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Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
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"I don't mind doing some training instead of going for a walk, just as long as it doesn't wipe me out too much. I do want to do some gardening today as well." Stella smiled softly as she looked at Andy, and noticed that she looked embarrassed. "Hey, it is okay that you got mixed up... it happens to us all from time to time." She offered her friend a small smile at that point and then listened to Andy as she spoke. "Oh, walk then training also sounds good to me! That way we get to do all three things!"

She grinned wider at that point when a cloak floated down and seemed to land on her, and then wrap around her a bit. As it did, it seemed to make her vanish for a moment from view. She gently unwrapped it from around herself, and folded it up in her hands. "Oh wow... this will come in handy... for what is to come. I'm sure." She remembered that they were probably going to go to the Underworld next... at least that was what she had heard someone say.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
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"Oh, we're going from a walk to training? Or was I misinformed on what we were going to do? I don't mind if we're going to do training instead." Stella was pretty sure Andy had asked her to go on a walk, but maybe something had gotten miscommunicated. She would be the first to admit that she probably needed more training, especially with her scythe. She knew it did help her focus her ability with plants more, but she wasn't sure if there was more to it than just that.

She gestured for Arbor to follow her as they went to the training arena. Thankfully it wasn't too far away from the dining hall, and would make for a short walk. Stella rubbed at her side where her weapon was, making sure she had it on her. She had grabbed it earlier, since she had been planning to do some work in the fields, so that had been a good plan. She wasn't sure if she really want to do sparring, but she also knew it was necessary.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
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Stella smiled softly when Eva said that she could go hang out with Andy, and nodded as she hopped up, and pet Arbor. "C'mon boy~ Let's go hang out with Andy~" She giggled happily and blinked as Andy ran over to her, and smiled, happily accepting the invite to join her and Kristin on a walk. She didn't know the older demi-god as well, but she was nice, and it would be fun to hang out with her.

She went over to the Athena table with Andy, Chocolate and Arbor and waved at Kristin softly. "Thanks for inviting me along~ I was planning on going out to the fields later, but I'm happy to go out on a walk. I think Arbor will appreciate it too." She gently pet the pup and he let out a soft bark of appreciation. He nuzzled in close, and then gently nuzzled Andy as well.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
Skills: N/A

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"I can wait~ Thank you Eva!" Stella brightened up at the idea of going to the field with her older sister. She did always feel better after being around plants and spending some time digging around in the dirt and helping the plants. Recently she had felt like she could hear little voices in the plants, but she wasn't sure why or how. Plants didn't talk, right? She had a feeling that she should ask Eva or her mother about it, but well...

She pet Arbor once more and then got up and went to offer some of her muffin to the fire to her mother. She asked for understanding as to why she was hearing those little voices among the plants, as well as maybe for help with her nightmares. She then looked over to Andy and waved to her before going back to her table, to sit and wait for her sister.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
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Stella picked a piece of bacon off the plate and slipped it to Arbor, whom happily munched on the crunch piece of tasty meat. Stella was still confused by the full anatomy and eating habits of her beloved pet, but it seemed for as much as he loved water and sunlight, he also appreciated meat it seemed, somewhere between being a real plant and a real wolf sometimes. Stella looked up as she heard her half-sister speak to her and offered her a small smile at that point.

"Hey. I slept alright." It wasn't a total lie, as the nightmares were getting less frequent, she wasn't having them near nightly, and she was sleeping through the night more frequently. "I was thinking of working in the strawberry field today, as I wanted to enjoy some time in the dirt and sun. Arbor is probably going to join me~" She reached down to pet her wolf and was rewarded with a small yip of affirmation.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Camp Half-Blood
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Stella sat up bleary eyed in her bunk and yawned at that point as she heard the knocking and yelling at the Cabin door. She had gotten use to the sound of Coach Gleeson yelling, and had been chased out of the Zeus cabin once or twice a few months ago, before Demi had gotten back. She looked at the foot of her bed, to see Arbor putting his paws over his ears and whining a bit, as he still wasn't use to this, even if it was a daily ordeal now. Stella moved down the bed, and gently pet her beloved pet and nuzzled him gently. "I know boy, I know. He's loud... but we should get use to it. This is our life now, right?"

