Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Percy Jackson, the series, the movies, or any character from the series.

Author's Note: Hey guys, this is my first ever fanfiction. I've wanted to write one for a long time so here it is. This will not be one of those fanfics where Percy is stronger and more powerful than the gods and is able to beat a whole army by himself. I hope you all enjoy it. Please review and let me know what you think about this chapter, good or bad. Also, feel free to leave any suggestions you might have of how I can improve or of what you would like to see in this fanfiction.

Percy Jackson was having a nightmare. As usual for demigods, nothing out of the ordinary there. However, the nightmare was quite different to what he was used to.

He was standing at the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean on a windy night. The wind was blowing strongly at his back. Then he heard a voice, a voice that was deep like thunder. It sounded evil. "Percy Jackson." He heard the echo of his name several times, adding a creepy effect.

"Where are you?" he asked, looking around. "Who are you?" Percy was looking around, trying to identify the source of the voice.

"I am everywhere and nowhere. As for who I am, you'll find out soon enough," said the voice in an amused tone.

"Yet another straight answer from an immortal. I really love these guys." Percy heard the voice chuckle, a deep and not necessarily amused laugh.

"I am here partly to give you a gift. A vision really." The scene shifted to Half-Blood Hill.

"Why am I here?"

"To watch your friends die." The scene now zoomed in to the camp. What Percy saw horrified him. Percy saw most of the cabins on fire, the rest already collapsed into dust. The Big House was oddly left untouched. He saw Chiron lying down on the ground, unconscious. And Mr. D was nowhere to be seen. He saw many of his friends dead. He heard the muffled screams of demigods inside the cabins. He tried yelling but nothing came out. He heard the voice of his best friend Grover.

"Where's Percy? We need him!" Percy could only watch, unable to do anything. He had never felt so helpless in his life.

"Why are you showing me this?" demanded Percy.

"I am only showing you what will happen. Prepare yourself." The scene shifted again until they were back to the cliff by the ocean. Percy felt he cliff crumbling under his feet until he was falling towards the ocean. "Sweet dreams." The voice chuckled again and everything went black.

Percy woke up with a start. His entire body was sweating profusely. He looked at his clock and saw 5:21 in bright red colour. There was no way he would be able to go back to sleep after that dream. He kept thinking about what happened in his nightmare. Would camp Half-Blood actually burn? Would he really be powerless to help? He hoped not. That was his biggest fear, being unable to help people when they were depending on him to get them out of a fix or a tough situation. His fatal flaw was loyalty after all. Everything he did, he did with the intention of helping the people around him, not matter if they were his friends, other demigods, his family, Gods, or even mortals. He hated letting people down. He couldn't help but feel inferior and worthless in those moments. That was why he hated being a demigod, because you were put in these kind of situations all the time and you were always being tested (and the fact that soo many monsters and immortals wanted him dead-that kind of sucked too).

"Percy, breakfast!" his mom interrupted his train of thought. He decided to stop worrying about it for now. He could tell Chiron about it once he had the time to Iris-Message him.

Little did he know he would be seeing Chiron sooner than he thought.

"I'm coming mom!" Percy yelled. He quickly got out of bed, got dressed, and made his bed before proceeding to the kitchen.

"Percy, you look terrible!" gasped his mother.

"Thanks mom. You know, I do get it from you and dad." Paul started laughing but stopped when he saw Sally giving him a death glare.

"That's not what I meant Percy and you know it. What happened? Did you have another nightmare?" she inquired.

"Me? Have a nightmare? No way, where did you get that idea from?" The sarcasm in his voice was all too evident.

"Percy!" she chided.

"Yes mom, I had a nightmare," he sighed. He gave her all the details of his dream except for his friends dead. That was too disturbing to share, plus he didn't want his mom to worry even more than she was now.

"Did you recognize the voice? Is it someone you've already seen or fought against?" asked Paul.

"No Paul, I've never heard that voice before. Believe me, if I had I wouldn't have forgotten it."

"All right, that's enough depressing talk for one morning," interjected his mother. "Percy, how many pancakes would you like?"

"Just 5 or 6, I don't really have an appetite right now."

"Percy, 5 or 6 is a lot for most people with an appetite," laughed Paul.

"Hey!" Percy protested. "I'm a growing boy, I need my food."

When Percy was done with breakfast, he quickly went brush his teeth before going to school. He then said goodbye to his mother and Paul before heading off to school. He got to school just on time (as usual) and was at his locker when he heard an announcement over the PA system.

"Perseus Jackson, report to the office at once." It was the principal, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson hated Percy, hence why he always called him Perseus. Percy also wasn't exactly fond of him, and he made it quite obvious sometimes.

"Why am I here, again?"

"You are here because you are being punished for your actions last week during the meeting."

"The meeting last week? I didn't even do anything!" he protested.

"Any more arguing will result in double the punishment," threatened Mr. Johnson.

"Not like it can get any worse," mumbled Percy.

"What was that?" he asked in a threatening voice.

