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Lamia followed Annabeth inside the cabin. Cabin nine, it said. Obviously the Athena cabin. Lamia saw the symbol of an owl, the symbol of Athena.
When they were inside, she looked around, taking in the interior. She saw some beds, about twelve. There were a lot of bookshelves. Lamia also saw what looked like designs. A lot of them. And she saw some weird black, box she didn't recognize. It was radiating light and she could make out words on the screen. Lamia frowned. Why would someone have a black box in his room? What is it? she thought, still staring at the so-called black box.
Annabeth saw her staring and sighed. " It's called a laptop. It's a machine and you can use it for various purposes. You can search information, on the web and-" Annabeth started to explain, but Lamia interrupted her. " The web? What is that? The only webs I know are spiderwebs. And I doubt you can find information from that". Lamia tried to lift the girl's spirit , but Annabeth was still frowning and looked far from happy. Lamia noticed the girl shivered when she said the word spider .
She smiled at Annabeth. " You don't like spiders, do you"? Annabeth looked at her, a little suprised. " No, I don't. How did you guess that"? Lamia shrugged. " You shivered when I said the word spider and you looked absolutely repulsive. But that could also be about me, not the mention of spiders" Lamia said.
She understood the girl perfectly. In Annabeth's eyes, Lamia was a monster. And Lamia had to admit, for a long time she had been exactly that. A monster. A beast. Dark, evil. But she hadn't just been a monster. She had been crazy, uncontrollable. Knowing nothing of logic or mercy or kindness. Only knew revenge and bloodthirst. Truly crazy.
And when she came to her senses again, it had been too late. She had already murdered innocent people, caused so much grief. She hated herself for doing those things, but she couldn't do anything about it. She could just try to make up for it. Do some good deeds and hope it might help somehow.
And it was true what she had told Tom; she really was a different person. Now, centuries later, she couldn't understand how she had been able to do all those things. Killing people. Drinking blood. Having children with chaemog. That had been weird too. Lamia smiled a little when she thought about that. She remembered the spider creature. That part of her history, luckily, wasn't known to a lot of people. To be honest, she didn't want anyone to know she had a spider, or something that looked like it, as a lover. And she certainly didn't want anyone to know she bore him triblets who had become the proginitors of an entire evil race. Another thing to add to her list of crimes.
Funny. All the crimes I have done, were a result of sleeping with the wrong man, god or spider-like screature. The only time when there came good of it , was with John. Lamia thought.
Lamia smiled when she remembered her husband, Tom's father. How he had shielded her from the sun when they first met, not paying attention to the fact she was bound with silver and the sun burned her. Unable to believe she was evil, which she had been. How he been there all afternoon. Had missed his ship for her. He hadn't realized he really had saved her. Not just his life. He had helped towards the light. Without him, she wouldn't be where she was now.
Orginally, she hadn't loved him. She had just seen him as a way to defeat her enemy; the fiend. But to succeed in doing so, she had paid a price. She had to live on a farm, like some ordinary woman. Bear the children of a sailor. And give up her youth and home.
She had expected to hate her new life, but to her suprise , she had grown to love her husband and enjoy her new life. He hadn't been the most handsome man she had ever encountered, but he had been handsome. And muscular. besides, after Zeus, she didn't think any man could win the title of most handsome man. Zeus had been really handsome. And look what he did to her.
Her life with John had definitelty been better. For the first time in centuries, she had felt happiness. John had truly loved her. And she had grown to love him. The man that had rescued her.
She had felt so much happiness when their children were born. Especially when Tom was born. Lamia had never been happier. She still had Tom with her, but she had lost John. To the death. She hated she could do nothing about it. She wanted him close, the only man that had ever loved her and made her happy instead of miserable.
Zeus hadn't stood up for here, hadn't shown any of the love he had claimed to feel for her. And Chaemog, well Chaemog was a monster, Lamia realized that. From their relationship, nothing good had come. Their children had been monsters, like Lamia had once been. Only John had been something good. He had changed her, made her happy and given her wonderful children.
Annabeth suddenly cleared her throat, bring Lamia back to the present. She looked at the girl. Annabeth's expression had changed, softened. She still looked wary, but there was also sympathy and pity in her eyes. She offered Lamia a small smile. " I didn't mean that. I don't think you are repulsive. You seem really nice. It's just.. The stories about you-". Lamia sighed. " I know. And long ago, you would have been right to think i'm an monster. But I have changed and am glad about it. When I did al those horrible things, I was crazy. Couldn't think clear and I did a lot I regret. But I'm trying to make up for it".
