Hey Everyone, this will be my First ever story on Fanfiction. So i hope to make it a good one. If you read the description you will know this is a romance fanfic on Percy and Annabeth baced on WW1, the time is 1916, which is in the middle of the war and 2 years before it ends. My nephew really inspired me to do this story since he is now a soldier. So this fanfiction really is for him, a tribute if you may say. Anyway i hope you enjoy the first chapter of Lovers Letters, and chapter two is on its way!
By the way - oOo stands for a scene change, you wil find them in this chapter for when the scene of the book changes to another setting.
Chapter One- 1916
On a warm spring day, where the trees seem to meet the sun. You may find couples walking in a nearby park. Or, a fresh apple, just in reach of a grabbing hand.
You would think most stories would start this way. If all stories started off like this, what would we think of the story?
So, let me make this clear to you, that I will not start this story at this time period. Let's go back a few years.
1916.
Do you know this time period? If you don't then I think that's where we will start this story, but if you do know where this story will lead. Then you will also know
it starts at…
…The brink of war…
oOo
"Line up men!" A strong voice boomed. A man about 6'4 came out of a small cabin. He had his high boots, dark green colored army suit and a bowl helmet. His
face looked as if he had seen the devil and lived to tell the tale. But his eyes showed pain. He looked like he was a living carcass, with a really bad after shave.
"I'll call your name, if you don't answer a check goes by your name, and the remains of your body will be sent in a nice handmade box." The man growled, pulling
out a clip broad with burnt pages dangling from the small clip at the top.
"Stoll, Conner."
"Here"
"Fletcher, Lee."
"Here"
"Beckendorf, Charles."
A silence, it seemed even the wind itself stopped in its course listening for the word that will say you're alive, but no sound came accept the sound of pen on
paper.
"Valdez, Leo."
"Here"
"Jackson, Percy."
"H-here sir"
It seemed like hours before boot steps were heard by the ears of the soldiers.
"20 of you sorry men!" The captain crooked "20!" The captain dropped the clip broad onto the crimson stained ground, his hand reached to his stubble chin as he
eyed each man in line.
"At this rate we will die in a few days, so send your love letters now, because you won't see your lovers again if you men keep it up"
The captain raised his hand in discuss "at ease men" he stuttered , walking back to the small cabin.
oOo
A bomb sounded, and gravel flew. As men ranging from age 16 or older ran for cover.
"Percy! This way, follow me." a man about 19 yelled, his short hair and wide shoulders made him look as if he was a human bulldozer, but all the soldiers knew
he was a softy.
"I'm kind of focused on not getting blown up! When I have the time, I'll come follow you. But for Now I'm trying to walk without someone yelling HIT THE DECK!"
a man by the name of Percy yelled after the boy, as his bowl helmet slid down his sweat covered face.
"How long is this bloody war?" Percy mumbled his limbs burning with pain from the constant movement.
"If you keep it up, at this rate Jackson the war won't be too long for you!" yelled another man following up behind as he grasped Percy's arm and hulled it over
his shoulder.
"Thanks for coming Leo" the man in front whispered as he lowered his body under a hill covered with dead men.
"No problem Frank, always helping out a fellow soldier" Leo mumbled yanking Percy's arm pulling him down to their level.
"So, what do we have here?" Leo said in a low voice, his jaw seemed to be lopsided as his hair panted his dark skinned face.
"a few French, not to many though, I think we can take them." Frank muttered, raising his gun, as he loaded it up with a few bullets.
"Time to fight, for what's right."
Thank you for reading this first chapter. I know it is short but it is planed that way, i didnt want to shorten up chapter two, and even if i did it would ruin the effect of the ending in the first chapter. i do apologize if there is any grammer issues, and i hope there isn't a lot. but other then that, thank you again. Hope you Liked!