The Hunt for His Heart

Ana: Part ten

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                                                              Ana

        Becoming a snow cone was not part of the plan. The plan was just to march in and say “Hand over Leo’s beloved Calypso, so that we may leave in peace.” Then there would be some fighting and finally, Calypso would be back in Leo’s arms and then they would depart back to New York, happy. However, the fact that Calypso didn’t even want to be handed over in the first place, was a little unnerving. Maybe really unnerving, Ana admitted. Not to mention this was a lot like her nightmare, but she hadn’t run at the two girls like she did in her dream. She hadn’t told anyone about it, especially not Gabby, because she thought they would protest and not let her run to her death. As fun as that sounded, she knew she would have to, sooner or later.

        “I come back from the dead while saving the world, rescue my girlfriend from an eternal prison, and find out she’s an accomplice with my worst enemy. I guess you could say I’ve had a pretty eventful year,” Leo said, gritting between his teeth.

        “Try melting the walls of the dome again,” Ana suggested once more.

        “I did. Not even a drop comes off,” Leo replied shivering. “Gods, I wish I was more like Elsa from that mortal movie, Frozen saying ‘the cold never bothered me anyway.’ But the cold kinda does bother me. A lot,” Leo admitted.

        “How do you even know about the movies the mortals even make these days?” Ana asked, suddenly intrigued.

        “The Stolls.”

        “Ah,” Ana said, as she watched her breath waft through the air, until disappearing into nothing. Ana breathed in and out, watching the same process occur once more. Ana tried to peer out the somewhat transparent dome, attempting to get a glimpse of Gabby. So far, all she managed to see was Khione and Calypso exposing themselves.

        Suddenly, Ana had an idea. Her heavy breathing caused water vapor, and she realized this it is water after all, and she can control water. She took a deep breath and concentrated on the vapor coming out. Luckily, it obeyed and became liquid water.

        “LEO! Heat this up, hurry!” yelled Ana, holding the water to Leo.

        “Woah, ok,” he replied. He lit his hand on fire and heated up Ana’s water up to boiling. She made the water spread across the dome, slowly melting the ice that Khione had made.

        “Leo, while I melt this, it will create cracks in the ice. I want you to take my sword and hit the cracks as hard as you can, okay?” she asked, staring at him fiercely. He understood and unsheathed her sword. He hit at the ice without cracks and didn’t make a dent. He jumped back from the bounce of power and agreed to hit the cracks. Ana looked out of the dome again, hoping Gabby was having some progress. She gasped when she saw people behind Gabby. People they knew.

        “What is the meaning of this!?” said the snow goddess.

        “Who are you?” asked Calypso. Leo and Ana gaped at their friends backing Gabby and she looked so confused as to what was going on as Ana laughed in happiness. Piper, Jason, Hazel, Frank, and even Nico were standing right behind her best friend. That wasn’t all, Ana realized. They were shielding a surprise, she could tell.

        “Hey ice heart,” said Piper, sneering at the goddess.

        “Piper, we meet again, my fool of a brother isn’t here to save you anymore. Jason, you’ve changed. Still handsome, though,” she replied. Her friends moved out of the way to reveal what was behind them.