Xander I
Xander's life was great until a demon dog charged him.
Xander walked in to his favorite restaurant, Leo & Calypso's Restaurant and Repairs. He loved it because it was run by people 17 and younger. He barely escaped the orphanage. He sat down at his favorite spot, right next to the fire place in the little alcove. Leo walked over to him.
"What can Leo get for ya?" he asked. "Or do you need a repair?"
"Can I just get a lemonade, with a cheeseburger please?" asked Xander.
After Leo rushed off, Xander pulled out his notebook. He started fiddling with musical notes, imagining how they would sound. When Leo's girlfriend Calypso came out with his food. He scarfed down the cheeseburger and paid the bill, bringing the lemonade with him. When he stepped outside, he pulled out his bronze flute and sat on the curb, playing his favorite song, "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. That's when he saw a large dog with glowing red eyes and horns across the street, looking right at him. It started to run across the street, with a deadly look in its eyes.
Xander got up and ran, his rising panic getting the best of him. He tripped and fell. The large evil dog knocked him to the ground, and thats when the most surprising thing happened. Leo stepped out of his shop, hands ablaze with fire.
"Ay, hellhound." he said with a wild grin. "Why don't you leave that guy alone?"
And with that, Leo imitated a throwing motion and the fire flew off his arm. Before Xander realized, the evil dog was gone. Leo grabbed Xander and pulled him inside.
"Hey. Let me guess. You haven't met one of your parents your whole life? You can't focus for a long time?" Leo asked.
"Well I um… Yeah." Xander said. "How do you guess such specific things?"
"Cause monsters like that only attack demigods, and you saw it for what it was!"
"Say what now?"
"Oh, Uncle Leo has got the perfect place for you!" Leo said as he pulled out a golden coin. He walked over to a simple area with a flashlight and a prism. He created a rainbow using the prism and flashlight. He threw the coin into the Rainbow.
"Oh, Iris, Godess of the Rainbow, show me Jason Grace." he said, looking wistful.
A blond guy with piercing blue eyes and an orange shirt appeared on the rainbow.
"What's up, Leo?" He asked. "Something wrong?"
"Nah, Jason. I found another." Leo said.
Xander waved nervously at the rainbow. Feeling anxious, he fiddled with his flute.
"Be right there." Jason said, and the rainbow disappeared.
Xander turned to Leo.
"What the heck is going on?!" He asked, confusedly. "Who was that?"
"Old friend of mine." Leo said "How old are you?"
"Today I turned 14." Xander answered.
"Perfect." said Leo. "You have about an hour before Jason arrives, so make yourself at home."
After Leo left, Xander continued to play on his flute. Thats when he saw this guy in the corner. He had dark brown hair, and a red shirt on, who threw darts at the wall. As Xander focused on the wall, he realized it was a picture of the Olympian Gods he'd learned about it 5th grade. In the middle was Zeus, god of the heavens. On either side of him were Poseidon and Hades, gods of the sea and underworld. Above Zeus was Hermes, messenger of the gods. The rest were there, too. Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, etc. The guy turned to Xander.
"The gods of Olympus." he said as he clucked his tongue. "You've heard the stories. Would you become their hero just for them to take all the credit?"
"Uhh…" Xander murmured.
Suddenly the guy was behind him. Xander yelped meekly, and he looked at Xander with overbearing red eyes, chuckling quite deviously. "Who are you?!" Xander asked. The guy seemed to ponder this.
"What would you call the son of a mortal and monster? Half-Beast? Demimonster? No, call me Callum." and with that, Callum disappeared.
The room was silent for about five minutes, the Leo walked in with Jason.
The room was silent for about five minutes, then Leo walked in with Jason.
"So," Jason said. "You're Xander Fadler."
"Uhh…Yes." I said.
He noticed my flute. "A Celestial bronze flute?" Jason asked.
"Celestial Bronze?" Xander asked.
"Special Greek metal. It can kill monsters." Jason said. "I'm just confused as to why you would have a flute made of it."
Leo cleared his throat. "Sound reflected off Celestial bronze is deadly to monsters."
Suddenly, Callum's voice filled the room.
'Kill them now, and Tartarus may spare you yet…'
Xander froze. Leo and Jason were still talking. They didn't seem to hear.
'Join me, Alexander Nathan Fadler…'
He stayed quiet. By now he was sure it was in his head.
"Xander?" Jason said. "You ready to go?"
"Yeah." Xander said reluctantly.
'You chose wrong, Xander.' Callum said.
Then the walls flooded in.