Annabeth frowned. She looked like she tried to remember something. Suddenly, her face lit up. " I remember! You were one of Zeus'... mistresses. You were pregnant of his children and Hera found out. She killed your children and it drove you crazy. You started murdering people. The story says it went un until their blood formed rivers".
Lamia nodded. " Exactly. I couldn't bear the loss of my children. And their father.. he did nothing. I begged him to save my children, since I couldn't handle Hera myself. I was strong, but not strong enough to win from the queen of the gods. I needed him. But he never came" Lamia said, mad even after all those years. Annabeth sent her another sympathetic look. " That must have been horrible. And hey,if it helps, I don't like Hera either. She tried to kill me and did some other nasty things".
Lamia looked at Annabeth, who had a look of hatred on her face. But Lamia knew it wasn't directed at her , but at Hera. Lamia smiled. "Well, that makes two of us. If I ever see that Skila again.. I will tear her apart. Seriously, I have changed, but only the name of that.. insult to the gods and Greece, makes my blood boil. I wouldn't mind killing her. Not that I like killing, but she deserves it". Annabeth chuckled. " I can imagine. I have the same problem". Lamia looked at Annabeth, curious. It was clear that the girl hated Hera almost as much as she did. She wondered why. " What exactly has happened between you and Hera"?You could hear thunder for a moment. Annabeth glanced at the sky, her expression changing a bit. She cursed. " We better not name those people again. Before you know it, you will be struck with lightning. Or changed into a cow".
Lamia chuckled. " All right. So what did she do to you"? she asked Annabeth. Annabeth snorted. " I questioned her actions, which she found disrespectful. So she wanted revenge. For saying something to her she didn't want to hear! It started with small things, like cows following me and leaving.. little presents. But in the end, she tried to kill me. She made a statue drop, if it would have hit me, I would have been dead. But it fell on a friend of mine, Thalia. Luckily, she is immortal so she survived it. And she hates demi-gods and always gets in our way. She also has done as lot to Thalia, who she really hates and it's another reason I don't like her. She needs to leave my friends alone".
Lamia understood Annabeth perfectly. If anyony dared to hurt someone Lamia cared for, she would make them pay. " Why does she hates Thalia, your friend, so much"? she asked Annabeth. Annabeth hesitated for a moment, somehow looking uncomfortable. Lamia smiled. " What? You don't want to tell me? Is it a secret or something"? Annabeth shook her head. " No, but you won't like it". Lamia frowned. " Why won't I like it? Of course, I don't like the idea of Hera bothering your friend. She should leave innocent people alone and do something about the ones who really did something".
Annabeth smiled. " Yes, I agree with that. But you won't like it, because the reason is.. Thalia is a daughter of Zeus". Lamia's smiled faded. A child of Zeus? That bastard just continued cheating and ruining lives? How dares he! Lamia thought. Lamia didn't really know what she felt. Anger, sure. That Zeus could be so selfless. Pity, for the girl. Her life would be very dangerous, she could imagine. What she didn't feel was jealousy. She didn't love Zeus anymore. She had stopped loving him when he hadn't saved their children. When he had let his crazy wife destroy them. Those innocent, little children who Lamia had loved so much.
Annabeth looked at her with a lot of worry. Lamia could see she expected Lamia to be really mad. And maybe jealous. But all she said was poor girl. Annabetj sighed, relieved. " Yeah. Life for a demi-god is never easy, but for her it is even harder. Being the daugther of one of the big three, she has a lot of problems. She even got changed into a tree for a few years". Lamia frowned. " Why ? Did Hera do that"? Annabeth shook her head. " No. Thalia, Me, and some other friends were fleeing. Monsters were following us, trying to eat us. We tried to get to the camp, where we would be safe, but there were just too many. Thalia urged us to go on and stayed behind to fight the remaining monsters. Zeus turned her into a tree, probably thinking he saved her". Lamia rolled her eyes. " Sure, why not change your daughter into a tree? Such a great parent really. But then again, he never was the brightest".
Annabeth smiled. " I wouldn't say that too loud. He might hear you. And I don't know what he will do. He might punish you. And if Hera saw you..". Annabeth didn't finish her sentence, but Lamia knew what she meant. Hera would kill her or something worse. And enjoy it a lot.
Lamia nodded grimly. " Yes, I know. But it is the truth". Annabeth chuckled. " You can say that. Nothing against him, but I'm sure my mom doesn't have her brains from him". Lamia grinned. " I highly doubt that, yes. He is not exactly stupid, but not really smart either". Annabeth looked at her. " Then why-. Never mind" she said. She looked away, blushing. Lamia smiled. " What? You wanted to ask me something". Annabeth turned her head. " I did, but it might be too personal".
