I woke up screaming, whipping my head around the room. Whispers went immediately to silence, and I looked up, wide eyed at the men who sat behind tall desks in front of me. The memories all flooded back to me.
"Am I dead?" I asked warily.
One of the men with George Washington hair replied. "Yes. And as far as we know, you expected this."
I nodded, but I was looking off in the distance.
I was dead. No more Percy. No more Jason. No more Apollo, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank...
No more Aaron.
For a second I felt like crying, but I sucked in a deep breath, and said calmly, "Okay."
The ghost men rose their eyebrows, and one with a moustache and top-hat said, "You're taking this better than most. We thought you'd be crying by now."
I smiled a bit. These ghosts looked pretty funny in their odd facial ways. His moustache hopped half the time he was talking. If I wasn't traumatized and dead, I'd have taken a picture and sent it to Leo.
Anyway, the men studied me carefully, then a figure stumbled into the room, followed by none other than floating Hades himself.
I was puzzled until the figure stood. I gasped, although it was predicted by yours truly.
Luke stood facing me, eyes as wide a mine. His face was grim but he started to smile a bit. I was breathing heavily from both anger, happiness, and... some other unexplainable emotion.
"H-hi Emi," he stuttered.
I began sprinting towards him. He took a step back in alarm, but I threw my arms around him and began to sob in his shoulder. He looked alarmed at first, then continued to hug me back. We were both crying when Hades decided it was a good idea to butt in.
"Emily, your father has... requested that you be brought back, and Luke was the motivation you needed obviously.
I rose my eyebrow. He huffed, then waved his hand and was soon holding a...
Plastic bottle with a small bit of water in it!
"Uh, thanks unc, but I'm not that thirsty, being dead and all," I said, motioning to the bottle.
"One, don't call me unc. Two, it's not water, it's your tears," He sounded disgusted of my terrible mistake.
"Oh, my bad," I said sarcastically. "I forgot you were a psycho who likes to steal things from girls... including actual real girls."
He started to get red, but where a scream should have been came a huff of breath. "Watch who you're talking to."
I glared at him, and Luke chuckled. "You know, Emi," he said, "your lovely uncle here is trying to help you cheat the fates."
"Is he now?" I said. Hades and Luke nodded, and I smiled widely.
"I would like my reborn-ness to be notified to Apollo," I said. "And tell him I'm gonna need a double Decker bus."
(A/N) Alright! Multiple things time with your bud, Char!
1. Thank you guys for the hearts and follows! I JUST REACHED OVER 1400 FREIKEN VIEWS! I DIDN'T EVEN THINK I'D REACH 20!
2. We will now be back to out regular daily schedule, thanks to my mom realizing that my charger that I defiantly lost cuz she doesn't touch it was in her room! Rejoice!
3. DID ANYONE ELSE CRY LAST CHAPTER? I'M SORRY, BUT I DID.