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Chapter 13

Leo's POV

As Anneira slipped into the pit, I lunged for her and managed to grab her hand, only for it to slip away. She grabbed onto a rock that jutted out about 3 feet below the hole in the floor. "Anneira!" I yelled as I thrust out my hand for her. I was just barely to far away. She grimaced, but managed to pull herself up about 5 inches and grab another rock. Our fingertips just barely touched, but I couldn't grab her hand. I pulled myself forward so I was halfway hanging into the pit. My fingers closed around her wrist.

Suddenly, the rock she was holding crumbled, and she was left hanging from my hand. I felt myself slip in slightly, but I grabbed her hand with both of mine and pulled her up. We both lay there, panting. My heart felt like it was going to burst.

A flash of light illuminated the room, and the three gods along with Sasha and Dylan flashed into being. I noticed Sasha's dirty face was streaked with tear lines, and she seamed to lean on Dylan. Zeus glowered down at us, "You have done well, demigods. Although I don't approve of your existence," the king of the gods turned to Anneira and scowled, "I suppose I should let you live." Poseidon winked at her. She smiled back.

"I am proud of you, Anneira. You are so much like your mother." Poseidon said. Anneira's smile turned wistful. "Blah blah blah," Hades said, "Thanks for saving us, now I have to get back to the underworld." He flashed out. Zeus looked rather angry, but smiled at us, "As a thank you for helping the gods, we will transport you back to Camp." With a wave of his hands, we disappeared.

The good news? We were back home. Bad news? We appeared about 20 feet above the canoe lake. Connor Stoll fell out of his tree, but sounded the alarm, alerting the rest of the camp to our arrival. We splashed into the lake, and surfaced gasping, "Thanks a lot, Zeus!" I yelled.

By the time we got to the beach, the rest of the camp was gathered around. The cheered loudly, giving us hugs and claps on the back. Then someone had to say, "Where's Autumn?" Sasha's eyes welled with tears, and everyone went silently, that is until Kelly pushed through the crowd. "Glad you made it back." She smiled at me. Then she pulled me in and kissed me.

I finally understood how Anneira had felt behind the Hermes cabin. I eventually managed to push Kelly off me, just in time to see Anneira's dark hair disappear into the crowd. "Anneira, wait!" I called, shoving my way through the crowd. She sprinted off into the forest. I ran after her, shouting. She finally collapsed against a tree in a dark, slightly creepy clearing.

I approached her slowly, "Anneira, you know I didn't kiss her." "Yeah, well it sure looked like it." She muttered, sniffing. I sat down next to her, and she turned away from me. "Anneira, come on. Don't be like that." She jumped up and glared at me, "Like what?" I stood up too, "You know what I mean." I sighed. "I honestly couldn't care less, you can kiss who ever you want!"

Ouch. That was harsh. I stepped backwards slightly, and immediately saw the regret in her eyes. Anger flared inside me. It wasn't my fault if some idiot kissed me! "Fine," I snapped, "Maybe I will!" "Fine!" she snarled. "Okay!" I yelled. "Okay." she said, but with less conviction. She turned around, and I turned away to stalk off into the forest. Possibly, I would find Kelly and make out with her. But I realized that I didn't want to kiss Kelly.

I whirled around and grabbed Anneira's wrist, spinning her around and into me. "What?" she growled. In response, I kissed her. When we finally broke apart, she looked shocked and slightly confused. I laughed, but then smiled down at her, "I don't want to kiss anyone besides you." She smiled so widely, I thought her face might split.

Anneira's POV:

I can't remember that last time I had been this happy. I spent hours with Leo, training and talking. We sat together at the campfire that night, when they burned Autumns's shroud. My head rested on his shoulder through the whole thing, and we went to take a walk on the beach after.

The sun had set, and the moonlight glittered on the water. I sighed, and sunk into the sand. We sat there, my head on his shoulder like that first night on the beach.

"Alara, I'm sorry about Autumn. I know you guys were super close." Leo said. I nodded, because I don't think I could talk without choking up. Finally, I managed to calm down enough to talk, "I had a dream last night," I whispered. "Autumn was in it, but she wasn't exactly solid. And that Nico boy was there, saying that she wasn't dead. She was just stuck in between." I blurted out.

Leo looked extremely shocked, which I guess is an appropriate reaction, since I just told him someone wasn't dead. "Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded, I was certain that the dream was true. But right now, I was sitting on the beach with my boyfriend, and nothing else in the world mattered.

YAY! I can't decide if I should continue this story or start a sequal. I know its gonna be from Autumn and Nico's POV, maybe a little Leo and Anneira. Thoughts? comment!