Hope Leppert and the Gods Collection

by professorscooby

Hope Leppert; A girl who learned how to live on the streets. Hope learns about friendship and traitors and learns about a few more things along the way. Then, Hope is assigned a quest. And what is it, you ask? It is to find her father's missing Thyrsus. Hope has to learn to have actual hope in herself along the way to complete the quest. Then there are the other quests and heroes..

Chapter One: I Find A Camp

With sweat beaded across my forehead, I continued to sprint, running away from the monster that was advancing on me. It reminded me of a monster I learned in my Latin class- the Laestrygonians. I was currently running towards a huge hill, in hopes of getting away from the Laestrygonians. They were taunting me, throwing huge fireballs that I nearly dodged over and over.

I risked to look back, just to see them still rampaging after me, without breaking a sweat. I sighed deeply, the sound getting lost in the wind. My thin winter coat was barely enough to keep me warm. The boots I wore didn't help me aswell, it just slowed me down, and I still had numbing in the toes. I flexed my leg muscles, gaining a few more feet.

Almost there, I kept thinking. I decided I could probably not lose them, so I stopped running and turned around. The Laestrygonians were grinning nastily to themselves. I panted, trying to gain back my breath, plus the stomach I lost a while back. I pulled a medium sized stick from the ground, but it probably wasn't enough. I took a deep breath, and ran towards them, stick in hand, prepared for a battle.

Apparently though, the Laestrygonians seemed to disappear, leaving behind a pile of golden dust.

Had I imagined the whole thing?

I walked cautiously up the dust, and touched it. It felt like normal sand, so I let it get lost into the wind. I stayed there for a few minutes, freezing in my boots, thin socks, light jacket, jeans, and a thin purple shirt. I turned around, and continued heading towards the hill.

Once I reached the top of the hill, I looked back. I realized I just ran through a strawberry-picking field.

Woops.

I turned back around, and to my surprise, a person was jogging up here. The girl had blond hair and intimidating grey eyes. She wore a orange shirt and grey pants, along with a pair of boots. She seemed to be focused on me, and analyzing my every move.

"Hello?" I called down to the girl.

She broke her gaze for a second, then just returned to what she was doing. I decided to walk down the hill to meet her. So, we met in the middle.

"Who are you?" The girl asked.

"I'm Hope Leppert." I replied.

"I'm Bella. Come along, we better get you inside Camp."

"What?" I asked.

"You'll see." She said, smirking at me.