Taste of Youth: Chapter 82

Josh's P.O.V

Chris is out of his mind. He just burned Mystica's face. I wonder if Mystica will be in mental institute after the incident. That's what she gets for messing with Chris.

Anyways, we got out of Mount Edna safe and sound. I light travelled back to Camp Half-blood with Cheyenne while Chris shadow travelled by himself to Camp Half-blood.

Me and Chris then prepares for the burning of a shroud. The shroud of Katherine, the former head counsellor of Nemesis cabin. She will never be forgotten as one of the heroes that went on the quest for the map of youth.

So, I brought the shroud and placed the shroud near the campfire, which is in the middle of the woods. Chiron told all the campers to stop whatever they were doing and go to the campfire. There's a meeting, a funeral, for one of the daughter of Nemesis.

"She is a great hero." I began. "And yet, this is how it turned out." Then I began a long speech about Katherine's heroism, which is a long one, since I mentioned her every heroic action in the quest, such as helping her friends, giving me a piggyback ride while I am exhausted, and so on and so forth.

After a few hours, I began a hymn to Katherine, a hymn that sings about her heroism. Wow, I didn't know I could sing.

After the hymn ended, I grabbed a torch, which wasn't lit with fire, then I lit the torch with fire by placing my hand, and set the shroud of Nemesis ablaze.

I ended the ceremony of Katherine's death with three words, "I.... miss.... you."

After that, it's time for my swordfighting, but I am already very tired from this quest, so I decided to do my cleansing coma.

I went to Hyperion's cabin, and patted my bed. I made my bed so it's clean and tidy, and as I were about to do the cleansing coma, Cheyenne opened the door.

"Josh." Cheyenne said.

"Hi Cheyenne, what's up?" I asked.

"I just wanted you to know that you did a very well done job on this quest. We couldn't have done it without you."

"Don't thank me..." I laughed. "It's a group work. You should thank yourselves, and be proud of it."

"Ok then, see you later." Cheyenne said as she closed the door.

That's a short talk, I thought. I wasted no time, and went to self-induced coma straight away.