Aleka, The Fourth Fate

Aleka

Aleka wholeheartedly enjoyed Nico's company, and found herself a few hours later walking towards the lake with him, where Will was already waiting. "This is depressing," he said as they neared him. "Look! I've already been replaced!" He gestured to Aleka and placed the back of his hand to his forehead. She and Nico laughed, then sat down next to him.
"There was a game that the Greeks used to play," she began, "A game of wits, and the difficulty of the riddles measured your wisdom. Each player would ask the other seven riddles, and whoever got the most right would be deemed the most wise."
"Sounds easy enough," Will said, "I'll go first:

"What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than tress.
Up, up it goes,
and yet never grows?"

Nico rolled his eyes. "Easy. A mountain."
Will scowled. "Fine, Mr. I'm-a-better-riddler-than-Will, what've you got?"
Nico gave him a lopsided smile and recited:

"Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters.
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters."

"The wind." Aleka said immediately. Nico blinked and Will grinned smugly.
Aleka shook her head, smiling slightly, and said:

"Thirty white horses on a red hill.
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still."

Will and Nico looked stumped. Then someone behind Aleka said, "Teeth, of course."
It was Annabeth, the daughter of the gray-eyed goddess. She sat down beside her and asked what they were doing. "We're having a riddle match," Nico said. "It was a game the Greeks used to play to determine the wisest of the group."
"Can I play? Percy's at sword practice and I have the hour free."
"Sure. Go ahead." Aleka said. 'A riddle match with the daughter of Athena,' she thought. 'THIS should be interesting.'
"Okay," the blonde said, "How about:

"An eye in a blue face,
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye,"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place
Not in high place."

Aleka smiled. "Simple. Sun on the daisies."
Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "Your turn."
Aleka began:

"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
and empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
ends life, kills laughter."

Annabeth frowned, her cloudy gray eyes thoughtful. Suddenly, her head snapped up. "The dark!" She said.
"Yep. You turn."
"Are Will and I next door neighbors or something?" Nico asked, but the girls ignored them.

"Alive without breath,
As cold as death.
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
all in mail, never clinking."

Annabeth said, a smug look on her face. She thought she was a true riddler. Oh please.
"Child's play," Aleka said, smiling crookedly. "A fish!" And Annabeth looked slightly deflated.
"Last one. Winner is wisest." Annabeth grinned. "You're on."
"Okay then." Aleka said, and spoke:

"This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stone into meal;
Slays kings, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down."

Annabeth sat there in shock for a moment and opened her mouth just as someone called her name. At this she frowned and turned, and whatever it was left her as pale as a sheet and completely speechless. Aleka looked over her shoulder, and her jaw dropped.
Sadie Kane was calling Annabeth's name.

Notes

Plot twist!! MWAH HA HA HA!! >:) Nah, because I'm gonna update again after I post this. Please, if you like this story, tell me what you think and what you want yo happen next, because I'm about to get all crazy and irrational with this thing, okay? So please, for the sake of your fellow readers and MY sanity, please comment below and let me know what should happen next, or else I'm gonna make the March Hare and the Mad Hatter come and invite Nico and Aleka for tea, and Reyna's gonna start tap-dancing, and Will's gonna put on a grass skirt and do the hula, okay? So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!
So, until next chapter, you little bookies! Yeah, I know I'm a lunatic. Aren't the best people though? :)

-Marium ^_^