The Wilted Hyacinth || Luke Castellan

Chapter 8

I was running through the forest so fast that it made me not feel my feet. I hid behind a large tree while holding my stomach, trying to catch my breath from running, and a smile formed on my face when I heard a familiar voice 

"I know you are there, little fleur" Luke said, and I smiled while holding the sword in my hand confidently knowing I would win this. I looked around for something that I could use as a distraction before I took a rock and threw it in the opposite direction from where I was, making a loud noise that took Luke's attention. What an idiot!?

" Got you" He said before running that way and I followed him towards the place the rock had fallen after throwing it and pointed my sword at his back with a smirk on my face while watching him look around confused

"Tell me how it feels to be the camp's best swordsman who loses for the second time to the girl who has no idea about swords" I said, and he turned around smiling at me. He threw his sword in the ground and raised his hands in surrender before I lowered mine with the smile still not leaving my face. He walked up to me with the same smile on his face and cupped my face with his hands before he kissed me slowly but passionately.

" I just let you win" He said after pulling away, and I scoffed with the smirk still on my face " You just can't admit that I am better than you in this" I said, and he let out a small laugh before kissing me again one more time. He then pulled away, taking his sword from the ground and turning to me one last time 

" I promised Percy I would help him train one last time before his quest tomorrow, so see you later little fleur" He said, kissing my forehead gently before he walked away, and I sighed with a smile while watching him leave. After Luke and I started this secret relationship thing just a few days ago, my life took a wild turn in such a good way. We spent almost all day together and the good thing is that my nightmares were gone, which made me have a good night of sleep after years of not doing so. You can say that he was the light that I was looking for in the dark period of my life, and I really hoped he felt the same way about me. You know, I have always dreamed of a small life outside of here and far away from the mythic world all by myself, but since Luke came into my life I started having this feeling that I wanted to spend this dream life of me with him. I know it sounds weird, but it is just a feeling of mine that I hope comes true, but there is a chance I am getting my hopes a little too higher than I should. I mean, it has been years since the last time someone really cared for me, and maybe it gets me too excited than it should have

"You are just like her" A voice was heard from behind me while I was walking back to my cabin and I turned around to face a man that I hadn't seen in my life ever before with dark brown hair and blue eyes exactly like mine. He was looking at me with a smile and a guilty face that showed that he was in a place he shouldn't be. But for some reason, I didn't feel scared of the man standing opposite of me because of how much we looked alike, and it made me feel like I knew him when I actually didn't. Some other person would have started running towards Chiron, but I stayed looking at the man in awe and wondered why he looked exactly like me 

" Who are you?" I asked looking at him confused, and he smiled at me before making a small bow 

" Sorry for not introducing myself like I should have done, but I am Apollo and therefore your uncle. It is really nice to finally meet you Hyacinth, you look exactly like your mother" He said, and my eyes widened in the realization of why I looked so much like him. He was my uncle but also the god of music and archery, my mother's twin brother. But the real question is why he is standing in front of me. Why me and not the children that are sitting in his cabin waiting for their father to notice them?

" What are you doing here? I thought that the gods were embarrassed about their half-blood children, and I am pretty sure that it is also one of the reasons my mother pretends that I don't exist my entire life" I said crossing my arms, and he looked a bit taken aback 

" Going immediately at the point, just like your mother! But I am not here to talk about her Hyacinth because this is a conversation you should have with her another time and not me. If she is ever able to!" He said, and I looked at him confused. What did he mean with the if-she-is-able -to? Does she not have time for her own freaking daughter? But before I was able to ask him about it, he continued talking about the actual reason he was here

" I am here to warn you about the decisions you are making because I saw things I wish I didn't and to prevent them from actually happening I need you to listen to me very carefully" He said, and I looked confused but also scared by his words and what he meant with them. Why did he want to warn me?

" You need to stay away from Hermes's son because he is up to no good and I don't want my niece getting involved in it and getting herself hurt" He said, and I got pissed with the words that left his mouth. What could Luke be up to? 

" Listen to me dear uncle, you and most specifically my mother have ignored me my entire life, and you come here today trying to warn me like you said about I don't know what but guess what I don't believe you because I know for sure that Luke isn't up to no good. He wouldn't hurt a fly, and he wouldn't hurt me. He isn't like that because he isn't like you guys. He doesn't only care for himself and for his own good, he also cares for me which is something my mother never did" I said making a small pause and I watched my uncle look at the ground with an apologetic look on his face 

" But I don't blame you for my mother not caring for me and wanting me dead like half the gods up there because I am a child that shouldn't exist in the first place. You guys live in a family where jealousy and hate exist between you and I am truly embarrassed of being a part of it. But please let me leave my life the way that I want and not in the way you guys want" I said with a pleading look before he finally looked at me 

" It really hurts the fact that you think your mother doesn't care for you" He said, and then a loud sound was heard from the sky. I looked up, terrified to notice that the once clear sky was filled with grey clouds, and it began to rain. When I looked back to the place where my uncle was standing a few minutes ago, he was now gone. Instead, in his place I found a little box on the ground and I took it in my hands before slowly opening it to find a small lyre inside of it with a paper saying 

" Play the lyre if you ever need some help"