One ; Meadow

Meadow quickly came to conclusion that being teased by demigods was much worse than being teased by mortals. She was used to the giggles and the eye rolls from her peers at school and even just strangers in public, but secret whispers and half-bloods looking away when you came into view was a billion times worse. Meadow knew these were the people she was stuck with. She was now stuck with a title tattooed across her forehead: The Only Child of The Big Three to be Incredibly Unheroic. With a name like Meadow, she'd assumed a minor god or something and she could just fade back, like she always did. Though, now she realized that would not be the case. She would forever live in the shadows of her hero of a brother and her sister, Valentine, who wasn't exactly heroic, but definitely intimidating. Both, however, were tall and built and had glares that could make someone quake in fear. Meadow knew blatantly, she did not. She would be the baby and a good laugh to everyone else.

She quickly learned after being claimed, to keep her head down and try to be invisible. The whole idea of being the daughter of Poseidon was dumb to her, she wasn't even that big a fan of the water. Percy and Valentine could spend all day there. Valentine caught up with her little Juneabe (who was annoying if you asked Meadow), and Percy who would just go under and never come up. Meadow watched most the time. They invited her to be nice, she was their sister after all. Though, they never paid her much thought. They would try and get her to get in the water, but she would always say she didn't have a swim suit on or she didn't want to catch a cold. They always told her she was full of dumb excuses, but never pushed.

Meadow would never admit it, but she was extremely jealous of Valentine. She was the perfect young half-blood, other than her already being a single mother, she was nothing less than a blossoming heroine. She was tall and strong and built to fight. She towered over most of the other campers and was barely fifteen. She was beautiful. She caught attention from everyone. Her eyes matched their brother's perfectly. Her hair was lighter, however, but long and thick. Meadow was only a year younger and she was scrawny, short, and looked like a fifth grader. This was the reason people always talked behind her. She was a child of the sea, a child of the mighty Poseidon, but she did not live up to the expectation. Brown eyes, golden brown hair, brown skin. Meadow was not typical, that was for sure. She was a perfect reflection of her mother. Valentine was well liked and good at this and that. She had Percy wrapped around her finger. It would've been cool to bond with him the way she had, Meadow thought. Though, there was no similarities between them. They had nothing to bond over, even though they did share a parent.

Meadow disappeared most days, and her siblings never asked. Meadow wanted to be in her siblings' littler circle of friends, but they were heroes in training. They were nothing like Meadow. She did know, however, plenty of other campers felt this way. Except, they unlike her, were not being judged alongside the savior of Olympus. They could just sit back and hide. It was Andie who showed her this side of the camp. Andie was just another kid no one knew. She had some really elegant name that Meadow could never remember, but called herself Andie. She always seemed to have a pack of cigarettes tucked in her pocket and the tips of her hair dyed a different color. Andie was not quite as pretty. Her auburn hair was chopped off funny just under her ears and her eyes were just a regular, unoriginal, brown. She always smelled like cigarettes and wore too much eyeliner. She spat between sentences and Andie never laughed, she just kind of gave a menacing chuckled and a wicked smirk

At the particular second, Meadow was at the Poseidon table, Valentine and Percy were laughing about something and Meadow was just sort of glaring down at her plate of ravioli. She'd gotten pretty wrapped up in thought until Juneabe tapped her shoulder.

"Meadow?" June asked. It came out more like Merow in her toddler tongue.

Meadow might have jumped if she hadn't noticed Juneabe decided to sit next to her on the bench, instead of her mother. But she just sort of looked her and rose an eyebrow. Now Valentine and Percy were looking at her.

"You alright, Meadow?" Percy asked her.

Meadow tried to laugh it off, but it came out more like an awkward huff. "The bee's knees."

The table was silent, then. June kept looking at her while getting cheese all over her cheeks. It took a few moments but eventually Valentine pulled Percy back into a conversation. The pavilion was dismissed and Percy ran off to catch up with his girlfriend, Annabeth, and Valentine went to take June to the bathroom. Leaving Meadow looking stranded, since Andie was nowhere in sight. The campfire seemed to drag on forever without Andie sitting beside her making snide comments. Sure, they were usually incredibly rude, but nevertheless they were funny.

Meadow had zoned out the second time for that day when Andie plopped down next to her with Lev trailing behind. "What did I miss?" She whispered, managing to get some spit on Meadow. Meadow just wiped it away and grinned. "Four awful throwback songs and two kids throwing oogly eyes at each other."

Andie did one of her awful snort laughs. "Sounds about right."

Meadow directed her attention to Lev. "Hey, Lev, how are ya'?" She smiled at him softly.

He blinked at her and stuttered out an: "I'm alright," Lev was always nervous. Meadow couldn't seem to find it annoying. He was a good kid. He just got into a lot of trouble because he got dragged around by his twin sister, Andie. Though, Meadow was sure they weren't dead or in prison because Lev was the sensible one and didn't let Andie drag him into anything too dangerous.

