The 13: A New Quest

Chapter 8 (Part 1)

Chapter 8

Miranda

I sit outside in the dark. Putting my feet through the sand on firework beach. I look at the moon with my knees to my chest. I sit here thinking of the nightmare I just hada couple of minutes ago.

I see my mom in her car uncontious. The car is flipped over on the roof. There is blood coming from her head and nose. I cringled when I look at her. The black narrow glasses that once fit her face perfectly are now broken and cracked. Her choclate skin tone more pale and overweight body slimmer. I smirk a little when I see her curly black wig anhanging off her head. Showing her knotty black hair with grey treaks.

"You love my work?"

I jump closer to the car with tears about tp spin. I heard a sleeping womans voice. Her words vibrated in my skull, sending chills down my spine.

"Who are you?!"

I glance at my dying mother and tears blur up my vistion. A wave of guilt hit me when I think of the last thing I said to my mother. "Your dead to me!"

"You will know soon," she say calmly,"you are going to play a key in my plans."

"What plan? What have you done?"

"Oh this terifying scenne right here. I caused it to happen child," she chuckled.

My tears are now flooding down my cheeks. This time not form saddness or fear, but of anger. She made this happen. This is why I am a orphan. My hands instently ball up into fist.

"Show yourself! Why would you do this!"

"You don´t need happiness. You needed the person who was holding you back gone."

"My mother was a decent person! She could make my life a living hell, but she was all I had!"

I am screaming at the top of my lunngs. I can hear the cracking in my voice. Rage and hate fills my body. I want to see her face.

"She is gone now . In the underworld, You will never see her again." She keeps toying with me. "You are going to die anyway. By my hand I promise."

This time she showed herself. In a black cloak, with hood that hid her face. I try to lung at her, but my feet wouldn´t move. Okay now I´m scared. I look down and the road has morphed to my feet. Her cold skinny fingers cluch around my neck. She squezes harder and harder. I never wanted to de like this. My lung start to burn, then everything goes black.

A tear falls down my cheek. I can´t believe I´m afraid of a woman I don´t know. I remember Percy told me demigods has weird dreams a lot and sometimes they real. A hand lighly touches my shoulder. I shutter.

"You okay?"

I relax as soon as I hear the voice. Percy. I reconise his voice in a heart beat.

"Nightmares," I mutter while lifting my hand to move the water.

"You want to talk about it?" He sits beside me and waits for me to start.

I explain the dream to him and when I finish he stays silent. I can tell that something is wrong. He knew something.

"I know who the woman is," he says finally with anger to sugar coat it. He has all my attention. I loose all consitration on the water.

"Who?" I clench my jaw.

"Gaea. The one who sleeps and almost cause a war last summer. Thank the gods she is still sleeping."

"She killed my mother," my voice cracks,"This is all my fault. I don´t understand why this is happenin- g."

Percy instently turns to look at me. His eyes shimmer in the moonlight.

"Its not your fault. You never knew it was going to happen."

"Yes it is. I told her she was dead to me. She drove off pissed. Then Gaea does this. Why am I so special. I´m just a random girl," I look down and try to stop my tears. I feel Percy lighly take my jaw. Focing me to look at him.

"Now you look at me. You had no idea that Gaea was going to do that and you are not just a girl.  You're a powerful demigod who means so much to me," he brushes some of the fallen strands of hair and tears from his face. A small smile spreads at his face,"I'm your brother and always will."

I smile and tackle him into a hug. He laughs as I squeeze harder. He returns the hug back, then pull away. "Lets head back to the cabin. Okay?" he adds.

"Okay." I say softly. He gives me a quick peck on my forehead and pulled me off the ground with him. The kiss was surprising, but brotherly. I smile as we walk back to the cabin. I decided to jump on Percy's back.

"Ugh, really," he complained.

"My feet hurt," I whine like a five year old.

"Maybe next time you can give me a little warning. Ugh, what have you been eating," he grown.

I smack him on the side of his head and he just laughs as we make our way back to the cabin.

 So I haven't updated in ages and I am so sorry for that! I have written more chapters and they will be coming as soon as I can type them. If you like it let me know. Also any pointers just message me or comment.