Chapter 1
Lianna
I hid behind my big sister, Bianca. She and my brother shielded me from seeing what was happening. I heard a loud CRACK of lightning coming through the roof of the building. I peeked from behind my siblings to see what was happening. I looked just in time to see my mother die. I shrieked in terror. Bianca turned around and covered my eyes so I could not see. I heard voices talking, then moments later a man led us into a car. After a while, we arrived at a hotel.
I heard my brother, Nico, whisper something to my sister. As we walked into the hotel, the man waved goodbye to us and left. Inside was an arcade. A man walked up to us and handed us game cards. "I hope you enjoy your stay." He said and smiled creepily as if he knew something we didn't. "What happened to mommy?" I asked Bianca. She just shook her head and led me to a game. "Why don't you play a game ok?" She walked off through the crowd of kids.
A few days later the man came back and dragged us out of the hotel. "But I don't wanna go! I want to stay here!" I complained, but the man didn't listen. When we walked out though, it was a different scenery than what it had looked like a few days ago. "What happens? That train station wasn't there before." Nico said. "When did they build that park?" Bianca asked the man. "It has always been there, my child. Now come along now. We're going to take a road trip." He said as he led us down the sidewalk and into a car.
After hours of driving, he finally said, "Here we are, Westover Hall." Bianca, Nico, and me piled out of the car and to the front of the school. "Go inside, this is your new school." The man said, and drove off. Being a young child, I did not want to go to school. I decided I would sneak off to the park for a while and come back before school is over. "Come on, let's go in." My sister said. But instead of following my siblings, I snuck off to the park. When I was a few miles from the school, I realized I was lost. I tried to retrace my steps, but ended up going the wrong direction. "Are you lost, young one?" Asked a woman behind me. She was wearing a shirt that said 'New York Orphanage'. "Where are your parents?" She asked. "They… they died…" I mumbled. "Poor sweet heart, why don't you come with me? The orphanage is on a field trip. Want to come back to New York with us? She asked. I nodded my head and followed the nice lady into a building.
I never saw my siblings again.
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"Lianna." Called a voice behind me. "Lianna!" Said the voice urgently. "LIANNA!" I awoke with a start and realized I had fallen asleep in class. I looked up to see a furious teacher frowning down at me. "Lianna! We do not fall asleep in class at New York City Boarding School young lady!"She exclaimed. "Sorry Ms." I mumbled. "You know have lunch detention." I groaned as the bell rang for lunch. "You may go pick up your lunch then you must report to my classroom immediately." I said ok and trudged off to the cafeteria. As I walked to the cafeteria, I noticed a teenager, around 17, in a red hat watch me as I walked passed. I ignored him and continued walking. As I walked into the cafeteria, I knew something was up. 12th graders were in the lunchroom. Weird. Seniors don't have lunch until 2:00. I wondered. The weirdest part was that it was only a few people. I quickly grabbed a lunch and hurried off to my classroom. I heard footsteps walking behind me and I walked faster. What is going on?! I thought. I finally got to my classroom and hurried inside as the footsteps receded. "About time you got here." My teacher, Ms. Smith, said. "I think it's time you learned a lesson for all your bad behavior." My teacher said coldly. Ms. Smith suddenly grew noticeably taller, and her eyes started to come together to form one big eyeball. I screamed as I heard someone uncap a pen behind me. The group of teenagers from before was now by the door, each with weapon in hand. "Get behind me!" The boy with the sword yelled. I slowly backed away from the monster. A girl quickly pulled me back. "Hi, long story short, I'm Annabeth, I need you to come with me." Annabeth said hurriedly and pulled me out of the room. "Come on Percy, Grover is waiting for us outside!" She yelled to the boy, "Percy, come on!" Yelled the other girl. Who I assumed was Percy backed away and the four of us ran out the front doors of the school and into a car as the monster chased us. We quickly zoomed