The Forbidden Child

Chapter 27: Betrayl and Fire

She stood up and walked in front of me. "What do you mean, Thalia?" I asked. "I joined Her. Why do you think I am not with the Hunters anymore?" She stated. I took a deep breath. "So, what now?" I asked.

"You need to be dead in order for Her to wake up with your blood." Thalia said. "So kill me." I said plainly. I was surprised at how calm I was being. She seemed shocked.

"I...don't have a weapon." she said. So, I pulled out the dagger Drew used on me. I threw it slightly in front of me. "Go ahead." I said in an even voice. She wasn't going to kill me. I knew that much. And she knew that I knew.

"It isn't my job to kill you. It isn't what's supposed to happen." Thalia said. I smirked slightly. "Then why did you tell me you were a traitor? A spy?" I asked. "Because-because-because-" she said. "Because what, Thalia?" I asked.

I was starting to regain my sight. I soon enough could see. "Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance, Thalia?" I asked. She took a deep breath. "I don't know. I don't know why I did any of this." She said. Thalia shook her head as she sat down next to me. "So what are you going to do about it, then?" I asked.

"I don't know." She said, staring straight ahead. "You seem confused." I started. "So, I'll help you." I finished. "But, I was going to kill you, Allie." She said. "So? You are still my sister." I said.

Tears brimmed her eyes and she clenched her jaw. "How are you so forgiving?" She asked with a sniffle through gritted teeth. "People make mistakes, as long as you learn from them and don't do it again, it's a valuable lesson." I said as I stared into space.

"Come on, let's go to archery." I said. I picked up my dagger from the ground and started away. Thalia just sat there, but I didn't care. She had to think. I got to the archery area and pulled on my necklace. I walked to the only empty target and started to shoot.

Before I did, I looked around. The others were either barely making it on the target or hitting the circle around the bullseye. Some of the archers took their time to execute their shot perfectly. I, on the other hand, shot as many arrows as I could, not caring where they landed on the target board.

I had my eyes closed while shooting, so I didn't know what I was doing really. I opened my eyes and saw that I had made a'T' on the target board. A T for Thalassa.

I looked around and saw that no one was looking at me. I rushed forward and collected the arrows. I shoved them back into its sheath and started aiming for the target. I got three to hit the center of the target. I heard someone talking, and so I looked to my right. Thalia was talking to another archer, Will.

They kept glancing at me, so I packed up my gear and walked away. The conch rang for lunch, and so I headed that way. I grabbed a plate and walked to the table. Percy, Jason, and Hazel joined me soon. "How was archery?" Hazel asked me.

"Okay." I lied. Thalia walked up to us and sat next to Percy instead of Jason. Hazel was the only one who seemed to notice. She gave me a quizzical look, so I mouthed to her that I would tell her later. Hazel nodded in understanding.

We ate lunch in silence. Soon after lunch, I went to javelin throwing. Piper joined me.

"Hey!" She called with a huge smile. I smiled slightly at her. "How was swords fighting?" I asked. "Good. How about you?" Piper asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "I've always wanted to learn how to use a javelin." She stated. I nodded.

She smiled slightly."So, I have a question for you." I started. She looked at me and gave me a look that told me to go on. "I heard that you, um, helped greatly in winning the war against Gaea." I said.

She got the message. "Oh, that. Yeah, well it was difficult but it all worked out." Piper said. I smiled lightly. I continued with "Since Drew worked for Thalassa for a little while, could you ask her about what she's planning and stuff?"

She nodded and said "Yeah, of course." I smiled lightly again as we approached the javelin throwing area. None other than Clarisse La Rue was leading it.

She smiled and walked over to us. "Hey," she started. We nodded as a greeting. "You're one tough cookie, Allie." She stated. I smiled and nodded my head. "If you need to take a break because of, you know, you can. Don't be shy to just sit down." Clarisse said.

I then said "Okay, thanks." she nodded and walked back to the front of the group. And so we started the lesson. I must say, it was very much like spear-throwing. A javelin is heavier than a spear though.

I got the hang of it rather quickly and helped Piper and the others with theirs. Soon enough, it was dinner time. I walked out with Clarisse. "You catch on quick for such a young kid." She said. I nodded and continued with "I'm a quick learner." Clarisse nodded and said "If you ever need anything, just know that I'm always here to help."

"Thank you." I said with a genuine smile. She continued with "I think you and I will get along just fine." Clarisse wrapped her arm around my shoulders. We walked to dinner when I felt it. I felt a chill running down my spine. Like someone ran their fingers down my back, but their fingers were ice-cold. I turned my head backwards to see if anyone was there. No one was.

That was weird...

Maybe I was imagining it? That was highly unlikely, but it will have to do for now. I sat at my table and was soon joined by my siblings and cousin. "Hey," Hazel started. "Hi." I replied. While the boys were getting plates, Hazel asked me what happened with Thalia and I. "Let's just say we got in a fight, but we are working on fixing it." I said.

She nodded in understanding. That's what I loved about Hazel. She knew when to stop asking questions.

When the boys came back, we talked about our day. There was an awkward silence that arose. "Something feels fishy..." Percy said. I snickered, Percy didn't realize the irony of what he just said.

"What?" He asked. "Yeah, something is defiantly electrifying over here." Thalia said. I shook my head. Amateurs.

"Percy, it was the irony of you saying 'fishy' and being the son of Poseidon." I said. There was a small pause and I said "It's not very bright to start with the puns." With a smirk. We started to laugh.

Then the explosion happened. We ducked looked over to where it happened. It was the Big House. I started to fly towards the Bug House at lightning-fast speed. Once I got there I ran inside.

"Chiron!" I called. "Is anyone in here?!" I asked. I heard a cough. I ran through the burnt walls to get to who was hurt. It was a red-headed girl.

This must be the oracle, Rachel.

"I'll help you." I said. She nodded and said "I can find my way out. Someone else is here, go and help them. Just get this piece of wood off me."

I nodded and used the wind to lift the wood off of her torso. "Thanks." She said gratefully. She started to run out. "HELLO?!"

"Up here!" A male voice yelled. I ran upstairs to the third floor. "Where are you?!" I called. "Left!" He called. I started there. The boy had dark hair, his face was facing the ground.
I moved the debris off of him.

He quickly jumped on top of me and held a knife to my throat. "Dakota?!" I asked in bewilderment.

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