A/N: Hey guys. I've been wanting to write this story for a while now…The idea has been in my head since about January. I actually have a lot of story ideas for PJO fanfics. You can obviously guess this is about a demigod. Please R&R and enjoy!
P.S. I'm really sorry if I switch tenses…it's a bad habit I'm trying to fix.
Now that I look back on the last couple years, I really wish I was normal. But I am so not. This whole mess I've gotten myself into started when I was 13.
I've been to about 5 different schools. All in 2 years. I have good grades, I mean for a kid with ADHD and dyslexia, B's and C's are really good. I bet I could do loads better if I just applied myself, but when I try, I just can't. I also usually damage the school, but it's never my fault. It's always blamed on me. I mean, what 12 year old kid can cause the side of a library to spontaneously combust? Not me! It's always some freaky thing with a tail and no one believes me. That's just another reason people think I'm crazy.
I also l-o-v-e reading, but it's extremely difficult when letters fly off the page, rearrange there order, and dance around. I feel like they're taunting me. It's not even my fault.
Luckily, I have my best friend, Finn. He was the first friend I had at Fitzgerald Junior High. For the four and a half months I've been here, he's been my one and only friend. People think I'm a lunatic, but he knows me well.
Finn usually helps me loads with my homework, especially for English class. He usually reads the books aloud for me. My favorite class is history though. We just finished Greek and Roman mythology. It's kind of weird to think that people used to worship such unreal things.
Well, the week after spring break school just got harder. I mean, do they expect us to be super up to date with school work after a week of absolute bliss? Yes, they do. I didn't do my homework on Wednesday, any of it. Mr. Batten, the science teacher, got really angry with me and sent me to the principles office, again. As I was walking from the science building to the administrative building I saw Mrs. Cato, the pre-algebra teacher, running straight at me. Her eyes started glowing and then the air around her vibrated. I started to run and I ran straight into Finn.
"Holy Shit! Something is happening to Mrs. Cato! We need to run!" I screamed at him.
"Yeah, your right. Don't look at her!" He ordered me.
I've never seen him this panicked before. He told me not to look, but I was wondering why so I turned my head. It wasn't Mrs. Cato, it was some sort of ox with a horse tale and zebra mane. It's head was lowered to the ground and it was running. Straight at Finn and me.
"Up here!" Finn yelled and we climbed the side of the library to the roof. The Mrs. Cato ox ran straight past us and then turned around.
"What the hell is going on!" I yelled at Finn.
"I don't have time to explain. Gosh I should've brought some kind of weapon. In my locker!" He mumbled
"What? A weapon? Why would you have a weapon?" I asked, but he didn't answer. He just started sprinting to the side of the roof that didn't have a ox-teacher that looked really angry on it. I did notice that something was coming out of Mrs. Cato's mouth. It was some kind of silvery green mist. I didn't want to find out what that was so I ran for it. Finn was already on the ground. I quickly climbed down, thank you rock climbing class, and followed Finn to his locker. He grabbed something out of it right as Mrs. Cato smashed through the wall.
"Take this!" Finn yelled over the smashing of bricks and lockers everywhere. Finn was struggling to hand something to me. He was trapped under a fallen set of lockers. I reached down and grabbed a bronze ring with an illustration of a bow and arrow.
"Oh yes, I can definitely fight this thing with a ring Finn." I said sarcastically. Mrs. Cato was stirring from its position where it was knocked out Finn looked more panicked than he was earlier. "How about a phone to call the police?" I yelled.
"Push the ring like a button. Now!" I didn't know what this would do, but Mrs. Cato was getting up so I pushed the ring. It glowed a bright shimmering gold and in my hands appeared a bronze bow and a sheath of arrows. I don't know why but I knew what to do. There was this pull in my gut and I swung the sheath of arrows on my back and ran towards the stairs that lead up to the second floor of the locker room. Finn was still struggling to get out. I know I should've gone back, but in a moment like that, where you might die, you just run. I didn't really know what I was doing, but that pull in my gut told me to run up the stairs.
Mrs. Cato was up and started charging towards Finn. Her head started to rise and I somehow knew I couldn't let that happen. I knocked an arrow and remembered from camp how to aim.
"Mrs. Cato. How about this for some angles!" I shouted and shot the arrow. It hit Mrs. Cato in the neck and she disappeared. I mean, the ox thing didn't just fall dead. It kind of yelped and then disappeared in a fine gold mist.
