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[theresa]

This was it. She was finally going to do it. After a year of planning and wondering who her mother was, Teddy was leaving the camp, and going to find her. Taking a deep breath Theresa stuffed the remainder of her things into the bag and ventured out of the cabin and towards the woods. She chose to go at night hoping not to run into anyone. 'What would it matter if I did anyway, no one would miss me.' she thought, having not been at the camp for long she didn't know many of the people, the nymph wasn't really friends with any of the ones she did know.'Well, maybe Jenna would, but she is thinking about leaving in the future anyway.' The small blonde knew she had to do this. She had to find out who she really was. After all a little over a year ago she found out that she was something of a fairy tale, since then she has been searching for purpose, not sure who she was. Teddy felt that finding her mother would help.

Theresa stopped at the edge of the woods suddenly worried. Looking back she contemplated just going back to the cabin and revising the plan for another day. No Teddy had to do this today."You can do this Jones" she said trying to convince herself. closing her eyes she listened to the whispers of the trees letting them guide her in the right direction, she began the hike to freedom. Well freedom in a way she loved the camp. It was like home to the nymph. Just like it was for all the other kids and counselors. "I pray to the Gods and my ancestor Nymphs for the strength to take this journey." she whispered.

Every so often Teddy would jump at a the crack of a twig or the rustling of the few leaves that were still on the trees. Unfortunately the petite blonde knew that it was too late to go back now. It was too dark to even see the way back. Even if she did want to turn around she would've had to wait until morning to go. Trekking on she focused on the sounds of the whispering trees around her and the crunching of the snow beneath her feet. Theresa hummed a bit to herself the lyrics of a song, from the movie Anastasia. The song was called Journey to the Past, if Teddy was remembering correctly. That was one of her favorite movies to watch with her dad when she was little. Sighing the girl began to feel as if she was being followed. Looking around she saw nobody, but kept herself poised to attack if needed. Hand to hand combat was her strong suit. and if needed she could easily climb one of the nearby trees. Was this a friend, a foe, or her imagination.

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Muse: Pretty good.
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[Luke Nightgaurd]

Luke Nightgaurd

Luke wanted to find the girl he liked. The red headed Eris girl was not it. He liked her but she was just out of it sometimes. So he decided to walk out in the woods. Even though it was night time Luke was not inspecting to see anybody. Maybe a nymph or something but not a person. Luke keep watching the blonde girl get closer and closer to the edge of the Camp. Luke was getting worried, why would anybody leave without somebody to go with them. Luke ran over to the girl and put his hand on her shoulder. "Hey shouldn't you be going with somebody. Its dangerous to go without somebody." Her shoulder felt warm and nice to the touch. The girl looked pale so he dug out a water bottle from his Messenger bag and gave it to her. "I'm Luke, son of Hebe, the goddess of youth." He smiled at the girl who looked to be a year or two younger than him.

He did not like this girl yet or he should say was not attracted to her just yet. He would wait to see what would happen. Maybe he would and maybe they could become a couple but from the way the girl looked she was not into relationships so he was not going to bring it up. Even if he started to like her.

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[theresa]

Teddy couldn't shake the feeling that someone was there, so she quickened her pace, suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, this person whoever it was said something, but her brain was to panicked to make out the words. Feeling the threat the Demi-Nymph quickly grabbed the person's arm and using all her strength flipped them over her shoulder and onto the ground. As she stared at the boy she finally understood what she was saying. He wasn't a threat at all just another worried camper. Slightly embarrassed Theresa reached her hand down to help the boy up.

Teddy accepted his offer of the water gratefully, mentally face palming because she had forgotten to pack any at all. As the petite blonde drank the small sips, she listend to this boy introduce himself. Luke, nice name. It meant light if she was correct. Names were Theresa's specialty, although she had a hard time remembering a name with a face, she could tell you what almost every single name out there meant. The Demi-Nymph handed back the water bottle.

After examining Luke for a moment longer she decided there was no reason to fear him. Teddy could tell that he wouldn't hurt her. Taking in a deep breath she extended her slightly green hand to shake his, looking deep into his eyes she smiled."I'm Theresa Jones, but you can call me Teddy, since everyone else does. I'm the daughter of a wood nymph. That's why I'm out here I guess, I'm going to go try to find her, whoever she is." She took another deep breath contemplating whether or not she should tell him why she was out here at this time so far away from camp."Sorry about flipping you onto the ground. I guess I'm a little jumpy."

