A beat of electric perfection

by mockingjay67

Summary:

my mum crammed me in the elevator with her while she started to ring my dad

“She was out and some illegal rave”

There was some silence, she obviously wasn't lying, but it still sounded bad.

“Yes, yes, I know I'm bringing her to the apartment as we speak”

Well goodbye to ever getting scouted again.

“goodbye Hun, mwah” she said as the phone hung up

I guess this was the downside of living in the penthouse, awkward rides up. The cold elevator lighting bouncing off the freshly cleaned mirror which smells of cleaner reflecting the hard oak plank floor, where 2 people stand a disappointed mother and me. After what felt like an eternity the doors slided open and led into a hall, our house was the one at the end, number 100.
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A daughter of Apollo who is more... electric

Notes:

hey guys! if you know from my other work daughter of war than i just ant to let you know that im going to do the sequel after school starts. just to say thank for anyone who was read, kudos or intreacted with any of my works and hope you enjoy! <<33

Chapter 1: The Downside Of Living In The Penthouse

God, I needed to go outside this place smells like body odor and humidity. There was only like 10 minutes left to be fair, I was invited to this illegal boiler room set up a month ago and I thought it couldn't hurt. Since i was young I have always loved music, my family loves music, however. I'm not like them, they play violins and flutes for “classical experience” but I've always loved capital E-D-M ! Ever since I heard I love it by Charli XCX i was hooked. She is my absolute idol, i have posters in my room (which I hide because if my dad ever saw the way she acts, I would be grounded in life and beyond.) he moved from Japan to start a new life in classical music here, he won a few Grammys got a couple of hits, but he's never became household name by any means. He is now a record label owner now, so he is usually out of the house  

Okay last mix of the night just 5 minutes-  

“Imani! What are you doing!” my mom said from the other side of the room  

I was done.  

My mom was a bit more lenient with “satanic music” but still more weary than the average parent. I had a thought to dash it but i need my phone and they would just track me. Thankfully i was finished with my set at least.  

“When Kenji hears about this!” she shouted dragging me out of the boiling room into the night sky, it was 8:28  

My mom never calls my dad his real name unless she's especially mad  

Her knuckles were ghost white around my wrists, until she let them go and said  

“Get in the car.” she said with almost disgust  

I quietly sat in the back of my mom's BMW, she doesn't say a word. Just staring at the wet road ahead, it's not too far from our apartment, but just enough to build tension. She doesn't even put on the cassette tapes of my dad records his music which he pretty much handed out for any record label to see and hopefully take him.  

Thats actually how they met, apparently my mom was the manager of the company that finally picked up my dad and then happily ever after.  

My strategy of getting scouted out is pretty different. I post demos and teasers of my songs on social media, somehow some “digital scouter” wanted me to play at the boiler room to “see all i had to offer”  

I looked out of the car window to see streams of water droplets racing down, this situation was absolutely ridiculous. I was sixteen! I should be allowed to go out! Its not like 8 o clock is exactly a ghetto time of night, is it? My 89-year-old grandma goes to bed later than that for god sake!  

She finally arrived at our house  

“Get out of the car. Now!” she said to me.  

I got out of the car we were in the underground parking space for the apartment complex, we lived on the penthouse, so you always had a really good view of the ocean.   

Anyway's my mum crammed me in the elevator with her while she started to ring my dad  

“She was out and some illegal rave”  

There was some silence, she obviously wasn't lying, but it still sounded bad.  

“Yes, yes, I know I'm bringing her to the apartment as we speak”  

Well goodbye to ever getting scouted again.  

“goodbye Hun, mwah” she said as the phone hung up  

I guess this was the downside of living in the penthouse, awkward rides up. The cold elevator lighting bouncing off the freshly cleaned mirror which smells of cleaner reflecting the hard oak plank floor, where 2 people stand a disappointed mother and me. After what felt like an eternity the doors slided open and led into a hall, our house was the one at the end, number 100.   

My mom walks up to the door and opens it.  

“go to your room, ill call you when your dads back home” she snarls under her breath.  

I obey and make make my way to my room, i imedeatly put all of my Charli xcx posters, dj equipment and other potentially lecture worthy items in the small vent underneath my bed. just in case he search's my room in a fit of rage. I put on my headphones and played some music to try and distract myself, which worked until.  

“Imani get to the living room now”  

“coming” I replied  

I walked out of my room to see my dad staring at his feet, ashamed to even look at his daughter  

My mom looked at me with a mix of dissatisfaction and pity, she mouthed “im sorry” to me as i walked into the room  

Jesus if my mom felt bad then i was done for  

“sit down” my dad said in a low voice  

I sat down on the big sofa while my dad was on a stool, back facing the city view.  

“your being sent away, to boarding school. Till you learn some respect”  

“WHAT!? All i did was play some music is that a crime!” i yelled  

“yes! hosting as a dj at an illegal rave is in fact a crime!” he shouted back  

“okay guys lets just try and-” my mom started but my dad was already in full swing   

“Your thankfully being sent away to NYC 1000 miles away! The school had offered you admission because of your grades and we thought you wouldn't want to uproot your life but now you've gave us no other option!” he ended before walking out the door  

“And i need to go back to my job you so kindly interrupted, Imani” before slamming the door  

What the hell! Why am i getting sent to boarding school over something so dumb and small ? I have done way worse stuff than this! Like the time I change the mark of my “friends” test to make them look bad! I only got a slap on the wrist for that. But playing music in the evening is a criminal offence? What the hell?  

“Sorry mom” i said before going into my room and slamming the door  

Chapter 2: The Upside To Being 1,900 Miles Away From Your Parents

Summary:

school year almost over! bestie dies

Notes:

hey guys sorry for being a little late but my next chapter should be the 8th (fingers crossed) anyways love yall and see ya <<33

Oh hey, its me again. Now when my dad said that i was going to be sent away to boarding school. I thought my career and social life were dead gone and buried, but the good thing about being at a boarding school hundreds of miles away from your parents is that they dont know a thing. Sure if i did anything too stupid they would probably get call that their daughter had been at a rave... which would probably land me in military school. But one thing about me is that I'm not stupid. So ive gotten away with a plenty of gigs.  

There was also only a week until i could just go back to my Miami life and, no offence to New York. But it's all a bit too...refined here and I wanted some dumb fun! Although new York wasn't so bad, my love life is going great, not exactly anything long term but it truly just doesn't need to be.  

“Imani! We're at the national park!” Elenoa said to me excitedly snapping off my train of though  

 Elenoa is my best friend; I've been friends with her since January. Shes an international student from Fiji, and she is the best thing i could ask for  

“Really? Finally!” i said  

We had this residential planned since the beginning of the school year and it was about damn time, (Aswell as the 3-hour bus drive taking forever!) but i guess we were finnaly here!  

I looked out of Elenoa's window; she always called dibs on a window seat whenever the opportunity. The residential was at fire island national park. It was yearly in the boarding school. I wasn't sure if i was coming back next year but I honestly wouldn't mind, I might have to get in trouble again though. Especially since over the school year by dropped a song which became a charting hit, and i don't think “new musicians daughter gets sent away” is exactly an amazing headline for him.  

The bus stopped and everyone instantly raced out of their seats. We all had assigned rooms we got before we got on the bus, thankfully i got one with elonoa.  

“Attention! I know everyone is very excited to go to the residential, but we need to wait a minute because we need to check in at the desk! Then everyone will meet in the cental hall!” Mr Thomas said, he was the director of the feild trips and also a pe coach. No one liked him.  

The whole bus let out a moan, 3 hours of people who haven't put on deodorant in a crowded bus in summer isn't the most comfortable place on earth shockingly  

“oh my god! why cant they just bring all of us to the front desk!” elenoa said  

“if i have to spend another second in the bus im gonna-”  

I guess my wish came true,  i wasnt going to spend another moment in the bus, because suddenly.  

CRASH! 
The whole bus spun in the air, before hiting the ground. 

 

My eyes felt like heavy weights, my body was aching on the side i fell.  

“IMANI! GET UP PLEASE!” i heard a voice scream, it was Elenoa  

I forcfully opened my eyes, everything was on fire. Somehow something must of crashed into the bus. But it was school bus in the middle of a parking lot, what could've possibly of ran into us?  

“w-what happened!”  

“Look imani, i have a secret ive been hiding from you... uhm so you're a Greek demigod and a monster has just flipped the car and I'm your satyr and I kind of need to get you to camp” she said like that was normal  

“Huh?!”  

“nevermind! We need to get out of here... and fast.” she said  

I got up out of my seat and tried to look for a way out of the bus  

“uhm... ele... wheres camp?”  

“not that far! Just to the top of long island!" She said  

Okay that was like hours walk, could be worse. I put on foot out to try and stand but htats when i noticed the ground felt... squishy? I looked down and saw a dead body. Oh! I looked around and realized the out of the 40 kids on the bus me and Ele were the only survivors  

“oh my god” i whisperd  

I also sow out the window what seemed to be the tail of a massive red fox, that massive fox been the “monster” ele was talking about... it started to kick and bit the bus  

“WHAT THE FU-” i was about to scream  

“Imani! Here me out! Ill try an stall it while you get out and we’ll meet at the end of fire island okay?”  

“okay cool” i said twitching  

I ran out of the of the bus making sure not step or trip on any dead bodies. Once i got to this “camp” i was never going on a bus again.  

Eleona got out her reed pipe and started playins some random tune, suddenly roots sprouted from the ground and pinned down the fox.  

What over secrets was she hiding from me  

She ran out of the bus, but without her jeans. She had goat legs  

“... you can explain when we get to ‘camp’”  

“RUN!”  

I immediately raced down the beach of fire island, the residential wasnt to far of the eastern point of the island once we got there, we could probably use one of the canoes that was supposed to be part of the activities of the experience. Hopefully the fox couldn't swim, could foxes swim? Not important we need to get to the shore.  

