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Behind the Shadows

Hallucination

Through Jake's Eyes Part SIX
Apollos Chariot was a challenge to admire. Its not that it was ugly or anything, it was just so bizarre. It was kind of like how the storybooks had described but it was also missing A LOT of detail. It was like a horse pulled carriage smushed into a mini bus, and it was also a blinding gold colour which made the space around it sparkle. Apollo clicks his fingers and the bus/chariot thing doors bang open. Jake grunts while he walks passed a smug looking Apollo. "You're just jealous!" Apollo calls after him with a chuckle. Grover stumbles a head trying to get the first pick of seats. Jake jogs after and Apollo takes his sweet time. The closer they get the more blinding everything gets. The gold of the chariot makes it hard to see through the windows. Was there even windows? It was so blinding that all Jake saw was gold, gold and more gold. Was it real gold? Maybe Jake could scrape some off and exchange it for some much needed drachma. Hecate had cleared him out and he would still need to find a way back to camp. If he survived.
Grover had stopped just at the doorway and his face was a mask of horror mixed with surprise. Jake looks over Grovers shoulder and his expression mirrors the satyr. In the first row of seats in the carriage sat Annabeth and Clarisse. Jake was surprised to Annabeth but Clarisse? What on earth was she doing here? "What are you two doing here?" Grover asks as he and Jake scramble into the chariot and take their seats behind the two girls. They were dressed prepared for a fight whereas Jake and Grover were dressed like the only fight they expected was a dribble of rain. Annabeth tosses a rucksack onto Jake's lap. Inside was armor and some blades, there was also a picture of Sapphire was a heart around her head with Jake's name written beside it. Clarisse lets out a cackle when she sees his reaction of horror and embarrassment.
"We came to help you bring Sapphires sorry butt back to camp" Clarisse states. Unfortunately Jake can't see her expression which would no doubt be a face full of annoyance. Annabeth nods in agreement but grumbles at Clarisse for her choice of words. "She is probably plotting her next attack on camp anyway"
"Clarisse!" Annabeth scalds "We don't even know if Sapphire is to blame" Jake and Grover sigh and begin examining the blades and armor. Jake pocket the picture to avoid anyone using as a weapon to embarrass him more.
"I understand why you would want to help, Annabeth but why you Clarisse? You hate Sapphire" Grover asks the question that was swirling in Jake's mind. Clarisse curses a few times before she turns to glare at them all. Jake had forgotten how scary she could be. Grover's gulp is audible and he turns his focus to the floor. Apollo swaggers in and throws a thumbs up at the bunch of them. Before he takes his seat in the driver's seat Clarisse flips him off.
"Camp is so dull with everyone pointing fingers. And for your information Sapphire and I don't hate each other, we are just acquaintances who like to take out our need to fight on each other. I respect her as a warrior" Clarisse's says. Grover is silent and his focus is back on her with eyes full of wonder. Annabeth cocks her head is awe and looks like she has been handed a test she can't find the answers too. Jake however falls off his seat laughing. All these years off watching Sapphire and Clarisse tare into one another and it turns out they have some sort of understanding and agreement. Sapphire had never not once mentioned it to him. It always looked like hated to him when Sapphire was calm one minute and the next she was ripping out Clarisse's hair in clumps whenever she saw her. He did have to admit that Sapphire did pent up a lot of fight and emotions and it seemed Clarisse's was alway there to take the punches. Jake has to take a few deep breaths of air to calm his laughing.
"So what you're saying is that instead of taking to the arena like normal demigods and using the dummies, you and Sapphire used each other as live targets?" Jake asks. Clarisse shugs and Jake climbs back onto his seat. "Why Sapphire?"
"I like a challenge and she doesn't take it all to heart like my siblings"Clarisse smirks "I broke her leg once and she laughed and punched me in the face" Annabeth gasps and frowns like hearing this makes her see Sapphire in a new light.
"She always did like picking fights with Thalia when we were younger. I just can't figure out who or what has made her have this need for a fight" Annabeth admits. She shares a look with Grover and Clarisse shrugs like Sapphire's need to fight was normal. It was normal for Clarisse because she is the daughter of Ares but a child of Apollo and poseidon were alway pretty chill. However children of Poseidon could be like a calm sea and then have the wrath of a storm. Maybe they could be either or. Percy was pretty chilled and calm and Sapphire was all over the place like choppy waves crashing all over the place.
"Here we are" Apollo butts in "Now get out and try not to die" Jake looks out the window and freezes. There was everyone's worst nightmare. Charybdis. Clarisse and Annabeth are the first to get up and jump out. They only just miss the massive teeth looking rocks. They disappear into the water.
