Erik

That girl was maddeningly beautiful. And just maddening. What could she be hiding? I saw her sitting on the edge of the water. 

"If only one of you could tell me." She was talking to a fish. "I get it thanks anyway."  

"Why are you talking to a fish?" I asked. 

"Uh.....I can't tell you sorry. I swore on a sacred river." Anya said. 

"This is maddening." I said. 

"I know. It's driving me crazy not telling you." She said. Then all hell broke loose.

Anya

A hellhound and a Kindly One appeared out of the shadows. 

"Come on." I muttered. The hellhound I dispatched with ease. 

"Daughter of Poseidon I do not wish to harm you. I come for the other demigod." She pointed to the Phantom. 

"As if. We both know you want me dead." I said. I charged. We were locked in a deadly dance. I eventually cut off her wings then her head. I blew a hair out of my face. Then I saw the cut on my arm. I placed my hand in the water and it was healed. Hades appeared. 

"What do you want and can't it wait?" I snapped. 

"No it can not. I must speak with my son." He said. 

His what? I look between the two intense stares and I felt like I was intruding. I backed away quietly.

Erik

She was almost snakelike and fluid as she fought. She was beautiful. Wait what am I saying? She could never love a monster like me. Then a man appeared. 

"What do you want and can't it wait?" Anya said. 

"No it can not. I must speak with my son." He said.  Anya's eyes went wide.

"That's impossible my father is dead." I said. 

"No you are a demigod. You are a child of Hades and a legacy of Hecate and Apollo, if I'm not mistaken." He said. 

"I needed you when I was a child. I needed you! do you have any idea what happened to me? why now. Why?" I yelled. 

"I was forbidden and I didn't want to drag you into my family's conflict. Believe it or not Erik. I love you. I know you have feelings for that spawn of Poseidon. I just want you to be happy." He said. He turned and vanished. 

Anya came back the next day. 

"Please tell me about you." I said. 

"I can control water, vapor travel, create earthquakes, tsunami's, and I may be able to shape-shift. Oh and my fatal flaw is compassion and pity." She said her sea green eyes sparkling. 

"Fatal flaw?" I asked. 

"Yes every demigod has one. It's the thing that will most likely get us killed." She said. That scared me a little. A world without her. The thought of me thinking that startled me. 

Anya

The next few weeks I taught him to fight. He asked me what powers that children of Hades had.

"Well some have the ability to raise cursed jewels. Most can summon the dead, talk to hellhounds and shadow travel. Which reminds me I can talk to horses, pegasi, and fish and such." I said. That night as I went back to my room I imagined a life with him.

I dreamt that a little child came running to me. Phantom stands beside me smiling. I tickled the little girl. 

"Stop it mommy it tickles." She squealed.

I sat up. No one was in the dorm. "I can not love

no not again.

I am broken bleeding and destroyed

Yet I see that longing in his eyes

I know what I must do

I know we can not be

I can not be bruised broken again.

I can not bear

If he should stand aside and watch my death.

I must wall off my heart

I will never have a happy ending.

But in my mind

The impossible happens

We are safe

We are happy

We have a little girl whom we love

The monsters stay away

I am not broken

That man is dead

But I know that he hunts me still

But in my heart

I am wanted

I love

But I can not" I sang quietly. My heart couldn't stand the possibility of another shatter.

Erik

"I can not love

no not again.

I am broken bleeding and destroyed

Yet I see that longing in his eyes

I know what I must do

I know we can not be

I can not be bruised broken again.

I can not bear

If he should stand aside and watch my death.

I must wall off my heart

I will never have a happy ending.

But in my mind

The impossible happens

We are safe

We are happy

We have a little girl whom we love

The monsters stay away

I am not broken

That man is dead

But I know that he hunts me still

But in my heart

I am wanted

I love

But I can not" Anya sang almost silently. That poor girl. 

Someone left her to die. I moved to behind her and placed my hand on her shoulder. She jumped and turned to see me. 

"How long have you been standing there?" she asked. 

"A few minutes. What's wrong?" I asked seeing her tears. 

"Before I came to Paris I was...." she said.