Brightpath2: Hello! This is actually a story I've had brewing for nearly a year now. I thought I would post it in December last year, but I got swamped, and never had the time. My friend and I were talking about it, and decided that our best bet would be to co-write it. This was formerly on my account Brightpath2, and will be on there until next week, when I will delete it so that it can be on this account only.
This is my sequel (sort of) to my House of Hades fanfiction. There are characters in it that were also in that one. This is also loosely based off of my rp forum, Of Demigods, a role play forum, and the characters within.
My characters: Riann (pronounced Reee {like read} and Ann) Martinez, Leilani Marihi, Drake Nilense, Miley Carlton, Cameron Torrins, Evander Homer.
Alya Starbright's characters (she's my co-writer, also on , and she's amazing): Keren Johanson, Diana Clymene, Satyaki Krishna.
Percabthforever2511's character: Jordan Benjamin. She gave me permission to use him in this fanfiction, THANK YOU SO MUCH SUNNY!
Firestrike22's character: Kim Smith (she also gave permission thank goodness)
Disclaimer: I only own some of the characters and plot. Some also belong to fellow fanfiction authors as stated above, and some belong to the marvelous Rick Riordan.
Fingerprints of Rain . . .
1
Riann sat on the edge of the fountain, letting the cool water sooth the cuts and scrapes on her arms and hands.
She'd only been at Camp a week, and she still wasn't completely healed from the attack that had brought her here. Two weeks ago Coach Hedge found her and got her out of the Hellhound pack. A week and a half ago the Cyclops started to chase them.
A week and two days ago he'd caught her. All she had done was move a bit away from Coach Hedge during her watch, and the Cyclops charged in and hit her on her head, before dragging her through the woods.
When she woke up, she was lying in the back of a dark cave, with deep scratches all along her arms and legs.
It was a daze from there. Riann barely remembered Coach saving her, and then half carrying, half dragging her to Camp. She did remember briefly waking up, and seeing a girl peeking out at her from behind a door. When the girl saw Riann looking at her, she disappeared.
And then Riann had been plunged back into unconsciousness.
She'd been fully awake for two days now. This was only the second time she'd been out of the Big House. Chiron only let her out when all of the Campers were nowhere near the center of Camp.
It had been midnight when she arrived, and Chiron was the only one who knew she was here.
The first time Riann came out of the Big House, she'd met Lady Hestia, who informed her that she appeared to all first time Campers, although not all of them noticed her, or went over to talk.
And now she was just sitting and wishing the water would heal her.
She also wished she knew how she was a Demigod. She'd known both of her parents. She had proof that they were married before her birth, and neither of them ever had an affair, or time for an affair.
But Chiron and Coach said they'd given her Nectar and Ambrosia, the food of the gods, so she had to be either a Demigod, or a Legacy, whatever that was.
Riann knew that her two hours outside was almost up, but she didn't want to move. The water felt so refreshing.
She wanted to go dive in the lake, but Chiron refused, saying she wasn't strong enough yet. She tried to argue, but he didn't listen.
Riann was pretty sure he was worried she would try and get away. She had to admit he was right to be worried. She didn't trust Chiron or Coach Hedge farther than she could throw them, which wasn't far at all in either case.
"Who are you, and how did you get into the Camp?" Riann stiffened as a stern female voice came from behind her.
She turned to see an athletic looking girl with long red hair standing with a sword in her hand. The girl looked ready to attack at any second, and Riann wondered if this was why Chiron didn't want her out of the Big House for very long.
"I have as much a right to be here as anyone else." Riann said stonily. "Now put that thing down, because I'm in no fighting condition."
She forced herself to show her arms to the girl. Immediately the stranger dropped her sword, her eyes wide. "Oh my gods. Are you alright? What happened?" The shock in the girl's voice almost made Riann smile.
"No I'm not alright, and it was a Cyclops." Riann snapped. "Now leave me alone before Coach comes back and makes me stay in the Big House until tomorrow."
Riann turned back to the fountain, dropped her fingers back into the water, and relaxed, hoping the girl would go away.
No such luck.
"I'm Keren," the girl said, sitting down next to Riann and putting her sword back in it's sheath. "Sorry I almost attacked you. It's just, I thought I'd met everyone at Camp, and I'd never seen you before, so either you were a minor god, or a monster. I guess I was wrong."
Riann sighed. "I'm not a god, and I'm not a monster. My name is Riann Martinez. I've only been at Camp for-"
"Riann!" Chiron's sharp voice cut across hers, and Riann looked up to see the Centaur cantering towards them. "It is time you went back inside and rested. Two hours out here is long enough for now." He told her gently.
He turned to Keren. "Keren, you were supposed to be in the Arena. Percy was teaching sword fighting today, and he is rarely ever here. Why did you leave early?"
Riann started to walk away, but she heard the Demigod's answer.
"Chiron, why waste time learning things I already know? Percy gave me private lessons last month. I think I'm good. So who was that girl, and why have I never seen her before?"
Riann hid her smile as she walked inside the Big House. She almost felt bad for Chiron. If he wouldn't let Riann say when she'd arrived, it was doubtful that he would tell Keren now.
Coach Hedge was sitting in the main room dealing out cards for Pinochle and muttering something about a "wine dude" coming back.
He said hello to Riann, but she didn't answer. She'd barely spoken to him at all, especially since he seemed to like calling her "cupcake."
She didn't like the nickname. It was weird, and made her feel as though he wanted to eat her.
And that in itself was weird seeing as he was a vegetarian. Maybe a violent vegetarian, but a vegetarian all the same.
Although in this case, Riann wondered if the goat part was ruling out the vegetarian part, because goats ate everything, and sometimes it really seemed as though Coach Hedge ate everything.
Riann walked up the stairs, and then past Chiron's office, and went into the small room she'd been sleeping in. It was cozy and comfortable, and made Riann miss her bedroom at home.
The home she hadn't lived in in four years.
Happy birthday Riann . . . She thought as she sat down.
Happy birthday indeed.
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