A/N: This is my first fanfic so no mean reviews please. Just advice. Anyways, I do not own PJO, Rick Riordan does. I only own the character I made up which is Stephanie Torres. Oh yeah and also this story takes place before Percy meets Nico and Bianca di Angelo.
The July breeze filled the air. I watched miserably as a young boy hugged his parents. Lucky, I thought to myself. You see, I'm an orphan. My father died right before I was born. I never knew him. My mom on the other hand, she took care of me for 11 years. Then, she left me to fend for myself on the streets. I'm 12 years old now and my name is Stephanie Torres. Yeah so anyways, I've been living on the streets for a year now. I don't know how I've managed to survive all by myself, but here I am still alive.
I sighed and slowly stood up. I started to walk to my home. That is if you consider a cardboard box as a home. I kicked rocks and empty juice boxes as I slowly turned a corner which led to an alley. In the middle of the alley was my cardboard box. I was about to crawl into the box and call it a day when I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye. I spun around.
" Whose there?" I called. No reply. " Whose there?" I asked again, becoming curious. Suddenly, an angry roar echoed through the alley.
" Get out of here!" I yelled. I wasn't afraid until I saw where the roar came from. I was about to tell whatever the thing was that I lived on the streets for a year and that I wasn't afraid when suddenly an eight foot tall creature came out of the shadows and approached me.
It was covered in dark brown hair and had wild, yellow eyes. It had sharp, blood stained teeth that looked like it could pierce through human flesh with no problem.
I gulped. Fear rooted me to the spot. I finally gathered up all my courage and probably said the most stupid thing I had ever said in my whole entire life.
" Um…hi," I said. As soon as I said that I winced at my stupid reply. Um hi? An eight foot tall monster is in front of me and is about to kill me and all I could think of was um hi?! Boy, I'm stupid. The creature suddenly began to speak.
In a low voice it said " You're coming with me, you foolish half-blood ." Half-blood? What the heck was this thing talking about? I was about to ask what in the world was a half-blood, but the creature grabbed my arm before I got the chance and lifted me up in the air. " You'll make a fine edition to the Titan's army," it said.
" Help!" I yelled at the top of my lungs while pawing and kicking the air. "Help!"
" No one can help you now half-blood!" it said, laughing evilly.
" Wrong!" yelled a voice from behind us. The monster turned around and I saw a young boy who looked about 14 with sea green eyes and dark brown hair.
" Well, Well, Well, if it isn't Perseus Jackson," said the monster. " Now, I can bring you both to the General and probably get a promotion," it said satisfied with the idea.
The boy named Perseus yelled "Dream on!" and took out a pen from his pocket.
I couldn't help but yell " What's a pen suppose to do in a situation like this?!" The boy grinned and took off the cap. It suddenly went from a worthless pen to a shiny silver sword outlined in gold. My mouth dropped open. I was stunned by amazement.
" Oh," I said. I couldn't think of anything else to say.
The boy charged at the monster. The monster laughed and swung a fist at Percy. Percy ducked and swung his sword at just below the monsters arm. The monster let out a cry of fury and dropped me.
" Ahhh!" I yelled as I crashed into the Earth with a loud thud. " Ow," I said hoarsely. At least I landed on my back I thought to myself. Then I turned my attention back to the battle.
The monster swung at Percy and Percy slammed into the wall. Percy let out a cry of pain. The monster swung again but this time Percy was prepared. Percy rolled out of the way and stabbed the monster in the heart.
" I'll get you for this Perseus Jackson!" It yelled as it disintegrated into flames. " I'll get you for this!" There was now no trace of the monster. Percy turned towards me.
" I guess I have a lot of explaining to do," said Percy. " But first, we have to get you to Camp Half-Blood."
" Camp what?" I asked.
" Camp Half-Blood," answered Percy. " Follow me. I'll get you to safety."
I wanted to say no but I thought that it was best to follow Percy. So Percy led the way while I followed closely behind.
A/N: I hope you liked it. Chapter 2 is on the way. Please review if you have any advice or if you liked it or not. If you found this chapter boring, well don't worry. This will be the only boring part. I promise. Plz review!