(A/N) OMGs I have no idea what I am doing right now. :D I hope this will end out ok. :D I have completely fallen in love with all of Rick's other books, so I thought I might give writing a shot.
Disclaimer: Rick Riordan is the actual author. I do not own: Heroes of Olympus or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I am just another one of those people that feel inspired by Rick's work.
Chapter 1: Annabeth
It had been 8 months since Annabeth had seen her boyfriend Percy. But here she was on a flying ship, heading to a place called New Rome, to save the world….. Yet again.
I wonder who thought that name up. Smiling (for the first time on this trip) as she thought about New Rome. The deck was pretty much empty when Annabeth looked around; only the sound of Leo's constant tinkering from down the stairs told her that everyone was still on board. On the mast flew a white truce flag, Annabeth hoped that the Romans would see that first, but that wouldn't really happen when the ship that was connected to the mast, was a massive flying warship.
Her gaze moved to the ballistae, then to the deck again. The warship began to decrease altitude slowly, weaving its way through the clouds, Annabeth could finally see the hills passing by slowly from above, and then she spotted it. New Rome was secretively nestled in between hills; one could almost travel above it without noticing it. She marvelled at the structures that filled the town, she gazed at the columns and fountains and flying statues. Wait flying statues?
A loud horn sounded suddenly, people started to stream out of buildings, Annabeth almost forgot about the flying statue when she heard a sharp crack. Snapping to attention Annabeth went for her dagger.
"RIDICULOUS! UNACCEPTABLE." The statue had landed on the ship, and now it was talking….. Piper, Leo and Jason came running up onto the deck.
"Woah, I don't remember ordering a statue…" Leo thought out loud, a look of surprise on his face, while Jason on the other hand didn't look surprised at all.
"Flying over, with a warship, how thick are you graeceus!" The statue muttered venomously.
"Relax terminus, it's me Jason, you know the Praetor, I have come back home. And I bring some of my friends."
"Huh, friends…. Yes I remember you Jason, although I do recall you don't have the Praetor position anymore, and I hope you do realise that you are flying this monstrosity into Rome, which is against all protocols." Terminus the statue retorted. Jason obviously startled about not having his praetor position, did not reply.
"Now, look her buddy! This mighty ship is not a monstrosity alright!? It could easily blow you and Rome into the sky!" Leo roared, trying to protect his pride in his ship. Obviously those words weren't the best to say at the moment seeing as Jason suddenly threw his hand up in front of Leo's face stopping him from saying anything more. Annabeth stepped in front of the two as they each struggled against each other. She quickly composed her face, hiding the annoyance in Leo for reacting to something as irrelevant as that.
"Um, I am sorry Mr Terminus, but you see we are on this quest and we have to speak to your Praetors, so if you wouldn't mind just letting us land and so we can talk to them?" Piper slowly walked to a stop in front of Terminus, her words thickly laced with emotion. Annabeth felt sorry for Terminus he wouldn't be able to do anything but let them land, Piper's charm speak was to powerful.
"I-I-I guess I could let you could land, so you could talk things out." Terminus stammered quietly. Leo snickered a little too loudly.
"And remember, these are not the droids you are looking for." Leo laughed doubling over from laughing so hard, Annabeth turned to see Jason, tears streaming down his face from laughter as well. The loud horn blew again, as the ship steadily landed onto the gravel underneath. She had almost forgotten about New Rome, too worried about Terminus and how he had tried to stop them from landing. She looked out above the rail guard of the ship; a crowd had emerged surrounding the ship. The romans looked as menacing as Jason had said they would be, a disturbance from the crowd to the left caused Annabeth to look over, a woman with dark brown hair pulled back from her face, wearing a deep purple cloak stepped out from among the crowd.
"Welcome to Rome." The woman's voice clear and commanding the attention of everyone in and around the ship. This could only be Reyna, the Praetor she had heard so much about.
(A/N) Well that's my first ever chapter done. PLEASE review and tell me if it was ok or if it really sucked… I will take everything on board, so then I will be able to write something worthy of attention.