Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Appearance

I'm Macie Nicholson, no ordinary demigod. I have a history, a huge history. Well I used to be a super powerful demigod, but now I'm quite a normal one. If demigods are normal! Thank the fates. It all started one afternoon, and I was in History class...

I look at the clock. It goes tick-tock. Skipping stones over a (big) rock. Ignoring the older people who try to mock (me). Touching a going outside and receiving an electrical shock. Ugh ADHD...

"45 minute warning!" the teacher calls. I scribble the final answer, and I look outside. Birds are outside singing. I wish I could be outside there right now. I'm bored. Wait... don't I have a new book by Rick Riordan, "The Lost Hero"? I think I'll take it out.

Oh look, there's a note from Leo. He's my best friend. I found him next to the school bully, who was telling him to shut up and never to do something again. I know... that's so cliche. Best friends find each other in the strangest way. Wait... did that rhyme again? The tenth graders pick on Leo, the orphan kid, and me, the 8th grader, and I'm younger than most of the people in the school.

It's October 14, and The Lost Hero just came out. My mother is the nicest person in the world. I'm an orphan too, because my father died, and my biological mother abandoned me when I was little. It's a dark story... I haven't told anybody.

I flip to the first page. Looks like we have new demigods. I think Piper is a daughter of Aphrodite, Leo a son of Hephaestus or Hermes, and Jason... I don't know. My best friend has the same name as Valdez... but they are nothing in common. Except for the brown hair. Wait... Valdez is Hephaestus spawn.

"Come on, Macie, we gotta go", Leo whispers from next to me. That much time wasted daydreaming...

"Okay Leo. I got the note- so we are going to some place tomorrow? And did you ask my mother?" I question, giving my owl stare.

"She knows", he whispered, nudging me. I nudge him back.

"Oh, so little Macie and freak kid Leo like each other..." one of the tall guys smirks.

I turn to him and shout only 3 words - SHUT, UP, and ZACH. He gets the point, since there is a very sharp pencil point to his throat. Since when did I get that...

"Okay Leo, I'll go", I grin, looking at him. We do a fistbump and walk off in different directions.

I go home, dump my things, and sigh loudly. Turning to a random page at the beginning, I find it lucky that I found the exact page I was on 10 minutes ago. I read for a while, occasionally thinking about how The Lost Hero was going to turn out.

"We are going on a camping trip?"

"Yes Macie", my adoptive mother, Minerva chides.

"Bring your book and some brownies in the kitchen", Minerva adds.

I go outside, but I am greeted with a special surprise. I find out Leo is a... satyr. He also has brought two other people with him.

I look at the girl with the cinnamon colored hair, and the pale boy with dark eyes, and I swagger to the right, then the left, trying to maintain balance.

A/N: Yikes, this fanfiction is not off to a strong start! I'll give you a warning before you attempt to read more—if you're angered by true Mary Sue OCs, I advise you to close out of this tab. That's all that this fanfiction is. Thank you for your visit.