Celestial Immortal

Cassie POV

~CASSIE~

I wake up to see Juliet, Chiron, Charlie, and another boy I don't know staring at me. My head is pounding and all I want to do is sleep. But I don't want to miss anymore action. "Is Aspen ok?" Is all I can ask. "She is fine. But we want you to be okay too. Aspen hasn't woken up yet but we have been waiting all day for you two. We thank the Gods you are okay, but we ask them kindly to give Aspen the same luck." Charlie says. "What happened?" I say. "All I remember is..." Then I shoot up in the bed I'm laying in. I'm in some kind of infirmary and Aspen and I are the only ones in the beds. "Everything!" I gasp. "The water, the fish, the flying horses, the newspapers, my name being known everywhere as the dead girl that's missing. For all they know I'm a zombie that awoke in the afterlife." I list. The boy I don't recognize walks forward. He's got dark hair, and blue- green eyes like the sea. He looks exactly like my dad. Except he's only about 16. "Hi I'm Percy Jackson. Son of Poseidon. I believe you are my half-sister." He says. I bite my lip like I always do when I'm nervous. I'm just a naturally quiet person. I grew up in an orphanage and the kids there thought I was a freak. So I never had any friends. My only interest was reading. Especially Greek mythology. So I hardly talked to people. "Ummm... Hi," I say. "You really don't look like a kid of Poseidon. What did your mom look like?" He asks. I frown. "I don't know. My parents are dead. Or... Were? I don't know. But mom supposedly died giving birth and my dad left. He visited me a few times when I lived with my Great Grandma, but he died when I was 7. Then my GG died so I moved in with my uncle. He was registered as a poor guardian and I ended up in the orphanage for 5 years. Until of course... I died." I say. I don't know where all this is coming from but I feel I have to tell him everything. "You're dead?" He asks. "Yup I 'drowned'" I say making air quotes around drowned. "Well we've all died at one point. I was accused of killing my mom but really she was kidnapped and taken to the underworld by the Minotaur. I had to save her. Me and my friends. That was an interesting year." He says looking off into the distance as if he was seeing a flashback. "Hello?" Aspen says sarcastically. Although it comes out so garbled and groggy, I laugh. "Aspen! I'm so glad you're awake." I exclaim. "I thought I'd never wake up. But I had the weirdest dream. Wait! If you're alive, then..." she stops. "It wasn't a dream, was it?" She groans and leans back on her pillow. "How could this be happening! What about dad! Eh! You know what? I'm glad I'm finally out of there. No stepmom to glare at me. No step sisters to torture me. And no dad to not care about me. I'm living in heaven now." She says happily. But I can tell that all she wants is for someone to miss her. I swing my legs over the side of the bed and I instantly get dizzy. I wait it out a little bit. And Percy comes up to me. "Drink this." He commands handing me a cup of something that looks like some kind of syrupy apple juice with a swirly straw. "Will I shrink?" I ask. "Haha. Very funny. Just drink it. You too Aspen." He orders handing her one too. Juliet goes to help Aspen sit up to drink hers. I lean down and sip expecting it to taste terrible but I immediately relax the moment the liquid touches my mouth. I taste warm fluffy cinnamon rolls smothered in icing. My taste buds feel like they are in heaven. This is the food that GG and I would have for breakfast every Saturday morning with our tea. I loved my GG. We had so many fun memories together. "Mmmmm! This is amazing!" I say. I hadn't realized how thirsty I was and I've already gulped down half the cup. "What do you taste?" Percy asks. "Warm, fluffy, iced cinnamon rolls." I answer. "Mmmmm! That does sound good." He replies with a smile. I can't help but smile back. I can't believe this guy is my brother. I've never had any siblings, let alone have people be nice to me besides Aspen and Juliet. "So I've heard a lot about you from the Pegasi. You have got to give me that Serendipity sleep cookie recipe. She knows all about your little game though. My horse is Angel. She's so sweet and fun. She calls me Madge. That's short for 'Your Majesty.' It's so cool being able to talk to someone who doesn't think I'm a freak. I'm sorry if I talk a lot but I haven't talked to anyone for four years. So you may understand how difficult it might be to be quiet." I say with a smile. I've never been so happy in my life. I take a deep breath. "So what is this stuff?" I say holding out my half-empty cup. "Nectar. It's a godly drink only used in emergencies. So unless you want to blow up from the inside. I'd lay off it a bit. You too Aspen. Don't drink too much." I slowly bring the straw away from my lips and put it down with a sigh. So good.