in which aurelie nightshade's life is just a carousel spinning around after her sister willingly lets herself die
[annabeth chase x fem!oc]
[the titan's curse - the blood of olympus]
[started; 11/23/23] [finished; xx.xx.xxxx]
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JUMPING OUT A WINDOW five hundred feet above ground was much more fun than expecting.
Aurelie plummeted toward the valley, red rocks passing below her. Somewhere above Annabeth yelled, "Spread your arms! Keep them extended."
Aurelie did so. As soon as she spread her arms out, the wings stiffened, caught the wind, and her descent slowed. She soared downward, but at a more controlled angle.
"Yeah!" Percy yelled.
"Land!" Annabeth yelled. "These wings won't last forever."
"How long?" Rachel asked.
"I don't want to find out!" Annabeth said.
They swooped down toward the Garden of the Gods. Percy did a complete circle around one of the rock spires, freaking out a couple of climbers. They soared across the valley, over a road, and landed on the terrace of the visitor center. It was late afternoon and the place looked pretty empty. Despite that they ripped off their wings as quickly as they could and stuffed them in trash bins outside the cafeteria.
In the distance, Daedalus's workshop had vanished. No more smoke or broken windows. Just the side of a hill.
"The workshop moved," Annabeth guessed. "There's no telling where.
"So what do we do know?" Percy asked. "How do we get back in the maze?"
Annabeth gazed at the Pikes Peak in the distance. "Maybe we can't. If Daedalus died... he said his life force tied to the Labyrinth. The whole thing might've been destroyed. Maybe that will stop Luke's invasion."
"No," Nico said. "He isn't dead."
"How do you know?" Percy asked.
Nico shrugged. "I know when people die. It's this feeling I get, like a buzzing in my ears."
"What about Grover and Tyson then?"
Aurelie remembered Grover being the satyr friend of Percy and Annabeth. But who was Tyson?
Nico shook his head. "That's harder. They're not humans or halfbloods. They don't have mortal souls."
"We have to get into town," Annabeth decided. "Our chances will be better of finding an entrance to the Labyrinth. We have to make it back to camp before Luke and his army."
"We could just take a plane," Rachel said.
Percy shuddered. "I don't fly."
"But you just did."
"That was low flying," Percy said, "and even that's risky. Flying up really high— that's Zeus's territory. I can't do it. Besides, we don't have time for a flight. The labyrinth is the quickest way back."
