So, hope you enjoyed that last chapter. Voting is open until Wednesday. I own a few of my own things but nothing in the Percy Jackson series.
By the time Camp got it together, the vote had already taken place. The gods left us out so we could recover. We haven't been given the message yet about who won. The gods were letting us recover some before they sent us the message.
I was blowing out candles, already in basketball shorts and a tank top, when Ash knocked. "Enter!" I called. He slipped in, his brown curls a mess. He was playing with a gear. "Yes mechanical one?" I asked, wishing I could just sleep.
"Umm, they are announcing the new king tomorrow." He was still playing with that gear. I nodded, I already knew this from Joey. "Well um, night." He waved and walked out. Weird child, I thought as I blew out the last candle. I nestled into my bed, it was covered in three layers of blankets. I flicked my eyes shut.
I was in a gods temple. I knew that from the faded marble statues and the flecked painting on the far wall. Torches and old bowls sat in various places. "Ah hello Artemis's daughter." A low voice growled. I spun to see Ares standing near the flecked painting. His armor covered his giant body, only his scarred face showed.
"Ares, how is Olympus?" I bowed to him, the correct greeting for a god. The war god chipped at the flecked paint.
"It is, well. We await for your little Camp to hear our news." A cruel smile flashed on his face. "You already bow to me in the way a women show bow to another women. You should be on your knees in front of me." His cruel smile widened. With a snap, I was down on my knees in front of him. "See? Much better right?" He grinned and laughed, a bark like laugh. "Yes, women should either be on their knees or cooking. Only things they are good for are cooking and making children with." He cocked his head at me. "I wonder if you would make good children?" He snapped his fingers and a bed appeared. "What do you say child?" He swept a hand towards the bed.
"I say how about, no." I replied, spitting at his face. He snarled and whipped the spit from his face into my hair. "thanks, spit makes a good gel." I sneered at him. He reached down, gripped my jaw and slammed his mouth onto mine. His lips were nasty, all rough and just, terrible. He forced my mouth open and shoved his slime covered tongue down my throat. I bite down hard, inchor filling my mouth.
"You little bitch." He snarled, slapping me. My head flung to the side. I shoved my black hair back and spit the blood at him. I sent a wild sneer at him. He grabbed me by my hair and drug me to the bed. He threw me onto it and straddled me. He shoved his mouth back onto mine, his hands searching my body ruffly. His mouth slid down my jaw to my neck, biting at me. I tried to dig my nails into his neck but, sadly, I bite my nails. Stupid habit, I cursed myself.
His hand traveled under my tank top and squeezed. I smacked him as hard as I could. He only laughed. "Oh child, that only makes me go harder." He whispered into my ear. I squirmed and prayed for another god to help me. Ares yanked off my tank top and smiled. His mouth traveled away from my neck and down farther. Hephaestus, prayed, please, please help.
As Ares's hands went farther, a loud cloud of smoke erupted in the temple. "Luna!" The gruff, voice called out. Hephaestus. I ran to the voice, yanking my tank top on. A thick hand grabbed my hair. I screamed and kicked.
"No, no child. You are mine." Ares snarled in my ear. I kicked at him but he was still wearing his armor.
"HEPHAESTUS!" I shouted as loud as could before Ares shoved a heavy gag in my mouth. I heard the heavy steps of the machine god.
"Ares, let her go." Hephaestus said calmly, holding up his hands. "She is just a girl, she has nothing to do with Olympus." He stepped closer. I felt a blade on my neck. My eyes widened.
"Back up." Ares ordered. Hephaestus nodded and stepped back some. "Her mother is trying to take the mountain for herself. If I destroy her daughter, she will be so devastated that she will give up." His logic made a tiny bit of sense but not enough to rape and/ or kill me.
"I understand but that won't get Artemis to stop. She will just beat you." Hephaestus smirked, "She will not stand for her daughter to be killed. there are other ways Ares." I could feel the war god start to deflate. "Just let me take the child back to her cabin." Hephaestus, reached out, almost touching me. Ares shoved me to him. The machine god caught me. I collapsed against him. Ares grumbled something and left. Sobs racked my body. Hephaestus stroked my hair and held me. "Come child," He muttered, tilting my head up. "let's get you back to camp. Sit on your bed, I will send Ash to you." With that, I awoke in my bed, tears streaming down my face.
Almost instantly, my door was flung open. I flinched, thinking it was Ares come to rape me for real. It was only Ash, standing with only shorts on, his air a giant tangle. "Luna?" He called out softly, a sob broke out. He rushed in and hugged me tight. "I'm so sorry Luna." He muttered into my hair. "I can't believe that. I promise, me and Father with protect you." We sat on my bed all night, Ash hugging me and me curled up into his chest.
When morning came, I pulled on a hoodie and gave one to Ash. We slipped out and went to Chiron. I told him all of it, even the worse parts. Through the whole thing, I clung to Ash's hand. His jaw set and he cursed at Ares. Chiron nodded, I could see a spark of rage igniting in his calm, old eyes.
"I will council with the gods. I will enchant your dreams so Ares cannot enter them. I will make sure this never happens again." He tried to reassure me but, it really didn't help. Ash followed me back to my cabin, his arm wrapped around me, glaring at any of the Ares kids that past us. Wen and Charlie past us, I looked up at Wen and his eyes widened.
"Luna you okay?" He asked in his small voice. I shook my head. "Anything I can help with?" He was so nice. I opened my mouth to speak when Ash cut in.
"Yea you can get that rapist's son away from her." He growled, his eyes pointed at Charlie.
"What did you say about my father?" Charlie roared, his ax out in an instant. I shuddered, and tapped Ash's shoulder.
"You heard me! Your father tried to rape and kill her last night!" Ash snarled, stepping in front of me. Wen and Charlie's eyes grew giant.
"What?" They both whispered at the same time. I nodded sadly. "I'm sorry Luna I-I didn't know." Wen looked at me, his brown eyes big and honest. Charlie nodded in agreement.
"Its okay." I mummbled, kicking at the dirt. I hated this feeling of helplessness. It sucked a bunch.
"Could we help?" Charlie asked, he was just as awkward as I was, maybe more. I shrugged, not really knowing what to say. "Okay well, let us know. I'm really sorry Luna, I would never do that." He tried and I just nodded again. They shuffled along, towards the lake. Ash and I continued We stayed there for the rest of the day, Ash only leaving to get food. We played cards and rearranged my candles and bowls of fruit. He would leave for a tiny bit while I would cry and pull myself back together. Wen and Charlie visited, we played poker and then they had to go clean the stables. Joey came in and we gossiped about what was going on around the Camp that day.
When night and dinner came, Ash looked at me. "Want to g to dinner? Chiron will announce the new king." He tried. I shrugged.
"Sure I guess." I stood up and followed Ash to the mess hall. Already they other campers were eating, chatting about what they did that day. A small bit of silence bloomed when we stepped in but the chatter continued. Joey waved us over.
"Hi lady." Joey grinned, tugging at my braid. I poked him in his side, making him squeal. "Felling better?" He asked, his head tilted like a dog. Another shrug.
"Alright kids shush up now." Chiron called from his table. We all shut up instantly. "Alrighty, now that we have the Iris messages up again, the new king of Olympus is-"
Yup, leaving you on a cliff. Don't ask where the Ares thing is going cause you will see next chapter. Reviews are always nice. Vote till open for two more days.