Chapter one
Olivia Grates POV
You know when you think a day will be great it takes a really bad turn. Yeah that's today. I had a good morning, but it all went downhill when I got to school.
` (this morning)
I am running faster than I ever have before. I jump over logs and rocks hoping to run faster than what is after me. As soon as I go to jump over the log in front I fall over. I reach me hands out to catch myself but never hit the ground I hear the thing or person chasing me in the back ground laughing as I fall deeper and deeper, till I see a dark red light.
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ
I raise out of me bed so fast that i see black spots dance before my eyes. That's the sixth time I've had that dream, I all ways wake up before I can see what's in the light. I look over at my clock 5:00 o'clock in the morning: time for school. I will have a good day to day it's the last day of school shot yeah schools almost over one more day to go. Thank god.
I run down the hall to the kitchen to find my mom sitting pancakes and hot milk on the table.
"You're the best mom." I say as I kiss her on the cheek and sit down across from her.
"Your happy, honey." She smiles and starts to eat her oatmeal and berries.
"How can I not be happy? Whoo! Mom, it's the last day of seventh grade, and I have a greatest mom ever and she even made me pancakes." I smile and start to think that of what to do this summer. I was my first year ever being in the same school for two whole years. And what long years that had been.
"Just be careful walking to the mall with your friends." Mom smiles when she says friends but, I can see the worry in her eyes. I wish she would stop saying friends it's more like this one friend that I always get in trouble with. I Finish my milk and pancakes I put the dishes in the in the sink. I start to walk to the bathroom to get ready.
"Olivia, please do not get in trouble today. Happy 13th,my baby girl." I hear my mom say as I open the door to the bathroom to get ready.
After my shower I walk to my room and put on my black jean shorts and a bright blue shirt with my favorite number on it 7. I brush and dry my deep honey brown hair witch was really hard since it is thick and wavy. I pull it back in a ponytail and braid it. I pull on my black and white Nikes.
I walk out the front door, but not without yelling a bye to mom. I jog to the bus stop a block from my house.
I get to the bus stop right when the bus pulls in. Why am I all ways late or almost late? My mom's bother my uncle Mickey always the big city of New York, New York you are always late. I still do not know what that means but I live in New York, New York so I always think it.
I jump on the bus and took my seat next to my best and only friend Luke, he hates for anyone to call him Luke other than his mom or me anyone else he will steal you blind or prank you. He'll prank you or steal from you anyway really. Luke or Lucas was busy talking to our new friend well I don't know if he is our friend or not there is something off about him. And I am not being mean talking about the way he walks all of us in this group have something wrong with us. I have ADHD, Luke has dyslexia so I have nothing to say to Ian about his walking leg disorder thing.
I the ride to school is always short but today it felt even shorter.
"May I walk you to your locker Miss. Grates?" Luke holds out his hand and bows down a little witch makes his jet black hair fall over his light blue eyes.
"What did you do this time Luke?" I ask
"I'm hurt, what makes you think I would do that?" He holds his hand over his heart acting hurt.
"Your you." That was the best answer to that question.
"And that is why I need to get Mr. Jacob's hat for me my dear friend." He smiles as I open my locker and put my bag in.
"And why can't you king of steal get it?" I asked but he knew I was in.
"Because I have to melt some stuff." He smiles and holds up glue, candy, and play dough."
"Will you help me Ian?" I ask as I turn to look at him.
"Do what?" He ask I can see he's nerves start to go up just by looking at him.
"Take Mr. Jacobs hat." I look at Luke to help me out.
"Yeah he'll get his hat back at assembly in about ten minutes. Oh shi..shot I mean I have go melt this." He takes off toward the labs.
"So will you help me?" I look at Ian with begging eyes.
"aww why not." I smile and tell him the plan I just came up with.
"Are you sure this will work?" Ian looks like him might blow the plan.
"Yeah my plans always work." I smile hoping he would not bring out last week.
"Whatever let's do this." I smile and we walk to Mr. Jacobs.
"Mr. Jacobs can I ask you some th-th-thin- ouch." Ian fell to the ground holding his leg rowing around. He's a good actor at least I hope he is acting.
Mr. Jacobs hurries to get on the floor to help Ian when he dose he's hat falls to the floor. I hurry to grab it and put it in my hoodie pockets good thing I took Luke's hoodie this morning out of his bag.
"I'm good now thanks for the help." Pull from my thoughts to see Mr. Jacobs helping Ian out of the floor. He lets Ian go and looks around the hall way.
"Where is my hat?" Panic pulls up in to Ian's eyes. I mouth did not have it.
"You did not have it on sir." Ian looks at me out of the corner of his eye. I nod my head and look at Mr. Jacobs.
"Are you sure? I would have bet money that I had it on." He looks Ian in the eye. Ian swallows and nods his head. Mr. Jacobs shakes his head and walks off talking to himself about where he would have left it.
"What do we do now?" Ian whispers to me.
"I don't know I didn't think we would get this far." I look down at me shoes and then take Ian hand and pulled him with me to the labs where Luke went. We find Luke pouring slop in to a jar.
"You my people are great at timing." Luke smile and hooks a finger to come over to the table where he is. I sit the hat down at his side and sit on the table.
"Hold the hat will you Olivia." Luke holds the jar tight in his hands.
