The Fallen

Ally's POV

The drive back to Ashbrook, Miami was peaceful but silent and scary. Every time I closed my eyes I could see the black ski mask, the dead lady and worst of all the man from my dream Titan. Austin's eyes were fixed on the road as he parked right on the side of my house. He breathed deeply as if trying to collect his thoughts, it was hard to tell what he was thinking in the first place. "You going to be ok Ally?" he asked taking the keys out of the ignition.

"Yeah I'll be fine thanks for picking me up." I said sweetly.

"No problem. What were you doing in the front of an alley way do you realize how dangerous that could be?" he said with a bit of sympathy and concern. He sounded like my mom if you ask me.

"I was just trying to look for a bus stop and this lady told me the directions and then..."

"And then what?" he asked intently. I looked out the window, too afraid to say anything. He would probably think I was some lunatic that needed to get some help and fast.

He put a hand on my shoulder, "Ally you can tell me. I won't judge." I looked into his eyes as the warmth of his hand on my shoulder game me a shock of electricity. I looked at his V-neck shirt and saw that there was a music note right on his heart. It was glowing a yellow color and I couldn't help but stare at the beauty for awhile longer. He cleared his throat and I looked up at his eyes that were now purple. I swear I am just seeing things... this is just a simple illusion.

"Your eyes..." I said softly as he smirked.

"What?" he asked. "They're purple.."

Suddenly his eyes turned back to his normal brown chocolate color, "Must be the lighting." he stated.

"I guess.."

I sighed and opened the door stepping out, "Thank you." He nodded and started his engine again driving off into the night. I saw my moms car in the driveway and my breath hitched. She couldn't be home this early...

I ran to the porch steps and dug through my bag pulling out the house key and inserting into the lock as it made a soft click. I stepped inside and the smell of mint, cologne and pepper mint hit me. I coughed a bit as I wafed the air away it was way too strong for my nostrils to handle. I walked into the kitchen and heard giggles and the laughter of a man coming from the dining room.

I poked my head inside the dining room as I saw my mom sitting there with a man, chatting away. "And so then when she was toddler she used to-.. Ally?" she looked at me squinting her eyes a bit. "Hey mom." I said shyly as the man turned around.

I gasped as it was Cassidy's dad Drew Anderson. "What is he doing here?" I asked not afraid to hide back any mix of anger in my voice. "Honey this Drew An-"

"I know who he is and I want him out of this house like now." I snapped. I don't know but I had a feeling the only reason he was hear is to get answers about what happened to his precious daughter Cassidy but I had nothing to do with it so he can just get his fancy butt out of here. "Allison Marie Dawson!"

I gave her a sharp glare as Drew sat there in confusion. He's such a little...

"Go up to your room this instant we will talk about this later!" my mom yelled as she pointed to the stairs. If only she knew he was just using her for answers. "Now Allison!" she barked at me. I jumped in fear and ran up the stairs into my room slamming the door shut.

I jumped on my bed as I cried and I cried hard. I felt like running away from all of this. No more school no more bullies, no more scary hallucinations... every trouble in the world would disappear out of my life just like that... and that's what I am going to do.

I jumped off my bed and into the bathroom to take a quick shower. After five minutes of consistent scrubbing I stepped out and dried off. I quickly pulled on some jeans and a blue "Great Wolf Lodge" sweatshirt with dark blue jeans and brown ugs. It will have to do, it was barely warm outside. Scratch that it wasn't warm outside no matter what.

I brushed my teeth and quickly curled the ends of my hair just to give it some volume. I slipped on some gloves and grabbed my leather bag grabbing some left over money I stored up from working at the local library this past summer and my cell phone.

I just needed to get away from here for a while and come to my senses or what common sense I had left of me. Everything seemed so out of the ordinary these days and I think this get away might be the huge cut for me.

I smiled in the mirror and walked out of the room locking my door. I quietly tip- toed down the stairs and out the door without getting seen by Drew or my mom which made this job 10 times easier than it looked like. I jumped off the porch steps and into the dark of the night. At this time of night I would be scared out of my pants to do this kind of thing but I felt more like a rebel tonight... not that I would go through with that well enough to be considered a real rebel.