Lamia shrugged. " Just ask. I will see if I respond". Annabeth nodded. " All right. I wanted to ask why you fell in love with him. It was obviously not his brains, since he fails to posses a lot. But what was it"? Lamia didn't know what to say for a moment, but decided to be honest. She sighed. " I don't actually. It's just, he was really something. Maybe it was because of his godly powers, not that i knew he was a god. Not at first. He was handsome, that's true. So naturally I felt attracted to him. But maybe it was, because, before Hera ruined everything, he was really kind. He gave me compliments, made me laugh..".
Lamia thougt about the reason she had liked him so much. She suddenly remembered something else that she had liked about him. " He was really great in bed" she murmered. Annabeth bent forward, unable to hear her muttering. " What did you say"? Lamia blushed a little. She might be really old, but that didn't mean she felt comfortable discussing those things with Annabeth" It doesn't matter. It is nothing you want to know or would want to discuss, believe me".
Annabeth frowned. She didn't like not knowing, Lamia knew. But she was just trying to help the girl. Lamia was sure she really didn't want to know. And she was too young to discuss things like that. Annabeth was still frowing. Lamia figured she was trying to understand Lamia's words. " Why wouldn't I want to know? I asked , didn't I"? Lamia sighed. " He was really good at.. Well, you know" she blurted out before she could think about it.
Annabeth seemed confused for a moment, but when her eyes widened and she suddenly looked disgusted, Lamia figured she understood. " Oh. Right. You were right after all, I didn't really want to know that". Lamia chuckled. " I understand. Not that it was the reason I loved him, but-". She shrugged. " It was It was definitely something positive about him. Well, except he was good at it because he had a lot of practise". Lamia rolled her eyes, thinking about all the mistresses he had.
Annabeth nodded, looking really uncomfortable. She seemed speechless. Lamia bit her lip, finding it amusing. The girl looked really uncomfortable. She kept looking at the door, like she wanted to run away. Lamia couldn't really blame her.
Lamia cleared her throat. " Well, I have answered your question. Shall we talk about something else now? Like architecture. I would like to hear more about that". Annabeth nodded, looking relieved.
For the next hours, they talked about architecture. Lamia told Annabeth how it had been in her time. She even drew some of the buildings. Lamia was a good drawer, so Annabeth was very excited.
When the other Athena kids came into the cabin, Lamia and Annabeth sat on her bed , laughing. They acted like they had been friends for ages. Annabeth was showing Lamia how her laptop worked. Lamia was perplexed; a machine which could do such things? Talk with people on the other side of the planet?Search all sorts of information? Show people? Lamia was really interested. She had asked Annabeth if it was magic, but Annabeth had explained it was science. Lamia was really smart, to Annabeth's delight, so she understood all Annabeth's explanation.
One of Annabeth's sibblings, Cato, stepped forward. " Hey Annabeth, who is your new friend? Is she one of our siblings"? He actually looked disappointed at the thought Lamia was his sibling.
Annabeth and Lamia looked at each other and burst out laughing. The others watched them, looking confused since they didn't get what was funny.
When she managed to stop laughing, Lamia got up and looked at the teenagers. She focused on the boy, Cato, since he had asked the question. He had the same startling grey eyes Annabeth had, but he looked different. He was younger, perhaps fifteen, and had black hair with one curl painted grey.
She walked towards him and offered him her hand. " I'm not one of your sibblings. My name is Lamia. Who are you"? The boy immediately started to smile, taking this as very good news. Lamia almost burst out laughing again. She had the feeling he wouldn't be so pleased when he found out who she really was. Which he would soon, because she would tell him. And even if he didn't mind her being Lamia, there was no way Lamia would like him that way.
He took her hand, shaking it. " Nice to meet you. I'm Cato. Cool name. Are you named after the Lamia". Lamia chuckled. " Not really. I am Lamia" she said, smiling.
Vannesa Masters; thanks for reviewing! And yeah they are in another universe, but the story is the same. The only idfference is in, Lamia universe ( Tom's mother), Zeus is dead and in the Percy Jackson universe he is alive. Oh and I suppose the Lamia from the Percy Jackson universe is dead, but I'm not sure yet. Would be funny if those two met. Except there is a theory if you would meet yourself, or another form of yourself ( like with time travelling or something, the universe will be destroyed. Mm.. I will think about that.