WINGS
OF
MAGIC
Chuyun Liang
A Demigod Story, Based off of Rick Riordan`s
Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus Series
Chapter One
Ashlyn woke to the conch horn that signified the start of a new day in Camp Half-Blood. The sun was just rising over the Big House. The rest of Cabin 11 woke up around her. She sat up on her sleeping bag and rubbed her eyes.
Today`s my birthday. I`m turning thirteen. Oh my gods. She thought to herself, and smiled. If everything went as planned, she would get claimed today. The thought made her giddy with excitement. She stood and rolled her up sleeping bag. She had been in the Hermes Cabin as an unclaimed demigod since she was 8. The cabin wasn't quite as crowded as it used to be, ever since Percy made the gods promise to claim their children.
Percy. The camp`s hero, the one that defeated Kronos, the one dating Annabeth Chase, the one that is missing.
Ashlyn remembered arriving at camp merely a few days before the son of Poseidon. The weird thing was that she didn't remember anything before that. Her earliest memory was of her stumbling up Half-Blood Hill, and even that was foggy.
Someone nudged her with their foot. Ashlyn hadn't noticed that she was just sitting next to her rolled up sleeping bag, staring off into space.
"Hey Ashlyn, wake up. Ashlyn? Oh my gods! Get up!" Nora poked Ashlyn in the nose.
"Ouch! That wasn't necessary! I was getting up anyway." Ashlyn complained.
Her best friend was a short blond haired girl, with a huge temper that ignited quickly. Most people didn't take her seriously, considering that she was in the 20 percentile height range for her age and looked like a 5th grader. Never, ever, remind Nora about her height, or she will beat the living daylights out of you, with the help of her best friend.
"So, what does it feel like to be thirteen?" Nora asked as she pushed her hair back with a headband.
"I guess you will find out tomorrow." It was true; the two girls were only a day apart.
"I hope that whoever my mom is, she will bless me with a growth spurt overnight. That`ll be nice."
Ashlyn laughed, but Nora`s face was completely stoic. After she wrestled her hair into a braid, the two girls walked together to the dining pavilion, where everyone else was headed.
The breakfast options were: eggs with cheese, scrambled egg, sunny side up eggs, and burnt bacon.
Nora scrapped a portion of her cheesy eggs into the fire pit and murmured something about a pet owl. There was no denying it; she was a daughter of Athena. Ashlyn scrapped off some bacon and scrambled eggs for the gods. To whomever my parent is, please let our war with Gaea come to an end. Preferably with us winning. She thought, and then out loud said, "Let me be claimed today."
She plopped down next to Nora, who saved a seat for her, and jumped when a rumble shook Camp Half-Blood.
Chapter Two