Chapter 5: Secrets & Dreams
Ariana's P.O.V
I glanced once at my notebook. It was burnt from the Titan War but had survived. It had all my notes in it. My celebrity crushes, my first crush, and other personal things. I had no idea what to do with it. I had two choices, one, burn it up and forget about the terrible memories I wrote there, but all my things I wrote in my life, or read it over and over again, trying to figure out clues about the next war. I bit my lower lip. I finally had the courage to read it over and over again. As I opened the first page, I winced. It was a small entry, a very small entry of me when I wrote it when I was 6. As I read it, it said:
Dear Diary,
Is there a problem with me? Why are Mommy and Daddy fighting? They keep yelling my name out. They yell at each other and they don't sleep with each other anymore. Am I a failure? I can't do anything right in school. The kids always tease me about my small height and how skinny I am. Nothing was right. I liked it better when Mommy and Daddy always sat with me in the living room and we watched T.V together and laughed like a happy family. Now they yell at each other. They hate each other. Am I the problem? Am I causing this? Would they be better without me? Should I run away? Should I stay? Why can't I be perfect? Why can't I be a normal kid? Yesterday I found a snake in my room. I killed it and Daddy yelled at me and hit me with a ruler. If I run away, who will take care of me? I don't know where to go. New York is big and scary. I wish everything turned back to normal.
~Ariana
As I read it, I noticed it was a bit soggy and dark. I guessed tears had fallen while writing this. I cried and buried my face there. I remember I had run away. So far away. I decided to read on. I read the next page. It was when I was turning 7. My eyes filled up with tears again as I read it.
Dear Diary,
I finally ran away. I can't take it anymore. Mommy had left and Daddy always yelled at me and whipped me. He would curse and throw me out in the garage. It's so dark and rainy out here. I don't know where to go. I found a big building. I slept there last night. When I woke up, there was a blanket on top of me. I got skinnier and skinnier. My stomach hurts and everyone just looks at me and walks away. I met some nice ladies who offered me some food in exchange for some of Daddy's watches I stole. I'm far away from home now. Oh, I see a lady coming to me. She's pretty. I hope she's nice. Right now, she's taking me to her home. It's so nice and warm here. I hope she'll be my new Mommy.
I cried more and cried. I remember that day exactly. I still had that bite the rat gave me on my shoulder when I slept out there. I still have the whips my dad had given me. The nice lady was my mother. Right now she is. I know I'm the daughter of Athena. She understands and loves me, just like she's my real mom. I suffered a lot through my past. I never survived through it. My mother Julia had changed everything from me as she heard my singing and acting and dancing, I had become famous. I was a dancing for movies as an extra when I was 10 and I was a back singer for celebrities when I was 12. As I flipped through the pages, the days I wrote about were getting better and better. But I remember the horror when I was 13. I had gotten a dad, which I was quite pleased about. He was nice and sweet. He gave me everything I wanted. Until one day, we went to Minnesota, and we were crossing the street. A truck wasn't watching where it was going. It was about to hit me. I had flinched there and my dad had pushed me out of the way knocking me out across the street and he had saved me. When I regained consciousness then, he was gone. The police officers had told me he was dead and saved my life. He took me to an apartment and they took care of me for two days as my mom was picking me up who was still in New York. I don't remember it clearly, but there were four boys. They were funny and cute. They loved hockey and they were great at singing. We were great friends. Some of them seemed that they wanted to be more than friends but said nothing. I remember nothing of their names, only where they used to live. Suddenly a bell rang. I looked up. I was still in Camp Half-Blood. Tori came in, she saw my red eyes.
"OMG! Ariana! What happened!" she gasped sitting next to me. I turned my head away and shoved the notebook back into my suitcase.
"Come on, let's get down to dinner." I said. Tori frowned but nodded and walked with me back to the tables. As I grabbed lunch, I had nothing to say. I only finished half of my plate and half of my drink.
"To Athena." I murmured throwing my leftovers into the fire. As I finished my warm shower, I crawled into my bed. I wasn't 16 yet. Just a few more months and you're 16, I thought to myself. I would be leaving Camp Half-Blood soon for vacation through school again. I planned out my things on a piece of paper in my notebook. I would stop by Minnesota first to go back to that apartment and then back to L.A. I pushed my notebook back in my suitcase and fell into a deep sleep.
Ariana's Dream
I was in L.A. I was walking in a hotel called The Palmwoods. As I entered, I met 4 boys. Four oddly familiar boys. I've seen them somewhere… I thought to myself. But there was something about those boys. They were Demigods. But still, what I couldn't understand was that they were so familiar. If only I could hear their voice, then I would be able to identify them. Then it was back at Camp Half-Blood. It was war. Demigods fell dead on the ground. I had a scar across my eye and a twisted ankle but I was still fighting. Cat had a scar across her neck. It was bleeding and dripping. She then collapsed on the floor. It was hard to tell if she was dead or not. I heard a cry and whipped around. The Minotaur had attacked Jay and he fell on the floor, dead. I shrieked and charged at the Minotaur, slicing it with my sword. The Minotaur had then collapsed but I had blacked out as it had attacked me. Tori soon cut one of its horns off with her sword. Jade was fallen on the ground with Beck helping her up. Andre and Robbie were attacking the Minotaur. The Minotaur was falling and dead. Victory was won but it wasn't worth it. Jay and more strong demigods were gone. But there was one thing I knew, war was close, but we will win if we do it right.
Cat's Dream
I was in a field. A grassy field full of happiness, until all of a sudden, darkness fell. Thunderstorms and evil things appeared. The rainbows and sunshine were gone. The grassy field was turned into a muddy dirt place. Bunnies were wolfs. And the good people were bad. Then there was a giant Minotaur. Huge, and golden literally, and was striking demigods with its powerful arms and hind legs. Demigods fell dead and blood flowed through. Jay was on the floor. Ariana was on the floor. And I was on the floor. It was hard to tell if we were dead or just unconscious. But I knew one thing, war is coming.
Percy's Dream
I was in Camp Half-Blood. We were all doing our usual duties, and suddenly, there was a shriek. A blood curling shriek, as Annabeth was tossed down the hill with cuts across her neck. It was the cut of a Minotaur. Before Annabeth could have sounded a warning, the Minotaur had attacked her. We weren't even prepared. Demigods were soon on the ground dead or unconscious. Even I was on the floor. There were only few left which were the new ones. They had beaten the Minotaur. But blood had spilled. Too much blood that the ocean had run red and demigods were gone. I knew exactly one thing. A battle was coming. A battle of blood.