Meadow ended up with her head in Andie lap; Andie playing with her hair. Andie had a crust made of imperial gold, but something about Meadow just made her drill a little hole for her crawl through so she could make a home in the soft, sweet center. Andie was telling her about the time Lev got stuck in a tree and she had to climb up and carry him down. Lev gave a little detail here and there, but as usual, Andie did most of the talking. They were talking in whispers and laughing silently as Andie combed her fingers through Meadow's thick, wavy gold hair. Meadow hated brushing it, she just had too much to worry about it every morning. She usually just tucked it away in a bun and called it a day. So, Andie's fingers kept getting caught.

"You know," Andie began. "Being a kid of Athena is not all it's cracked up to be, Russo." Andie said using Meadow's last name for emphasis. "The entire cabin is a bunch of know-it-alls. The worse part is they do actually know most everything."

Meadow laughed. "And you don't exactly match the rest of them,"

Andie rolled her eyes. "I'm aware, Meadow. No one even knew Athena had twins until Lev and I came around." Andie was grinning her signature crooked grin. "And your brother's little honey is the most annoying of them all." Andie raised her chin and mockingly cleared her throat. "I'm Annabeth Chase and I think I know everything just because I'm the architect of Olympus. Everyone worships me and I think I'm better than you." Meadow was shaking her head with a smile through Andie's impersonation. "The only sane person in that stinkin' cabin in Malcom and Karma. And Karma seems to constantly have a stick up her ass."

"At least there is someone sane in your cabin. Valentine is all high and mighty and Percy is an actual idiot. And then there's the kid,"

Now Lev was giggling beside them. "You guys are gonna get us in trouble!" Meadow laughed.

Andie rolled her eyes. "You sound as if that's something new."

The campers were wrapping up whatever they were doing and leaving in all directions.

"I'm gonna take one last smoke before lights out, you comin'?" Andie asked, standing.

Meadow nodded following behind her. They moved beside the crowd then ducked toward the forest. Andie always took her cigarette breaks right on the border between the forest and the rest of camp. She lit the end and took a deep drag. Lev was awkward as ever, not really knowing what to do with himself. Meadow held out her hand for Andie to give her the cigarette.

Andie rose an eyebrow. "You sure, babygirl?"

Meadow grumbled taking the cigarette from her. "Don't call me that, Andie." She put the butt between her lips and took a hard drag. It burned all down her throat and into her lungs.

"Touchy," Andie mumbled grabbing back for the cigarette. Andie finished the cigarette and wound her arm into Meadow's. "Let's hurry," Andie whispered. "I'm not sure we can afford to be late for lights out again."

Meadow gave a short laugh. "As if you truly care,"

Andie snorted back. "I guess you're right." She stopped infront of Meadow's cabin. "But I'm giving my cabin 'a bad name'. Poor Annabeth has an trouble child to deal with." Andie mocked.

Meadow rolled her eyes. "Night, Andie."

Valentine was not pleased to see Meadow show up late, again. "Explain yourself, missy." Her arms were crossed and her eyes were all tight. Valentine was probably the most annoying person Meadow had ever met. Though, if she could she would switch lives with her.

"I was out with Andie," Meadow said confidently, striding to her bunk.

Percy sighed. "You know Andie's bad news, Meadow. Annabeth told me-"

Meadow groaned. "I don't care. Yes, Andie is rough around the edges but she is an amazing person. Stop worrying about me so damn much. I can take care of myself."

Valentine rolled her eyes. She was going to drop the topic. She may have been maternal, but she didn't care much for Meadow. Percy, however, was watching Meadow.

"We only worry because we care-"

"Bull, Percy. You don't care when they others tease. 'Poseidon's flop', 'The good for nothing', 'you call that a child of the big three?'. Bull 'you care'. Valentine over there just cares about herself and that annoying brat of hers-"

"Meadow!" Both of her siblings yelled at once.

Meadow sighed. "Sorry, I went to far."

Percy sighed and motioned for her to come sit next to him. Reluctantly, Meadow obliged. "You may be the smallest, but that does not make you less. I didn't know the others were picking on you, honest."

The entire conversation felt the cigarette smoke, but not only in her lungs, but in her stomach and heart and everywhere else. Guilt, she decided.

"Well, they are." Was all Meadow replied with.

Percy sighed again and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "I'm sorry. I should have asked sooner."

Meadow shrugged his arm off and stood, moving back to her bunk. "It's ok, I guess, but I'm tired. So, night. And sorry Valentine."

Valentine just watched her and gave her a soft nod.

So my name's Kaylee and this is my first fanfiction in a very long time. This is going to OC heavy but still include the main protagonists. The entire idea is thought out to a tee, so it is only a matter of actually writing it. You can find me at .com. It would be super is you left reviews? Don't hate my characters just yet, you haven't even seen the worst of them yet. ((Personally I want feedback on my characters and characterization of Percy since he's not mine?)) But yeah. Hope you like it. I should get to update within the next few days.