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Luke Nightgaurd

Luke got up like the flip was nothing. He put his hand to his head because of the sudden pain he was getting there. "It's fine. I still think you need somebody to go with you." Lucky for her if she decided to go with somebody Luke had been prepared to go anywhere. He always was and always would be. Luke put his hand on his sword as a cold chill ran down his back and made the hairs on his neck rise. He shook it off like it was nothing as he turned his attention back to Teddy.

"If you need somebody I can come. I may not have packed clean clothes in this bag but I have water." Luke said that like it was a good thing. Really it was, when you only have Drachmas in the mortal world. You can't really buy anything. Luke smiled and took his hand off his sword and shifted his weight onto his other foot. "And a Demi-Nymph well do you know who your other parent is. If your a Demi-Nymph you have to have a godly parent right?" He asked confused. The truth was ever sense he came here he was always confused. Confused on what love would feel like when he found it and what dieing would feel like.

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[theresa]

Upon realizing that the boy was okay Teddy smiled. She was glad she didn't hurt him, after all it wasn't something that she particularly enjoyed doing. Hurting people that is. "I think after the way I handled you that I might do okay on my own if you don't mind." It wasn't that Theresa wouldn't like to have a companion on the journey after all she loved to talk to people, but she was scared to endanger his life in order to learn about hers. She noticed him brace himself as if he sensed something coming, she listened not hearing anything, but concentrated really hard, for about five minutes."Yes, It worked." She said with glee as she looked around her. The two were now in a dome of tree branches, that should protect them for at least a little bit longer. The only problem was would she be able to undo it. Theresa's power to control plants was after all not easy for her to control.

Once she felt that the barrier was secure Teddy turned her attention back to the boy in front of her. "That's a really sweet offer, and well I'd love to accept it, but I can't risk your life, or any one else who might come find you. On my own barely anyone will notice if I'm gone. But you, well your good-looking, and I'm sure your charming. The girl's back at camp probably love you. So if you came with me people would notice." Theresa could feel her slightly green skin to redden, once again glad it was dark.

As he addressed the point of her having to have another parent besides just her Nymph mother Teddy frowned at the painful memories of watching her father suffer through cancer."Yeah, I do know who my dad is. He was a mortal. The only reason I know my mother was a Nymph was because he told me before well.... She took a deep breath before continuing, the petite blonde was clothes to her father."He wouldn't tell me her name, but he did give me this, he said it had belonged to her, and that she must have forgotten it when she left." Slowly slipped off her bracelet and handed it to Luke gently for him to examine, then added."When I was younger he told me the story of how and where he and my mom met. Just left out the part about her being magical."

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Muse:Decent

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Girls? All over him? Oh he wished, some of the girls were cute and all the youth that radiated off of them was just so nice to feel but there was more Youth coming from the girl in front of him. It was weird but fine. Luke really wanted to help the girl but he knew she would not let him go. People would notice him. Yea then maybe it would help her if they did. He could talk to the people while she did what she needed to do and then when she was done she could give him a signal and then he could politely say bye and leave.

"Hey Noticing me might help you. There is a thing called a Distraction you know." He smiled and took another step towards her. Not a big step but big enough to close the space in between them. He ran his hand through his hair and noticed some hair in her face. He twitched his hand as he wanted to move it out of her young cute face. Only that would just be weird. "You know Teddy..." His voice trailed off and he never finished his sentence because he was afraid of what he was going to say. "By the way no girl at camp loves me. I am practically invisible with some of the girls. All the weird ones like me the cute ones like......" Again he couldn't say it, "Ignore me."

[theresa]

Allowing herself to laugh at his comment about there being a thing called distractions, Teddy responded jokingly, "Really I've never heard of them what do they entail?" Theresa could tell that Luke was definitely a persistant boy. As he stepped towards her the Demi-Nymph felt a tinge intimidated by him. Nervous even. She could feel his warm breath against her skin, there was something comforting about it. She felt this odd the two conflicting feelings that she felt at this moment.

