Chapter #1
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians…. Duhhhh!
Nathan's POV
My friends always thought it was my ADHD. That's how I got so good at soccer. I couldn't sit still. I had the reflexes of a cheetah and I helped my team win competition after competition after competition. Water was my other strong suit. My friends thought it was insane that I could hold my breath underwater for five minutes without coming back up for oxygen. Ok yea it is insane. Seriously insane. My mom always said I was special (Well how can a kid with ADHD and dyslexia not be special?) By my 13th birthday I was seeing things. I'd look out the window at night and see things, not people, watching me. I thought I was going crazy. When the salesmen came to sell chocolates, or car insurance or all that junk salesmen sell, I would see monsters at the door. My younger sister Leila and my mom would see the regular, old, annoying salesmen while I was seeing monsters. I was afraid to go to school because of all the things I was seeing. The janitor had three heads; the librarian had snakes for hair (Yea, like Medusa… creepy I know). I was scared to death and my mom would just say, "It's nothing Nathan, just calm down honey," or "Nathan, it's just your imagination. Nothing but that, you've been watching too many movies. Go to bed early tonight." Turns out I was going to bed early every night. I had to get away before it got worse.
"Move quietly Nathan," I told myself. I put a hoodie on and grabbed my jacket. It was really COLD outside. While looking under my bed I suddenly smelled that salty air smell, you know like that smell you smell at the beach. Then I saw something glistening.
"What the…?"
I grabbed the object and nearly screamed. It was a sword, about 3 feet long.
"Whoa." Gasping, I set it softly on my bed as if it were a bomb ready to explode.
I began to rack my brain… when did I get a sword? It was probably just an illusion. Right Nathan, how could it be an illusion? Are you serious? You're OFFICIALLY crazy. I was, wasn't I? I gently touched the hilt of the sword and clutched it in my right hand. It felt real. It took me a moment to get used to the feeling. Swinging it around, I actually got the hang of it. Illusion or not this thing would come in handy.
I quickly entered my mom and little sister's room that they shared in our small apartment here in Brooklyn, NY. Standing above them two I felt connected, loved. They were the only family I ever knew. My father had left my mother when I was born and then she had Leila with another guy. He died in a car crash a year ago. My family has been through a lot.
I gently sat down next to Leila's sleeping body and kissed her forehead. She had the prettiest, brown eyes- just like moms. I had sea green ones like my father, but I never actually considered him that. He had the nerve to leave my mom and I. Just like that. Crazy, right? Or just plain wrong. Moving over to my mom's side I kissed her head.
"I love you." My mom had been through a lot… the only thing I would regret about leaving would be the pain I would be putting my mom through. Like she would care what the note I left said! I would still be out of her life forever. I just hoped it was for the best.
There you are people! This is my first ever fan fiction so please be kind but have helpful criticism. Please give any ideas on what I should elaborate on or tips you awesome writers out there have. I promise my next chapter will be filled with more facts and lots of surprises (: I know this one is a bit of a mystery. Like who is Nathan? Who is his Godly parent? What happened to him next? I left it that way on purpose so all you readers could do a bit of thinking! And I dropped a few hints here and there. That's what good writers do according to Mr. Hodges, my English teacher for a week. So please review with your criticism, comments, and predictions and I WILL answer all your questions. I had really fun writing this chapter and this was just an intro so you could have a feeling of what Nathan has been through. Thank you! Later(: Live'Laugh'AndOfCourse'Love AKA Sarai