tesswithwings here to present something new! its my first fan fic after a book so go easy on me. okay. here we go.

I don't want to be here anymore! I'm so different… why am I so different? Tess thought to herself as she stood in the doorway of her adopted mother's room. She had been crying all night and it was "Tess's" fault. Or so said her adopted father.

"I'm sorry" Tess said as tears streamed down her face. She turned and ran to "her" room. Slamming the door behind her she grabbed her hair and sank to her knees. "I have to get out" she told herself and got up. She walked to "her" dresser and gathered all her belongings. She got her book bag out of the closet and filled it with her clothes and books. Anything that actually belonged to her.

When she caught her reflection in the mirror she shuttered, finally the madness within reflected without. She saw her newly dyed crayon red hair and bright green eyes. I don't even remember what color my hair was to begin with. Tess would get so fed up with herself every time she got transferred to a new house that she would dye her hair to make a clean start. Yah cuz that worked so well the last twelve times.

"NO MORE" she yelled at her reflection before taking the book she had in her hand and heralded it at the mirror making it shatter into a million pieces. "No more, I'm not going to another house… they can't make me"

When she was done she zipped her bag up and walked to the window. She opened it up and walked out onto the fire escape of the apartment. She allowed herself to glance at the room one last time before she climbed down.

"Now that you left were will you go now?" a voice inside Tess asked, most called it a conscious, but Tess didn't have one, her conscious wasn't right it told her wrong and made her crazy.

"I don't know" Tess admitted.

"Well you're a bright one now aren't you? You just ran away from a place to sleep! Food to eat! And you have no plan… why am I surprised?" It said.

"Shut up!" Tess yelled and the voice went away… for now.

Tess had been walking for about an hour when she heard something behind her. Turning around she saw nothing. "Great now I'm paranoid!" she said and rolled her eyes at herself. She turned back around to continue walking but she was met with a pretty woman with blond hair and blue eyes standing in front of her.

"Can I help you?" Tess asked.

"Maybe you can… Tess" the woman said and hissed a little.

"Protect yourself kid!" the voice sounded in her head.

"Who the hell are you? And how do you know my name?" Tess asked.

"My name is Victoria… I was wondering if you would like to join my cause," the blond woman said.

"And that would be?" Tess asked and started to back away.

"To destroy the city of Olympus," Victoria said.

"Your on some crack lady Olympus doesn't exist.

"Sure it does"

"No it doesn't" Tess almost yelled.

"You don't know who you are do you?" the woman asked. Tess could have swore Victoria had fangs.

"I know who I am what I don't know is who you are… but you better stay the hell away!" Tess yelled and took her pocketknife out of her pocket and pushed a button to make a three-inch blade shoot out. Tess pointed it at the stranger, "stay away" she repeated.

"Don't be stupid… hand it over… I want you to meet a friend of mine, he is a little older than you his name is Luke. And I know he would really love to meet a feisty girl like you." Victoria said and held out her hand for the blade.

"No" Tess yelled, she wasn't stupid but she did the stupidest thing she possibly could have done. She slashed the woman's arm with her blade. She watched as nothing happened.

"What are you!" Tess screamed.

The woman known as Victoria smiled evilly showing what Tess was now for sure were fangs. She lunged at Tess making her fall backward to the cold cement knocking her head. The last thing Tess remembered before she slipped into unconsciousness was seeing a boy run out in front of her.

"Are you okay?" Tess heard a voice above her. "I better get you to camp" the voice said then Tess passed out again.

This time when she woke up she was in a hospital bed. Not a normal hospital bed, Tess wasn't lucky enough to be there. She looked around the small room and found a glass on the bed stand next to her. She grabbed it and sniffed it then took a swig, she was expecting water but found it tasted like home-made strawberry jam, the kind Megan used to make, her first foster mom. Tess spit it out in front of her.

"That's not right… that's not possible," Tess said to herself. And put the cup back down. Tess tried to get out of bed but stumbled and ended up falling on her face.

"Ow… that's gunna smart" she grumbled to herself as she pushed herself up.

"Hey are you okay?" Tess heard a voice behind her. She shot to her feet and reached into her black jean pockets to find her knife, but it was gone. Panicking she picked up the first thing she could, a glass plate, holding it with two hands, making all the food spill off Tess tried to protect herself.

"Who… who are you? What do you want from me? I don't have anything!" she screamed and looked at the boy. He had messy brown hair and eyes the color of the sea.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he said and stepped closer.

"Stay back!" Tess screamed, as the boy did as he was told and took a step back. "Now who are you? Are you Luke?" she asked tears gathering in her eyes at the thought of being taken by snake woman.

"No" he almost sounded offended, "my name is Percy Jackson"

"What do you want from me?" she asked.

"Nothing" he said.

"Don't lie to me! The woman told me she wanted me to join the cause," Tess yelled this time letting the tears fall.

"I'm telling the truth… but you should get back in bed before you pass out. Your weak" he told her and stepped closer.

"I said STAY BACK!" she yelled and threw the plate at Percy's feet shattering, then collapsed to the ground sobbing. Percy walked over to her and kneeled next to her.

"I'm really not going to hurt you," he promised. Tess looked into his eyes its like looking through a window to the ocean. "What's your name?" he asked.

"Tess" she whispered and put her arms around his neck sobbing on his shoulder. "I feel so lost"

"You'll be okay," Percy told her. Then she fell asleep again.

Once again she woke up to herself back in the bed. The room was now dark but Tess's eyes adjusted quickly. She scrambled out of bed and looked around. The glass had been picked up and a new plate and cup full of things was placed on the table. Tess saw her backpack lying in chair and ran to it. She grabbed it and realized she was beer-foot.

"Oh well," she mumbled to herself. She made her way to the door and opened it. Making her way down the hallway she tried to find a way out. Finally she found some stairs that lead down. Once she was on the fist floor she saw the front door and ran to it. Just as she started to open it she caught her refection in the glass in the door.

"Your really leaving?" her reflection asked. "Are you stupid! They have food and water and a roof. If they hadn't saved you from that thing in the street you would be dead."

"Your not real" she said closing her eyes she counted to three and opened them to see her reflection hadn't returned back to normal.

"I am real, but before you go getting us killed talk to Percy maybe he can help" it said.

"I don't know were he is" Tess whispered.

"Close your eyes and think of the sea…"

"Why the sea?" Tess asked her reflection.

"Just do it!" the reflection screamed and disappeared

Tess closed her eyes and thought about the see, how it looked the blue green water meeting with the golden horizon, the sound of the waves crashing to the shore, and the salty smell that filled the air. Then there was a tug in her stomach pulling her out the door.

okay don't hate on it too much idk if I will continue it… it was just like hey lets try something new kind of a thing…