As i saw the point of the beach i saw a small canoe nearby, i rushed over and pushed into the water.  

“ELE COME ON!” i yelled  

She was slightly behind me with the fox gaining up on here, she would make it here before it catched up. Well i guess she should've got there. She tried to make a root make a tree fall on the fox but when she did that wasnt paying attention and tripped over  

“ELE!” 
“AGH, GO IMANI GO” 

I didnt know what to do so i started to paddle at the ocean looking behind to make sure she was okay. When the fox got to her the tree fell down on it... but not before it snapped ele into two  

I saw two dead bodies behind me, Elenoa was dead. I saw her torso fly off to the distance, she was gone. I was paralyzed by shock and pain... and maybe even guilt. I felt water cascade from my eyes like waves  

“...E-Ele”  

Notes:

hi guys hope you enjoyed sorry about ele dying but i promise she id going to HAUNT the narrative

Chapter 3: going to a funeral for a person only you could have saved

Summary:

get to camp half blood, go to funeral, get claimed

Notes:

heyyy guys! sorry for the delay. i've had my cousions over all week and its hard to write fics when theres like 8 people in the house. anyways hope you enjoyyyyyy ! <<333

The Atlantic ocean was dark blue, the sky was in an afterglow. The sun wasnt there but its life, its energy could still be felt. the only sounds I could hear was the paddling of my oar and the memory of Ele being eaten, and the ladder was so loud. The screech when its teeth meet her flesh, it was haunting, like a dusty portrait in an old manor where the spirt lives on, it energy and life still present but not truly in reality.  

As the suns warmth faded the coldness of the loss came, like warm fresh wound drying into a cold hole deep inside you. It wasn't fair, how someone could come and leave so fast like a comet passing through the sky, only to come back in 80 years. But Ele wasn't coming back she was gone. Forever, i personally am not a religious person in nature (even with my moms countless attempts for me to be protestant) but i knew that Ele had to be in the good place. Probably snaking hard on chicken nuggets, those are her favorite food, they were her favorite food  

As this isolation started to make me crumble, i felt the boat bobble. I was so caught up in my thoughts, i didn't even realize i made it to long island. Ele didnt talk much about what to do when you got to long island shores, but i tried to think. I spotted a big hill, i thought if i could on top of that i could probably get a good scout on this part of island and try to find ‘camp’  

My arms ached from paddling but i pushed myself off the boat and onto the pebbly beach, not as pretty as the beaches in fire island. I made my way through the forest and tried to trek up the hill, it was relatively easy I've had worse climbs needing to use the stairs because the elevators out of service in my house in Miami  

However  

My black boots were not amazing for going uphill, god i regretted my outfit. It was so stunning when i put it on but the moment i had to yknow run for my life. It has been HELL.  

I was wearing a cute short grey pleated skirt and a baggy dolphin's jersey, to try and seem more ‘outdoors-y’. With plenty of stacked silver Jewlery, becuse i looked like a goddess in a silver.  

Suddenly when i thought that the winds changed, almost like i did something wrong.  

With the last step i made it over the edge of the hill, i didn't know what i was expecting but when i looked down I realized this was the ‘camp’ Ele was talking about! It had a massive strawberry farm at the back of the camp with some buildings scattered around everywhere, all the way back opposite of me was forest that had a creek splitting it into a north and south. That creek led into a u shape area of buildings which looked nothing like to any of the rest. but about 2 acres of land Infront of me i saw a 2-story building with an attic which was painted blue flacking off. You could tell that from here.  

“What are you doing here, you a new kid? Where's your satyr” said a boy from behind her, he had shaggy blond hair and glasses, in the nicest way possible he looked like a total nerd.  

“u-uhm satyr?”  

She remembered something about ele talking about her being a ‘satyr’... whatever that meant  

“she's... dead.” I murmured  

He looked at me with pity in his eyes. He looked down at his feet and said. “uhm, do you see that blue house? you need to go down there and watch the uhm orientation film for being a demigod” he said  

“what the hell is a demigod?”  

He looked at me like i was slow  

“oh... did your parent not tell you... look I'll walk you down to the council of cloven elders and explain everything because an augmentation is not going to help.”  

Parent? Why did this kid assume that I had a single parent? Also tell me what? That monsters exist? I think i got the memo when a 5-meter-tall fox was chasing me!  

“uhm thanks?”  

“no problem, follow me” he said, gesturing to me  

We started walking through a small dirt road which went through the big strawberry feild, there were goat people (which i assumed were “satyrs”) picking away and helping them grow  

“So, what's your name? Mines Micheal, Micheal pace” he said  

“uhm imani, Imani taiko” i replied  

“imani, do you know much about greek mythos” he said  

“isnt greek mythology like zues and athena and stuff? People like Socrates believed in them back in like 1000 BC? What does that have to do with anything” i said  

i only knew of this stuff because in my school i was taking AP philosophy and they talked about the ancient Greeks and romans a LOT  

“imani, what if i told you those myths were real and everyone... well ALMOST everyone is a child of a goddess... or god of course”  

Shut up nerd  

“Okay sure” i said sarcastically  

“what do you think that monster that killed your satyr is from? Greek mythos that what-”  

“don't talk about her!” i said  

The wound was too new, it just happened. he did not need to turn her death into an on why I was at an ancient Greek camp for demigods  

“...sorry” he said backing up  

“...who's your parent, like god”  

“why did you assume it had to be a god? Not a goddess. Imani are you miso-”  

“please be so for real”  

“fine its Athena by the way, goddess of war, wisdom, and stratagy” he said almost admiring  

“I'm guessing you didn't get the warlike side” i said teasingly  

“ha-ha very funny.” he said in a monotone voice.  

“damn sorry” i said putting my hands up and walking backwards, walking into a tree in the process  

“we’re here! Well you can talk to them about your satyr, im not talking to you ever again” he said relieved.  

Thats was wierd to me, usually people took a liking to me, im not usualy hated on the first convo.  

“what are you doing here” said a satyr, he had a big pot belly with short horns  

“silenus, let her speak” said another satyr, he was wearing a eco t-shirt with curly brown hair which fell around his eyebrows. He seemed a bit older than me but still much younger than the two other satyrs surrounding him which both looked like they were in there mid 50s  

Thats when i realised i was supposed to speak  

“Uhm, this kid took me here because something about my uhm... satyr dying or something” i said the last part shyly  

“Oh... I'm so sorry... we’re having a remembrance tonight for all the fallen satyrs who protected their demigod, what was your satyrs name?”  

“... eleona, eleona branchberry” i said, her name felt like poison in my mouth  

The satyr who hadnt said anything looked down, in grief. Like he knew her personally.  

The one in the middle pulled open a file, he squited a little at it before talking  

“im so sorry imani”  

“how do you know my-”  

“do you have anything to remember her by? It works best if you put something on her stand”  

I tried to think something, thats when it hit. I took of one of my loom bands from my wrist. Eleona used to make tons of them i probably had about a hundred in my room alone. I took of one which went from a beautiful sage green into a hot neon pink with a leaf charm.  

The middle one inspeacted it  

“this should do, the ceromony should start in an hour, you need to go to the amphitheater”  

I nodded before making my way to the ‘amphitheater’  

 

It took an hour to get there with my horrible direction and no idea what an ‘amphitheater’ was. But when i got there i saw there was 5 shrouds, the one on the very right was Elleona's school photo. It hurt to look at it, like it was false hope. There was a bench near it with a paper label saying ‘Imani Taiko’  

I sat down at it and realised there were a bunch of other kids sitting at benchs. The kid nearest to me was a boy with tan skin but with platinum blond buzz cut. Somehow it didn't seemed bleached. He had that thing where one of your eyes was a different colour or something, its called like homochromia or something i could never remember. He was wearing a black baggy t shirt with black jeans and a studded belt. I didn't know much about greek mythology but i would've guessed hades every day of the week.  

Suddenly some satyrs came out and started putting shrouds over the pictures and burning them. I knew what it meant, how they're soul would move on. But how was that fiar how could her spirt move on but i cant, trapped like a bird in a cage. As the fire burnt my eyes were leaking water flowing without me even noticing. I started to wonder what would've happened if i went back. If i got her and pulled her to the boat  

Just when i thought that a glowing feeling went above me, i looked around at everyone staring at me. I looked up and saw a lyre. I felt awful, how dare i take this moment away from ele, away from all these poor demigods trying to mourn. I wanted to make it stop but it wouldnt everyone keeped staring at me.  

A guy with a horse for his bottom (the hell) looked at me  

“daughter of apollo, we wel-” he began  

“no im sorry i- i cant do this” i said before rushing of back into the woods  

Notes:

HI! what you think? i hoped you guys enjoyed, i think this might be lowkey my longest chapter yet. see ya (hopefully) before next Saturday!

Chapter 4: being in a cabin with your siblings you've never met

Summary:

gets weapons, goes to cabin, accidentally trauma dumps, nightmare

Notes:

hey guys!!! i know right ive gone fast for my usual scheduale but my cousins have finnaly gone back to their home so im going to lock in on this okay trust, anyways hope you all enjoyed and see ya soon! <<333

“uhm... hello? Imani?” said a voice  

I woke up from where i was sleeping. When i went into the forest last night i just started bawling my eyes out on the base of the tree. When the stupid logo thing or whatever finally went away i knew i couldnt just go back like nothing happened, i already caused a scene i couldnt just og back like nothing happened. So i slept out here in the forest, to be fair it wasn't THAT uncomfortable I've had worse nights on my dorm bed.  

I looked up to see the horse dude, the one that said something about me being a daughter of apollo, i guess that was my ‘godly parent’. I think i remembered him doing something about like the sun but apart from that i was blank  

“hi... uhm horse guy” i said nervously  

“I'm Chiron, the activities director. Sorry for not meeting you at the hill, there's been a lot of issues recently with the camp. But im here now so i better show you everything” he said, he was clearly stressed. My dad had the same look when record deals weren't working out  

“Okay sure...” i said slowly getting to my feet, my face was on of the roots of the tree so there wasn't to much dirt on my face or in my hair, there still was dirt however.  

