Post by Jason Grace on Apr 15, 2010 15:37:44 GMT -5
The nights at home had grown unbearable as the dark dreams seeped into her mind. Aglaia screamed out in agony each night as the coming prophecy played out behind her eyelids. Her time had come to leave home and venture to Camp Half-Blood. She and her mother, Eury knew it was only a matter of time before destiny called.
Even as she road on the bus to the demigod camp a strong feeling that something was coming that would be nearly unstoppable. The satyr Jesse sat across from her with a worried expression on his face as he kept looking from her to the window and then back to his hands. Aglaia tried not to be too worried about the coming of the 'apolcoypse' that stormed in her dreams. it was hard to keep those thoughts away though. She touched the tips of her fingers to her silver gift from her father. It was a small replica of the food of the gods, ambrosia. the silver plant hung around her neck as a shield of protection from monsters. Even though it has kept them at bay for twenty-one years, she had a feeling it's powers were wearing thin(hence, the dreams).
She figured it a good thing to know something of the future and the possibility to stop it...then again...she wondered if it was a possibility. Jesse finally looked up and said, "Maybe you should get some rest. It's gunna be two days before we get there." Aglaia just looked at Jesse with her golden eyes that started to smolder into a deep black. Jesse put up his hands and said, "I'm sorry. I was just giving suggestions. You look tired." Aglaia closed her eyes for a second then turned her head to the window and re-opened them. The black that symolized when she was angry quickly left her eyes back to a golden brown hue. She rarely became angry at such trivial talk but she was on edge. Jesse was right about her looking tired. She had been trying to stay awake for three nights in a row. Dark purple circles had been getting darker by the minute under Aglaia's eyes. She didn't like the fear she felt in her dreams. Nor did she like the crisp air that seemed to take away life energy in the dreams.
About an hour later of them both staring out the window of the cold bus, Jesse was asleep with his head arched back and his mouth wide open. Aglaia smirked to herself and wondered how anyone could find that a comfortable sleeping position. She yawned and looked back out the window. Her eyes were heavy and red from the viens busting inside. Lack of sleep will do that. Soon, everything seemed to be closing in around her. It was like a black cloud was surrounding her vision and slowly took it away. She had fallen asleep with her head rested on the window.
Not but two minutes later, a sharp skreeching woke them up with a start. Jesse had drooled all down his front. Aglaia looked at him with a look of subtle disgust then looked around to see where the sound was coming from. "What is that?" she asked. Jesse looked paniced as he stood. His curly black hair was flattened in the back and he stumbled up the ilse. "Where is everyone?" Aglaia asked. "I don't know. Something is wrong," Jesse said looking back at her. He looked scared. That worried her. If there was anything that would harm them, how would them defend themselves? All she had was a necklace shield that's powers were fading. Jesse bleated at the sight of no driver. A brick held down the accelerator. Jesse went to move it until he looked out the windsheild. They were shooting through a forest trail.
The road was getting bumpy and Aglaia looked out the window. They were no longer on the road. Her eyes became large and she approached the front of the bus with Jesse. "We're going to crash!" she breathed loudly. Jesse bent down and removed the brick. "We should slow---" Jesse was cut off as they smashed into a tree on the left side of the bus. That sent them sideways into another spray of trees. Lights out.
When Aglaia woke, her head pounded. She put a hand to her forehead then stood up. She sat back hard because she was dizzy. Regaining her composure, she looked around for Jesse. She then saw the crook of his back. Two halves of his body were inbetween two seats. His middle was curved around the metal that attached the seats. "Oh no," Aglaia said as she went to his side. She wasn't sure if she sjould move him. She touched his shoulder and called out his name. "Ugh..." he mumbled up to her. She sighed in relief. "Are you ok?" she asked as he turned over so he was flat on his back. "Yeah, I think so. That was crazy," he said sitting up. He looked pale to Aglaia but she was worried about where they were. She helped Jesse up and together they tried to determine what had happened.
