**All idea's belong to the Gossip Girl and Percy Jackson Franchise's**
** When a '*' is on either side of the paragraph, it is a Gossip Girl blast that includes Nicole, and is posted sometime during the chapter (there are other blast's, but you will only see the ones that involve Nicole)**
**Nicole isn't me, I only used my name, we have no other relations**
Truth Will Out
By Nicole
*Brainy and beautiful don't usually come in the same package, but thats what we see when we look at upperclass, fairfaced Nicole Theikos being accepted to the most advanced summer program in all of America. You know you love me, XOXO Gossip Girl*
*My many minions have been scouring the city for hours in search of the hot topic, Nicole Theikos and Zachary Archibald's love life. Got to love 'em. You know you love me, XOXO Gossip Girl*
This story sounds a lot like the regular bratty and rich sixteen year old.. Well I won't finish that sentence because that is not what this story is about. In fact, it is not even a story, it is more like a hidden truth. Nicole Theikos was a brainy and beautiful 16 year old, living on the Upper East Side of New York City, pretty regular, eh? That was not what this was though, not at all.
What no one, not even the infamous Gossip Girl, knew about Nicole's life was her fathers previous love life. He'd gone to Yale and brought Nicole home with him, to disapproving parents and a very different life then most children like her. When I say 'children like her,' I mean demi-gods, yes she is a demi-god. Where else would Athena be then an ivy league school, and who else to catch her eye then the most eligible and educated bachelor in New York, Nathaniel Theikos.
Of course Nicole and her grandparents knew nothing of her most unusual background. After all, how would Nicole know? She was kept in a box, her grandparents watching her every step to make sure she never stumbled in front of a camera. That was the life of a Social-lite after all. Nicole was an it girl, she had sparkle, beauty, money and even a little magic. Gossip Girl had a tracker on her 24/7, her life was nothing near private.
Nicole lay in her bed, silk pajamas wrapped around her body as she slept the last peaceful sleep she would have in a while. Her room was large and most definitely expensive, with a closet full of designer shoes, clothes and handbags. On her bedside table there was a glass of orange juice, a bagel and a bowl of freshly cut fruits.
A knock on her door woke her from her blissful sleep, Nicole's eyes fluttered open and her body turned to the clock. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw the time, she only had half an hour till she left for school. She was out of bed, dancing around the room pulling her pajama's off and a uniform skirt on, bagel in hand.
Finally, breakfast eaten, groomed to perfection and changed, she was on the street. Nicole's heels clicked as she walked down the street, having decided to walk to school today. Her brown hair floated in the wind perfectly, her grey eyes filled with thoughts of homework asignments, latest gossip and what she was going to wear next week at the charity event.
As Nicole reached the front of the school it was evident she was well known, eyes followed her and a group of girls dressed to perfection immediately surrounded her like the faithful minions they were. She smiled at them, her white teeth flashing in the sun, and the girls began to talk.
"So, Nicole are we going to that secret woods party tonight?" one blonde asked.
"I hadn't thought about it, has anyone ever been to a woods party?" Nicole asked addressing three girls in particular, obviously the partiers. They all shook their heads, looking a bit frightful of what her reaction would be to that.
"Well, I suppose we'll go then. If no one was talking about this party, they will be now," Nicole giggled a bit at her comment. All the girls in the group laughed as well, one younger brunette being a bit late. A few of them glared at her for a moment, she was obviously knew to the group. The bell rang and all the girls dispersed, a few following Nicole like little puppy dogs.
*****
School had come and gone, Nicole was in her bedroom with her usual crowd as they all decided what would be appropriate to wear to a woods party. Everyone was quite dumbfounded because no one had ever gone to one. It was finally agreed upon that they'd wear designer shorts, any top that matched and a nice pair of boots.
Everyone had gone home to change when Nicole came to the kitchen to find her father reading the newspaper. Nathanial looked up and saw what Nicole was wearing and a surprised look crossed his face.