The last few months had been a lot, as Stella reflected on them as she got ready for breakfast. The funeral had been rough, and while she hadn't known Leda and Madalyne well, she had been bawling through Jason's funeral. She felt horrible for Janelle, and really had no idea what to say to her these days. She also had turned 13, and really felt like it had not been as big of a deal as she had thought it had been before she had arrived at the camp. Being a teenager, officially, didn't feel different now, as finding out that she was a demi-god had changed her life more than any age had.

She finished getting dressed in her shorts, and her camp shirt, and then braided her hair. She was hoping that she could spend some time in the strawberry patch that day, as it helped her think. She had had a nightmare again the night before, feeling the crushing weight of the world, the monsters... and she swore she had seen something else. She wasn't sure what she had seen, but she felt she had seen something bad.

She finished getting ready for the day and then headed to the dining pavilion with Arbor following her. She waved to Andy as she saw her, and went to get herself a muffin and some bacon for breakfast. She sat down at her Mother's table, wishing she could sit with her friend, but it seemed that Coach Gleeson was really on it that day, so she didn't want to risk it.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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There hadn’t been any word from the other group yet. Andy didn’t know where her brother was. Or several other people that had gone with them. They hadn’t even been able to tell Janelle that her brother was dead yet. She hated that. Not knowing what was going on. She felt like she was going through motions. Trying to make it to the next day so that she could get answers, but the next day didn’t have answers.

Andy liked being around Stella though. The other girl knew what Andy had been through and didn’t ask questions about that. They talked about everything else. Andy felt like the older kid when she was explaining how camp worked, and that gave her something to do. At breakfast she waited for Stella. Andy had no one in her cabin and didn’t want to sit alone so she liked to sit with Stella.

Stella had been going through the motions as well, putting on smiles when she was talking to her fathers, assuring them that she was fine, and around some of her new found siblings when they asked her how the quest had gone. There was one person that she felt like she could be honest, and be herself around though, and that was Andy. As it turned out, when you shared holding up the entire sky together with someone it really did bond you together.

That morning she got up and headed to the dining pavilion and saw that Andy was alone, as usual, since her brother was still missing. Stella gathered up her breakfast items and went to sit down next to Andy. ”Still no word?”

Andy smiled, it didn’t reach her eyes. She shook her head. ”Nothing yet. I don’t know what to think.” Andy sighed and pushed the food on her plate around a bit. Andy considered asking Stella if she slept okay, but that usually meant she’d be asked back and Andy hadn’t been sleeping well. Every night she had nightmares. ”What do you want to do today?” The rock wall was one of Andy’s favorite things to do, and otherwise there was always something to do around the camp. Though the non-summer months were a little less busy than the summer ones.

Stella set her tray down and tore the blueberry muffin she had gotten in half and put half of it on the ground of Arbor, since he had tagged along, as usual. He didn’t seem to like being far away from Stella, and if she was being honest with herself, she preferred it that way. ”Sorry there’s still no news… not even an Iris message.” She shuffled and pushed her own food around a bit. “As for today, good question. I think I do have some language lessons later, since I’m still new to this, otherwise no plans. Wanna go to the wall again?”

Andy nodded, ”Yeah, and maybe we can ride my Gryphon later.” Andy munched on her food a bit thinking. Greek had been oddly easy to learn. English had always been difficult. Andy had gotten more schooling since coming to camp a year ago. That had helped her improve her education, but she was still way behind in a lot of things. Some of the older, smarter, campers had made it a point to teach her stuff. She had liked learning for once too. Now it felt scary. The wall was good because she couldn’t think about all that other stuff, just climbing and making it to the top without lava or rocks hitting her. She hadn’t done a lot of riding since coming back and she felt a bit bad about that. ”How are lessons going?”

”Mmmm that might be fun.” Stella took a sip of her green tea, trying to calm the storm inside of her mind as she also tried not to focus on the myriad of other things going on. ”The lessons are going well, it is weird how easy Ancient Greek is to learn, and it does explain the dyslexia, and the like” She took another sip of her tea and looked at Andy. ”...you been having them too? It was less a question and more a statement, as she could see the tired mirrored in Andy’s eyes. Those nightmares that had plagued her since Mount Tam.