She could tell that he wanted to tell her something. For some reason though he was holding back. Seeing as his hand had twitched earlier, Teddy felt as if it might just be his nerves. After all this neck of the woods was quite dangerous, and it was the middle of the night. She listened as he spoke more, this time about him being invisible to girls, excepts for the crazies. Theresa found this quite hard to believe, but could here the sincerity in his voice. Again he stopped not finishing his sentence. This time she spoke her voice barely above a whisper."What if I don't want to ignore you?" Teddy challenged."Look around you, it is safe here. I am great at keeping secrets if that's what your worried about, and besides my power... well I have trouble controlling it so we could be stuck here for days." The young Demi-Nymph said this even though she knew it wasn't true. Well partially, she did have trouble controlling her power, but she would be able to move enough of the branches out of the way for them to escape."So you might as well tell me, but if that doesn't convince you I could just tell you a secret in exchange for yours?"

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Was Luke starting to like her? Or was he just over reacting at the girl's youth? Could it be both? No it could not it had to be one or the other not both. Luke looked up from the ground to see the hair still in her face. He gathered all his courage and moved it out of her face. Her hair was soft and she was cute. No Luke could not like anybody he knew he could not. He never had. Luke could not admit it not even to himself that he liked her. He had to say something or she might think he is a weirdo. "I want to go with you." Is all he could say.

"Then don't." He whispered in a voice so low it sounded like it was just the wind. His eyes locked on hers and he couldn't help but smile. "You say yours first then I'll say mine. okay?" he said. Luke had a feeling telling him that he liked being around this girl. Even if she did look younger than him. Again his mind went to her youth but that was not even it. That just meant that Luke liked her and nothing other than that.

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[theresa]

She could feel the heat radiating off of his body, and it was all she could do, but smile as Luke brushed the strand of hair out of her face. It was funny that she didn't notice it there herself, but no matter she found his gesture sweet. As he spoke about wanting to come with her Theresa did smile. Rolling her eyes she nodded a yes to tell him that she would in fact allow him to come with her on this journey."Fine, but only because I forgot to bring any water, and it will probably be awhile before we even make it to a place where I can buy some." Teddy said before giving him a quick wink.

Chills went down her spine as he whispered a response to her. As their eyes locked, Teddy smiled back at him. Silently she agreed to tell her secret first. Theresa walked away from him to sit on a nearby rock. "If I tell you, you have to promise not to judge me, at least no to harshly." Taking a deep breath she recalled the day."When I was younger, my dad had this girlfriend, only they always fought.... One day they were fighting, and well I got so scared that she would hurt him. I was only six at the time and didn't really understand what was happening. Next thing I knew she was on the floor and the leaves of the fern we had in our kitchen were squeezing around her neck. Teddy could feel the tears welling in her eyes with guilt. "Then I blacked out.... I know she didn't get to badly hurt because a week later she came by to pick up her stuff. As soon as she saw me though she ordered my father to get that 'little monster' away from her. Since that day on until the day he died of lung cancer my father never allowed plants in our home. It was only when I came here and learned that I had powers that I remembered that day, and realized that I was the one who hurt her."

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Luke smiled when she finally said he could go with her. "It is a good thing I brought water." He smiled but soon the smiled went away as she explained her secret. He didn't know what to do other than know that she was sad. He could tell in the way that some of her youth left but came back after she stopped talking. He slowly put his arms out and wrapped them around her.

He softly whispered in her ear, "Mine is not really a secret." He pulled away far enough so that way he could put his arms down but close enough where there was a little space in between the two. "I think I might like....." He had to say it now. He started something and his dad always told him that when he starts something he has to finish it. "You. I think I might like you." He said as he prepared for the worst. The worst thing that she could do was push him away and then say he could not come with her. If that happened then Luke would have nothing to look forward to. She might not even make it back, and he might never see her again.


((same as my last post <_>))

[theresa]

Teddy didn't move, but instead allowed him to wrap her in his warmth. She lay her head on Luke's chest, and sighed silently. She listened to him as he whispered in her ear. As he pulled away she sat up, now very curious on what he had to say. As Luke told Theresa that he thought he might like her, Teddy's eyes got big. "You know I could be dangerous?" she knew she liked this boy, and Teddy also knew that she never fell so fast for anyone. Yet she just told him that she had lost control of her power before, and hurt someone. Yet Luke still felt like he could possibly like her.

