"PERCY, WHAT DO YOU SEE?"
Percy brought his eyes back to earth.
However amazing the stars were, Calypso was twice as brilliant. Calypso was a lot more beautiful then Viviene could ever be, because she just seemed so natural, like she wasn't trying to be beautiful and didn't even care about that. She just was. With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight. She was holding a tiny plant in her hands. Its flowers were silver and delicate.
"I was just looking at..." Percy stared at her face. "Uh... I forgot."
She laughed gently. "Well, as long as you're up, you can help me plant these."
She handed Percy a plant, which had a clump of dirt and roots at the base.The flowers glowed as he held them. Calypso picked up her gardening spade and directed Percy to the edge of the garden, where she began to dig.
"That's moonlace," Calypso explained. "It can only be planted at night."
Percy watched the silvery light flicker around the petals. "What does it do?"
"Do?" Calypso mused. "It doesn't really do anything, I suppose. It lives, it gives light, it provides beauty. Does it have to do anything else?"
"I suppose not," Percy said.
She took the plant, and Percy's and Calypsos hands met. Her fingers were warm. She planted the moonlace and stepped back, surveying her work. "I love my garden."
"It's awesome," Percy agreed. He wasn't exactly a gardening type, but Calypso had arbors covered with six different colors of roses, lattices filled with honeysuckle, rows of grapevines bursting with red and purple grapest hat would've made Dionysus sit up and beg.
"Back home," Percy said, "my mom always wanted a garden."
"Why did she not plant one?"
"Well, we live in Manhattan. In an apartment."
"Manhattan? Apartment?"
Percy stared at her. "You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?"
"I fear not. I haven't left Ogygia in...a long time."
"Well, Manhattan's a big city, with not much gardening space."
Calypso frowned. "That is sad. Hermes visits from time to time. He tellsme the world outside has changed greatly. I did not realize it had changed so much you cannot have gardens."
"Why haven't you left your island?"
She looked down. "It is my punishment."
"Why? What did you do?"
"I? Nothing. But I'm afraid my father did a great deal. His name is Atlas."
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THE PROPHECY ² / Percy Jackson !
FanfictionViviene Smith finally has it all- she's in a happy relationship with her soulmate, she's moved on from Holden, she's learned to control her powers- it seems like her life turned to perfection. That is until her insecurities come to the surface when...