"I said fine," snapped Percy. This is how Percy found himself outside, cleaning up the school yard. I mean how unoriginal can you get? There had been games played outside the whole previous day (it happens once a year), and Mr. Johnson picked 'the most responsible, dependable, reliable, and kind-hearted person he could think of' to do this job for him. His voice left Percy in no doubt that he meant exactly the opposite of what he was saying.

"This guy is even worse than Mr. D," mumbled Percy angrily. It wasn't totally Mr. Johnson's fault as the mist made him see something that wasn't real, but did he have to give Percy such a stupid and long job to do? And did he have to add that part when he listed off all of Percy's 'qualities' that made him the perfect candidate for the job?

While Percy worked, he saw someone staring at him from afar. It was too far away to identify if the person was a male or female, but Percy thought it was creepy either way. When the person noticed Percy had spotted him\her, the person turned away and walked away.

"Well that was strange," said Percy.

No one answered. Thankfully, because he was alone.

All around Percy, he heard birds chirping. Then, suddenly it went all quiet. He looked up because he thought that it was strange that every single last bird stopped chirping at exactly the same moment. What he saw was shocking. Where there had been dozens and more dozens of birds, there was not a single one left.

"Not a single bird left?!" exclaimed Percy out loud. Obviously they had sensed something that he hadn't.

Suddenly, he felt something grab him in the back of his arms and pull. He felt the thing fly away with him. He managed to turn his head in mid-air and see what had him. It terrified him. This thing had a huge beak, and evil red eyes. It looked similar to an eagle, but with the body of a predatory cat. It was a gryphon, and it had grabbed him with its claws. Percy couldn't even reach in his pocket and pull out Riptide to try to defend himself. He was powerless, just like in his nightmare.

Then, without warning, three arrows whizzed past his face and stuck in the gryphon. It let out a horrible screech and dropped him. Thankfully, the monster hadn't flown high enough yet that it caused damage when it dropped him. It still hurt of course but no broken bones, which Percy appreciated. He would be one big bruise in the morning though. The monster flew off before it could be shot at again.

Percy looked around for his saviour and saw the same person that was watching him earlier. This time the person obviously had a bow and it was looking off in the distance where the gryphon had flown away. He could see better this time as the person was closer and he could tell that it was a girl. As he got closer to thank her, he noticed details about her and it was no exaggeration to say that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had brown eyes, light brown hair, flawless skin. He felt his heart jump. He couldn't help but stare at her and he almost forgot what made him go there in the first place.

"Um... ah... thanks for shooting that monster," he said gratefully but somewhat stupidly. She shook her head but was laughing slightly.

"It's not like I would let a monster drag off a fellow demigod."

"You're a demigod?"

"What gave it away, the fact that I could see the monster, the bow and arrows, or the fact that I just told you?"

Percy was a little hurt by her response but he understood that he had asked probably the stupidest question of his life (and there had been many).

"So why were you staring at me earlier?"

She blushed slightly at his question but shook it off. "I just had a feeling... it was like I knew that something was going to happen to you."

"So you were protecting me?"

"I just had this feeling that you would need help."

"So that's a yes?" asked a smirking Percy.

"Yes," she responded, glaring hardly at Percy.

"Well thank you, I certainly do appreciate it. It's not every day an amazingly beautiful girl is there to protect and save me."

She blushed again. "Like I said before, it's not like I was just going to leave you," she responded.

"Hey, isn't it weird that I don't even know the name of the girl who rescued me?" he tried hinting.

"No, not really, strangers do kind these for each other all the time," she answered.

"Come on, just please tell me your name," he pleaded.

"Fine, it's Cassie, Cassie Cole," she said softly.

"Cassie is a lovely name. I'm Percy Jackson. It is a real pleasure to meet you." He said while smiling.

"Thank you, I like it too. It's nice to meet you too Percy," she responded, also smiling.

"So which God or Goddess is your parent?"

"I'm the daughter of Hermes."

"But you use a bow and arrows?" Percy asked, confused.

"Well I was a little far away to be able to use my dagger." She answered sarcastically while rolling her eyes.

"Hey, don't get defensive, I wasn't complaining, believe me. I don't care what weapon you use."

Percy then proceeded to ask her many questions like: have you ever been to camp? Why not? Where have you been staying? Have you ever been attacked by monsters? He concluded that she was one of the most powerful of Hermes' children he'd ever seen, maybe even the most. She hadn't been to camp because she hadn't wanted to leave her mother, but recently there had been many monster attacks so she was considering going to camp to minimize the risk of her mother being caught in an attack and harmed or worse.

"I think it would be a good idea for you to come to camp and train, not that you really need it. But it would help to keep you and your mother safe. You could always visit your mother during winters or something."

"I think that's a good idea Percy."

The ride to camp was uneventful (for once), and once they got there, they heard someone's voice.

"Cassie Cole, I've been waiting for you."

AN: My first chapter done! Please let me know what you thought of it and any suggestions you might have.