¹𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀. percy jackson

L.

ｔｈｅ ｌａｓｔ ｏｌｙｍｐｉａｎ

TW: trauma, mentions and implications of abuse, and death

LUCIA REMAINED SILENT IN HER SPOT NEXT TO SILENA AND CLARISSE. Tears didn't fall from her eyes, but she felt the grief enveloping her the longer she looked at the dying girl. It didn't feel right. Silena Beauregard was kind, beautiful, loving.

She didn't deserve a fate as cruel as this.

"What were you thinking?" Clarisse cradled Silena's head in her lap.

Silena tried to swallow, but her lips were dry and cracked. "Wouldn't...listen. Cabin would...only follow you."

"So you stole my armor," Clarisse said in disbelief. "You waited until Chris and I went out on patrol; you stole my armor and pretended to be me." She glared at her siblings. "And NONE of you noticed?"

The Ares campers developed a sudden interest in their combat boots.

"Don't blame them," Silena said. "They wanted to...to believe I was you."

"You stupid Aphrodite girl," Clarisse sobbed. "You charged a drakon? Why?"

"All my fault," Silena said, a tear streaking the side of her face. "The drakon, Charlie's death...camp endangered...Lucia—"

"Stop it!." Clarisse demanded. "That's not true."

Silena opened her hand. In her palm was a silver bracelet with a scythe charm, the mark of Kronos...

'So you chose Percy's Pegasus...' Silena gave her a knowing smile. Her blue eyes were basically sparkling. 'you're close to him aren't you?'

A freezing fist closed around Lucia's heart and squeezed so tight she forgot how to breathe. She frantically scooted away from the girl, her palms digging into the pavement.

Camp Half-Blood is the enemy

"Y-you were the spy." Lucia stuttered

Silena tried to nod. "Before...before I liked Charlie, Luke was nice to me. He was so... charming. Handsome. Later, I wanted to stop helping him, but he threatened to tell. He promised...he promised I was saving lives. Fewer people would get hurt. He said Lucia would be safe. He told me he wouldn't hurt...Charlie. He lied to me."

Lucia felt like somebody had just yanked the world out from under her feet.

Camp Half-Blood is the enemy

Behind them, the battle raged.

Clarisse scowled at her cabinmates. "Go, help the centaurs. Protect the doors. GO!"

They scrambled off to join the fight.

Silena took a heavy, painful breath. "Forgive me."

"You're not dying," Clarisse insisted. She snapped her head to Lucia, her eyes wild, filled with grief and anger. "What the Hades are you doing just sitting there? Heal her! Could you be more useless!"

Lucia remained expressionless "There's nothing to heal, Clarisse."

"Charlie..." Silena's eyes were a million miles away. "See Charlie..."