The missing Hearth
Hi all this is mine and Scarlett's first joint fanfiction so don't be mad if it's all bleeergh!
Summery: Three new Demigods Zia, Damara and Phoenix have joint forces with Percy, Annabeth and Nico to save a certain goddess of the hearth who's been kidnapped to a far away country. Will Hestia be saved Or will certain forces of chaos stand in the way?
Slight Percabeth, mainly OC
Disclaimer: Unfortunately we do not own PJO *sigh*
Chapter one – Phoenix's POV
April the seventh 2008, may sound like a normal day to you but to me and my two best friends, Zia and Damara it was the day our lives changed. I was dressed in my favourite retro blue skinny jeans and my D&G Mickey mouse top, waiting on the corner of Fifth Avenue for Damara and Zia to show up for our annual shopping trip. I scanned the street for any sign of the two of them when I noticed two boys looking at me; quickly I looked down not wanting to draw any attention to myself and decided to walk towards Damara's moms apartment when I realised the boys were following me, I quickened my pace hoping to lose them but they had already caught up and had me cornered against the wall, I freaked, I didn't know what these two wanted from me. One of them was probably the ugliest person I have seen in my life he looked at me and I could see the hatred in his eyes, he pushed me to the floor and started kicking me, when suddenly a voice shouted from across the street
"If you don't leave him alone I'll cut your f**king balls off"
I recognised that voice and relief washed over me as I realised it was Damara, he had stopped kicking me, so I thought it was safe to uncurl my head, just in time to see her storming across the street straight towards the boys, she had her fist raised and anger was emanating from her. The boys looked me and then back at Damara, deciding it wasn't worth it and scarped shouting
"See you later faggot".
Zia rushed over the street coming to a halt in front of us with pleading eyes saying
"Oh, Phoenix it's all my fault! I left my cell at my apartment and I dragged Damara with me, if I hadn't forgotten it none of this would have happened, I'm sorry! Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
Not bothering to answer just yet I stood up and brushed the dirt off my top and jeans, finally deciding to say
"I'm fine. Don't worry about it."
and walked back in the direction of Fifth Avenue. As soon as we reached the corner of the street this crazy guy brandishing a sword flew round flanked by a girl and another guy. The first boy ran straight into me and knocked me to the ground, Zia feeling sorry for earlier started shouting
"Who do you think you are? Watch were you're going next time, especially if you're going to carry such a dangerous weapon as that sword! Is it even legal to have one of those?"
The girl looked at us, deep in her thoughts and asked "You can see it?" Damara replied while rolling her eyes
"Of course we can its in plain sight isn't it"
The girl looked at each boy then back at us. The first boy turned to her and said
"Annabeth we can't leave them here. What if they are you-know-what and the Empusa see them!"
The girl who must be Annabeth looked at him deeply, exhaled and replied "We can't, what if they can just see through the mist? We can't risk it"
Zia and Damara were getting annoyed that these strangers were discussing what to do with them; however I was finding it deeply interesting. I noticed the second boy looked back around the corner nervously and finally spoke up
"Percy –"
The guy who must be Percy cut him off and turned to us
"Follow me and stay close. We'll take you to a camp where you'll be safe"
Damara frustratingly asked "But what about clothes?"
I rolled my eyes and grabbed both their hands motioning to Percy to lead the way.
Half an hour later I was covered in sweat and panting, Percy made us run half way across New York to a place he called 'Camp' we don't even know what the camp is even about, or what they meant when they said 'You-know-what'. I know what you're thinking, that I must be absolutely mad to follow a group of teenagers carrying weapons to a place I know nothing about, but I had this feeling that I had to trust them, like my life and the lives of my friends depended on it.
My chest hurt, I'd never run so much in my life, I looked forward and noticed that Percy had stopped in front of a hill, he was staring up at it, he then started to climb. I checked behind me to see if Zia and Damara were following us, they looked at me then at Percy and started following his lead. Once we were near the top of the hill I had Damara scream, she pointed in the direction of a pine tree
She finally stammered out "I-is that a dragon?"
Annabeth looked at us and replied "Don't worry, he's harmless" she turned to Percy "You must be right seaweed brain"
then she just carried on climbing up the hill. We reached the top seconds later and looked down at a giant farm with a massive house and with cabins in a U shape with a circle of others around them. Zia was staring at a rock wall with what I thought must be lava flowing down it
I turned to Percy and stammered "W-what is this place?"
with a big smile on his face he said "Home."
Annabeth, Percy and the other guy whose name turned out to be Nico started walking towards the big house. We stood frozen in shock until Percy turned and looked at us
"Follow us and we'll take you to the camp director".
