Disclaimer:
I do not own PJO or HOO.
(Although I do own, Alex.)
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My world was ending. My story is one of a kind. You think you can follow along? You can certainly try.
My name is Alex. I am 14 years old, and I saved my world. And my closest friends, for that matter. I know, I know. You think Percy Jackson did a better job. Well, just wait till you find out who I fought.
Let me start from the very beginning. My dad abandoned me when I was 9 months old. I lived in the streets, and somehow survived. Now, before I get into details, I only know this story from what I have been told. So some things are a little fuzzy. But anyway, when I was around 1 year old, I was found a box and started sleeping there. (Well, that is what I was told. I don't actually know.) One day, this weird looking thing, who knows what it was, (No one will tell me. Why? I don't know) stood over top of me staring down and growling. As a one year old, I screamed. Pretty loud. But of course only 2 people heard me.
You see, at this time I'd been living on the streets for 3 months, most people would see a small child, wearing a scraped up and torn pink onesie (I lived on the streets, I had one outfit, and not to mention I was one.) and think Where are your parents? Let's go find them. But nobody did that. They would see me and continue walking like I wasn't even there. But we will get into the rest of that later.
So anyway, 2 people heard me, a boy and a girl, and came running out of a car, with swords. I screamed louder. I didn't know who trust. This weird looking thing, or the two people with swords. I made my decision pretty quickly. The girl cut the monster's foot causing it to fall over backward. The boy then stabbed the monster and it turned to dust. I died down on the screaming. If I screamed any louder I would've broken the windows of the car. The girl walked over to me and stared for a second before the boy picked me up.
You most likely have a pretty good idea of who these people are. If you think they are Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson, you are correct.
After Percy picked me up he said, " Well, she saw the monster. That scream could be heard from a mile away." He turned to me. I think he thought I was older than I was because he asked me what my name was. I know! I have a name, it's Alex! (Well, I didn't at the time.) But I had no mom or dad to teach me to talk. I simply just stared at him. I am pretty sure he got the message. He turned to Annabeth and said, "She can't talk, can she?"
"No," Annabeth replied. "I don't think she is any older than a year old. We should ask around. Her family has to be somewhere."
Being one, you would think I wanted my family. But I remembered what my dad did and how he just threw me out. I didn't want to go back. So I screamed.
Percy plugged his ears, "GAH! That kid has vocal cords!"
Annabeth came to a realization that I did NOT want to go home! "Let's take her to your mom's house. She might have some baby clothes that will fit her."
"Yeah, okay. She might have some binkies, too."
So we hopped in the car as soon as we were in there, I passed out. I mean, I went to sleep. I was tried and I was still a baby. I don't remember much about what happened next, but Annabeth told me that it wasn't important. She also told I screamed... a lot.
Apparently, there was a little argument on where I should go. Percy wanted me to stay here, but his mom said I would be best in an orphanage. They finally came to an conclusion that I would stay with Annabeth wherever she went. I was never quite sure how it came to that conclusion, but I liked it! There was only one problem. They lived at Camp Half-Blood during the summer and Camp Jupiter in the school year. Both were demigod camps and as far as they knew I was mortal. Luckily, Percy remembered how Tyson, his half brother, was allowed into camp by Annabeth giving him permission to enter. They knew Camp Half-Blood could do that but would Camp Jupiter? So they contacted some girl named Reyna and she said I would have a passage through Camp Jupiter as long as I was with Annabeth.
So anyway we got to Camp Half-Blood, Percy was holding me and just walked right in. They didn't need to allow me to come in. By then Percy realized that I wasn't a mortal. (Ha! Bet you didn't see that one coming!)
He looked at me and said, "Well, well. Looks like we got ourselves a baby demigod!"
Annabeth then gasped, "You mean, I've got myself a baby sister!" She pointed to a symbol above my head. (I can't remember what it was, but it was something related to Athena) "Cool."
Percy and Annabeth started fighting over whether or not I should stay hidden for awhile or if we should just walk into camp. The fight was long so I fell asleep. Apparently, Annabeth won the fight, and put her invisibility cap on me and ran me to the Big House, where I was introduced to Chiron, the centaur. He said it was wise to hide me and thought I should stay that way until that night, at the campfire. So I did, and Annabeth was with me all day long.
