Author's Note: Oh man, how does Nico act again? I feel like I got him all wrong in this chapter.
And, I don't know if Kayla survived the Titan War…but she's in here. I do not know what she looks like, so I based her off on a girl in my English Class named Kayla. HAHA wow okay.
I'm not even sure how Will's supposed to act, so I gave him his own personality. Apologies for that as well if anyone reading this like's Will Solace. And, I gave the Apollo cabin a little of its own descriptions, since I couldn't find that online either.
Well, anyway, this chapter is split in two different POVs: Lynn's and Amitola's. I'm starting out with mine because…it's me and it's easier to type LOL I'll have to ask the other author (Loki) for help on her POV.
Sorry for all the mistakes! I'm trying to not have any, and I'm trying to re-read them over a million times. So many times that I can quote them (Amitola).
Also, little reminder that Amitola and Loki are the same person…"Loki" is just Amitola's last name.
So…happy reading, and sorry for inaccurate information! (I really hate this chapter) Hasta luego! (Spanish Class takes such a toll on me)
~Lynn~
Chapter Four
Lynn Servane
Lynn and Nico walked up the doorsteps of cabin thirteen—the Hades cabin. There was a skull hung above the dark, black door. The walls were made of black obsidian, and there were torches hung by the entrance, which were lighted with what looked like green fire. The steps up to the Hades cabin were also made of black obsidian. There were no windows installed in the walls, so the inside must be very dark. Well, it is the Hades cabin. The whole cabin was practically made of black obsidian. Lynn thought it looked pretty cool.
"Woah!" Lynn said in awe. "This place looks so cool! Better than all the other cabins I've seen. Who made it?"
"I did," Nico replied. "With a few undead workers."
"Undead workers?" Lynn gave him a puzzled look.
"One of the powers of Hades' children," Nico responded. "They can summon the dead from the Underworld."
"Woah-h. "Lynn nodded in approval. "Hey, next time, can you build my house?"
Nico only rolled his eyes as he opened the door to cabin thirteen.
"And, powers?" Lynn asked as they both stepped inside the dark, dim cabin.
"All children of the gods and goddesses have unique powers," Nico explained. "Since you're a child of Hades, you have similar powers as me. So, I'm pretty sure you can shadow-travel, summon the dead, talk to the dead, control and change the earth and shadows, and you can sense fear, when someone's being judged, death, and someone's life aura. Well, that's what I can do, so I'm pretty sure you can do it too."
"Really?!" Lynn's face brightened. "That's so cool! Except, what does 'being judged' mean?"
"When someone dies, they are judged by three judges. They judge you based on what you've done in life and your memories. They pick where you will go in the afterlife, either the Fields of Punishment, the Fields of Asphodel, Elysium, or sometimes the Isles of the Blest.
"The Fields of Punishment are for those who have done evil sins in their life, and they are judged for eternal punishment. The Fields of Asphodel are for ordinary souls who have done neither good nor bad. Elysium is for good mortals, heroes, and demigods who have died a hero's death and they've lived a good life. The Isles of the Blest are those who have been to Elysium three times in a row after being reborn. If you are judged to be in Elysium, you have the chance to be reborn. Most people choose Elysium, though," Nico answered.
"Am I just realizing how cool I actually am?" Lynn said to herself. "Yes, yes I am. Hey, you know you talk a lot more than I thought you would."
"You're my sister, I can't just ignore you." Nico shoved his fists into the pockets of his Aviator jacket.
Lynn smiled at that comment. "I wish you'd at least smile. Actually in class, I'm a whole lot like you."
Nico raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"I may not seem like it, but I don't smile very easily when it comes to people." Lynn shrugged. "Only around people I actually know, though. Actually I hate people. I find them annoying."
Nico stared at Lynn like she'd grown another head.
"Do you not believe me?" Lynn chuckled.
"You just seem like a social butterfly," Nico scoffed as he closed the door. Torches lit with green fire hung all around the walls of the cabin. There were various beds with black sheets, pillows, and blankets were set up. There were two doors to the right of the cabin, which were also black. The room itself was very dim, due to the cabin being only lit with green fire.
"Yeah…no." Lynn laughed. "In fact, I'm afraid of butterflies."
Nico narrowed his eyes at her. "If you're afraid of butterflies then you'll never live as a demigod."
"Well, why not?"
Nico sighed. "Monsters chase demigods all the time. They can sniff them out, basically. And, since you're a child of the Big Three, then more monsters will be able to sense you out, since you're stronger. And reminder, don't use electronics. They pretty much send a signal to all the monsters telling you where you are."
"Oh, okay. Amitola's not going to like that." Lynn sighed. "Not that I like it, anyway."
Nico raised an eyebrow in response as he sat on a bed, which Lynn guessed was his.