“let's go take you to the Armory, then i can explain everything to you” he said  

I nodded and followed him, the armory wasn't to far away it was just outside of the woods. There was small dirt path which was pretty narrow.  

“so, in the armory you will get to decide what weapon you will pick. This weapon will help you on adventures, quests, and training” chiron began  

“im sorry, quests? Like a video game?” i said  

I was never into games like that, but what did he mean quests?  

He let out a chuckle before carrying on  

“no, quests are given out by gods and the oracle for demigods to go out and usual they either retrive something or stop something.”  

“ah, can you die on them?”  

“really the question most of the time is can you survive a quest” he replied, pretty pessimistic if you asked me  

When we got to the armory, he opened the door and showed me inside. There were walls filled of different weapons, anything you could name dagger? Sword? Spear? They even had small cultural weapons like kunai, khopesh, and scythes. But the thing that drew my in the bows and throwing knives  

“which one would like to choose for your needs” chiron said  

I went up to the throwing knives, there 3 sets, a small, a medium, and a large. I took the largest one. They had black handle with bronze metal on the blade.  

“celestial bronze, the only thing that can destroy the monsters in the greek world” chiron said  

“oh... uhm thanks” i said  

I got that and a bow with a quiver, whenever we did activities in my school i used to be the best at archery so I assumed that I would good here as well.  

“well now you need to go to the cabins, and probably doze off” he said  

When we got to the cabins the where was a group of people in the middle of the u shape next to a campfire, i was asleep for a while so it was dusk again. There were two big cabins which had a big 1 and 2 on them, following that was 10 normal sized cabins with 5 on each side going side to side numerically. Lastly there were 8 smaller cabins that went from 13 to 20 almost being like a u with serifs  

“these cabins are where the demigods sleep, not next trees in the woods. They are grouped by godly parent so you will be sleeping with your half siblings, apollos cabin is number 7.” he pointed to cabin which was painted yellow with a bow mantlepiece above the door and a bunch of sun murals going around it.  

“okay, cool, bye i guess” i said before waving at him and walking to my cabin   

I got up to the porch, the artistry on this building was amazing. I knocked the door 4 times, i heard the doorknob shake before a kid came out. He had blond hair with green eyes, he almost seemed to glow in the dark, he defiantly looked like the child of the sun god.  

“Hi! You must be the new kid! Come with me, my names will” he said excitedly with a country twang  

I swear if another kid says ‘come with me’ i was going to lose it  

When i walked in i saw there were 4 other kids there, which didnt seem like a whole lot considering there was like 20 bunkbeds, the bunkbeds were positned so that there was an open space in the middle, probably for like talking and stories or whatever apollo kids did. On the right side of the space there was girl with blond hair which had green ends and boy with dark skin and cornrows, on the other side there was girl with cold brown skin and a Moroccan red hijab, and a boy with pale skin and blond hair, but not like the blond the other kids had, his hair was literal white. They seemed to be frustrated at each other.  

“i want everyone to meet out new camper!” will exclaimed  

The other kids turned around to face me, the girl with the hijab spoke  

“what's her name?”  

“her name is!...” he began, he whispered in my ear “what's your name?”  

“My names Imani, Imani Taiko” i said to the rest of the cabin  

“Well Imani, welcome to cabin 7. you want to join us? We're playing two truths and a lie”  

“Sure, I'd be down” i said  

“nice! Let me just introduce your cabin mates to you” he said taking me to the centre circle  

“This is Kayla, that's Austin and those two are Lavanya and Mailk.”  

“hi” the rest of the cabin said  

“come sit with us!” said will sitting down opposite to me, i did what he said and sat down next to these kids, i knew one thing that I needed to be freinds with at least one of them. Will seemed like he could be a freinds but he just seems... friend-ly in general.  

“Okay you want to start us off Imani?”  

“oh sure, okay, I'm Blasian, my satyr got killed and my dads poor” i thought these told enough about me to be interesting but to much so i wasn't over sharing, you know?  

“I'm guessing the lie is your satyr died,” said Austin  

“BRR wrong! The lie was that my dads poor, hes loaded.” i said  

Damn okay that sounded bad, that sounded like i was showing off my dad and now ive over shared my friends death omg why am i so dumb.  

“...your satyr died?” said Lavanya  

“uhm... yeah, when i was getting to camp she sacrificed herself so i could get out” God i forgot how much it hurt to talk about this  

“I'm sorry, Imani if there's any-” will said  

“I'm fine! Honestly, who's turn next is it” i said lying through the skin of my teeth  

“Imani... we get it.” said Kayla  

“Get what? I'm fine!” i said with the edges of my eyes going red.  

“Imani, during the battle of Manhattan a couple of years ago, the camp had to go against Cronos. Long story short we used to have 40 campers.” will said suddenly going serious  

God now i just made these people bring up some like long-lost trauma just because of some stupid game of 2 truths and a lie  

“okay, mabye it does sting a little, but that's not what we’re here for. Im not in the mood right now to remember my best friend getting murdered, will,” i said with distain  

Will looked at me like i placed a dagger on hid chest  

“uhm okay! Kayala your turn”  

I kind of zoned out for the rest of the game, but i did get some useful information. Kayala's mortal dad (even though her godly parent was also a dad so how did pregnancy work?) was a archery instructor. Austin was a master at the saxophone, thats when i brought up me being a dj and a bassist (on the side) the seemed to like that. Lavanya was apparently Tamil and only goes here for the summer also Malik was from Greenland. Also, apparently will had a boyfriend, one thing about me is that I LOVE gossip  

“omg who is he?” i said curiously  

Will blushed before answering “his name is Nico... he's from the uh hades cabin” he said flustered  

“Shadow boy and sun dude, the perfect couple,” Lavanya said to me  

“guys stop! you've known about this for like months okay!” he said  

“I haven't!” I exclaimed  

Everyone started laughing a bit. Okay seemed like I saved my reputation from being a Debby downer    

“Well, I'm going to call it a night. Tomorrow Austin can show you his saxophone solo” Kayla said before climbing into her bunkbed  

The rest followed her going to bed, my bunk was the underneath Lavanya.  

“Will, dude, can you not glow in the dark when you sleep tonight? I never get enough sleep because of you bro” Malik said  

“ill try my hardest not to be a human night light okay? Goodnight everyone!” he said  

No one responded which was a little embarssing, as i closed my eyes i fell right to sleep  

More like right into a nightmare  

Notes:

Hey yall! hope you enjoyed, let me down below and mabye throw in a kudos if your felling extra kind and ill see you soon! <<33

Chapter 5: A Camp With Hundreds Of Extended Family Is NOT For The Weak

Summary:

gets nightmare, goes archery, meets two people who are going to be important

Notes:

Hey guyssss!!! just a little warning i wont be posting from now to about the 14th (thats why i worked this one up fast) becuse im out of town!! anyways hope you enjoy and see you later !! <<33

I was drowing, well not really because it was a nightmare. But this didn't feel like a nightmare it felt like i just got like astral projected or something hippies did.  

I was in a river, a fast slowing river at that. My head was underwater, the river was going so fast i couldnt get my head out without trying to thrash my body up. I tryed to swim with the river, mabye we we’re close to the ocean and i could swim out into some port city, it was the only hope for me.  

Until i fell into a massive waterfall, when i was falling through the air i realised that i was in a rainforest, the air foggy and the canopy was like a shield. It seemed like i was in Brazil. I didnt know what would happen if i died in this dream, but i didn't want figure out. The issue however is that there is not much you can do when going like 70 mph downwards into a river, wasnt there something that was like water can feel like concreate if you land on it?  

I was so caught up in my thoughts i didnt realize i was about 2 feet from the surface of the when an i felt a cold pair of hands drag me under.  

I was alive, the hands were scaly and slippery, but they had Gorilla grip on me. I was underwater again but this time i could breathe, there were 2 other people (they werent people they were like some sory of mymph but they weren't like the ones by the lake in camp half blood. these ones were like if naiad and a siren had a baby)  

“Young demigod, the spirts are resentful” the one on the right said, it was hard to see their features because it was a dark and murky river. It almost looked like it was contaminated.  

“what?” i said, look i did not want to get on these spirts bad sides alright  

“you will see in time imani, soon the spirts will reclaim your camp and destroy your little demigods” said the one holding on to her  

“WAKE UP, ITS ARCHERY TIME!” said Lavanya voice from the one on the left said  

I woke up suddenly from her shouting in my ear  

“Jesus” I said still trying to open my eyes.  

“Not here! Anyways you’ve slept in and its your first day so you've get to get used to camp” Lavanya said  

“it's like my third but okay”  

“Sleeping in the woods doesn't count as a day, Taiko” she said  

“It was still for 24 hours!” i protested  

Lavanya let out a chuckle before carrying on  

“you still need to go to have your first proper day as a camper, and also you need this” said Lavanya  

She threw me a neon orange shirt with the front saying camp half blood with a big circle surronding it.  

“that looks ugly” i said  

“Believe me I know,” said Lavanya  

I went into the cabin bathroom and took my amazing jersy of and put on this sorry excuse for a top, the colour completely washed me out making me look sickly and green, i took a baseball cap out from my bag try and save the look. It did help but i think i would have need a Victoria secret designer to fix this mess.  

“ready!” i said to lavanya, walking out to the cabins porch  

“come on! We have archery first.” she said. The archery range was just behind the cabin, makes sense I figured. Apollo being the god of archery and all couldn't hurt for his domain to be nearby him.  

