Chapter 4:
I was scared and alone. Texas was gone. I sat in the corner, the world going by in a whirr. I covered my ears and closed my eyes tight and started to cry. Texas died for me. Everyone I was ever near dies or leaves. What is it about me? I thought as the battle raged on around me. I felt a strong arm come around my shoulders, suddenly. I herd Zakk's gentle voice talking to me.
"Cassandra, get up. We need you." He said. I shook my head and groaned.
"Texas is gone!" He looked into my eyes sweetly and then helped me up and into the inside of the big house.
"You wait here." He said and I nodded. Zakk ran out and I don't know how long passed but after some time I found that a crowd of people was around me. Chiron gently pushed them out of the way.
"Cassandra, it's all right." He said and my head popped up. Nico embraced me and I started to cry.
"My dear, I think that it's best if you stayed home today." He said and with a jerk I remembered the quest.
"No." I said snapping up. I looked at everyone at camp half-blood. None of them looked like they were ready for a quest, least of all me. "This isn't home! It never will be! The only thing that this-this place!" I yelled and Andrew reached his hand up to try to calm me down but I pushed it away.
"Cassandra, it's ok to feel sad." He said. I shook my head and the sorrow that I had soon turned into a hot and fiery rage, more ablaze than the flames in Tarturus.
"It doesn't matter that Texas is gone! She would want us to keep going and if we stop than all were doing is depriving her of something that she would have wanted! Is anyone going to agree with me?" I asked, letting my despair show and Clarisse was going to stand up and make some snide remark about Kirk so I quickly rephrased. "Is anyone but Clarisse going to side with me?" I asked and in a moment of fragile silence Kasey stepped forward to stand next to me.
"Cassandra is right. Texas told me to make sure that we all kept going and not taking the quest would only make things worse! I vote that we keep going." Kasey said and one by one everyone that was going on the quest went to stand next to me. Chiron breathed.
"Go." he said. "Cassandra I wish you the best of luck and I hope that you tie up all the loose ends that you hope to. Pick someone else to take Texas's place and go." I should have dropped it there but I didn't.
"No. I want my group the way it is." I insisted firmly and Chiron saw that there was no arguing with me. Soon, I found all the people that would be coming.
"Ok, so are we all in a agreement that we need to find Cassandra's cave. Do we all think that she is the oracle?" Everyone nodded except for Kyra. Not like I really expected her to help. With that we stepped out of the boundaries and into the world to find the oracle's cave.