Silenced (Demigod Story)

500 miles

While I was deep in thought, trying to see the clues that led to the conclusion that I was traveling with the daughter of the wine god, Olive decided to ask a question.

“How far is camp Half-Blood?” she asked.

I thought for a moment, imagining the map of the United States.  If Florida was 1000 miles away and Virginia was basically in the middle of Florida and New York, which would mean that Virginia was 500 miles away.

“500 miles.  It is on Long Island,” I answered, proud of my skills even if I was probably wrong.

“500 miles?  Are we going to walk that far?” she practically yelled.  I couldn’t exactly blame her, walking five miles was a lot for an American kid too.

“What if I told you that I had to travel 1000 miles to get to camp?” I yawned.

“Then I would ask how long it took you to travel that far,” she answered.

I sighed, now I know why Dan was so annoyed by all my questions.  I was probably worse than Olive because I was new at talking.  I lifted my nose in disgust at the memory of Dan, “I had some help.  Someone drove us there.”

“So are we going to have help?” she hoped.

“I don’t know,” I sighed again.  I was getting too tired to answer a load of questions and I looked up at the sky to see that it was pitch black.  Oh crap, I remembered that I had to write a poem.  “We should camp out for the night,” I suggested and rushed to the Holiday Inn that was on across the empty street.  I patted my pockets, no luck in money in them.  Besides, why pay the full price when you are as special and poor as me?

I skipped to the one room that didn’t have lights shining through the window and knocked on the door.  “Pizza delivery,” I cheerfully called.

No one answered, meaning that the hotel room was empty.  I smirked as I took out an apple seed.

“Wouldn’t the door be locked?” Olive wondered as she caught up to me.

“Sure, but it isn’t going to stop me from opening it,” I promised her.  She rolled her eyes and sat against the wall.  She was either tired or a lot like her stubborn sister.

I shoved the apple seed into the wooden door frame.  The little hole in the door that is controlled by the doorknob goes into was large from being used so many times.  I had the wood sort of weaken where I needed it to weaken so I could get the seed in the hole.  It took a few minutes because I was being careful so I would do the minimum amount of damage needed to get the door open.

With the seed in the hole, I had the seed grow.  With the seed pushing the part that locked the door out of the way, the door slowly opened.

“Took you long enough.  If I knew that it would take you that long I would have sent a giant from across the country to kill you and you would still be struggling to get it open, Gaea taunted me.

“Get lost,” I muttered.

“How did you do that?” Olive questioned.  Remember how bad I was at explaining the process in a book?  It is even harder in person.

“I unlocked it, it is hard to explain,” I summarized.  The door continued moving until it crashed into a dresser.  Holiday Inn hotels do not have the best designed rooms there are. 

I made my way through; the bag on my back was so large that it almost didn’t make it through.  With one final thrust, I got the bag through and almost fell on my face.

“What’s in the bag?” Olive wondered.  I couldn’t blame her for asking; sometimes I wonder what could possibly be so important that I have to stuff my bag just so I can carry it around all day?  Then I remember that it is stuff that I need to live.

“Some clothes,” I mentioned.  I looked at Olive; she didn’t have a bag so she would be stuck in the same clothes the whole time.  I looked away for a moment and then a brilliant idea came to me.  My head quickly turned back to Olive and noticed that she could actually pass as my twin from how much we look alike.  “I think I could lend you some.”

“Okay,” she plainly answered.  “In case you haven’t noticed, I think you need a shower,” she informed me.  I was actually thankful for her honestly, but just showed my panic.

“What, do I smell?” I panicked and started smelling my shirt.  Dirt got up my nose and reminded me that I was still covered in dirt from Dirt Traveling.  “Oh yeah, I am covered in dirt,” I laughed.  I scooped some clothes out of my bag and into my arms for a pair to change into.  “Are you going to kill anyone or try to kill me while I am in there?” I hesitantly asked.  I did just tear her apart from her last piece of family, I wasn’t exactly expecting her to be nice about it like Apricot.

“No, why would you think that?” she innocently answered, her words and tone were a little too innocent.  She made me uneasy but in a both familiar and foreign way, I just couldn’t figure out how that was even possible. 

I nodded my head slowly, still trying to come up with a way to predict what she is going to do.  She seemed like a simple minded girl, but do I have to remind you that she is a demigod and demigods are known to get themselves into trouble?

I flicked myself on the forehead once I locked the door behind me and got the hot water going.  I should have just traveled right back to camp with Olive instead of planning to stall for a while.  But no, I had to get away from camp and now that I have a traveling buddy it will be twice the fun!  If only I was aware on what kind of adventure I was actually headed towards.