Her mind was swarming about a mile a minute not sure what else to say. Theresa had never had a boyfriend before, any guy that got close enough to see the slight green color in her skin thought she was a freak because of it. Even though it was barely noticeable, she still felt self-conscious about it. Yet, here was this attractive boy saying that he might actually be interested in her. "Is that why you want to come with me?"she asked,"Just promise me that if that is why, you won't do anything stupid and get yourself hurt trying to protect me." Suddenly she realized how self-absorbed that sounded. Teddy's face got so red at that moment and she looked at her feet.

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Teddy did not do what he thought she was going to do. Which was nice it meant that he might have a chance. "It is not why I want to go with you." He put his hand on her shoulder before continuing. "I want to protect you. I need to get away from here, be with somebody, Somebody who I can trust." He could see in her eyes that she was worried that even though she told him about her past that he might hate her. He could never hate her. Ever! he could not even think about it.

"I could never hate you. I actually think that what you did was kinda cool. I wish i could have been there to see it." Luke smiled not closing his eyes but to lock them onto hers. He thought about kissing her cheek but that might make her mad. "And by the way I will always protect and care for my own." Luke surprised himself by saying that. He had heard his dad call him and his brother that before but he never thought he would say it. He smiled again and put his hand on her cheek but soon let it fall down to her shoulder.

[theresa]

"I believe you." she whispered giving him a warm smile. Theresa couldn't help, but laugh when he said that what she did was cool. "The power itself maybe, what I've done with it no, but thank you though. As his eyes locked with hers they softened. Teddy blushed as he referred to her as one of his own. When he put his hand on her cheek she locked eyes with Luke again, and smiled. His hand felt nice on her cheek. As he dropped his hand she sighed and spoke at last. "Thank you." Theresa smiled up at him and replaced his hand on her cheek.

After sitting there for a few more minutes Teddy stood up. "If we're gonna go we should probably leave now." Walking over to the wall of the dome she closed her eyes took a deep breath and concentrated. Slowly the branches began to move and soon there was a small opening just large enough for them to move through to get out of the enclosure."Are you coming?"

[Luke Nightgaurd]

Luke nodded when she said thank you. Then she slowly got up and the branches moved far enough so they could get through. "Wouldn't miss it for the world." Luke tightened his grip on his sword and slowly followed her out. Once they were out Luke looked behind them to make sure nobody was following them. To his surprise the tree branches moved back to the originally position they were in.

He shook his head mentally and turned back around. He checked for his sword even though he knew it was there. He found it in its place on his hip. That was good and meant if any monster tried to attack the two manly Teddy he could quickly pull it out. Luke had it specially made for a quick draw. Thanks to the Hephaestus kids that is. If they weren't there then Luke may have to wait a few seconds or more to draw his sword. He looked around releasing he had not moved and Teddy was already ahead of him. He ran up to her before speaking, "Where to first Teddy?" He asked using the nickname she told him. He walked up right next to her and put a arm around her shoulder. Not in a 'come on lets go back' way, but in a nice calming way.

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[theresa]

Theresa smiled at his response, and moved forward. Taking small enough steps until he caught up. Her smile widened as he put his are around her shoulders. Thinking for a moment she listend before deciding. Pointing towards the west Teddy responded confidently"That way, to Croatan. Were going to North Carolina." The small Demi-Nymph, was very excited to start this journey, especially now that she had someone to accompany her along the way.

Their journey was going smoothly and the sun was beginning to come up. Teddy smiled, and took in the small amount of light that was coming through the trees. She loved the feeling of it on her skin. Running ahead of Luke she found a clearing. She stopped in the middle of the clearing and spun around in the sunlight. Taking it all in. She laughed happily, until she heard the crack of a branch. Theresa froze immediately. The trees whispered warnings to her, and she looked back at where Luke was standing. Just behind him was a pack of dogs. "Hell Hounds"she whispered. Running towards him she knocked him out of the path of the Hell Hounds,"Watch out" She screamed. The pair was out of the way just in time, but the pack quickly turned to fight. 'Three of them two of us.' she thought not sure if she liked these odds or not.