Hey Everyone! This is my first story and I hope you like it! Please review, I really need constructive criticism. I did this first chapter really fast because I wanted to get a story started so this one is a little bit short. I will make the other chapters longer. Disclaimer: I do not own Reyna, Hylla, or Circe, or anything that Rick Riordan has written that I include in my story. I do own some characters that will come into the story later.
It was so long ago, but when the new guy, Percy, and I locked eyes, I remembered it clearly. The hurt, the anguish. . . the love, all leading up to this moment. This is how I got here. This is my story.
"Reyna!" I looked up from my reading and hurriedly covered the gigantic book with my elbows. Hylla, my no-nonsense older sister, who was also the personal assistant of Circe, was standing at the door of the library.
I was studying a book about war strategies. A forbidden book. Circe disliked strategies, she always said that magic and a sorceress' power would win any battle.
I should probably explain myself, I am Reyna, personal apprentice of Circe, in training to be a great sorceress at CC's Spa and Resort. I am thirteen and I have piercing dark eyes and styled glossy black hair in a raven's wing over my shoulder. Circe says I look very beautiful, but whenever I look into a mirror I always think that this cannot truly be me.
"Circe wants you to watch while she redoes another customer." Hylla says, then looks more closely at my elbows. I glance down. The corner of my book is poking out of my dress. Suddenly she grabs it and reads the title, Strategy of the Trojan War. It was a good book, but I could see some mistakes that could have changed the outcome. If I had been leading one of the armies, the battle would have been over a lot faster.
"You know your not supposed to be reading this! Where did you even get this, I thought we had locked them all away!" Hylla snapped. "You know this will have to be reported to Circe and then you will be put on guinea pig duty again."
"Why can't I read them? They aren't doing anything."
"Circe doesn't like strategy, and besides, I wouldn't let you read them even if Circe approved of it!"
"Why not?" I asked suddenly interested.
"Circe is waiting, you better hurry and go to her now, or else she'll be really mad."
I knew she was right, but she had avoided my question, and I was determined somehow, to get to the bottom of this.
I know this chapter was really short, but the next ones will be longer. Please tell me how you liked it and if I have any mistakes please tell me! Please Review!Thanks~ Subra Leonis.