Prologue
3 Years Ago
Lucas
Today was Lucas's first day of seventh grade and he had just turned 12. He combed his hair as he walked down the stairs of his apartment. "Bye mum I'll see you when I get home," he yelled before grabbing his brand new backpack "be safe, no more fights" he heard his mum yell as he closed the door and rolled his eyes. At this time they didn't know that this would be the last time they saw each other.
Lucas was always getting into fights. The cause of these fights were usually due to the fact that some of the older students would pick on his best friend Kyle always being teased because he had to use crutches to walk. Lucas never knew what was wrong with Kyle's legs but he never asked.
Lucas arrived at school after his bus ride. He stood at the gate and looked around. He spotted a new boy who he had never seen before pushing around Kyle. He walked over and the new boy was shouting", Where is he? Where is the sea Gods son?" Kyle was silent, not knowing what to say. Kyle looked pleadingly at Lucas as soon as he spotted him. Lucas walked up "look I don't know what or who you are talking about but leave my friend alone". The new boy snarled at him and Lucas backed away with Kyle in tow. "Look, we can't go into that school, and we have to get you to half-blood hill. It's the only safe place." Kyle whispered to Lucas. Lucas had no idea what was going on or what half-blood hill was but he didn't question it. He ran off with Kyle just following his friend's directions.
When they got the bottom of the huge hill Lucas looked up to find a girl, around his age fighting one of the 3 furies just metres from the gate. She was lunging at it with what looked like a bronze knife. He ran up there as fast as he could. He didn't know what he was going to do because he was unarmed. He decided distraction would be his best bet. "Hey ugly and stupid over here," he shouted.
Katey
Katey sat alone in an alley weeping. She had run away from home when she was only 11 which was exactly a year today. She had been fighting monsters and trying to avoid danger. She knew she was different which was why she left home. Her father and step mother was scared of her and the monsters that would always be wandering around her whenever she was out.
Katey stood up hearing something close. She wiped the tears from her eyes and drew her knife. She didn't see anything but a woman's voice flittered through her head. "go to camp half-blood. You'll be safe. You can find it. They will protect you". Katey was confused, but she ran out of the alley and just followed her instincts. She ran as fast as she could until she made it to the top of a massive hill where she could see a gold entrance.
She started to make her way through the gateway she was tossed down by a screeching bat looking woman. It had wings and sharp teeth. Its skin was grey and leathery. It was more bat then woman. She drew her knife and started jabbing and pirouetting. She was avoiding any life threatening hits from the Fury but she couldn't get any stabs in herself. She heard the boy yell before she saw him. The Fury turned around enraged at the insult. Katey found her opening. She lunged where the heart should have been and drove her knife right into the Furies body and slid it out gracefully.
"Thank you," Katey said holding out her hand to the cute brunette boy "I'm Katey Thompson, daughter of Athena. The boy took her hand. He thought about what the boy at his high school said about the son of the sea God, "Lucas Delefleur, son of Poseidon."