Once we got their I grabbed my bow and stood in position, there were 5 targets with queue behind them. Thankfully the foot traffic today was small so the queue was only 2 people long. I stood at the very left target, next to me in the other queue was the boy from the amphitheater, who had heterochromia not homochropia.  

“hey your next!” said lavanya infront of me walking away from the target while collecting her arrows, she was pretty good but, on the way here she said archery wasn't her specialty, she was a healer and worked in the infirmary with will. After she collected her arrows i got into position. I drew my arrow back, when it shot it went on the top big of the bullseye  

“omg! Good job, Taiko” lavanya said from the sidelines.  

I drew my arrow back once again and shot, this time it hit bottom left part of the bullseye, kind of like a 2-sided triangle, i just need to hit the 3 rd .  

Boom, i finished the triangle. But i still had one more arrow to use before my turn was over, i drew my bow back once again and it flew right in the middle of the triangle. When i went over to collect my arrows there were at least 20 eyes on me and lavanya, or anya for short mouth was on the floor.  

“oh my god, oh my god- oh my god!” said anya  

“c'mon it wasn't that good” i said trying to be humble but why should I? I just did something that like could probably get me the gold silver and bronze if I was in the Olympics.  

“hey! Imani? Can you come over here please?” said kayla from the over side of the range  

“sure! Just let e get arrows quick” i said back, once i got them i rushed over  

“what?” i said softly  

“look i know its a bit of an ask but can you train that side of campers while i do this side? I've had a rough schedule this week with everything so it would be everything you could teach those kids over there please!” said Kayla.  

“oh... uhm sure!” i said, i didnt see any issue with it. I could meet more campers and talk more so i would be ready for the campfire tonight  

“Thanks!” she said before going to a plump boy with red hair, i went back to my area and started with the kid that was behind me  

He was about a foot taller than me with pale skin, curly brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing his bright neon orange shirt with normal shorts, aka not much to comment on.  

“uhm could you help me please” he said shyly, he had a Canadian accent, but it wasn't from Toronto  

God he reminded her of Elenoa, apart from appearance of course, but the shyness in there voice talking to someone new, their demeanor, it was the same  

“uhm sure!” i said dazed by the familiarity  

I went behind him and pulled his hand with him holding the string before making sure he had a good grip on the wooden part of the bow. His arms were pretty meaty if he wasnt so shy he would've been a beast. he was breathing like crazy, if wanted to make a good shot he need to relax  

“Okay, we need to calm that breathing ok man” i said  

“oh! Uhm sorry sure” he said  

The thing is his breathes were just as sparattic and erratic but they were just longer, what was he so anxious about?  

“Look you need to calm down. What's your name?” i said calmly trying to get him to relax and not concentrate  

“uhm, i-its Brandon, Brandon Berry” he said slowly calming down  

“okay nice! My name’s imani” i said to him, he seemed nice but he didnt need to know my last name  

“really? Uhm cool!” he said, not in a mean way but we were lowkey giving loser vibes. Not saying thats bad but he needed a confidence boost. STAT  

Right when he said cool i let go of his hand for him. His arrow landed a few inchs of bullseye  

“OMG! Thank you so much!” his voice dropped like a whole octave (not literally that would be insane but you know what i mean”  

“no problem! See you by the camp fire” i said calmy  

“oh... sure i guess” he said like he didn't really want to  

“byee” i said waving my hand.  

Okay who do we have next.  

“hey, uhm can i have some help here, sunshine” said the dude from the funeral, his buzzcut had somehow grown out a bit since then. He also had a LA boy accent which he did not give out the vibe of.  

“Okay angel of darkness” i said teasingly,  

He was slightly shorter than Brandon, heck maybe even skinnier but he had a much bigger presence.  

I went behind him like last time, unlike Brandon his breathing was a lot more controlled, I couldn't even hear it.  

Once i got his hands on the bow good, he immediately shot the bow. It was supposed to go completely of the target, but it was almost like a force pushed into center.  

“damn im good at this” he smirked  

“Okay but your supposed to let me let go of it for you” i remarked  

“i’ll think about it next time, sunshine” he said.  

“your getting very close to me putting my own arrow through your head okay. What's your name anyways” i said  

“Diego Diaz” he said  

“Your Spanish?” i said  

“Mexican, but similar. How about you, I'm assuming Caribbean with something else?” he questioned  

Most people dont clock me as carribean stright away. Its usaly japanese and than they get shocked when i say mom Afro-Caribbean. (specifically from the bahamas)  

“y-yeah, my dad's Japanese thought” i replied  

“Huh?” he said like that wasn't expected  

“what cabin you from, i would say you look like a hades kid from all the darkness, unless there was god for Emos” i said  

“please, there is only 3 kids of the big three in camp half blood and im not one of them alright. My mom's Hecate cabin 20” he replied  

“Hecate? Never heard of her”  

“shes a minor goddess, all to do with magic and witches and stuff  

“Oh, so you're like harry potter!”  

He burst out laughing which didnt fall in line with his moody demeanor  

“your funny?” he said through laughter  

“i get that one, a lot. I would tell you who my godly parent was but from what happened in the funeral, well im assuming its not too hard” I looked down as i said it  

“oh yeah, im so sorry about that dude. I remember how it felt when my satyr died. It just feels so unfair how could they be taken away from me so suddenly yknow”  

Usually when people talked about, she wanted to punch them. It was always the same BS that they understood or it could be worse but when he said it... it was like talking to a miror someone who did get it  

“truth is it never goes away, never. Its always there, no matter how much you try and distract yourself from it, it always leads you back to them like some twisted road network” he said gloomily  

What he was saying was dark, but it felt better than dumb stuff other people said, becuse deep down I knew he was being real  

“im sorry” i said  

“nah dont be, you lost your one a lot recently. I really feel bad”  

“okay a bit rude but if you really are sorry... want to meet me by the campfire tonight” i said  

“sure I'd be down” he said. “see you later sunshine” he said.  

“Goodbye, wizard boy” I responded  

Tonight was going to be fun  

Notes:

heyyyyyy! hope you guys enjoyed and sorry for the (kinda) cliffhanger <<33

Chapter 6: Getting A Prophecy When Your Trying To Hopelessly Flirt At A Campfire

Summary:

goes to campfire, figures out more about woods, rocks and rolls, prophecy

Notes:

HEYYY GUYSSS! i just got back from camping and im trying my best to LOCK IN! expect a new chapter minimum by august 19th. anyways hope you enjoy !!! <<<333

Okay tonight was the first time I'm going to be going to the campfire! Lavanya told me it was like where all the demigods met up before going to their cabins (and if you couldn't tell im a very social person) so this was clearly going to be a good time for me (hopefully). Unfortunately this day had been a drag, after talking to Deigo we went to the mess hall which was okay. Apparently, there's been a lot more kids in the infirmary from nature spirts according to will. That reminded me of my dream I had last night, i i told them about it they said that something was wrong, and someone would probably be sent on a quest soon.  

Well that didn't matter because tonight I was here to be a Miami girl! There wasnt really anything to change into (i was expecting to go on a 3 day trip not a summer camp okay) and it wasn't like i could change my top because that was apparently like a uniform everyone had to wear. Although I did change from my denim miniskirt to some flare jeans, i also managed to style my neon orange camp shirt to something a little decent. I just finished freshen myself up when  

“OMG, Taiko your taking longer than an Aphrodite kid!” said Lavanya  

“I'm ready!” I said, opening up the door.  

“...and you look like an Aphrodite kid!”  

“aw stop it, anyways we need to go like now when does it start?” i said trying to be humble  

“it started like 5 minutes ago! Come on!” she said gesturing to me  

I followed her, one thing i took with me is my electric guitar. Im not best player to be honest, im more of a producer when it comes to music, but i can still rock a beat with this guitar and last time i checked I don't think there's any Dj mixing tables in the middle of the forest so this was the best I could do for the campfire songs.  

“So, who were you talking to at the archery range?” questioned Lavanya with a smirk  

“you saw that?” i said a bit embarrassed  

“hard not to when you were asking two boys to go to the campfire with you” she smirked again  

“Oh come on! Its not like that. I just wanted to talk to people who weren't my half sibling okay?”  

“so, you decided to talk to your half cousins?” lavanya said through laughter.  

“Oh whatever!”  I said in defeat “so... are you seeing anyone?” i asked  

“Oh no no no! If my mom knew i was seeing anyone i would be done! Shes more of a traditional mom” she said.  

I nodded. I didnt know exactly what she meant, but if having a Tamil mom was as bad as having a traditionalist Japanese dad then I related.  

“so what do plan on doing there” i asked  

“nothing, i need to go to the infirmary. Wills needs all healers on deck, a bunch of kids getting in the north woods more and more.”  

“what! Your like the only friend i have here please” i said  

“What about Diego and Brandon” she teased “besides i can't, Will can get pretty mad when you don't follow doctor's order. Sorry"  

“ugh fine, see you later,” I said waving.  

“byeee!” she waved back  

Here i was alone at the campfire, it seemed to be pretty...small. Of course, all of the apollo kids who weren't Lavanya and Will showed up (Austin even brought his own saxophone and challenged me to a music duel) but apart from that there was only the Aphrodite, Dionysus, and some of the minor gods' cabins kids showing up. From the way everyone described it sounded like everyone in the camp would have been coming? Weird.  

Thats when I saw Brandon sitting down on one of the logs figeting with his fingers, i thought i should probably talk to him considering I kind of talked him into going here.  

“hey! You came?” i said to him  

“oh! Uhm... hi and uh yeah” he said nervously  

God, he reminded her of-  

No not now tonight was supposed to be fun I couldn't let myself be hurt tonight. I had to move on.  

“Come on! Me and Austin are having are trying to out play each other, want to watch?” i said trying to forget about Elenoa, her smile, her laugh, her-  

“oh uhm of course!” he said with a smile  

“you sure?  it seems like you want go back to your cabin” i joked but there was a kernel of truth to it. He was biting his nails and fidgeting with his feet, the same way Elenoa di-  

“Uhm well kinda, but i wouldnt mind being out here for you” he said scratching his neck  

Oh! Uhm okay, how should i respond to that?  

