The Lost Girl in Ancient Greece

Chapter 6

Sarah's POV:

I woke up and looked over at the clock. 5:23. Perfect. It was just early enough to hopefully prevent getting seen by somebody. I prayed that everyone was sleeping. I quickly dressed into the clothes Piper had given me and walked across the hall to the armory. I looked around and found my quiver and sword laying in the corner of the room. I picked it up and started looking around for arrows. I finally managed to gather about 20 arrows. I smiled, this should be enough to hold me over for a wile. I stuffed the arrows and sword into my quiver and shouldered it. I grabbed my bow and walked out of the room. I quickly sniffed myself out of curiosity. I still smelled good, nice.

I walked quietly up the stairs and tiptoed my way across the hall trying my best not to wake anyone up. I got up on deck and looked around, there didn't seem to be anybody watching. I walked over to the side of the ship. This was it, I was leaving. I would be free of these kids and their quest to save the world. I can go back to my fountain, live peacefully and scourge for my food. Maybe when I got older and earned enough money I would buy a ticket and go back to the U.S. and find wherever these kids stayed, until then I was going to stay happily talking to the market guy who gave me near rotten fish. I know my life doesn't sound like much but it was better than staying on this ship that caused nightmares, with this group of teenagers risking their lives to save the world. I would let them do that, they signed up for it, I was unwillingly dragged onto here and I was not about to die trying to help them out like that dream showed me.

I was about to hop over the side of the ship when I heard someone call me. "Sarah?" I looked over to see Leo staring at me with curiosity. "What are you doing?" He looked at me holding my weapons. "You're... leaving?"

I stared at him. He seemed almost upset that I was leaving. "I don't belong here. This isn't my quest. It's time for me to leave."

"No, you can't leave. We need you're help getting around Greece. You know your way around better than all of us combined. You can help us," he said walking up to me.

I stared at him angrily. "Is that all you guys want me here for? To help you out on your little quest? You guys don't care about me or making sure I'm okay, you never did! You saved me from that monster so that I could lead you around like some kind of tour guide!" I spat angrily. "Well, I'm not doing it. You guys can find your way around, it's not that big of a place. You'll be just fine without me. I'm out of here."

Leo grabbed my forearm and turned me back around to face him. I yanked my arm away. "Sarah, we don't want you just for your help. Sure it's great that you can help us out with our quest but you're also a demigod and it's dangerous living out here by yourself."

"I've been doing just fine for the past 7 years," I said.

"You can't stay out here for the rest of your life. You're gonna die. Eventually there's going to be a monster that's too big and you can't defeat it. If you stay with us, after this whole thing is over we can take you back home with us. There's this whole camp just for demigods. The shirt that you're wearing, Camp Half-Blood, that's what it's called. And it's full of Greek demigods from all over. It's like a safe house, it's protected so monsters can't get in and mortals can't see us. It's the safest place a demigod can be. And there's a whole other camp for Roman demigods too," Leo explained to me.

I looked down at the shirt I was wearing. Was there really a place I could go back to? A place that's safe with nice, comfy beds? Could I finally have a home again? "I don't know, Leo..." I said skeptically. It sounded too good to be true.

"C'mon, Camp Half-Blood is great. Plus, where else are you going to go? Do you even have anything to go back to? Anyone?" he asked pointing out to the dimly lit streets of Greece.