Project Lunar - Keefe Sencen {a KOTLC and Percy Jackson crossover}

7. Nightmare

Maddy and I go to meet the couple that could potentially adopt us.

The counsellors take us to their house. It's a huge house.

The couple is standing outside. The woman is dirty blonde and the man has dark hair.

"Hi." I say.
"Hello, you must be Blair and this little one is Maddy." She says smiling.
"Yeah." I say.
"Well, I'm Alice."
"I'm Gael." The man says.

"Nice to meet you." I say smiling.
"Why don't you come inside?" Alice asks.

"We'll pick you up in an hour." Bronte says to me. I nod, before following them in.

The inside of the house is just as fancy as the outside.
"Woah." Maddy mutters by my side.

We sit down with Alice.

"Want some mallowmelt?" Gael asks coming into the dinning room with a tray.
"Yes please." I say.

"So, as you may know we'd like to adopt you." Alice says.
"So I've heard." I say.
"Look we really don't want to try to replace any parental figures you might have, we just want to create a safe space for you guys both mentally and physically." She says.

"You realize the responsibility?" I ask.
"Yes." Alice says.
"I'm a part of the Blackswan meaning I will be in constant danger, endangering you both."
"We are aware the circumstances."
"And Maddy. She's still too little to go to school or anywhere."
"Really? Well, then that's a deal breaker." Gael says clearly joking. I sigh.

"So where's our rooms?" I ask. They both smile.

They take us upstairs and let us choose our rooms.

Maddy chooses a big room, with a decent sized window.
"Can we make the walls pink?" She asks.
"Whatever color you like." Alice says.

Maddy runs to the bed and lays down.

I walk out and go to the room across the hall. It literally looks perfect. It's huge, has a bathroom connected to it, a walk-in closet with mirrors inside and a huge window.

"Holy fuck it's perfect." I mutter. They both look at me. "Shit sorry. Fuck. God damn it." I say. They chuckle softly.

"You're old enough to decide what language to use." Gael says. I smile.
"So do I have a curfew?" I ask.
"As long as we know where you are and how long you plan to stay, it's okay." Alice says.
"Thanks."

Maddy and I officially move in later that night.

I'm decorating, when there's a knock at the door.
"Come in!" I yell. Gael comes in holding pathfinders.
"Here you go. Keep one on you at all times and you can do whatever with the rest."
"Alright thank you." I say.

• • •

"Keefe." I say walking up to his locker in the morning.
"Morning, B." He says.
"I have something for you." I say.
"How'd you know I love gifts?" He asks.
"Lucky guess."

I pull out a pathfinder and hand it to him.
"You don't realize the fact that you have just ruined your sanity by giving me this." He says putting it into his pocket. I smile.
"I accept the risk."
"Just don't say I didn't warn you." He says. I smile again.

We walk to Multispeciesial Studies. By now I'm used to all the stares and questions

Class ends and we go to lunch.

"So guys Alice and Gael said you could sleepover tonight if you want." I say.
"I'm never sleeping over anywhere you and Keefe are at." Tam says.
"Why?" Fitz asks looking at us suspiciously.

"Because they turned the kitchen light on and wouldn't let me sleep." Tan says. I laugh.
"You're a big baby, bangs boy." Keefe says.
"Guess that means I'm not going either." Linh says.
"Come on guys." Biana says.
"I value my sleep." Tam says.
"Yeah, he needs his beauty rest." Keefe says.
"You need to get punched." Tam says.
"Oh yeah?" Keefe says.

"Shut up both of you." I say. "Who can go?"
"I can." Sophie says.
"Me and Fitz can." Biana says.
"Any excuse to get out of the house." Keefe says.
"I second that." Dex says.

"Alright so meet at my house at around 6?"
"We'll be there."

I get home and start getting food ready.

I then go upstairs to make sure my rooms prepared. There's a knock at the door.
"Come in." I say. Keefe walks in.

I look at the time.
"Keefe its 5. Why are you here so early?" I ask.
"I thought you said 5." He says dropping his bag and laying on my bed.

"Crazy house." He says.
"I know." I say sitting next to him.

"Where's Ro?" I ask.
"Challenging Kalo to an arm wrestling competition." I laugh.

"Well, now that you're here you can help me figure out our sleeping situation." I say.
"I'll take the bed." Keefe says.
"It's my bed."
"Its a huge bed, I don't mind sharing."
"No Keefe." He rolls his eyes.
"Everyone takes a spot?"
"On the floor."
"Party pooper."

Everyone starts showing up and we all talk and play games.

"Guys, I'm getting tired." Fitz says.
"Here." I say snapping and making the blankets and pillows fall.
"I don't think there's a more useful ability." Dex says.

We all grab one and choose a spot. I get the spot closest to the window. Keefe's next to me.

All of our imparters go off at once. I look over at mine.

"Emergency meeting tomorrow morning — Mr Forkle." It says.

"Oh shit." I mutter.

"I'm too tired to care right now." Fitz says laying back down.
"Agreed."

We all lay down and get to sleep. I fall asleep pretty quickly.

I'm outside. It's dark and cold.
"You can run but you can't hide, Blair." A voice says behind me. I start running. My legs hurt. They feel like they're on fire.

A dark cloaked figure appears in front of me. I turn around and try running again. My legs give out on me and I fall.

I can hear the figure behind me laughing.
"There's no where to go, Blair. Give up."
"No!" I yell. "Go away!" It laughs.

I look behind me unable to get my legs to move. It reaches for me.

Someone shakes me up. I jolt up. I'm in my room. Keefes looking at me with worried eyes.
"Hey." Keefe whispers. I sigh realizing it was all a dream.
"Fuck." I whisper burying my face in my hands.
"You okay?" Keefe asks putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah, I just had the most vivid nightmare of my life."
"What happened?"
"I was running from this thing. This dark cloaked figure. You woke me up right before it grabbed me."
"You're okay. It was just a nightmare." He whispers. I nod.

"Okay, so try to go back to sleep."
"I don't think I'll be able to sleep ever again." I say.
"Grab my hand." He says. I look at him confused. "You trust me right?" He asks.
"Yeah."
"So trust me."

I grab his hand.

A cooling calmness flows through me instantly.
"Now let's sleep." He says. I nod.
"Don't let go." I say afraid of what it'll feel like once he does.
"Wasn't planning on it."

We both lay down and I fall asleep refusing to let go of Keefe's hand.

(A.n: thoughts