Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disclaimer:I do not own Percy Jackson only Jamie.
Chapter One
The night was cold and that was only one of the signs that something was wrong. I mean, when it is ever cold in California. Not in thsi month,It's never cold here. Never. But I was reckless that day, eager to escape my mom and her new boyfriend whom I despised. I took the long way home wrapping an arm around myself to keep warm. The wind was a little bitter, blowing huge chunks of hair in my face. Again, I didn't care because It was still better then being at home.
"Jamie," A voice behind me whispered. As a reflex, I turned around. I didn't see anybody so I went on walking.
"Jamie," The voice croaked again and I spun around, cold Goosebumps on my arm, this time, I quickened my pace so I was practically running.
I heard some footsteps behind me, a sort of quiet thumping, like a cat prowling for its meal. Somehow, that didn't exactly reassure me, "Jamie," The voice whispered crookedly. That was for my self control; I ran. I ran blindly, tripping over my own two feet. I paused for a second to hear what was behind me. I heard…nothing. Nothing at all, not even the nightingales singing or the leaves rustling. There was absolute silence.
Then something on top of me, knocking me down. I twisted my head up to see what it was and felt my heart stop. No…no, it couldn't be real. It was only supposed to be a myth but it was real…a minotaur. Its face was gruesome and twisted up with fury and the undeniable thirst for blood. My skin went cold, like I had injected myself with ice water.
"HELLLLPPPPPP!" I screamed. I gathered myself to say no but the thing on top of me shifted so one of its paws or whatever was on top of my lungs, blocking air from my lungs.
I tried to draw breath but instead felt like a tight constriction was blocking air from reaching my throat. There was no relief of fresh air to my lungs and pretty soon, I would not be able to breath. This sent me panicking, struggling pointlessly.
My eyes started to fade and dark spots colored my vision. Well, I thought, this is it.
The next thing I knew, he pressure had lifted suddenly, allowing me to suck in much needed air. As I sat up, dizzy from lack of oxygen, I saw why the Minotaur had lifted. In front of it were two people, both around my age, fighting. One had black hair and sea green eyes that had a sort of bright light in it, like he was usually happy. But right now, his eyes were dangerous, filled with the lust of battle. The other person was a girl with hair tucked under a Yankees cap and wise grey eyes. She seemed to be dodging every blow the Minotaur gave her. She was incredible agile with grace in every move she did.
The Minotaur gave a loud roar and charged at him, horns at the ready. The girl was in its range of attack and I ready myself to yell when suddenly- she disappeared. The Minotaur was just as confused as I was and reared around to attack the boy instead when an invisible foot kicked him backward. It sprawled backwards, knocking into a building.
"Percy, stab it!" The girl yelled. Percy withdrew a pen and it suddenly transformed into a sword.
I gaped at it but he didn't see.
"Relax," He told the girl with ease," I have everything taken care of." As he said those words, the Minotaur suddenly charged up, ramming into the boy. Percy dodged but dropped his sword where it landed, point first, near my feet, quivering.
"You complete SEAWEED BRAIN!" The girl yelled. The Minotaur reared again, this time charged at me. I was frozen with fear when suddenly, on stupid reflexes, I grabbed the sword. It didn't feel right in my hands but I needed it right now. Just as the Minotaur reached me, I slashed out, drawing a ragged line across its torso. It disappeared in a blur of nasty green goop.
I caught my breath to exclaim," That was gross!" The two people approached me and I stood up, backing away. The sword suddenly disappeared from my hands to the boy.
" Relax," The girl told me," We are not here to hurt you, only to protect you but Seaweed Brain here," she shot him a dirty look," Was too arrogant to do what I said."
"Was," I struggled for words," Was that thing real?" Percy nodded.
"Yep," he said. "And we are demigods and we are here to get you to camp Half- Blood."
I gave a dry humorless laugh. "Y-you are crazy," I told him," I appreciate that you saved me but you…are …crazy and there is no such things as gods." Thunder rolled in the background, making me flinch.
"I guess Zeus is taking that as an insult," The girl said mildly.
"You- you guys are crazy," I backed away from them real slow," Stay away from me." The girl sighed and looked meaningfully at Percy. I turned around to leave when I suddenly bumped into someone.
"So sorry,' The person said and I fell in to blackness.
I groaned as I woke up, sure all of that was a dream. Mom would get a kick out of that but I remembered she was always with Kyle now. When I sat up, I realized I wasn't in my room, I looked around and blinked. The room I was in resembled a hospital or at least the nurse's office. I kicked my feet out of bed and swayed dizzily, shaking my head a couple of times. I had to get out of here...
The only thing was, Ii wasn't sure how to, you know. Like, I didn't even know where I was. I dragged myself to the door, inch by inch...
"Hold it right there." I made the mistake of looking at who had spoken. I gasped and everything went grey. For the second time that day, I fainted.