I ran down to see if Finn was okay. I seriously thought I was having a nightmare because what just happened could not be real. Finn was almost out of the rubble.
"Oh my gosh. Are you okay? Here let me help." I hastely started moving a piece of locker 745 off of Finns leg.
"Thanks." He said as he grabbed a tattered book that I think said RYRAH TTEPOR on it from his stomach. He got up and I could tell that he was bleeding. It was coming from his thigh.
"Holy cow! You're bleeding!" He looked down and cursed something in another language(Κατάρα σας Μόνος, ο πόνος αισθάνομαι είναι η οργή που μου απελευθέρωση από σας σύντομα). I don't know how I knew what it meant but he said Curse you Monos, the pain I feel shall be the wrath that I release upon you soon. I never learned ancient Greek, but I understood it? Well. I was panicked so I didn't really question it.
"Can you grab my bag quickly?" He asked as he took off his shirt to wrap around his leg. I found his bag under where he was stuck earlier.
"We'd better run for it. A girl who shot an arrow and killed a teacher and blew up a school probably wouldn't be ramodels of the year." He said as he grabbed what looked like a Turkish delight and a canteen out of his bag. He took a bite of the sweet and a swig from the canteen. He muttered some words in ancient Greek, something about healing his leg. "I'll be fine in a couple of hours." He said at my worried look. I doubted he'd be fine, but I didn't want to get arrested.
We ran for it. I am a terrible runner. I can sprint, but not run distance. We ran to the parking lot of the school and Finn muttered something about stopping a chariot and threw about 10 gold coins on the ground.
"What are-" I started to say, but Finn interrupted me.
"This is the fastest way to camp." He said.
"Camp? But it's March." I said, puzzled.
"Don't have time to explain. Later. When we're safe. You can't know to much right this moment." He obviously wanted to leave. I noticed that the coins were gone, but in their place was a gray taxi. I hopped in knowing there aren't here many taxi's in Virginia, but I knew gray wasn't the normal color.
"Oh. Wasp give me the eye!" I heard someone say. Wait, The eye! WTF! Why would they pass around an eye?
"No Anger! I want to see our customers who made us come out of range!" The one named Wasp yelled angrily. Oh, the irony.
Finn slid into the cab next to me and said "This taxi is the fastest way to safety. Hold on though."
"Oh hello Finn. We see you too much. I can't believe we came out of range just to get you and this mutt." The third one said.
"Thank you so much Tempest. As you can see I paid much extra." Finn said.
"And we thank you for that. Now we are leaving. Close the door boy! Now Wasp, give me the eye. I am driving." Tempest said.
"Hold up!" I yelled. The ladies stopped their arguing and looked at me. Where their eyes should be where empty sockets except for one, I am guessing it's Wasp, who had a glowing green eyeball in one of the sockets. "You don't have an eye! I am so getting out of this taxi!"
"Wait, Haylee! They know everything. They travel fast too. This is the only way. Stay in the car!" He ordered me after he pleaded.
"Yes, yes dear." The one named Anger said. "We know everything. What you want, what your heart desires, where you will go, what will happen."
I was shocked and thought they where lying. Then it hit me. Well actually it didn't hit me. I heard it. A voice came out of the radio speakers: Hello passengers. My name is Apollo and when I pull the sun across the sky I always fasten my seat belt. You should to. This ride may be bumpy. I had a feeling that the voice was being sarcastic about always fastening his seatbelt, but I also had a feeling that the ride would indeed be bumpy. The thing that hit me: Apollo? Beasts? Three ladies sharing an eye!
"You're the Gray Sisters!" I said, very pleased that I figured it out.
"Well it took you long enough." Said Wasp. Then she pressed the gas and they started arguing again about the eye.
"Finn? I thought the Gray Sisters were a myth from Greek mythology?" I questioned him.
"Not a myth, but real. I mean, can't you see them?" He asked. I nodded.
"What's going on?" I asked. He didn't answer. He knew I heard him say I'll tell you when we get to wherever we're going, but still. Why can't he tell me? He patted me on the back and then I realized how tired I was and I fell asleep.
