Camp Half Blood: The Tale Of Ariana, Daughter Of Hades

A/N: Quick author's note, I know it's spelt Ari-ana. But i'm going to change the pronunciation to- Ari-arna. I know it'll be confusing, you can use the first pronunciation, but I just like the way a friend of mine pronounces his little sister's name, and I decided that I am going to use her spelling and the pronunciation. Well, enjoy the story :-) xx

I forced myself to swallow, as I timidly looked up, then looked back down in anxiousness, "Aw, it little Ariana scared, of us?" I flinched at the sharp tone Bethany had tried to cooed, but it came out as a taunt and a threat.

"Look at me, freak!" she grabbed onto my Thrift Store shirt and pushed me up against the wall. I gasped in shock as she tightened her grip around my neck.

Don't. Ariana, don't do it. I soothed myself and let her throw me around like a doll. 

"Weak" she spat and threw me to the ground. My head smacked against the school's polished floor and I waited for them to leave. They slowly melted away, laughing at me.

I swallowed and slowly pushed myself up, wincing at my wrist. I looked down and saw I had either sprained of jarred it. I swallowed again, before fixing my glasses and standing up. I pulled the straps tighter and quickly scampered out of the building.

And as if it was timed, "Ari! Ari! Wait up!" I ignored him. Him being Sebastian Collins, he is what people call a stalker, or in my case, a really persistent guy that keep's showing up when I am or after in danger. 

Which suck's, because it just seem's make everything worse. I walked through the streets, keeping my head down as I continued on my journey home. I looked up to see the cheap building of apartments, which was crumbling down.

I went inside and then climbed the flight of stairs and opened apartment thirteen. I walked in and was hit with the smell of alcohol, no surprises. Though, the surprise was that it was mixed in with smoke. 

I walked into the dining room and saw Ken, my step father smoking what seem's to be weed. I sighed quietly and walked out and went into my room and sat on my bed, after locking the door. I laid down and closed my eyes.

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"Ari, Ari! Get up! Quickly! We have to go!" my eyes snapped open and I saw that Sebastian was in my room. I screamed and he turned, slapping a hand over my mouth and muffled my scream's as I panicked and kicked around, trying to get out of his arm's.

"Calm down, your mom is just getting some stuff together, we have got to get you out, now!" he hissed and continued going through my clothes and throwing them into a duffel bag. He finished and I stood in the corner in shock.

"W-where are we going?" I asked, my mom walking through my bed room door. She look's at me and sigh's, Sebastian took the bag's from her and then picked up my guitar, I gave him a funny expression, to which he only shrugged and walked out of my room.

"Honey, we're in trouble. We need to get out and be safe, okay?"

I looked at her, "Safe from who, mom? Ken? I thought you said you loved him"

She shake's her head, "A bad man is after yo-us. I only stayed with Ken to keep you safe"

"So all those time's, he's hit you and I, and you were doing it to protect me?!" I shrieked.

"Yes, just hurry. Please" I sighed, grabbing my favorite book before hurrying after mom. I climbed into the back of the car, my mother driving and Sebastian was sitting in the passenger seat. My mom started the car and drove off.

And, I swear, I could hear dog's barking.

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"Are you going to tell me where and why we are driving in the middle of no where?" I asked them, looking out of the window and seeing nothing but paddock's with cattle.

"We're going some where safe"

"Way to be mysterious, why are you even here?" I asked Sebastian in confusion.

"I am your protector"

"My what?"

"I'm not human, i'm- WATCH OUT!" I looked up to see a tree being thrown toward's the car. I screamed, my mother braked, Sebastian grabbed the wheel and I watched in horror as the car swerved and we drove into a ditch, just narrowly missing the tree.

"Oh my god! What was that?!" I squeaked in shock.

"Quick! Drive! Drive! Drive!" Sebastian yelled. 

I couldn't see anything but black, then I saw it. A giant bull, and it was running toward's us on two leg's "DRIVE MOM, DRIVE!" I screamed as it ran faster toward's us, she did and we sped away from it.

I sat there in shock, before my mom braked, "Mom! What are you doing?!" I yelled at her.

"Quick! Get out and follow Sebastian!" she yelled, we all got out and ran. I followed Sebastian and he grabbed onto my hand, which I didn't even pull away because I seriously freaking out right now. What was that, thing?!

Suddenly, something ran in front of us and we skidded to a stop, Sebastian stood in front of me, the giant bull that was standing on two leg's charged, Sebastian grabbed me and dived to the side. We landed, but I heard a scream of pain.

I sat up, seeing my mom pinned to a tree, one of the bull's horn's was in her chest. I screamed, running at the my mother and the bull, it pulled away and she collapsed to the ground. I stopped, the bull turning and charging at me.

Well, I didn't think this one through.

Sebastian grabbed me and hauled me out of the way, "Get through that arch way!"

"What?! No! I need to help my mom!" he grab's me by my shoulder's and shake's me, as if trying to awaken be from a daze or dream.

"Go, i'll do my best to save her" I looked into his eyes and nodded, before running through and arch made of wood twisted together. I stopped half a metre in and turned, I saw Sebastian, but he wasn't Sebastian anymore.

He had um, goat leg's? Is that what he meant by not human? He was part goat? 

He kicked at the bull, the bull pushed him away and grabbed his arm. Sebastian looked up in horror and suddenly, he erupted into ash. I screamed, the bull staring at me and charged at me. I walked backwards, before falling over a root.

I laid in horror as it charged at me, it got to the arch but was thrown backwards. I gasped as it glared at me, before looking at my mother and running off. 

I laid there for a moment, before running back through the arch and to my mother.

"Mom? Mom, please answer me" I begged her, touching her chest, the hole right next to her heart.

"Mom..."

"I.... I love you" she whisper's, she was so pale. So cold. So corpse like.

"No, mom. Please don't leave me" I whimpered.

She look's at me sadly, and I saw the life leave from her eye's. I felt my heart be ripped into shreds, Mom, Sebastian. Gone.

"Mom, no, mom, wake up" I sobbed and touched her face, trying to make her feel warm.

The only two people that I know, and mildly tolerated for Sebastian, and they're gone. 

I'm in a forest, not knowing what to do, I curled up beside my mother's body and squeezed my eyes shut.

"Mom!" I choked out, tear's flooding my eyes, blurring my vision and then sliding down my cheeks as I cried.

Wake up Ariana, wake up. I begged myself, I waited, for waking up in my bed in Ken's apartment. Even though it is torture there, I need this to be fake. Fake... 

Fake...

Fake...

I slowly drifted off to sleep, wishing it wasn't real.

It can't be real, this is just really, extremely messed up dream.