These drabbles were written for: Percy Jackson Fanfiction Challenges - kitty132383: The 100 Prompts/100 Drabbles Challenge
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20. Secret
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Everyone is afraid of something.
Thalia Grace was no exception.
Ironically, the daughter of the Lord of the Skies was afraid of heights. It wasn't something Thalia just told everyone, not if she didn't have to.
"Elizabeth, you go north," Thalia told the blonde-haired daughter of Iris who nodded cheerfully.
"Yes, Ma'am," she said dramatically with a fake southern accent, Thalia just rolled her eyes.
"Camille, yours is south," she told the ten-year-old, very ADHD daughter of Hermes.
"Of course, Captain," the small girl saluted, the Lieutenant thought that eye rolling wasn't a strong enough reaction for this.
"Emily, east," Thalia said to the daughter of Demeter who nodded in understanding.
"Then I go west, right?" the strawberry blonde ex-mortal girl asked, but Thalia shook her head.
"You will look around from the cliff," the daughter of Zeus ordered her fellow Huntress who looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"That should be your task," she pointed out and Thalia cursed in ancient Greek under her breath. Why did she know the Lieutenant's tasks so well?
"Mine is west," the Lieutenant said seriously and looked at the strawberry blond girl whose big light blue eyes were fixed at her.
"Is there some sort of big potential danger in the west?" Cam, the bouncing ten-year-old asked enthusiastically.
"I don't think so," Thalia said slowly, but she regretted it in the same moment.
"Then why don't you look around from the cliff?" Lily asked curiously and slightly disapprovingly.
"Because I said so," the daughter of Zeus answered with a sigh. Why couldn't they just do what she said?
"That's not an answer," Emily pointed out.
"Actually it is, just not a very good one," Liz, daughter of the rainbow goddess said with shrug and she grinned.
"Do as I said," Thalia said seriously and from the suddenly tensed air everyone shut up and nodded slowly, even Cammy, who was anything besides serious usually. The Lieutenant stormed away in the direction of west and the four other girls stood in the same place confusedly.
"I would suggest doing what she said. Personally, I don't want to be hit by a lightning bolt," Emily said simply and everyone nodded.
"What's her problem, what do you think?" Liz asked curiously and the others shrugged.
"I have no idea," Lily answered honestly."Thalia's... it's not easy to get to know her completely," she said a bit slowly, trying to find the right words.
"I still like the Captain," Cam said cheerfully and with a grin she disappeared in the direction of south.
Thalia Grace was afraid of heights.
She didn't like it.
Her fear was a weakness in her eyes.
She didn't like being weak.
Her weaknesses were her secrets.
Private matter