“uhm, really? Your so sweet! Thank you for showing up though, seems like most of the cabins stayed behind”  

“oh yeah, im cabin 4 demeter, most of them are at the woods trying to talk to the spirts. I got a free day though so i decided to go here” he said, with a bit more confidence but there was still a shakyness to his words  

“cabin 4? Isnt that the one with the plants and stuff? Not gonna lie you definitely give of the big gardener vibe” i said tossing my hair back  

“oh uhm... thank you? I think” he said flusterd  

“hey, no problem. Also ive been hearing a lot about the spirts in the northern woods, apparently the infirmry is all hands on deck.”  

“yeah! The nature spirts are probaly angry at us for some reason, there was a fight between demeter and hades in the amazon rainforest a couple of months ago. Ever since than the ancient naiads, dryads, and oceaniads have been restless ever since and have been spawning up in camp! I mean isnt it insane” he said excitedly like a puppy  

Okay so being totally transparent that meant nothing to me, what the hell was a naiad? But nether the less it was good info to have and somehow he looked less like a dork when he was explaining something. Which remminded me of something, where was diego? The rest of the hecate cabin was here but him? Strange.  

“really?” i said trying to match his energy  

“that would also explain my dream last night! I was in the amazonian river and some river spirts caught me in a waterfall!”  

“no way! Thats definitaly a sign from them! I wish i could figure more about this!” he said frustrated.  

I put my hand on his shoulder “its gonna be okay. How many demigods could even die from this anyway” i said jokingly  

“like hundreds!” he said  

“oh... okay that was not the number i was expecting jesus” i laughed  

He chuckled a bit  

“hey imani! Yo turn!” austin said putting his saxophone down from his mouth  

“well wish me luck” i said to brandon before kissing him on the cheek  

“...oh uhm w-wha-" but before he could fineshed being a flusterd mess i was on the stage with my guitar, it was painted gold with real sliver details. It was a signed one by charli herself, it was the only instrument i could play apert from the bass.  

I picked up my pick and started doing a little strum, it wasnt anything draw dropping just a nice electric melody. When you were up here you could see just how small the crowd was, there was only about 10 people watching including the apollo cabin and brandon. God, seeing brandon blushing and fidgeting with his hands... he looked like elonoa. It my head it was almost like his face flickerd inbetween him and her, their eyes mixing, their hair growing and shrinking. It was unfair, she should've been here, cheering me on. She would've been here cheering me on. I was angry, how dare she wouldve been taken away from me. I was mad  

I looked down at my guitar and i wanted to jam. I felt a golden glow in my body, almost like magic. It went from my head to my arms to my pick and it went out in sound waves. I started to shred my guitar. This was for Elenoa, this was for the hurt, this was for her. As the thoughts went through my mind the golden glow radiated more. i dropped to my knees and felt the electric sparks flying from guitar strings onto my fingers and hands, it hurt and pinched but i kept shredding. I literally couldn't feel my legs, that's how focused i was. Whipped my hair and rocked that guitar  

I did my last hit when i looked out at the crowd. The first thing i thought was why am i floating? A golden platform was underneath me holding me up made off soundwaves, so was people in the crowd. The crowd, it was ginormous it looked like almost every cabin was outside of the campfire area staring at me. In the middle i could see Diego with his mouth wide open in awe.  

And brandon was in the front row with his cheek's pomegranate red and his mouth in between a smirk and a shocked face cheering, i didnt talk to him that much but he didnt seem the type to cheer.  

“WOOOOOO”  

“hey uhm can i talk to you for a second” said a girl behind me  

She was wearing a 1960s purple minidress with a sliver lining on the hem. She also had a yellow head band which slicked back her massive dark afro.  

“oh uhm sure!” i said  

“look i dont really know you, but you would be a perfect match for the music club during arts and crafts. Your exactly what we need! And also, from one fashion girlie to the next. Your making that camp shirt work!” she said  

“oh, i would love to! And thank you so much!” i said happily  

“no problem, by the way my names Amari, Amari Coulibaly! Cabin 12. I need your name for the form and i know your cabin 7” she said, she had a Chicago accent  

“imani, imani taiko” i said  

“perfect! Well have good day and keep up that guitar!” she said  

“t-thanks” i said before walking away  

When i was walking through the crowd i felt like a celebrity (my dad was kind of a celebrity, but it was always him that got papped not me) anyways, i walked my way to Diego who was in the center of the crowd. He looked kind of scared  

“where were you!” i said playfully punching his shoulder  

“Sunshine, i was busy okay lay off” he smirked, he tried to play it cool but he looked really flustered  

“Fine. But you owe me!” I yelled jokingly  

“How about you talk about at canoe lake tomorrow?" He said trying to be normal  

“...i can work with that” i laughed  

I felt a hand creep up from behind me, for a moment i thought it was Brandon. But it felt like death itself  

“what the-”  

When i looked around i saw a girl with red hair and emerald eyes, the thing was she was a corpse! 
“WHAT THE-” 

I stumbled backwards and fell over as green smoke bellowed from her mouth.  

“When beats of light and thunder blend, 
The golden voice must lead the end. 
Five shall march through verdant dread, 
Where ancient roots wake dreams long dead.  
he jungle sings with wrathful breath— Calm the song, or dance with death.” 

Said the corpse girl  

Notes:

HI! im gonna be real i kinda feel like im going to go into a slump soon (which i dont want) but im gonna try and keep on posting okay! anyways hope you enjoyed and see ya soon !!! <<<333

Chapter 7: asking two of my failing talking stages to go in the amazon rain forest with me

Summary:

somehow asking people to go on a quest is like 4k words (crying emoji)

Notes:

hey guys this one took a a LOT longer than expected. who knew writing something which ithought would be a short chpter... god save me i have speant SOOOOO long on this chapter but anywas hope you enjoy !! <<33

What the hell was this this ginger talking about! I'm sorry WHAT! I have just started to fit in here and suddenly its time to pack my stuff and do a quest! What!  

 the corpse girls skin went to human skin tone when i was still down, she fainted backwards before two people caught her.  

“Hold on Rachel!” said a girl that caught her dragging her to the big house, im pretty sure that must have been her name?  

“hey are you okay?” said diego looking at me  

“Oh, uh yeah,” i said trying to get up  

Diego grabbed my hand and pulled me up, my ankle really hurt. There must of been a rock in the way when i tumbled over.   

“your ankles messed up we should problay-”  

Suddenly mister horse guy Chiron comes out of nowhere and cuts him off  

“Imani! We need to talk, now!” Chiron said  

“like now?” i asked  

“follow me!” he said leading me into the big house, he sat me down in the room which had warm grandma lighting and an oak table. I was on the end of the table with chiron facing me.  

“Imani, your being sent on a quest.” Chiron said, really???? That was shocking! (i thought sarcastically)   

“i think i know sir” i said jokingly but he seemed deadly serious.  

“usually you would go in three’s-”  

“like witches?”  

“sort off, but not this quest because it has been stated that you must choose 4 other people to join you.” he explained “but before that we must decode this quest” he stated  

When beats of light and thunder blend,  
The golden voice must lead the end.  
Five shall march through verdant dread,  
Where ancient roots wake dreams long dead.   
he jungle sings with wrathful breath— Calm the song, or dance with death. 

 

“well light and thunder? Probaly like daughter of apollo but thunder because im like a more electro musician, the golden voice is prj obably more of the same, five shall march is obvious, where ancient roots wake dreams long dead?... oh yeah” that's when I remembered my dream   

“what?” asked chiron  

“I had this nightmare about being in a rainforest and some nature spirts captured me.” i said  

There was silence   

“that could explain the injuries and irritation of the spirits in camp”  

“yeah apparently Demeter and hades had a fight in Brazil so theres been a bunch fo angry spirts since” i said, remembering what Brandon told me  

“what? Who told you that” said Chiron  

“Uhm Brandon? Brandon Berry”  

“...that kid, always seems to know everything” Chiron mumbled  

“wha-” i tried to ask confused on what he meant  

“thats beside the point. Imani i suspect you only have until next too pick your comrades on this quest” he states  

To be fair that wasn't that short as it sounded, i was firmly nighttime now so really i had a whole day to pick 4 people. Im just going to go with the rest of the apollo cabin an-  

“imani, you can send all the kids of one god on a quest. Its not strong when they all have similar strengths”  

Oh okay so didnt help  

“you need some sleep, the rest of your cabin should be asleep by now so ill walk you to your cabin” he said coldly  

“okay, sir” i said nervously  

When i got to my bunk i had nightmares, not in the prophecy way. More in an annoying sleep terrors giving me no hours of sleep. When i woke up my skin was sweaty and my hair was greasy. I hated being a demigod, well i guess demigoddess- point being i didnt like being a half-blood.  

“hey, taiko. You good? I heard something about Rachel doing something, and you having a killer performance!” asked Lavanya  

I was going to ask lavanya on the quest, i know chrion said not to invite other apollo kids but like really we had way different domains to each other. She was about like healing and light, while I was about archery and music. We were like to sides of the same coin  

“oh yeah, i guess i did do a good job... hey do you know what rachel did? She gave me a... quest, and i was wondering-”  

“if i could come?” lavanya asked with a smile  

“well... yeah”  

“of course! Oh my god ive been dreaming on going on a quest ever since i got here!”  

“i thought you could like die and stuff?” i asked  

“well yeah but if you survive one its like such a good story for campfires! I am going to baet malik at storytelling i swear!” she yelled.  

