Chapter 1

I woke up to the chime of a glass grandfather clock on the other side of the room. My vision was blurry, meaning I couldn't see much but a smudge of white light. The room came into focus. I was encased in a cylindrical glass case with cold steam settling down. It felt so cold and there was ice frozen all around my body and clothes. Looking down, I found myself wearing a white shirt with a large bloody rip on the front and black trousers stained with soot, blood and ashes.

The machine whirred into life as the glass case slid open slowly releasing the cold steam out into the room. I sat up and saw a room with different various machine prototypes and blueprints all across the room. The room was modern, with a desk and a laptop with a large blue glowing delta in the middle. The walls were pure white but for one which was constructed of glass, allowing a view of... I don't know. It looked like a city with giant spear-like towers pointing into the night sky with tiny yellow specks of light illuminating the whole landscape of the night. I felt like I have never seen such a brilliant view before in my whole life.

I stood up. I instantly felt queasy and dizzy. I had a severe headache and my body was not at ease with itself. I dragged myself towards the desk and slumped down on the chair. I sat there completely oblivious of where I was, what I was doing in that machine and... I didn't know who I was. My name, where I came from, my age... But how? I didn't remember a thing. Some things flashed through my head. Short shards and pieces of my memory. Athena, Olympus, gods.

I decided to get out of here and find some answers. I went through a door that slid open to my surprise. I ended up in a compartment, a library. I gaped at the sheer size of the library. It was full of huge assortment of books from history to mechanics to philosophy and science. I had a I couldn't help but reach out for the first book there was and read. I loved books. At least there were some things I remembered. I swiped through half of the book in a matter of seconds and managed to read the whole book in a minute. It was strange because I could remember nearly everything the book said, like I was absorbing every last word of it. I carried on reading to my curiosity of the world I was living in.

I spent my whole time here in the library and I learned a lot by reading. But, unfortunately, I did not find anything in the books about myself. I picked another book and read the cover. Complete edition of Greek mythology. I opened to the first chapter and I saw the title: Perseus and the quest to slay Medusa. Perseus... Yes my name is Perseus. More memories came back to me. My mother is Athena and my dad's name is James and there was a girl. She was called Emily.

Something felt really hot in my pocket. I looked down at my pocket to find a circular white glow in my pocket. I took it out and I examined it. It was shaped like a coin, a drachma. On one side there was a picture of a woman's head protruding with an olive leaf on the left side of the coin. On the other side of the coin was a picture of an owl with its wings spread, chiselled on. Above the owl were Greek letters engraved on the coin. The letters were "alpha theta epsilon" with spears crossing over the Greek letters. Above the AΘE was another Greek inscription. It said "δικαστύς" meaning judgement or the judge. I flicked the coin and a sword suddenly appear in the palm of my hand. It was made of bronze excluding the leather strap the wrapped around the handle of the sword.

"Celestial bronze," a voice murmured behind me and I swung my sword at the person. I pointed it at the neck of the man standing calmly and staring at me with a concerned look. The man was in his fifties. His hair was grey and cut short. He was wearing a trenchcoat with a large pocket stitched on. He also wore black mountain climbing pants and a white shirt that looked like as if it had been dumped on a pile of soot.

"You seem to be very familiar with that blade, child of Athena."

"Who are you?" I demanded.

"My name is Daedalus. You should know who I am, at least. There is no time, you must follow me. They are coming..."

"Who's comi-"

"We have got to go now!"

I layed down my sword and it somehow knew that I didn't need it at this moment and turned back into a coin.

"Come on we must hurry!"

Daedalus grabbed my hand and we ran towards the library entrance. I could hear distant footsteps getting closer. The doors of library slid open and we went through. I suddenly realised that the room I was sleeping in had changed or swapped with a corridor with cobwebs and scratches on the stone walls. There were Ancient Greek inscriptions on the walls.

"Wait how did you do that? I mean this was the room I was sleeping in!"

"Yes, I'll explain everything I can after we get out but we have no time. The minions of the Titan Kronos are coming after me and they will get you too. I'm here to protect you, child of Athena. This is the Labyrinth that I have built for king Minos of Crete to keep the Minotaur in ancient times. Now I live here."

"Well, that explains a lot of things," I groaned sarcastically.

"No time, hurry!"

The sound of monsters growling and people shouting orders were getting louder. We went through another door and we saw daylight through the entrance. Daedalus got through but then a sword appeared at my throat and I froze. Daedalus looked back at me.

"Too late Daedalus. Your friend here is going to die if you do not give us Ariadne's string."

"No!"

I glimpsed back slightly and I saw a teenager with blonde hair around 17, 18 years old with bright blue eyes.

"Luke Castellan, you don't need to do this."