AN: This is a Percy Jackson version of Footloose (one of my favorite movies.) Story will explain more. Probably will be in Percy's point of view for the most part. This is just kind of an introduction. Please tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Footloose.
Dance. To move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accomplishment of music. To leap, skip, etc., as from excitement of emotion; move nimbly or quickly: to dance with joy.
Dance is in everyone's life. You have school dances, clubs, dance teams, dance movies, dance songs, dance this, dance that. You hear about it every where. You have the bride and groom's first dance. The father/daughter dance, the mother/son dance, and even after that, you dance. Ever heard of the Cupid Shuffle? Macarena, anyone? Or how about the Cha Cha Slide? The Bernie? Dance lightens up many lives.
Wouldn't it be horrible to live in a town with no dancing? Or maybe no music? Life would be pointless, cold, dead, lifeless. At least there's no city like that, right?
I would have thought that, too, until a few months ago. I was moving to a small town called Fargo with my mom. It had no internet, one gas station, no Target, heck, they didn't even have a McDonalds! What kind of town doesn't have a McDonalds? This was going to be the worst. At least it was only for Senior year.
My mom and I were going to live with my Aunt Natalie, Uncle Ernie, and their two little girls, Bianca and Thalia. My dad had left my mom and I when I was younger. I never knew him. We were quickly going into debt, as he had not paid my mom a single child support check, and we don't even know where he is. This led to us moving to this low-life town.
I was to go to the only high school in Fargo, Saint Andrew High School. Fargo was a very religious town. Don't necessarily know if I like it or not. They had 100 students in the school. At my old school, it was more like 500 students per grade. At least they have a swimming team, I reminded myself.
I was really big into swimming. Especially diving. I could do multiple flips and turns. It was a major part of my life, right up there with music and dancing.
Swimming clamed me, as did music. Dancing revived me. It was like my medicine. I needed it. It helped me survive in life. When I had a bad day, I would go home, turn up the music and just dance until my feet were sore. Then I'd go to the beach and swim to cleanse the pain of life out of me. It was like my own ritual.
I wouldn't be able to live in a town that was so lifeless that it had no music. Nothing to dance to. Nothing to go hang out with friends and just have a good time. That leads me to my story of this little town. The town that changed my life, and maybe I changed theirs.
AN: So? Review, review, review! Favorite, alert, whatever! Like I said, just kind of a short intro! Oh, hey! Has anyone else seen the trailer for The Hunger Games? I've watched it like 100 times, and I am so freaking excited! March 23 needs to come by faster!