They climbed out the intact door of the bus with their bags and stepped out into the green woods. "You wouldn't happen to know here we are would you?" Aglaia asked. Jesse checked his watch and walked through the underbrush till he got to the highway. Aglaia followed hoping he would answer. He looked from side to side then back to his watch. He turned to face her and smiled widely. "What?" she asked. "We are not far away from the camp," he told her. Aglaia sighed and smiled. "That's good," she said hefting the bags on her shoulder. "It should only be a few miles up the road. I can't wait for the mess hall!" Jesse said with his mouth watering. Aglaia searched in her purse and found a Butterfinger. It was her favorite chocolate bar. "I couldn't. you eat it," Jesse said pushing her hand back. She just pushed back until he took it. "Thanks," he said taking a bite, wrapper and all. Aglaia chuckled and said, "You're welcome." They started walking after recooperating from thae jarr the bus ride caused. Soon, they were at the're destination.
Aglaia topped the hill out of breath and her side stinging from the over exertion. The sight before her melted all her fleshy pain and a new strength swelled up in her as she took small steps. "So this...is the place..." she whispered to herself. She swallowed hard as she passed through the barrier and strange feeling came over her as she passed the tree that once was her sister Thalia. Jesse nodded in silence and walked with her through the gate.
Awkwardness took over and her large brown eyes darted back and forth as she continued walking up the hill. A large house stood looming over and there were kids younger than her running around in battle armour and weapons. She then figured the large house was where she was suppose to go so she walked up there with Jesse at her side.
She held her breath as she stepped onto the pourch of the large house. This had to be where she was suppose to go. The activities director chiron had to be here. Aglaia exhaled as she knocked lightly but with enough force to make a decent sound. Her face beamed with delight as the door opened to reveal an old man's face with scraggly brown hair framing it. "Chiron?" she inquired. The man nodded with a dumbfounded look on his face as he moved away from the door and allowed her passage inside. The mystery was soon to unfold.
Chiron looked at the girl before him. She looked so young but wisdom stormed behind her bright eyes. At that moment he knew who she was. "Aglaia. I knew this day would come," he breathed the words out with a tired expression in his eyes. The beginning of the prophecy he had been given was standing right in front of him. Zeus' *claimed at birth* child. She was the key to either peace or destruction of the upcoming war. He noted the silver necklace that hung about her neck. 'A very rare child indeed,' he thought to himself. No other child had been claimed at their birth nor were they given such a gift. There would be much for her to learn about here at camp though. "Please come in, child," he motioned for Aglaia and Jesse to come inside. They did.
Even as she road on the bus to the demigod camp a strong feeling that something was coming that would be nearly unstoppable. The satyr Jesse sat across from her with a worried expression on his face as he kept looking from her to the window and then back to his hands. Aglaia tried not to be too worried about the coming of the 'apolcoypse' that stormed in her dreams. it was hard to keep those thoughts away though. She touched the tips of her fingers to her silver gift from her father. It was a small replica of the food of the gods, ambrosia. the silver plant hung around her neck as a shield of protection from monsters. Even though it has kept them at bay for twenty-one years, she had a feeling it's powers were wearing thin(hence, the dreams).
She figured it a good thing to know something of the future and the possibility to stop it...then again...she wondered if it was a possibility. Jesse finally looked up and said, "Maybe you should get some rest. It's gunna be two days before we get there." Aglaia just looked at Jesse with her golden eyes that started to smolder into a deep black. Jesse put up his hands and said, "I'm sorry. I was just giving suggestions. You look tired." Aglaia closed her eyes for a second then turned her head to the window and re-opened them. The black that symolized when she was angry quickly left her eyes back to a golden brown hue. She rarely became angry at such trivial talk but she was on edge. Jesse was right about her looking tired. She had been trying to stay awake for three nights in a row. Dark purple circles had been getting darker by the minute under Aglaia's eyes. She didn't like the fear she felt in her dreams. Nor did she like the crisp air that seemed to take away life energy in the dreams.
About an hour later of them both staring out the window of the cold bus, Jesse was asleep with his head arched back and his mouth wide open. Aglaia smirked to herself and wondered how anyone could find that a comfortable sleeping position. She yawned and looked back out the window. Her eyes were heavy and red from the viens busting inside. Lack of sleep will do that. Soon, everything seemed to be closing in around her. It was like a black cloud was surrounding her vision and slowly took it away. She had fallen asleep with her head rested on the window.
