Author's Note:
Most of you know by now that this story is written by my brother and I. We're so sorry about the long wait, we had Drama Club every day for the past three months, but the show is over now and we can update more frequently. Again, so sorry!
Who do we want to dedicate this chapter to? Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I think that the two of us want to dedicate it to our mother.
As Cielo slept, she dreamt of meeting a familiar stranger with eyes like beach glass.
Abruptly, it changed. She saw her brother Ray, fighting by her side for their lives. They fought the same monster that they'd fought earlier, only this time, they fought better.
The dream changed again. A misty shape hung in the air over her and Ray's heads.
Cielo woke up drenched in cold sweat, her dark brown hair coming lose from its braid and plastering to her face. She sat bolt upright, finding herself in an unfamiliar room.
A hand pressed her back to the bed. "Shh." A voice said. "Breathe." Cielo gasped in huge breaths.
She looked to her side to find the familiar stranger in her dreams. Dawn was peeking up, so the room was lightening. It was a nice room, bigger than the one she'd had at home …
"Where am I? What happened? Where's Ray?"
"Uh…" the boy looked to the door. "Chiron stepped out for a moment." He said, his voice low and unsure.
"Chiron?" Cielo asked, her brow furrowing.
"He'll explain things." He said. "Your brother will be fine, though. He should wake up soon." Indeed, Cielo realized that there was a ed next to hers, and Ray slept in it.
"He's okay?"
"Yeah, he should be."
Relief clouded Cielo's face for a moment. "Okay. Now, um, who the heck are you?"
"Percy Jackson, Son Of Poseidon."
"And I'm the daughter of Hades." She said, rolling her eyes. Sarcasm dripped like honey from her voice.
"Wait, really?"
"No. I'm the daughter of Marie Lightwood and a father who doesn't care enough to stick around." The sarcasm had turned into disgust. "What, just because I'm eleven years old you think that you can mess with me?"
"No, I'm sorry." Percy said, backtracking quickly. "I'll wait until Chiron comes back to explain."
Cielo crossed her arms over her chest angrily, only to find herself in an orange t-shirt with the words 'Camp Half Blood' on it. "How long have I been out?" She glared at him. "Who changed me?"
Percy shook his head, pressing his lips together. "Not me. Annabeth did. She's one of the campers here."
"And to answer your question, almost two days. Good morning, seaweed brain."
A blonde head poked around the doorway, her hair wavy and past her shoulders. She was tall, around five nine, and athletic. Her eyes were as gray as clouds full of rain.
"Morning?" Cielo asked, confusion clouding her tone.
"Yep. Around six am. I'm Annabeth, by the way."
"I figured as much. I'm Cielo. That's my twin brother Ray. I'm oldest." She added the last part with a certain amount of pride in her voice.
"We know." She said. "Percy was in your school for a year."
"I knew that you looked familiar!" She exclaimed. "Oh, didn't you get kicked out for setting the…"
"Yeah," Percy interrupted quickly, cutting her off. "That was me."
"Cool." Cielo said, her eyes grinning. She turned her head to her brother, still unconscious on the bed that was a few feet away. "When is he going to wake up?" She asked again, impatience and concern heavy in her voice.
"Soon." Annabeth answered reassuringly. "He was slightly worse off than you." She mentioned.
"That guy … we were chased." Cielo explained. "While watching fireworks." One could see that she was struggling to remember. "Wait – what about our mother?"
Annabeth smiled gently. "It's already been explained to her. You'll be straying here for awhile. We already have your things. Trust us; it's the safest place for you right now. For the both of you."
Cielo shifted on the bed. "I don't think that I understand." Cielo's voice was small.
Percy nodded. "It's hard." His eyes shifted to the door again, as if waiting for somebody.
"What's hard?"
Cielo's head whipped around to the voice of her brother, groggy still. "Ray!"
He nodded, pushing the palm of his hand against his eyes. "What happened?"
"Stuff." Cielo said, Percy and Annabeth couldn't help but laugh, but the laughter was cut off suddenly by a sound in the doorway. All eyes turned towards it.
"I think its time for an explanation." Said Chiron.
Author's Note:
The next chapter will be out sooner than this one, I promise!