The Half-Blood Quintet ( A Percy Jackson Fanfic)

Chapter 18

3rd person POV

  -" So you are telling me that you dreamed of a palace and you want us to go there, correct?" Aaron asked Kai as he looked at him like if he hadn't sleep at all that night with bags under his eyes and a desperate look on his face.

     -" Yes! Why is it so hard to believe?" he said. 

     -" But, haven't you thought about the prophecy? Connor is go-"

     -" I know you think that, but he isn't, I am sure of it" Kai said as he stood up and grabbed his backpack.

     -" Were are you going?" Aaron said as Kai woke up Marie.

     -" To fulfill the prophecy, I am done running".

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     -" So you are telling me they just left and you didn't try to stop them whatsoever?" Ezra told Aaron.

     -" I couldn't stop them if I tried" he said as Ezra buried her head in her hands " He did have a point, we have to fulfill the prophecy".

     -" You don't understand Aaron! The quicker we fulfill the prophecy, the quicker we die!" she said as tears flew down her cheeks, Kai must have made a really stupid decision while she slept. 

     -" I know you are afraid of the dying part, but you know that we cant avoid prophecies, we just have to let them unfold" he said.

     -" There is something I didn't tell you" she said.

     -" What happened?" he asked.

     -" I dont know if you remember, but the first fight we had with Anthony, shortly after you left, Anthony pressed some button in his pocket and someone started shooting arrows at us from a tree. I noticed that um, most of the arrows were aimed at me" she said.

     -" Yea so what? You are one of or the most powerful member of the group, why not target you?" he said but he knew he had to stop joking as he stared at Ezra's eyes, they were full of fear and embarrassment.

     -" When I cut the tree and the person fell, I noticed that it was my brother, Jack" she said ad Aaron couldn't believe what he was hearing.

     -" Big Jack? How could he? He would never!" he said and Ezra started crying.

     -" That is what I thought, I trusted him" she said as Aaron hugged her and wiped her tears with his shoulder, his face still one of disbelief and betrayal.

     -" I am here, okay? I am here" he told her in the soothing voice that she new so well. she pulled back and smiled at her best friend.

     -" Thank you Aaron, for always being there for me" she said as she hugged him harder.

     -" I always will be" he said as he questioned wether to ruin the moment with the complaint that Ezra was about to squeeze him to death. 

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     -" Leo, you need to rest" Calypso told Leo, he had been working on a new model Festus for hours and hadn't joined the rest of the family for breakfast or lunch, or dinner and she was getting worried. Leo didn't respond and continued working. "Leo, hey! Listen to me! You cant go on ignoring me I am still your wife!" she said and Leo laugh but didn't meet her gaze. Calypso walked towards him and put her hand on his shoulder " its o-". 

     -" Its not okay!" he said, his eyes red and puffy from crying " No matter what happened, Festus was always there, he was always there for me" Calypso smiled at him.