Chapter 11: Questing! Start!
"Hey Naomi you okay?" Percy prodded my side, causing me to jump towards the side of my bunk.
"Wha-? Yeah?" I sat up, looking confusedly at my brother.
"You were talking in your sleep."he noted, running his hand through his hair,"Kind of worried me."
"I'm fine." I smiled, not quite wanting to tell him about the… quest… given to me by the raven goddess.
"Alright, I trust you," Percy smiled at me, ruffling my hair as he walked past," Come out when you're ready."
" 'Kay." I smiled softly, glancing at my side as Tsuni shifted to the side, revealing the box holding my weapon.
"I figured explaining the appearance of a box beside you would raise alarms." His voice entered my head as I nodded in response,"Good thinking Tsuni." I smiled down at him before standing.
"Arent you going to open it?"
"Let me get dressed first Tsuni" I laughed faintly, grabbing the bundle of clothing left on the foot of my bed.
"Ah. I shall continue to guard your belongings."
I nodded, leaning over and grabbing my phone," I should probably text Jack.
' Get Nico and meet me at the edge of the camp. Tell the Grease Monkey to get his ship ready. Whatever that means'
After returning from the bathroom, now dressed in the new clothes that had been left for me, I leaned over the bunk and picked up the wooden box. "Carnwennan huh..?" I questioned as I opened the wooden container. Inside, the box was lined with red velvet, true to Morrigan's mutterings, the visible hilt of the sheathed dagger was a stark white, although it had a hint of pale blue as it neared the slight crossguard of the dagger. Tsuni jumped off of the bed as I attatched the sheath towards the back of my pants," Your phone lit up small one."
"Okay." I nodded, grabbing my phone and quickly unlocking it to read the text.
' K. Done and Done. What's going on Nao? You got a quest or somethin?'
I chuckled lightly as I slipped into my shoes and responded,' Actually, yeah. I'll tell you when I get there.'
'you're going to want to sprint after you pass the big house.'
'Got it.' I nodded,glancing at Tsuni as I walked out of the cabin," You ready?"
"If I am not, then I will by the time we leave." He noted, his voice still echoing through my mind as we walked out.
I honestly tried not to look suspicious and put up the façade I knew what I was doing as I made a Bee-line for the big house, ignoring the Jason guy's calls. As soon as I passed the porch, I broke into a flat out sprint towards the hill and tree, gathering a bit of unwanted attention.
"CRAP" I hissed, hearing Mrs. B and the sound of footsteps behind me. Why was leaving this place so similar to breaking out of jail? It's a summer camp for pete's sake!
"NOPE." I yelled back, letting out a squeak as a pair of talons closed around my shoulders, followed by the sounds of wing beats.
"I have you." Tsuni called down to me as I stared up at the Peryton.
"Thanks!" I yelled back up at him, letting out a sigh of relief as we started to descend, two figures waiting for us by a black car.
I stumbled a bit as I was dropped the final foot to the ground, Tsuni circling around before landing and shifting back into the dog form.
"So what's this about a quest?" Jack smirked at me as I glared at him
"Get into the car. I'll tell you after we are not being chased by an angry plant lady and her centaur husband."
Nico sighed,sliding into the passenger side as Jack let out a whine," Buut I called Shot gun!"
"You aren't going to annoy her while she is driving." The Italian rolled his eyes as I opened the driver's door, scooping up the key from the seat before sitting down and inserting the key into the ignition.
"Since when did you start driving and breaking the rules?" Jack smirked as he closed the back door with Tsuni sitting beside him.
"Since I had to drive from Italy to Romania with my dad in the backseat asleep, and since a Celtic goddess told me I was going to die in my twenties if I didn't go on this quest."
"Woah what?"
"Yep." I nodded,pulling away from the camp just as Chiron and Mrs. B ran down the hill.
" I thought your dad was neurotic about driving?" Jack questioned.
I laughed softly, glad he didn't make me explain the whole death thing as I hadn't come to terms with it myself yet.
" He and Mother had this huge fight. She didn't come to Romania with us because of it this last summer, he was beating himself up over it the entire flight and was too tired to drive. Well… He wanted to drive but I made him go to sleep until we got to the ranch."
"Oh."
I sighed softly, my eyes focused on the road," Someone sacrifice their phone for directions."
"Where are we going?" Jack questioned, frowning at me through the rearview mirror.
"Boston Apparently." I sighed, shaking my head, before resolving myself to tell them the whole situation, pausing only when Jack's phone updated me on where to turn.