Chapter 27

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Caitlyn

"... I simply don't know what to say"

I looked back at Leo, my heart beating rapidly. I needed to do something, fast. I looked at the vile, his life in my hands. It was ironic enough that this was the second time he was dying in the hands of a potion. But we would be dying for the second and last time if I didn't move quickly.

I ran to his side, wincing as a black foam formed at the corner of his mouth. The vial in my hand shook along with my hand, unsure of what to do with it. Desperately, I opened it and pushed it towards his gaping lips. 

The sparkly liquid slowly came out, filling his mouth. His voice shook as he weakly whispered, "I don't want this, yuck." This situation reminded uncannily of a scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince when Harry has to force-feed his principle a liquid he didn't want to take.

"No, Leo. You need this, I promise you'll feel better after you drink this. You'll feel happy, it'll all be rainbow and unicorns." I assured him with my most tender voice, not a drip of sarcasm. He looked up at me with a focused look in his eyes, "It will be rainbows and unicorns, and you. Tacos for everyone" His sounded really out of it.

My heart sank, forcing a smile, "Okay then. You'll be with me, Starlight. Everyone will get tacos. But you have to drink." His eyes were looking more and more unfocused. I held a tight grip on him as if that was the only thing keeping his presence. With difficulty, Leo finally swallowed the Oprenthe. 

My stomach went hard as stone with the suspense. After a long silence, he started giggling, "I can see a unicorn behind you!" He started laughing like an idiot and to be honest, I was scared. All of a sudden, his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he slumped in my arms. Oh, gods, what did I do? I shook him, trying to wake him up. I put two of my fingers on his wrist, I could still feel his heartbeat.

I found it hard to breathe, I was in a panic. I neared my ear towards his mouth and almost fainted. He was still breathing. I sighed with relief my heart calming down. He's okay, we needed to move him. I beckoned Connor and Piper over to help me carry him.

As we lifted him, a dawn of hope settled upon me. This was it, we were going home. Back to Cabin 7, back to the dreaded fitness class. But, I was going to miss the action. We walked out of the cemetery grunting, making sure no one was around.

I mean, it would look suspicious if you see three people carrying what looked like a dead body out of a cemetery. We loaded him onto Festus and once he was safely secured, I let out a breath I was holding. Thank the gods he was alive, once he wakes up, I was going to slap him to Tartarus for scaring me like that.

Festus grunted, looking at Leo's unconscious body. "He's okay, let's go back to camp so he can get all the sleep he can get," His gears turned and nudged me, wanting me to sit at the front.

"You want me to drive you?!" My eyes widened. He nodded in approval and nudged me once more. "Dang, he must really like you to let you drive him. He once tried to bite my hand off." Connor eyed Festus as he got on.

I smiled and winked at Festus. This was going to be a fun ride.


We walked back into the camp, leaving a nauseous Connor behind us. Festus and I enormously enjoyed taunting Connor during the long ride. We agreed on doing a loop every time Connor complained. As I lead Festus in, I was expecting everyone to give us grand applause and throw roses at us.

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