demigods in highschool

part 10

Emma POV: I have gained confidence since I saw her last. I stand up and punch her square in the jaw.

"I've been waiting to do that for 8 years" I say, sitting back down. she grunts and stalks off.

"she locked me in a closet and only left me out if she wanted a punching bag. by the age of six I managed to pick the lock and escape only to see her kill the only person who cared about me..... my sister" I mutter, thinking that nobody else heard me.

"must've been hard on you at that age" I look up and realize that someone had heard me. I sigh sadly.

"yeah. she used to tell me that when she died that I could have her stuff. that's where I got this" I say, showing nico my locket. I try not to cry. suddenly a shadow crosses my vision and when it vanishes I'm in a field that I've never seen before.

"what? where am I?" I say, looking around.

"don't worry. I just thought that maybe we could talk. alone" says nico, walking out from behind a tree. "also if you need to scream we're in the middle of nowhere so nobody will care or call the cops or anything" he adds. I smile and sit down against the tree trunk and nico sits next to me. I sigh sadly.

"I guess I should just start at the beginning. first off I'm adopted but the wicked adoptive mother and father I had hated me so I don't know why they chose me but the only person in the family who cared about me was their daughter Hayley who had been given to them after their own child had died and there was 10 years between us but we became best friends and well only Hayley knew about my hearing aid and she didn't tease me. she just smiled and told me that if I got tired of listening to boring stuff that I could just turn it off. we used to always joke about stuff like that. and a few years later I picked a lock and I was only 6 and when I looked out the window I saw Hayley being killed. and she had told me that if she ever died that anything that she owned that I wanted then I could have it. so I got some clothes, toys, shoes and this locket and ran away. 8 years later here I am back where I was a cupboard kid and had seen the one person who cared about me then be killed" I say and manage not to cry.

Annabeth POV: I sit on the pavement to think when there's a sound of sirens and a flash of blue and red light and then shadows.

"thanks for understanding" oh. so that's where Emma and nico went. they shadowtravelled somewhere. suddenly a group of detectives walk into room 5. woah crime scene. Emma is crazy about that kind of stuff. I look around again and see her talking to one of the detectives who is smiling. I edge forward and hear a bit of their conversation

"....met someone just like you 8 years ago. she was killed unfortunately"

"...know she was my sister when I was adopted I saw her being killed" oh that's why she looks nervous here.

Leo POV: "guys let's head off because well as Emma just told me this is basically a crime scene hotel" I say. everyone shrugs and starts walking after me towards the Argo 2 and Emma runs ahead of us all.

time lapse Christmas eve

the frost bites my nose as we near an island. I look up through the swirling wind and my heart swells with excitement. we're here. I jump off the ship and faceplante on the sand. I hop up and walk around. then I see her. there's a man standing over her yelling

"LOVE ME SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE" that's it. my hands ignite and I place them on his back. he screams in pain and falls backwards. I grin and the flame in my hands extinguishes. Calypso stands up and hugs me.

"you came back" she whispers

"of course I did. I promised remember?" I say, lifting her up in my arms bridal style and walking back towards the ship.