At the campfire I was awake. I did not scream once. Annabeth and I stood in the corner in the shadows. She would hum lullabies to keep me quiet, and would tell me stories to keep me entertained. Finally the time came to be introduced to the camp. According to Percy, it went like this:
"I have some news!" Chiron announced. "Earlier today, Percy and Annabeth arrived at camp with an unexpected guest! A Demigod! Of the Athena Cabin!" There were some awww… and boos... And some cheering from somewhere in the back. "Though, she is not your average aged demigod camper. Annabeth, bring her up."
Annabeth carried me to where Chiron was standing. Gasps, awws, and stares all at once. Remember how I said I didn't scream?
I lied. I screamed.
I don't like when people look at me. Luckily, Annabeth brought a binky from Percy's mom's house. I fell asleep as soon as she put it in. Hey, screaming takes a lot out of you.
. . .
Later on, someone from some cabin asked what my name was. It hit Annabeth, I didn't have a name. She quickly came up the name Alexandra, after Alexander the Great. From then on a was known as Alex the daughter of Athena.
So yeah, I spent that summer with Annabeth in the big house. At the end of the summer, Percy and Annabeth took me to Camp Jupiter where, during the day Hazel Levesque would watch me until Annabeth was done with school and homework. That was the routine for 5 years, until I was six.
Percy realized I didn't have birthday, and they talked about it the entire way to Camp Half-Blood that summer. Annabeth talked to me on whether or not I even wanted a birthday, and if I did what day? I said that the day they found me sounded like a pretty good day to have a birthday! So my birthday became June 3rd.
I had been with Annabeth and Percy for 5 years now. I had seen them fight, I learned their techniques. I asked Percy if he would teach me some more skills. Instead of handing me a sword, he handed me a dagger. He started teaching me how to fight with it and I got pretty good! Although, Annabeth protested, Percy let me play in one of the Capture the Flag games.
I was on the same team as them so they could watch me. Annabeth didn't give me a position, I was really ADHD. I could not stand still, so she figured it would be better if I just roamed. The campers were informed not to hurt or it would they would get into serious trouble. That was an advantage. Another advantage:
I was small.
I could hide behind just about anything!
I made my way across the creek into the other team's territory. Percy was over there, too. He saw me and finished off the guy he was fighting and made his way to me.
"You got a plan?" He asked.
"No." I said "I just crossed the creek to see if I could make this far."
"I know you have a plan somewhere."
"How can you be sure?"
He smiled "Because Athena, always has a plan!"
He said that like it was a joke, I didn't get it. "Well," I said thinking "What if you run up there and keep the guards busy while I sneak up behind them, and grab the flag. If you can keep them distracted long enough for me to get to that tree over there," I pointed to a tree that was easy to get to and easy to remember. "Then I should be fast enough to meet Annabeth back at the border."
Percy stared at me for a second, "Sounds like a plan from a daughter of Athena!" He stood up and ran towards the guards.
I waited for him to get both of their attentions. Once he did I ran up and grabbed the flag. I sprinted for the border. I knew people were chasing but I didn't dare look back, I just needed to make it to the border where Annabeth, would be watching.
Finally, the creek came into view. Annabeth's eyes widened as she saw me running with the flag in my hand. She crossed the creek to hold off some the campers from the other team but everyone stopped chasing me, they just stared at me in awe.
Still running I ran through the creek. I stabbed the flag into the ground, and clasped. All that running took a lot out of me. Annabeth rushed over to check on me. I smiled at her and said, "I won, right?"
Annabeth grinned, "You did! And you were amazing! A six year old just won Capture the flag!"
Soon, the crowd was cheering "Alex! Alex!"
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Author's Note:
So! How did you like it?
Alex: Well, I thought that I sounded a little sacred.
Me: You were supposed to be sacred. Are you sure you're a daughter of Athena?
Alex: HEY!
Me: Kidding! (NOT!)
Anyway, I don't have a certain day I will be posting, just maybe sometime before it seems too long.
I will try not to be that person who starts a story but completely forgets about it.
I hope I won't be that person! I already have the next 7 chapters written!
So please don't pester me to update, I will update. Some day! I will probably update tomorrow because… PART 2!
Her backstory is really long because it takes place when she is 14 but currently in this point of the story Alex, is only six. So we have to get to age 14. Which we will once the next chapter is up and running.
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Today's Percy Jackson Quote:
"Even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes."
~Annabeth Chase (TLT)
