ELOISE
The room I'm standing in, is cold. My toes curl up, I get goosebumps, I can feel my skin getting cold making me shiver.
I look around, but no one is here. The space has nothing in it. The only thing that I can see is the color white. There is also no end. Suddenly there is a loud sound and a chimera appears. I try to run, but I can't move. My feet are glued to the floor. I try to scream for help. But my mouth is glued together. The beast is just inches away from me now. This is the end. But before it can do anything, it disappears. I am now lying on a soft carpet. I get on my knees before looking at my surrounding. The familiar bedroom makes my heart skip a beat. I know what's about to happen.
The worst day of my life.
And now I have to relive it again.
I quickly get up from the light pink carpet. I take a last look at the pink room before walking into the hallway. The arguing sounds echo through the apartment. The familiar voice of my stepmother rings through my ears. Her yelling at my father because he cheated with his secretary. The sobs she lets out. My heart aches for this poor woman. She is the best thing that could happen to me, but like always my dad fucks everything up. I peak around the corner to see Helena sobbing, yelling and pushing my father. She looks in my direction and her gaze softens.
"Eloise sweetie, go to sleep." She says
She tries to walk up to me, but my father stops her. He grabs her by the neck. I let out a horrified gasp. He drags her across the glass table before lifting her and smashing her down. The table breaks, Helena is lying on the broken glass. A sob escapes my mouth. My father looks towards me.
"This is what you get for not minding your damn business." He says
I know that these words are directed towards to Helena but a shiver rans down my spine as he says that while looking at me.
Suddenly he reaches into the back of his pants. He pulls out a gun, first pointing at me then at Helena. We're both sobbing, I try to stop him but before I can a step, the gun is pointing at me again.
"Don't you dare."
I don't dare I stay where I am. I look towards Helena. She's sobbing, she saying something to my father but I can't hear it. I don't even register what's happening, the loud sound of a gunshot rings in my ears.
Helena is shot, he shot her directly in the head.
I fall to my knees, the sobs leaving my mouth.
I want to run, but I don't have the energy to stand up.
"That's what happens when you don't listen to daddy, darling." He growls out while taking my chin in his hands and making me look up to him
"You're just as beautiful as your mother." He whispers in my ear
"She was the most beautiful woman I ever saw."
"And the sex was just majestic."
"I wonder what it would feel like to be inside of you."
He grabs me by the back of my hair.
He swiftly lifts me up before laying me aggressively down next to Helena. I can feel the broken glass pieces cutting my back and Helena's blood in my hair, on my arm and leg. I feel disgusting.
I can feel his sweaty hands trail from my cheeks to my neck to my arms then down my waist, before stopping at the waistband of my pajama pants.
"Please stop." I sob out
I beg him to stop even more when he pulls my pants down.
I beg him to stop when he pulls down his pants and underwear.
I beg him to stop when he takes my virginity.
I just beg him to stop.
I wake up screaming, I'm sweating. My whole body is shaking. I can't see anything through the tears. I just hear the door open. People talk but I can't understand a thing. My whole head is spinning before the darkness takes over my body.
LUKE
I wake up to a very loud scream.
I look around and see that everyone is awake too. I quickly scurry out of my bed and run through the door. It's still dark outside, but I can spot the Ares kids running towards cabin 10. My half-siblings and I quickly run after them.
As we enter the Aphrodite cabin, one person stands out. Eloise Hilton is sobbing violently and her whole body is shaking. I notice that Silena is by her side trying to comfort her. The Ares kids are frozen, they don't move, except for Clarisse that is by Silena's side trying to also calm Eloise down. I walk up to them and kneel down next to her bed.
"I don't think she can hear us." Silena mutters
Suddenly Eloise's eyes flutter close, making her fall sideways. But before she can fall on the floor I catch her.
"Luke take her to the infirmary!" Chiron orders
I quickly pick her up the bridal style and walk through the door. Clarisse, Silena and Gracie walk with me. We quickly walk into the infirmary. I lay her down on one of the beds.
"What happened?" Clarisse asks furiously Silena
"I don't know, I woke up to her scream, she seemed terrified. I don't know maybe she had a bad nightmare." She tries to say as calm as she can but she's clearly shaken up by this whole situation
"She just blacked out, she should wake up by tomorrow." Gracie says while examining her
Suddenly the door burst open, Annabeth comes in dragging a bored looking Thalia into the room.
"Is she okay?" Annabeth asks nervously
"Yes, she should wake up in the next 10-12 hours." Gracie repeats for them
"Great, can we go now." Thalia says yawning
"Why are you even here? No one wants you here and I know for a fact Eloise doesn't want you here. So spare your comments and get your ass out of here." Clarisse says angrily
Thalia looks angry and embarrassed at Annabeth and me waiting for us to back her up.
"I think you should leave, something happened to my sister so we shouldn't fight, but you being here makes that impossible." Silena finally says
Thalia looks now furious, she waits a few seconds to see if we will back her up, but when she realizes that's not going to happen she walks out. But not before laughing to herself and saying.
"I hope she dies."
Clarisse is quick to walk after her. Annabeth runs after them to stop the fight.
I know Thalia doesn't mean what she said, she's just hurt that neither of us took her side and that Clarisse embarrassed her like that. But still sometimes she really just let things go and shut her mouth.
"Luke, Silena and Gracie please go back to sleep. You can visit her tomorrow."
I turn around to be not just met with Chiron but Grover a satyr and a boy that is unconscious. Grover lays him down on the bed, he has blonde hair and looks not older than 12 or 13.
We listen to Chiron and walk out of the Big House.
I escort Silena and Gracie to their cabins making sure that they're fine.
Before making my way to my cabin. When I open the door all my siblings and the other kids are still awake clearly waiting for my return.
"How is she?" Connor asks immediately when he sees me walking through the door
"She fine, she's unconscious but she should wake up tomorrow." I tell them
"See I told you she would be fine. You can stop worrying, lover boy." His brother teases him
We all know about Connor's little crush on Eloise. Travis keeps telling him that she's too old for him but that doesn't stop him from admiring her. But I know that he's not the only one admiring that girl. She's beautiful, no one can take it away from her, she a daughter of Aphrodite after all.
"Okay, everyone back to sleep." I command