As the Python Rises, so does Solangelo

Part 11

Will POV
Morning came, Evaya, Nico, and I walk out of borders. I felt bad for her, powerful, hardly any training and could die. We walked for a bit, then she got impatient and fluttered her wings once. Nicos hand twitched, like her wanted to spring into the shadows. "So how do we get from a to b and what is this quest even for?" Evaya asked. Nico shrugged, "well, I think we are meant to be by the land of the dead. So we make our way to LA," she sighed and flicked her wings together, sending sparks of sunlight. "Why don't I fly part of the way, nico shadow travels, and I could take Will," Evaya says. Nico nodded. "How would you do that?" I asked her. She smiled, "Watch," she then crafted sunlight into wing and but them on my back. "They'll only work if you're touching me, so take my hand and we'll fly, nico, let's meet at....." She trailed off clearly not sure what to say. "The Capitol of Ohio," nico says. She nods and takes my hand and we fly. She's not flying as fast as she could, that would cause my skin to burn off. We land in Ohio shortly before nico. I notice a necklace around her neck, a strand of purple velvet with a heart charm. Nico comes threw. I can tell he's tired. "Rest, I'll keep watch," I say. He nods and lies down. We're in a woodsy area. Evaya sits on a log, her wings dimmed from the shining of sunlight, since it's dark. "Rest Evaya," I say. She shakes her head, "can't. You sleep, I'll wake you in a few hours, k?" She says. I sigh knowing very well it's pointless to argue with her. I prop myself on a tree and drift into sleep, with her bright golden brown eyes keeping watch, lighting up everything they looked at as the darted around. Drinking up their surroundings. Artist eyes.

Evaya POV
My brother is hopeless, I thought to myself. It's so obvious he's got a crush on nico, even if nicos not so easy to read. I watch the area, thinking of our quest and rub my necklace. It was a gift from Aphrodite. I didn't know who see was when she gave me this, but I do now. She told me to give it away when I found someone who took my heart. She told me I could only give it away once, it never have love. Too afraid to give it to anyone I wore it around my neck. I noticed that Will saw it. He's jealous about the wings and all round Apollo thing. I mentally sigh, big brothers, what are you gonna do about them. Nico di Angelo.... He is something. Dark, mysterious, I suspect something traumatic has happened to him. None of that matters right now. I grip my bow and watch it melt into a sword, then a dagger, a spear and finally settling back to bow. It's weird like that. I guess it's because Ares blessed it. I mentally sigh again. After a few hours I wake Will. "Your turn solace, I need some sleep if you want to fly by tomorrow," I say. He rolls his eyes stands up. I lay my head down on the ground and drift into a restless sleep, of course the dreaming revolving around my necklace. The face that appears with it, is someone you'd never think a daughter of Apollo would love.