Chapter one: Letters home to Mommy
I walked slowly to the office; this was the part about getting kicked out of school I hated, going to the office after the fight or, the cussing or, the "behavior unbecoming of a girl in our care". I thought about what had gotten me here.
I was sitting with Grover and Amanda. We were peacefully eating lunch when out of the blue Bitchy Ms. Prissy comes over and insults my boots. Now normally I would just flip her off and ignore her but these boots are the only gift my Father ever gave me they showed up at my front door on my last birthday. Creepy right? But anyways, Insults turned into slapping which turned into a fistfight and caused an ER trip for Dear head cheerleader prissy pants.
I slid into the only empty seat in the overcrowded office and began to sulk. I was proud of myself though; I made it a whole semester and a half this time. This was going to be my tenth school in the past 3 school years. I guess I just had a "fight or fight" attitude instead of a "Fight or flight" attitude. I was surprised that Mom could find any schools in New York any more.
"Ms. Jackman please step into my Office." My principal said with false kindness. I HATE fake people.
"Right away Mrs. Devil." I used my innocent voice and dropped into character.
"Do you know why you're here Thea?"
"Oh of course," my voice dropped slightly. "I really am very sorry! It was a HUUUUUGE misunderstanding. You see it started out when Ms. Dario insulted me and it just escalated. I never meant to hurt anybody, really I didn't." I said stuttering throughout (lying is hard you know).
"Well Ms. Jackman, We have a strict non-violence policy in school. And to not expel you could be called favoritism and we can't have that!" she said overly sweetly. I'm not four Fucking years old Bitch! ", SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW!" I had stood and gotten into a fighting pose accidently.
"Just send the Damn letter to my mother, I'll go clear out my locker and return my books. Just one favor, can I go to my last Greek mythology class?" I almost begged for my class.
"Go to your classes for the day, your mother will be picking you up today." I didn't even bother to thank her I walked out of the office and headed to the only room that brought me joy.
"Hi Mr. Thorn!" I said uncharacteristically happily.
"Thea, is something bothering you?" Mr. Thorn asked seeing how weird I was acting.
" I got kicked out. Tenth time since sixth grade. I don't have anywhere left. And these monsters are chasing me, like the ones we learn about in class. No one believes me though, and sometimes when I'm not thinking about it I'll start to like sword fight with…. The air. Mom says it's like I'm in a trance or something." I looked at him expecting the look I got from Amanda. I didn't get it; instead he looked at me worriedly.
"Thea tell me something. Can you translate this for me." I looked at it and began to read it aloud. I looked up and finished saying it. It was something my mom had said at night when I was little.
"Mr. Thorn, why did you just have me read something my mother said to comfort me in Greek? What I had just said sunk in. I just read in Greek. "And When the hell did I learn Greek?" he smiled at me in that way where I knew what ever he was about to say was not going to make sense at all.
"It's the way your brain works. You know how you get into fights a lot and you have ADHD and dyslexia and you are chased by monsters. Your father is a god. " He looked at me seriously. "If I give you an address and the keys to a car can you drive there?" I stared at him.
"Mr. Thorn, I'm only thirteen! I mean yeah, I can hotwire a car too. You actually condone underage driving?" I was super excited. Normally adults laughed at me when I asked to drive or drink or anything remotely mature.
"Not exactly condone, this is a special situation. When you get to the address on this card ask for Clarisse LaRue, I think you will find her a good match of character." He handed me a business card and grabbed for keys.
"Thanks Mr. Thorn! But, keep the keys there's a car I want to take. I feel some angst towards a certain cherry red Ferrari owner. Oh and BTW can I stop by my apartment to grab some extra clothes and crap?" he looked at me thinking.
"I think you will be taken care of at camp, just go. Don't worry I just want you to be safe. Actually go get Grover then go." I dragged Grover out of the courtyard and explained our situation he didn't seem surprised tough. Go figures! Everyone knew but me.
On the way out of the school I grabbed my My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and P!TD CDs and my CD player. I went to grab my phone but Grover told my not too. We walked out and I hotwired Mrs. Devil's car.
We drove for a quite a while and came upon a hill with a large tree on it. "So do I drive in or do I walk in?" I asked Grover.
"Either." And so I drove up the hill and then I saw many cabins all so very different. A forest, a strawberry field, and a lake were also present. I had seen this in a dream.
I parked the car and walked over to the cabin I was the most drawn to, it reminded me of war, I liked. I knocked on the door. It didn't open, so I (being ever so polite) barged in.
"Is Clarisse LaRue here?"
"Who's asking?" a girl probably 16 years old asked. She had an "I'll crush you" look. She didn't scare me…much.
"Mr. Thorn sent me. He said I should come here and ask for you, Said something about a good match of character." And then she started staring at my head. I looked up and over my head was a glowing chariot. I know you're thinking that is not possible but it wasn't a real chariot it was an image. Then I looked at my clothes, I was wearing full out battle armor, my boots had been shined and I had a sword!
"ARES!" I screeched in Excitement. "My dad Is ARES! FUCK YEAH BITCHES!" Clarisse looked at Grover. And then it all went black.
Author's Note: Tell me if you like it. The main character is based off me so Please don't diss her.
DISCLAIMER! I only own THEA and any other characters I create. All others are purely the works of Rick Riordan!