Reyna had mixed feelings about being pulled into this quest. On the one hand, she had been feeling restless lately. She had grown tired of hanging out at camp, waiting for the other Romans to finally decide to go back home. She also had wanted an opportunity to talk to Drew further. The Aphrodite girl was so mysterious, even more so after Reyna fought with her in the woods. Reyna wanted desperately to figure out what was going on in that girl's head.

On the other hand, she was angry. Aphrodite had no right to force Reyna, a Roman, to go on a quest. Especially not so soon after the war. She also felt bad for Drew. Based on her face last night, she wasn't very happy about this arrangement either.

Reyna was in her tent, packing up for the trip to who-knows-where.

Piper poked her head into the tent. "Reyna, I need to talk to you."

"What is it?"

"It's well..." Piper sat down, "it's about Drew."

"Well, you're going to be traveling with her, so I figured you should know. She normally comes across as really annoying and popular and heartless, but lately...not so much."

"Okay?"

"I think she's at a really vulnerable point in her life, so just try to help her, please."

Reyna sighed, "Alright, I'll do my best.

"Thanks. So what's the mission? Mom didn't really say."

"I don't know. I haven't even seen Drew since she ran off last night."

"Me neither."

Reyna strapped her dagger to the side of her leg and stood up. "Well, I'm going to go look for her. You better come out of the tent, Piper."

Piper and Reyna stepped out of a tent, and Reyna expertly collapsed it into her satchel.

"Good luck, Reyna."

"Bye, Piper." Reyna headed off in search of Drew.

Reyna had been looking for two hours. She stopped next to the Aphrodite cabin to take a quick break.

"Looking for Drew?" A boy, a child of Aphrodite that Reyna didn't know, asked, poking his head out of the cabin window.

"Yes. Do you happen to know where she could be?"

The boy shrugged, "Last I saw she was over there," he pointed at an outcropping of rocks a short distance from the cabin.

"Thanks."

"No problem, Reyna. Good luck on your quest." He gave her a thumbs up, then disappeared back into his cabin.

Reyna walked over to the rocks, hoping that Drew had left some sort of clue as to her whereabouts.

"Push the crevice right there."

Reyna's hand went to her sword, as she looked for the source of the voice.

A dark-haired man had appeared, sitting on the outcropping of rocks and pointing at a crevice.

"Why? Who are you?" Reyna demanded, her hand gripping the hilt of her sword.

The man just shrugged, "You wanted to see Drew Tanaka. She's in there. You're welcome." He mock-saluted and disappeared.

Reyna cautiously poked at the crevice the man had pointed out. Sure enough, an opening, barely large enough for the average person to fit through, appeared.

Reyna pulled out her sword, just to be careful, and squeezed through. It was a bit difficult, especially since she was trying to keep her sword handy at the same time, but she managed to make it.

Drew was facing away from her, looking intently at something. She looked like she had been crying.

Reyna cleared her throat, not sure what to do.

Drew didn't turn around, "If you're here to tell me to get off my ass again, I got the message."

"Alright, I'll just leave then."

Drew spun around, almost falling over. Her face was bright red. "Reyna! How did you find this place?"

"Someone gave me a heads up about how to get in here."

"Oh," Drew sighed, "So you came to tell me that we need to get going?"

"Well, that's what I came to say, but...are you okay?" Reyna looked around. Letters and pictures were scattered all over the floor, some torn, some with tear stains on them.

"Of course I am," Drew avoided her eyes as she stood up, "I need to pack before we can leave."

Reyna knelt down to pick up one of the pictures. A younger Drew was sitting next to a boy, his arm wrapped around her. They were laughing. Reyna couldn't remember a single time she'd seen Drew laugh.

"Who is this, Drew?"

Drew hesitated, staring at the picture in Reyna's hand. "I...just an old friend of mine." She started to climb out of the cave.

"How did he die?"

Drew looked like she was considering making a run for it, but instead, she spoke, facing away from Reyna. "He...he was killed fighting Kronos's army," her voice broke, "he didn't even get any decoration on his burial shroud."

Reyna put her hand on Drew's shoulder, making her flinch. They stood there in silence for a moment, then Drew took a deep breath.

"Thanks, Reyna." She climbed out of the cave, leaving Reyna standing alone in this cave of memories.