Camp Half Blood: A Salty Sequel//Chapter Thirty-Eight

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Myra's POV:

The gates of Olympus were unlocked and I was waiting outside them, unable to enter. Rose, Ben, and Cole had gone in a few minutes ago, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I was worried about Rose. We were all taking Nathan's death hard, but she was having the most trouble with it. I did what I could to comfort her, but I wasn't sure how much I was actually helping. Ben blamed Nathan's death on himself. He often watched Rose pace around with a guilt stricken look on his face. In reality, I knew it was my fault... Maybe if I summoned the strength. Or if I registered what was going on... If I hadn't been so caught up with Knox. Knox. Gods I missed him. I never wanted any of this. I put my head in my hands and slumped down next to the gates, too tired to cry. The sky darkened a bit and it started to snow lightly. I ignored it, even though I knew that it was my accidental doing. Since Knox and Nathan had died my control over my powers had declined. Ever since I'd realized I was the monster causing all of our problems...

The gates swung open, but I didn't look up. Rose put a hand comfortingly on my shoulder and started to speak. "Hey, Myra."

"Yeah? How'd everything go?" I looked up and gave her a half hearted smile.

"Pretty well, actually. Poseidon, he uh... he gave you this." Rose held out a necklace. The crystal on the end had a small snowflake charm attached to it. It was shining brightly in the sunlight.

"A necklace? Is it gonna vaporize me or something?"

"No, of course not. It'll help you to control your powers better. He was just... concerned I guess?"

"Alright... umm... thanks."

"Yeah and they also gave each one of us a chance to get something. A wish for each of us."

"W-Wait... A wish? That's an honor, Rose! What'd you wish for?"

"I wished to know if Nathan was at peace..."

"... Is he?"

"Yeah... he is."

"He... I know this is hard, but he died a hero's death."

"I know that, and I'll be forever grateful for what he did. I don't... I don't really wanna talk about it anymore. It's in the past now. We can all try to move on."

"Y-Yeah... the past... of course."

"Myra, I know none of us are gonna forget what happened. But I don't wanna live in the past anymore. You should at least try to move on."

"I know-I am. I just... I shouldn't have made him come with us... a-and I was selfish for going after Knox... maybe if I actually cared for once I would've seen-I would've known."

"Well, in a strange way, I'm a little glad Nathan came. He saved my life... but he was cursed... I don't know. He's been on so many quests and missions and such... maybe it was bound to happen eventually. And we both saw him before Eros. He wasn't an open guy. He never had an emotional way of... well, doing anything. Maybe... maybe he was happier this way."

"You're probably right... you always are. I'm just so sick of being used as a weapon..."

"Well maybe the necklace will help? I'm not sure exactly what it does, but time can only tell. We should get going now. The sooner we get back to camp the sooner we all can crash. For, like a month."

"A month? I'm going down for at least three." Rose laughed and helped me to my feet. I put on the necklace. It let out a luminescent glow at first, but it slowly returned to its normal color. We all walked to Camp in silence and made it towards the end of sunset. Most of the campers were in their cabins already. Will saw us and rushed us into the infirmary.

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