"Lixy! Lixy!" I shouted as I was running through the hallways of our school, Kirkland High school. As I was running, I saw her in the cafeteria, talking to Grover, the pretty cool exchange student from Greece. She looked over at me, eyes surprised as I ran over to her, nearly crashing into her. "Lixy, I need to talk to you." She was about to say something, probably to brush off my exotic behavior.
I interrupted her. "It's important!" I said urgently. I looked over at Grover, smiling apologetically. "Hiya, Grover. Can I steal Lixy for just a minute?" I asked. He nodded, and smiled. "Catch you later then," he said to Lixy, and after smiling brightly at us, he walked off, limp in his walk. "Okay, Lixy, I'm gonna sound insane, okay? But you have to hear me out," I said seriously. Lixy nodded, just as serious as me about this, probably surprised that I was acting this way.
"Okay, so you know how I'm a big fan of Percy Jackson?" I asked seriously. She looked like she was resisting the urge to roll her eyes, but she nodded anyways. "Well, I think I just saw Nico Di Angelo." She rolled her eyes, and said, "Jayx, it's probably just your imagination. I'm sure that Nico Di Angelo isn't real, just like Percy Jackson, or that Annabeth girl or whatever. But I'll tell you what, I'll watch out for him."
I huffed out in frustration, and said, "Yeah, okay. But I better not seeing Cater Kane or anything. Or Sadie Kane or that snake dude. That'd be crazy."
Just as I said that though, I saw a flash of blond and brown hair flash by, and said, "Gotta move, Lixy! Keep an eye out for Nico!" She nodded, smiling like, you're crazy, Jayx, and walked away to talk to Grover.
Then I walked out of the cafeteria. I put my headphones in and walked around the school yard, sitting down as some people came outside to eat their lunches. I got out my book to read, but before I knew what was happening, I was already singing aloud. Man, I thought, Brandon Heath is just too catchy for me to NOT sing out loud. I was singing as I jumped on a table, singing, "Touched down from the broken sky, traced out by the city of lights. My world from a mile high, best seat in the house tonight." Some people smiled, as I did this every day, and the others just looked annoyed, as they knew that I did this every day. The ones who smiled started clapping rhythmically, and I sang some more. "Touched down in the cold black top, hold on for the sudden stop. Breathe in the familiar shock of confusion, and chaos. All those people going somewhere, why have I never cared?"
People started to sing with me as I sang the chorus, in different tones. "Give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missin', give me your love for humanity. Give me your arms for the broken-hearted, the ones that are far beyond my reach, give me your heart for the ones forgotten. Give me your eyes so I can see!" I was about to continue when I saw someone moving through the crowd towards me.
Nico.
I smiled at the crowd, averting my eyes from him, and said, "Come on, guys! Sing the next part!" As they were singing, I looked around, and saw someone else. Lixy, with a huge smile on her face. I nodded my head towards Nico, and she just stopped and stared in shock. And that's when something happened.
A big explosion came from the right, and everybody stopped singing to look over, screaming. Oddly enough, the explosion was yellow, and when somebody shouted "OH MY GOD, ITS A CHICKEN-MAN!" I knew something wasn't right. Where had I heard something similar to that…
Oh my god. When I saw a girl with sandy blond hair and blue eyes, very thin, I knew who she was. And then somebody shouted, "MOOSE!" And I looked over just in time to see a snarling beast come at me. I screamed, and was about to run when someone pulled me out of the way. I looked over to see Nico Di Angelo, the one and only, pulling me away from the mess. "Hey!" I shouted. "Let me go! Let me go!"
Suddenly all the screaming stopped. I looked away from Nico, confused. Where was everybody? They had all just disappeared. All that remained was that blond girl, and a dark boy with even darker curly brown hair.
"Hey let go of her!" screamed the blond. Was that… a British accent? Of course! It really was her! Nico let go of my arm, and took out a large black sword from his hip, and held it out in front of him and I, as if protecting us. Nico glared at them, and said, "Why are you here? She's a demi-god. You have no business here."
Sadie glared at him, and said, "Actually, she's a magician. Of the Jaunxuix family. Right, Carter?" The boy, Carter, nodded.
I just burst out right there. "What are you people talking about? That stuff isn't real! You're all just book characters! I'm losing my mind! You're not even real! I'm gonna close and open my eyes, and you're gonna all disappear!" I covered my eyes, and counted to three very slowly.
I felt hands tear mine off of my eyes, and Sadie stood there, a sorrowful expression on her face. "You're not losing your mind, Jayx. I'm afraid this is all real, and you're a magician," she said solemnly. Nico glared, and said, "I told you, she's a demi-god. Grover said she was a demi-god."
My eyes started to swell up. "No, no, no, no. I'm not anything. I can't be anything. I'm just human. What about Lixy? What about my life? Was it all a lie?"
Carter came up to me, then said, "Afraid so, Jayx. You can still be friends with her, but you'll only put her in danger. Same with demi-gods. There are parents that protect them from the real deal, and try not to have any contact with the gods or magicians at all. You don't really have a choice." I full out sobbed then, and Sadie wrapped me in a hug, softly petting my hair. "But what am I?" I asked shakily.
Nico shrugged. "We can ask Chiron."
Sadie shook her head. "Or we can ask Amos."
Then Nico and Sadie got in an argument about who I was going to. As they were yelling, I said, "What if I go to both of them? They could meet up somewhere, maybe at Starbucks or something." Sadie and Nico stopped arguing, and looked at me. Carter smiled, "That sounds like a great idea. Then we can figure out what you are." I looked down sadly. Sadie smacked her brother's arm, and said, "Hey, it's not like you're a monster. And you seem great so far. Zia might like you."
Nico nodded. "So would Zoe." He looked down sadly, but said nothing else. I watched as Nico and Sadie walked off in different directions, devices in hands, to call their mentors. Carter looked over and smiled at me brightly. "Don't worry, Jayx. You're gonna be awesome, wherever you go."
I nodded, and smiled back. I just hoped that I would get to be normal again at some point.
OKAY SO THIS IS MY FIRST CROSSOVER, AND I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING IT SO FAR! ALSO, REVIEW PLEASE! IT HELPS TONS! I DON'T OWN THE KC OR PJO! THEY BELONG TO RICK RIORDAN! STAY TUNED FOR CHAPTER TWO! :D
