Children of Olympus: Selection.

Chapter 25*

"Gods of Olympus you are an absolute idiot. Don't even tell me what you were thinking cause you clearly weren't. I tried contacting you, your parents tried contacting you, heck even Bianca tried contacting you. But no, you ignored all of us. You may get away with this at home, but this is the selection and we thought you were better than that. Get dressed. You have ten minutes to be down at dinner, or I will personally escort you to the next plane back to Illea."

With that he stormed back out with all but one of the guards following. I quickly stepped into my closet pulling out a simple pink dress. I changed and put on light makeup to hide my sunken in face and other problems. Then I left my room, practically running down to the dining hall, making it there and sitting with less than a minute to spare.

Mrs. Holloway shot me an annoyed look but stayed in her corner. The royals entered, and I avoided eye contact with Zagan, instead looking over at his dad. Frank was looking me over finally giving me a curt nod. I took a deep breath and turned to the food in front of me. I ate quickly and was the first one out when we were dismissed.

I felt sick as I made it to my room. I knew I had eaten t0o much, but I didn't want any more trouble. I leaned over the toilet and puked up everything I had just eaten. I slipped out of the stupid dress I was in and showered. I felt gross.

My maids rushed in after a while and helped me into pjs. Then they all sat down around me and stared. I knew I didn't look very good.

"How are you holding up?" Celeste asked.

I just stared at her for a second when there was a knock at my door. I looked to the three of them, silently begging one of them to open the door for me. I sat myself up a little straighter as Sarah opened the door. "Good evening, your majesty," She said, turning slowly towards me as she let Frank in.

"Good evening to you too, you're all dismissed. She will be fine for the rest of the night."

I wanted to protest that I wouldn't be fine, but I didn't think it would be smart to go against the king right now. I stayed silent as he came to stand in front of me. "Good evening, your majesty," I said, taking Sarah's lead. I stood and curtsied before sitting back down on the bed.

"Yes, I'm here to discuss what we're doing about you."

I gulped. It couldn't be anything good. He probably meant that they were sending me home. I tried to hide my fear and kept my eyes on him even though I really didn't want to.

"We worked hard to keep the punishments as low as possible. Unless you have a justifiable cause, you should be at all three meals every day. Call your family tomorrow. They're all worried. We all were." Frank looked at me with a glint of sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry sir," I whispered, finally breaking eye contact. I didn't deserve his pity.

"Don't be sorry. We just want you to be safe. Have a good night."

"Good night," I said, watching him leave the room. I sat down on my bed once more and laid down, falling into an uneasy sleep with the feeling of someones eyes on me.

The next morning, my maids woke me up and changed me quickly before sending me straight to breakfast. They said it's because they didn't want me to be late to breakfast, but I felt like there might have been more to it. I knew they didn't like seeing me this sick. I wished that I could say, oh I'm not sick, but I knew I looked it. Not eating for a week does not do miracles for your body.

I sat down in my normal spot and avoided eye contact with most of the girls. Layla seemed to know not to bother me, and Angel followed her lead.

We ate breakfast in silence before Zagan stood, looking like he had a message for all of us. "Today I will be eliminating into my top fifteen. I am very sorry if this does not seem fair now, but it is all based on my opinion, so the girls leaving are Maria Howsen, Lindsey Tipton, Carmen Rodgers, Reagan Moore, and Sabrina Richards. You have until the end of the day to be packed up and gone."