So after like a year of not updating... here's another update yay! I'll try not to make the wait for the next update so long guys, but I hope you like this one.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own PJO or Rise of the Guardians or Guardians of Childhood.

Bringing down the witch

The walked through the mist filled barrier into a lovely garden. A small stream bubbled a few feet a way and flowers of all kind blossomed everywhere. A majestic castle stood around teen feet away and they saw Eleanor sitting on a low handing tree branch. Her raven hair was down and reached low to her midback, her skin was pale and she looked thin and sickly. Her dark eyes looked half crazed as she watched them approached. She wore a tight fighting black dress.

"Aww, so Jackson Overland, and Cascata Fisher, what brings the two of you to my domain." Were the first things that Cassie and Jack heard when they walked through the barrier.

"You know why we're here Elenore" Cassie said to the young witch. "That stunt you pulled did not go unnoticed."

Eleanor smiled. Her raven hair blowing in the wind. "Oh, come now, you don't honestly think I meant to hurt those humans, do you?"

"Sure, looked like it to me." Jack said.

Cassie put an hand behind her back. "You have to be brought in"

"And why doesn't Zeus come after me himself" Eleanor sighed. "If I've offended him so badly."

Eleanor had done more then just offend her latest stunt had ended with the death of 10 people 2 of them had been demigods (one of them a child of Zeus'), and another had been an old flame of Zeus's.

"You know why" Cassie said with barely concealed rage. "The Olympians-"

"Can't get involved, yes I know." Eleanor said. "Such a pity, don't you think"

"The only pity, is the number of lives lost to your tirade." Cassie said her hand tightening on her sword. "Tell me Nora what exactly you expected to accomplish."

Eleanor laughed. "You'll forever be their puppets, won't you?"

Cassie shrugged. "Until they give me a reason not to be" Cassie said. "I suppose, I shall"

Eleanor turned to Jack. "I'm surprised you would follow blindly, you hated them almost as much as I do."

Jack looked at Eleanor, his expression calm. His hand wrapped around Cassie's. "I grew up Ella" He said. "Something you seem incapable of doing."

Eleanor sneered at him. "You're still their puppet, Jackson, a child incapable of disobeying your precious father."

"For once in our lives we are in agreement with our immortal parents" Cassie said. Her eyes blazing.

Eleanor laughed. "I am the daughter of Hecate, I have powers you could hardly dream of, and you think you can hurt me?"

"I am the daughter of Poseidon" Cassie said. "I have control over water itself, many sea creatures follow my bidding, I can make the earth shake, and Jack and I have earned the wrath of several gods on my side. You forget Nora two of the people you killed were demigods"

"Yes, Cassandra and Daniel, a daughter of Apollo and a son of Zeus, I believe, such a pity for Zeus to only acknowledge his kids when their dead." Eleanor chuckled softly.

Jack shrugged. "Perhaps, I don't always agree with our parents, but I assure you this Ella, in this we are in total agreement, you're going down."

The stream behind them released a jet of water and smacked Eleanor straight in the face knocking her over. Cassie started moving her hands trying to mold the water to keep Eleanor contained.

Eleanor laughed her eyes flashed and fire appeared in front of Cassie burning her brown dress. At first Cassie said nothing, but as the heat increased and the fire ate away at her dress… her control started to slip and Eleanor broke her bonds in that moment of weakness. Cassie put out the water on her dress.

Jack through his staff in the air and when it came back down it was bronze sword. And rushed at Eleanor.

Eleanor smiled and disappeared, before appearing on the other side of the wall.

Cassie eyed Jack, but stayed still. Water floated around her preparing to strike at a moments notice. Jack jumped down beside Cassie. His sword held at the ready.

"Your move, Eleanor" He yelled at her.

Cassie created a barrier made of water around them to have a better sense of when Eleanor would strike. Jack stared at her, Cassie's eyes were closed in concentration, her lips moving in silent prayer.

