"Hm." Jeanett muttered, "What was she stabbed with?"

"I don't know." Clara sighed, "I wasn't there when she got stabbed."

"A bit of this would do the trick." Jeanett grabbed a jar.

A few minutes later..

Ritha's eyes shot open, "Oh my gosh."

"You'll be fine in a few minutes." Jeanett closed the jar and put it on her shelf.

"What happened?" Ritha held her head.

"Jeanett just tended your wound." Clara said, "Chillax gurl."

"I see.." Ritha looked at Jeanett, "Thankyou."

"No problem." Jeanett winked.

"Jeanett. We need you to join our team." Clara looked at Jeanett with a meaningful look.

"Pft. I'll join." Jeanett patted Clara's back.

"Really?" Clara looked happy.

"Of course!" Jeanett smiled as she went downstairs.

"That easy?" Ritha looked at Clara in concern.

"She's been like that since we were little." Clara shrugged, "Let's go down."

Clara really wanted to add so we don't make that boyfriend of yours worry. But nah. She didn't feel like teasing.

Clara and Ritha went down.

"Daughter and Poseidon and the Son of Hades." Mrs. Carissa looked amazed, "In one room. I feel the tension."

"Mom.. I have to go with them." Jeanett said.

"I knew this day would come." Mrs. Carissa sighed and smiled.

"I won't disappear like dad." Jeanett looked at her mom, "Promise!"

"Okay... okay." Mrs. Carissa smiled sadly.

"Ritha! You're fine now?" Jayce asked.

"Yeah i feel good as new, actually." Ritha flexed her shoulder.

"That's good." Jayce replied.

"We have to go." Ritha looked serious, "We only have a few days left."

Everyone thanked Mrs. Carissa for her hospitality, and left.

"See you, mom!" Jeanett waved her hand as she walked away.

"Good luck to all of you!" Mrs. Carissa waved from a distance.

"So. Who are we going to again?" Clara asked.

"Evan." Ritha answered, "The last one."

"By the way, why are you bringing a backpack, Jeanett?" Jayce tilted his head.

"It's an endless storage." Jeanett said, "But i can feel each object's weight so don't you dare putting your stuff in here."

"Where did you get it?" Clara played with some water in her palms.

"My dad gave it to me." Jeanett pursed her lips, "He only visited me once."

"I can relate." Clara patted Jeanett's back.

"Okay.. instead of depressing things.." Jayce said, "Where is Evan?"

"The other side of the city.." Ritha sighed.

"We can't use a taxi?" Jayce complained.

"Walking rises your stamina." Jeanett blinked.

Jayce just looked at Jeanett with an 'i give up' expression.

"The giants?" Vito asked, "Wouldn't we attract them?"

Ritha just sprayed some liquid to his face.

"Ew! What is this?" Vito wiped the liquid off his face.

"So the giants won't smell us, dummy." Ritha sighed and sprayed some to the others.

"You had to spray it to my face." Vito grunted.

"It's fun." Ritha teased.

"Why you.." Vito snatched the bottle and sprayed some to Ritha's face.

Ritha laughed. Vito did too.

"Love birds." Everyone else said in a straight tone.

"S-shut up!" Ritha and Vito said in sync.

"Let's just.. get on with the journey." Clara sighed as she walked.

"Mhm." Jeanett followed.

Xavier just turned his head and walked. Jayce too.

"I miss this." Vito smiled in a sweet kind of way.

"Mm." Ritha just hurried pass him.

"Pft." Vito chased after the others.

A few kilometers later..

"Guys. We. Gotta. Rest." Jayce slumped on a stump.

"Gotchu." Clara said as she sat on a log.

"Okay. We'll rest here." Ritha announced.

They were at the side of the road, an entrance to a forest.

"How many more kilos?" Xavier asked.

"Around.. 40?" Ritha shrugged.

"How many kilos did we-" Jeanett was cut of by a rustle in the forest.

"Oh crap." Clara cursed, "Hopefully it's just a random animal."

"Get down!" Ritha ordered.

10 seconds of silence.

The thing that came out was a tortoise. Wait. A tortoise?

Clara sighed in relief. Then there was a rustle after that too. A man came out, he wore a black running suit and a red headband. He had golden hair and black sneakers.

"There you are!" The man picked up the tortoise.

"...Hermes?" Ritha looked at the man with confusion.

