Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

The War Council

Silena-

All I could hear was the noise being made by my fellow counsellors. Noise, noise, noise. I slumped lower in my seat, feeling desolate, unstable, angry, and most of all, guilty. It was my fault that Charlie wasn't here for the War Council, leading the Hephaestus Cabin in the strong, calm manner I always admired. My arrogant, foolish choices that I had made. What had I ever really seen in Luke, beyond his obvious good looks? Why did it take me so long to see beyond Charlie's rough exterior and into his warm, beautiful self? As I daughter of Aphrodite I should have known. Should have realised the importance of not only beauty outside, but on the inside. Instead, I had been blind as one of those ugly moles.

I looked down at my charm bracelet, to where to small, almost unnoticeable scythe was attached. The charm was right next to the bronze charm Charlie had made for me for my birthday. An exquisite replica of me riding my favourite pegasus, Breeze. The tiny figurine was so realistic, you could see the smile on my face and the concentration in my eyes. Mane, tail and hair all floating in the wind, the two of us soaring free. Two charms, from two totally different people. One signifying loyalty, the other treachery. Which would I choose?

For what felt like the hundredth time today, I fought to control my sobs. My body shaking, I knew it was hopeless. I was going to completely lose it. That's when I noticed the silence.

Percy and Annabeth, accompanied by a solemn looking Chiron, had entered the room. Percy and Annabeth stood closely together, confronting Clarisse as a team. Poor Clarisse, I thought with a stab of pity. She's been through a lot this year. But, glancing around the room and seeing the unhappy faces of Katie, Travis and Connor, Michael and many others,I thought, who hasn't?

As a daughter of the love goddess, one of my abilities was to be able to see colours and auras around people, aiding me in reading their body language. Right now, Percy and Annabeth's auras were overlapping, clearly indicating their interest in each other. Those two. Would they ever get properly together? I certainly hoped they would. Hoped nothing would happened to them, like with Char-.

I glanced down, tears threatening to overflow onto my already red and miserable face. What I wreck I must look, I though wryly. Automatically, I looked up and straightened my ponytail, just in time to see Clarisse making an angry exodus out of the hall.

I must go and see her after the meeting, I thought to myself dully. She's a good friend, after all.

'Now,' said Chrion, 'if you please, counsellors, Percy has brought something I think you should all hear. Percy- the Great Prophecy.

Suddenly, I was all ears.