The Hero Trio (PJO X HP X OC fanfic)

Chapter 3: I learn to drive....in a lake

<Calla'sPOV> written by My_Baby_Chinchilla

Calla knows that she is different, even before she met Milo and Rose, everything has been borderline impossible.

It doesn't help that her dad AND her little sister have a deadly type of cancer. There's something wrong, something weird about her all along. She hates drawing attention to herself, always wearing clothes that are old, stuff from vintage stores. Her stepmom says she wouldn't mind buying her clothes, but she knows money's tight, what with Ash and her dad in the hospital. Her dad has had leukemia since he was about 30. Ash had been diagnosed at the age of 5, while her dad had his whole childhood cancer-free. Ash nearly died before she could start school.

Calla doubts she would keep going to school if it wasn't for her friends. Despite being 15, Milo is 14, and Rose is a year younger than him, she doesn't really mind. They are the reason she hasn't stopped, even though Crystal and Skye are homeschooled. It gets too hard with Crystal's anxiety and Skye stops because she hates school.

Crystal is the oldest, she's 12, Skye's 10, and Ash is 7.

It's after school. Indy picks her up, but none of the girls are with her. She has a small smile on her face as she flicks the car keys between her fingers before holding them out to Calla.

"Really?!" Calla squeals.

"If you want." Indy smiles. Calla throws her bag into the backseat and climbs into the driver's seat. Indy laughs as she climbs in beside her. "Where too?" Indy asks.

"Guess." chanlges Calla

"The lake?"

"Yes."She turns on the car and drives out of the school zone.

The lake is where she has had her happiest memories. Times when her dad was fine and Ash was just a baby. It's beautiful, cool clear water, surrounded by parklands, as we drive up the hill and look down at the lake and stare down at the glittering water, something appears, breaking the surface. It's a girl. She waves and smiles. She's pretty. Very pretty. Pretty on an insane level. As if controlled by her smile, the car edges forward.

"Calla?" Indy says, her voice rising with concern as Calla grips the steering wheel. The car continues to drive forward. "Calla, what's going on." Indy looks worried. Very worried.

"Get out of the car," Calla says.

"Calla-."

"Get out!" The car is getting dangerously close to the side of the hill.

"Calla, I'm not-." she reaches out and unbuckles her seatbelt.

"Go!" Indy looks at Calla, she looks as though she's battling her will, as if her mind is commanding her to go, but she's refusing. Her hand hovers over the door handle. The car lurches and tilts precariously.

"INDY!" Calla yells. "Get out of the car!!!" Indy's hand drops into her lap and she stares at Calla in shocked horror. She's refusing for Calla, and it's going to kill her.

The car gives a sudden lurch before it begins to speed down the hill, heading directly for the lake. Indy screams as Callas's knuckles turn white while holding onto the steering wheel. The rocks on the bank crunch as the old Toyota Corolla launches into the lake. As water surrounds them, Calla, eternally yells at herself for not getting out of the car in the first place. The captain goes down with the ship she thinks.

More like the 15-year-old goes down with her parents' old car, along with her stepmother. Calla rips open her door, unbuckles her seatbelt, and shouts to Indy to get out as water floods the car. As she leaps out and kicks to the surface, Calla catches a glimpse of the face of the beautiful girl.

She's smiling and waving, her pretty black hair flowing like the current. As she swims to the bank, she spots Indy making her way there too. When we reach the shore, she wraps her arms around Calla. She's shaking, though not just from the cold. She looks terrified. Calla is too. Weird things have happened to Calla in her life, but their car getting controlled by a pretty girl in a lake and nearly drowning...that's a whole new level of crazy.

"Calla, what happened?" Indy asks.

Calla looks at her. She barely gets out 'I just drove the car into the lake because of a model who was controlling our car! Also, by the way, I've been getting attacked by monsters since I was 10!'

"Nothing, forget it happened." Indy's eyes unfocus.

Calla expects her to say something along the lines of 'I was crazy to think she can forget the events of the last few minutes', but instead, she nods.

"Nothing....forget....nothing...happened." She mumbles. She blinks. "I can't believe I lost the car Calla, I'm so sorry."

Scared and confused, Calla just nods along.