Prisoner of the Sea

Chapter 9

I DO NOT OWN THE PJO/HoO SERIES, RICK RIORDAN DOES!!! THIS IS PURELY FAN FICTION!!!

Chapter 9

"Aren't birthday parties supposed to be fun?" Celeste asked.

Nora laughed and placed a party hat on Celeste's messy black hair.

The necklace she had given her almost a year ago hung on her neck proudly, shining in the light.

"I got you a present." Nora said.

"Really?" Celeste asked.

"Yeah. You've lived with us for two years now, it's about time you start acting like you like it here." Nora exclaimed.

Celeste laughed. She opened the present and found a seashell with a 'C' bedazzled on it.

Celeste gasped. "Where did you get this?"

Nora smiled. "I have my ways. I know you got it for your fourth birthday when you last saw Percy. Thought you should have it."

Celeste tackled Nora in a hug. "Thanks Nora. You're the best."

"Oh! And one more thing. You're necklace. It's magic. I thought I'd wait to tell you until you started controlling your powers better." Nora said.

Celeste smiled weakly remembering the constant hours of her 5 year old life training to control her powers.

Ever since the day Nora had given her the necklace, Poseidon had come back telling Celeste she couldn't be swimming in the ocean anymore, she couldn't go to the surface, and she had to stay inside all day and practice her powers.

The whole scene had left Celeste in tears but she was glad to be celebrating now.

Her father hadn't bothered to show up for her birthday once again and Celeste felt anger boil in her chest.

She started to realize as she practiced her powers more and began to control them, she seemed angrier and her father seemed to get harsher on her.

The voice hadn't bugged her in a long while, so she hoped it was a positive thing. However, she had a feeling the voice was just letting Celeste charge her batteries before she lost all her energy.

By now, she was old enough to realize the voice was probably something bad that she should tell someone about, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.

She didn't trust her father enough and she didn't want to worry Nora.

So, she kept it to herself.

"So, what does it do?" Celeste asked.

"Let's you see loved ones. I told you it'll never let you be alone." Nora said with a smile.

Elated, Celeste grabbed the pendant of the necklace and put her eye to it. She concentrated and felt the current of the ocean shift to her command.

Then the pendant began to glow and a faint image of Percy eating blue waffles showed in the reflection.

Celeste started to sob with happiness. "Thank you Nora."

Nora smiled. "Anytime, Seaweed Brain."

Celeste rolled her eyes and let the pendant drop back to her neck.

Then the door banged open and they both looked up to see Poseidon standing there with a scowl on his face.

"Lord Poseidon." Nora said with a low bow.