"She uses her phone a lot. Specifically an app called Instagram."
"Instagram?"
"You don't know what that is?" Lynn raised an eyebrow as she sat on a bed across from his. "Everyone pretty much knows what Instagram is."
Nico suddenly took interest at the black ground. "Hmm. I was born before World War II."
Lynn's eyes became wide. "You were what now?"
Nico took his eyes off the ground and met his dark, almond eyes with Lynn's similarly dark brown ones. "I was born before World War II."
"Are you…serious?" Lynn leaned forward in her seat on the bed, curiosity filling her eyes.
Nico nodded in response. "There's this hotel in Las Vegas named the Lotus Hotel. My sister and I got trapped in there…I still don't remember how. If you're in there for a few minutes, it can turn out to be days in the real world. My sister and I were trapped in there for years, until we got out because some lawyer or something got us out. We didn't know who he was, but after we got out my sister and I went to this military school in Maine. Soon, Percy Jackson and his friends saved us from being attacked by manticores, and we were brought to Camp Half-Blood when they told us we were demigods.
"My dad—our dad, Hades—wiped my sister's and my memory. I'm pretty sure he bathed us in the River Lethe before putting us in the Lotus Hotel. My sister, Bianca, showed me this scene of my life where Zeus tried to kill Bianca and me, so I kind of have my memories back, though I still don't know anything about my mom. I only know she was Italian, and her name was Maria di Angelo."
Lynn stared in amazement. "Wow. You've been through a lot. But, what's the River Lethe?"
"It's a river in the Underworld that can take someone's memory away if you bathe in there for some time," Nico answered.
Lynn exhaled. "I wonder what I'd be like if I went through something like that."
"Children of Hades usually have a bad childhood. You didn't have a bad one?"
Lynn shook her head in response. "I didn't necessarily have a good nor bad one. It was just normal, I guess. Except for the fact that I don't have a dad."
"You're pretty lucky then."
"Not really," Lynn objected. "I jinx just about everything. That's why when someone says to 'believe,' I don't."
"I never really believed in the 'believe' thing either," Nico agreed.
Lynn laughed. "Yeah. I don't know why that happens. Maybe because there had to be some 'catch' for not having a bad childhood."
"I think I'd rather have that then my childhood." Nico smirked.
Lynn shrugged. "I don't know what I want. Having a bad childhood can teach you a whole lot. And anyway, where's your sister? Jason mentioned a girl named Hazel, but he said she's a child of Pluto, not Hades. Wait, is there even a difference?"
"Yeah, there's a few differences between the two. That's why there's a separate camp for Romans in California. And, my sister died a while ago on a quest when I was ten." Nico took interest in the floor again.
"Oh, I would say 'I'm sorry' but that kind of sounds stupid."
"Thanks, but it's okay."
There was a long silence after that. Lynn kicked off her shoes and set them by her bed. Nico took off his Aviator jacket and his shoes. He set his sword to the side of his bed, just in arms reach.
Lynn suddenly sighed. "I forgot to tell my mom that I'm here. She's probably freaking out by now.
"You don't have to worry about that."
Nico and Lynn whirled around to find Chiron by the door.
"I already sent her a message saying where you are; you don't have to worry." Chiron gave a soft smile. "Nico, have you explained to her what it's like being a child of Hades?"
Nico nodded, and Chiron smiled. "Good. I need to get going to Loki and ask Will if he's explained anything to her. Have a lovely night, you two. Good night."
"Good night, Chiron," Lynn said as he gently closed the door. "Night, Nico. It was nice knowing a bit more about you." Lynn smiled in the dim lighting of the cabin before lying down on her new bed.
"Night," he responded before lying back on his bed. There was a long pause before Nico said, "It…was nice knowing you too."
Amitola Loki
"Where are we going?! Where are we going?!" Amitola excitedly jumped around Will as they walked through Camp Half-Blood with a few other campers.
"We're going to the Apollo cabin." Will chuckled. "I've told you this a million times."
"Is this the one that just got claimed?" A girl bounded up and fell into step with them. She had dark brown hair that fell down to the bottom of her back. She wore a Camp Half-Blood T-shirt that was tucked under a black skirt that went down to her knees. She wore black Converse high-tops and a pink and blue beaded bracelet around her left wrist. She had big, dark brown eyes, and she looked as if she could be a daughter of Aphrodite.
"Yeah, her names Ami—"
"Loki," Amitola said between fake coughs.
"Loki," Will corrected himself with a chuckle.
The girl laughed. "Okay, Loki, nice to meet you." She extended a hand out towards Amitola. "I'm Kayla. I'm a daughter of Apollo as well."
"If anyone says my name is Amitola, they are lying," Amitola informed as she lightly shook Kayla's hand.
