The Daughter of Apollo

Chapter Twenty: Visions and Random Kids

Chapter Twenty-Visions and Random Kids

I dashed through the city streets silently. No gang that popped out from the allies startled me. They never saw me. I just had to get away from it all. From the mortal and demigod worlds. I sprinted through New York until the landscape started to remind me of Camp Half-Blood. I'd been running in the Camp's direction. I cursed to myself. It was the last place I wanted to go at the moment. Other than back to the apartment.

I sighed, immensely tired from all the running and sprinting. I decided it was safe to turn my phone on as long as I didn't call or text anyone for a while, but as soon as I turned it on, I found I had three missed calls from Drew already. I had ten text messages from Lana and another ten from Meg.

I deleted them all without hesitation. My phone vibrated again and I saw a confused reply from Haylee about my previous text. This time I contemplated on whether or not to delete it. In the end, I deleted it to be safe.

I shoved my phone back into my pocket, and started sprinting again. I had just passed the big pine tree-Thalia's Tree-on Half-Blood Hill, and just kept going. I'd stay outside Camp borders, close enough to cross into Camp if I needed to, but far enough away that they wouldn't know I was out there. I'd be in the extension of the woods. I knew they didn't keep monsters in the woods outside the Camp's borders and that's where I'd stay. Drew would look in places I might've gone, thinking I'd just be pissed at my parents and little brother. He'd never expect I was also irked at my demigod friends.

I'm sure he'd get Connor onto the little search, have him keep an eye out for me at Camp-another reason I had to stay out. He'd get my mortal friends in it too-which just told me I'd have to ditch school (which is okay by me). I just had to focus on staying ahead and unseen.

I made it into the woods, new leaves hitting my face as winter was now ending and we were entering an early spring. Winter had not felt exactly like winter this year, it was too warm with less snow than usual. Low branches snapped at my feet, creating nice small cuts and scratches. I was far in the woods, now unknowing of how to get out even if I wanted to. I leaned against a large tree's trunk, and sunk to the ground.

I pulled my knees to my chest and glared at the ground in front of me.

Friends, I thought bitterly. They always let you down in the end.

Or stab you in the back. I added as I sighed, irritated. From now on, no trust. Not from me. I won't be able too. When I had come to trust Lana and Meg, I had promised myself the first day I became friends with them that this was the last time. As soon as they let me down, I was done with friends. For awhile, it didn't seem like they would let me down. But they did.

I felt hollow on the inside. I felt numb. I couldn't feel any heat coming off of my pale skin. I couldn't feel anything at all at the moment. I looked up, leaning my head against the tree as a howl emanated through the trees. I decided that I should get to higher ground and not become doggy treats.

Slowly standing myself up, I examined the tree. There was a branch just low enough for me to grab onto, with another branch just a little higher and off to the side. I judged the tree and grabbed onto the branch. The bark was rough, even against my numb and cold hands, and was glad I had changed after Drew had dragged me home. This would've been much harder with those flats. My DC shoes gave me the perfect traction for the tree climbing. I gripped the tree branch as I pulled my body over and on top of it. Some of the bark on the branch must've been coming off, because it ripped a hole in my jeans at the knees.

I looked at my hands to find some cuts and a little bleeding. On instinct, I muttered something in Ancient Greek under my breath. Immediately, the wounds stopped bleeding the little blood there was and the cuts become small scratches. I took deep breath and looked to the next branch, carefully standing up on the branch I was currently sitting on, and grabbing hold of the next branch, continuing the process until I was far enough up the tree, you wouldn't find me if you looked.