and stuck it in said bush and she said "stand up and hand over your weapons" the camper did so and Marie turned to me and mouthed the words "meet me at the beach tonight."
Beach
I had snuck out of my cabin and down to the beach and I had found Marie there waiting for me. I had also brought the few things I had found in the attic. As I handed her the things she looked at me and whispered softly "Thanks"
"No problem" I sat down next to her and she took a deep breath and told me her and her sister's story
"My entire family make up is of half bloods or clear sighted mortals. Rose and I never knew our grandparents, they both died when she was a baby and Anna's was an Orphan." Then she looked at me apologetically and said "sorry, Anna is-"
"Your step mother, the dance instructor." She looked at me with first shock then she seemed to re think over it and then nodded "you already met her then"
"And your friends Jason and Mandy."
She giggled "Jason is my adopted brother, Mandy is his girlfriend." That caught me a bit off guard but I just nodded "so the family I knew was made up of; my aunt Angie, her son Sora, my sister Rose, my brother Jason, Anna, my dad, and my uncle Aiden. Uncle Aiden is a son of Hephaestus, and Sora was a son of Apollo."
I nodded then looked at her shocked "was?" She looked away from me and I could see a tear make its way down her cheek
"he… fought in the titan war with Luke"
I looked at her silently for a moment and then asked "did he die fighting for their side?" she nodded
"There was a time when I wanted to join the war on their side but… Luke felt he owed it to my sister to keep me safe. So he told me that he wasn't going to let me anywhere near the battle" I looked her over; her blond hair was in a braid that was over her shoulder, her brown-green eyes were dark in the night and her pale skin shined against the moonlight and I saw a few more tears escape the corners of her eyes.
Without thinking I turned her to face me and wiped away her tears. She looked into my eyes and whispered "Luke loved my sister more than his own life… and I don't think he knew she felt the same way…" she paused for a second and took a deep breath. "Losing Rose was the biggest blow our family has ever taken… it was like we lost someone who kept us all together. Sora went off to war and after he died when Aunt Angie found out…" she gave a quiet sob "she killed herself"
I wrapped my arms around her and she cried on my shoulder. After a few minutes she calmed down and whispered softly "I'm sorry I'm usually not this emotional"
I rubbed circles on her back to help her relax and I whispered "its okay Marie, τα καλά" I rested my chin on the top of her head and continued to rub circles in her back, trying to calm her down before she went into hysterics again she took a shaky breath
"Rose was my sister and best friend… when she died the person who knew me best was Luke… he understood… not in the same way but… he delivered the news himself and… and he stayed with us… him and Sora were comforting me a lot… when Sora came back from camp later that summer… he swore to never go back there again… that's how the whole family came to know about the war… when Luke contacted Sora and told Sora what he was going to do Sora said he wanted to join. When Luke came to get him…"
She paused again then said "I wanted to join because I blamed Aphrodite for Rose's death. Sora joined because he blamed his father Apollo, Rose had been badly wounded and by the time he could help her it was too late… Luke blamed his father because… she died on the quest his father had given him. My family and I still believe that it's Aphrodite's fault that Rose is dead." she looked up at the sky and then said
"Rose and her dreams… the dreams that she started having about Luke… they were never wrong, and… when I first met Luke I knew he was the perfect person for her… and… she knew it to…" she looked into my eyes then and whispered in Spanish "al igual que nosotros mi amor"
I did not understand what she had said and I knew I shouldn't ask… she didn't want me to know.
I stroked her hair and pulled her close to me again and whispered soothing nonsense into her ear. Finally she whispered "we should get back to our cabins" I nodded and kissed her forehead and whispered
"it will come out alright Marie you'll see" she blushed slightly and she went back to her cabin. A few minutes later I went back to my own cabin and laid down to fall asleep and had a dream that brought back memories… memories I've never realized were mine
Dream
I was kneeling before one of three thrones and in it was a girl who I immediately recognized as Marie. Sitting in the other two thrones were two other girls, the girl in the far left throne was easy to place, Rose, Marie's older sister though in the dream they looked like they were only a year apart, and the girl in the middle throne was a girl who I didn't recognize at all. They were all wearing different dresses, Marie was wearing the black dress from my vision before, while Rose's was the exact opposite of Marie's, Rose was wearing a white dress that seemed to glow the girl in the middle wore a white dress with a black bodice (AN: the top part of the dress is what I am referring to if I have the term wrong please let me know) and black spirals along the edge of the bottom of the white dress. The dress was balanced out so there was the same amount of white in the dress as there was black. There were six others in the room, not including the one boy standing next to the far left throne. I could tell who he was, Luke Castellan. Near the doors there were five others I recognized; Annabeth, Percy, Thalia, Clarisse, and Chris. I had no idea what they were doing here but they looked like guards.
The one remaining was a boy with short brown hair and wore an outfit like Luke's and my own, long sleeved shirt, breast plate, long pants, knee guards, boots and a sword hanging loosely by our sides the only difference was the color of the shirt, pants and boots. Mine were black, the kind of black that doesn't seem like it exists, Luke's were white, so white that it was hard to look at, and the other boy's were grey, the perfect combination of black and white.
The other boy who was dressed like Luke and me turned to look at me and I could see deep blue grey eyes that marked him as something special. I then said to the boy "well Will it looks as if you'll be getting a chance to prove yourself after all." The tone in my voice shocked me, it was not teasing, and it was not generous, it was contempt, for whatever reason, I disliked this boy.
The girl in the middle throne stood up and glared down at me. She was elegant and graceful but furious. The girl spoke coldly to me in a voice that demanded respect "you can't be serious Nico"
I looked at the girl and said "we need every one princess that includes Will."
Marie spoke softly from her throne "it seems a bit drastic Nico, we're not even sure that they plan to attack."
Luke responded to Marie "but we need to be prepared and for that we need Will"
I then muttered under my breath "though I don't know why we need him."
Luke gave me a look that told me quite firmly to 'Shut Up'. I shut up and Luke said to the girl in the middle "Sarah, we need Will, he's one of our best swordsmen and…" Luke stopped talking and everybody turned towards Will.
Will did not say anything but looked Sarah strait in the eyes and she looked back. A few tears came into her eyes and she shook her head, not in refusal but pleading with him. He looked into her eyes even more and then he closed his eyes and turned to me and said in a strong voice "when do we start?"
The dream awoke all the memories that I knew from long ago, Memories of a war that has been going on since the dawn of time. The battle between good and evil.
The dream shifted into a more current thing, I saw a young girl the girl who had been known as a princess sitting at a lunch table reading a book and eating an apple. She looked about 15 when a young man of about 16 came up to her and asked her name. She replied to the boy smiling "Sarah Alexander" she held out a hand to the boy and he took it and said
"my name is James Stanton and well… me and my brother were wondering if you would like to come and join us?"
Sarah smiled brightly and said "alright." She placed a book mark into her book and closed it and then picked up her backpack and followed the boy James to another table.
End Dream
I woke up with a start and the memories came flooding into me. I was Nico the guard of the Princess of Darkness and the guard of a girl who had loved me long ago and still loved me now,
Marie.
τα καλά (its okay)
al igual que nosotros mi amor (just like us, my love)
Yay done with another chapter! I tried to make this one longer to make up for all of my other short ones. So does anybody have any idea what this series will be crossing over with later? Take a guess you might be right… not that I'm going to tell
Sorry to use Spanish but I wanted her to say something that nico couldn't understand
Note: when I say good and evil, I know it sounds so cheesy but I need to explain that its not exactly a battle between light and dark because… well I'll explain that later in the story.
