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Mia
Claire and I snuck into the cave with Nico. I could hear Seth screaming commands at James and I wanted to go help them. I didn't want Seth to get hurt at all. I looked over at Claire who was looking back at the entrance. We followed Nico deeper into the cave.
Finally we came across a heavily guarded cavern. Nico looked at us, "This cave is close to where….um….Gaea and Kronos lie." He informed us.
"Why would you guys put them together?" I asked them.
Nico looked at me and chuckled, "I have no idea, that was pretty dumb of us wasn't it?"
"No shit Sherlock." I muttered under my breath.
"So much like your mother." He whispered.
"Will you stop saying that so we can get a move on?" I asked. Claire elbowed me.
"Sorry follow me." He said.
We snuck around the guards and found ourselves in a narrow pathway. There was something glowing at the end of it. Nico motioned for us to stay quiet but to follow him. We followed him making sure not kick the little chunks of obsidian on the ground.
Without warning our brilliant guide burst into the cavern where there was a man pacing in front of a gold thing and a huge pit in the ground. This was something that came to me in dreams when I was younger. I used to shrug them off as nightmares but in actuality it was someone trying to tell me something.
"I see you've come here to join us Nico?" the man chuckled as Nico held his sword to the man's neck.
There was a cage sitting in the corner of the cavern. I could vaguely make out a woman cloaked in a brown cloak. I swallowed hard but I raised my sword.
"Release Hestia and there won't be any problems." I said somehow my voice sounded powerful and level.
The man looked at me, he had an eye patch, "Ahh so much like your…"
"Like my mother I know. Cut the crap and release the goddess and everyone will be happy." I commanded.
"I don't bow to little twits." He sneered and made a motion with his hand. An army of monsters came in carrying James but I didn't see Seth. James had a few bruises, a black eye, and his ankle looked like it was twisted in a way it shouldn't have been. Where the hell was Seth?
"Where's the other one?" I asked.
"The other boy?" the man asked he still had Nico's sword pressed against his neck.
"Yes where is he?" I asked.
"Mia!" I turned to find Seth running into the cavern.
James called from across the cavern, "Mia don't trust him he's working for them!"
I whipped around and looked at Seth who didn't look like he had a scratch on him. Claire looked over at me, "Mia he doesn't look like he just fought a whole army of monsters."
I looked at Seth, "You let me believe that you were on my side? You were the one who passed information to them weren't you?"
Seth looked at me, "Yeah that was the plan."
"So you used me like nothing but a little chess piece?" I asked.
"That's right Mia you were nothing but a little chess piece in Seth's game." The man with the eye patch chuckled and Nico pulled to sword tighter to his neck.
"Why Seth?" I asked.
"Because that's all we are to them….we're just there for their dirty work. Your father discovered that years ago. What happened to him for doing what he did? In the end he was reprimanded for it. He should've been considered a hero for what he did. They reprimanded him for it, especially your mother who had the same thoughts in the beginning.
Your mother was not the hero everyone made her out to be. She ran from the prophecy that was supposed to be hers. She gave it to my father who is no more a hero than your mother. They're all just doing what the gods wanted them to do. Now your father and Ethan here they were real heroes. They went with what they believed in; they found it time for a new age in life. Now your father is desperately ignoring calls from our leaders to join us. It's not too late for you Mia, Claire." Seth said.
I looked at him and gripped my spear tighter, "Seth why I trusted you?"
"That was the point Mia, and you can still trust me. You just have to join me." He said. I could feel my will power crumbling and I wasn't even the one with weak will power that was Claire.
"Mia don't listen to him. Do the right thing." She whispered.
I nodded, "Claire's right I need to do what's right and it's definitely not the path you've taken Seth."
Seth looked at me, "Well you've made your choice."
"Yeah and it sure as hell not the choice you're trying to get me to make." I hissed.
"Well then I have no choice but to kill all of you." Seth said.
To think I actually thought that I was falling for him! To think that I was just another one of those girls he'd add to his long list of the ones he's already burnt out. Nico clashed swords with the man with the eye patch. Claire went into battle to help James. That left me with Seth and freeing Hestia. I made a break for her cage. I could feel the goddess's orange eyes on me and instantly I felt calmer.
"Give up Mia you won't succeed if you follow them!" Seth called as I reached Hestia's cage.
"Seth you're going to get nowhere doing what you're doing. Maybe you're not doing the dirty work of the gods but your doing their dirty work." I said referring to his cause.
"I will be rewarded greatly and you would too, just join me Mia." He said.
I pushed him back with my shield. Somehow I felt like my mother was with me while I battled and I could hear somehow my father's voice in the back of my head telling me what to do. Thanks mom and dad.
Seth hit the ground with a grunt. But he stood up and drew his sword, "I really didn't want to do this with you Mia."
"Well you are so get over it!" I said as I deflected one of his attacks.
There was a cry of defeat on the other side of the cavern and I looked to find Nico with his sword point at Ethan's neck. Claire was still fighting the monsters. I looked into Seth's eyes, "You can just stop this. You could come back to camp with me."
"I'm sorry Mia but I can't do that." He said as he launched into another volley of attacks.
I could feel the heat of the goddess behind me. I looked back at her and she smiled. Seth had me backed against the cage. I pulled out my Swiss Army Knife that Grover had always made me carry and I opened it. This time the blade on the knife glowed bronze and it grew to the length of a bronze hunting knife.
I broke through the bars of the cage and then I ducked. There was a burst of heat behind me and before I knew it the goddess was standing beside me.
"Thank you Amelia." She smiled.
Seth stood up after being knocked down and bellowed, "You will pay for this, we haven't been defeated!"
"Seth what you're doing is wrong!" I was pleading with him now.
"No Mia what I'm doing is right." He shook his head in denial.