“Oh sure, sure anya” said malik from across the room  

“Not my name! Anyways who do are you bringing along as well” she asked excitedly  

“...well im gonna need to bring brandon-”  

“aww”  

“Shut up, we’re going to the amazon rainforest so a Demeter kid couldn't hurt and he also knows a lot about what's going on-”  

“so its not about how you kissed him before you went on stage,” Lavanya smirked  

...  

“okay number 1! I kissed him on the cheek lots of cultures do that alright, and. Number 2! How did you know about that” I stated  

“small camp” she said before mouthing ‘austin told me’  

“that son of a-”  

“hey, no foul language in this cabin”  

“Fine, anyway I'm also feeling Diego could come as well” i shrugged  

“... Imani, are you joking? Bringing two guys who like you on a quest together!?” Lavanya said, she never called me Imani  

“omg will you ever stop! Also, no offence, but a healer, an archer and a grower isn't going to be the best team for melee alright. I'm trying to make this team well balanced” i said putting my hands in the air  

She rolled her eyes before saying, “none taken i guess”  

“good, that means i only need one person left...”  

“Well I leave you with that one i need to go to the infirmary”  

“AGAIN? Jesus if were you I would unionize against will”  

“oh believe me, if I could, I would”  

“Ugh fine i see you later” i said moaningly  

“byeee” she said leaving the cabin  

Okay first things first, i had a date- scratch that meet up with Deigo for my 4 th period of camp, it makes the most sense to ask him there. So right now, i needed to get Brandon on the quest.  

From the corner of my eye i can see him just going into the woods with baggy green cargo jeans and a messy camp t shirt, perfect. I ran over into the woods and saw him picking some flowers and seeds from the ground, cute. What i didnt see however was the 6 ft tree lady with sharp wooden talons about to slash his back open.  

“LOOK OUT!” I screamed, blocking Brandon from the monster  

Somehow my scream must of been powerful enough to make the tree girl combust, now how did sound waves from a scream make a spark? I haven't the faintest clue  

“Oh my god, Imani you... you saved me” he said slowly getting up with his cheeks bright red  

“yeah, its no problem. What are those for?” i asked looking at his hands, filled with flowers, weeds, and other seeds  

“a-ah nothing, i was being stupid and thought if offered it to the dinner burning the spirts might...” he explained  

“lay off?” i finished  

“yeah, exactly. What are doing here than?” he asked  

“Oh, i needed to... talk to about something” I said  

“w-what?” he seemed confused  

“listen, I know its wrong to drag you into this. But now that I've got my quest... i really need your help during it” I said trying to convince him to join me  

“really?” he frowned  

“Uhm yeah, you know all about that stuff and i could really use your help” i explained  

“Yeah... okay yeah I'll go!” he said  

“oh my god, thank you so much” i said, pulling him into a hug (which was hard since he was like massive) I didn't give him a FREINDLY kiss ON THE CHEEK because some people who names rhyme with Avanya might i don't know make it romantic!  

“uh- u-uhm y-your welcome” he said rubbing his neck  

“no problem! You have to meet at the beach by sunset though, chrion is going to get argus to sail the atlantic” i said calmly  

“oh o-of course?” he smiled  

Well there was no one around to make it weird  

“thanks” i said giving the smallest of pecks on the cheek  

He immediately went to a tomato and stated mumbling  

“o- a- c-c tha- thanks"  

But before he could finish it off, i was making my way to the canoe lake. I hope Diego said yes, which reminded me i still didn't have a 5 th person, eh it'll be fine.  

I saw him next to the canoe shop area with a one in his hands, he was a bit more freshened up with gray jeans with a non- studded belt (which was pretty much like wearing trousers for him) and a freshly ironed camp half blood t shirt  

“hey” he said leaning against the walls of where the canoes were stored  

“hi” i said, flipping my hair to be behind my shoulders.  

“do you know how to canoe, sunshine” diego said with a grin  

“Please, I rowed my way to camp half-blood after my satyr died alright"  

Oh no stop why did I say that, there should be a rule to not bring up dead friends at first dates  

“Damn, that hard” he said raising his shoulders  

“don't act so ‘non chalant’ after being scared to death at me after my performance” i said getting onto the canoe and starting to row with him.  

“could you blame me! You were up at that stage like an animal before going up at me with eyes ready to pounce” he said while laughing.  

“good! You should be scared” i said laughing, I lightly punched his arm  

We were both on the boat laughing which was kinda scary since the boat wont stop creaking and shaking  

“... by the you look good as a rocker” he said with a grin  

“The right answer is that I look good all the time okay”  

“yeah... your satyr must be so proud of you” he said  

Okay now that HAD to be a rule don't mention your dates dead friend on the first dead, hell who would even think of doing it  

“she wouldn't like the happy go lucky girl you pretend to be” he said coldly  

Who was he to talk? I wasn't pretending i felt happy! I had a camp of people who understood me and relatives! I have made so many friends here! I felt happy!  

But would I feel happier if Elenoa was here?  

This was a thought that plagued me, it was like rot. Slowly decomposing my happy moments into slime and biowaste. Was I just in denial? Subconsciously trying to make everything fine?  

“...yeah,” i said, i didnt want to argue with him. I needed him on the quest and him to not hate so i wasn't going to go guns blazing on him  

“hey, do you know when that corpse girl made me fall over” i asked  

He smiled again and said,”oh yeah rachel?”  

“Yeah, i was wondering... would you want to go on the quest she gave me?” I said pouting  

“Jesus, sunshine i thought you wouldn't ask” he said before grabbing my head and leaning in  

I felt his lips against mine; okay this felt a little fast. Especcialy after just talking about my dead best freind it felt... wrong  

I slowly pulled away from him  

“Wow, i-i thanks?” i said, tucking a bit of loose hair behind my ear.  

“no problem sunshine”  

“Oh wait, its getting late i need to go to this like music club thing at arts crafts sorry shadow boy.”  

“none taken sunshine, anyways your arms hurt from rowing so ill just use my magic” he said  

“what you going to Avada Cadabra-” i said before going 100 mph on a conoe to the other side of the lake in like 15 seconds   

“JESUS! Omg diaz wh-” i said laughing  

“Imani, calm down!” he said through laughter  

As i got my breath i thanked him for the canoeing and left to the arts and crafts thing, she didn't know much about Amari, but she didn't seem like a very lenient person,  

Amari! She could be the 5th person! Especially since her dad is like God of grapes and vines, perfect for a jungle!  

Once i got to the arts and crafts house, i walked in. i saw Amari playing a flute firstly and then there was Austin doing a solo on his saxophone and other musicians and dancers from camp half-blood  

“imani! Come sit” said Amari pointing to a seat next to her, she smiled and her smile had two big teeth with a gap in the middle. She wore a yellow plaid skirt and a tucked in more muted camp blood t shirt (at least muted enough so it didn't wash out any soul who wore it)  

“Heyyy” I said, i thankfully remembered to bring my electric guitar.  

“what's she doing here” a kid in the back rolled there eyes  

Oh so they can die  

“Shut up! Jake!” yelled Amari “go on then! So then, if you levaate something ill go on the quest that Rachel gave ya” she said looking at guitar  

How did she know? I guess she was in the audience when Rachel was spewing green stuff  

I grabbed my guitar and started to shred it a bit, not so much like last time. Just enough to send some cups and tables off the ground, i didn't think it was that extraordinary. But when i saw the kids expression their jaw was on the floor  

“wh-wha-what?" they said  

“YES! Thats my homegirl, austin! Your in charge when I'm gone!” said Amari putting her hand up for a high five, i didnt leave her hanging and slapped it like a button.  

“so when you going?” asked Amari  

“right after this club” i replied  

“well lets go than!” she yelled.  

Notes:

\HEYYYY! hope you guys enjoy and stick around to see them sail in the atlantic

Chapter 8: fun fact! theres a reason you shouldnt sail in the bermuda triangle

Summary:

go on boat, go on boat when its flying (which it shouldnt do)

Notes:

hey guys sorry for the long wait, tbh i have had major writers block and for some reason i CANNOT write good this week and its short so its probs my least fav chpter anyways hope you read it and see you next chapter! <<33

I got the rest of the gang up to the beach of camp half blood. argus was going to sail us to Belém in Brazil when after we will go down stream to the center of the amazon, which in theory should be easy! If there was no hiccups or disasters... but! Let's not do that right now.  

“Imani! Where were you! You said meet up at 6 its 7:30!” Lavanya yelled  

“Lavi, it's hard to gather 4 people with different schedules at different places and bring them to the same location separately alright!” i defended  

“fine! But next time, give yourself some wiggle room” she said  

When she was angry her accent came out, hard.  

Lavanya walked onto the ship. The ship looked like something you saw in a pirates of the Carribean movie  

“The Pandora, its the second biggest ship camp had!” says Brandon said before going in  

“Really? Why didn't they give us the best” Amari said following him  

“You better not get me killed, sunshine” Diego teased  

“Please, and risk being killed in the middle of the rainforest? I doubt it” I said  

“well, no offence sunshine. But you don't have the best track record when it comes to protecting your friends” he laughed  

Stop. No no no, i JUST stopped thinking about her. Why did he always bring her up, her presence felt like a knife  

“ha, very funny!...” i said trying to bite my tounge  

“...im sorry that was inda uncalled-”   

“No, no its fine don't worry!” i said trying my best to fake a smile  

“...thanks sunshine” he said scratching his neck  

This was the first time I've ever seen him be... shy? Ive seen him be happy, calm, romantic, hell even scared, but never shy .  

“Come on!” said Amari from the door of the ship  

“Coming!” i said holding Diego's hand up the ramp to the ship  

“Argus! We're ready” shouted diego  

Suddenly the ship went, ive been on yachts before (God that made me sound spoiled) but anyways, i have never been on a ship this fast. At minimum it was going at least 100 mph! That should mean we have about 6 hours since we get to Bermuda.  

