Chapter Twenty-Three
Everyone was singing around the camp fire. Absolutely everyone was there, Roman, magician, and Greeks. Suddenly the campfire went black a cold settled over little an icy blanket. The crowd stopped. Suddenly a man walked out of the flames.
Instantly Astrid recognized him.
Death.
She fell off the plank of wood in her frantic attempts to get away. Her for shrank to a wolves. She could faintly hear him claiming Hunter. She remembered getting onto her paws and running.
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Hunter's POV
He looked up in the direction Astrid was. Her face was full of pure terror. Then it morphed into a wolves and she turned and ran.
Was it because of his Father?
Was it because of him?
And as much as he hated to admit it. He liked her a lot, and he might never tell her because he was too caught up In his pride.
His dad melted into the shadow. The camp congratulated him warily. He barely heard. The only thing on his mind was her face. The terror she was probably feeling.
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Astrid's POV
Astrid stopped running. Her breath was clouding around her muzzle. It was dry and warm out. Her breath was just very moist. Her muzzle had freckles of grey matching her hair. Her long tail brushed the ground. And her ears pinned against her head. Moonlight beamed down on her making her fur look silver. She slowly morphed back to a human form. From her pocket a ringtone went off. She picked it up.
Can Julius Caesar comeback to life?
It was Frank. Instantly her mind went to the curse and prophecy.
Does he look the part?
She was getting worried. If it was him......
Yes. And he wants to reclaim Rome.
Schist.
Astrid turned tail and ran back to camp. She arrived to see people pulling out phones. All their faces matched hers. Her closet friends ran up to her.
"What's going on?" Kaylie asked.
"Something I may or may not have started." Astrid answered. Natasha ran up with Andrea.
"Do you think it started?" Natasha questioned.
"Yes. And the Greek leader is here." Andrea pointed. There was a man in Greek battle armour with a sword at his side. He was in sandals and had long, curly, dark hair.
"I am Alexander The Great! And I'm here to reclaim my empire! Any non Greek leave now or be slaughtered." The man yelled. Hunter ran up to him. Hopefully to buy time.
"Any Light travelers, shadow travelers, or able to get away fast grab as many of the people from your camp or house and get out of here!" Astrid howled. Instantly people ran for eachother. Quickly the crowd diminished. Alexander the Great walked down towards Chiron and Mr. D. Astrid couldn't hear what they were saying till Alexander pulled out his weapon and went to swing it at Chiron. Astrid pulled out her weapon and moon traveled in front of the swinging sword. Her wings snapped out to balance herself. She grunted in the effort to hold the weapon still.
"How dare you!" Mr. D roared at (hopefully) the intruder. "Zeus himself sent me here!" Thunder rumbled. Mr. D gasped. Then grabbed Chiron's arm and disappeared.
"Are you Roman?" Alexander hissed.
"My mother is Lupa. What do you think dude?" Astrid said as she fell back to the fire. Her side slammed into the bricks. She quickly started to pull herself up then metal pressed against the back of her neck. She froze.
"Anymore people like this one?" He asked. Most campers who were close friends either or the heroes of Olympus came forward. Alexander scanned the crowd then noticed Hunter. "You!" Hunter quirked his head.
"Me?"
"Yes! Who are you with?"
"You mean dating?"
"No! Race!"
Man, Hunter was playing this well.
"Well. Death isn't limited by barriers. So nether am I."
"Anybody who supports this one will join her in the cage." Some people went to step forward when Astrid shock her head and mouthed leave me. I'll be fine.
Everyone stopped.
"Did you notice the wings?" She asked.
"Wings?" He asked uncertain. If he didn't know she had wings then Natasha and Andrea were safer.
"Sorry. Weird fandom reference." Great cover up.
"You two!" He pointed at Nico and Percy. "Drag her to the cage."
"We don't have a cage." Percy said.
"We have one in the circle in the middle of the temples. Throw her in there. One glass of water a day and one slice of bread per meal." Percy and Nico hesitantly came forward. "Hurry up!" They came faster. They started to help her up.
"Make it rough. Finish the look. And hide the tattoos." Astrid whispered. They pulled her up and started dragging her away. Sure enough there was a cage. "Be careful. Send Mrs. O'leary and Fez in small form to my dads. Attach a message explaining. Leave out the cage. They will be safe there." Astrid said. Percy nodded. They opened the cage and pushed Astrid in and locked it. Astrid looked around at the mesh. The metal top and bottom. And curled up tight. If anyone else came in it would start to get tight.
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