I walked down the road and out of the neighborhood. The sound of cars and loud music from club Gorilla scared me little but intrigued me in a way. I passed the street making sure there were no cars passing by and made it to the club building. The music was so loud my chest was vibrating to the beat and rhythm of the music. I had to find a way to get inside there without getting caught by the guards.

I got an idea and bent down on my knees. The line was long and it would be hard to catch me under here. I crawled my way to the front and easily slipped into the building without being caught. Those guards are getting paid too much money if they couldn't catch me. Now that the music was closer my body was shaking and vibrating. It was so loud but it felt good. I felt free in a way no one could probably could understand. All it took was music to lead me to another place.

I looked toward the back off the club and saw Austin being hauled out by two men. Austin was definitely putting up a fight. His legs were frantically kicking but his upper body was perfectly fine he seemed calm in the face almost as if he was pretending to freak out the whole time.

I pushed through the crowd longing to get closer to Austin. I jumped over the crowd to see that Austin was gone... strange I thought I just saw him.

I pulled through the crowd even more until I found a red door. I opened it and there was only darkness. I looked to the right and saw some boys smoking along with some girls that were making casual talk around a small fire.

And then there was a path straight and only straight. Since Austin was nowhere around here I walked straight into the dark of the forest. I moved branches around as I heard the sound of men grunting.

"Don't let him go!" A man said. I ran behind a tree and poked my head out to see what was happening.

A man with dark hair with streaks of green highlight running through it lit a fire. I looked over to see Austin, his hands tied behind his back as rope was tied around his waist to a tree. He looked calm a little too calm for my liking...

A man with dirty blonde hair and strikingly good looks towered over Austin watching him like a hawk. "You've been running for a long time kiddo." The blonde hair man said with a playful look.

Austin just starred at him no emotion not even one of his famous smirks played on his face. "Don't associate with the enemy Lucas." the brown haired man yelled as he threw wood into the fire. "Darian, don't tell me what to do I'm playing my cards right." Lucas snapped. The guys were muscular but not bulky. They were definitely over 5 feet tall.

Lucas rolled his eyes and laid them back on Austin's which seemed calmed at the moment. "You really thought you could do away with us before Titan's curse?" Lucas said cocking an eyebrow. There went that word again... Titan's curse. The dream couldn't have been real... it just couldn't. Titan's curse is just a figure of my imagination.

"Demeter's been looking for you." Darian spoke. "You don't know how many people want your head on silver plate."

"Why don't you kill me now? It won't do you no good." Austin said with no fear in his voice. Why would he want them to kill him? Death is painful ya know. "Yeah it will you can rot in the underworld forever." Lucas said sitting down on the ground. I poked my head in closer to hear the conversation.

"You mean Hell? Like I care." Austin said giving the ropes a little tug. "Demeter doesn't scare me."

"He is the one who found out your darling secret, who else knows what he can do." Darian stated poking the fire as sparks flew. "I wouldn't mind killing you but breaking Demeter's order isn't without consequence."

"He already got me banished what more does he want? He's just as greedy as his father." Austin said with annoyance. By this time I was confused as the scene unfolded before my eyes. Suddenly someone grabbed my shirt and threw me forward right into the dirt. "Well well well... looks like we've got an eavesdropper." Lucas said as I tried getting to my feet. I looked up at Austin as his eyes went wide with fear. A guy emerged from the darkness and came into perfect view.

His hair was slicked back. It was a silver color a color not likely to be found on a human unless it was dyed... hopefully it is. His style was sort of vintage with of victorian in it. It looked more like 18th century England style.

Lucas and Darian suddenly stood up bowing their heads gracefully. "My lord..." they said perfect unison. "I see you went along with the plan nicely." The man said smoothly as he strolled over to Austin fully unaware of me. "Ascelpius how are you? I see that you have a custom to the regular human life style."

"What do you want Demeter." he snapped but his eyes still looking at me intensely.

