Life of a Legacy

"Hey, hey, it's okay," a boy voice said. I looked up to see that I was in the infirmary. I must of been kicking because there was a kid on both sides of me holding me down. One was a girl and one was a boy. They let go and I sat up holding my knees.

"Where are my parents?" I asked. The girl smiled and the boy got a thermometer.

"They're teaching a class right now," the girl said softly. "It's going to be a while, you can catch up with them later."

"What time is it?" I asked.

"It's almost dinner time," the boy said.

"How long was I here?" I asked. The boy sat next to me and gave me the themonetnor. I took in and put it in my mouth. He took it out and looked pleased at it.

"Only a day," he said. "By the way, I'm John and this is Jane and we're Apollo children."

"Hi," I said. "Was I kicking you guys?"

"Not really. You were kicking though," Jane said. Then I noticed a small bruise on her arm. She saw what I was looking at. "Oh that, its nothing. Your stronger than you look, ya know." I just shook my head. I was given some food along with a little bit of necter, wich tasted like sugar cookies. I tried to walk, but felt dizzy and had to sit down after a while. Jane and John stayed with me for a while, then Chiron came in and relieved them. He didn't ask me any questions about Voice, we just played goldfish.

"I win," I said after the fith game. Chiron had a smile on and he ruffled my hair.

After a few more rounds, some girl brought in some clothes. Chiron told me he would catch me later and excused himself so I could take a shower. Once I got out, I walked over to my cabin. I went inside to my bedroom. It was clean and my bed was made, I guess Mom did it. I was about to sit down when I saw an envelope. It was adressed to me and I opened it. I read the letter and it said:

Dear Nara,

We pray everyday that you are alive and well. What happened? One day, Mom knocked on your door to wake you up, and you weren't there. We assumed you went to breakfast, so we didn't worry then. It wasn't until no one saw you did we panic. We looked all over camp and checked the woods until the mortal world began to shine. No sign of you. No note and no warning, so we had no leads. Well, you have been acting, differently, lately. We only wish that we know what we did to drive you to dissapear. No matter what happens, just know we never stopped looking.

Dad seached New York from dawn and wouldn't come home until 3 in the morning. He would walk in and Mom would look at him with hopeful eyes. They would always dim when he said that there was no sign of you. Mom sent Iris Messages everyday, giving locations that we thaught you would be. Mom searched all over the world. She must of sent about a hundred of them to Chuckie Cheese. Remeber when you where three and you kicked a boy because he called you a big dummy? We had to leave Chuckie Cheese, but Mom and Dad wern't mad at all.

Grandma Sally and Grandpa Paul put in police reports until days ends(it means they put in a lot of reports). They kept us updated and when they say the police found something, we ran over. Your favorite teddy bear was dropped off at the police station with a note written in greek. It said "Every thing is done for a reason." All we had time to do was touch the bear before it blew up. It sparked and burned up. The police believed that it was wired and that some one was out to get us and asked if they could get a name. They didn't think anything about how it blew up green, only we did.

All Mom did was slump to the floor and cried while Dad told the police that we didn't know any people who would do this. Of course, we knew where to look. Dad stormed out of the apartment and stormed into Olympus(the security gaurd did not argue, he just gave him the card to the 600th floor). The only ones on Olympus were Zues, Poesidon, Athena and Hera. Dad told them what happened and asked if they could look for you. After an unnecessary debate, the gods agreed to help look for you. Its been almost a month and we have no idea where you are.

We will not stop looking for you. All we want you to know is that we love you and that we are sorry. We don't know if you'll ever get this letter, but we need you to know that we never ment to drive you away. We can't dwell on what may of happened, but we will find you. Everyone misses you. Last night, Mom walked in on Dad reading you a bedtime story to your bed. She sat down next to him and told him we needed to write this letter. We love you and we will always work things out. Remeber the family motto, "As long as we're together, we can do anything."

Love,
Mom and Dad

I was sitting on my bed when I finished the letter. I held my chest with one hand and the letter in the other. My parent never stopped caring or looking. The letter was dusty and a little bit faded. It must of been written a few days after I went missing. I folded the letter and walked over to the arena. Mom and Dad were on their way out when I got there. I ran up to them and hugged them. They pulled away after a while and I gave them the letter. Dad hugged me again. I think he was trying not to cry.

"We thought we would never see you again," he said.

"I thought I would never see you again," I admitted. "It's good to be home." I pulled away from Dad and hugged Mom. She patted my hair.

"Let's get something to eat, I'm starving," she said. We walked over to the pavilion, one small funny family.

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