Chapter 1.
Hooves and Horns
I don't own Pjo, but I do own KAR and MAE...and if you don't know what or who that is...you'll have to read the story to find out
I stumbled through the gravel with my flashlight. Stupid fake feet. I was always tripping over them. Kicking pebbles and dust everywhere, I worked on not getting to close to the edge. I look at my watch. Almost four-thirty. I turned off my flashlight and started forward. A dark silhouette of a person sat in a random place at the edge. As I got closer I heard a bubbly, soft voice singing:
"-You can break my heart
And watch the feelings swirl
But I've got news for you
I'm no ordinary girl-"
"Pretty song" I said turning my flash light back on to find the source of the singing.
"I didn't know anyone was there, but thank you" the voice chuckled at my disadvantage. The flashlight died. I sighed.
"I'd like to sit with you but, I can't see" I complained. The voice laughed.
"The sun will be coming up soon." it said.
"Oh, well what's your name?"
"What's yours?"
"Michael Evans, your turn" I smirked. I heard a sigh. Suddenly and hand grabbed mine and pulled me down. I lost my balance and almost fell off the cliff if it wasn't for the hand that held me in place. I regained balance and sat next to the mystery person.
"Katelynn Rhodes, but I'd prefer you call me Kat" she said. I nodded.
"Sure…Kat" I hesitated. Light seemed to slowly pour into landscape making shrubs and trees visible. I looked down at my feet, hanging off the side of the Grand Canyon. If one of those shoes were to fall off, I couldn't imagine what would happen.
"Where are you from?" Kat asked me. The sun was starting to rise more and more. I could see the outline of her raven hair hanging around her shoulders. She looked over at me. Her big brown eyes stared at me with curiosity, her slightly slanted eyebrows were raised and her thin, pink lips were in a tight line. Her pale cheeks had a few freckles here and there.
"Huh? Oh New York" I muttered. She nodded and looked back at the Canyon floor hundreds of feet down.
"I've always wanted to go there" she said looking back at me.
"Where are you from?" I asked trying to be polite. She sighed.
"San Diego" she muttered distastefully. I briefly saw her straight teeth. They weren't extremely white but, she probably had a pretty smile.
"Oh" was all I could say. She frowned as if to say "Exactly". Then she stood up and stretched out her arms. Then she looked back down at me.
"Wanna walk?" she asked. I shrugged and pushed myself back onto my fake feet.
"Why not?" I shrugged again. She grabbed a small blue backpack from behind a bush and started walking from the way I came. I followed a few feet behind. I got a good look at what she was wearing. Muddy brown hiking boots, dark skinny jeans, and a lightweight plaid snowboarding jacket. Her raven black hair flowed down her back, covering the hood of her jacket. If her arms were hanging at her side, her hair would touch her elbows. I struggled to fake walk through the gravel. When we walked about a foot away, she turned down a small gravel path. We started descending down into the Canyon.
"Water bottle?" Kat asked briefly looking back at me.
"No thanks. Why were you out so early?" I asked rolling my shoulders. I stepped closer to her, careful not to step on her heels.
"I like to watch the sun come up, and I like being up in the morning. What about you?"
"I wanted to take a walk"
"Oh"
"Why do you prefer people to call you Kat?"
"Why do you ask personal questions?"
"Sorry, didn't mean to dig-"
"No it's fine. My dad calls me Kat, and I just like it. You can call me Katie or Katelynn. I don't care" she shrugged.
"Out of all those names I like Katelynn the best" I offered.
"Katelynn it is" she agreed.
"So…Katelynn, are you on vacation?"
"Yes, with my dad, step-mom and my annoying little brat Violet" she sounded angry.
"Didn't want to come?" I asked. She shook her head.
"My friend, Isobel, was having her birthday party today"
"Oh"
"Yup, how bout you?"
"Nah, just traveling with a friend of mine"
"Oh, who's this friend?" she asked hiding her curiosity.
"His name is Trent"
"Trent?"
"Yup"
"Oh" she muttered. We traveled deeper and farther into the Canyon. Millions of cacti and other desert plants surrounded us.
"Is this a actual trail?"
"No, I found it yesterday. Went all the way to the bottom" she snickered. I looked around me as the Canyon walls got higher and higher.
"Katelynn, who old are you?"
"Who old are you?"
"Fourteen" lie.
"Oh I'm twelve." she shrugged. My eyes widened.
"You are, how tall are you?"
"Like five foot one, why?"
"You don't look twelve"
"Well I'm not wearing any makeup, so I guess I naturally look older than I really am. My dad's the same way. He looks sixty, but he's only forty two" Katelynn said rambling on. I nodded.
"Cool" I muttered unfocused.
"Sure" she muttered. Then she picked up speed and walked even faster. I had to trot to keep up with her.
"Gods your fast" I whispered.
"Gods?" she questioned as she suddenly stopped. I slid and tripped over a rock. I landed on my back, making a cloud of dust fly into the air. Katelynn raised her eyebrows and smirked. She offered me her hand. "C'mon twinkle toes, you in the Grand Canyon, if you did that up there" she paused to point up to the ridge we had been sitting on "If would've been bye, bye birdie for you"
"Nice little speech, but unlike you miss ballerina, I'm clumsy and not as graceful. You're like a vampire or an elf" I said grabbing her hand and standing back up. She stared at me.
"Graceful? Miss ballerina? A vampire or and elf? You are the strangest person I've ever met, right down to your hazel eyes and your wispy beard" she said with a confident smile. Then she turned and stalked off to a random bush and sat against it. I came and sat next to her.
"Can I have that water now" I frowned. She laughed.
"Sure" she said unzipping her backpack and handing me a mini water bottle.
"Thanks"
"No Problem" she said pulling out a water bottle for herself. After a long sip, Katelynn stood and threw the bag over her shoulder. "Ya coming twinkle toes, we can't waste time if you want to reach the bottom of the Canyon"
I groaned and stood up next to her "Who said anything about going down to the very bottom?" I whined. Katelynn laughed.
"The half-way mark is a sign that if you push yourself wining is the easiest thing" she said in a sing-song voice. Then she pulled the sleeves over hands and continued her trek down into the Canyon as the sun rose on the sky. After a few minutes, I ran to catch up with her.
"Katelynn, wait, don't start with that poetic crap. Hey, C'mon wait up…no don't start running. Katelynn" I yelled waving my hands over my head.
"Hurry up twinkle toes" she yelled.
"My name is Michael" I screamed.
"Well, mister Michael, twinkle toes, you are slow" she mused as she turned to look at me. I groaned and jogged up to catch her. As soon as I ran, Katelynn turned around and sprinted down the trail. I cursed under my breath. My name was NOT twinkle toes.
Ok here's the new story, Heads up
KAR= Katelynn Anglina Rhodes and MAE= Michael Anthony Evans
I'll update ASAp, Bye!
~Olympian Offspring
P.S the basic, "Your a half-blood" stuff does come up, but much later l:0 unibrow!
