A Friendship as Strong as Steel

Friend worries

POV Lucia:

I heard Olivia and Valsilia sleeping and I rushed out of the tent with Sam.

"Sam, should I be worried about Valsilia?" I asked my beloved Panda pillow

I sighed, being happy all the time was hard, but understanding Valsilia was even harder. I tried to look on the bright side, I tried to see the silver lining on the cloud, but I just couldn't.

Whenever I saw Valsilia, I saw my dad, and even though getting ignored by your parents and watching movies sounds fun, it leaves some emotional scars.

"Sam, what should I do?" as always, no answer.

Then, there was a rustling in the bushes I looked around and concentrated on summoning Tom and Tim.

"Who's there, show yourself," I said pointing my sword at the bushes.

Nothing, I crept toward them to see what it was, but there was nothing. Probably a squirrel I thought, but deep down, I knew that couldn't be it.

***

"Good morning world," I shouted, like usual, but then I remembered this wasn't the Iris cabin. I quickly shut up, but I had woken a grumpy Valsilia.

"You didn't have to do that," Valsilia grumbled, as she laid back down.

"Yes, she did," a new voice said at the tent doorway.

"She did not have to Olivia," Valsilia growled as clouds started to come out.

"No wonder she and Nico get along very well," I said.

Nico and Valsilia were the only people to sleep and wake up at like, 11 am.

"Well, if I didn't come to the rescue, you could have a cold," Olivia said grinning," Pancakes for breakfast, don't be late."

As Olivia walked out I could hear Valisia stirring

"Pancakes?" she asked, practically drooling.

I smothered a laugh because I knew that could get me in serious trouble.

POV Valsilia:

"Are we there yet?" Lucia grumbled as she said after only a few hours of walking, seriously, she needed some help.

"We will never arrive if you stop grumbling and I have to accidentally curse you for tripping over a rock and hitting your funnybone," I replied, and that shut her up.

Lucia looked at Olivia pleadingly, and Olivia sighed.

"Val, let's have a break," Olivia said pointing to Lucia like she was saying, can you believe this girl?

"Yeah, but I get to eat the rest of the pancakes," I decided grudgingly.

"YAY, break time," Lucia said, all of a sudden full of energy. Olivia and I rolled our eyes.

***

"We're finally here, that took way too long," Lucia said, as she practically dragged herself to catch up with me and Olivia.

"It didn't take that long," I said, "It only took long because you had to rest every 10 minutes

"No, I didn't, you made me keep on going," Lucia said groaning as she massaged her shoulder.

"Let's set up camp then we can go to the crystal cave tomorrow," Olivia cut in, probably seeing me glaring at Lucia, she stole the pancakes.

***

"Okay, truth or dare?" Lucia said to me.

I wasn't focusing at all, but all I knew was that if I declined the truth or the dare I would have ice water spilled on my head.

"Dare, I guess," I said, looking around at the pink tent, why was it so... pink?

"I dare you," Lucia paused for dramatic effect, "To steal 10 dollars from somebody."

"They don't use dollars in Mexico," I said hiding a smile.

"Oh..., then 10 of whatever they use here," Lucia said proudly.

"They use Pesos here," I said walking outside.

This would be easy, I thought. I walked into a crowd of people and saw somebody with an open handbag. I took the wallet out, took the 10 pesos, and put it back. They wouldn't know a thing.

"Here are your 10 Pesos," I said walking into the tent triumphantly, "I have some luck you know."

We continued truth or dare until Olivia asked me a question that was asked a lot too, but I always felt awkward answering.

"What is it like having Leo as your stepdad and Calyspo as your stepmom?"

I winced, but I did answer the question, "My stepdad is cool he..."

Just then I heard a roar outside and we went to check it out. It was the Minotaur.