They waited, but Eleanor still made no move. Instead more and more illusions of Eleanor appeared. Jackson cursed his control over the mist was good, but not this good, and whenever he tried to disengage the illusions several more seemed to pop up.

They heard a disembodied chuckle. "Giving up yet?"

"No" Cassie hissed.

Jack put a hand on Cassie's arm. "Cassie"

"What?"

"I think we're going about this all wrong"

"She's a murderer jack, if your thinking…"

Jack shook his head. "I'm not" He promised. "Just… do you trust me?"

Cassie sighed. "You know I do"

He smiled and turned invisible. "Then keep her distracted" He whispered in Cassie's ear.

Eleanor laughed. "Has your favorite boy abandoned you?"

Cassie smirked. "Oh, Nora, how little you trust."

"Ha! Men like the gods will always betray you." Eleanor said.

Cassie chuckled. "You truly believe that?"

"Look at our own myths, Theseus, who abandoned Ariadne, Jason, who dropped Medea the second he was able, Hercules who killed his own wife"

"Hercules was turned crazy" Cassie said.

"Yes, by Hera, a little petty if you ask me" Eleanor said triumphantly as though Cassie had just proven that her tirade was justified. "Is that a kind of person who you truly want to rule our world."

Cassie sighed. "And who should take their place?" Cassie asked. "You?"

Eleanor shrugged. "They slaughtered my husband" She said. For a single moment she looked sad, upset, before her demeaner changed into that of a power crazed girl. "For no other reason then because he was too powerful"

That was not what had happened. Her husband, according to rumors, was a protégé of Hecate, and had been testing knew spells on unsuspecting humans. The boy had needed to be put down, before he became more of a danger.

"Whoever told you that was lying"

Eleanor laughed. "You don't think I don't know the circumstances of my own husband's death?"

"I think your mind has warped them into something you could handle," Cassie said softly.

Eleanor sighed. "Your so misguided Cassie, you and your poor lover Jack."

"Is that so?" Jack sighed appearing pointing a sword right at Eleanor's neck.

Cassie dropped her water shield keeping herself at the ready in the off chance the Eleanor tried to attack. She slowly walked forward.

"I should have known" Eleanor groaned. Looking around she noticed that all her doubles were now gone. With only herself remaining.

Cassie quickly threw water onto Eleanor and used it to attach her to a tree by hardening the water.

"Very good" Jack's eyes dimmed before turning to see Hermes and Hecate standing there.

"Lord Hermes" Cassie said, saving Jack from having to speak. "Lady Hecate" She said bowing. Jack stiffly followed suit.

Hermes nodded to Cassie his attention at Jack, who was doing everything in his power to not look at his father.

"You did well my son" Jack's eyes flashed to him before looking away.

"Indeed" Hecate said. Snapping her fingers and Eleanor fell asleep. "Thank you for not killing her"

Cassie nodded. "Fortunately, it was avoidable this time round"

Hecate smiled sadly. "I know how much pain she has caused you Cassie, I thank you for not"

"Can you send us home?" Cassie cut in. "Jack and I are tired, and I'd rather rest, mother needs me home"

Hecate's eyes hardened. Hermes on the other hand stepped in. "Wait here, I'll be back soon."

Hermes and Hecate disappeared with Eleanor in toe.

Cassie leaned against a tree. Now that Eleanor was gone she could breath. She hadn't known the demigod children that had died. Yet Both Jack and she had born witness to Zeus' and Apollo's rage though when he had pulled them to Mount Olympus to order them to bring him Eleanor.

"What do you think will happen?" Jack asked.

Cassie snorted. "If the Lord of the Skies is being merciful, a quick and painless death, I mean what would you do if your sister was killed?"

Jack sighed. "Perhaps your right"

Cassie held his hand and waited for Hermes to come back.

A/N I like to think that Cassandra and Daniel were actually dating and were out on a romantic evening when they were killed in the accident. Neither Jack nor Cassie knew them well, outside of camp, only enough to know who their parents were.

I hope you liked that. So please leave reviews if you want more.