Andy froze for a second, her fork pushing food on her plate, then she set it down and nodded. ”Yeah, Chocolate wakes me up from them, but they happen every night. It’s,” She looks away and to the sea ”The labyrinth and everything. I wake up feeling like I’ve been running and lifting weights all night.” That was part of why she kept doing a lot of exercise when she could. She fell asleep a bit better at night if she had worn herself out, but the dreams still came and she couldn’t get back to sleep after that.

”Arbor wakes me up as well… but yeah. I know the feeling. Especially the… crushing feeling.” In a weird way, it was comforting to know that she wasn’t alone in having nightmares after what they had gone through. ”You know… maybe I can ask Eve if you can sleep in our cabin? I… I doubt that it’s… easy alone.”

”What if he comes home and I’m not there?” Andy asks her eyes filling a little with tears. She didn’t want her brother to worry about her. If he came home in the middle of the night and went to their cabin and she wasn’t there would he fear the worst?

Stella saw the tears in Andy’s eyes and got up and sat down next to her friend and hugged her tightly. ”Want me to see if I can sleep in your cabin then? I don’t feel right leaving you alone.”

Andy nodded at that. She didn’t let the tears fall but she sank into the hug. It felt good to be hugged. Even though she didn’t like things on top of her anymore, even heavy blankets upset her. But hugs felt good. ”If you can. I know they can be strict about the sleeping arrangements. And I’ve got Chocolate who’s a good boy.” Chocolate was sitting at Andy’s feet, his head pressed up against her legs.

”I’ll ask Mr. Chiron… he might be more sympathetic. I won’t tell him why. That’s not my reason to tell.” Stella let her head lean against Andy’s gently, enjoying the hug as well. She probably needed it just as much as Andy did, and she’d take the moment to enjoy it.

”I can go with you.” Andy offered. It was for her after all. She expected that Stella might need the companionship as much as she did. ”At least we have beds in our cabin now.” Andy wryly smiled. ”When I first moved here, before Demi got here, there weren’t any beds. I just had a sleeping bag.” There had been so few children of Zeus but there were slowly more and more.

”No beds before? Wow. And thanks for coming with me.” There was a small genuine smile on Stella’s face, the first in some time that might have reached her eyes. No false smile for her friend. ”Want to go when we’re done eating?”

”Yeah, that sounds good.” Andy says and takes a few bites of food. That was a good step. She hadn’t been eating a lot, and she had already been skinny.

Stella smiled and took a few bites herself, glad that they had a plan, and glad for her friend.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Road -> NYC
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Stella had filed into the taxi with the others, silently ushering her canine companion into her lap and pet him softly. The trip went by much quicker than she had anticipated, and she watched as the whole countryside went by again quickly. She had rather hoped to have some time to see her father's again since she was back on this side of the country but it seemed they had no time. They had to get up to Olympus and return the Master Bolt before anything else could happen.

She filed out of the taxi when they got to New York, and looked around and blinked as Andy called out to someone. She waved shyly, barely recognizing the other older demi-god. It seemed that she had someone else with her as well, and that they might all be heading towards the same place. She gently put the leash back on Arbor and held him close, still keeping quiet at that point as they headed to the Empire State Building.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Sierra Trailhead
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Stella was glad that Andy had taken her hand and was guiding her. She was still trying to calm herself down, and holding hands with Andy, and having Arbor lick at her other hand was helping. She listened to Andy as she explained who the Grey sisters were and just nodded softly at that point. Though, hearing they only had one eye, between the three of them, that did bug her a bit. How did that work if they passed it between them and one of them was driving the carriage?

However where the questions would have normally come out of her mouth, it did not open at all. She was still too stunned, too upset to voice her normal stream of questions. Maybe she could ask them later. For now, she stood there at the edge of the road, waiting with Andy, Niah, Damon and the unconscious Mary for the carriage.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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Location: Sierra Trailhead
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The tears rolling down her cheeks left them feeling wet and cold, especially as she felt the wind pick up, and heard the howling in the distance. She felt something lick at her hands, and looked down to see that Arbor was licking her fingers, wining a bit to try to comfort her more. She knelt down, and pet him softly, and cuddled in close.

She looked over at Andy, seeing that the other young demi-god had moved closer. She felt a connection to her, but after what they had shared, how could she not? She scooted in closer to her and then took her hand, still crying a bit. Luckily her sister said she could teleport Jason to the camp, which was one worry off their backs. However it seemed that they would need to go to Olympus and return the Master Bolt.