The Crossroads: The Stolen Memories

Climbing

"Hi."  I said to Flynn meeting up with him.

"Hey.  I got you a present."  Said Logan handing me something wrapped in purple wrapping paper.  "Open it."

Inside it there was a map of camp half blood and a sword.  The sword was beautifully crafted.  The handle was made out of oak wood and had many carvings on it.  It had a trident, lightning bolt, dove, fire, hecate wheel, and so on.  It had a celestial bronze blade.  It also had a sheath with a strap to put around my back.

"Thank you this is beautiful."

"I made it myself.  I did the symbol for each of the 12 olympians plus 8 more for the other cabins.  It is said that each god that has a carving on the sword will help you in battle when you are using the sword."

"You want to go do something?"  He asked.

"Sure."  I said following him.  He was already moving fast.  At first he was just fast walking but then he starting jogging.  I could keep up but I could tell he was going slow.  We ran through the woods and I quickly got lost but he seemed to know where he was going. 

We stopped at a mountain.  Well I guess it was a little small to be a mountain.  It was a really big, really really tall and steep rock.  

He started climbing.  I admired how he found the smallest of cavities in the rock for hand and foot holds.  

Following his lead I started climbing.  It was really hard to climb.  Harder than the rock wall earlier.  This was much taller.  I climbed and climbed.  I didn't realize how long I was climbing for but I when I stopped at a good place to sit down to take a breather I looked down.  I must have been hundreds of feet in the air.  Flynn was almost to the top, far above me.  I started climbing again. After I had climbed for a while longer, I saw a rope drop down.  I tied the rope around my waist hoping it would help me if I were to fall.  I wasn't afraid of heights but I didn't want to die.  I climbed until I finally got to the top.  I nearly fell on my face and was breathing heavily.

"Congratulations you made it to the top."  Said Flynn.  "Are you hungry."

I nodded my head still breathing too heavily to talk.  

He took out a variety of fruits and two sandwiches.  I took some of the food happily eating it.  "This is good."  I said.

"The fruits are homegrown from the Demeter cabin.  Besides the strawberries which are grown in the fields."  Said Flynn.  "I come up here a lot.  It is how I got so good at climbing.  Usually at night.  It's kind of my spot.  You are the first person I have brought up here."

"This is awesome.  I hope you know the way back."  I said joking.

"Oh, don't worry, I do.  I have a question.  You seem to know a lot about yourself yet your memories are stolen.  So how do you know?"

I thought for a moment.  What if what I thought about myself was fake.

"It's like I don't know my backstory.  I think my personality traits are real but what I know about my life isn't.  It's confusing."

"I think I kind of understand.  I hope your quest gets you your memories."

"Me too.  Just wondering do you have a fast way of getting down?"

"Yeah."  He said walking over to the opposite side of where we climbed up.  There was two trees with 2 ropes tied to it.  One of the ropes that I had tied around my waist earlier.  He tied me in with a complicated knot and did the same for himself.

"Let's repel."

I followed his lead jumping off the cliff and slowly getting down.  Once we got to the bottom I untied myself and we started heading back to camp half blood.  It took a while but soon enough I could see the lights of Camp Half blood.  He wished my goodnight and we parted to our cabins.