Cars honking, the clang of construction sites, and millions of people talking are just a few of the many different sounds I heard as I walked through the streets of one of the biggest cities in the world, New York.
Walking alone in New York can be dangerous for anyone, however as a demigod you need to be extra careful as monsters take on many different forms, only those who can see through the mist know their true forms. Anyways, I came upon the apartment building that my mom and I live in. It's a pretty nice building, not a skyscraper or anything. As I walk into the lobby, one of the older custodians, Scott, as well as tenants, greeted me as per our routine.
"Nate, my boy, how was your first day back at school?"
"The usual, teacher assigns homework on the first day, a student complains, and then we get more homework. Why do teachers punish all the students just because one acts out? What's new no one approves of the American school system anyways."
"Don't worry my boy, you'll eventually be able to leave and live your own life. Just be patient and give it some time. Now I'm pretty sure your mom is waiting for you"
"Thanks Scott, don't hurt yourself now" I threw over my shoulder as I walked towards the elevator. As the doors closed I heard his deep bellowing laughter. As I exited the elevator on our floor, I could immediately smell my mom's cooking and boy did it make me hungry. As I unlocked the door to our apartment I could already taste the chicken. I set my backpack down in my room and then left to find my mom. I greeted her as I entered the kitchen.
"Hola Mamá", I kissed her on the cheek before grabbing to sets of plates and silverware.
"Hola mijo, how was school today?" She responded as she pulled the chicken out of the oven.
"Same old, same old. How was your day?"
"Una niñita came in today with pneumonia. We don't know exactly how bad yet."
"I'm sorry that's horrible, hopefully she gets better soon". We ate our meal while making small talk about work and school. I walked into my room, it was a nice size with navy blue walls and the same russet wood flooring that is all throughout the apartment. I walked over to my desk, opened my backpack and grabbed my English homework. Today we learned about mythology. Which I literally know almost everything about.
Every summer at Camp Half-Blood we learn about the Greek gods, monsters, and all the myths, so learning (or reviewing) it again is time consuming. As I was about to open the book, I hear the shattering of what I am assuming plates followed by the screams and yells of my mother. Assuming the worse I grab my sunglasses, the mist-form of my twin double edged Stygian iron swords, and ran out of my room. What I saw in the living room would give any mortal a heart attack.
There were roughly four or five dracaena in our apartment. One was in the dining room flipping over the table, I could see one of the twin serpent trunks of another in kitchen making even more of a mess. What caught my eye next was my mother cursing at one in Spanish in the middle of what once was our coffee table. I could barely hear their conversation over all the ruckus and shattering of glass.
"Where issssss your ssssson hiding?"
"Why in Hades would I tell you?" My mother spat, her saliva slowly sliding down the snake woman's face. The dracaena backhanded my mother across the face and that is when I couldn't remain hidden any longer.
"Hey rat breath looking for me?" Way to go Nate, not only did you insult the monster, you did it horribly as well.
"Nate run right now!" I heard my mother yell, however I was too focused on the snake eyes boring holes in me as the sounds from around the apartment suddenly came to a stop and the rest of the dracaena came out of their respective rooms.
"You are one ssssstupid boy" the dracaena from the dining room said.
"Yessssss very ssssstupid"
"Firsssst I am going to kill your mother then, yessss, I will rip you limb from limb", however before she could make a grab at me my mother was by my side. I could feel the familiar tug of the shadows on my body. Wait! No! No! NO!
"Te amo mi angelito" my mother whispered.
The last thing I saw was my mother being run through by her own dagger, before the darkness consumed me.
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