Author's Note: I hope you like this chapter! It may not be awesome, but to the people who read this: Thanks! Ambrosia for all!
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And now for the sad news: The series of Sistra may end. ONLY YOU CAN STOP THAT! But you'll HAVE to review, or else I'm going to end the series very very very soon. So, review. If you insult me, that's okay. But please review. That way, I can make it better, and be inspired too. Oh, and can you remind me of some monsters? Please PM me with any ideas, no matter how wacky or stupid or dumb it is. Before you kill me because of this super long note, here's the story!
"Damn it!"
"Sistra, what gives?"
"It's wood. I can't control wood!"
"But I can burn it."
I stare at him, and I shake my head.
"It's too risky. I'll try to saw it."
When I try to saw the bars with my knives, it won't work.
"Yeah…what were you saying about burning it?"
He smirks, which reminds me I had to punch him. I stick to my word, and I punch him in the gut, and I can tell he's in pain.
"What was that for?" He winced as he said it.
"Remember when you were annoying me while I was dodging lasers? Well, that's what you get."
"Remind me not to get on your bad side."
"It's not my job to tell you. Now, let's make this cage catch fire."
"You want me to burn it down?"
"Yes, so you can kill me."
"And I'll survive."
"Sure. Now, do this very carefully-"
He suddenly catches on fire, and it spreads through the wood. Part of the ceiling collapses and I move out of the way, but only to find more fire in the way. When I try to breathe, I inhale smoke instead. I try to exit, but my arm gets burned. I run out, and Leo's looking at, wide eyed.
"Sistra! Are you okay?
I try to use sarcasm, but the smoke gets to me. My hands go twitchy, and I drift off to my world.
I frolic in the kaleidoscope field of flowers. They always change colour. I look at myself at a nearby lake, and there's no ash in my hair. No soot over me. Just my Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, jeans, dirty blonde hair, and lilac eyes. Pale skin, and some freckles. I walk towards my favourite place in my own little world: my home. The welcome and friendly aura was tremendous. My own bedroom, changing to fit my mood. The kitchen, filled with my favourite foods. But there's one thing that's cursed, and I can't get rid of it. My diary. When my curiosity gets the better of me, I look at it, and I wake up. But this time, I swear, I won't wake up. I can't leave this heaven. But the diary is glowing blue. Blue! Now I can't help it. I inch closer and closer, till I'm next to it. There's a new entry to make me realize I must wake up. One of the gifts of Hypnos. I begin to open the diary, but quickly close it. Just a little snack first. But I'm paralyzed at the spot. I try to move, but the only clear thought is open the book. NOW. I open it, and read my entry I never remembered making.
Dear Diary,
This camp is amazing! I've made some friends already, like Piper and Jason. And then there's Leo. He's absolutely amazing! I hope he never reads this, but he's really nice. But I don't want him to know about my feelings about him. What should I do? I know! I'll pretend to just think of him as a friend! Yes, that'll keep him less suspicious. Anyways, we're about to head to mythology lesson. Go to go, bye!
From,
Sistra Univer Ives.
After I finish the first entry, I read the second one.
Dear Diary,
I don't know what I'm going to do. I just fell down an abyss with Leo. And the most embarrassing thing is that I tried to save him, but I failed. I'm no hero. But I'll deal with it because strong people don't cry. Unless they hear sirens calling them with your father and best friend…
Never mind that. We're just walking (as in Leo and I, which is not at all romantic.) The funny thing is, I made the tunnel that we're walking in. I must be at least a little powerful. I'll try to think of positives, but looking at what happened today, I doubt that anything good will sprout.
From,
Sistra Univer Ives.
I feel the tears well up in me, as I read the last entry.
Dear Diary,
I saved Leo A LOT today. But he saved me too… Whatever. I'll admit he's not the best looking person ever, but he's funny, and makes me happy. That's all I ever wanted. Someone who cares about me, and I care about them. I'm glad that lightning bolt zapped me, or else I would've never meet Leo Valdez. I don't know how I'd live without him. But I'm glad I'm with him now.
From,
Sistra Univer Ives.
The tears pour down my face, as I remember how much I loved being around Leo. I say out loud "I wish I was back with him." I walk outside, to the certain rock pile that always took me back to reality. I close my eyes, and drift off, to find myself in immense pain.
I open my eyes, and I find myself back in another cage. I'm holding something, and it says Eat me. Don't worry, it's from me. Leo.
I eat the whole square, and it's ambrosia. It tastes like raspberries and strawberries. I look for more, but there's only the small square. I feel better, but I can't find Leo, until I see him in another cage, on top of a shelf. Suddenly, the giant returns, and Looks at me.