Will looked puzzled for a moment. "Wait, didn't you say your name was—"
"Sh-h, Child."
"Child?! Aren't I older?!"
Kayla laughed at the affair, clearly amused. "You guys seem like you've been friends with each other since you were little."
"Well, surprisingly, I've just met her a few minutes ago," Will huffed. "And anyway, are you paying attention to where we're going?"
Amitola blinked at him for a few seconds. "I was supposed to be paying attention?"
Kayla giggled and Will put his hand up to his forehead and sighed. "We're supposed to be showing you where the Apollo cabin is."
"Oh." Amitola looked straight ahead. Then, she started laughing. "Oops. Well…looks like you're going to have to show me again." Will sighed in response.
They soon reached the entrance of Cabin seven. It was painted yellow with a picture of a Sun over the door with a bow and arrow on top. There were a few windows here and there installed in the sides of the cabin. It was tinted so that you couldn't see through it on the outside, but you could see the outside world from the inside. The cabin looked moderately big, and it was most likely because of the number of demigod children Apollo has had.
Will opened the door and all the Apollo campers scampered inside, each getting onto the bed that was obviously theirs. Kayla led Amitola in, and gestured towards an open bed next to hers.
"This used to be a bed owned by one of Apollo's kids named Michael Yew. Though, he died during a war that happened a two or three years ago, which we called the Titans' War. We couldn't find his body, but Percy found his bow by a bridge, and he assumed that he fell into the river." Kayla's faced washed with the look of sadness and forlorn. She soon put on a smile. "We didn't have anyone claim this bed yet. But, you can have this one if you'd like. I think there are more open beds scrambled around in here, I don't really know where they are. " She shrugged. "We really need more beds in here if our dad's going to get more children."
Amitola made a face as she sat down on her new bed. "Oh God, there's an image in my head now."
Kayla soon started to laugh. "Hey, has Will told you about the powers we—as Apollo's children—can do?"
"Powers?!" Amitola started bouncing in her seat.
Kayla smiled and shrugged. "Guess not. We can heal people if we sing to our father in Ancient Greek. We can curse others to only speak in rhymes for maybe a few days or weeks, it just kind of depends. We're the best archers around—I'm not sure about Artemis' Hunters, though. Oh, and Artemis is a goddess that's Apollo's twin. So, she can be considered as our aunt. We excel in the arts, and we are very good musicians. Do you play an instrument?"
"Yes, I can play rock music on the violin."
Kayla's eyes went wide. "Can you really?!"
Amitola scoffed. "No, I wish. And what you just said sounds exactly like me!" Amitola started flailing her arms around in the air. "But, no seriously I play the violin." Then Amitola gasped dramatically. "And I draw! Oh my Buddha I am Apollo's daughter!" She started suddenly squealing to herself. "I get to finally be Hawkeye! The world loves me!"
Kayla laughed again. "You are so weird, you know that?"
Now it was Amitola's turn to start laughing. "In a good way. Ask my friend, Lynn, and she'd say I'm a fluffy psychopath."
Kayla raised an eyebrow and tilted her head to the side. "Huh?"
"Long story," Amitola added. "Hey, do I get my own bow and arrow?!" She gasped dramatically again. "Do I get to be Cupid?! Oh, I am so shooting arrows at my friends' butts, especially at my friend, Kylie, and at some gingers." She giggled. "Arrows in people's butts, I can see it now."
Kayla laughed again. "We should get you a bow and some arrows. You need a quiver too. I'll go talk to Will about that in the morning."
Amitola flailed her arms in the air again. "I get to be Hawkeye! Finally! I get to cosplay! Oh, I can also be Katniss Everdeen! Shoot people with some arrows right between their eyes!"
"I'm pretty sure Will can actually do that, though."
Amitola gasped. "I want to! That will be so cool! Lynn will regret calling me fluffy after I shoot her between the eyes. Or in the butt, whichever works."
"You are so obsessed with shooting people." Kayla laughed.
"Yes, yes I am." Amitola nodded.
"We'll explain some more things at breakfast in the morning at the Dining Pavilion," Kayla said. "You should get some sleep."
"Okay! I don't think I'll ever be able to sleep. Maybe I'll have some dreams of shooting people in the butts." She started laughing. "Okay, good night!"
"Night!" Kayla said before lying down on her bed.
And Will soon turned out the lights.
Author's Note: Yay! Some development in the relationship between Lynn and Nico. Since Nico was so brotherly towards Hazel, I thought he should do the same to Lynn as well. Right?
And dude, I feel like I got Amitola's personality wrong in this too. Ehh, I'll find out once I send it to her.
HAH anyway, I procrastinated way too much on Tumblr while writing this chapter. So, slow release of this chapter. Well, look forward to the next chapter!
