Chapter Twelve

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Forgiveness does not Change the past but It does enlarge The future

-Paul Lewis Boese

...but why would she lie?

The prophecy was the only reason I was here. Surely, Annabeth wouldn't purposely extend my time here. Right?

I looked across the ping pong table to Chiron. He seemed to be facing the same dilemma, brows drawn together with a frown. A slight frown on his lips that opened every now and again, but with no words coming out.

Knowing myself, I probably look the same. The irony of having so many questions on your mind, but not voicing any of them was ever so present.

Piper, however, did not share our issues.

"And you're lying because..?" She asked with a commanding tone. Originally, I thought she was asking me. The idea of revealing myself to the demigods surfaced.

Stupid fucking charmspeak.

"I'm no liar." Annabeth laughed with an absent mind. Her attention fixated on a ring that hung on the traditional camp necklace.

"It's always that damn ring." Piper said.

Dam.

The word always caused happy butterflies to flutter. For it had been the source of many memories. Memories of times where the weight of the world didn't seem so important, so heavy. Times where in hardship, bonds were still abled to be formed. Despite how much that person didn't like you in the moment or what they believed in.

Hoover Dam.

Who knew that it wouldn't just be the source of an inside joke. A place where you thought jewelry would end up being tacky. A place that needed a dam snack bar...

Dam snack bar... Damn snack bar...

Damn ring... Dam ring...

Annabeth slammed her hands on the table, jotting me from my day dream. "I already told you, Piper! Drop. It!"

The two glared at each other for what seemed to be equal to my time working for Chaos.

Now don't ask me how the argument happened. Even I'm not sure, which is strange considering I was apart of original conversation. Perhaps, good old ADHD came into play or I simply just got bored and thought about something else. All I know is that I missed something in my time of detachment to the world.

My eyes drifted over to Chiron once more. He was a gapping fish. Undeciding of what to do with the current situation.

After many moments of silence, Chiron finally spoke up. "You know what the prophecy truly means, don't you."

Her confidence shifted, and Annabeth refused to meet anyone's eyes. Everyone leaned on the edge of their sits in anticipation... or it might've been ADHD.

Realizing that everyone was waiting, Annabeth let out a sigh and sat down as if just talking would take a lot of energy out of her. Piper, just as curious as everyone else, resumed sitting in her seat.

Annabeth rubbed her hands together nervously while looking at Will who gave her a 'go on' motion.

"I agreed with Reyna because she's right the rivalry being between gods and a legacy being the result of it being destroyed." Annabeth said. "Only it wasn't between Greeks and Romans. Nor is the legacy Lacy Grace."

She stopped as if that was enough as an answer.

However, Will had another opinion. "Annabeth, if you don't start talking, I swear to the gods I won't hide a single detail."

Will's words were laced with venom and threat. He showed no signs of backing down. Annabeth, however, didn't either.

"You swore on the Styx." Annabeth countered. "You can't say anything."

"Loopholes."

"Yass bitch." I'm just kidding. No one actually said that. But I know for a fact everyone was thinking it, especially Leo.

Annabeth let out a sigh and turned to Parker.

"It's about your parents."

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A/N: So... how are y'all doing?

I know, its been a while now and you all are probably very disappointed in me... but I got a reason!! Originally, I was going to finish this over the summer.. but I'm a major procrastinator and decided "oH i CaN jUsT dO wHaT i DiD wItH sTaR." (by that I mean write during the school year)

No

Turns out I technically skipped a grade. So I'm currently learning the stuff I should be learning this year and the stuff I need to learn next year.This also means homework. Especially in ELA because my teacher acts like we don't have lives outside of school.

And for whatever reason, I stress myself out more than needed. The reason that I decided to take a break from Omega (and you'll know this if you follow me) is because I actually passed out due to that stress. After that I knew that I needed to take some of that stress away and focused on my health over writing.

Now that I'm getting in the habit of studying and better taking care of myself, here I fucking am.

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