"Ah. Athena's daughter." The man grinned, "I've come to give y'all sumthin."

"...Evan's dad?" Jayce raised an eyebrow.

"Ah.. Evan.. it's been a long time since i visited him." Hermes smiled sadly.

"So... your tortoise led you here?" Clara tilted her head.

"Coincidence." Hermes looked at Clara,"Or it's the Fates."

"So what did you bring us?" Vito crossed his arms.

Hermes smirked and snapped his fingers. A staff appeared and he grabbed it. His appearance changed, his headband changed to a winged helmet, and his running suit changed to a greek warrior suit.

"Whoa." Jayce looked interested.

Hermes took a box from behind and gave it to Ritha.

Hermes tapped the box with his staff and a paper appeared. A pen suddenly appeared in Ritha's hand.

"Sign here." Hermes pointed at a spot.

"Okay.." Ritha signed the paper.

The paper disintegerated to sparkly dust.

"Say hi to my son for me." Hermes smiled and disappeared.

Silence..

"Amusing." Vito blinked.

"Are the gods that busy?" Jayce looked at Jeanett.

Jeanett shrugged.

"Hermes has blonde hair?" Clara scratched her head, "Evan has blonde hair too?"

"No." Ritha said, "He has black to silver hair, i don't know where he got the silver though."

"Alright, enough. Let's rest." Jayce looked like a zombie brought to life. He threw some boxes to everyone, each person gets one.

"Thank me later." Jayce yawned and threw the box to the grass, it expanded to a tent and he went in.

"When did he make this..." Clara asked in confusion.

"You never know the children of Hephaestus." Ritha shrugged. She expanded her tent.

The others also expanded their tents.

Clara decided to take a quick bath. As she started to walk..

"You'll attract some giants, ya know." Ritha sighed.

"Borrow your spray again afterwards." Clara shrugged as she continued and walked to the river.

"Ha." Ritha face palmed and she went inside her tent.

8.00 P.M.
Clara was finished, she wore a dark blue turtle neck and black leggings. And just her good old sneakers.

"Clara, hurry up!" Ritha called.

"Coming!" Clara yelled back and jogged.

The others already lit up a camp fire. Jeanett just pulled out a guitar from her bag. She started playing it.

"Amazing, Jeanett." Clara clapped, "You play the guitar so well!"

"I know that you can sing better now too." Jeanett beamed.

"I ain't singing." Clara sat down between Ritha and Jeanett.

"Probably because you don't sound good." Xavier looked at a tree.

"Haha. Very funny." Clara balled her fists.

"Ritha, try singing!" Jayce said.

"I remember you were a pretty good singer." Vito looked lost in his thoughts.

"I won't sing." Ritha crossed her arms.

"Come on." Clara turned to Ritha, "Singgggg"

"I'm not singing. If you agree to sing, i might reconsider." Ritha smirked.

"I'm not singing." Clara frowned. She doesn't know why.

"Alright then i won't." Ritha turned away.

"Clara. Please?" Jeanett smiled, "It's been a long time since we both did this."

"Nope." Clara looked away.

"Ritha?" Jeanett pleaded.

"..Fine." Ritha sighed, "What song?"

"Count on me?" Jeanett suggested.

"Okay." Ritha shrugged.

Clara stood up and left.

"Clara?" Jayce called, "Hey Clara!"

"Let her be." Jeanett pursed her lips, "I think she remembered something from the past."

Clara's POV
I just went to the nearest lake and dived in. I sat at the bottom of the lake.

Why am i doing this? I thought as i saw the fish. Why am i like this when i'm supposed to be happy?

I can hear soft voices of Ritha singing. I smiled to myself. After 20 minutes, they stopped. Are they asleep?

I went out of the lake and went to the river and sat on the side. Memories came flowing back to me.

I shut my eyes.

**Flashback**
I remembered that i loved to sing. Jeanett would play the guitar and i would sing my heart out. I was happy, until i realized it was a curse.

"Mom!" I saw 4 year old me running to my mom.

"Sweetie!" My mom laughed cheerfully and picked me up, "Sing for mommy?"

"I plan to sing with Jeanett later!" Mini me laughed.

"You'll be a wonderful singer!" My mom smiled.

That day, when i was with Jeanett. I sang, and suddenly there was a loud crash on the streets. Someone fell off a building.

