Hiya guys! New multi-chapter story. Sudden inspiration caused me to type this up.
Title: Victory Of The Warriors: The Genuine Ones
Fandom: Percy Jackson
Time Setting: 1500BC
Summary: In a village where males are sacrificed in rituals when they reach the dreaded age of seventeen, one boy decides to make a stand of his own, running away the night before his seventeenth birthday.
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO... blah, blah, blah. I own the plot however.
A/N: I REALLY don't know how this idea sprung up in my head. This is not in any way related to whatever is known about Sparta. There are no gods and demigods, but people of this place strongly believe in magic and mythology and the supernatural. Especially the god Cratos.
VICTORY OF THE WARRIORS
The Genuine Ones
Prologue: When he's had enough.
Three cold shots rang out in the night sky, making the figure in the alley curse. Darting out, he crept behind the dumpsters, not daring to let out a single breath. Once in the clear, he ran at full speed towards the other side of the village, crossing the hill. Away from the village, he slowed down, finally letting out the breath he had been holding.
Turning back, he gazed at the place he had known as his home for sixteen years. His eyes felt prickly, like he had just washed them. When he realized his eyes were wet, he hastily wiped away the sign of weakness. This was it. He was entering a new phase of life now. It was too dangerous to stay here anymore. The gun shots had been evidence of that.
Either stay here and get slaughtered, or go out into the world and make a new life.
He chose to go with the second choice.
He had just escaped his brother's murder. The twin brother, who, having been born three minutes earlier than him, had his birthday one day before him. He was not going to be the next guinea pig of Circe's manic rituals.
Leo Valdez was leaving Sparta, the place that sacrificed males' lives when they turned seventeen, to please Cratos, the god of strength.
Leo Valdez was turning seventeen tomorrow.
And he was not going to get killed. He had had enough of that village.
Tell me what you guys think. I know this chapter's really, really short, but whatever.
I'll try to update soon. Key word: try to.