All of us went into the sleeping quarters, it was bit early to go to bed yet, but it was late enough to relax. Me and lavanya made a circle area in the sleeping quarters (which lowkey reminded me of the circular area in the apollo cabin) anyways we all sat down in the circle with pillows, blankets, and other cozy stuff.  

“hey, taiko, just asking do we have like a time limit for this quest?” Lavanya said  

“I don't think so, but with the way the campers have been getting mauled by nature spirts back at camp i wouldn't say we've got time to spare” i suggested  

“Yeah, ever since hades lost Persephone's torch in The Javari Valley, Demeter and the other nature gods have been spiraling out of control.” said brandon  

“where's the Javari valley?” asked Amari  

“i think it's like at the border of Peru and Brazil” said Diego putting his arm around me  

“Yeah!” Brandon said looking at him and me  

Lavanya put her hands on her mouth and snickered to herself, Gods she could be so annoying! Can a girl just be in the presence of guys these days! Jesus!  

“well, we're going to need to be well rested for tomorrow. We’re going to Bermuda which is in the Bermuda triangle, aka the sea of monsters” Amari stated  

“yeah, I'm going to sleep” i said laying down on the pillows  

Soon after everyone was on the ship quaters sleeping on the floor. This was also when i got another nightmare.  

I was on a raft lost at a raging dark sea (very cheery) i was going through a strait between two cliffs, one of them seemed to have a girl with tentacles ready to kill anyone woi went under. While on the other side had a MASSIVE whirlpool, like the size of 20 football fields! If i want to one side the other would kill me, (again very cheery!) my raft went straight into the whirlpool, one wave and it collapsed and sucking me in  

“TAIKO! Wake up!” shouted Lavanya in panic  

I woke up in a shock from my nightmare, but i could tell i couldn't waste any time.  

“whats going on?” i said rubbing my eyes  

“Come look!” Said Lavanya  

When we got to the deck of the ship i saw it, the whirlpool from my dream.  

“Charybdis...” finished Lavanya  

The ship was going in circles around it, diego was placing spells on it while brandon was repairing the ship. I grabbed my quiver and launched an arrow at it, it seemed to bounce off like a water balloon. (or a pebble was probably a better word)  

Suddenly, it gurgled so much water that the tide went all the way back to the city of Bermuda. The ship did a flip in the water tearing wood from it and flooding it, i held on to the masts  

“HOLD ON,” shouted Amari, using her magic on a massive piece of seaweed, launching us into the stratosphere.  

Notes:

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Chapter 9: getting separted from half your group in san juan can be weird!

Summary:

beach on san juan, crab, crab die, brandon ALMOST dying

Notes:

hey gang i think i might start posting less frequently with school now and other things but expect 1 every 2 weeks at the latest okay! anyways hope yall enjoy <<333

I could feel the pile of sand in my mouth, it was grainy (obviously). My back felt like it was caved in with a boulder, my entire body ached with conviction.  

“IMANI! ARE YOU AWAKE,” said a male voice  

I opened my eyes to see brandon kneel next to me, he was a couple of inches away from my face but when i opened my eyes he leaned back and blushed.  

“oh my god! i thought you were out then” he let out a sigh of relief  

“w-where are we” i asked slowly sitting up straight, i could tell we were on a beach but in the Carribean I was sure the was a few of those.  

“it look like we’re at some sort of... resort?” said looking behind me  

I stood up and turned my head around to what was behind me, it was a tourist hotel with a massive swimming pool. Very tacky in my personal opinion. Behind it was a port city  

“i know this place! We're in San Juan!” i said a bit to loud it hurt my brain  

“hey, you need some help?” Brandon asked kindly lifting me up  

“where's Lavanya and Diego?” i said to Brandon as he pulled me up  

“I think they’re in the city, the currents from the sea of monster should have washed the rest of them to the other side of the coast” he explained, fidgeting with his hands  

Unfortunately right now we didn't have much time to worry about a quirky habit my friend had because, as if this quest couldn't get any worse, a 4 meter tall crab digs its way through the sand... i would say you could say a lot of things about me! Smart, amazing, charming, but lucky is just simply not one of them! Also not helping is the fact that the last time i fought a massive animal was when ele died. I needed to win this for her.  

I got my throwing knives out and gestured to Brandon to show him that we were kind of screwed I can't lie. He had a scythe (which was pretty standard for a child of demter) that was bronze with emerald embellishments (Imani, focus on the crab not the bedazzling!)  

The crab took the first swing at me (a bit rude for my personal taste.) i jump to the side but it knocks over my quiver and knives, which know kind of hard to kill a monster while all of your equipment is buried in sand.  

Brandon follows up with a swing to the crabs' claws, but the blades bounced back off made him fall over! And if that wasn't bad enough, the crab goes and slashed his back.  

We we’re hopless  

I grab my throwing knives from under the sand and run over to the crab, i slide down on my knees next to Brandon to make sure hes okay. He has a bit of a gash on his lower back but nothing Lavanya can't fix with a bit of ambrosia. I lift him up and place him over to the side, just out of harms way from the crab  

Okay now i needed to focus  

Okay so it cant get sliced through its skin and i only have slicing weapons, it seemed to have a week spot on its belly but i can't get there without getting stomped on! I maybe could have used my electric guitar to levitate it but i would be surprised if it even landed in the city after the wreck  

Wait, i could make music without the guitar! But I sucked at singing (autotune is my icon)  

Oh well worth a shot.  

I started just randomly vocalizing, not a specific song or anything just trying to make a decent melody like i did when i was producing or mixing. I tried to put my emotion it, the same way i did when i did my riff down at the campfire in camp half blood.  

Suddenly the crabs armor started to crack with golden beams of electrifing light spilling out the seams, suddenly it exploded sending giant shards of crab... exoskeleton? I think that the right word, anyway. It got sent flying my way, one of them slammed into my stomach making all the air leaving my lungs and blood from my brain (I stopped singing at this point if you couldn't tell)  

I got slammed into a stone wall which separated the hotel from the beach, i tired to get up but my whole body felt sore. There was no way I could get to my equipment which fell out of my hands when I got launched by crab debris, (i really need to have those on me on all times)  

I saw the crab slowly limping towards me. It was weakened but I'm sure those meaty pinchers could still pulverize me into the sand. Is this how Ele felt when the fox went up to her? Was i going to suffer the same fate? At least i saved brandon...  

BRANDON! 
 

I saw from the corner of my eye carrying his scythe grunting while jumping onto the crab, because it no longer had the exoskeleton it only took one slash.  

He drove the scythe through the monsters head, it started to evaporate into golden dust, leaving nothing but one crab eye as a gross spoil of war  

“augh!” he said grabbing his back, and following over  

“Brandon!” i said shouting to him, i slowly lifted the crab debris over myself and tried to slightly heal him (i was horrible and healing but i was still a child fo apollo so i wasn't useless)  

“t-thanks” i said slowly  

“really? I feel like i should say that if anything!” he said with a smile  

“IMANI!” said a voice  

I turned around to see the other half of the group rushing to us as fast as they could, Diego was the one shouting  

“Diego!” i said rushing to hug him, over his shoulder i could see Lavanya snickering  

“where were you! I looked all over for you!” he yelled at me pushing me off him, which didn't feel very romantic  

“i-i missed you to” i said smiling punching his arm it felt a bit rude to scream at your girlfriend after losing her, i could see Lavanya calling me over  

“hey taiko, i-i was so worried” she said in a sad funny way  

“I missed you too, Lavanya” i said tearing up hugging her  

“So... what we going to do about him?” asked Amari with a brittleness in her voice  

I looked around to see brandon barely able to sit upright, he was sitting on the sand with his head spinning  

“Ambrosia...” he said dazed  

I looked at Amari and realized that she was in no better mood right now, with her right arm covered in blood stained toilet paper, with a darkness in her eyes.  

“oh okay... I'm sorry taiko but could you please fix up Brandon while i heal Amari? Please!” said lavanya placing her hand on her forehead in frustration  

“o-of course!.. But where?” i said, our ship and healing quarters have been... yknow shipwrecked  

“that” said Diego pointing to a yacht, we were going to hijack it  

Notes:

hope everyone enjoyed, its a bit short but i have been major writers block so lets not judge lol anyways byeee <<33

Chapter 10: my secret moment on an empty ship

Summary:

hjack ship, diego... BOOOO, brandon.... YAYYYYY

Notes:

hey guys sorry for the wait, ive been so annoying uploading these but i think im getting back in the headspace (just so you know the majorty of this was writeen in the past 2 days lol) anyways enjoy <<33

Hijacking the ship was so easy, the hard part was trying to get on without a ticket (oh yeah and a language barrier) 

“Come on dude! Look we have injured people just let us go on!” said Deigo, after the way he screamed at me something felt... off 

“i told you! No go on!” the guy who was supposed to board us was very short, about 4,9. He also had a thick spanish accent (which made sense, being in a Spanish... state? I knew a little Spanish; my grandma was from Cuba and always spoke a lot of it) he also had dark pin straight black hair which was in a bowl cut, and he wore a sailor's outfit. If we were going to get on the boat we needed him to shut. Up. 

Amari walked to the front of the group of us 

“Please sir, we really need to get going!” she begged, still injured 

“no!” 

But what he didnt see is the amari was putting some grape vines under his feet while she was speaking, when he yelled ‘no!’ he couldnt move an inch. 

“go!” said amari running up the steps while making another vine go to his mouth so he couldn't scream for help. 

“MMMM! MMMMMMM!” said the man 

I helped brandon run up the ramp to the ship with me 

“s-sorry for slowing you down” said brandon 

“hey, no problem” i mumbled back to him helping him walk 

Thankfully when we got to the ship there wasn't any monsters, or ancient Greek gods stopping us, all we had left was to... you know... actually hijack the ship. 

Lavanya ran to the captians room and knocked him out cold (which was pretty threatening to say the least) before grabbing the wheel, while she was doing this diego got all the rich party goers to go off because of a “leech infestation” which sent the people racing out of there. 

