Chapter 9

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Nico

We packed up camp real quick and Andrea clung to my side the entire time.

Will and Percy stayed with me trying to talk to her and Leo stayed from a distance but tried to get her to laugh by being Leo

He made her smile once, he only stayed away from her so she wouldn't be overwhelmed

Every few minutes Will would drop a leaf or something on her skin to see if she calmed down enough where he could touch her. He really wanted to give her a check up but one by one the leaf dissolved the minute it hit her skin

Percy tried talking to her but she just hid her face in my arm

"Okay that's it! Everyone back up. Do what Leo is doing ok? This is just going to scare her more with everyone freaking out this way." I snap and Percy stepped back immediately and Will hesitated

"Son of Apollo I would listen to him." Zoe spoke up and I look at her and she nods and I smile a little

Will sighs and steps back and walks to Leo

Andrea touches my shoulder and I look at her

"I'm sorry." She whispers and I frown and grabbed her hand taking her away from everyone to talk to her

Once we were out of hearing distance I sit on the grass and she sits next to me

"What's going through your head?" I ask and she hugs herself

"I killed all those soldiers. I'm dangerous...you should have left me to that soldier. I wasn't your problem, you didn't even know me." She says and the grass under her started dying and spreading all around us

She is very much like me

I saw a single rose growing nearby and I remembered something and I got up and grabbed it before it reached it then kneed down in front of her

"My Stepmother is the Goddess of Flowers and Springtime." I start and she looks up and wiped the tear on her face

"Persephone?" She sniffles and I nodded and held up the rose and I start taking off its thorns

"She once told me that even in the toughest of times flowers will still bloom in the darkest places. They may not seem like much but they hold meaning and power. Like a rose, you can be sharp like it's thorns but hold significant meaning to those who see you. Andrea you are this rose. You have thorns but your significance to this mission is important. You mean something to us just like this rose has meaning to those who see it." I say and slowly put the dethorned rose in her hand

She looks worried but it doesn't dissolve and she smiles widely

"It didn't die! Oh the ground isn't dead either!" She exclaims and I glance down and the ground around us had plants again

You put that rose there on purpose, nice work Persephone

I smile and looked at Andrea who put the rose in her hair tucked behind her ear

"If the rose dies we'll know if I'm dangerous to touch again." She says and I snort

"Not a bad idea. Hey, I was going to tell you but we got attacked. Your Father visited me in a dream last night. He wants me to take you back to my time line in the future. He wants you to live." I say and she smiles lightly

"When I got my powers saving you I heard his voice. He told me to trust you." She said and I reach my hand to her

"Well come on sis. We got some work to do don't we" I smirk and she grins and takes my hand

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