BewitchedAnnabeth and Grover kept banging on the door. Trying to get Percy out. Nova thought about him being dead. For a second she didn't hear any noise. Firemen and police had fled the stairs Nova was sitting on. Getting trampled she yelled. "What are you doing?!"
"Kids, what are you doing here? There's a fire. Please follow us." The three kids then got pushed out of the building. Not knowing if they would ever see their friend again. The three also were questioned by the police. As they were the only ones left in there.
Nova started to walk to a pier. Seeing splashes of water she walked closer. Suddenly Percy flew out of the water, drenched. Annabeth and Grover running after Nova. "Percy..?" Percy looked at her. She ran to hug him. "I thought you died." She sighs letting go. "Now I'm all wet thanks to you water boy." Percy looked back at her. "Water boy?" She nods.
Percy looked at Annabeth. "Look I'm sorry about shoving you into the stairwell" He apologised. Annabeth shakes her head with a slight smile. Nova looks at the two. Slowly moving back. Looking at Grover she smiles.
"Percy since you aren't dead... what happened?" Nova asks. "Short version, we need to go to Santa Monica," Percy explained. "Why..?" The three asked him in unison. "My father's gonna meet me there, he's gonna help us." He continued.
"Yeah, sure. Just one problem with this plan. The police think that we crashed the Amtrak train and then did that." Grover states pointing to the hole in the arch.
"The cops are after us?" Percy asked, "Mhm" Nova nodded. "So we won't be able to get a train again?" Percy asked."Nor a bus Seaweed brain." Annabeth added. "Y'all better put your hiking boots on!" Nova smiled. "What boots? And weren't hiking Nova." Grover stated. Nova huffed.
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"Hey!" Percy getting ignored. "Hey..!" Nova stopped walking. "What Percy?" The boy looked at her. They twisted holding eye contact for a couple of seconds. He sighs. "So I've been thinking." Percy paused. "I didn't steal the master bolt. You two didn't steal the master bolt. I'm not sure about Nova..." She gasps. "Hey!" Percy giggles. "So we're pretty sure Hades has the master bolt, but he couldn't have stolen it himself." Percy finished.
"I mean, we don't even know who stole the thing, or why, or how deep this goes." The three look at each other. "I'm the last person to realize this, aren't I?" Percy asked, the trio nodding. "Okay so maybe when we started, my head wasn't fully in this, but since the river" He sighed "It all feels different somehow."
Nova looked at him. "He saved me, My dad." She smiled lightly. "I guess I just never really thought that's something he'd do for me." He continued. "So maybe I gotta take things more seriously now." Grover looked up. "Car." Grover had warned.
"That's not a car, it's a bike. Just let it pass, come on." Annabeth stated as they hid. "I'm saying, we're not just trying to retrieve a thing. I think we might need to be detectives here, too." Percy finished. "Detectives? Don't you need like a degree for that?" Percy rolled his eyes. Nova leans her head against Percy yawning.
He looked at her. "Yeah..." Annabeth mumbled. "Why are you being weird with me again? I thought we weren't doing that anymore." Percy asked. Suddenly Nova wakes up, listening to the conversation. "I'm not being weird" Annabeth replied. "Yes, you are," Percy stated.
"You've been weird since we left the Arch." Percy accused. "It doesn't have to be a thing, you know. That you hugged me." Percy smiles. Nova sighs. "I mean like we're friends now. That seems like a thing friends do. I've hugged so many people. Nova, Grover-" He shrugged, "I saw the Fates." Annabeth said.
"Back at the Arch, I saw the Three Fates, and I saw Atropos cut a piece of thread." Percy and Nova look at each other confused. "That's bad or..?" Percy questioned. "The Fates weave the life strand of every living thing. When you see a string cut." Nova's jaw drops. "It means one of us is going to die."
"We're all gonna die eventually" Percy argued, "I think it means soon," Nova answered. "It's a warning" Annabeth added. "So what were the 'fates' doing?" Annabeth nodded. "Three old ladies with a ball of yarn can't know what's going to happen." Percy shook his head. "What I choose to do changes what's going to happen, and I can choose to do anything I want." He explained.
The motorcycle from before had stopped in front of the group. "Need some help?" A voice asked. "No thank you, we're good. Appreciate you asking, though. So long." Grover answered quickly.
The group crouched back down. "You don't seem too good." The voice stated. Nova poked her head up. "He said we don't need help." She sneered. "You sure? Because you guys seem so behind schedule."
"I mean summer solstice is just a few days away. And as much as I'd love to see a good war pop off, as your big cousin, I feel like, maybe, I wanna give you a hand." The group looked at each other. "Cousin?" Percy asked. "Ares" Annabeth stated. "You must be Athena's kid. Always gotta be the wisest one of the bunch." Ares sighed.
"You're that one satyr, right?" Ares asked soon directing his attention to Nova. "Aphrodite?" Nova shook her head. "Nope." He rolls his eyes. "I know I'm right. You're. Aphrodite's. Kid." Nova's eyes open wide.
"And because I'm doing the same thing as you. Zeus sent all of his kids out looking for the master bolt too." Nova rolled her eyes. "Listen, dummies. I'm hungry." He stated. "There's a halfway decent diner up the road. If you want my help, you'll meet me there. But don't dawdle, won't wait forever."
Nova sighed as she grabbed Percy's hand and yanked him up. The group now starting to walk toward the diner Ares had told them about.
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Bewitched • Percy Jackson
Fanfiction"You bewitched me From the first time that you kissed me" (actively rewriting) IN WHICH nova sinclair finds herself at camp half blood. quickly becoming friends with percy, grover, and annabeth. she learns that they have to go on a quest. the girl i...