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Willow

Willow never dreamt of anything, if she did, it was never nightmares. But as soon as she got into Camp Half-Blood, they're worse than the ones at home.

As soon as she fell asleep on the mechanical bunk bed, and it moved into a storage, with a couple of other undetermined kids below her. She dreamed she

was in a field, polar trees with crows that were blacker than black. All around her, people- souls floated, making loud, chitting sounds. She wandered around,

looking for an exit. But leaning on a polar tree, a teenager with dark, dark brown hair and bright brown eyes stared at her, almost glaring. She was wearing a long, black robe, with dead flowers and a silk scarf wrapped around her neck. Willow slowly walked towards her, she looked human, but deathly pale. "Welcome to the Fields of

Asphodel. Do you remember me?" She asked once she was standing right in front of her. "N-" But then it hit her. Pale face, bright brown eyes... "Y-... You're my

science partner?" She asked blankly, the face was buzzing with anger, but cooled down. "But of course, I thought mother would do that." She sneered, "You aren't

supposed to live, you should be dead. You'll un-balance the priorities of living and death, but of course, I expect that from a daughter of-" Se was cut off, his face fell, and

was replaced with pain. She backed away from Willow and ceased into darkness. Willow tried to step forward, but was swallowed into darkness, and she awoke in her bunk-bed. Everyone in the Hermes cabin was leaning toward her, staring as she awoke. "She's waking!" Someone whispered. Willow blinked her eyes opened and they backed away as she jumped off the bunk bed, landing lightly on her feet. "What time is it?" She demanded, looking towards the cabin door. "11:30." Conner said, looking

at his watch. "The war meeting's in thirty minutes, you better get ready." Travis said, and the cabin mates agreed. "The bathroom's yours, we a couple of extra hairbrush none of us have used." Conner added, showing her to the door. Willow quickly brushed her hair and pulled it into a high ponytail, then brushed er teeth with a blue toothbrush. She stammered into the room, said her goodbyes to the Hermes cabin and bolted for the Amphitheater, passing by the canoe lake and sitting down at a

random bench. Some kids still there stared at her, a group of Aphrodite girls were whispering behind the bushes, obviously following her

around to get the latest gossip. A nymph came out from the forest, holding a large tray with a bowl of cereal, an orange, and a tall glass of milk. The nymph settled the tray in front of her. "T-.. Thank you?" She said, smiling at the nymph, who smiled back, waved her hand in farewell, and disappeared in a wisp of green smoke. The Aphrodite group gasped loudly, and started chatting loudly. "She couldn't"-"Well maybe, but it"- It's IMPOSSIBLE."-"But she only has ONE daughter-"- and so on. She ate quietly, peeling open the orange and eating that too. When she finished, the tray vanished in a wisp of a flowery scent. Demigods around the amphitheater glanced at Willow, who stood up and strided towards the Big House, ignoring the strange looks she got. Willow sighed as she reached the door, opening it silently. Chiron, Jake, and Drew were already in there. A man with black hair and purple eyes, wearing a panther-leathered jacket and a purple shirt stood just by the door, like he just came in. "There's Willow, Mr. D, this is Jake's sister." Chiron said, with a twinkle in his eyes. They all sat around a pool table, and soon enough, all the head counselors were piled around, muttering to each other. Chiron raised his had and they all went quiet, "If you are wondering, I have called this war meeting for an important occasion." He began. "Are we being attacked?" Travis asked, "No, no. Nothing like that." Willow could tell Drew was glaring at me out of the corner of her eye. "We have two new campers, but they're not just any.." Chiron explained how Zeus has finally spoken, just after Jason, Annabeth, Leo, and Piper left. "He's said that two," Chiron pointed to Willow and her brother, "will arrive, but they will cause destruction and un-balance." Willow stared down at her palms, she didn't even know who her mother was, and Jake hasn't even been claimed by his dad yet, either.
"Then they should leave." Drew started, "If they're going to cause something we don't need, kick them out." Half of the room nodded, but Chiron didn't, nor did Jake or Mr. D. "Do not charm-speak us, Drew." He said grimly, "And no, we are not. I think we should have a quest, I don't what for, but I think-" He was interrupted by Katie, Demeter's head counselor. "Who else is going besides Willow and Jake?" There was a murmur of agreement, "We'll figure it out once we get the prophecy." Travis said. "Who's goin' to get Rachel?" He added, "Who's Rachel?" Jake and Willow said in unison. "The Oracle, of course." Drew said smugly. "Maybe you aren't as smart-" "Enough, Drew." Mr. D said coldly, and Drew immediately became quiet. "I'll go get her." Clarisse said, the Ares head counselor. "And isn't Piper the Aphrodite's head counselor?" She added, glaring at Drew. "Ah, yes. As you know, three of our head counselors left for their quest, so we have temporaries. Drew is filling in for Piper, Malcom's filling in for Annabeth, Leo wasn't made head conselor, and we don't have any other Poseidon children other than Percy and Tyson." Willow thought which mother she'd have, maybe Demeter, or Athena, they seemed cool. Maybe even Aphrodite, but she doubted it, she wasn't into make-up or anything. Clarisse left the room to go find Rachel, and the entire room fell into an argument. Willow stared down at her hands, these hands could destroy things, then she thought of her dream. The Fields of Asphodel were in the Underworld isn't it? So Willow was in the Underworld, man, she never wants to go there alive. "When is the Aphrodite cabin going to go on a quest? Instead of Piper, she isn't even dedicated to the cabin!" Drew shouted at Travis. "Well, if you weren't hiding in your wardrobe, you might get a quest, or a mission against the Giants' forces!" Travis shouted back. "Maybe you should stop all the pranks then, and we can actually go on a mission!" Drew shouted back, rising out of her chair. "ENOUGH!" Willow shouted loudest over all the noise. "I've have ENOUGH with all of you! If you can't solve your problems, the Giants' forces will over-run our boundaries! And here you two are acting like little kids!" The entire room stared at Willow, even Drew and Travis. They both sat down and looked down. Chiron stared at me, "You seem so much like Silena." He muttered. "Well if we don't have a plan, do you?" Katie asked quietly, "I do, but we need another person to come along with us. Chiron, do you mind if we use the pegasi? Anyone volunteer?" Nobody raised their hands, but Willow doubted they'd need another kid. Just then, the door behind her opened, and a boy with black hair and dark brown eyes stood there, with a sword by his side and a black leather jacket. "Nico, what's the matter-" Travis asked, but Nico pointed at Willow in horror, and said loudly, "You aren't supposed to be here." There was dead silence. "Well, that settles the war meeting, Willow, Jake, Nico, stay here." Everyone else departed from the room. "I can understand that nobody thinks we should be here." Willow muttered, "But I just can't understand why, we didn't do anything wrong." Chiron nodded, "It's your godly parents, that's why. Willow, did you ever know your mother? Did you ever know your dad, Jake?" We both shook our heads, "That's to be expected from a demi-god. Jake should be claimed in 3 days, that's your birthday, right?" Jake nodded. "You may as well be claimed then. And Willow, Lamia doesn't just devour children, she makes contracts with people to hunt them down, Lamia's cornering down our demigods to weaken us. But from the information I have, she's not just doing it for the Giants, she doing it because someone wants you dead." Nico was silent, but trying to find his words. "I saw her," Nico pointed at Willow, "In the Underworld, she was with my dad and Persephone, they were arguing where to keep her. Dad was saying he couldn't trust her with a mortal... I think she might be a daughter of Hades, and it would be impossible if she was a daughter of Persephone." Jake stared at Willow, as if she wasn't even his sister anymore. "But, then again, she could have just been Demeter's child, and they were taking care of her." Nico said, staring at his sword. Then an idea hit Willow, "Nico, will you come along on our quest?"