"Your heart and the heart of the savior."

"Ha, like I would give you my heart. I may be on this Earth but I'm not stupid." Austin said with amusement. "Who is the savior Ascelpius! I know you're working with Boreas!"

"And I know you got me banished just so you could secretly kill me!" Austin shouted back. I got the strength to get on my feet. "Leave him alone."

Everyone looked at me. Lucas and Darian let out a laugh and Demeter smirked evilly as he strolled over to me. He tilted my chin as I shook under his soft touch. "Who is this?" Demeter asked. Don't say a thing... A voice said in my mind. I looked over and saw Austin looking at me intently.

Demeter jerked my chin harshly to meet his eyes. "Well?"

"I don't have to answer to you." I snapped back at him. He smirked at me evilly. "Playing hard to get?" He said as he placed his hand on my leg. Don't let him get the better of you just stand still. I did as the voice commanded and stood still.

Demeter gave me a seductive playful look. "You are a beauty." Demeter stated as he gracefully caressed my cheek. "It's a shame a powerful god fell for a human like you."

"What do you mean?" I asked. "Well-"

"Demeter you better shut your mouth or I'll snap you in half!" Austin barked. "You're pathetic." Demeter said as he leaned in to kiss my lips. Suddenly Demeter was thrown against a tree and hard. I was taken aback when I saw Austin's hand glowing a dark purple. "Y-your hand i-is..."

"There's no time for that come on." He yelled. I ran over and took his hand. After I realized the danger we were in I still managed to get a shock of electricity from his hand. "W-where are we going?!" I yelled as we ran past tree branches. "Does it look like it matters!?"

"Why was he trying to kiss me!?" I yelled as the parking lot of club Gorilla came into view. "Just give it a rest and keep up!" he yelled as we ran out of the dark woods and into the parking lot. Gold stream of light flew right past my head as I ducked. "Oh shoot. Come on!" Austin yelled as we found his car. He pulled out his keys and hopped into the drivers seat. I got inside the passengers seat quickly as he started the engine and backed out of the parking spot. He slammed his foot on the gas and exited the parking lot as we went full speed on the road.

"Can you slow down!?" I screamed he just smirked and stepped on the gas even more sending me forward against the dashboard. "You haven't told me who the heck that was!" I screamed as he turned a sharp turn on the road jerking me toward the window. "You can slow down now I don't see them!"

"That's what they want you to think. It's a mind-trick just hold still." Austin said calmly speeding down the road. I slammed down on an imaginary brake as I closed my eyes. "What are you doing?"

"I don't know!" I screamed as he swerved back and forth on the road coming to a stop that threw me into the dashboard again. "You know it's kind of funny when your dainty little body gets slammed against that."

I glared at him, "What the heck is going on!?" I screamed in frustration. First Cassidy's father is just using my mom and now this!?

"I don't have to answer you."

"Ok now that's just being cold." I snapped at him. "Take me home now." I demanded.

"It's not safe at home you need to stay out of the clear." He said looking in the rear view mirror. "I don't care just take me home."

"I'm not taking you home you're staying here." He said sternly. "Not unless you tell me who that was and why he was trying to.. ya know get with this." I asked pointing to myself. He groaned slightly and looked at me. "Lets save the answers for another time." He pulled the car off the side of the road and drove down the road at normal speed.

"I'll call the police if you don't take me home."

"After I saved your ass in Bellona? Uh... I don't think so." He grabbed my leather bag and flung it took the back seat.

"I was desperate Austin!"

"Obviously." he snapped back. He kept his eyes on the road as he turned into a hotel parking lot. "We're staying in a hotel...together?" I asked.

"Yes is that a problem Dawson?" He asked.

"Can you please stop calling me that?"

"Ok gumdrop." he said with a wink. "Ok I take that back Dawson's better much better." He smiled at me and stepped out of the car. I hopped out and walked beside him and into the small building. We went up to the front desk as a man was on the phone. "Wait one second- yes sweetie I know and once I get the money we can go to Hawaii I've got a customer I'll talk to you later, ugh yes I love you too bye- hello may I help you?" the man asked with a smile.

