Healing Juliet Rose
AN: Flashbacks will be written like this.
Disclaimer: I am not a man. Which means I am not Rick Riordan. Which means I don't own Percy Jackson. Deal with it
Chapter 1 The meaning of the number 3
2003
Juliet's p.o.v
I sat by my window and watched the cars go by, in the city that never sleeps. I do this every night. As I don't sleep. I used too. But not now. I looked at my room, it was small and yellow, with pictures of flying unicorns painted on the ceiling. I didn't share my room with anyone, I was alone. The only person besides the staff that didn't share a room. All the other kids thought me lucky, I thought me lonely. I used to share a room with four other girls. But not now. I looked down at the blue tack in my hands. I shaped music notes out of blue-tack. I enjoyed it almost as much as I enjoyed looking in my mirror and inventing new, trendy fashion styles, that all the girls in school copy. Because let's face it, I'm a trendsetter. And I know it. I looked into the window waiting. For what I know would come. I looked at the clock a minute to midnight. I looked at the clock and waited. Midnight struck. I turned my head to see the left-end of the street and waited. I blinked. Then when I opened my eyes (I swear it was only for a second) a man was walking down the street. He was an odd fellow. He wore yellow hip-hop style sunglasses. Tonight he wore dark blue jeans, and an orange t-shirt. He walked by each night, for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I think that he looks right at me and smiles. But then I snort and shake my head. Also sometimes I get déjà vu like I've seen him before. But then I turn my head and busy myself with something else. But tonight I stared at him, like a creepy stalker, trying to learn something about him … something. It was weird. His hair kept changing from blond to brown, every 5 seconds or so. He stopped walking. I turned my head to face where he was standing, but was startled to find that I couldn't see him. But then I saw a flash of changing hair and looked down. He was standing in line with my window. He had never down that before. He looked straight up at me. Even though my window was the highest out of the whole orphanage, the height of a four storey building with a small triangular attic on top. My room was the so-called attic. For most people it would be hard to see up that high, but it didn't seem to faze him. Then he smiled and in the middle of his chest drew a sun and a heart shape, and then continued walking down the street. I waited till he was out of my sight, before copying the gesture.
Apollo's p.o.v
I waited until I turned the street corner before stopping. She grew up each day. Melodise. Sometimes when she's at school I teleport myself into her room and look in her room. Looking out-of the window, staring at the unicorns on the ceiling (which is triangular) and think, just think. I mean it was obviously meant to be an attic, but for some reason was her bedroom. I mean when she was younger she used to sleep (yes I mean sleep) in a bedroom with other girl's until one day she didn't anymore. And now she didn't sleep either. I teleported into my palace on Mt Olympus. I wasn't surprised to see Aphrodite there, waiting for me. It was like this most nights. After we had taken Melodise to the orphanage we grew closer, and spent many hours each night talking and discussing. She knew that I walked down the street of the orphanage and looked at her. She knew everything about me, nowadays, although it wasn't always like that. We talked until we were exhausted. And then she left, leaving to her own palace on Mt Olympus.
Juliet' p.o.v
I was excited. Very. Today was the eve of my 10th birthday. Of course, it wasn't really going to be my birthday tomorrow. You see when my parents (or parent, I suppose) left me at the orphanage, they didn't leave a note or anything, so the people here don't know my birthday or anything. But they did know that when I arrived I was only about a week old and I was definitely a girl. That was all. All the other kids here were either born here, retrieved from the hospital, or dropped with a letter attached. But not me. Just another major difference between me and the other kids. So they decided that the night they found me, was to be my birthday. I walked down to the dining room, making sure to jump three steps at a time. I had a thing about the number three. It was just so awesome. Like the number three has pretty much ruled the world. The three Sheppard's, the big three, three furies, three fates, the list goes on. I had three best friends, I eat three pieces of bacon and when I was three, I went through the biggest year of my life. Most kids can't remember back when they were three. But I can. Every thing since my third birthday, I can remember (weird, huh), and I can remember everything. But there are some things I would like to forget.
"Juliet you have been very bad and bad children must pay the price". The whip came down and stuck me hard across my face. I cried and I cried like there was no tomorrow. Even though I was dreaming, I could feel the pain, the aching pain of my raw skin. I woke up with a start the four girls Taylor, Marie, Apologia and Sunny were standing around my bed, looking scared. They were all four years old. I hate that number three's better. They started talking, like four year olds do. I ignored them not wanting to hear their teases. They noticed me ignoring them and Taylor the biggest of them all said "stop ignoring us, because if you do we'll push you into the bush and leave you there". That scared me, last time they had done that I had gotten thorns all over me that pierced my skin. But when they found me I was completely find except for the fact that my skin was still stinging. But there were no cuts or bruises. Then we heard shuffling outside our door. They leaped into their beds faster then a lion about to pounce. A woman walked in. She was very beautiful. But I was confused, I could see her mouth moving but couldn't hear her. Then all of a sudden she stopped and moved closer to me. And said
"Through fire and ash, you will travel
To find love that will prevail
You will soon find tragedy
With no light
But eventually you will learn
The true meaning of life and strife"
Then she disappeared in front of my eyes, then I woke up.
