moonlight || heroes of olympus (discontinued)

|| chapter fourteen ||

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[14|| chapter fourteen]
panic attack

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  LUNA DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG SHE'D BEEN UNDER MEDEA'S CHARMSPEAK, BUT WHEN SHE FINALLY BROKE THROUGH SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER HOW SHE'D GOTTEN WHERE SHE WAS.

They seemed to be on the first floor near the fountain flanked by the golden cages holding both the storm spirits and Gleeson Hedge. She'd been fighting Medea's charmed words the best that she could, but every time she felt herself breaking through the woman would add onto them.

Come here.

Calm down.

Look around.

It seemed she was doing her best to specifically target Luna, too, since she was the one with the knowledge of who she was.

In the end, Piper's charmspeak was the thing to completely pull her from the magic.

"Luna knows who you are and she knows that we have to leave soon. Right, Luna?"

Luna's vision cleared and she looked around, feeling like a weight had been lifted from her chest. Medea, Leo, Jason, and Piper were all staring at her, the fountain spouting water high above their heads.

Her eyes locked on the Princess's. They hardened with a fury so bright it was like the sun. "Yes. I know who she is and I remember what we have to do. Leo, Jason, get your shit together."

Leo's eyebrows screwed together and he glanced around the room. "What..."

"What are we doing again?" Jason asked.

"Boys," Medea's eyes flashed at Luna and Piper, but she spread her arms inviting at Leo and Jason. "It's true. I'm Medea. But I'm so misunderstood. Oh, girls, you don't know what it was like for women in the old days. We had no power, no leverage. Often we couldn't even choose our own husbands. But I was different. I chose my own destiny by becoming a sorceress. Is that so wrong? I made a pact with Jason: my help to win the fleece, in exchange for his love. A fair deal. He became a famous hero! Without me he would've died on the unknown shores of Colchis."

"You can't force someone to love you by making a pact." Luna hissed at the woman, pulling another arrow from her quiver. She was so furious her entire body was shaking. "Hag."

Medea's skin flickered with fury, becoming transparent for all of a second before Jason took her attention again.

"Then... you really did die three thousand years ago? You came back from the underworld?" He frowned.

"Death no longer holds me, young hero." Medea's eyes flickered to Luna as she said this. "Thanks to my patron, I am flesh and blood again."

Gaea.