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After dinner and the campfire, I walked over to Riven's shooting range. When I got there, Riven wasn't there. No one was.
I sighed and laughed to myself. Why did I think that I would have any actual friends here? I should've known I was and am always going to be alone.
I was walking out, when someone grabbed my hand. I turned around, and it was Riven.
"Why did you do that?" he asked. I looked at him in disbelief. He was really there? He didn't just trick me into coming there?
"Earth to Kim! Hello?" he said, waving a hand in front of my face.
I pulled my hand away. "It's nothing," I said, "Why did you make Avon tell me to come here?"
I know Avon said that Riven wanted to apologize, but I wanted to hear it directly from Riven.
"I wanted to say I'm sorry for punching you and knocking you out," he said, "I just did it because I thought it would be easier for us to treat you."
"What did you even do?" I asked, "I woke up with bandages on my stomach and arm."
"Will has this cream Dad made especially for bruises, so we put it on your bruises and wrapped them up."
I smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Who's we?"
"U-um, me."
Riven was tomato red, and I decided to mess with him.
"So you put cream on my stomach, wrapped it up, and did the same to my arm?"
"Y-yeah," he stammered.
"Calm down," I said, "I'm joking."
Riven looked relieved. He then looked like he had an idea.
"Hey Kim, come with me," he said, "I want to show you what I've been working on."
I nodded, and Riven led me further in the forest. He stopped at a tree that had a sun carved into it. He started climbing and said, "Kim, follow me up."
I nodded and started climbing. After we were really high up in the tree, Riven stopped and looked down at me.
"This part's a little tricky," he said. I sighed and followed him up. Soon, we were at what looked like a very carefully placed treehouse. I looked at it in awe.
"That is really cool," I said, "Why do you have this here?"
"Sometimes, I just don't wanna go back to the cabin."
"Is this one of those times?"
"Yup."
I looked at him, trying to look like I was asking why. Luckily, Riven understood what I was questioning.
"Sometimes I get in arguments with Will and my brothers and sisters. More like I get them mad at me somehow."
I motioned for him to continue. "Today, Will got mad at me because I didn't want to help lead the sing along."
I chuckled. "That's stupid," I said.
Riven laughed. "Yeah; it is."
I remembered what Riven said earlier. "So what are you working on that you wanted to show me?"
Riven's face lit up. He stood up and bowed to me.
"Follow me, milady," he said mockingly.
I smirked, "Shut up Archer."
Riven smiled and led me to a different area. I realized that his little treehouse was more like a mansion. Well, more like there were no closed outside walls--it was all open so you could see the rest of the forest. The only walls were to separate the rooms. There was one room that looked like Riven's bedroom, and there was another right next to it that looked like it was under construction.
Riven pointed to that room. "That is the soon to be guest room. I've been working on it for a while."
I looked at him in disbelief. "Yes, all by myself," he said.
I nodded my head, not really knowing what else to say. "You can stay here," offered Riven, "I mean, the harpies are out there, and I don't think you want to wake everyone up."
I sighed. "Fine."
I walked to what looked like the living room and made myself comfortable on the couch.
"I'm gonna sleep now," I said turning my back to Riven.
"Don't you need a blanket or something?" he asked.
"No," I said, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, I guess."
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When I looked around, I was back in the cell. I freaked out and struggled against the chains. The last time I was in here, I was about to get whipped.
The door to the cell creaked open, and a monster walked in. It was an empousai. She smirked cruelly.
"I just love it when you demigods are terrified," she hissed, "Especially you, Kimberly Briceño."
I shuddered. I don't use my real name a lot, mainly because of the meaning behind it. My name means leader of the warriors, but I'm not a leader. I wasn't made to lead anyone somewhere; I was made to do my own thing. I've been managing just fine with that before I got to camp.
I tried to shake it off. "So what's your name, since you obviously know mine."
She smirked again. "My name is Stella. Remember it demigod. Though, I'll doubt you forget after what I show you."
My eyes widened, and I accidentally showed weakness. Stella's smirk just grew.
Luckily, before she could do anything, the dream changed. I was in a dark room. I liked it; I was finally back in my element.
The door opened, and Henry was there. He looked at me in disgust, and punched me. I was once again on the ground. It reminded me of when he had hit me before. I looked at him in fear, and tried to tell myself that nothing could happen--that it was just a dream. But I knew better. My recent dreams had recently really hurt me and/or come true.
I held my right hand out, and Judgment traveled to it. I was going to slash at Henry with it, when a voice began to speak in my mind.
Would you really hurt him?
You have the power to kill him.
Do you really want to have his blood on your hands?
I freaked out and tried to get Henry away from me, but he pulled out a knife and I saw it glint in the small amount of light there was in the room. He pulled me up by my hair, and then held the knife under my neck. He didn't do anything; but it scared the crap out of me. Especially since I didn't have a way of getting out of his grip. Knowing that he could actually hurt me didn't help either.
I squeezed my eyes shut, and tried to push myself out of the dream.
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I opened my eyes, and tears were streaming down my face. I curled up into a ball on the couch, and put my head in my knees.
After however long, I heard footsteps.
"Kim?"
I went to wipe my tears away, but none were falling. My face was just wet from all the others. I just hope it wasn't too noticeable.
"Hm?" I said, keeping my head in my knees.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," I said.
"Kim, look at me."
I slowly lifted my head and looked at Riven. The expression on his face changed, but I couldn't tell what it changed to.
Riven walked over and sat on the couch with me. "What was your nightmare about?" he asked, "You can tell me."
"It was nothing," I lied. Riven looked me in the eye.
"I've been around my siblings enough to know when someone's having or has had a nightmare," said Riven, "Now spill."
I shook my head no, and said, "It was nothing Riven. I didn't have a nightmare."
Riven glared at me, and since I wasn't ready for it, I flinched. He then changed his attitude and wrapped his arms around me. He started stroking my hair, and I tensed up.
Riven seemed to notice this. He said, "Whatever you say or do won't leave this place. I promise you."
I started crying into his chest. I didn't have to say anything for him to comfort me. After a while, Riven stopped. I looked up at him.
"Are you ready to tell me now?" he asked.
I mentally hit myself. I'm not supposed to show my weaknesses around people. I took a deep breath in, and let it out.
"Fine," I said, "But I'm only gonna tell you about it once. When my dream started, I was in a cell, chained to a wall. An empousa came in, and she knew my full name. She told me hers, and that I won't forget it after what she was gonna show me. But before she could do anything, it changed. I was in a dark room. A-and t-the door opened......"
I choked up, and couldn't continue telling Riven. Riven started stroking my hair again, and I calmed down a bit.
"What else happened?" he asked. I shook my head.
"I can't tell you! If I do, he'll find me!" I shouted. I spoke the next part softly. "But that's not the part that scares me. I'm scared of what I can do to him."
"What would that be? And who's he?"
"A voice started saying that I had the power to kill him. Him being...Henry," I hesitated on telling Riven that part, but quickly got over it and continued, "But then it changed and asked me: Do I really want his blood on my hands? Knowing that I have the power to kill someone scares me so much."
Riven didn't back away like I expected him to. Instead he said, "Don't worry about it."
I looked at him in disbelief. "How can I not worry about it?"
"Because I'll be here to help you,"
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Shorter chapter, I know. Sorry about that T.T
But! You got to see some fluff type stuff between Kim and Riven!
Kim showed weakness cuz it's gonna help her relationship with Riven, just in case you were wondering about that. She won't show weakness around others now that she has someone to talk to about it ^_^
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