"Sure" I pick up the hat and hold it out for Luke to pour the slop into it. He smiles out at me and sits the now empty jar on the table and takes the hat out of my hands. He puts his finger in the slop and hold it up to me.
"I swear if you get that on me I will hurt you." I take ahold of his wrist and hold it away from me. He pulls his hand a way from and grads my back and pulls me into him, and wipes the slop on my face.
"Happy Birthday my dear friend." He lets me go and smiles at me. I take his hoodie that I have on and wipe my face on it.
"Don't remind me about that please." I look down at my hands.
"Why do you hate your birthday so much it someone else's birthday out in the world to." Luke smiles and put black paper over the slop in the hat and gules it to the sides.
"Because my dad left me mom on my birthday and Happy Birthday to you Luke." I smile but I fell my eyes start to water thinking about how much it's my fault he left.
"Yeah well don't be sad it's my birthday too. I am older so I say we have to be happy, and we can't let those pretty sea green eyes cry can we now." Luke smiles and hugs me.
"Let's go put the hat into the auditorium so he puts it on in front of everyone, and you are only older than by five hours." I take the hat and walk out of the room. Ian and Luke race after me they meet out with me as I walk into the auditorium door.
"Wait you two were born on the same day?" Ian asks looking between me and Luke.
"Yeah but the best is always born first." Luke smiles and hugs me from the side.
"Even god needs and rough drift before he makes the final copy." I smiles and take a seat in the back on the rows. Luke sits next to me and Ian sits next to Luke. We all talk to each other till Mr. Jacobs calls the school to order from the stage. He smiles and takes his hat from one of the teachers I handed it to when it walk through the door.
"Thank you, and school I would like you meet the new teacher that will start next year." He takes the hat from her hands and puts it on. When his head breaks the paper and the slop run down his head.
"Miss. Pulitzer would you please tell me where you found my hat." Mr. Jacobs yells over the kids laughing in the auditorium. She points to me in the back row and says something to Mr. Jacobs and he nods his head.
She walks down the stairs from the stage and walks right to us in the back row.
"Come with me." She points to me and walks out the door. Ian locks up and looks sacred out of his mind.
"I'll be fine." I say and get up and walk out the door to Miss. Pulitzer."
"I only wanted you to come back here." She looks be hide me.
"We helped." I turn to see Ian and Luke. Luke smiles at me, while Ian looks scared to death. Miss. Pulitzer takes a deep breath and smiles.
"Very well." She smiles but her teeth have fangs and her eyes go black. She runs at me and Luke but Ian pulls us away.
"Run now." He yells and takes off.
"You will never get away with this satyr." She yells as she runs after us.
"What did she just call you?" I yell gasping for breath from running to the building two blocks from our school.
"I will tell but you have to promise not to freak out." Ian says running into the building that said Used Tools.
"I will not promise you anything Ian. What the crap was that thing?" Luke yells inside the store.
"Be quite and follow me." He pulls us up the stairs to the living part of the store. He goes to take his pants off.
"What makes you think taking your pants will help Ian." Luke says as he covers his eyes. He pulls his jeans off and but there is left is fur and hovers.
"Your half half umm what…." I try to say something but have no words.
"Half goat, I'm a satyr, here to help you and Luke." Ian smiles
"You mean the stupid things off the Greek myths in history?" Luke looks at the Ian then back at me.
"We are real and do not like to be called stupid Luke." Ian about yells.
"Okay and what was that thing?" I try to make them get off the goat topic.
"She was an empousai." Ian says looking around the room.
"What the crap is that?" Luke asks play with a ball on the desk.
"Don't steal that." I say, he just rolls his eyes and laughs.
"It's a like a vampire." He whispers. "We need to leave now." When he says that the door bust open and Miss. Pulitzer jumps on top of the desk Luke is at. Luke yelps jumps back before she can grad him.
"Holy crap." He yells and Ian pulls us out the window to the fire escape.
We race down the stairs to the road and take off running as fast as we can. We take off down the hillside to the park. We run through the park, past the cars and people on the sidewalks. We run and run till we are at the start of the woods.
We stop trying to get our breath. Lungs burning, legs hurt so so much and Luke looks like he might pass out. Ian try to get us to run again but I fell think I might die. Dose he not run out of in energy.
When I think we are getting better the dumb vampire thing run right at us.
"I am starting to really hate that thing." I gasp out.
"Starting, I hated that thing from the start." Luke gasps. The monster runs for me and Luke takes the glass ball from his pocket that which I told not to steal from the shop. He throws is at Miss. Pulitzer and it goes right down her thin throat. Her hands go to her trout as she tries to make it come back up. Slowly she turns to a blue color and then falls the ground. Her head and then the rest of her body turn to dust.
"What the.. Wow, first time stealing has ever help me." Luke looks at the dust with bright eyes. The whole day starts to come to me. I fell the tears come to my eyes and they start to fall over. Luke looks over at me with a bright smile that falls as soon as he sees me. He takes me hand and pulls me to the woods where he hugs me and lets me cry on his shoulder till I am okay.
"Let get going there may be more after us." I look at Ian who smile and shakes his head.
"Where are we going Ian?" Luke ask as we start to take off. Then all his eyes roll back and he hits the ground. I turn to look at Ian who grads Luke's hand and pulls him off the ground while I take his other side.
"We are going to Camp Half Blood It's safe there." Ian puts most of Luke's weight on his side as he start to walk to where ever he is talking about.