Mara was having a really rotten week.
Her mom kicked her out of the house. Mara was her Mom's biggest mistake.
Man. And she thought being 14 would be cool. You know, more freedom, highschool.
She definetly wasn't going home now. She didn't know where she could go, but it wasn't there. After that argument? Nope. Along with the fact that she hated New York. Not. A. Chance.
Of course, the streets weren't nice either. But she had felt a strange pull toward one direction, and she realized now she was headed towards long island.
It took her two more days to where the pull just disapeared.
It was a strawberry farm.
Nice.
Her gut totally sucked. She was hungery though, so she walked in. There was a large pine tree on a hill. Mara smiled to herself. She loved trees, and this one was huge. She walked up the hill where it was, and nearly fell back down. It was a camp, nestled into a beautiful little valley. She wanted to cry. It looked like absolute paradise. Little wooden cabins formed an oval in one area, and all sorts of different activities around the rest of the camp. There was a dining pavilion. Oh, wow. She smelled barbaque, and pizza, and devil's food cake, and Hersheys milk chocolate bars- Her mouth watered. She was so hungery.
Suddenly, she heard a snarl behind her. She didn't dare turn around, she knew what it was. She had already met one of these boys. She didn't want to kill another one! They reminded her of the dogs she had met on her way here. She loved them. But they gave her no choice. She gripped the thick strip of steel she had found on her way in her hand. This is not one of the strays, she told herself. It will kill you.
It lunged as she thought this. It took her by surprise, and she cursed herself for getting distracted. She swiped with the steel, but it didn't cut the monster. She tried wapping it on the head, but it didn't conk out the way it was supposed to in movies. She fought it for the next 7 minutes, not getting anywhere, when a slash went through the hellhound and it dissaparated. A boy stood with a strange bronze sword in his hand and he smirked at her. Her heart fluttered before her pride kicked in and she scowled. "I had it under control." She said icly.
His smirk deepend, and he chuckled arrogantly . "Sure you did." He held out his hand to help her up. She ignored it and got to her feet herself. He retracted his hand, not affected by her rejection at all. "A pretty demi-god chick like you shouldn't walk around outside the borders without proper manpower."
She was seriously considering punching this guy out.
She held it together. She had a firey temper that sometimes got away from her, she had been working on that.
But then he winked at her, and she kneed him in the soft spot. He fell to the ground writhing as a bunch of other kids showed up. She winked at him sarcastically and said. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm Mara. I can tell we'll be great enemies."
A/N YAY! New story! I can't believe I'm starting one so soon after I finished "Gray", but I had this idea and didn't want to forget it. If you are reading this, review! I thrive on reviews! Oh, and check out my other story, "Gray". It's about Nico and an original character. THALICO SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! Later.