Nico was taken aback, but a second later he nodded. "Where are you going?" Nico asked, "We need to find who's smuggling monsters out of the Underworld,

and stop them. Jake, do you think we should do anything else?" Willow asked, "...Yes. I-I had a dream, I have a brother... He's being held by 'The King of Giants' he called himself... He said he was in California." Jake glanced at Willow, who sat frigid in her seat. "All the way across the state?" Nico asked, "I guess so." Jake answered. "Jake, it's a trick, he knows I'd want to go there." She said blankly. "... Maybe the Ora- Rachel will give us the prophecy and we'll know where to go..." fifteen minutes later, Clarisse came into the pool room with a curly red-headed girl with green eyes. "Something wrong?" Rachel asked, looking between Willow and Jake. "Rachel, they're both going on a quest, will you give them a prophecy?" Chiron asked, and she nodded. Rachel's eyes immediately went a bright green, like lights were bursting from her sockets. Then she said in a tripled voice, raspy and in-human.

"A fight to win in an endless chase,

the final battle at the God's birthplace.

Holding the last thread of life and death,

you'll reunite them with a final breath."

Rachel collapsed into her chair and passed out. Willow stared, eyes wide with fear. 'Holding the last thread of life and death.' scared her, was this connected to the

possibility she was Persephone's daughter? Does this mean she's a goddess? Is Leon her real dad? Questions were swarming around her head like no tomorrow.

"Willow, you are the leader in this quest, where will you go?" Chiron asked. "... Do you know where the four went, Chiron?" Willow said, staring at her hands. "Well, yes. They went to Camp Jupiter. You think-" "I should go to Camp Jupiter, yes. But this 'endless chase', I'm worried about." Jake looked down at his hands, almost disappointed. "Jake, what's wrong?" Willow asked, "Well, it's just... you have all these possibility of being a big deal, and you're in control in everything... then there's me,

your step-brother, I don't do anything, I'm not special at all." Willow stared at him, "You really think that?" She asked. "Yeah, I always have, ever since you went unconscious. Why should I come along then?" He stood up, and shuffled out of the door before she could even blink. "J-JAKE!" She shouted after him, "Willow, it's okay, he'll cool down." Chiron said, as if this has happened before. Willow stood up, but before she exited from the room, without turning her shoulder she asked Chiron, "Do you really think.. I might be a daughter of Persephone? That I could un-balance the world just existing?" Chiron paused, looking dimly at the pool-table. "It... It's possible, Leon also could just be caring for you, you can also be a daughter of Hades and Persephone." Willow nodded, a sudden idea popping into her head. She hurried off toward the strawberry fields, she needs to know who she is. As soon as she arrived, she dived through, finally finding the middle of the strawberry fields, she found a little bush of growing strawberries. Willow gingerly hovered her hand over it, concentrating. The small bush grew, until all of the strawberries were ripe, and the leaves started to fall off, the strawberries dying and the plant shriveling up. Willow's eyes widened, and she heard a loud gasp from behind her. Willow spun around, blonde hair spinning with her.

She watched in horror as Drew's retreating back rushed towards camp.