Chapter 13
So, on December 2nd, I set out to find out to Olympus with the girl who said she was a child of Hera, was. I packed some clothes for warm and cold weather, my armour, my laptop, a tent, and my quiver of arrows and my bow. I waited at the gate with my bag and the girl. Chiron was there, giving me last minute guidance, and so were my friends. Then Theo came out of the hill.
"Hi."
"If you're here to wish me good luck, I don't think I'll need it. This quest won't be too difficult."
"Nope," He adjusted the bag on his back, "I'm coming with you."
"WHAT!" I yelled.
Chiron tried not to smile and pushed Theo, the girl, and I out of the gate. The entrance faded back into an empty valley, I watched as my friends waved and Dionysus sniggered. I stepped backwards, ready to fight one of them, but Theo put his hand on my shoulder.
"Come on." He said. I shrugged his hand off and walked off.
"Um, Kalina."
"What!"
"Olympus is this way," he said, pointing in the opposite direction to where I was walking.
"I knew that. I was just… checking."
"Yeah, sure." He said, with just a hint of amused sarcasm.
We headed into the forest, hopping over streams and occasionally picking up sticks for firewood. One time, I got my foot stuck in a stream. I struggled but it just made it worse. Theo came running over.
"Take my hand!"
"No!"
"Take my hand." He looked at me, his hand outstretched.
Reluctantly I grabbed his hand. He pulled me to safety. I instantly started to walk on, adjusting my bag and trying not to look back.
I fell back a little to walk beside the girl.
"What's your name by the way?"
"I have no idea."
I laughed, "Seriously? Ok I'll call you…" I looked her up and down. "Lola."
"Lola?"
"Yeah, don't you like it?"
"I do. It's an awesome name."
That night, we set up camp in the forest. The tents were a gift from a friend of Theo's, a son of Circe. The tents were magical; inside they had a bed, a study, a fountain, a bathroom and full electric stuff so we could plug anything in. Plus it all folded up into something about the size of a piece of paper.
I picked up a coin and tossed it into the fountain. "Iris, goddess of rainbows, show me my friends."
An image of my friends around the camp fire materialized in front of me.
"Kalina!" They yelled.
I grinned and waved, "Hey guys!"
"How's it going so far?" asked Anya, leaning forward.
"Guys, I've been gone like 6 hours. But everything's fine just," I leaned forward, "Well things have been a little awkward with you-know-who."
"Ohhh." Carmen said. Ruby and Tamsin giggled.
I rolled my eyes. "Well I gotta go now guys, I'll tweet you and stuff later. Bye!"
"Bye Kali!" Anya and Tamsin said.
"See ya Kali!" Ruby and Carmen called out.
I smiled and waved my hand through the image, causing it to dissolve. I settled down to an uncomfortable sleep.
Theo's POV
That night I had a dream. This is what happened;
I stood up, only to see a familiar face standing across the room from me.
"Hello son." My mum smiled, but it seemed a little off.
"Hi. Um, am I supposed to have done something?"
"Oh nothing, apart from ruining my plans for you!" my mother scowled.
"Excuse me?"
"By stopping things with that Apollo girl, you have ruined my plans for you two!"
"What plans?" I said warily.
"Never mind that now. I have come up with a new plan."
"Oh gods."
"Now, now son. These plans are um, more reasonable. Let me explain."
She waved her hand and Kalina materialized beside her.
"Kalina!" I said, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, you both fell asleep thinking about each other so you should both be in the same dream." My mum said.
"Oh crap." I muttered, walking across the room to confront my mother.
"This girl still loves you," my mother said, "She just needs to be reminded of that." My mum began to spin around, getting faster and faster until everything went dark and I woke up.
The next morning, it was awkward. I sat and stared at my cereal bowl. Lola wolfed her cereal down as fast as she could, eager to set off again to find her parent. Kalina stirred her cereal round and round her dish, occasionally sneaking little glances at me and looking quickly away.
Kalina took her phone out of her pocket and started to type in a number.
"What are you doing?" I said, horrified.
"Calling Tamsin, what does it look like?" she said, irritated.
"But you can't use your phone. Phones attract-"
"Paedophiles, I know! My mum always said, "Remember P.A.P Kalina. Phones Attract Paedop-"
"No not paedophiles! MONSTERS!" I yelled, because my words were in danger of being drowned out by crashing footsteps. Or were they, pawsteps?