"We want a room. Queen size bed and a master bathroom." Austin said quickly as if in a rush to be somewhere. The man quickly typed something into his computer quickly and handed Austin a key. "217 is available. Go straight down the hallway to the end and take a left." Austin nodded and walked toward the end of the hallway. I caught up with him as he slid in the key and opened the door. We stepped inside and he closed the door behind us locking it.

"This is nice." I said sitting down on the queen sized bed.

"It's alright." He said taking off his shirt. He threw it to the side revealing his muscular 6 pack and toned chest. I couldn't help but blush and feel my heart speed up even faster. "I'm going to go take a shower." he said bending over me and grabbing a towel. I looked at his chest and right on his heart was a music note. It glowed a fiery yellow.

It almost looked engraved into his chest. I suddenly put my hand over top of it as electricity thrived through my body, wispy clouds of fog clouded my eyes as I was engulfed in pure darkness..

I found myself in a club. The music was loud and tall muscular men were gambling by a nearby table. The smell of cigarette and alcohol filled my nostrils making me gag a little. I saw Austin at a pool table. I walked over to him. "Austin!" I yelled right in his face. But he didn't seem to notice me one bit.

Suddenly a girl with long blonde hair strutted up to Austin. "We need to talk Austin."

"Not now Artemis." Austin said keeping eye contact on the pool table. "Ascelpius." she snapped.

"Dear God Artemis can't you ever leave me alone. I know you've been stalking me the past 4 weeks I can sense you ya know." He said slamming down his pool stick. "What if I said I'm only stalking you to give you an offer."

"Look I know you're only here for one thing Artemis and I'm not giving it to you." Austin said walking past her and sitting himself on a bar stool. "Water please." He requested giving the man 4 dollars. I stared at the two of them in confusion. What are they talking about?

She took Austin's chin and tilted it toward her face, "Don't you still love me Ascelpius?" she asked desperately.

He looked her straight in the eye, "No Artemis. Whatever we had is over."

"Stop being in denial!" she snapped. "I am not in denial I am being honest."

"Well you weren't so honest when Demeter told your father you fell in love with a human now were you?" she said observing her manicure. He glared at her and spoke up, "Just tell me why you're here."

"I got a message from Hera.."

"And..." Austin said waiting for an answer. "Your future doesn't look so bright. She sent me to stop you from doing the wrong thing."

"You've got to be kidding me. She sent me a babysitter?" Austin looked beyond pissed in his eyes but I could tell he was trying to maintain his cool. "Not to babysit just to watch over." she said flirtatiously. "Look I love Hera she's my best friend but we can't associate anymore that way out of bounds." Austin said sipping on his water. I sat there staring at the two.

Something must have happened between him because Artemis is sitting to close to him for my liking. Was it bad I was getting kind of jealous at how close they were? "I know Austin but I begged her to help you."

"Well guess what I don't need your help Artemis I'm perfectly fine on my own."

"Ascelpius are you even aware of how many people want to kill you? You have a long list of enemies. Demeter is the top one especially since he got you banished. Falling for a human Ascelpius? Seriously?"

"I will not be mocked by you Artemis. Don't forget what your father tried doing to Mount Olympus. Trying to over rule Zeus, your father was a moronic as I thought." Austin said sipping casually on his water. Artemis glared at him, "You don't know what you're doing. The gods could storm down here and take your powers away for good." she stated.

"And look at me now I'm still here in the flesh in blood." he slammed down his glass and got off the bar stool.

"I'm just trying to warn you!" she yelled after him.

"From what Artemis!?" he yelled.

"Killing her!" she said in desperation. "From killing who?" she looked away from Austin not looking him in the eyes. He put his hands on her shoulder and shook her so that she would face him. "From killing who Artemis?" she sighed as she gave up and looked him in the eyes.

"From killing Allison Dawson."

The dark cloud disappeared and I my vision came back to normal. Suddenly I was pushed on the bed my hands pinned from Austin's tight grip. "You weren't supposed to do that."

