When Lizzy came to she wasn't in the room. She was outside. It seemed to be some type of cemetery. The fog that went around the place was so heavy she couldn't see what was around her. After a while it did clear up and saw rows and rows of tombstones. As she read the names, reality hit her. She knew these people. 'Will solace, her half-brother....... Nico di Angelo his boyfriend.........' as she moved up and down the row two names grabbed her. 'Adam smith.......' And next to his grave was her best friend's 'Amanda Brown....' Lizzy fell to the ground and cried. Everyone she ever loved was dead. That's when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and was Amanda and Adam but it wasn't them. It was their spirt. "Lizzy." Amanda said with a sad smile on her face. "You returned."
"Returned? I-I never left." Lizzy said feeling very confused.
Amanda's hint of a smile faded. "yes, you did. on our way to rescue our friends you left and never returned. We had to continue without you but without you Phobos killed us and made his away around every camper before killing us all. Its your fault that we are all dead." Amanda's voice got louder and angrier. "its your fault i- we never had a future. Why did you leave? What was so important!"
At first Lizzy believed her. It was all her fault. But then she knew. This wasn't the real Amanda. The real Amanda wouldn't blame her. Or would the real Adam just stay there still as a rock letting Amanda
talk to her like that. "your- your not real. This isn't- isn't real." Lizzy said in a low voice. 'this is my fear. Phobos wants me to fail. I guess my greatest fear is disappointing people. So how do I overcome my fear?' Lizzy thought. Then she got an idea from how Amanda overcame her fear of her father.
"You are NOT my friend. I know what really happened and I don't care what you think of me! You aren't the real Amanda. I. Don't. Care. What. You. Think." With every word Lizzy pushed Amanda's ghost with one finger. On the word 'think' Amanda and Adam dissolved along with the cemetery. She was back in the room with Amanda and Adam on the ground. The man ran out the door. Lizzy grabbed her arrows and ran after him. "HEY. COME BACK YOU LITTLE SON OF ARES" Lizzy yelled after him. She grabbed the back of his shirt and turned him around so that his face was less than two inches away from one of her sharpest arrows. "I won. Let the campers go. NOW."
Phobos just laughed. "Never. One person WILL die. Bye now" and with that he disappeared into a puff of smoke.
When Lizzy walked back to the room she saw Amanda and Adam just starting to awake. "ugh. What happened?" Adam asked as he looked around.
"Phobos happened. I just overcame my fear." Lizzy told them what her fear was and how she was so close to grabbing but he just slipped from her fingers. "He said that at least one person would die. Whatever that means."
At that point they decided to head up to the Hollywood sign to go to Phobos cave. After convening two cab drivers, three park rangers, and 1 one lady they finally made it to the top of the O of the Hollywood sign. There was a little hole with Greek writing that said: Απλά εισάγετε εδώ δραχμή. being a demigod Amanda found it easy to translate it into: please enter drachma here. They grabbed one drachma and put it in the hole. When they did a door that wasn't there before open. Lizzy started to step in but Adam grabbed her arm.
"It could be a trap you know." Adam said.
"Nice to see you care but really of course it's a trap!" Lizzy said with a smile.
He let go of her arm and they all carefully walked in. everything was red and on the walls there was pictures of things so horrible none of them could describe it. Pictures of war, hate, and fear, some much fear. The deeper and deeper they went the more and more Adam and Amanda recognized things from their dreams. At one point they hear a bone chilling scream that made everyone jump. Amanda grabbed Adams hand, and then Lizzy's. Together they all walked into the main room. It was the most horrible thing anyone of them had seen. Every fear you could image was displaced as a trophy. Torture devices where every space of the room. And just in between two rocks where two girls and a boy. Zoe, Emily, and Malcome. They looked almost unrecognizable their shirts where in ruins and they had brusies all over their face and bodies. Zoe looked worst then all of them. Her hair was pulled back into a short ponytail that had become undone, she had cuts and black and purple bumps all over her face. Her sword was next to her but she wasn't using it. Her eyes were milky white. In fact all three of them had milky white eyes. Screaming and crying and reaching or hiding from something that wasn't there. They were facing their fears. Adam ran to untie them the girls following. Amanda untied Malcome, Lizzy Emily, and Adam Zoe. When they collapsed in their arms their eyes went back to normal. They were still shaking but they were safe. As Adam, Amanda, and Lizzy put them to safety a wind that wasn't there before started. It was so strong it pushed the three to the front. That's when Phobos appeared
"Well then. Glad you could join the party." He said with a laugh.
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The Children of Athena
Non-Fictionafter the famous child of Athena, Annabeth Chase brought back the Athena parthenos everything was fine. For a while.. Something is happening to the children of the goddess of wisdom. They are going missing. Who or what could possibly hate the goddes...
