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POV Change: Raven Scarlet
After the announcement of who was going to go on the upcoming grand quest. I trained for a couple hours, and stopped. I had my coat off, because I was sweating a lot from training, and it exposed the necklace with the crystal in it for a memento of my mother, and also the ring with the skull on it. I decided to go back to where the cherry blossom trees were. As I was going to the cherry blossom trees, I noticed Jade in a nearby tree sleeping. I smiled a little, picked her up, and carried her bridal style to the cherry blossom trees, which was closer than I thought; it was a 5 minute walk. After I made it to the place, I placed Jade at the trunk of a tree, and I jumped onto one of the branches.
After about half an hour, I heard a sound. I looked down and saw that Jade woke up.
"Huh… How did I get here?" Jade said confused
"I see you're awake" I said as I looked down
"Raven?! Did you carry me here?" she asked
"Yea" I replied while jumping down, and sat next to her
"Hey Raven, what's that necklace" she asked
"This? This is my mother's necklace. I was given this when I was 3 years old. I kept it as a memento of my mother, since I really never knew her; the same goes for this ring" I answered
"But why is there a crystal on the necklace?"
"I don't really know. Well, let's get back, we have a tough day tomorrow"
She nodded and we walked back to our cabins, and finished the day.
POV Change: Trina Parker
Me and Tyler haven't seen Jade or Raven since we were told that we would be going to do the grand quest, but I think Raven needed some time alone, from what happened when he was announced to go on the grand quest with us, and I'm also guessing that Jade followed him. Tyler and I went back to our cabins and went to sleep after that.
~The Next Morning~
After Jade, Raven, Tyler, and I were all up, we got all the things we will need for the journey we will be taking, and met up at the front of the camp. We were told that the quest was to find the head of the gods, Zeus, because he was captured by someone or something. When the quest was announced everyone stared at Raven, because since his father was Death, they assumed he took Zeus. Raven seemed pretty annoyed, but he just would ignore it. We were given a map to find out where we will be going, and some minor supplies, like rolls of bandages, and some food, and water. We first are going to head out to Virginia, in search for our first item called the silver solace. I didn't really know what it did, and not sure why we needed it, but didn't ask. We headed out and was provided a car to travel, and only Raven, and Tyler could drive, since their both 17 and stuff like that. Tyler and Raven also have a little rivalry, since Raven's the son of the most shunned god, so Tyler would tend to get angry at him a lot, but Raven just ignores him. Raven's a nicer than I thought because I thought he would be so mean, and unforgiving, but I'm still surprised at what he did for Jade, while we ran out. He saved her from dying, when Tyler and I couldn't. I feel sorry for him, because he was always alone, and misunderstood for his personality. Anyways, it took us a day to drive all the way to Virginia, with Tyler at the wheel since he wasn't really a great driver, and he didn't trust Raven completely yet. Tyler even wanted him to sit in the passenger seat next to him to make sure he doesn't do anything suspicious.
POV Change: Tyler Williams
Well, we finally made it to Virginia after several hours of being inside of a car. I still don't trust Raven, because he was the Son of Death, and all that. I parked the car at a motel in the middle of the nowhere, and checked in. We got 2 rooms, and started to decide which person is going to pair up with for the rooms.
"I'm gonna be in the room with Raven, I still don't trust him" I said
"Come on, loosen up, you don't have to worry about everything, you now?" Trina replied
"Yea, and besides, he isn't gonna do anything bad" Jade said after Trina
We then looked at Raven for his opinion.
"What?" He asked
"We wanna know who you would like to share a room with" Jade answered
"I don't care" he replied
Trina then got impatient, grabbed my shirt collar, and said "Come on Tyler"
"H-Hey, don't I get a say in on this?!" I yelled out
As she was dragging me to one of the rooms, I heard Raven and Jade laughing
"Poor Tyler" I heard Jade say while laughing
When we entered our room, Trina let go of me, and I started to complain
"What was that for?!" I complained
"For you to actually let go of your grudge with Raven" she answered
"Come on! He's the Son of Death, you know you can't trust him!" I replied
"Just get to know him; I think he's a nice guy, just misunderstood"
"Fine, I'll lay off him for just tonight"
"Now, let's get some sleep"
I nodded, and walked over to the only bed in the room, and went to sleep.
~The Next Morning~
The next day, I woke up from hearing Raven saying something at the door
"I see you slept well" He said while smirking a little, and then I noticed Jade at the door as well, laughing a little. I opened my eyes, and tried sitting up, then I felt something heavy on my chest. I looked at it and saw Trina with her head on my chest, which quickly caused my face to go red. Raven and Jade started laughing, and to be honest, I never knew the Son of Death had a sense of humor. Trina then woke up and asked "What's with all the laughing?" Jade pointed at my face which was now bright red and pink, then Trina started laughing.
