When Heroes meet
Hey readers! Thanks for your interest in this fanfic I hope you'll enjoy it. I'll be including characters from The Heroes of Olympus, The Mortal Instruments, and Harry Potter. I'll be switching POVs per every chapter, or possibly more than once per chapter, but it will depend on what makes the most sense. Updating will be slow, as I have school and homework to deal with, but we'll see. Thanks for bearing with me.
Chapter 1: Morning commute, Macy's, and Monsters
Percy
So there we were, five demigods walking through New York City's sidewalks at morning rush hour. Annabeth, Jason, Piper, and Nico and I bumped through a flood of mortal commuters, being jostled about as the crowd streamed through.
Nico winced as a commuter accidentally clipped him with his briefcase, screaming into a Bluetooth headset as he did. "Gods, I think ghouls in the Underworld have more manners than this."
Jason glanced at Piper, and grimaced, as if he'd tasted something sour. "Uh, you might be wrong there. Remember that incident with Antinous and his suitor army? That didn't go so well. For them, I mean."
I grinned, remembering Jason's encounter with ex-Praetor Michael Varus, who had gone over to Gaea after his death. "Yeah, I remember. How was it being an old man Grace?"
"Well, mainly it sucked. I think Hazel outdid herself there." Jason made a face.
Annabeth rolled her storm-gray eyes in exasperation. "Yes, well if you boys are done, I think we're almost at the Heroes Counsel. The map only goes so far, so we'll be relying on our own navigation from here on."
I glanced over her shoulder at the street map she held aloft. "Hey Wise Girl, I thought you just updated most of Cabin 6's maps and scrolls. How come this one dosen't cover as much ground?"
Annabeth frowned thoughtfully, her brow furrowing. "I could have sworn on the Styx that I had changed this one as well. It could be that the meeting's location is unplottable. It might not show up on maps. A GPS or other digital guides would go haywire."
Just like Ogygia, I thought. Immediately I felt a surge of guilt as I remembered the island, and its prisoner.
Just then, Piper's eyes widened. "Guys! I see something over there in that department store!"
Jason groaned, and I echoed the sentiment. "If it's clothes shopping time, I'll be outside."
Before I could add my support and approval to the newly formed "I hate clothes shopping club", Nico spoke up, startling the rest of us He'd stayed quiet for most of the trip, silently shadowing the main group.
"I think Piper's right about that. There's a blue glow in that "Macy's" over there. I'm afraid it might be a-"
"An entrance to the Labyrinth." Annabeth muttered a Greek curse. "Of course. The gods would make us go into that place again. Naturally."
Piper shrugged. "Well, as long as we don't meet Medea under there, I'm in for a little shopping trip! Hopefully it's tamer now, and easier to navigate."
Jason smiled wryly, addressing the group "I think that in all of our questing experiences, the most dangerous way is usually the right way to head. And that's worked out okay so far, seeing as we're all still alive."
I nodded in answer. "Now, shall we go shopping? I haven't had my dangerous near-death experience of the day." We drew our weapons, and stepped through the glass sliding doors.
-Sorry for the short chapter, I'm getting off the ground with this story so hopefully from now on they'll be at least a thousand words. I will also switch to a 3rd person perspective to better fit the writing styles of the source material. -unrequited
