005. the leap of faith

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🌅 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 . . .
❛ the leap of faith ❜
⚡︎ ོ༘₊⁺☀︎₊⁺⋆.˚

        

                   "YOU ASLEEP?" Percy whispered, a little shaken from his nightmare.

He only heard a single mumble from Andie. Grover was asleep, and he didn't know if Annabeth was too or if she was choosing to ignore the two.

"Everything okay, Perce?" the daughter of Apollo murmured.

"Yeah, no, it's just... You and Jameson were pretty close, right?"

She nodded. Did that really need an answer?

"What happened between you two? Luke told me that you two fell out because he did stupid things, and I don't know. I just wanted to know what he was like."

Luke talked about her again?

"Just didn't work out," she shrugged

"I doubt it's just that," the son of Poseidon pressed.

"Why does it matter?"

"Well, if we're stuck questing, I'd like to get to know you, y'know?"

She stayed silent.

"Oh, come on Andie, the only thing I know about you is that you're empathetic, good with a bow, and good at healing."

"That about sums me up."

"Well, what about your favourite colour? I like blue."

"Yeah? I like yellow. Not neon yellow, the pretty kind you see when the sun rises," she nodded.

Maybe starting a conversation wasn't so bad after all.

"Okay, favourite flower?"

"Lillies. And sunflowers."

"Do you have a second name?"

"Yeah, it's Lily."

Andromeda Lily Dawson. It was a pretty name, for sure.

A pretty name for a pretty girl.
He shook that thought out of his head pretty quickly, though.

"So, now that I know that, tell me about it."

"Tell you about what?" she chuckled.

"The demigod way. I'm new at this, you know? And you've been on a couple of quests, haven't you?"

Andie shrugged. What was the demigod way? She certainly didn't like that it felt like this had turned into an Interview of some sort. (Or, how'd Elijah, Andie's brother would put it: WWADD? What Would Andromeda Dawson Do?)

"Favourite quest?"

"I've only gone on two, Perce. Can't really pick a favourite."

"Yeah, okay, sunshine," he scoffed.

Sunshine? A classic. But it certainly beat "Sundrey". Andie loved that nickname. It wasn't revolting, nor did it make her cringe.

"I liked the one where I had to help Apollo change his prophecy."

"Tell me about it."

"Well, it was a messed up prophecy, and if Jameson and I didn't change it, some threat would come to Olympus."

"Well, what did the oracle tell you?"

"yeah, it went something like this,

Five fragments scattered, lost in flight,
Hold the key to dark and light.
Hero, child of the sun and luck,
Airborne, flame and passion's own.
In the union of these five parts,
The fate of gods, where darkness starts."

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