CHAPTER ONE
It had been a little less than a year since the battle with the Titans. Many demigods were killed those fateful days in New York City but with the rise of demigods claimed, the numbers were adding up to even more than were lost. Lindsey was one of the many that had been claimed in the days that followed, as her mother was one of the gods that had supported Kronos through everything. Though some of the fellow campers were hesitant on trusting her, many had known her since she was ten years old and trusted her with their lives. She was powerful, the only ones stronger than her were Nico di Angelo, Percy Jackson, Thalia Grace, and Annabeth Chase. When she was fifteen, she started training harder and harder in hopes of becoming a searcher, and finally, on her seventeenth birthday, she got her wish.
As Lindsey Cook walked into the school, the florescent lights buzzing, she could feel the presence of everyone in the hallway. She had been trained to do this, one of the few demigods that were allowed to scout schools around the country for fellow demigods. This was her first mission. In a small town in Upstate New York, Chiron had felt a presence that was strong. Not as strong a child of the Big Three, but stronger than most of the regular campers that they got.
As the daughter of Hecate, goddess of magic and witchcraft, Lindsey had a very strong control over the Mist. Though it was almost the end of the school, her Mist told the teachers and students otherwise. For all they knew, she had been going to that high school for years. She was posing as a senior, as she was seventeen, going to a class every now and then but mostly looking for signs from the students.
It happened one day during lunch, the one thing she had been looking for. Lindsey was sitting in a corner of the lunchroom by herself, scanning the students. All seemed to be going normally until one of the tables suddenly got quiet. Lindsey's head whipped over to the table, narrowing her eyes. One girl, Kelley, Lindsey believed her name was, was staring off into space. But there was something in her eyes that Lindsey recognized, something she had seen at camp from time to time. This girl was having a vision. However, that didn't immediately tell Lindsey who this girl's parent was, many of the gods specialized in some form of prophecy.
Kelley was off in space for almost a minute when she came back to reality. She went on as if nothing odd had happened, she couldn't remember, while her friends were giving her weird looks. A few minutes later, Kelley headed over to the garbage can to dump her tray and headed out into the hallway towards the bathrooms. It was only then that Lindsey saw the familiar dark skinned cheerleader following after Kelley.
"Kelli," she hissed to herself and stood up, walking out of the lunchroom behind them. Once in the hallway, Kelley was about to open the bathroom door when Lindsey shouted, "Kelli!"
Both girls turned around, as their names were the same, though the spelling was different. Lindsey flicked her wrist at her mother's servant and Kelli slammed against the painted brick wall.
Just by looking at her, Lindsey knew Kelley wanted to scream. It was understandable, she had no idea what was going on. Lindsey hissed something under her breath, waving her hand at Kelley who became Immobilized. She couldn't speak, she couldn't move. The only thing that was moving were her eyes, wide and staring at Lindsey.
Lindsey turned to the empousa who had stood up stiffly. "Kelli, I thought you were killed for at least a lifetime last year. What happened? Mother bring you back?" Lindsey sneered, her mother loved her monsters, and being down in the Underworld with Persephone, she had nothing better to do.
"You're mother did nothing! She left me there to rot." Lindsey could see Kelli for what she really was through the mist, her donkey leg and her bronze one, the hair of fire. By the look on her face, Kelley could see past it too.
"You deserved to rot! My mother did too, how dare you go against Olympus? How dare you help the Titans? What would they have done for you?"
"You demigods are all so narrow-minded. The age of the Titans was the Golden Age, unlike that of the Olympians. They don't do anything, they care about nothing and no one but themselves. Having their children play games in a little camp?" she scoffed. "How pitiful."
Lindsey glared at the empousa. "You better leave now, Kelli. When you still have a body," she slipped the ring off her finger and pushed the amethyst down. The ring suddenly transformed into a Celestial Bronze sword.
Kelli glared at the weapon and disappeared in a shadowy haze.
Lindsey pushed the amethyst on the hilt down and the sword turned back into a ring, which she put back on her finger. She turned towards Kelley and walked a few steps towards her. "Don't be afraid of me. I'm here to help you," she said calmly. "I'm going to unfreeze you and you're going to have to listen to me," she said. Kelley made an eye movement that looked like a nod so Lindsey said a few words of Magic and Kelley unfroze.
((Lindsey's Note)) Thank you everyone for reading the very first chapter of...THE MAGIC SUN! So this is me and my friend, Kelley's first story together and if you like what you read, REVIEW! We're only going to continue if you do so. If you want to read more of my stories, my profile is .net/~sleeplessdream50 and Kelley's is .net/~iloveseaweedbrain . HOPE YOU LIKE US! 3
