Hello, Percy Jackson fandom! Welcome to my first Heroes of Olympus fanfiction. This takes place really soon after the Lost Hero. Aaaand, I guess that's all I have to say for now. Enjoy!
Camp Halfblood was having a chaotic day. It was the day construction of the Argo II was to begin. Unfortunately, it was all organized by Leo Valdez, which meant it wasn't very organized at all. Hephestus campers were running around like madmen, desperately trying to get started. As they did this the pretty much got in the way of everyone else and what they were trying to do. Leo was being absolutely no help whatsoever, for he was practically having a panic attack. Somebody had misplaced Festus' head. As you can see, the last thing Camp Halfblood needed was more trouble, which was the exact opposite of what they got.
On that most hectic day, a bedraggled teenaged girl stumbled up the hill towards Thalia's tree. What made it strange was that she made it past the tree. Any normal person wouldn't have been able to do that, as you know. But this girl ran right past the tree, tripped over her own feet, and fell down the other side.
The girl made a crash landing at the bottom of the hill and hopped to her feet. She looked around frantically, her blue eyes just as wild as her matted brown hair. She spotted the big house and took off running again. "Hello?" She called desperately. She glanced over her shoulder as she ran and tripped again. "Somebody help!"
She dragged herself up the steps to the porch and banged on the door.
"Can I help you?" asked a voice from behind her.
The girl whirled around to find Annabeth standing behind her.
"Please," she leapt forward and clutched Annabeth's shoulders. "This…this thing has been chasing me for the past two days and every time I try to ask someone for help they can't see it! I don't know what to do!"
"It's okay," Annabeth said with a soothing smile. "We can help you here. My name's Annabeth, and this is Camp Halfblood. We're all demigods. Do you know what that is?"
"One of your parents is a god? But that's not possible. That's all just myth!" the girl cried.
"I know it sounds crazy but it's true," Annabeth assured her. "My mother is Athena. There are kids here to represent almost all of the Greek gods. Right now the Hephestus campers are down by the sure building us a giant flying warship.
"They're what?" the girl gasped.
"It's a long story involving my missing boyfriend, a couple of giants, and according to Leo 'a face in the potty sludge.' But that's beside the point. There's a couple signs that you're a demigod, and being chased by mysterious monsters that no one else can see is one of them. By any chance do you have dyslexia or ADHD?"
"Uuuum," the frazzled girl said, "I have ADHD but not really bad, but no dyslexia. I don't see why this matters though. I am not a demigod. This…" she said waving around at the camp and Annabeth, "isn't real."
"Please," Annabeth begged, "I thought it was hard to believe, too, but we can help you here. Can you just tell me your name? I promise it will make sense in time."
The girl took a deep breath and released her death grip on Annabeth. She stood up straight and squared her shoulders. "Emma," she breathed and managed a small smile, "I'm Emma."
I know this first chapter is really short, but it was really to just introduce my OC. I'll put a character profile here, but I'm leaving off her godly parent cause I want it to be a surprise.
Name: Emma (no last name, you'll find out why)
Age: 15
Hair Color: medium brown
Eye Color: dark blue
Notes: Like she said, she's not dyslexic but she does have very mild ADHD. She's kind of shy. She's a great artist. You'll see more of this later. She was just kind of upset and desperate in this chapter.
Okay I'm not sure how good this chapter was so please review. I promise it will get better, but only can if you give some constructive criticism!
