The silence that comes along with death | N. di Angelo

-PROLOGUE-

Chiron looked up from his book, furrowing his brows. He sighed, closing it and getting up on his horse legs, clearly annoyed by the loud noise coming from the teenagers located in the camp.

'What is wrong with these kids today?'

The origin of the yells came more and more closer while an anxious Annabeth appeared in the view with a bunch of other demigods following her. In the middle of them was the red headed girl, the Oracle of the Camp, Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Her eyes were glowing green while her bushy hair was floating around her. Green smoke was coming from her mouth that was half opened.

'It's happening, Chiron! A prophecy!' The blond daughter of Athena squeaked, shifting her gaze around nervously. Chiron was already in front of Rachel, rigid, waiting for the prophecy to be announced. He didn't had to wait long, though. The red-head started to speak, but her normal voice was replaced with a raspy one.

"Four to Death's land will travel

And buried secrets they'll unravel

Roman and Greek broken may meet

And together to put the parts to sleep

Silence's daughter mind shall lose

And the worlds fate to choose."

(A.N. I know it sucks, deal with it)

After the girl finished talking, she fell unconscious on the ground, but before she could hit the hard surface, two boys caught her body and carried her to the infirmary like it was a normal thing. The rest of the demigods moved their gaze to the centaur among them. He had his brows into a deep frown, a sign his thoughts were directed at the incident that happened a few seconds ago. Finally, after a minute of uncomfortable silence, Chiron finally broke the tension.

'Let's just hope this prophecy is in no need to be completed right now. Now back to your training and don't forget that dinner is in 3 hours.'

The crowd dispersed, leaving Chiron and Annabeth alone together. The girl was on her way to leave too, but Chiron grabbed her shoulder. Her stormy eyes searched him, waiting for him to speak. 

'Try convincing Nico to come back to Camp. I have a feeling that the Oracle wants us to hurry about this "parts". ' He released Annabeth, going back to his book he was reading. She stood there, bewildered, but recovered fast, running to her half-siblings.

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'Our Lord is gaining power, but we have to take care of the demigods sent against him, Master.'

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Thursday, 28 December 2023