I looked at the corpse in horror. I immediately closed the curtains and pulled Jeanett away from the window.

"You can count on me-"
The crowd was screaming again. When i saw the window again, 5 people got shot.

"It's just a coincidence." Jeanett calmed me down, "It's okay, Icy."

"Yea, Sun." I tried to look away from the window.

The other day in the park, we were 7. Me and Jeanett decided to meet, and i tried to sing that song.

The next thing i knew, someone ran into a tree with a sharp branch. The person went unconcious.

"Let's go over here." Jeanett pulled my hand to another bench, far away from alot of people.

She strummed the guitar, "Come on."

As soon as i sang, the tree behind Jeanett was going to fall on her head, but i pushed her and end up hitting my head. That's when i forgot everything.

I remembered that Jeanett was an old friend, but i didn't remember anything before that.

**End of Flashback**

The memories kept flashing through my head. I splashed my face with water. I jumped in the river and shook my head.

"What is wrong with me..?" I started to cry, "Mom... you always make me feel better... what should i do?"

Author's POV
"Guys. Clara isn't coming back." Jayce whispered.

"Shht! I heard something." Ritha whispered too.

It was the sound of Clara jumping into the river.

"She needs to clear her head, i guess." Jeanett whispered to Ritha.

"Why are we whispering?" Vito furrowed his eyebrows.

Ritha put her hand on his mouth, "SHHHHH!"

"I know this is inappropiate.." Jayce whispered, "But i have a device to listen sounds underwater."

"That's not really nice." Jeanett whispered as she looked at Jayce.

Jayce shrugged.

"Let's use it." Ritha whispered to Jayce.

Jayce pulled out a box from his pocket and threw it near the water. It expanded quietly. He pulled out another box that expanded to headphones.

"One headphone?" Vito sighed.

Jayce touched a part of the headphone and it changed to small speakers.

"You were saying?" Jayce raised an eyebrow.

"Tch." Vito looked away.

Look at me, if you may think you see who u really am.

"It's Reflection from Mulan!" Jeanett whispered.

"She has a soothing voice." Ritha smiled, "I knew that she's an amazing singer!

"The reff is coming!" Jeanett smiled to herself.

"Uh.. guys...?" Jayce poked everyone's back.

"What?" Ritha looked at Jayce. The trees started to fall.

"Inside my tent!" Jayce ran, "Hurry!"

Everyone ran to Jayce's tent as he pressed some numbers on his wristband. When everyone was inside, the tent turned solid, the tent deflected the falling trees.

"Cool." Ritha admitted.

Who is that girl i see
Staring straight back at me
When will my reflection show
Who i am inside

There's a need to know the reason why...
Are we meant to know the reason why?

The trees started falling harder.

"Is everything based on the power of her voice?" Xavier looked up.

"Maybe." Jeanett replied.

Why must we all conceal
How we think, how we feel.
Must there be a secret me that's forced to hide?

Why must pretend that i'm someone else, though i've tried...

Silence for 5 seconds.

"Hey is she don-"
"Shh!" Ritha and Jeanett looked at Vito with piercing eyes.

When will my reflection show? Who i am inside..

"It stopped. Let's check on her?" Jayce asked.

"Maybe." Ritha said.

They all went outside to see Clara at the side of the river, on her knees, looking at the water.

"I'm sorry guys." Clara wiped her eyes, "I made a wreck."

"How did she notice us?" Jayce whispered.

Jeanett went up to her, "You remember everything now, huh?"

Clara paused for a second, "Yeah. That was the first time i sang since i was 7."

"7? Are you kidding me?" Ritha exclaimed.

"I won't sing again. Promise." Clara smiled, "Let's just rest."

"But Clara-" Jeanett was cut off by Clara walking back to her tent. She closed it.

"She's usually cheerful." Vito said straightly.

"Not always." Ritha pressed her lips to a thin line.

"We learned the new side from her." Jayce said, "Let's not sweat about it and rest."

Everyone else nodded and went back to their tents.

At their tents, Ritha suddenly felt something on her neck.

"What is this.." Ritha looked at her mirror, but there was nothing. The thing felt like a hand.

Ritha grabbed her dagger and tried to cut it off. But it disappeared.

"Huh?" Ritha tilted her head, "I must be hallucinating."

Suddenly it slammed her to the ground, grabbing her by the neck.