"C- Come on, let's continue on to town" I said while still blushing.
"Whatever you say, Pinky" Raven teased which caused Jade and Trina to laugh even harder
"HEY!" I complained "Anyways I call driving"
"No, I'll drive, your too slow" Raven replied
"No! For all you can do, you can run us into a wall!" I complained
"Come on, loosen up a little Pinky" He replied teasing me again
"Quit calling me that!"
"Fine, fine, but I'm driving"
"Fine, just quit calling me Pinky!" I exclaimed while tossing him the car keys
"Alright, now we can go faster than grandpa driving the car" Raven teased again
"Hey!" I complained again
POV Change: Raven Scarlet
We got into the car, and started for the capitol of Virginia, Richmond, and finally were able to drive faster than 30 miles per hour.
"Come on, slow down Raven" Tyler complained
"Why?" I asked
"Because we could crash into someone!" he answered loudly
"Really? In the middle of nowhere?"
"Uh… Um…" Tyler said as he was trying to find an excuse
I started to speed up a little, and had to bear with more of Tyler's complaining.
"Man, can you be quiet for at least one minute" I complained at Tyler "You're so annoying, can you quit acting like your five please?"
"Me?! You're the one driving like a maniac!" Tyler replied
I sighed, then I put in my ear buds, and started to listen to music while I was driving so I didn't have to listen to anymore of Tyler's complaining.
"Are you even listening to me?!" Tyler yelled
I ignored him the rest of the way to Richmond, which took 3 hours to get to. Once we made it there we decided to go and get some food to eat. We found a small restaurant, and decided to eat. While we were eating, I asked for a newspaper to see if there's anything new happening. Nothing new really was happening, well until a giant Minotaur randomly fell from the sky in front of the restaurant. It came charging at us specifically, and everyone, but me jumped out of its way to not get crushed. I just sat there, on a chair, still reading the newspaper.
"Raven! Jump out of that things way! Quickly!" Tyler yelled, but I ignored him "Are you deaf?! I said jump out of its way!"
I shot the minotaur a deadly glare at the minotaur when it was only a foot away, which ended up freezing it in its place from fear (Raven's eyes is a mixture of the colors scarlet and blood red, making him have demon looking eyes that would explain why the minotaur froze from fear), the minotaur turned to dust from the amount of sunlight shining on it, then I blew on the giant sculpture of a minotaur made out of dust, causing it to blow away.
"Finally, some peace and quiet" I said, then continued on reading the newspaper
"Uh… uh…" Tyler was able to say
"What?" I asked
"What was that?" Jade asked
"You'll know in a little while" I answered
"Anyways, why didn't you jump out of the way?!" Tyler yelled at me "You would've died just now!" He complained for a few more minutes, so I then shot him the deadly glare, which froze Tyler in place, speechless from fear.
"Did that answer your question?" I asked Jade
"Yes, it did" She answered
"Well, time to drag him back to the car, he'll be stuck in that embarrassing position for a while" I said while I picked him up with ease, like a wooden board. When we made it back to the car, I placed Tyler standing up in his awkward position, then waited for a few minutes. He started to move again from his petrified state, but was still not talking.
"Are you alright Tyler?" Trina asked
"Yea, but what happened?" Tyler asked
"Raven gave you his deadly glare making you freeze in place, for half an hour, out of fear" Jade answered
"What was that for anyways?!" he yelled at me
"For you to stop your nagging, or do you want me to do it again" I replied smirking
"No, Its fine" He quickly replied
"Good, now let's find a place to sleep, I'm tired" I said
Tyler, Trina, and Jade nodded in agreement. I took the car to a fancy hotel and checked us in to 2 separate rooms, because I couldn't sleep on those metal beds, and I needed to save money, I only had two thousand bucks on me when we left camp. We also decided that we would keep the same roommates for this because it seems like it was going well.
"Finally, an actual bed to sleep on" I said as I laid down on the bed in the room
"Yea, but why did you have to buy expensive rooms?" Jade asked
"I had some money I didn't mind using, and I figured we could relax every once and a while" I answered
"Good point" Jade replied "Let's get to sleep, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow"
I nodded, and took off my coat, revealing a white t-shirt underneath. I walked over to the bed and laid down. Jade then came over, and laid down next to me on the bed, and in fact, snuggled up closer to me. I didn't really mind, and I knew Tyler would try to joke about this like I did to him this morning, but I would get the upper hand. Jade laid her head on my chest, and fell asleep. Shortly afterwards I fell asleep also.
Well, that's the end of chapter 4, hope you guys enjoyed it! If you liked the chapter, feel free to follow or favorite the story, and be sure to drop a review.