Another Half Blood Story

Chapter 12

Ambrosia

"Hold on I come in peace," the person who was watching me said.

"Who is there?"

" It's Will. I saw you walking down to the shore after you were talking to Nico and Percy and wondered if they said something." Relief washed over me I thought he was Hera. I don't think I could stay within 50 feet of her after what she did to me all those years. I started crying again.

"Ambrosia what's wrong?" he asked kindly, different from the way he had asked me when Tyson found me ,but he wasn't in doctor mode anymore. I tried to get words out but I choked on my own words. Will hugged me. It was a big brotherly protective type hug. This was the first form of love I had ever had since I could remember. I wept until I fell asleep in Will's arms.

I was in the white room again everything was white the walls, the floors, the ceiling, and the lights. It was blinding. Hera walked into the room quiet as always. I couldn't move. I was frozen in fear of what kind of training she would have me do.

"You poor little thing it's too bad your parents didn't want you. They will never know what I've done to you even if you tell them they won't believe you." She was about to slap me like she usually did when I show the same emotion for too long. Then I woke up.

"Wake up. You're okay, you're safe, nobody's going to hurt you." I felt someone holding my shoulders. I was shaking or was someone shaking me? I didn't know when I opened my eyes Percy, Nico, and Will were standing around me I was on something really soft. I think Percy called it a couch earlier today. The boys were looking down at me with concerned looks on their faces. They didn't know what I had been through but, I was certain I had said the name of the only person I had seen while I was growing up, Hera.

"That witch," Percy mumbled.

Will helped me up from the couch and motioned Nico to stay with Percy. Will walked me to the bathroom and stared at me with so many different emotions I couldn't name them all.

"What did she do to you?" His voice filled with sorrow.

"Will, the first act of love that was shown to me tonight was when you hugged me. Hera left me in a small room with absolutely nothing in it. Everyday I was given one helping of white rice and egg whites with a glass of water three times a day, and when Hera came to get me for some crazy training session, She never showed compassion, love, or kindness. I may have said I didn't remember anything ,but every last detail I remember... How I was so sore after holding onto rope for as long as I could and almost fell but some surge of strength ran through me and I made it to the other side of the rope. I was still punished by not being given food for a day for losing strength." I felt like the air in my lungs was being pushed out and I could catch my breath. I trusted Will enough to show him the the scars across my back. As I pulled up my shirt to show him the scars ,I gasped with pain. One of the wounds hadn't quite healed and I fell. Will grabbed my arm and went into doctor mode. He worked quickly and was fazed a little by how many scars I had. Before I knew it ,I was falling asleep again.

"NICO!" Will screamed for his help. Nico was in the bathroom faster than you could say Hades. "I need you to keep her awake. I don't care how you do it just keep her awake." Nico grabbed my head and placed his fingers on my temples and pressed. Hard. It hurt so bad.

"OWWWW Nico stop. Nico please stop it hurts." But no matter how much I pleaded he didn't stop pressing until Will was finished stitching up my side. Will had Percy and Nico make a makeshift sling by crossing their arms and carried me back to the to the couch. On the way out of the bathroom I could see how much blood I had lost because of that one wound that I didn't remember unless Hera could hurt me while I dreamed.