The boat suddenly rocked, Lavanya started to sail the yacht. Unless i missed something in a convo with lava that she was actually was not trained captain you could tell from the lackluster sailing (no offence of course). Amari and brandon were sitting below the deck with Lavanya making sure nothing was horribly wrong 

“hey, nice work out there.” i said to diego softly,i was still mad about what had happpened but i didn't feel as though i wanted to start anything or cause a fight over something so dumb 

“Oh, thanks” he said venomously 

What was that for? Your the one that screamed at me! 

“You shouldn't off be gone by yourself,” said Diego 

“well, its not exactly like i chose to be stranded on the beach's of Saun Juan, and also i wasnt by myself i was with Brandon” still trying to keep the mood light, it should have been a romantic moment. The sun was halfway into the horizon, which reminded me of the night i came to camp. 

“yeah and look what happened with Brandon, sliced up. At least he didnt pull a... what did you call her ele?” 

“I'm sorry?” i asked like I misheard because that's what i thought i did 

“you know how you seem to struggle taking care of others” he said like a joke 

For the whole say i had been thinking about Brandon in the same way as ele, was it some kind of curse? Destined to hurt the people around me? Every time i should’ve helped i failed. It felt like my fault, all the time. 

“...ha-ha real funny” i said as my voice slowly broke 

He looked at the sunset like he tolerated the response, ignoring me trying not to burst into tears from pain. It felt wrong. I didn't want to be here with him, i just wanted to go home (a bit naive, but still) i felt like a parasite. 

“TAIKO! I thought you going to help me with Brandon!” 

An escape 

“IM COMING! See ya later, okay!” i said to Deigo was walked under the deck 

“sure,” he said, my God. 

I walked down the deck, it was hard metal and white paint under the deck, not like the Stuart pirate boat that we lost in Bermuda, not like the kayak I lost ele in. It smelled of disinfecting fluid and stirle. It had an ugly green and orange carpet to make up for some personality but every time you stepped in it some of some watery gunk came out of it. God why would rich people waste their money on this? 

“hey! Over here!” said Lavanya waving to me from the captain's quarters, the door was wide open. The room was much nicer than the rest of the ship, with real, dark, Mahogony boarding the floors and wall. Lavanya fixed the room up as a “hospital” (it was the captain's  chairs turned to be flat, acting like hospital beds, with a shower curtain separating the two chairs) 

“Thank you so much! Can you help Brandon for a sec, Amari's arm is totally wrecked” she said,  

she put her palms over the blood of the arm, her palms were omitting an almost golden light, it was too a bit too orange. She made it seem super easy, but when i went up to the infirmry to test my healing skills i could barely make someone's nose stop runing. I looked over at brandom from the over side of the shower curtain, he was layed on his stomach with his sliced lower back in full veiw, he was wearing his pair of cargo pants and no shirt to stop staining and be able to heal it. 

I went to his side and tried to heal it, (keyword tried) he didnt talk much. He grunted and moaned pain as i did a sickeningly neon yellow glow on his lower back.  

“Aaand, there!” Lavanya said from the over side of the curtain, she pulled it back to show Amaris arm good as new 

“oh well you might as well just-” i said trying to give Brandon to her to heal him quickly 

“oh!” she said, it looked like she was about to agree before she got a nefarious look in her eyes. 

“...oh no, besides me and Amari have things to sort out!” she said looking at me and Brandon giving me a wink 

God she was being so annoying right now 

“we do?” Amari said 

“of course! Now follow me” she said tugging on Amaris arm 

She threw me a pack of ambrosia as she left the room, to try and help him, couldve of done it sooner 

“Here drink some of this” i said pulling him to his side so i could see his face. 

He slowly drunk it up; his back slowly healed, not fully enough for me to leave, however. 

“Are you okay?” i said fixing him up to sitting down, he looked a lot better but his bak was still open 

“y-y-yeah” he said scratching his neck slowly 

I was behind him working on his back 

“i remember... crab monster, beach, spanish...” 

“yeah, we got lost at San Juan!” i chimed in 

“Diego shouting...” Brandon added. 

“...” i did not want to think about that right now if i was being totally honest 

“y-yeah but it's no big deal!” i shrugged off 

“Really? Okay then, by the way. You totally saved me back then! Like you started singing than suddenly i could just WHAM!” he said with a smile, his teeth were so white. 

“Please, all i did was get slammed into a wall” i said, remembering what Diego said, that i couldn't save anyone around me. 

“How? Who's told you that” he said, actively confused 

“no one... i mean- Diego's said a few words but that's it!” I mustered 

“Like what.” Brandon said, somewhat seriously 

“look its not your business, what did Lavanya do when i wasnt here” i said trying to drift the conversation. 

“Imani, i could hear him from here.” he said 

The next few seconds had the loudest silence i have ever heard, you could hear a virus drop. 

“...look I'm sure he didn't mean it in a bad way” i tried to justify 

“He was diminishing your accomplishments and bringing up your trauma, he was being a jerk!” he justified, standing up. His wound was pretty much healed, but it still would've been painful. Thats was probably why he limped when he got up 

“well what am i supposed to do! Its not like ive done anything to prove him wrong,” i know he was trying to help but i just waned to bury it. 

“yes you have! You and ele fought a Teumessian Fox and lived to tell the tail-” 

“DONT CALL HER THAT!” no one called her ele apart from me, i already felt like i lost her i didn't need to lose MY nickname for her 

“...look im sorry i didnt-” 

“forget about it, ive healed you and im leaving” i said walking out of the room 

“wait!” he said slowly limping 

I ran outside into onto the deck, it was drenching down with only the light of the ship reflecting down i almost got to the entrance to the dorms when 

“please!” i heard from the over side of the deck, he put on the captains white botton down shirt which was drenched in the rain, his auburn curls turned almost red with the dampness of his hair 

“i was only trying to prove him wrong because i dont want you to feel bad,” 

“that's not your job Brandon! I dont need a 3rd person in my relationship” 

“im not trying to but in okay I'm sorry, the truth is i care about you! When you helped in me archery you were the only kid in that camp who cared about me. I dont want see you being hurt they i hurt before you. I dont want you to hurt the way did before” he said limping over as his curls pressed down to his scalp 

“and if you don't want to talk to i understand-” 

I grabbed the back of his head and went in. i didn't feel like the kiss on the boat back at camp, that felt forced, it felt awkward. This felt passionate. He put his hand around my waist as i pulled him closer, the rain ran down our faces as I felt the warmth of his face on mine. 

“hell yeah!” i heard Lavanya right behind me 

God i hated when she was right 

“... diego dosent hear a word” 

And with that she put her finger on her lips, i could have my little secret 

 

Notes:

hey guys i hope you enjoyed theres only about 3-4 more chapters after this than im going back to valreyia!! anyways hope you guys enjoyed and byeeeee <<<333

Chapter 11: A group of amazons try to enslave my boyfriend and my situationship

Summary:

uhm so this ones a LOT shorter but pretty much transtion into the next chapter

Notes:

okay gng i have been going through a MAJOR writing slump! like everytime i go to write this particular story i just feel so bored and cant focus at all. i know its not an excuse for the size of this chapter lol but im honestly thinking about benching this story for bit i cant lie but anyways hope you enjoy

Thankfully Lavanya kept her word. Diego is still oblivious to what happened, although it's not like im fully cheating on him. Sure i kissed a boy behind his back... but i haven't done anything since! After that i have been faithful so if you think about i could be worse! Altough unfortunately Diego hasn't gotten any better at not being a jerk, and i could feel like he wasn't going to do anything about it. It was like i felt numb to him, i felt numb to most things nowadays. 

“okay, so if we go through this strait we will be in the port city of Belem, after that we sail the riv er until we figure out what the issue is,” said lavanya at one of our daily meetings, after we lost argus she was kind of the logistics and planner. We always talked about what was going on and how we needed to plan  

“We know what's going on! Demter had an issue with hades and now the spirits are mad!” said Diego 

Omg does he EVER shut up 

“Yeah, but we don't know what they're we doing just know why” said Brandon softly 

Thankfully brandon had been pretty normal with diego, he wasnt trying start something with him every five seconds 

“Okay, plant boy” 

Unlike Diego 

I looked behind everyone and saw something in the distance, there was land 

“guys! We're here” i announced pointing to the port city. 

“Okay! I'll go on sailing duty while make sure everything's okay, got it!” said Lavanya 

We all nodded 

Lavanya ran to the control deck to try and land into the port safely. (which did not end up happening) 

Okay now i can't lie because it was kind of awkward... the only person oblivious of the love triangle was Diego because Amari was having a lie in and didnt attend. So imagine the boy you like and the guy youre dating being the only people around you... yeah. 

... 

“Weathers nice” said Brandon 

“hm” said Diego 

... 

I wanted to kill my- 

Thats when the two boys around me were kidnapped by!... jaguars? (the big cat, not the car)  

“AMARI” i said trying to get some reinforcements, 

I rushed downstairs to the lower deck, i ran other to the dorm she claimed, no. 123. I slammed open the metal door and shacked her profusely till she opened her eyes 

“omg...” she said rubbing her eyes “what's your problem!” she said again 

“Diego and Brandon have like, just been kidnapped!” i shouted 

“okay, okay... wait what?!” she replied 

“Quick!” i said, gesturing her to follow me 

When we got back to the deck of the ship Lavanya had already docked the ship. The city was massive, with a full dock which looked like a platform of ships you could traverse. 

“hey, wheres brandon and die-” lavanya began to say as she left the control room. 

“theyre gone!” i shouted 

She looked confused then thats when i heard them, they were back! 

Notes:

hey guys hope you enjoyed and come back for more storys from me !! <<33

Notes:

hi guys hope you enjoyed, see you monday! (hopefully lol) <<33