Son Of Hephaestus

{✔}| Son Of Hephaestus:- (13)

First of all, I'm REALLY sorry this came in late...complications are always annoying. *Sigh*

But, the chapter is here! So cheer!!! (LOL, that rhymed) Woohoo!! xD

OMG, I just came to a startling realization.

As of this chapter, there are only 7 more chapters till SOH comes to a complete end.

OH. MY. GOODNESS.

With the way I started out, I thought I'd probably end up deleting this story but I didn't! I continued and now it's coming to an end...

SEVEN CHAPTERS DEMIGODS...SEVEN... (Weird how there's also SEVEN DAYS in the movie "The Ring")

SEVEN CHAPTERS....and I won't be updating this baby anymore...

Okay...well I will. There's the epilogue and then the WHOLE page of thanks to everyone who helped me with SOH and so on.

Before you start asking me: THERE WILL NOT BE A SEQUEL. I planned the plot in such a way that there's no evil left to fight. The epilogue has the happy ending.... as promised ;)

Trust me, once SOH is done, I'm going to start a NEW fan fiction... :) It's about 5SOS so watch out for that! :)

Yikes, this was a LOONNNGGG Author's Note...

ENJOY! (Please don't hate me!)

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~Desiree~

"Wait...so why were you in Queen Mariana's care temporarily?" Piper asked, staring at the crown mark on the side of my neck. Dylan's fingers traced it and he sighed.

"Maybe it was because she wanted to mark her."

Piper jumped up. "That makes sense! But why? Why was Desiree chosen as the Queen? Did Aphrodite have participation in this? Wait, of course she did. She always does." I shot Piper a tired look. "Stop attacking her, Piper. She's our mother, you know."

Piper glared at me. "Oh yeah? Well, if mom really cared, she won't take my sister from me." Before I could respond, her eyes watered and she stormed out of the cabin.

Chiron sighed. "Desiree, that really wasn't necessary."

I nodded. "I know, I know. I'm upsetting everyone. But what does it matter if I died? I'm a demigod, Chiron. These things happen."

He smiled. "So you're ready to die?" I smiled back sadly. "If I wasn't, then I wouldn't have these." I raised my arms and pulled up the sleeves of my shirt to show him my scars. His eyes softened. "You didn't have to-that wasn't-oh Desiree..."

I pulled my sleeves down. "See? I'm no stranger to Death. I'm not afraid of it either. I'm ready to die to protect the people I love, Chiron."

He raised an eyebrow. "Even Leo?"

At this, Dylan, Frank, Jason and Nico stared at me. I sighed, knowing I could say it. He wasn't here. "Yeah, even him. Especially him."

Jason looked up at that. "Des, he lost Calypso because she died saving his life. He can't lose you too." I stood up. I knew that. But I never thought-even for a second-that maybe it would hurt Leo. Turn him back into that brooding, quiet boy.

I never thought about whether it would hurt him or not.

"He'll move on. I don't deserve him after a-" Nico slapped a hand over my mouth. He looked irritated.