The Roman Avenger (Percy Jackson)

Chapter Eleven

Chapter 11

The past few weeks had been awesome. Actually most of the month of December has been awesome. Okay if you can exclude the first few days where I razed the black fortress and almost got killed by Neptune this month has been great! It only took Nico and Bianca about a week to make it down to the legion and they did it through the snow like a couple of old time warriors! Nico fought his way into the first cohort where I then put my little brother in his place, and Bianca made it down to the prefect of the first cohort and lost to Reyna so it worked out well that both of my siblings were in my cohort! All children of the three really belong there anyways, but most people were just scared shitless in the fights against Nico, he used the shadows to reveal some of their fears and it was pretty freaky. But when he fought me, he knew he would have to go blade to blade with me, and it didn't work out to well for him!

As the month went on though I grew fond of my cohort and its members. We all had a great time during the war games and the fun activities leading up to the break for the holiday. Everyone was in good spirits by the time half the legion was dismissed to return home to some of their families. It had worked out perfectly this year, my father agreed to host my friends for the holiday and gave everyone a place to stay. Among them of course 4 of his kids and Reyna who was kind of like his daughter anyways, so really that only brought Jason, Piper, and Thalia in the picture.

Piper and Jason were a legit couple now and the two were pretty inseparable. It gave Thalia a great chance to tease her little brother to no end, and I always of course I helped her out! She was cocky and a to arrogant for my liking, but hey its Jason's family so I didn't mind having her around. But gods forbid if I had to live or share a camp with her for the whole year. We would probably destroy mountains and drain rivers!

My siblings and I had bonded well over the holidays, and I taught them all loads of neat tricks. The only one I regret showing Nico how to do was creating a tunnel straight to the underworld, he looked a little to giddy when I showed him that one! Other than that though my siblings and I were having the time of our lives together. It was great.

Reyna and I...Well Reyna and I have become much more complicated. I was now pretty much sure I had romantic feelings towards her and I had no idea how to tell her. I had seen no signs that she thinks of me the same way and its not worth my strong friendship to her to ruin it with my own stupidity. Of course I hadn't shared these thoughts with anyone, because I didn't want it to come out. But now I am always self conscious around her. I feel more protective of her now, and when the guys at camp flirt with her I have to steel myself over so I don't kill them in their sleep. Our friendship mentally had grown closer since she talked me out of my bounty on Neptune, we were once inseparable as it was, and now she rarely leaves my side for anything. Most would think we get tired of each other, but we don't. It is almost like she completes me these days, and without her I am missing part of me.

Little did I know though that things could change so fast.

It was Christmas eve and I was out shopping for Reyna's gift. I always tried to get all the family one nice thing this time a year. The underworld paid handsomely for bringing back souls so everyone always got a nice a little something. I used to hate Christmas, it was always sad when my mom felt horrible for not being able to get me anything nice. I always told her it was a gift just for us to be together, but it never made her feel any better about it. Then there was always Gabe who was always in particular bad mood around Christmas time, though we had no idea why.

Last Christmas though was great though. The gods don't celebrate it, but I always got my dad something and he always got me something just because everyone was in the spirits. Last year was so great though because Reyna was here and we thought it would be nice just to have a big deal Christmas. She had never had one and neither had I so it was really nice. Last year I got her a black charm bracelet and a few charms. Then for the holidays I had gotten a new charm for her as the year went on. Now that she has a few, I am looking to get her something new.