"So, this is the girl who keeps escaping?"
"What are you talking about? I was just caught!"
"You're Sistra, right?"
"No, I'm not. I'm…Piper. Piper McLean."
"Really? I hear she can charmspeak…"
"That's not true. I can be persuasive at times."
"So….you're not Sistra?"
"No."
The giant picks me up, and picks up a needle.
"Hey, what're you-?"
Before I could finish, he sticks it in my arm.
"OW! Watch where you put that needle!"
He takes it out, and looks at my blood.
"You're a liar. Only Gaea's daughter has this type of blood. Incredibly rare, and useful too."
I stare at him, and he shows me. I look at it, and turn pale, the colour rushing out of my cheeks. It's green. Not dark green, but lighter than grass green.
"Healing powers, a great sauce, and-"
"Wait, WHAT? Why my blood?"
"Because, stupid demigod, when you were born, you weren't a giant, or anything like us. Gaea thought you were destined for great things, but she was wrong. Anyways, she blessed you with healing powers. In your blood. The great sauce is from your sweetness. You may be tough, but you're very sweet. It shows in your blood. Because your mother's Gaea, you're blood is the same colour as hers. That's why I need you!"
He points to a large cauldron, simmering under fire.
"With your blood, my soup shall be the most powerful medicine, and best tasting medicine in the whole world! Not to mention a little ambrosia and nectar in it too. The gods will envy this soup! Now, stay here, with this person."
He puts me in another cage with Jason. He's asleep, snoring quietly.
"Jason, wake up."
He doesn't move. I think for a moment.
"Jason, if you don't wake up, Piper's gonna die."
That does the trick. He wakes up, saying "Save Piper."
"I was kidding. She's doing fine."
By this time, Jason's fully awake.
"Good. Now, how do we bust out of here?"
I look around the cage, and to my relief, it's metal. But bad news is that Jason's with me. I break the bars, he'll find out of my secret.
"Okay, Jason, I have a plan. But after this is done, you have to shut your mouth, and never talk about it. Got that?"
He nods. I grab the bars, and in no time, it breaks. I break some at the top of the hole, considering Jason's a bit tall.
"How'd you do that?"
"I told you not to ask!"
"Can't you tell me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because?"
"Because I said so."
He shrugs and gets out.
"Okay then. Where's Leo?"
"He's over there."
I point at the top shelf (apparently we're all in a kitchen) and he looks murderous.
"C'mon Jason, let's go save that Hopeless Case."
We somehow get ourselves off the table (it involved wind and spoons) and walk over to another table. I concentrate on Leo's bars breaking, and soon he's falling down towards us. Jason slows him down, and soon he's standing beside us.
"Hi Leo. What's up?"
"What's up? I'll tell you what's up Sistra. I tried to signal you for nearly the whole time we were in here! And when do you notice me? You notice me when I just gave up on calling you. What was that for?"
"You seem very ungrateful after I just helped you escape that cage."
"Well, you ignored me!"
"Guys, shouldn't we get out of here?"
We look at Jason, and I say "Truce?"
"Truce."
We walk towards the door, but I remember that Piper's still locked up.
"Hey guys, shouldn't we save Piper?"
Jason swerves around, and says "Yes. But where is she?"
"Don't worry, I know where she is. C'mon."
I lead them to a hole, and I jump, praying it's soft. To my astonishment, it's like a trampoline. I bounced a few times, then landed safely on solid ground.
"DIBS ON NEXT TURN!"
Leo jumps, and he bounces a few times, and safely lands beside me.
"Honestly Sistra, you've GOT to make a trampoline next to my Cabin. Please?"
I roll my eyes, and soon, Jason's beside me. We walk towards the end of the tunnel, and soon we reach the end. Piper's still in her cage, but notices us, and frantically tries to shoo us away, as if to make us go away. I sense another monster approach us, and I hide against the wall. The giant grabs Jason and Leo, but missing me. I creep up towards them, and I notice they have a hellhound with them. I inch closer, and I throw a knife at it. It disappears in a cloud of golden dust. Sadly, the giant noticed.
"Hey, what happened?"
I roll my eyes, and I try to get closer to the cages, but the giant notices me.
"You little pest! Quit escaping!"
"Yeah…I don't think that's going to happen."
"Please?"
"That's real sweet of you, but my answer is still the same."
