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i can't sleep alone, because there's something in here.
and if you are gone, i will not belong here.

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DAVINA CASTILLO believes herself to be more ghoul than girl most days. She walks through life without meaning, without purpose, without a real understanding of her identity. It's a pity, she often thinks, that the Fates wasted life on a girl who wishes she were a ghoul.

ELLIOT CASTILLO has never had that problem. Confident, outgoing, likable—Elliot has known who he is from the moment he could talk, and he makes sure the world knows, too. He is everything Davina will never be. He is larger than life whereas she has spent her own making herself small. He is a whole person, and she is merely a cruel extension of his existence.

Yes, Elliot's obvious perfection should've made Davina jealous. It should've made her want to work harder to be better than him. It should've made her skin burn with bitterness and resentment. (Sometimes it does—more than she cares to admit. Sometimes all she feels is bitter and hostile.) But most times, she can't find it in herself to care—not when his perfection means she's going to die at the age of eighteen.

As a set of twins and the children of Hecate, Davina and Elliot were automatically considered a rarity. The Castillo twins are special, but Davina believes it to be nothing more than a ruse. There's nothing special about a prophecy that dictates once they turn eighteen, they will perform a ceremony to merge their magic together. There's nothing remotely cool about the fact that the weaker twin will subsequently die.

Davina made her peace long ago. She knows what's coming, and she's not going to waste her time searching for frivolous hope. She hardly has enough breath saved to tell the Fates to shove it. But when she's thrown into a quest with none other than Percy Jackson—who turns out to be more than what she thought—Davina begins to wonder if maybe there's a way to escape her fate. Maybe there's a chance for her to survive. Maybe she no longer has to play the role of a ghoul.

And maybe Davina's life is worth fighting for after all.

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MAIN CHARACTERS...

davina iphigenia castillo
{ as described }
daughter of hecate

make me a big grey cloud || mother, florence + the machine

elliot adonis castillo
{ as described }
son of hecate

maybe this is all that i can be || w.d.y.w.f.m, the nbhd

FEATURING...

thomas " tommy" lee
{ as described }
son of hermes

isabella "izzie" fields
{ as described }
daughter of iris

percy jackson... as described
annabeth chase... as described
diego castillo... david casteñada
antonio castillo... diego calva
hecate... lana parrilla
everyone else as described

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PLAYLIST...

gasoline // halsey
cosmic love // florence + the machine

arsonist's lullaby // hozier
all i need // radiohead

bite the hand // boygenius
wires// the neighbourhood

allies or enemies // the crane wives
i bet on losing dogs // mitski

born to die // lana del rey
delicate // taylor swift

ocean eyes // billie eilish
i will follow you into the dark // death cab for cutie

set fire to the rain // adele
abstract (psychopomp) // hozier

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CONTENT WARNING... descriptions of death, witchcraft, mental health issues, violence, swearing, panic attacks

DISCLAIMER... i do not own percy jackson, the books' original plot, or any of the original characters. all rights belong to rick riordan. however, i do own the castillo twins, any other original characters, dialogue, and plot. i also own the moodboards made by myself. cover by amuors <33
also this story is separate from the d*sney+ series and will be following the book events (reminder to 🏴‍☠️ the show if you decide to watch the series—your desire to watch it is not more important than people's lives and boycotting a company that supports a genocide !!)

DEDICATIONS... andromqda poisonflytrap -luvgoods plantloversyndrome & anyone else who reads this fic

WELCOME... to my second pjo series, titled young gods! i unpublished it for a bit so i could focus on my other stories & revamp the layout hehe. everyone is aged up by two years bc i felt like it. similar to my other series, i don't particularly want to write a romance between thirteen year olds.

davina is my katniss everdeen/regulus black/zuko/florence+the machine coded bbg (yeah, she's complicated, what about it) & i can't wait for y'all to read her & elliot's story 🤍

please don't be a ghost reader! :) votes, comments, & interactions w/ the story truly make my day <3 thank you for reading babes !!!!

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