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Marie's eyes widened for a moment and then closed in a kind of silent horror, as if I had just pointed out something that she had not thought of and did not have the time to fix.

Nico's eyes looked sympathetic but also worried, like he had been counting on something and it didn't go as planned.

Bran's eyes looked confused, like he had been following the conversation and had no idea where it was now.

And I... well I just felt completely lost.

Chapter 5: Myths and Reality

"na pari i eychi!" Marie said it so calmly you wouldn't believe that she had just swore (A.N. She said "Damn it")

Nico was looking at Marie and he seemed to be asking her what they were going to do now. Marie sighed and then asked "Will… do you remember anything… have you been getting any dreams?"

I raised an eyebrow at her "Why?" I asked slowly.

"I'll try to explain later but… has anything strange happened to you recently?" Marie sounded slightly panicked

"Would this have anything to do with the girl spirit that showed up yesterday?" Bran asked

Nico's eyes snapped to Bran and he said "spirit… what do you mean?"

"I mean a spirit of the dead"

Marie's eyes went wide "Rose…" she whispered

Nico gulped and then cursed in Greek himself.

Bran looked about as lost as I felt, "you knew her?"

Marie nodded "Rose… was my sister…" Marie then took a deep breath and said "Sign Seeker of the Light… the world of men is at peril once again… we need the remaining two of the circle of the Guardians, aside from Nico and myself, to help us save the world, the guard of the light and the princess of the light are both dead. We need to find the princess of the balance to set the world right."

Nico then looked me directly in the eyes and said "we need your help to find the princess of the balance."

"Why me?" I asked

"Because only the guard of the balance can connect to the princess of the balance" Marie said softly.

My mind went blank; no they had to be mistaken… I couldn't be the guard of the balance… I just couldn't be… I was Will Stanton, Sign Seeker and Old One of the light… and then I saw that dream again, the one about Sarah… Princess Sarah… and it made sense … all of it made sense… what the girl had meant when she told me to remember, that the time was almost upon me… why Sarah seemed clueless about who her mother was… because they couldn't tell her without her remembering everything… her mother must have had to erase her memories of anything strange that Morgana wouldn't have been able to explain… yet I was not remembering anything… anything at all…

"We know who she is but we have to meet her through you" Nico told me.

"Time is almost up Will, if I regain my true form, then the forces of evil will strike the world of men until they control it." Marie said. It made sense, she was the princess of the dark, if she regained her true form then the balance of the world would be off.

"What do you want me to say to her?" my voice was still full of disbelief, even though I knew they were telling the truth, I couldn't believe it.

Nico seemed surprised, though about what I don't know. Marie however was all business, "Whatever gets through to her, Will, you were one of the two people she would talk to back then, Luke, her brother back then, is dead the only person who can reach out to her is you. You're the person who can make her listen… I know you can."

Sarah was clueless to her own parents. I doubted she would believe me, but Marie was right, the balance of the world had to be maintained. The only person, who could do that, was Sarah.


Later that night I was thinking back on the myth of the three princesses, three goddesses who had fallen in love with their mortal guards, the older two sisters fell in love with demi-gods but the youngest, the princess of the balance, had fallen in love with a mortal boy, no trace of god blood in him. It was irritating that I couldn't remember… I tried, but I had nothing.

Dream

In my dream there were many people who seemed to be celebrating but only a few stood out, there was the girl whose ghost I had seen, Marie's older sister Rose, she was dancing with a young man who looked to be about twenty seven, he had blond hair and blue eyes, I knew he had to be Sarah's Brother Luke because they looked almost exactly the same. Then there was Nico dancing with Marie. Sarah was sitting next to a man who looked like he was her father and was laughing at something he said.

I was leaning against a pillar when I heard a light voice behind me say. "No you don't like her; you're not looking at her you're looking at the tapestry that's behind her."

I felt myself answer "Thalia, you enjoying yourself?"

I turned to look at the girl behind me; she was about seventeen with black hair and electric blue eyes. She was wearing a black dress with white accessories; she was one of the balance like me.

She smirked "I'm just fine, you on the other hand are not, now when are you going to ask her to dance?"

"I'm not"

She rolled her eyes at me "you love her, she loves you, why is it that you both are still denying this?"

"She is a goddess, I'm a mortal"

"Those relationships do happen William, or are Luke, Nico, and I all figments of your imagination?"

I rolled my eyes at her "and how long did your parents stay together?"

She shrugged slightly "point taken… but I know she loves you as much as Rose loves Luke or Marie loves Nico, I doubt that it would be a onetime thing Will."

As she walked away my dream ended.


okay so i have finnaly updated so i will tell you that for the moment i am going to stop updating my battle of the balance story i will continue to update this one and i will be writing this same story from Nico's POV in Nico di Angelo and the Princess of Darkness part 2. i am going to try to update more often but i don't know how often. I am very sorry for the wait and i hope you liked the chapter.