"Erm, Nicole... Where are you going?" Nathanial asked carefully, knowing teens can be quite temperamental.
"Out, love you," was Nicole's short reply.
45 minutes later Nicole found herself surrounded by her minions, all dressed very similar, in front of a very unfamiliar woods house. At this point, most of them were starting to regret their decision. As soon as Zach Archibald and a few of his buddies came to greet them that changed, the girls became flirty and entered the woods, accepting the drinks they were being handed.
"Glad you could make it," Zach said, approaching Nicole.
"Debatable on whether I'm glad to be here," Nicole said, looking around a bit surprised at where Zach had invited them.
"Don't worry about it, you'll have a blast," he replied to her tone happily.
"We'll see," she said with a small smile.
A few hours later, the forest was darkening and some of the party guests were starting to understanding the advantage of a woods party. What happens next was the start of a very different life for Nicole. There was a noise, and everyone turned in that direction, faces pale in the moonlight.
It is very debatable as to what everyone else was seeing, so I will just explain what Nicole saw. At first it was the head of a creature she was unable to recognize, but she noticed many more, popping up in all directions. Her eyes were widening, as were everyone else, but for very different reasons.
The first scream set everything off, everyone was running and no one was by Nicole's side now. She stood, transfixed by the creature, everyone else running for their cars in fright of whatever they saw. Zach was pulling at her arm, trying to tear her eyes away from the creature (which happened to be a Hydra). At this point, they were basically the only ones left, everyone else scattering into random cars with people they may not have even known and clearing the scene.
The Hydra was coming much too close for comfort and Nicole was still not moving, although her mind couldn't process what she saw, her body could. Full battle reflexes kicked in, but she was uneducated on the creature, and only made it worse. Plus, she didn't even have a weapon, mostly it was just hitting with a branch like a sword and dodging fire attacks.
Nicole could tell she was fighting a losing battle, so she dropped her branch to find herself completely alone and stranded. Then she did all she could, she ran for a straight hour, non-stop. Luckily she was a strong runner, otherwise she most likely would have died. Her feet were soar from the pavement, because she'd thrown her shoes off ten minutes into the run. She stopped, leaning over to catch her breath, cell phone in hand.
*****
"What on earth were you thinking, going to a woods party?" Nathanial said in a very serious tone.
"I guess I wasn't thinking, but that doesn't change the fact that I saw something! I texted Britt and she said she saw a bear, that was most definitely not a bear," Nicole was hysterical. She sat in her pajamas, having showered so she wasn't so sweaty and dirty.
"Nicole..." Nathanial had a strange look on his face, he wasn't stern anymore, almost perplexed by what she had said.
"Yes?" Nicole answered, a little angry with her father for not catching on to the fact that she'd seen a blood thirsty monster.
"She warned me.. I should have listened to her," Nathanial was mostly speaking to himself.
"Who warned you and about what? Dad!" she was a little fed up of him ignoring her in such a traumatic moment.
"Your mother, Nicole, your mother is.. A goddess, Athena in fact," he had a very gentle face on now.
"The Greek Goddess, Athena?" Nicole asked. Her father nodded his head very solemnly.
"Sorry, are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?" she yelled the last part, very frustrated with her father.
"No, Nicole. I am not out of my mind, I met her at Yale, in the Library of course," a faint smile crossed Nathaniel's lips at the memory. Nicole was looking at her dad with a concerned face.
"Maybe we should call Grandmother, she'll help us.. Do you have a medical condition? Wait! Do I have a medical condition too?" the hysteria was entering her voice again.
"Nicole, I am telling the truth. You'll just have to believe me," Nathanial had a very calm look on his face now.
"I... I do believe you, what now?" Nicole could see in her fathers eyes and hear it in his voice, he was telling the truth.
"You need to pack your bags. I am going to take you to a special camp for children like you, for demi-gods or more commonly known, half-bloods."
