𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙈𝙀𝘿; heroes of olympus

purple-hued memories

ERITH JAY

Dinner was pretty normal, although Erith noticed that the girl, Piper, wasn't there. Annabeth looked like a mess, and Jason looked tense.

Leo, on the other hand, flashed her a peace sign―which was expected from him. She scowled at him in return and continued eating her dinner next to Will and Kayla.

The campfire was when things got... weird.

Erith hiked down with her cabin. She sat on the stones next to her siblings and watched as the amphitheater filled up with demigods.

Leo filtered in with the Hephaestus Cabin, and then Annabeth came, bringing along Jason. Jason looked uncomfortable, which was natural for new people. Erith was almost completely certain Leo's whole act was false bravado. Internally, he was probably having a fit.

Erith found that idea amusing.

After them, Piper was finally there. She looked extremely anxious, looking around frantically. Leo shot her finger guns mid-song, then, when he saw Erith watching, he turned his stupid finger guns on her.

She rolled her eyes at him and ignored the fact that it might've made her slightly happy. No, she would not get into that. He was annoying.

Erith zoned out as Chiron made his little speech. She zoned back in to hear an Ares kid demanding, "How, Nyssa?"

"Really hard," Nyssa, who was now standing, said. Her expression was grim, but her eyes twinkled slightly, and Erith found herself giggling.

Chiron stamped his hoof, and everyone quieted. Erith flinched at the sudden loud noise. Chiron continued, and then someone said it: "Percy?" The fire dimmed, giving everyone's faces a ghastly, almost haunted glow.

Annabeth took a deep breath and stood. "I didn't find Percy." Erith heard her friend's voice catch a little, and she wished desperately she could be there for her right now. She explained what had happened at the Grand Canyon, which, of course, Erith had already pieced together from Leo and Annabeth. She finished with, "A new quest." That got Erith's attention.

"It's the Great Prophecy, isn't it?" a girl called out. Erith turned toward the voice.

It was Drew. Erith was mildly surprised; Drew didn't speak up very often. She felt a little jump in her heart at the sight of her, though.

"Drew? What do you mean?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, come on." Drew spread her hands. "Olympus is closed. Percy's disappeared. Hera sends you a vision and you come back with three new demigods in one day. I mean, something weird is going on. The Great Prophecy has started, right?"

Erith saw Piper whisper something in Rachel's ear, and she resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Gossiping so soon?

"Well?" Drew called out to Rachel. "You're the oracle. Has it started or not?"

Rachel's eyes nearly glowed in the firelight. After a few seconds, she said, in a calm but firm voice, "Yes. The Great Prophecy as begun." Erith felt a spike of fear. She knew that Annabeth had been dreading this after the Titan War, and she wasn't sure what it meant for herself, either.

Erith was an unusually powerful child of Apollo. Only Annabeth and Nyssa knew the full of her powers, and they were still unsure if she was still developing them. It was scary. If this Great Prophecy involved her... she squeezed her eyes tightly shut briefly, then opened them again. The nightmares had not seemed real until... now.