Grey Fire
A Percy Jackson Fanficion
A/N- Thought I'd give writing a fanfic a try, and here's my attempt. After much scheming, plotting, and failed first drafts (not all of them PJO related) here is one that actually turned out decent in my opinion. Please don't judge it too harshly. Try and pretend that the Heroes of Olympus series hasn't started yet. This story takes place around the end of The Last Olympian during a relatively peaceful time (but is life ever peaceful for half-bloods?). If you like it PLEASE leave a review or comment, if enough people read and like the idea I'll continue it. Thanks!
Prologue
I've always been different. For as long as I can remember my life has been different than mortal children. You see, the main cause for this, as far as I can tell, is my Greek heritage. By "Greek heritage" I mean the fact that I'm the demigod, son of Athena. Where should I even start? Hi, my name is Theo. I'm a 16 year old from Los Angeles, California and I'm a demigod.
I didn't always know that. My dad neglected to tell me. Since I am a child of Athena, I managed to figure it out to some extent. I guess my friend Trenton, or Trent for short, helped a little. You see, Trenton's a satyr, you know, the goat dudes from Greek mythology? Anyway, one day after a snake-monster attacked me at school he came home with me and yelled at my dad and my step-mom for hiding the truth from me. After some fighting and the big reveal of Trent's satyr-ness, we were off to Camp Half-Blood, the only safe haven for demigods, or half-bloods like me. At camp we learn to hone our skills and learn to use our special gifts; to fight monsters and basically not get killed by monsters and other mythological meanies. After you get there, if you're parent god or goddess has claimed you, you get put in your cabin with your half-brothers and sisters. If you aren't claimed, you end up in the Hermes cabin until you are. Thankfully as soon as I got into the campgrounds the symbol of Athena, a glowing grey owl, appeared over my head to confirm that yours truly was indeed a son of Athena, goddess of wisdom and war (not to be confused with the kind of war her brutish brother Ares is god of). But that's enough of me, on to the real story.
Trent was assigned to St. Valentine's School for Troubled Youth in Brooklyn to look for any possible half-bloods. You see, satyrs are usually put out into the field to look for us and bring us back to camp. Well, Trent found one and needed my help extracting him. I didn't know why at the time but I owed Trent a favor. St. Valentine's is the weirdest place I have ever seen and I've seen some weird places. For starters, it's named after the guy who my least favorite holiday is named for. Secondly, the first thing you see when you walk in is a huge portrait of St. Valentine staring down at you. Let me just say… I hate love. Long story short, I accidently (though you may hear rumors it was on purpose; don't believe them) injured Nicole Smith of the Aphrodite cabin in a game of capture the flag and she got her mom to make my love life hell or something like that. Anyways, back to the school. Everything is heart or love themed in some way or in pink. I just wanted to find this demigod and get out of there, a.s.a.p. I found Trent in the hallway of the first building and he explained briefly what was going on.
"Well, his name is Chris. A few inches shorter than you, messy black hair and dark brown eyes… blah, blah, blah. His scent is strong," said Trent.
"Why do you have to say that, do us half-bloods really smell?"
"You have no idea, um, no offense," Trent said, raising his hands in defense.
"Whatever. So if you know who he is, why not just grab him and get out of here?" I asked.
"It's not that simple! You see, there's this teacher, I 'm pretty sure he's a monster and—"
"Hey, you two! What are you doing out of class?"
I turned around, only to see the ugliest human being ever to walk this Earth standing behind us.
"Oh um, hey Mr. Spolcyc," stammered Trent, "We were just—"
"Getting back to class? I certainly hope so Mr. Trenton," said the gargantuan ape, uh, I mean man.
He turned to me and his face took on a look of momentary confusion, then rage, than back to confusion.
"You, who are you?" he asked.
"Um, my name's Theo, I'm, um… new here. Yeah, new. Trent was just taking me on a tour and we're on our way back to class now," I quickly said. I just wanted to get away from this man. Something was definitely wrong with him. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Well I suggest you hurry up, before I give you both detentions."
"Yeah of course, Mr. Spolcyc won't happen again!" Trent quickly said before grabbing my arm and taking off down the hallway. "Gods Theo, you're lucky he bought that excuse."
"Yeah, well, we'll thank the gods once we find this half-blood. What were you saying about that monster who was causing problems? Where is it?"
"Oh well, um, you just met him. Mr. Spolcyc is the monster."
"Perfect."