Prologue
The creatures began to surround us. Echidna, Chimera, Giants, Cyclops, and other monsters that I didn't know the name for began to laugh. Taunting, pointing, they all seemed so happy that they'd captured us. We had failed.
Chapter One
Diclaimer: I don't own The Lighting Theif, but I've read it
Alright. My name is Bellatrix Gable. Bella for short. I've got a pretty strange life. Let's see. I'm a fifteen year old girl who kills monsters for a living. What am I forgetting? Oh right, My dad is Neptune. Try putting all of that on a collage application. Where do I live, you ask? I live in on an enchanted island inside a series of magical treehouses with five other kids and their strange animals. On top of that, I share the traits of all my God/demigod ansestors. (The last thing I said is top-secret. As in, tell anyone and I will hunt you down and kill you. Or force you to eat Apollo's cooking. I haven't decided which is worse.)
This story, as in my story, begins in England, where I had been raised. My mom had gone insane, and I never knew my dad. Anyway, back to the story. I was just minding my own buisness, walking down the street to my lovely school (not) when a creepy woman, who looked about thirty started to fallow me. If I crossed the street, she crossed the street. If I made a turn down Pikadeli Road, so did she. (Pikadeli Road doesn't exist. I made it up.) Finally, I turned around and shouted, "What is your deal?" She smiled, showing perfect doll teeth. "Well, aren't you a snippy little demigod?" she said. "Wait, what? Demigod? What the heck is that?" Needless to say, I was a little confused. Then, something even weirder happened.
She turned into a snake with a human head. (That's a little freaky, right? Good. I thought it was just me.)
"Found it!" A boy who looked about my age came out from an alley. Carrying a crossbow. Riding a horse. Four other kids, who also looked my age fallowed him, also carrying various wepons. The other kids were fallowed by an armored dog, cat, bird, and snake. Oh, and the kids were all wearing peices of Greek and Roman armor.
After a few minutes of intense battle, snake lady vaporized. The guy on the horse said, "Well, that was a first-rate Echidna you had there. My name's Sid." Up close, Sid looked like he had been raised on punk-rock music and coffee. A girl came up behind him and smacked him upside the head. "No flirting! We need to get going." Sid's face flushed. "I-I wasn't flirting!" Then the girl turned and looked at me. She had silver hair with green streaks. I thought it was dyed, but then I realized it was natural. "This girl must be pretty powerful to attract monsters like that." To me, she said, "Hi. My name's Era. Era Nightshade." I introduced myself. "I'm...Bella." Then Era introduced me to Sara, Pheonix, and Lucas. Then she introduced me to Thorn (the Cat), Fang (the dog), Flame (the horse), Phil (the snake), and Knife (the bird). Then Pheonix motioned for all of us to back to the alley of which they came.
The alley was a huge portal to Long Island. (sort of).