"Ugh!" Ritha choked, struggling to get it off her neck.

She started to run out of air. Her face started to turn pale.

The tent suddenly was cut horizontally, the thing stopped.

The tent fell and revealed Xavier.

"You okay?" Xavier asked.

Ritha touched her neck as she breathed heavily. She was still shocked.

Xavier sighed and kneeled. He brushed along Ritha's neck with his thumb, and Ritha felt normal again. She looked at him.

"You're concious now?" Xavier raised an eyebrow.

Ritha blushed and backed up. Their faces were too close.

"Y-yeah. I'm good. Thanks." Ritha looked away.

"Good." Xavier stood up and left.

"Sleeping like this isn't that bad." Ritha shrugged and laid down.

Xavier came and threw his box to her and took her tent.

"Oh my-" Ritha fell to the ground with her bag.

"Sleep. Use that." Xavier said shortly and took her tent.

Ritha stood up and threw the box again. It was Xavier's tent.

"Hey! You'll need this?" Ritha called.

"Sleep." Xavier ordered as put down the half-tent and slumped to the ground.

"Thanks.." Ritha said and took her bag inside.

I wonder. Is he always so quiet and so sudden?

Ritha shut her eyes.

7 A.M.
"Wake up!" Ritha stretched and went out of her tent.

"Ugh. Don't wake up so early." Clara mumbled, "No use now. I can't sleep again."

Clara sat up and went outside, "Why is Xavier's tent cut in half?"

"Oh that.." Ritha remembered last night and blushed.

"You're blushing?" Clara rubbed her eyes, "I must be dreaming. I'll go talk to the nereids."

Clara walked away to the river, nereids came popping up.

"Hello, Clara Wings." One of the nereids said.

"Mhm. Yeah. Morning." Clara plumbed into the river.

"Sleep is important.." Vito curled up.

"Wake up." Ritha crossed her arms.

"No." Vito mumbled.

Ritha kicked his back.

"Ouch!" Vito sat up, "That wasn't necessary!"

"It is necessary for you." Ritha walked away.

"Tch." Vito rubbed his back.

"Wake up, Jayce." Ritha shook Jayce.

"No." Jayce didn't move.

Ritha frowned and clapped near his ear.

"Oh my Hephaestus." Jayce sat up straight immediately, "Ritha! Why?"

Ritha just smiled cheekily and left his tent.

Ritha just looked at Xavier.

"I did have feelings for you when we were at school, you know." Ritha mumbled, "I shouldn't be blushy around Vito. He likes Alea, and that'll mean i'm a slut."

"No, that's not true." Xavier opened his eyes.

"You were awake this whole time?!" Ritha jumped and blushed.

"What do you think?" Xavier looked at her with a straight face.

"Tch." Ritha looked away and crossed her arms.

"So you do have feelings for me?" Xavier sat up.

"Shut up." Ritha walked away.

Xavier unknowingly smirked.

"Claraaaaaaaaaaa" Ritha kneeled down near the river and covered her face.

"What?" Clara's face appeared.

"Oh my goodness-" Ritha jumped.

"What?" Clara asked again.

"Xavier knows." Ritha freaked.

"You're blushy feely with Vito but you confessed to Xavier?" Clara raised an eyebrow, "Ironic."

"I'm not a playgirl!" Ritha looked at Clara.

"You're not." Clara agreed, "I just said that it's ironic."

Ritha looked at Clara with an annoyed expression.

"When it comes to feelings, you really are blind." Clara shook her head and went under water again.

"Clara! Hey Clara!" Ritha called.
Clara disappeared.

"Ugh, that girl." Ritha pouted.

"You can't deny it tho." Jeanett appeared.

"I need to get used to being surprised." Ritha sighed.

"You can say that 2 boys are after you." Jeanett chuckled.

"............Please don't tease me." Ritha dropped her head.

Her father's personality is showing, huh? Jeanett thought.

BOOM!

A line of smoke passed them.

"Ugh!" Jeanett covered her face with her arm.

"What was that?" Ritha coughed.

"Clara! Something's wrong!" Jeanett called.

A nereid appeared, "Sorry, but Clara Wings isn't here anymore. She swam over there."

"The explosion place?" Ritha widened her eyes.

To be continued..

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Hey Guys! Um.. I think i will revise the chapters from 2018, (It's super cringy somehow lol) Please re read~ thanks!