::Chapter one::

::Boulevard of Broken Dreams::

The cold winter night breeze blew past me in a gust as I let a loose shiver and continued on my way to no where…the hail hit the sidewalk in the sound of a rock hitting a tree. The sound continued as I walked…I sniffed the frosty air and smiled. The hail turned to snow as I watched some kids having a snow ball fight I laughed lightly. As I remembered my very first winter with Annabeth, Luke, and Thalia…he wouldn't be happy to see me like this.

"Wake up!" Thalia's distant voice called as I drearily lifted my head taking in my surroundings.

"W-What?" I mumbled still very tired.

"C'mon! We have to leave! Monsters attacked us last night!" Luke's serious voice came into perspective as I turned around and saw his shaggy blonde hair framing his honey brown eyes.

"M'K…" I said as I began packing my little bag of stuff. It was winter and while others were shopping for Christmas, our family, we were huddling around a fire surviving from stolen Doritos and Lemonade along with a few Dunkin Donuts. I suddenly slipped on the thin ice Luke caught me right before I fell as we all jumped back in sight of the large monster in front of us. Quickly shaking the snow from my hood I pressed my finger to my necklace and withdrew my dagger. I told them I'd take care of this one as I quickly scaled up the giants back. As the Dummy tried to get me, but my agility was too much for him he back to the ground as I stabbed him in the neck with my dagger. He burst into dust…

"Let's do something fun!" Thalia said as I agreed that we needed some 'fun' so we had a snow ball fight…by the end of it all I was drenched as were the others and we were all rolling on the ground laughing…

A surge of sadness ran through me as I remembered the fact, Luke was dead, Kronos killed him. I remember the paling of his face and the dulling of his eyes. Suddenly I was eager for revenge. I found a place to rest as I lounged comfortably cradled between two tree branches. I saw across the street in a well lit restaurant, Taco Del Mar. That got me thinking of another flashback…though through all the flashbacks he remained out of them.

I jumped up narrowly dodging Percy's swipe. "Nice try!" I taunted swinging my sword in a semi-circle before rebounding backward kicking Percy's wrist causing his sword to go scattering across the cement.

"Haha!" I smirked, "I won again!"

He glared and mumbled something intelligent liked, "Damn cocky little girl…" Grover then came back with seven bags of Taco Del Mar.

"Grover! We're not going to need this much!" Thalia complained circling it all in wide motions with her arms.

As Grover looked offended and said, "I like tacos!"

All these memories pained me but still, I held them close to my heart for they were the fleeting piece of happiness I still, pathetically, clung to. They had to believe I deserted them…because in one way, I did. And in another, I would…the prophecy's don't lie…despite myself I felt a salty tear roll down my face.

I began singing a song, "I walk this empty street on the boulevard of broken dreams when the city sleeps and I'm the only one and I walk alone." The song was called Boulevard of Broken Dreams by one of my favorite bands: Green day. "I walk alone, I walk alone, I walk alone, I walk alone…" It seemed so fitting, "My shadow's the only one who walks beside me. My shadow hearts the only thing that's beating. Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me. Til' then I walk alone…" I hummed through the ah-ah's and began again, I wished he was here. "I'm walking down the line that divides me somewhere in my mind. On the border line of the edge and where I walk alone." The next part was my favorite, "Read between the lines what's fucked up and everything's alright. Check my vital signs and know I'm still alive and I walk alone…" I persisted with the chorus and then everything was silent. I remember that time Thalia and I got separated from Luke and Annabeth, it was then that we first heard Green Day.

"AH!" I complained, "I'm bored…" I vented aloud as we waited for Annabeth and Luke to come back from the store,

"W-What's that?" Thalia asked cupping her hands around her ears leaning left. I heard it too…music?

"C'mon!" I said eager for adventure,

"Let's go!" I shouted running off in that direction. She'd follow. I ran towards it and saw a variation of lights beaming down upon an outside stage. Where some boys were singing. And a big banner above them read, "GREEN DAY!" A band? We listened from above the trees.

"Don't want to be an American idiot! Don't wanna nation under the new media! And can you hear the sound of hysteria! The subliminal mind fuck America!" The lead sing sung. Thalia and I both listened with interest, "Welcome to a new kind of tension! All across the alien nation! Where everything isn't ment to be okay! Television dreams of tomorrow! We're not the ones who're ment to follow! For that's enough to argue!" We listened with anticipation. Later we snuck in and came back in the end with four Green Day t-shirts that read: American Idiot. When we returned Luke and Annabeth were there looking for us…

That was the first time I'd heard of Greenday. It was something me and Thalia had in common. We both spent a lot of time listening to music and singing it. That was absolutely the happiest time of my life…They were the only ones who I ever really considered my family. They accepted me, knowing who I was and where I came from…but in the end even our family couldn't survive…slowly each one of us were taken away, I wondered if we'd ever be the same, I guess the answer was always no. I just was to diluted to see so. Like what happened to him. The next day I was once again walking when I was suddenly attacked by a…GREAT! The Nemean Lion. I remembered the time Percy and I along with Thalia, Grover and some of the hunters killed the lion, two years ago.

It was back at the space museum. We destroyed a few spaceships but defeated it. Zoë and Bianca started firing arrows Thalia held it back with Aegis. I helped her backing her up. But suddenly the lion was crouching ready to pounce if not for Percy we'd be dead. Of course Thalia never would've admitted that. With the magic of putrid tasting space food we got it to open it's mouth and with a volley of arrows won…