away, leaving the monster behind us. Still in shock I said, "What was that thing? Who are you guys?" I asked. "You ever heard about Greek mythology?" The girl next to me said. "Yeah." I answered. "Well it's all real and the god's kids are called demigod because their half human and half god. That's what me and my friends are, demigods. I'm Piper by the way. And that's Grover." She said pointing at the person behind the wheel. My mind was officially blown. "So why are you telling me all this?" I asked. "Because you are one of them." Percy said. Suddenly the monster hopped right in front of us and Grover swerved off the narrow road and into a strawberry field. "Everybody out! We're almost there!" He yelled and everyone piled out of the car. Percy and Annabeth ran over to the monster. "Go! We'll slow it down." Annabeth yelled. Grover and Piper led me up a hill. Annabeth and Percy ran over and we all entered an entrance that read 'Camp HalfBlood' in Greek. How I was able to read it, I wasn't sure. The monster tried to follow us, but a force field didn't allow it to come in. Percy ped me through the camp and showed me to the Hermes cabin. "You'll stay in the Hermes cabin until we know your godly parentage." He said. "Dinner will be in a few minutes." I walked over to an empty bed. Soon enough, the dinner bell rang. I walked with my cabin to the dining pavilion. It was a large building with no roof. What do they do if it rains? I though. "The barrier keeps all the weather so it probably won't rain." Someone said behind me, reading my mind. "Hi, I'm Travis Stoll." He said extending his hand with a mischievous grin on his face. I slowly took his hand. I felt a shock go up my wrist and I quickly pulled away. I glared at Travis and walked towards the table my bunkmates were at. Suddenly, everybody was staring at the top of my head. "What?" I asked. Annabeth walked over to me and said, "Lianna, child of Hades." She announced. Everyone started staring at me like I was wearing a trash bag. I looked up and saw what looked like an animated skull. Everyone went back to what they were doing. The Hermes kids next to me scooted away like I was poisonous. I sighed and continued eating. After dinner, a boy walked up to me. "Hi, I'm Nico. I'm the head counselor for the Hades cabin. Congrats, you are officially the 2nd person in Hades cabin."
"Who's the first?" I asked. "That would be me." He replied and led me to my cabin. "You can pick any bunk, since there is only one being occupied." Nico said. "By the way, I never got your name." He said suspiciously, like he thought he knew me long ago. Now that I took a good look at Nico, I started to recognize him. I knew him from somewhere, I just didn't know from where I knew him. "My name is Lianna Di Angelo." I told him. Nico did a double take. "Did… did you say Di Angelo?" I gave him a weird look. "Yeah, is there something wrong with that?" I snapped. "Wait… Lianna?" He asked and suddenly I remembered. I remembered him. My eyes widened to the size of bowling balls. "Nico?"
I finally realized why he looked do familiar… Nico was my brother, my real brother. I ran over and hugged him tight. I felt my cheeks getting wet. I was crying. I never cried, but today would be an exception. After years of being away from my family, I was happy I could see my brother. "Where have been?" Nico asked, still in shock. "I've been in New York City at an orphanage." I explained. I suddenly remembered my sister. Where is she? She wouldn't just leave Nico here, would she? I thought.
Finally I asked, "Where's Bianca?" Nico pulled away. He looked down at his feet. I could see sadness in his eyes. "What is it?" I asked. Nico looked up and put hishand on my shoulder. No. NO! I knew what was coming. Nico looked into my eyes and said, "Lianna…" He started. I shook my head. This can't be happening. "B… Bianca's dead. She died years ago." I shook his hand off my shoulder. I stepped back and covered my head. I dropped to the floor. It's all my fault. If I had been here, I could have prevented her death. Nico crouched down next to me. "Hey," He said calmly, "It's ok, sis. It's not your fault."
"IT IS MY FAULT! IF I HAD BEEN HERE…" I yelled. "If only I had been here…" I said barely a whisper. "Lianna, calm down. I felt the same way you did when I found out she died. First, I was mad at Percy because he didn't protect her… but I eventually forgave him." Nico said the wrong thing at the wrong time. "IT'S PERCY'S FAULT!"