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We waited in a small ally five houses down for the sun to set and once it did we carefully made our way back to Gale's nursery and then we had to wait two more hours for him to shut off all the lights.
We walked up to the fount door and Hawthorn tried the door handle but it didn't move.
"Of course, it's locked" Hawthorn said
"That's not a problem" Cecil said with a smirk
"You think you can unlock it?" I asked
"Think? no I know I can, Just step aside and watch a master work" Cecil said.
Both Hawthorn and I moved to the side and I watched as Cecil grabbed the door handle and closed his eyes. he stood there for about a minute before he turned the handle and swung the door open
"How did you do that?' I asked
"Just one of my many talents" Cecil said with a smile.
"You better not be the pranking kind like those two bothers" Hawthorn said
"What?" Cecil asked
"Nevermind, lets go in" Hawthorn said as he walked in.
Cecil looked at me in a way that asked if I knew what Hawthorn was talking about but I just shrugged my shoulders and walked inside and Cecil followed shortly after.
We walked carefully to the door that led to the yard and Cecil had to unlock it as well. then we stepped out and walked over to the greenhouse.
"This one may take a little longer, I've never really worked with one like it" Cecil said
"Do you do this kind of thing often?" I asked
"....No" Cecil said after a long pause and I gave him a look ed told him I was finding that hard to believe
"I've only done this a few times before and I wasn't doing anything against the law when I did" Cecil said.
"Just hurry, We will watch your back" Hawthorn said and Cecil nodded before he took the lock in his hand and closed his eyes.
after a minute a light came on in the house and Hawthorn pulled Cecil as he got down on the ground
"What was-" Cecil started to say but Hawthorn put a finger to his mouth and then pointed to the house and Cecil nodded and went quite.
We watched the house waiting for the light to turn off but then the door leading out here started to open and we quickly hide in the shadows behind some potted apple trees that were about 3 feet tall.
Gale opened the door and quickly walked over to the greenhouse with a flashlight in hand and a look of fear on his face. when he saw that the lock was still on he let out a long sigh of relief. Gale looked around for a moment just barely missing us with his flashlight before he walked back in and after about ten minutes the lights turned off.
"That was close" I said
"Yes, we need to hurry before he wakes again" Hawthorn said and Cecil went back to the lock and a few minutes later it unclicked and we helped him move the chains so as to make as little noise as possible then we opened the door and walked in.
Hawthorn walked over to the tree seedling that looked close to death and gently touched it.
"I'm so sorry this happened to you" Hawthorn said
"She's to weak to come out" a woman said from behind us and as we turned to see who it was I saw a woman with green skin and red eyes, her hair was made up of a bunch of hanging pink flowers that looked like hearts and she was wearing a green dress with a sweetheart neckline that was lined with the same flowers as her hair. she looked like she was once very pretty and healthy but now she saw thin and some of the flowers of her hair had started to turn brown
"Bleeding Heart" Hawthorn said
"I go by Heart, what brings you here dear satyr?" Heart asked with a look of hope in her eyes
"My name is Hawthorn and we have been sent by Lady Demeter to help" Hawthorn said
"You can get us out?" Came the voice of another woman as she came out of the astilbe
She had light green skin and pink eyes. her hair was coarse and tightly coiled pink hair that looked like the flowers of her plant and went to her mid-back and her dress looked like a pink wedding dress the top was smooth with a straight neckline and no sleeves and at her hips, the dress puffed out a little with the pink flowers of her plant. she too looked thin and unhealthy
"Astilbe, please save your strength" Heart said as she placed a gentle hand on her shoulder
"How do you plan on getting us out?" Heart asked and I realized she had a good point since the pots they were in were too big for one person to pick up let alone carry all the way to The Ozark National Forest.
"We could use Gale's truck that's parked outside" Cecil said
"We can't steal someone's truck" I said
"Don't think of it as stealing, we're just borrowing it" Cecil said
"Will" Hawthorn said as he placed his hand on my shoulder and it took me by surprise because it was the first time he had called me by my name and not kid
"I understand you don't feel right about taking something that's not yours but if we don't then Willow oak won't make it" Hawthorn said
"She's just a child, not even as old as you are" Astilbe her eyes tearing up
I looked over at the small willow oak tree seedling and saw just how bad it looked and I knew couldn't let her die.
"If it's to save someone then I don't see it as such a bad thing" I asked
"Hey, Cecil?" I asked
"Yeah?" Cecil asked
"You can unlock doors, but can you lock doors?" I asked
"I'm not sure, why?" Cecil asked
"We need to make sure Gale doesn't come back out" I said
"I may not be able to lock the door to the rest of his house but I can sabotage it in a way that it won't open" Cecil said with a smile
"That will work" I said
"So, Cecil goes to sabotage the door while the rest of us load the pots into the back of the truck, not a bad plan" Hawthorn said
"Then I'm off" Cecil said before he walked away.
"Let's get to work" Hawthorn said.
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Will Solace: The Satyr Guide
FanfictionYou've read the books were Percy Jackson told his story. Now I invite you to follow Will Solace as he tells you the story of how he came to know of who he is and his journey to Camp Half-blood
