**Song: You're Somebody Else by Flora Cash**
**Solana's perspective**
Sometimes I hate life. Most people would think 'But you're the sunshiny kid everyone loves' Well, I'm not. Even I hate myself. But Luna, Luna is gold. I love her, but I don't know how to tell her.
By the way, you're best friend likes you! Have fun!
That's weird. I keep hoping that Luna will ask me out to save me the embarrassment, but she probably would do the same if she liked me. I don't even see why she would like me. I'm the sunshine girl and even she thinks that. What if she didn't like the face behind the mask? What if when she realizes that I'm not all happy peppy rainbows she'll realize that she doesn't like me. Maybe she hasn't like me the entire time. Either way, I know that I want to be there for her if her life crashes and burns.
I can't even imagine what she's going through right now. She could be washed up on Circe's island by now. Just earlier this morning she seemed like she was mad at us. Why did Nico and Will have to Iris-message her? She might've come back if I had reasoned with her on my own. Maybe even telling them she was gone was the wrong idea. Maybe if we didn't Iris-message she would be back by now, realizing she was much happier with us. Maybe...
No. Telling them was the right thing to do. She could've been in HUGE trouble when we Iris-messaged her. If we never did and she was in trouble, she might've died. I sure hope she doesn't get herself killed when we're not with her. My whole world would crash and burn in my face. What would I have done then? I couldn't possibly live without her. She's the most important person to me.
Luna is the one who knows about my past. I feel like my vulnerability is only shown when I'm with her. Without her, I'm two minutes away from dying. The noose is around my neck, waiting for my feet to drop. For me to be done with life forever. I'm constantly feel like the ground is going to be pulled out from under me.
I try to forget about Luna, but it's hard. My favorite person in the world could die right now and I wouldn't even know. She would be gone in a instant with no trace. It hurts to think that my crush could be gone right now.
I go to get lunch. I'm starving, and thinking about Luna isn't helping. After all, worrying is a great way to make yourself hungry. For lunch they have McDonalds. All it does is remind me of Luna. Like her brother, she loves McDonalds. It's like her favorite food. Scratch that, it is her favorite food.
I solemnly eat my food, praying to the gods that Luna doesn't die before I see her again. I want to tell her I like her, to make sure she knows how much I have missed her for these few days. The taste of the salty fries reminds me of how we used to eat together, laughing over her favorite food. Laughing about how ignorant our brothers are and about how life sucks. Yet, it still hurts to know that she's never seen the darkest parts of me...
"Solana, I need to tell you something." Nico snaps me out of my thoughts, fidgeting with his fingers. "Will didn't want me to tell you, but Luna could be in dire need of help." My anxiety skyrockets. Nico rarely sounds this serious anymore. What do I do?
"W-why?" At this point my brain is shutting down from an anxiety overload.
"Circe, the prophecy, everything really." Nico's tone is very serious. I suddenly realize. She would be the one to face the witch's snare. She would be the one to die. Percy told me about how the sacred number of three for a quest had to stay sacred. He told me about the deaths and pain. In the end, there was always only three left. Luna would die. She would be gone in a flash, no traces of her left. A sad burial for her would be planned and barely anyone would even be there to mourn. They didn't really even know her after all.
I can't take it anymore. I run upstairs. In each of the rooms there's a mist maker for iris-messages.
"O' Iris god of messages please accept my offering. Show me Luna." I don't know if I have to use last names, so hopefully it shows me Luna.
A picture of Luna playing dolls with two little girls pops up.
"Luna! Oh my gods you're okay!" Luna jumps out of fear, then looks at me.
"Solana.." She begins to reply, but stops.
"Luna! You need to come back! The prophecy, Circe, you can't be alone out there." At this point it sounded like I was spouting out nonsense.
"Solana, no."
"YES!" I yelled.
"Bite me." She said calmly. I lost it. She's probably about to die and she is right there in front of me, seeming defiant as ever.
"You need to come back." Even if I had to convince Nico to shadowtravel her back I was going to bring her back safely onto this ship. I can't let her die. Not now. Not when she just got here. If anyone is making it off this ship it's her. I'll make sure of it.
"No way. I like it better here." Suddenly one of the girls tapped her on the shoulder, as if she didn't see the screen. To her it most likely looked like a phone. "What is it Haila?"
"Are you going to keep playing dolls with us?" I could barely hear her, but she sounded maybe 8? I'm not good at estimating ages.
"Um, yeah! Just let me finish my call." With that she turned to me and said sternly, "Everyone on that ship can bite me." She then broke up the Iris-message.
I sat there, brokenhearted. Luna was going to die and she didn't care. And worse? I won't be able to save her. I'd be making it alive from this quest and she would have a burial shroud by morning. She was being really stubborn and reckless at the moment, and she was probably miles away. I can't do anything to prevent her death.
I begin to cry. Rivers of tears coming to my eyes faster than I can dispel them. It hurts me to think about Luna.
Suddenly Will comes into my room. He seems surprised that I'm crying. He just sits down next to me. I lay on his shoulder. He's my brother and I guess he's there to comfort me..? He pats my head and we sit there in silence.
"Are you okay?" Will asked.
"She's going to die. Nico told me about the prophecy so I Iris-messaged her, but she won't even talk to me. She just keeps saying 'bite me' and then hangs up. She said that everyone here can bite her and-"
"Calm down. One thought at a time." Will cuts me off.
"Nico told me about the prophecy and his thoughts, so Iris-messaged Luna." Will nods, so I continue. "But she just kept being stubborn and saying 'bite me'."
"I see. She's like that. She's been like that from the day we first met up until now. She's like a loose canon waiting to explode."
"Yeah! So anyways she hung up, saying 'everyone on the ship can bite me.' And then went back to whatever she was doing. I couldn't even explain to her why she needed to come back!" I was fuming. She was rude to me and won't even listen when I try to help her. Again, it's like she's trying to die!
"You know, Nico was like that. Sometimes you just have to step back and let them learn we are there for them." This hits hard. Luna isn't like me. Maybe she just learns by doing. She suddenly makes sense. "By stepping back, we can let them make their mistakes, then step in whenever they actually need the help. We'll make sure Luna is okay."
"Promise?" I ask him, knowing that this will help tame my fear. Even if it does, I will probably still be anxious, just not as bad. I hope he promises, because if he doesn't that means that he isn't sure we can help Luna. We can still help Luna, right?
"Promise."
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