Authors note : This fanfic follows the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and I'm try to keep all the characters just as Rick Riordan made them, so I won't be changing any character's personality (I won't on purpose, I apologize if I do by accident). The story runs parallel to the original story and most of the story will be the same but will have a few twists and added characters.
Disclaimer : I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, but I do own Celeste.
A Hero's Quest
Chapter 1
Luke swung the baseball bat around to beam the monster behind the tree he was hiding behind. He was tired and out of breath, but the hellhound was relentless. He turned and slammed it down hard on the beast's snout, but the hellhound just growled and kept advancing.
Luke circled around to try to trick the beast on the edge of the mountain. He thought he had succeeded when the hellhound pounced right in front of him for the shadows. He backed up so fast be fell onto the trunk of a large oak. The hellhound growled at the helpless demigod, already sensing victory. The beast prepared to launch itself at the boy when fast as lightning a blur of a girl sprung out from behind a nearby tree and brought a sword through the chest of the monster.
The hellhound barely had time to yelp in surprise before it dissolved into dust and fur at the girl's feet. She took a moment to catch her breath before turning to look at Luke, who stood plastered to the tree.
"How…How did you do that?" Luke asked in awe. He had been trying to kill the monster for over an hour without avail.
She smiled at him warmly. She tucked a strand of golden bonze hair behind her ear before answering.
"Baseball bats don't work well with hellhounds. Celestial bronze works a lot better." She said, putting a hand on her sword hilt. "Here." She handed him a knife of the same metal. "It's a good blade."
He studied the blade before smiling at the girl.
"I'm Celeste."
"Luke." He replied.
"Come on. I know a safe place we can rest. You must be tired. I know I am." She gestured for him to follow her to the left. "Let's head east."
"What? Wait! What just happened? Who are you? Why did that giant dog try to kill me?" Luke rushed out in one breath.
"I'm Celeste. I'm like you and that hellhound was following me and trying to kill me before it went after you, so I thought I would follow it because they don't give up on a hunt unless something better is around to kill, which was you. It tried to kill you because you're a demigod like me. Now let's get going to. There's a safe house a few hours walk from here where we can rest and get some supplies. That cut needs looked at." She nodded at the gash on his forearm. "I'm not going to hurt you. We have a lot in common, Luke. Plus, two are always better than one in a fight."
Luke looked at her green-speckled hazel eyes and knew she was telling the truth. And she had proved very helpful in the fight against the hellhound. He didn't think someone that would want to hurt him would give him a knife. He nodded slowly.
She smiled at Luike, showing her white teeth. "Come on." He followed her out of the woods and into a whole new life filled with Greek gods, monsters, and wild adventures.
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