That was the night of my third birthday and even though I was only three I knew that-that was a prophecy, even if I didn't know the meanings of half the words. Yet. My life is still that great big tragedy she talked about, but there will be a better patch, soon. Right? And yes I know the meanings of all the words now, even if they are big words to a soon-to-be 10 yr old. I remembered losing my first friend that same night. But she still talks to me. In my dreams.
Aphrodite's p.o.v
I sat still, while my nails were being painted hot pink. I still remember the night I saw her. The night I told her of the prophecy, I had received earlier, the same day. I looked down at my watch. Instead of all different numbers, it had the number three all around the watch. And written diagonally under each 3 was a scenario. Right now where the number 12 would be, that 3 was flashing, which meant that-that scenario was happening right now. The scenario read: current happiness, causing peace over many different groups. That made me smile, I loved when there was peace all over, it meant I could go to Hawaii and get my tan, pop over to Australia and get my hair done and then go back to America and get my nails done. That 3 also meant every thing was peaceful and happy among my main family (all the gods and Melodise). I was happy Melodise was happy, she was often gloomy which meant, that the 12, 3 was often never flashing. How did I know she was gloomy often? I often dreamt her when I was sleeping. I thought back to that horrible night.
"Approach seeker and ask". The oracle said mystically. I had never done this before A Sneak into camp-Half blood before and B never consulted the oracle. But when you get a dream message from the oracle calling you to come and visit her, you know you've got to get out of your comfort zone. The thing was I knew exactly what to ask. It had been bothering me for a long time, in dreams, shops everyday life. "What is the meaning of three"?
"Storms brought her to you
The number 3
Wise and strong
The number 3 of your life
The temptation
The worry
The strife
Playing a big part in future
Comes her wife and daughter
Growing in pain
Through fire and ash, she will travel
To find love that will prevail
She will soon find tragedy
With no light
But eventually she will learn
The true meaning of life and strife"
The oracle finished by bellowing green smoke. I understood only a little bit of the prophecy. Well actually I didn't understand anything of what it meant. But what I did know. I had to tell my daughter of the prophecy. I waited for night. As I waited, I realized one thing. I understood the meaning of the prophecy. Three. Three the number of Apollo, Melodise and I. Why there were three of the biggest names in the world. The Big three, the 3 furies excreta. Three was the meaning of why we were alive.
The day of Juliet's 10th Birthday
Artemis's p.o.v
Today I had a special role. I had given the hunter's the day off. I know so unlike me. Oh well. Anyway today I was going to play substitute teacher. Last night Aphrodite had finally told me the prophecy. So I decided to check in on Melodise to see how she was going. Of course she couldn't and wouldn't know it was me. And of course I know some details that my brother and Aphrodite don't know.
1996 5 weeks before Juliet's 3rd birthday
I walked in to the orphanage, alone. There were young kids running all around but none looked like I expected Melodise to look like. Anyway I knew that it would be easy to spot Melodise.
1. She's only 2yrs old
2. She will have a powerful aura around her that only gods and satyrs can sniff out (besides monsters)
I walked up to the front desk. A round woman with hot pink hair smiled at me. I smiled and said "I'm looking at adoption". This made the round woman smile even harder. She asked "is there anything you'd like the child to have, like personality traits or certain hobbies? This would make the job a lot easier to pick a child miss uh". I cut in before she asked too many questions "boldly". She smiled again "miss boldly". I picked hobbies and traits that only Melodise could have "I'd like a girl, who doesn't hurt herself easily, who like trying new hairstyles, that loves beauty and adores music". Miss round woman tapped away at a computer on the right side of the desk. She nodded "well there's Juliet. Just let me get her file for you". With that the round woman hopped out of the chair and walked toward the file cabinet. She pulled out a file and walked back to me. "Here". She handed the file to me. I opened it up, on it was a picture of Melodise (I could tell she's got Apollo's eyes and Aphrodite's slender figure) with the wrong birthday date and some info. Her name read Juliet and the birthday read about a week after she was born and the biggest thing that caught my eye in the info boxes was the box that said she loved the number 3. I smiled handed the folder back to round woman and ran off.
The bell rang. I plastered a smile on my face, tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and walked out of the staffroom. I walked to the line where I could see Melodise at (as that's the class, I was stationed at). I could see her talking to three friends, which made me think who were they really? They couldn't be 100% human otherwise they would have probably avoided her. The girl who was obviously in love with the number 3 (as I read in her file)which was the number that was the meaning why we were alive (I didn't need Aphrodite to work that one out) which was obviously connected to Melodise, which was also connected to Aphrodite and probably Apollo as well. I took the class inside. I seated them all down, then said "happy birthday Juliet". Then she passed out.
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