"Lets go" Jake says and Grover follows looking like he might throw up. They stand by the door and look down.
"Have fun" Apollo chirps before they jump.
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The smell of rotten fish had faded away a few days ago. Or maybe Sapphire had just gotten used to it. Her leg was an unhealthy colour and it never stopped throbbing with an unbearable pain. There was no food and the water looked like it would do more harm than good. Every so often Charybdis would swallow up some more of the sea that would swoosh about inside taking Sapphire with it nearly making her fall unconscious. It was unlikely that she would have escaped by now without her broken leg but it was nice to blame something. She had not eaten in days and she slowly became weaker and weaker. Now she was lying on a large chunk of wood off one of the ships. her lips were chapped and her stomach had stopped complaining ages ago. Sapphire had always seen herself die in battle. She wanted to die a hero, not die as some idiot whose actions had made her a traitor. It was hard work on the wannabe hero ladder. She would never make it to the top with the way things were now. She had a few more days at the most to live.
The piece of wood that Sapphire had been using to help her walk had split in half and fallen into the slime. Normal people go the odd day full of bad luck. Sapphire however had started to wonder if she should apply to be the new goddess of bad luck. With no stick Sapphire was stuck here lying on the wood that slowly became more slimy. Sometimes a dead body would float past her and make her want to throw up. It had to be over a week she had been in here and she could tell by how dry her mouth was and how shaky her hands were. Sapphire just hoped that the gods could not see her suffer in here. They could at least give her the satisfaction of dying without the shame of someone seeing her like this. She sometimes saw things because of how hungry and thirsty she was. She mostly just saw face. She saw Annabeth Thalia and Luke smiling down at her. She heard Jake's voice once. He had asked her how her cake was. Of all things he could of said and he say that!
"Oh great now we are going to die!" A voice yells. It sounds like Clarisse's. Sapphire croaks a laugh. Now she had the misfortune of imagining her voice.
"You wanted to come!" Annabeth's voice yells right back. Sapphire had not heard a conversation until now. Was this one step closer to losing it? "Sapphire!" Annabeth calls.
"Yeah, she is dead. come on let's climb back out"
"Would it shut you up?" Another voice joins in. It sounds like Jakes. Sapphire attempts to sit up to look around to see if she is going insane or not. Her leg gives stab of pain and she yelps loudly enough that is echos around her. "Did you hear that?"
"We arent deaf!" Clarisse snaps at him. "It came from over there". The voices seese and silence returns. Sapphire stares up at nothing and feels slime now touching her legs. This would do even more damage to her broken leg. Great. Her eyes grow heavy and close just in time for slime to flick onto her eyelid.
"Well isnt this a sorry sight" Clarisse says. Her voice is closer and it follows with her annoying laughter.
"Crawl back into your cave" Sapphire replies now accepting her madness. She opens her eyes and squeeks when she sees Annabeth, Grover, Clarisse and Jake all gawking down at her. "When will this craziness end?" Sapphire asks no one in particular. Annabeth frowns and bends down to pull Sapphire up. Sapphires leg burns with pain in the process. Her eyes nearly bulged out of her head. She could feel Annabeth's hands on her arm. "Your real!" Her voice croaks with emotion.
"Jake, give me a hand here and Grover keep hold of her legs. I think one is broken." Annabeth orders and they get to work. Within seconds Sapphire in on her legs and staring at everyone in wonder. Then all the happiness vanishes.
"You know you are all going to die with me now" Sapphire grumbles and sighs. Jake lets out a weird croak before her nearly decks Sapphire in a bone crushing hug.
"Well isnt this gross" Clarisse state while glaring at them. Sapphire glares back.

"Fight me" She snaps back and everyone bursts out laughing. Jake lets her go and holds his knees while laughing. They all point her and laugh even harder. "Oh, I see you have formed some inside jokes about me while I was gone" Sapphire crosses her arms trying to give her best unamused look. Clarisse is the first to stop laughing and give Sapphire her most deadly look.
"So are you a traitor or not?" She asks. Sapphire eye twitches and she scratches the back of her head.
"No" Everyone frowns at her looking like the expected a better answer. "I saved your butts and no one even knows" Sapphire sighs and looks up dramatically. "This has been the most bizarre year of my life! I just want to get out of here and go to sleep" Everyone shares a look and shrugs.

"Lets get to work then" Annabeth says and claps her hands.

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Comments

omg u have to continue this story!!! it is soooooo good

McShizzle_yall McShizzle_yall
6/13/18

Where is half of the chapters like 1,2,3,4? And please upate

rucas2003 rucas2003
6/1/17

I just found this less than a week ago and just couldn't put it down, you have such a great story

UPDATE IT!!!! NEED TO READ MORE!!!!