Hello! This is my first fanfiction and the first chapter of it. I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to review. All characters belong to Rick Riordan. I'm borrowing them for the time being.

Part 1

She stood as still as she watched them. They all got to play whilst she had to act like a perfect warrior. Her dagger was sheathed at her side, waiting to be used. She wore a black leather jacket with the words 'Annabeth Chase' embroidered on the pocket. Under the jacket, she wore a black v neck shirt. It showed of her pale chest and some cleavage. There was a silver chain with a silver owl hanging on her neck. Her pants were the same black color with four pockets, two in the front and two in the back. They went down to her ankles and were made of a light denim that made it easy to move in them.

Annabeth was walking in a dark alley behind a Starbucks. She had to meet the Trades Master before midnight. It wasn't like her item for trade was going to turn into a pumpkin. Annabeth was far from a pretty Cinderella. She was a killer.

She had been watching a group of teens around her age, 17, laughing like the world was their playground.

If Annabeth didn't make it to the Trades Master before midnight, she would lose her chance to catch him.

Annabeth worked for the secret protection service, Demigod Protection Agency, or DPA for short. She worked for them to catch the monsters that threaten both the mortal and immortal worlds. The Trades Master was a monster that the DPA had been trying to catch for the longest time and all the other agents had failed to catch.

Annabeth didn't really understand why the DPA didn't just send out their best agent, her. Annabeth had never failed a mission and didn't plan on it. She was the only agent that worked alone and the best fighter. She preferred to fight with her dagger than with a gun like the other agents did.

She had 2 minutes until the Trades Master would be gone. Luckily, Annabeth was nearing the end of the alley. She could see the Trades Master from where she was standing.

A normal person would run in fear after seeing him but not Annabeth. The Trades Master wasn't a super powerful monster, he was just a cyclops, but he was rather smart. He knew when the DPA had plans to attack so the DPA decided to just send out an agent as if they were going to trade something.

Annabeth stopped. The Trades Master stood less than a few meters away. He was in the shadows so Annabeth couldn't really see what he looked like but she knew it was him. Her information was never wrong.

"How can I help you?" he asked.

"I need your help finding someone," Annabeth answered. She decided to stay where the Trades Master couldn't see her name on her jacket.

"Why all the mystery? Let me see you," he said.

"I prefer that you don't know my identity. People are looking for me and I don't want them to find me," Annabeth lied.

"Ah," the Trades Master said, "I could help you for the right price."

Annabeth reached into her pocket and pulled out a twenty dollar bill. "I snagged this off a kid outside of the coffee shop," Annabeth lied again.

"Not the currency I usually ask for but it will work," he said. He usually went for drachmas but Annabeth didn't want to seem too obvious.

"Who are you looking for?" he asked.

Annabeth took a piece of paper out of her jacket and gave it to the Trades Master. She tried to keep down a mischievous smile.

"Is this some kind of joke?" the Trades Master asked angrily. The person in the picture was actually him.

Annabeth laughed.

"Get her!" he yelled to the monsters on either side of him.

Annabeth pulled out her dagger and as the first one came at her, she plunged it into his heart. Annabeth pulled it out and slashed at the other one's arm. Annabeth was like a tornado of blade. She attacked with such speed it was hard to keep an eye on her. Within moments, Annabeth held her dagger's blade to the neck of the Trades Master.

"Who are you?" he asked.

Annabeth didn't speak for a moment but then said, "I'm your worst nightmare."

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