❝ i thought i lost the only thing
keeping me from going insane, ❞
❝ and what's that? ❞
❝ you. ❞
❝ when death takes
my hand, i will hold you
with the other and
promise to find...
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"YOU CALLED ME?" Octavia Grey peeked through the doors of the big house. Looking over to the centaur at the other end of the room.
"Yes, dear, come right in." Chiron waved the girl over.
"As you know, this is Gleeson Hedge." Chiron pointed to the satyr standing next to him.
"Oh, yes, i know." Hedge was probably Octavias least-favorite satyr. They had a bumpy history. She distinctly remember Hedge throwing a can on her once. Not good memories, she still has a scar through her eyebrow because of it.
"I have decided to send Hedge to a school to look after a couple of Half Bloods for a while and-"
"A couple? more that one?" Octavia asked.
"Yes, more than one, it is quite rare, and that is why i have decided that he would need some help." Chiron continued. That made Octavia laugh internally, she loved the fact that Chiron thought Hedge couldn't manage on his own.
"And i'm here because...?"
"Well i want you to help him, of course."
Octavia stared blankly at the centaur. "Why me? Why not another satyr?"
"Unfortunately, there is not many satyrs left that would be fitting for this, especially since after the- hm well i also think you seem like the perfect choice." Chiron stared back. Carefull not to name the war.
"Well, if you really want me to." Octavia gave him a small smile. "Do i need to do it with him though?" She pointed at Hedge behind her, who had gotten a peice of plant stuck to his hoof, he was jumping up and down, trying to get it off.
Chrion just sighed and stared at the satyr.
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"Wilderness School? really?" Octavia and Hedge was standing outside a big brown building, with a off white sign that said "Wilderness School" in big black letters. She didn't know if the sign supposed to look like that or if it was just dirty. Either way it was not a School Octavia would choose to go to.
"Buckle up, Cupcake. This is gonna take a while." Hedge put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sign.
Octavia rolled her eyes at the satyrs comment and started to make her way into the school. She heard a quiet "hey wait up." from Hedge before closing the door behind her and continued to walk through the building.
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Octavia walked through the building, carefull not to bump into any of the other students. Hedge was long gone, probably flirting with the receptionist or something.
She looked around, not really knowing where to go, before bumping into someones shoulder, and fell to the ground.
"Watch where your going, shitface." Octavia mumbled, dusting of her pants.
"Me?, you were the one who were looking behind you, while walking."
Octavia looked up, she was face to face with a boy, probably her age, he had black curly hair, and pointy ears, like an elf. His hands were stuffed into the pockets of his army jacket.
Octavia sighed and rolled her eyes, still with her butt on the floor.
The boy pulled one of his hands out of his pockets, and a bunch of jumbled together pipe cleaners and bolts fell out.
weird?
He reached his hand out to help her up, but she ignored it and got up on her own.
"Okay!" The boy muttered. While Octavia looked at the ground, to see if she dropped something. She didn't know why she did, she had nothing in her pockets.
You new here?" The boy asked.
"What?" Octavia frowned, looking back at the boy.
"Are you new here? Or did you just not show up fir the past few weeks?" The boy grinned.
Octavia didn't respond.
"I mean, i'm new here, got here a few weeks ago. So either you're knew, or you just haven't shown up for the past, i don't know... 4 weeks, like you've been on vacation or something."
Octavia just stared at the boy, who just became stranger and stranger each second.
"No," Octavia sighed, "I'm new."
"Cool! So am i!"
"You said that." Octavia reminded him.
"Right" The boy looked down, like he was thinking about something.
"Anyway! I'm Leo!" He smiled, and reached out his hand again.
Leo... hmm
atleast it's easy to remember.
"Octavia, and i'm not shaking your hand." She said.
"Yes, ma'am" Leo lowered his hand.
Awkward silence grew in the hallway. Students no longer walking in the hall, trying to avoid Octavia and Leo, while the two teens taking up the space just stared at each other.
"Soo... what class do you have, Octavia." Leo smiled.
Octavia rolled her eyes, "Don't know."
"Okay! We can definitely fix that." Leo started.
"...Except i don't know how to."
Octavia rolled her eyes once again, if she did one more time, her eyes would probably get stuck like that.
"I do bet Piper knows tho... Oh you shoud meet Piper!" Leo thought out loud.
"Who's Piper?"
"My friend! We got here around the same time, so i'm making her hang out with me!" Leo smiled.
Octavia nodded and Leo started to walk away, before turning around again after realizing the girl was not with him.
"Well, come on!" He started walking again.
Octavia rolled her eyes again before reluctantly following the boy.
