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A young boy weaved through Central Park in New York City as a strange one-eyed figure followed in close pursuit. No one seemed to notice Percy, the little boy desperately trying to get away from the creature.

The boy had been on the run for a few days now, without food or water. His figure was severely malnourished, but the only thing keeping him going was the sheer will to survive. Even with the determination, he felt the creature slowly gaining on him.

He didn't know what to do. He was confused, angry and depressed. His mother, Sally Jackson, the only person who cared for the boy was killed by his sadistic step-father Gabe who beat them every night. He would run his knife over the boys chest every night carving different things, leaving him with painful scars for the future.

He would beat his mother in the same way, forcing the boy to watch in horror as he would stab his knife into her shoulders. He would force him to watch things he did to his mother which made him squirm.

But a few days ago, Gabe was drunk, and took it too far.

Flashback:

Gabe and Sally were arguing about whether they should send him to a military school. Gabe thought it was a great idea to send him to one, but Sally did not.

She got angry with him and started yelling. Gabe started to yell as well. "Send that brat to that school, he's useless!" He slurred. "YOU WILL NOT! I WILL NOT LET YOU SEND MY SON TO A MILITARY SCHOOL!

Percy didn't like it when his Mama was angry. He liked seeing her happy. But that barely ever happened. Usually she wore an expression of fake happiness, but Percy could see right through it.

"Fine. I guess I'll have to do this the hard way!" He grinned evilly. Percy knew that something bad would happen. He started to tremble in fear. Gabe slowly advanced on his mother, holding a kitchen knife, wearing a sadistic smile.

His mother was slowly backing away. Eventually, she hit the wall and stared at Gabe in horror. As he brought the knife down, into his mothers heart, little Percy closed his eyes. And when he heard the scream, the agony-filled scream, he started to sob.

Heart-wrenching sobs racked his body as he kneeled next to his mother. Gabe staggered away, smirking. Her eyes were barely open, but she managed to croak out one last thing, "P-Percy, I love you so much. N-Never forget that, ok?" Percy started to shake his head.

No way this is happening! He thought. "Run Percy. Run as far as you can from this place. Just rememb-" her words were cut short as her eyes lost their life. Percy started to scream, his face covered in tears, his hair all tangled up.

That's when little Percy decided he needed to run, like his mother said. He searched around for his school bag. When he found it, he dumped everything out and stuffed it with as much as he could find such as a bottle of water, leftover pizza, and an apple.

And then, he ran. And ran, hoping that Gabe would never find him again. He slept wherever he could, only taking breaks if necessary. Unfortunately, the food didn't last long for Percy. It didn't help that he wasn't fed extremely well because of his mothers lack of money.

She worked extremely hard, bringing home enough money to survive. But Gabe would spend it all on his poker games, causing Percy's mother to be upset and stressed. Percy was surprised he was even living because of his lack of food.

He never stayed in one place too long, so no one could adopt him or put him in a foster home.

End of Flashback

He started to see the woods. It gave him determination, maybe, just maybe he could lose the monster in there. But even as he thought that, he started to slow down, his body refusing to run anymore.

By now, he had lost all hope and was about to give himself up to the monster, when he caught a glimpse of silver in the trees surrounding him. He shook his head and blinked again, and saw the silver again.

"Permission to kill Milady?" I heard a firm voice. "Granted." Spoke another voice. I was confused, before I heard a THWANG! I heard a roar, and a thump. Then I collapsed in exhaustion. The

last thing I saw before I blacked out was about 17 girls dressed in silver eyeing, what was that? Golden dust?

One of the girls, who looked about 12 eyed me curiously. The others turned their head to look at me. Their expressions were filled with disgust. Then, I passed out.

Artemis POV:

We were leaping from tree to tree, in pursuit with a monster that was chasing a young demigod. The boy didn't look very good. His figure was extremely malnourished and he wore an extremely frightened expression. The boy finally slowed down and the monster stopped and smirked.

I saw all of my hunters draw back their bows and take aim. "Permission to kill Milady?" My lieutenant asked me. "Permission Granted." I replied. They let their arrows fly, all hitting the target. The monster dissolved into golden dust as the boy collapsed.

I eyed him curiously while the rest of the hunt looked at him with disgust. I sighed, what am I going to do?

Hope you liked the chapter! I just got this idea. Tell me if you liked it! Peace - NovaHowl