A Swift Drift Through the Lake{Maxine/Pandora}

[Pandora Relenta]

Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth

So everyone can hear

Pandora picked up the paddles and moved her arms up and then down, pushing the slick paddles through the calm waters of the canoe lake. She often found that it was fun to canoe, even if the naids knocked her down. Satyrs tropped by, chasing after wood nymphs or playing reed pipes, naids swam around, giggling at Pandora's odd hair color. It was just as camp had always been.

Pandora had always admired Camp Half-Blood. It was somewhere that you could be safe from monsters that could kill you if you weren't skilled. It picked up demigods on the streets whos mortal parent had been killed. It accepted any Greek demigod. It was somewhere for people like half-bloods and nature spirits. It was Pandora's favorite place in the whole world, the only place she remembered besides coal streets. It was her home. She had no other place and knew nothing of her father. Pandora wondered if she'd ever see him again. Hecate had told her that he was a great man but Mom had never said anything about who or where he was. Was he dead? Pandora wondered what he looked like, if he cared for her...who he was. It was too much for her to take in. But what if he was dead? Her only living blood relatives would be her mother Hecate.

That's when Pandora noticed the figure of Maxine Darke, clearing wondering about camp, on the banks of the gentle lake. Maxine Darke had been recently claimed as a daughter of Nike the other day, in the Minor's Cabin. Pandora had noticed that Maxine had clearly found it repulsive that there was one cabin for all of the Minor Gods but Pandora didn't care much. It gave her a bigger family, more people to meet and to come to for help.

Pandora came to the dock where the canoes were cast off to greet Maxine.

"Hey."

she said cheerfully

Hit me with the worst you got and knock me down

Baby, I don't care

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TAGGED!Maxine Darke
WORD COUNT!329
LYRICS!Loser Like Me--Glee Cast
CREDITS!Me!
OUTFIT!Here

[Max Darke]

Max was just wandering around, of course trying to take in the fact that she was the daughter of Nike, that people here seemed to like her, and that was enough to make her mind blow. She saw Pandora paddiling around looking at her. Just keep walking. Don't be noticed . . . She thought. The last thing she needed was an annoying girl to add to the emotions she was feeling. When Pandora said hi Maxine cursed under her breath. ''Hello . . .'' she said dryly.

Some kid came around and and knocked Maxine into the water. ''Ahh!'' she cried. In the water she was so mad you could've sworn the water around her was boiling. A hard scowl on her face, she came running out. Then she reached for the necklace that she always had on. it was gone.

Her sister's necklace that was Maxine's only like to sanity was gone

All revenge forgotten, Max ran into the water, pawing through it frantically. If she lost it she lost her sister. And she lost that small brink to what was keeping her from jumping off something high was gone. And if that was gone . . . Max dived under and looked though the water, but she couldn't see five feet in front of her. She started to have a panic attack as she dived down, trying to get to the bottom. All those years of swimming away from whatever monster was really paying off.

[Pandora Relenta]

Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth

So everyone can hear

Pandora dipped her hand in the water and found a necklace. She gave it to Maxine "I think this belongs to you." she said, the hand with the necklace in it extended to Maxine Darke. "And I'm sorry you fell in...the naids aren't very friendley to Minor Gods' children...they don't knock me in because they take pity on me." said Pandora, her eyes fixed on the blue water(which was gray to her). She sighed. Sometimes the water looked so gloomy. "But if you need any help with anything just ask...we realize that you probably don't trust any of us, none of the new demigods do...you probably think that your life has been pretty tough too...can you see blue? Can you see purple? Can you see green? Because I think you can." Pandora skimmed her thin fingers across the gray water "All of the new demigods think their life has been tough...but all of us here are just the same...and people like you can't see that."

Pandora could tell that Maxine hated Camp Half-Blood. Pandora fixed her bright eyes on Maxine "You think you're all alone, don't you?" she asked "You think that no one here has been through what you've been through...we've all had crazy lives, Maxine Darke, and I think you need to wake up and smell reality." Pandora couldn't believe that was coming out of her own mouth. It was so unlike her to say that. But it was true. If Maxine didn't appreciate the hospitality of Camp then she might as well just leave and be killed by a monster or something. "Don't hate us for hospitality, Max, don't hate us because we're different than you, don't hate us because you think you're alone...I can tell you hate it here, Maxine, we all can." Pandora continued. She looked up at Maxine whos expression had slightly changed. "So, what did happen to you?" asked Pandora "I got my mind wiped by a scary women, but what have you gone through?"

