Title: Boats and Birds
Author's Note: This story is a joint project to cure my writer's block. It will have short chapters but will update randomly—sometimes two to three chapters a day. It's written in a much different style than I'm used to because I am trying to make it so that it reads like an innocent ten year old.
Warning. The original PJO characters don't appear until around chapter 5-ish.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJATO.
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In my Nana's cottage by the seam there was a garden. Nana, Mr. Tompkins and I used to have afternoon tea in her garden.
In my Nana's cottage by the sea there was a stony path hidden behind the rose bush. Nana used to tell me never to go behind there; she told me that the path led to where all the bad people were.
In my Nana's cottage by the sea, was where I spent the first nine summers of my life. Together with Nana and Mr. Tompkins.
The summers with them were light and happy—filled with ice-cream and loose fitting dresses. I loved those days—when Mr. Tompkins used to drive me to the beach and play, when nana used to tuck me in at night, when we all played tag under the hot summer sun.
I don't see Nana anymore. I don't live with Mr. Tompkins either. Instead, ever since the day Mr. Tompkins came into my room in his penguin suit looking like he just dropped his Popsicle; I haven't been to Nana's cottage by the sea since.
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I live with a man, a woman and a very tall boy now. They want me to call them 'family'; 'mom', 'dad' and 'older brother' even though I never seen them in my life. They're really nice to me especially 'mom' and 'dad' but the very tall boy doesn't want anything to do with me.
I don't like them.
Sometimes they talk very loud, and I get scared. I don't understand what's happening so when the man and woman start to yell, I go into the very tall boy's room. At first he gets mad at me and tells me to leave but when he hears the man throwing something, he calls me a brat and throws me into the bed while he sleeps on his couch. His bed is comfy.
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End Note: That was supposed to be two different chapters but I ruled it as too short so I combined them. The first few chapters will be about the girl 'Elie' so yeah…