"You tried to kill me!" I yelled at him his expression calm. I kicked my feet as he leaned down more of his weight on top of me. So many thoughts ran through my mind. "You tried to kill me! This whole time! That night on the Minerva you pushed me out of the seat! You were going to kill me!" I screamed at him.

"I was but you're still here aren't you?" he asked rhetorically. "You were thinking about killing me now weren't you! You lied to me! I can't go home because it wasn't safe you were trying to kill me in this very room all to yourself! You've been the one talking inside my mind all this time!" I struggled beneath his grip as I felt tears slid down my cheek. This was it...this was the end.

"Trust me if I was going to kill you I would have let you died on Minerva but here you are." he pointed out.

"Oh yeah this makes me a whole lot better now!" I screamed kicking my feet. "It's useless Ally." he said as I started to cry from frustration and desperation. I kicked my legs even more. Calm down and just relax...

A voice said in my mind soothingly. "Calm down and relax..." I repeated in a daze. It was like my whole body went into submission... "W-what are y-you?" I managed to stutter out. "Ally.."

"Don't Ally me. I want to know what's going on and I want to know now." I snapped. My head was getting this buzz feeling that made me a bit dizzy. "Ally if I tell you, you can't repeat this to anyone not even your friend."

"But she's my best friend...we tell each other everything." I said softly.

"You can't Ally if you do consequences will happen just trust me ok say you won't."

"I won't I promise." I said with sincerity. He got off me and sat me up. "I'm a god."

I covered my mouth to conceal my laughter, "Don't mess with me Austin. Tell me what you really are a vampire? Werewolf? Zombie?" I suggested. "Does it look like I'm joking." he stated blandly.

"I'm actually a fallen god now. I was banished to earth after Demeter sold me out to the supreme gods. It was out of my fathers hand to stop this but it's not like he cared to begin with. Poseidon had him in the palm of his hands from the beginning." I listened intently nodding for him to continue as I was still trying to absorb the new information.

"Boreas a fallen god himself gave me an offer that he could make me human and feel things if I.."

"If you killed me but why would he want you to kill me?" I asked getting the gist of all of this. "Because only a true air to the throne can kill another god that is just as powerful."

"What do you mean?"

"Boreas is only a descendant. He's got the blood of his family but he is not a purebred."

"I am and was air to the throne until Demeter destroyed that." he looked at me his eyes pitch black. "But why me? Why kill me out of all people that could be an actual god?" I asked.

"Actually Ally... you're a goddess."

"A what..?" I asked blinking my eyes a few times. "You're Titan's long lost daughter Athena." he said proudly. There was that word again Titan. The dream flooded my memory once again. His wicked smile, his menacing laughter...

"Don't tell me that."

"Why not. You should be proud. He was and still is the greatest god of our generation without him your world would perish into chaos and destruction."

"Because he's the curse! He's Titan's curse!" I yelled in fear.

"How do you know about that?" He asked. "I had a dream one night... it scared me I can't imagine me being his long lost daughter ever." I said as chills went up and down my spine. "Someone's been tampering with your mind." he said looking me straight in the eyes. "What do you mean tampering?" I asked. "Someone allowed you to see that dream. Your mind didn't do that on your own that's impossible if you don't know how to do it."

"Who do you think it is?" I asked. "I don't know but if someone knows how to make you see the past then they must be really good at it." He said pulling a strand of hair behind my ear.

"What if Boreas knows you're working against his rules?"

"Then he can get shot with lightning because I could care less about his dumb rules." he said as he laid against a pillow.

"Why did you get kicked out of Mount Olympus in the first place?" I blurted out. I don't know why I wanted to get in his personal business but I was intrigued. "I fell in love." he stated.

"Well why didn't you go find her?"

"Our love is forbidden even if I am a fallen god." he said getting off the bed. "Why didn't you at least tell her?"

"If I do. It will ruin everything." and with that he walked into the bathroom slamming the door shut behind him.

Author's Note- I know so freaking loonngggg lol tell me what you guys think!:) Keep up the amazing reviews!:)

-Taylor:)