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Chapter Fourteen

Annabeth's P.O.V.
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We all headed towards the gate of the exit of the palace. Strange that we live in palace but we don't feel like it at all. There were no guards to greet us as "good morning princess" it would have felt so good someone adressing me as princess.

The sun shone brightly indicating a sunny cheerful day, birds chirping a melodious tunes just perfect with the cool breeze. This is a perfect holiday.

We chose not to take car, as everybody agreed to walk plus we don't need any vehicle cause the village itself is not so big. And i believe that adventure lies in the small steps you take towards it and not when you reach it.

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Author's P.O.V.
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They were now on the streets of the village. The streets were lone. They looked like the abandoned child by it's parents.

"So Nico, where are we going?" Laura asked Nicholas but his brain was addled and his expression showed that feeling very clearly.

Laura noticed that,so to explain him further more she continued,"well..i thought that you are our guide,so i was only asking to-" she was interrupted by Nicholas,"oh! Yeah..ofcourse am your guide..umm..well i decided that why don't we have breakfast before..you know?"

Everyone agreed in unison as they were equally hungry as Nicholas was and due to the event that happened back home, Nats was not able to cook any breakfast for them.So they all decided to first have brunch before having a tour of this village.

Nicholas thought of taking the Thomas cousins to a nearby bistro; which was owned by her step-sister's husband Jack.

On the way...
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"Where are you taking us?" Asked Chris in an angry tone. Chris has a habit of; when he is angry on one person, he will take off his anger on everybody until his anger subsides.

Nicholas was leading them with Natalie beside him, Laura and Alex were behind them and behind Alex and Laura were Annabeth and Chris.

Although Nicholas did not like Chris' tone but he still answered him calmly,"there's a bistro nearby which serves an amazing delicacies. It's one of the best."

"One of the best?? Are you out of-" Chris was interrupted by the nudging of Annabeth. He looked at her and raised his both brows in a questioning manner. Annabeth just mouthed the words 'cool down!'.

Natalie looked at Nicholas and said lowly so that Chris cannot hear her,"don't worry as long as whatever you said is truth."

Nicholas answered her in the same tone she had used,"ok..and i promise that the bistro got the best food."

"Good! As long as the food tastes heavenly, Chris won't complain. It's just he is habituated to the five-star hotels."

While behind Natalie and Nicholas.
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"Am alright." Said chris lowly to Annabeth after she mouthed him those two words.
Annabeth just sighed and said,"are you sure? Cause i don't want you to to aggravate this tour. This tour is already bad as you and Nats are not in talking terms," "we are in talking terms" said Chris assuring Annabeth that he is not angry but Annabeth knew Chris very well so she just looked at him and that look just made Chris agree,"ok yes..maybe we are not in talking terms."

"Maybe?"

"Okay i take back that maybe, but that's not the reason i was getting angry at Nicholas, he said one of the best and you know i prefer the food of the best not one of the best."

"Ya..ya..we all know that but c'mon give it a try atleast," laura spoke.

After walking for a while on the lonely streets they finally reached the bistro.

The building looked antediluvian. It was made of the maraschino-brick.
"Great it's close...i must say Nicholas your choice was great," said Chris to Nicholas and seeing the bistro close made him more angry.

Nicholas did not answer Chris, instead he moved towards the entry door of the bistro and removed some bunch of keys from his pocket and opened the door. After entering the bistro, he then said," it's owned by my brother-in-law and am the one in-charge here."

The inside of the restuarant was not at all connected to it's exterior. It was beautiful than a five-star hotel. It walls were of colour Orchid with it's tables and chair pure white, blending well into the environment. On the tables were lava lamps.

There were faint strange voices coming from outside. "Did you guys hear something?" Asked Alex.

But it was like everybody was so engross in admiring the beauty that they did not even give any attention to what Alex asked.

The voice become a little louder and Alex now felt ambivalent. He saw that nobody heed the voices.

"Guys keep quiet!" Exclaimed Alex and hearing him whisper-scream they all stopped doing what they were doing and looked at Alex.

They now heard the voices and it seems like the voices were of a hungry lion or some wild-beast. The Thomas cousins looked at Nicholas in a questioning manner and then Laura whispered," please tell me that am dreaming and this village does not have any dangerous animal." Natalie pinched Laura.

"Ouch! What was that for?" Asked laura." Well i just wanted you to believe that you are not dreaming," answered Natalie.

Laura said nothing else but just rubbed her elbow where Natalie just pinched. Chris spoke next.

"You guys are scare-cat, stop making conclusion and let's find out where these voices are coming from." Chris was right, sitting inside the bistro was not going to help them find out where the voices were coming from.

Chris opened the roller shade of one of the window and what he saw made him feel nauseous and he just shut the rollers back.

"What happened Chris? You look like you saw a ghost. Are you alright?" Nicholas asked Chris.

Thinking of the scene he saw made Chris vomit in one of the plant pot beside the window. Everybody rushed towards him while Nicholas checked for himself what the scene Chris saw.

"It's gross,"Nicholas said after seeing the scene.

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