I pretend to run to the cages, and he believes me. His hand plunges to try to catch me, but I swiftly move, and I leap onto the hand, since I've got no sword and my knives won't make a big difference if I stab him. I try to get a good grip, but he shakes his hand so vigorously, I fall. I think about the trampoline ground, and it works. This time, I think of bouncing really high. I jump, and I go higher than the giant, by a few centimeters. I land on the neck of the giant, and stab it. It reduces to a pile of goop, and I fall back onto the trampoline.
"Awesome job Sistra! Now, how about getting us out of here?"
I smile at Leo's request, and I land on the ground (while he was talking, I was jumping.) I go up to the cage when I feel something coming towards me. I turn, and to my horror, the giant's re-forming.
"Err, Leo? What's going on?"
"Yeah, to kill a giant, you need a gods help."
"And mother won't help me in this. How nice."
I try to think of a plan off the top of my head, as I try to blend in with my surroundings. To my astonishment, I can blend in with my surroundings. If they're something like to earth, at least. The giant is still looking for me, and I stay very still. The giant goes past me, then I move. To my horror, when I move, you can see me. He notices me, and I make a run for it. He grabs me, but I'm prepared for it. While he walks over to put me in a cage, I stab him with my knife. He howls in pain, and his grip loosens. I stab him again, and then he drops me. I land on the ground, which was a metre below me. I land and blend in again.
"Psst Leo, create a distraction." I whisper.
"I'm way ahead of you."
He creates a ball of flames (I still envy him because of that power) and shoots it across the room. The giant goes for the flames, giving me enough time to get Leo out of the cage.
"Okay, Leo here's the plan. You get the giant distracted, while I free the others."
He nods, and yells "NA NA NA BOO BOO, YOU'RE AN IDIOT!"
I can't help but smile at his distractions. Stupid, yet effective. As I roll my eyes, I try to free the others. Once everybody's out, I yell at Leo.
"LEO! WE'RE LEAVING YOU BEHIND IF YOU DON'T COME!"
He shoots one more fireball, and comes towards us. I create two tunnels, just to get the giant confused. I go through one tunnel, and everybody follows. I close it, and Leo creates a flame.
"So, what do we do now?"
"Good point Leo. Is everybody here? Leo, Piper, Jason and me. Was there anybody else?"
Nobody answers, so I continue.
"Okay then…"
We keep walking, and then the most unexpected happens. We reach crossroads. Literally, there are two tunnels.
"Okay Sistra, which one's safe?"
"One has a gas that's both good and bad. Good thing is it takes you to Camp Half-Blood. The bad news…"
"What's the bad news?"
"It gives you amnesia. You won't remember this trip."
"What about the next one?"
"Well Leo, it takes you back to my place. No amnesia. "
I stare at them, and I find two things on the floor: a drachma, and water.
"You guys want to do an Iris Message?"
I point to the drachma and water. Piper tells the water to stand, and with Leo's help, we get a rainbow.
"Oh Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow please accept my offering. Please contact Percy Jackson, Camp Half-Blood."
Piper must know what she's doing, because Percy shimmers into view, and he's eating a blue sandwich. The scenery behind him looks like a bomb was thrown into the camp. The funny thing is that is he looks normal, while there's a catastrophe behind him. Then he notices us.
"Guys! Where are you?"
"Hey Percy. We're in a tunnel, and what happened?"
"Hey Leo. While you were gone, we've got new demigods. Their names are Jake, Madison, and we used to have Zach."
"Wait, what do you mean by used to have Zack?"
"It's a long story. Anyways, here comes Jake!"
Jake shimmers into view, and he looks fairly normal. Except his eyes. Instead of blue or brown eyes, he has blood red eyes and a slit for a pupil.
I say "Hi! Err… did you guys get attacked?"
Jake nods his head, and he has a guilty expression.
"What did you do Jake?"
"How do you know I did anything with it?"
He locks his eyes on mine, but I'm unfazed. "Your expression says it all."
"Well, you could say that I err…. Led the army that attacked the camp."
Everybody's shocked, but I raise an eyebrow.
"So anyways, who's your godly parent?"
"Typhon, father to all monsters."
Everybody's shocked again, but I'm not shocked. Why should I be? My mom's Gaea, who's another enemy goddess. The rainbow's fading, and before the rainbow vanishes, I give them a wave. Then the connection's lost.
"Now, what do we do about these crossroads?"
That's all for today! Sorry if I did the Iris message wrong, I forgot how they did it. Now, that Jake character is NOT mine, but the person who came up with him is right here. You can click on the link right NOW! u/4894304/Jake-The-Prince-of-Monsters
The story about the destruction is in the fanfic called 'The Prince of Monsters'. I highly recommend you read it. Don't forget to review!
