in which maya jackson goes on a mission to find her brother but ends up discovering something else.
book one
j.g. & maya
kinda a slowburn
lightning never strikes twice (rewrite)
slow updates
lowercase intended
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CHAPTER THREE ❛ it was powerful enough to wipe iapetus' mind and make us rename him bob ❜
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time unfroze and seymour's howl turned into a cough. the fire crackled, the arch are machine started beeping and chiron was brought back to life. "—would dare to bring you here,"
"probably the lady in the mist," jason offered.
chiron looked up in surprise. "weren't you just sitting ... why do you have your swords drawn?"
"i hate to tell you this," jason said, "but i think your leopard just ate a goddess."
maya let out an unwarranted snort of laughter. they told chiron about the figured little visit. "oh, dear," chiron murmured. "that does explain a lot."
"then why don't you explain a lot to me?" jason said. "please."
maya, along with her curiosity fell quiet. for once, she thought that chiron wouldn't tell her the whole story, the whole truth.
the front door blew open, and annabeth and rachel burst in dragging piper between them. piper's head lolled like she was unconscious.
"what happened?" jason rushed over. "what's wrong with her?"
"hera's cabin," annabeth gasped, like they'd run all the way. "vision. bad."
"real specific, beth."
rachel looked like she had been crying. "i think ..." she gulped. "i think i may have killed her."
they put piper on the couch while maya rushed down the hall to get a med kit. she was still breathing, but she wouldn't wake up, like she was in a coma.
"we need to heal her," Jason insisted. "there's a way, right?"
chiron put his hand on her forehead and grimaced. "her mind is in a fragile state. rachel, what happened?"
"i wish i knew," she said. "as soon as i got to camp, i had a premonition about hera's cabin. i went inside. annabeth and piper came in while i was there. we talked, and then—i ust blanked out. annabeth said that i spoke in a different voice."
"a prophecy?" chiron asked.
"no. the spirit of delphi comes from within. i know how that feels. this was like long distance, a power trying to speak through me."
"chiron, what happened back there—i've never seen anything like it. i've heard rachel's prophecy voice. this was different. she sounded like an older woman. She grabbed piper's shoulders and told her—"
