Chapter 1: My Mercedes Gets High Jacked
I grabbed my black duffel bags and stuffed my black hair brush, blue hair dye, some clothes, energy bars, and 4 bottles of water in them. I set a map of the East Coast, a map of Maine, a map of Augusta, and a map of Upton which was my hometown and the only town I've ever been to in my life on top of the bags. I had a feeling I was going to need it. Beep! My alarm rang on my neon green cell phone. It was time to go, it was 2 a.m. and my mother would still be sleeping. I snuck out of my room and ran down the long, narrow hallway to the back door. It was locked but someone – more like something – was knocking on it. I jumped and thought it was a robber. Slowly, I drew to curtain to see my puppy, Emma – my mom wouldn't let me name her Emo – pounding on the door with her long black tail. I let her in the house and walked outside.
Alright, before we get on with the story you need to learn more about my miserable life. I'm Thalia Grace, demigod daughter of Zeus. My mother, Thalia-May Grace is a very woman to everyone else but me. As a demigod I sometimes attracted monsters so I wasn't accepted at my house. And well what can I say about my step father, Rob Carter? He was nice at first but after him and my mom got married and he learned our secret he hated me! My life wasn't always the best but in about three hours it would get a whole lot better.
Anyway, back to the story. I crept outside along the long metal fence to the gate. When I reached the gate it was locked and could only be opened from the other side where my mom and step dad hid the key. I pulled my two hunting knives and cut the chains of the lock on either side. The gate slid open and I instantly felt giant footsteps shake the ground. Instantly I knew what was about to be in my presence, it was a Minotaur.
It was pretty obvious to a half-blood that has fought every monster in the whole world of Greek mythology. Compared to most half-bloods I've had a terrible time. Most half-bloods get bombarded by monster by the time they're around twelve. Since my father is Zeus my scent is stronger and since my mother told me that I was a demigod when I was six that makes my scent even stronger. I don't think my mom knew how dangerous it was for me to know about this stuff.
Anyway, back to my story. Silently I crept into the woods and seen the giant footprints leading far into the forest. I got the feeling that the Minotaur was coming back. The ground shook some more and the step were getting louder and louder until it was there. It had been almost three years since I'd seen a Minotaur and I really didn't realize how big it was going to be once it found me. Minotaurs are basically a huge pile of dirt wearing bright white Fruit of the Loom underwear. Their not really dirt but pretty close considering they explode to dust when you stab them in the heart.
It didn't notice me at first because Minotaurs have really, really bad eyesight. When it did it let out a loud scream that was loud enough for all the mortals within about five miles should've heard it. Thank the gods for Mist. Mist is a powerful force that prevents any mortal (expect the "Clear Sighted" ones) to see monsters and magic. Before the Minotaur could turn me into a Thalia Pancake I charged forward and stabbed it in its big toe. It let out another scream and grabbed its foot and hopped up and down. The whole Earth seemed to shake and the force was so powerful I staggered backwards into a truck of a pine tree. Two pinecones fell down on impact and landed on my head.
"Ow!" I muttered. The Minotaur had stopped jumping and was looking for me.
"HEY UGLY, do you want to fight?" I screamed. The Minotaur turned its ugly head away from me and I took charge of the opportunity and climbed its foot and used its skin as a ladder. I made my way to the top of his body. When I reached his left shoulder I made my way over his shoulder and stabbed his one eye out with my hunting knife causing it to cry bloody tears of pain. Since it was distracted I moved down toward its chest and stabbed its rib cage trying to get to the heart. The one time it really counted I missed. The Minotaur shook and I was flung into a pine tree yet again but this time with so much force at least twenty-five pinecones fell on top of my head and I think I had a concussion. There was no time to sit there and lay on the ground. It took a lot of strength but I stood up and climbed the Minotaur again but the time on his front side. When I reached its chest I stabbed it yet again and this time with success. The Minotaur turned to dust and I fell about fifteen feet expecting to land on the ground but instead I landed into a twelve year-old's arms.
"Hi, I'm Luke Castellan," the boy said.
"Thalia Grace, nice to meet you," I replied. After I spoke police sirens blared and Luke got this 'oh gods I need to get of here' look in his face.
"I've got to get going!" he exclaimed as he took off running toward my driveway. I didn't know what he was doing until I heard the sound of a car pulling away. Even if I was in the woods not knowing anything one thing was for sure, twelve year-old Luke Castellan had hotwired and high jacked Thalia-May Grace's Mercedes-Benz.