"Girl! We don't go any further. Get out!" I was woken by screaming and someone shaking me. One of the Gray Sister's was yelling at me, Anger I think. They all looked the same. Finn was shaking me and he decided just to carry me. I saw that we were walking up a big hill to this huge gorgeous tree with a sweater on it. Not just any sweater, but a shiny gold sweater. Then I saw this dragon asleep next to the tree. I am seriously going mad. Teacher-beasts, The Gray Sisters, Apollo's voice, and now a dragon! WTF is wrong with me? Did someone slip me something in a drink as a joke?
"Okay, can you walk to that tree now? I'm getting kind of tired." Finn asked me.
"You think I'm going near that thing? Yeah right. I'd rather eat a rat!" I barked at him.
"Mmmmm rats!" Said a voice from down the hill. I jumped back.
"Haylee? Run!" Finn shouted. I saw what he told me to run from. It was a ten foot tall giant and it had one eye. A Cyclops.
"Haylee? Why did you leave us? Why did you run away? We love you." I heard my weeping sister say. I looked around for her. I couldn't see her. I could only see the retarded looking Cyclops. Oh my gosh! He must have her! I have to save her. The Cyclops smiled and ran at me with a huge baseball bat. Then he tripped. Some kind of root emerged from the ground and dug into his foot. Anchoring the meat-head there. I'm not one to run from a fight, but I really wanted to run. Where to though?
As if he were reading my thoughts, Finn shouted at me. "Haylee! Go to the farmhouse. Quick!" I started to run, but two things stopped me. One the dragon was getting all freaky eyed at me and also, Finn falling unconscious. I turned around and sprinted towards Finn.
"Haylee. Help me. Please. Come here." I heard my sisters voice again. This time I caught the trick. On the last word I saw the Cyclops mouth move. It was him. Some how he plucked my sisters voice out of my head and tried to lure me with it. Well, he must be stupid. I would've caught on eventually.
"No!" I screamed.
I grabbed Finn and started dragging him towards the top of the hill. I didn't see a farmhouse, but I guessed it was on the other side. The Cyclops freed itself with a howl of pain and started charging. Something came over me. That feeling in my gut again. A plan. I dragged Finn over the hill out of sight of the Cyclops and went towards the dragon.
"Nice dragon. I'm not going to hurt you." I said. I had no idea what I was doing. This was probably the most stupid thing in the world. The dragons face turned toward me. I knew he wasn't going to eat me when he nudged my hip like some sort of hug. He trusted me. I don't know why though. I really hope this dragon can breath fire. I thought. I pushed the dragon up and slapped its rear end like a horse to get it going. It snorted flames and shot towards the Cyclops. What I didn't think of is that Cyclops withstand fire. They are the forges of the gods! I am so stupid.
The Cyclops laughed a nasty laugh. "Hehe. Girl no use smarts. Cyclops fire-proof." He had really bad grammar. I felt another tug in my gut. Another plan. Now this one was just plain stupid. I have to try though. For Finn.
The dragon flew back towards the tree and I hopped onto its back. It did not like this. I patted it and it calmed. We took to the air. The night enveloped me and it was like I could see better, even thought it was dark. I took the ring from earlier off my finger and pressed it. The bow and arrow set appeared again. I quickly knocked and arrow and shot it at the stupid Cyclops who was jumping up and down trying to reach me in the air. The arrow went straight through his eye and out the backside of his head. Gross. He evaporated like Mrs. Cato.
The dragon and myself landed.
"That worked?" I mumbled to myself. "It worked!" I screamed. I left the dragon to its business again and ran over to Finn to see if he was okay. He wasn't there. I ran down the hill like a mad person screaming Finns name. I saw the farmhouse and ran towards it.
"Finn! Finn?" I yelled. I didn't make it to the farmhouse. I just fell. I remember someone running towards me as I fell. Then everything went black.
A/N: So sorry about the tense changes. Also sorry this just flat out sucks, I'm just kind of writing this. Also, if you are trying to figure out who Finn is you'll never guess because I really don't know. Well, I kind of do. Think this- he has healing abilities and something happened with the cyclops then Finn fainted....mhmmm guess now. I am really bad at that(tense changes). I also don't edit much(at all) so sorry about that too. So can you guess who's child Haylee is? Well, we don't know much about her yet. I kind of wanted to speed through the getting to camp part. Also, who can guess what kind of monster Mrs. Cato was? You know how you can guess? By pressing the Review button!!!