Chapter one, Annie
Annie's pov
I stared at the rushing sea, my blonde hair blowing the wind. I felt peaceful here. It's no surprise considering my dad is the son of the sea god. Yes the sea god. My name is Andromeda, Silena Grace Jackson. I felt a wind at the back of my head. I whirled around and yelled. " Hunter Octavian Grace, How dare you sneak up on me like that!" Hunter smiled. He had dark hair and tan skin like his mother, and ever changing eyes. Whoa Andromeda. Where were those thoughts coming from? I shook my head. He held up a spider. I shrieked, and backed up. " Get that thing away from me!" Hunter grinned and dropped it. I screamed as it came towards me, and I must of jumped two feet into the air. " Oh my gods hunter don't you know I hate those things?" Hunter grabbed my wrist. " yes of course I do. Now come on. I think it's time to come back to camp now." I started to open my mouth then closed it. His grip on my wrist tightened, and he controlled the air. We rose over the waves , and I made the mistake of looking down. " Hunter!" I screamed , staring terrified at the sand far below us. He let me dangle just to be annoying. Hunter is the son of Piper, and Jason Grace. He is twelve just like me. He knows I don't like flying. I kicked him, still screaming my head off. " Annie, I'm not going to drop you." He grabbed my other wrist and we flew off towards the camp. When we got just over the training arena he dropped me. My three week training at camp jupiter kicked in, I dropped and rolled. I landed right on top of my brother, Orion luke grace. He was fighting Bianca the daughter of Nico. She shot me a grateful look and held her sword against his throat. " I win." My brother glared and hunter laughed. My brother and I look nothing alike. I have blonde hair, and sparkly blue grey eyes I inherited from my grandmother, ( Not Athena.) My brother had green eyes and black hair. He looked like a stunt double for my father. I stood up and let him rise. He still glared a death glare at me. I rolled my eyes and shrugged, pointing at hunter who raised his eyebrows and looked innocent. Gods both of them were annoying. " Dromy!" I looked up just as a warm body crashed into me. I stepped back and steadied Caly. I had seven siblings, all named after Greek names. Calypso, nicknamed Caly, Ethan, Minerva, nicknamed Minnie, Helena, Michael, Amphitrite, and Orion. Caly , and Ethan were twins, and so were Minerva and Michael, . Caly laughed and spun around in a circle. She is five, and has brown hair and sea green eyes. I picked her up and walked off with a five year old hanging over my shoulder. I found my mom and piper chatting on the big house porch. Mom brushed her curly blonde hair out of her face and smiled. "Got something for you mom," I deposited Caly onto her lap. "hello, Droma," Piper said. I smiled at her. She never called me Annie. Gods I hate that nick name. Piper was hunter's mom. Her stomach was bulging with the newest addition to their family of three. Hunter was soo lucky not to have six siblings. Their names were, Reyna, and Octavia. Two girls. I sprang into the nearest lawn chair, and closed my eyes. A minute later they snapped open. Someone was shaking my shoulder. "Droma,! I can't watch the little ones anymore. Reyna wants to play. Droma!" I looked over at Amphitrite. She was ten years old and already a little bossy girl. Four kids tumbled after her. I sighed and rose from my chair. "C'mon Ethan, Caly, Minni, Michael, Hunter and Orion!" I yelled, spotting the boys coming onto the porch. They groaned. Last time I dragged them along on a little kid's field trip, they had ended up inside a giant whale, (Long story.) I smiled. "Don't worry boys; it's the library, and the aquarium!" I grabbed Hunters wrist, and Orion's, and walked away with four kids,( Helena went off to play with Reyna,) and two complaining boys. Now most moms would have objected kids going to the aquarium and the library by themselves when they were only twelve. My mom figured that this wasn't the most dangerous things I'd done. I walked down to the beach, and stepped into the surf. Hunter broke away. "Hey Annie, I can't swim!"
" Well, than, you'll just have to fly," I said noting his annoyance with satisfaction. I willed the water to carry us into town. Octavian grabbed two kids, and so did I. We eventually were standing at the Brooklyn library. I tensed. There was something strange about this city, like an unfriendly presence. I'd only felt this once. Caly tugged at my arm. For a five year old, she was strong. Hunter fell out of the sky. He rolled and landed on his feet. A woman down the street screamed something about crazy people and ran away. Hunter got up. "There's something weird about this city. I saw a griffin, with the body of a lion, and the head of an eagle. "Body of a lion, and the head of an eagle…
"Andromeda?" Orion tapped my shoulder. "You did again; you lost yourself in your own head!" I stared at the big red brick building, and went inside. "