Hit me with the worst you got and knock me down

Baby, I don't care

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TAGGED!Maxine Darke
WORD COUNT!334
LYRICS!Loser Like Me--Glee Cast
CREDITS!Me!
OUTFIT!Here

[Max Darke]

When max was handed the necklace she grabbed it and held it close, trying to get her panic attack under control. She fought tears as Pandora said something. After she was done Max raised her eyebrows in a arch. ''What have I been through? What have I BEEN THROUGH!? Well lets see, first I had to take care of my dad, me and my sister both had a job! And I was like, six! I had to babysit, clean the worst things, and then of course there was the fact that I was on the run! I woke up every morning praying that I wouldn't have to kill another monster! That my sister wouldn't die, that I will be okay! That those people that are trying to abuse us don't find us! Every time I saw the sun I saw that the night was over! I saw that I might not have to get up in the middle of the night and run through bushes and smack into tree because it's so dark, tonight!
''Then, my sister died. The person that watched over me my whole life died. And part of me died with her. My whole life was basically thrown into the trash, my sister died. My only link to what was real and what was fake was gone! And ever since then I don't trust, I don't get to know, and I certainly don't have friends! I have had to eat rats, and moldy fruit, and break into someone house just to get enough food to take a step. I never had a place to call home! All my knowledge about friends and relationships come from watching people in the city when I was passing through! I'm fifteen, and I don't know what the hell a 'fraction' is! Now tell me, is that an easy life?'' Max fought the urge to punch the red haired girl and she squeezed the necklace so hard, her face was pink with anger.

[Pandora Relenta]

Pandora raised an eyebrow at a furious Maxine Darke "I've heard worse." commented Pandora simply "Look, Darke, if you want to fit in here you can't just say that your life sucks and mope around...maybe your sister died...but people have worse lives. I see how you think why your life is shit but don't be so sad about it...forget the worse times and look at your life now...you've come this far, Maxine, don't lose yourself in the past...sometimes that's why I think my memory was taken...so I wouldn't be stuck in the past like I am now...trying to figure out who I am...and I suggest you do the same." Pandora advised. She saw the look on Maxine's face go from hostile to curious. "Just think 'bout that for a moment." Pandora waited for a bit.

[Max Darke]

Max just sat, awestruck. No one had ever talked to her like that. ever. She grabbed Pandora's Hair and pulled it back, then put her foot behind hers so if she let go of her hair and pulled her foot up Pandora would fall. ''Look, you, I'm not moping about my life, and last time I checked it's not a dumb little redhead to tell me what to do. I don't all I'm saying is my life sucks, and I'm only saying that 'cause you brought it up. I'm not going to trust, or have friends at all. You can just shut the hades up.'' Max jerked her head backward.

''I know who I am. I am Maxine Darke, and I am a girl who is a tom boy, and I am a girl who loves outdoors. I am a girl who needs you to shut up.'' moved her foot, but she didn't let her fall, she pulled her up by her hair and walked away, trying to keep her temper under control.

[Pandora Relenta]

Pandora raised her eyebrows "You're strong, Darke, you'll survive awhile. But height or age or hair color isn't a way to discriminate agaisnt someone. Just because I'm smaller than you and don't remember any of my past doesn't mean I'm not wiser or that I don't know more about being a demigod than you do." said Pandora "We all have hard lives. None of us are ever normal. Now I suggest the let me back up and shut the hell up...you need to be taught how to survive as a demigod...and if you can't do that you're going to die...hear me, darling? Die. Just like your sister did...I don't care how many god damn monsters you've fought...some people here are missing eyes...d'you hear me? Legs and arms...and some people don't have faces. So don't get me started on your suckish past and your dead sister, Darke, I don't even want to know. Now are you going to learn how to live at this Camp or are you going to sit here and feel sorry for yourself. Wake up and smell the world, darling...this is re-al-i-ty!." Pandora ended, saying 'Reality' in emphasized syllables.

[Max Darke]

Max just laughed. ''You didn't hear a word I just said, did you? I just said I'm NOT moping about my life, you brought it up. Oh, and also, you are most certainly not wiser than me. I think I'm doing just fine on my own, thanks. I could care less about being booksmart, but I'm pretty dang streetsmart. And I'm just gonna give you some advice; stop running your mouth like you know everything, it makes you sound conceded. And really annoying.'' Max winked and strode off on her heel.

[Pandora Relenta]

Oh, please thought Pandora Sometimes it's better to be wise than to be such a know-it-all and a never-going-to-admit-I-need-help-because-I'm-so-amazing. Pandora looked after her And she's the conceeded one...If she won't recognize kindness...then she'll be a rival instead. Pandora whipped around and stalked off.

((Wow...Maxine is bitchy...))