Fatal Flaws | Percy Jackson Fanfic

two - gifts

| Khione Avery Roúx |

"What are you two doing out here at night anyway?" Connor asked, we were talking for quite a while now, and they even offered to take me and Matrix home even if I insisted that we can protect ourselves.

"Well, this little kid beside me pulled a prank on me again, and decided to 'go on an adventure'. Whatever." We've been gone for about 30 minutes, and we only have ten minutes to go back home before our parents realize that we've snuck out.

Matrix and I were heading towards the fire exit, when suddenly, I felt guilty. I haven't even given the twins a token of appreciation for saving our lives. "Hey, uh.. Go to the 7th floor, room 1028, okay?" It wasn't a question, more like a demand. I didn't look back at the twins and made my way back into our unit.

Matrix went to her room, and I let a minute or two pass before I went to our dining, surprised to see the same dude with my dad and aunt.

"Uhm.. Hey, two of my friends are going to eat dinner with us, is that okay? They're gonna be here any minute." Just as I instructed, the Stoll brothers rang our doorbell.

I pretended to be surprised to see them.

"Hey! You two made it! Come on inside." They looked confused at first, as if wondering if I'm dumb or what, so I made an expression that basically told them to just go with the flow.

"Macy, dad, and... Hermes, these are my friends Connor and Travis." Dad and that guy named Hermes exchanged looks, as well as Macy.

Connor and Travis agreed to eat dinner with us earlier since their mom was out and they were left at home. Their dad? They told us that they never got the chance to meet him.

Matrix came downstairs after a couple of minutes, that Hermes guy is weird, he kept on glancing at the twins as if he knows them, and his facial expressions were usually pained, or guilt, and regret?

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• one week and a half later •

My 'friends' left me in the bathroom by myself, typical fake ass bitches. To be honest, I've always been scared of being in the bathroom by myself, it's creepy, as if a chimera might just pop out of nowhere, or a ghost. Gods my school's bathrooms are creepy.

I lost contact with the Stoll brothers. Apparently, we forgot to exchange numbers, but they told me that they got a feeling we'll meet again.

I washed my hands, checking my appearance for the last time and found out that the door's locked from the outside. "What the fuck?!"

I started twisting the doorknob, trying to unlock it, and yelped when I heard someone beside me.

"Khione Avery?"

I screamed, the woman looked like a ghost, she was glowing. Let me rephrase that, she's a glowing ghost that looks like a goddess. "Calm down, that's no way to address a lieutenant." She said, only making me more freaked out. A freaking lieutenant. Wow, just wow. What's a lieutenant anyway? I read it from somewhere, but I can't seem to remember.

She looked like Artemis, but it can't be her, I'm just hallucinating. I closed my eyes, but when I opened them, she was still there.