"Seth stop all of this please!" I begged him.
"I'm sorry Mia." He whispered.
With that he and Ethan disappeared leaving Nico and I to go help Claire who looked like she was tiring out pretty quick. She had been working on this for awhile. I would've been tired myself.
Soon enough we defeated most of the monsters the others just decided to run off and Claire rushed to James who didn't look any better up close. I could feel a presence beside me and I knew there were tears in my eyes. I had trusted Seth. I thought he was there to help me. All those things he had been saying about me being a good person. They were for different reasons. I tried to blink back the tears but they kept coming silently.
The goddess placed her hand on my shoulder, "Mia he'll see the light soon."
I nodded but I didn't say anything in fear that I was going to begin sobbing. I thought Seth was going to be there with me through this whole prophecy thing. I couldn't begin to imagine how Charlie would be when she heard the news or even his parents. What were they going to say about this? Their son was a traitor. Their son was working to unravel everything they had worked to attain all those years ago.
"I will see you again Mia Castellan, thank you for freeing me." She said before she vanished.
James winced as Claire threw her arms around him, "James you're ok!"
He smiled slightly and chuckled, "A little bruised up but I'm ok Miss. Claire."
Everyone looked at me and I smiled, "I'm glad you're ok James."
"Thank you guys." He said.
Nico looked at us, "Well we better arrange for you to get back to camp as soon as possible so James can be treated."
As soon as we were back at camp there was a huge party waiting for us on the hill to greet us and welcome us back to camp. The first people we saw were my parents. My mom smiled at us and my father nodded as we passed him to the infirmary taking care of James was little more important than a party.
Soon enough later that day James was back on his feet and enjoying the party with Claire. No one had noticed that Seth wasn't there with us or at least no one was asking. My mom walked over to me and smiled.
"Why aren't you enjoying the party with everyone else?" she asked.
"Oh hey mom I was just thinking." I said.
"About what?" she asked as she took a seat next to me.
"Seth." I admitted truthfully.
"I knew there was something up when only three of you returned with Nico." My mom smiled sympathetically.
"Mom he's working for them. He wasn't there to help me he was trying to use me to get what he wanted and then he would toss me aside like all the other girls he's used." I whispered.
My mom hugged me, "Mia he'll see that what he's doing isn't what he wants. Trust me they all work that way. Your father realized that his views were wrong and he became a hero in the end."
"He told me that you and his father and all of the others who were involved in that whole mess weren't heroes." I said.
"Mia he'll notice that he's wrong sooner or later. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later." She smiled.
"Mom you're so sure that he'll realize all of this." I whispered.
"Mia I'm married to a former…how do I put this….um…I married your father. Let's put it that way." She smiled.
"It took dad how long to realize that he was wrong?" I asked her.
"It took your father five years but in the end he did what was right." My mom said as she wrapped her arm around me, "Seth will too."
"Thanks mom I just feel like I should've figured all of this out though. I felt like an idiot for believing that Seth was actually there to help me." I whispered.
She just hugged me, "We'll talk about this later, why don't you just enjoy the party right now?"
I nodded and followed my mom to the party where everyone was having a good time. Claire was dancing with James and they were smiling, Winter and Diego were off talking with their friends and then Charlie walked over to me.
"Where's my brother?" she asked.
"Charlie I'm sorry about Seth." I whispered.
"He died?" she asked.
I shook my head, "Worse."
"What?" she asked.
"He was the one passing information from within camp; he was the one who was helping them. Seth was part of this the whole time." I whispered.
"Mia you can't blame yourself for what happened with my brother." Charlie said.
"He thinks what he's doing is heroic." I whispered.
"He'll realize sooner or later but you need to try to help him realize that." She said.
"Why do you say that?" I asked her.
"It's my dad's little mantra, 'You can't give up on your family.'" She replied.
"Well I'll try." I promised.
"He can be saved Mia." Charlie smiled.
"You think so?" I asked her.
She nodded, "Now go and enjoy this party it is for you after all."
I followed her out onto the floor and my friends instantly swarmed around me. I figured things will be ok after getting to see all of them who didn't make it seem like they cared if Seth was a lost cause. It was something that kept nagging at me though. It was an irritating feeling that felt like it wasn't going away until I brought Seth back to reality.
"Mia can I talk to you?" I turned around to find my dad.
I looked at Claire who nodded and I followed my dad. I could see my mom talking to a blonde woman who looked a lot like Charlie. My dad put a hand on my shoulder and guided me through the crowd.
"Mia your mom was telling me about something that happened during your quest." He said.
I looked at him, "Yeah Seth was a traitor."
"He'll realize that what he's doing is wrong, I did eventually, and hopefully he realizes it sooner than I did." My dad nodded.
"Dad do you ever consider going back to their cause?" I asked.
He looked at me, "No I don't. I love your mother too much to consider anything like that."
He chuckled slightly, "I don't think your mother would let me."
"So mom's the reason that keeps you from going back?" I asked.
He nodded, "Well not exactly. She's a big majority of the reason but you girls are another reason that keeps me here."
"So you don't want to go back?" I asked.
"No I don't honestly it was worse than anything I've ever been through." He said.
Later that night I walked into my cabin and sitting on my pillow was note.
You haven't seen the last of me Mia I promise you that. You will see that what I'm standing for is the way you should go. Until then we'll be enemies on the battlefield. That wasn't how I wanted it to be Mia. I honestly do like you. – Seth.
I crumbled the note into a ball and threw it into the brazier that was warming the cold cabin. Seth was going to be a tough case but I was going to get him to realize that what he was doing was wrong even if it was the last thing I would ever do. I would get Seth to see what he was doing was wrong. At least Claire ended up with her knight in shining armor. James was a good guy. I was going to save Seth and complete this prophecy and prove that I was a hero.