There was no other way to describe the camp but beautiful, we walked for awhile in silence just absorbing the scenery, then a bunch of kids gasped and pointed at Damara with some whispering the name
"Apollo"
Damara looked herself up and down trying to figure out if her outfit clashed, until she saw Zia pointing upwards where she saw a glowing bow and arrow above her head, she started freaking out trying to swat it away with her hands, but no matter how much she tried they passed straight through, one of the kids from the group surrounding us walked up to Damara and offered her his hand saying
"Welcome to the Apollo cabin"
She looked at him strangely and walked off to where Percy and his friends were standing
"What was that? And what the heck is the 'Apollo cabin'?" Nico looked at her sympathetically
"Chiron will explain" he muttered and walked off to a black cabin attached to the end of the U.
Annabeth looked at us "Come on, we don't have all day" she said impatiently and walked off in the direction of the big house.
We reached the house in a matter of minutes, we saw a guy in a wheelchair playing a weird game with another man in a bright Hawaiian shirt. Percy stepped on the porch and strolled towards the first guy
"Chiron" he said "We found these three in new York" indicating to us. Chiron wheeled himself to the end of the porch and looked all three of us up and down, I then felt embarrassed for how I must of looked,
Annabeth chirped up "One of them already been claimed as one of Apollo's"
"Hmmmm" Chiron pondered "and what of the other two?"
"Not yet" she replied.
"What's going on?" Zia demanded
Chiron looked her "Feisty one, maybe Ares. Children, do you know much about Greek mythology?" He asked. We shook our heads in unison. "well" he continued "It was believed there was twelve Olympian gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades are the big three along with Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Demeter, Dionysus, Hermes, Hera and Hephaestus. It was believed these gods and other minor gods would come down to earth and have children with the mortals, these were known as demigods or Half-bloods, half god half mortal and that is what you are, along with everyone else in this camp" he concluded. Just then a horn sounded "Aah, dinner. Percy, Annabeth why don't you walk these three down to the dinner pavilion and show them to their respective tables" Chiron said while rising out the wheelchair. Stunned we saw what we thought was a human become a half-horse-half -person.
Once we was at the dinner pavilion Percy told Damara to sit at a table with people who looked a lot like her, Annabeth noticed our questioning looks and answered
"There her half siblings, you'll have to sit at that table until you're claimed" she pointed at a cramped, overfilled table. We crushed ourselves onto the end waiting for something, and then suddenly gusts of winds started to carry food to each and every person. I received a chicken Caesar salad my favourite along with some cherry coke. Yum. We noticed people starting to stand and walk to a large fire and scrape some of their food in, I looked at Zia and she looked at me. Silently we agreed we should follow and copy what they were doing. When we were done we sat and started eating our meal in silence, a single gasp filled the pavilion, and we all looked around trying to see what was wrong, a picture of a black three headed dog hung above Zia's head. My mind whirled back to when my mum made me watch those stupid Disney movies I remembered Hercules and Hades with his three headed dog Cerberus.
"Hades..." I muttered.
"What?" Zia said oblivious of what had happened. In a blink of an eye Nico was next to us and said to Zia
"Come with me" motioning to a table right at the end of the hall. I blinked back my tears as my other friend left me and I finished the rest of my meal in silence. Thoughts whirled around my head, 'what if I'm not a demigod? What if they kick me out? Will Zia and Damara just forget about me and never want to talk to me again?' I hung my head so my fringe would cover my eyes, I didn't want people to see me cry, I didn't want to be hated or known for being the 'faggot' kid again, not this time.
After everyone had finished eating Chiron stood and cleared his throat "Everyone you may leave now, but remember don't stay out too long or the cleaning harpies won't be blamed for their actions." he chucked and continued "Can I just have a quick word with Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Damara, Phoenix and Zia" I stood and quickly made my way to the table at the front waiting for the others to make their way here. Awkwardly I moved straight to Damara and clung to her like a little lost puppy. Chiron stared at me with eyes full of sadness "Tomorrow, before breakfast we will hold a meeting to discuss what to do with Zia. Do not be late." He turned to me "Unfortunately until you are claimed, you will have to stay in the Hermes cabin as he's the god of travellers. Don't worry; it won't be for long your godly parent will defiantly claim you before dinner tomorrow." Now turning to the others "Can you show the others to their cabins?" They nodded "Good now go and have some fun. But remember my warning, I wasn't joking when I said the harpies won't be blamed for their actions. So don't be caught out after curfew."
We all said our 'goodnights' and went to our cabins. Percy turned to me, I had a sad look on my face, he tried to comfort me by putting his arm around my shoulders and said "Come on, you'll get to see everyone at breakfast. Plus the Hermes cabin will make you feel at home, just watch your things and stay on guard." This didn't help. I stopped in place, looked back in the direction which everyone had gone off in. I sighed. Then slowly turned and followed Percy to my cabin.