Yay! Super secret POV chapter!
We got out of school two hours early today, because of snow and ice, so you might get a double update today! (If I'm in a generous mood)
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Chapter XXV
Calypso
It's lonely on Ogygia. It always is.
Calypso should be used to it by now. After all, she's spent three thousand years in exile. She should be reclusive and bitter from all the times she's had her heart broken. And at times, she is. But she knows that nothing is going to change her situation, and that includes becoming hateful. She'd much rather be known for her kindness anyway. Not the way she broke after the Fates played with her heart one too many times.
And yet, thinking back on her latest visitor, it takes all of her willpower not to shatter into a million pieces.
Leo. His curly hair, elfish features, and dark eyes fill her thoughts night and day. He might be a little scrawny, but to Calypso, he was the most handsome boy she'd ever met.
Maybe she's prejudiced a little, considering the fact that he was the first one not to have a girlfriend. But she didn't care. She wanted him to come back. But she knew it was impossible. No man ever finds Ogygia twice.
She doubts that she'll ever love anyone else. With Odysseus, and Drake, and Percy, they all had someone else to love them. But Leo, he doesn't. Oh, she knows he has friends that love him. But no girlfriend. So she can't tell herself that he'll forget all about her and be happy with his girlfriend. Because he doesn't have one.
She loves him. No matter how hard she tried, how much she fought, she still fell in love again. Now she'll spend years pining after a boy that she'll probably never see again.
Oh, she wants to. So, so much. That's why she made that promise. But she knows it's unlikely to ever happen. She has no way off this accursed island, her beautiful prison.
She stares at the sun as it sets on the horizon. Dazzling streaks of color light up the sky. Before, she might have found its beauty soothing. Now, though, it just makes her heart ache more.
She sighs and starts to walk slowly back to her garden. Her flowers, at least, still bring her peace. Especially the moonlace. And since it will soon be nightfall, she can walk among them and admire their soft silver glow.
When she gets there, the stars are already starting to shine overhead. She looks up at them. They've been her only constant friends throughout her years of imprisonment. She studies them intently. She knows every single one of them by heart. Every single star. She's memorized the night sky.
She sighs and looks away from them. They remind her of the mischevious twinkle Leo always has in his eyes. Which is ridiculous, but she's in love. And love isn't exactly normal. Or sane. And it doesn't make much sense either.
She almost laughs out loud at the truth of her last thought. Love definitely doesn't make any sense.
Her moonlace flowers glow softly with a gentle, ethereal light. They calm her raging thoughts and soothe her aching heart. She kneels down and cups one in the palm of her hand, tilting it towards her face. She strokes the delicate petals with a finger.
She tells herself that Leo's leaving was for the best. How could they ever be together anyway? He is mortal, and Calypso is immortal. She will outlive him by many years.
It's not that she had a choice in the matter. If she did, she would give up her immortality to be with Leo in a heartbeat. But she was born a goddess, not made. Living for so long without even someone to share it with...that was the greatest cause of all of Calypso's pain. Immortality definitely isn't at all as good as it's made out to be. Percy was smart when he refused it.
Percy...there's another cause of heartache. Not so much anymore, but for several years, he was all she could think about. The final straw was when the gods made their promise...and she still remained in prison. That was when she had decided she would never love again. Her heart had been abused one too many times.
And then Leo came along. She tried so hard to hate him, not to let herself get close to him. She fought it this time. But the end result was the same as ever. She fell in love, and as soon as she let herself fall, he had to leave.
She has more reason than anyone to hate the gods, but not all of them are bad. Hephaestus visits her when he can, bringing her news of the outside world. And he isn't the only one.
Calypso isn't a violent person. Not usually. Okay, so she threw pots and pans at Leo's head when he poked his head into her cave that one time, but she wasn't actually aiming for him. If she had been, she wouldn't have missed. But that's not the point. The point is that she would never lift her hand against someone in anger. She might have backed her father Atlas in the first Titan war, but that didn't mean that she liked war. She hated it. But he was her father, and he could be very persuasive at times. Plus, she just wanted it to end. She wanted the battles to cease.
It didn't happen that way, though. The Titans lost the battle against the gods, and Calypso was imprisoned. And even then, she was told stories of the Giant War which came soon after the fall of the Titans.
Would the violence never end? Would they never live in peace?
Calypso was lucky, in a way. She didn't have to personally live through all the fights. But the alternative, being imprisoned on Ogygia for three thousand years, isn't much better. In fact, Calypso would definitely say it is much, much worse.
She sighs and stands up, brushing the dirt from her dress. Then she walks into her cave and lays down on her bed, looking at the crystals embedded in the walls.
She closes her eyes and lets herself drift to sleep. At least in her dreams, she can be with Leo.
Okay, so this is super short (by my standards at least), but it's my first ever Calypso POV, so what can you expect?
Plus, there really isn't much for her to do on Ogygia except walk on the beach, tend to her garden, and pine after Leo.
So, short chapter.