I woke up at midnight to my alarm clock. I litterly slept for an hour. I flicked on a light and reach, half blind, for my glasses.
Immediately a headache accompanies me.
"Morning to you too. " I say to Athena, kinda annoyed.
"Trust me you're gonna need me for this one." Is her response.
"You couldn't have waited until I was like, I don't know, properly awake."
"How much time do you think we have smartass? It's quite the drive mind you."
Of course as always Athena was right. I didn't have time to wake up. I had to get dressed and get on the road.
I got up and walked to my closet. I chose black jeans and a white shirt. Throwing a hoodie on as well, I went down the hall into the bathroom.
I combed my hear and brushed my teeth. Anyone seeing me now would declare me crazy. I wouldn't blame them.. Who brushes their teeth in the middle of the night?
I rushed to the kitchen and grabbed something to eat. After taking Cristy's keys (Don't worry I asked.) of the hook I sprinted to the garage and got into her car.
0.20 am
I drove out of the garage and got going. My mind was on Cristy.
Athena must've sensed I was nervous cause a comforting warmth spread through my body.
"Athena?"
"Yes?"
"Do you think we'll see Cristy when we get there?" I ask, putting my fears into words.
"I honestly don't know Skyler. But I think you should be prepared to see a lot of things you don't expect."
'Wow, that's comforting.." I think.
"Think what you want Skyler. I'd rather your afraid and prepared then have you being all happy and cheery and be met with dangers beyond what you can imagine." Athena says.
"I know. I'm sorry."
Athena stays quiet. The last 20min I drive in silence. Even though Athena and I are sunken deep in our own thoughts, I feel she's alert and ready to take over when I need her to.
I park the car next to the park.
0.56 pm
A few more minutes. I saw the willow from here. It stood there firm and strong, but a certain dark vibe around it.
0.59 pm
Suddenly I feel a certain pull in my stomach.
"They're here.." Athena says.
"How do you know?" I ask.
"Don't you feel that power Skyler?"
I nod. It's incredible.
"Power like this isn't just caused by a God or goddess.." Athena mumbles.
"What do you mean?"
She ignores my question. Instead she says:
"Let's go. We can't keep them waiting."
I get out of the car and make my way towards the willow. As I come closer I can feel a bunch of eyes on me.
From underneath the willow came the slender figure of the man at the bus stop. He looks the same as last time only he limps more. Which is odd cause I saw him only like two days ago...
His dark hair still covering his eyes and face. He wore torn black jeans, a black t-shirt with a skull and a black pilot jacket.
"Well, well, well. I'm surprised you turned up Athena. Trusting a random note doesn't seem like a very wise thing to do." He says in a deep and ice cold voice.
Whatever I expected his voice to sound like, it was not this. It even scared me, sending shivers down my spine.
"The moment I saw it was written in Greek I knew something was up... Hades." Athena responds.
She doesn't seem to mind this man or fear him. But then again, Athena is a lot braver than I am.
After gathering all my courage I ask:
"Y-you know each other?"
"Well yeah. We're family after all." 'Hades' said.
He flipped his hair to the side and stood there with a smug smile. His dark obsidian eyes had a golden rim around them.
"Oh give her a break Hades." Says the man in an entirely diffrent voice.
I assume that this must be his original voice. It is way warmer than Hades' and not as deep.
"When he doesn't take over the name is Raymond. But you can call me Ray." He smiles, but it's still kind of smug.
"Skyler." I say, taking the hand he holds out.
Raymond looks at me as if he already knew that. He seems to notice that I'm uncomfortable.
"Follow me please."
Ray turns around towards the wilow and I do as he says. We step underneath the tree and stop in front of the trunk.
I'm confused but don't say anything. This man is probably a little off.
Ray raises his hand and a Greek letter lights up at the trunk. I recognize it as the letter sigma. Although I couldn't tell if I knew this myself or that it was Athena.
Part of the tree trunk sank in to the ground with a rumble. A kind of door was opend and revealed a staircase.
"Zoë! Zayne! Let's go!" Ray called up.
Out of the tree dropped two teenagers with bows. A boy and a girl, who looked incredibly alike. I assumed they were around the age of 17.
Athena took control for a second and nodded at each of them. Both of them got a golden rim around their eyes and nodded back.
Raymond had started to go down the stairs.
"After you. " The boy said.
I went in and the teenagers followed right behind me. Behind us the portal closed again.
It was a rather long staircase. It was flowy and dark with an occasional torch, that gave just enough light to see where you placed your steps.
The staircase ended in a big room filled with people. Athena seemed on edge as I looked around the room.
It was filled with all kinds of people. Tall, small, chubby, slim, young, old, dark skintones and lighter.
They all looked at me. I swallowed.
"Hello everyone. We're back." Ray said.
"Oh please, you were gone for like ten minutes." A man in his late 30's rolled his eyes.
Ray too rolled his eyes.
"Well Phineas, don't you wish to see who I brought?"
The man just snorted.
'What a warm welcome..' I think.
'Don't judge them just yet. Observe and then make your conclusions.' Athena says, but I notice it's not outloud.
I sigh. I suppose she's right.. Again.
"Well then who have you brought? Go on tell us." Says a black woman with her arms crossed over her chest.
Raymond seems to wake up out of a daze. As if he was completely somewhere else. He clears his throat.
"Guys, welcome back Athena. Or better known these days as Skyler Sawyer."
I was met with a bunch of open mouthed stares.
HI GUYS, HERE'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF AMONG US. WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT AND THAT IT'S KIND OF A BETTER ENDING AS LAST TIME ð . THINGS ARE GOING TO GET MORE INTRESTING FROM HERE ON. YOU'LL GET TO MEET A LOT OF NEW CHARACTERS SOON, SO WE HOPE YOUR EXCITED TO MEET THEM AS WELL. THE STORY FROM HERE ON SHOULD GO QUIT A BIT FASTER TOO. ANYWAY ENJOY.
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