Not but two minutes later, a sharp skreeching woke them up with a start. Jesse had drooled all down his front. Aglaia looked at him with a look of subtle disgust then looked around to see where the sound was coming from. "What is that?" she asked. Jesse looked paniced as he stood. His curly black hair was flattened in the back and he stumbled up the ilse. "Where is everyone?" Aglaia asked. "I don't know. Something is wrong," Jesse said looking back at her. He looked scared. That worried her. If there was anything that would harm them, how would them defend themselves? All she had was a necklace shield that's powers were fading. Jesse bleated at the sight of no driver. A brick held down the accelerator. Jesse went to move it until he looked out the windsheild. They were shooting through a forest trail.
The road was getting bumpy and Aglaia looked out the window. They were no longer on the road. Her eyes became large and she approached the front of the bus with Jesse. "We're going to crash!" she breathed loudly. Jesse bent down and removed the brick. "We should slow---" Jesse was cut off as they smashed into a tree on the left side of the bus. That sent them sideways into another spray of trees. Lights out.
When Aglaia woke, her head pounded. She put a hand to her forehead then stood up. She sat back hard because she was dizzy. Regaining her composure, she looked around for Jesse. She then saw the crook of his back. Two halves of his body were inbetween two seats. His middle was curved around the metal that attached the seats. "Oh no," Aglaia said as she went to his side. She wasn't sure if she sjould move him. She touched his shoulder and called out his name. "Ugh..." he mumbled up to her. She sighed in relief. "Are you ok?" she asked as he turned over so he was flat on his back. "Yeah, I think so. That was crazy," he said sitting up. He looked pale to Aglaia but she was worried about where they were. She helped Jesse up and together they tried to determine what had happened.
They climbed out the intact door of the bus with their bags and stepped out into the green woods. "You wouldn't happen to know here we are would you?" Aglaia asked. Jesse checked his watch and walked through the underbrush till he got to the highway. Aglaia followed hoping he would answer. He looked from side to side then back to his watch. He turned to face her and smiled widely. "What?" she asked. "We are not far away from the camp," he told her. Aglaia sighed and smiled. "That's good," she said hefting the bags on her shoulder. "It should only be a few miles up the road. I can't wait for the mess hall!" Jesse said with his mouth watering. Aglaia searched in her purse and found a Butterfinger. It was her favorite chocolate bar. "I couldn't. you eat it," Jesse said pushing her hand back. She just pushed back until he took it. "Thanks," he said taking a bite, wrapper and all. Aglaia chuckled and said, "You're welcome." They started walking after recooperating from thae jarr the bus ride caused. Soon, they were at the're destination.
Aglaia topped the hill out of breath and her side stinging from the over exertion. The sight before her melted all her fleshy pain and a new strength swelled up in her as she took small steps. "So this...is the place..." she whispered to herself. She swallowed hard as she passed through the barrier and strange feeling came over her as she passed the tree that once was her sister Thalia. Jesse nodded in silence and walked with her through the gate.
Awkwardness took over and her large brown eyes darted back and forth as she continued walking up the hill. A large house stood looming over and there were kids younger than her running around in battle armour and weapons. She then figured the large house was where she was suppose to go so she walked up there with Jesse at her side.
She held her breath as she stepped onto the pourch of the large house. This had to be where she was suppose to go. The activities director chiron had to be here. Aglaia exhaled as she knocked lightly but with enough force to make a decent sound. Her face beamed with delight as the door opened to reveal an old man's face with scraggly brown hair framing it. "Chiron?" she inquired. The man nodded with a dumbfounded look on his face as he moved away from the door and allowed her passage inside. The mystery was soon to unfold.
Chiron looked at the girl before him. She looked so young but wisdom stormed behind her bright eyes. At that moment he knew who she was. "Aglaia. I knew this day would come," he breathed the words out with a tired expression in his eyes. The beginning of the prophecy he had been given was standing right in front of him. Zeus' *claimed at birth* child. She was the key to either peace or destruction of the upcoming war. He noted the silver necklace that hung about her neck. 'A very rare child indeed,' he thought to himself. No other child had been claimed at their birth nor were they given such a gift. There would be much for her to learn about here at camp though. "Please come in, child," he motioned for Aglaia and Jesse to come inside. They did.
