. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 1: Running from my un-thought-of fears…
I'm Thalia Grace, and this is my story of my life.
First off I'm on the run from some monstrous creature that started in Rhode Island, now we are in Connecticut.
I ran through the under brush, trying to find a way to hide or flee from the hideous creature chasing me. It had huge horns and the upper body of a bull, and the lower body of a man.
My hair had been caked over from falling, sleeping, and hiding. Mud was crusted every where on me, mostly in my hair. But the parts of my hair that were free and greasy, were flying in and out of my face, making it hard to see where I was going.
I tripped over a stump, and tumbled half way down the rest of the tiny forest hill. I lost my bearings and tried to see if I was ok first but forgetting about the monster. Now I was cut up more than usual, a big gash now in my thigh, bleeding and soon to be gravely infected. Then I remembered the bull/ man chasing me, because I got slammed down by him. But thankfully I noticed a second before, side-stepped, yet was still dragged down.
It must have been a torturous creature because it held my face smashed against the moist moss. I struggled and thrashed, trying to break his hold. Luckily I kicked him in the back of the knee, he let go of me and howled in pain, the knee must have been his soft spot because it looked like it hurt really bad. Scrambling away, he almost caught my leg, but I saw a car coming on the side of the forest high-way and shrieked and screamed my head off as they passed by trying to get their attention. The bull/man leg go and fled to the brush, I don't know why, but the people in public places made him flee. I took advantage and ran as fast as I could.
Have you ever been scared for your life? Well, when that happens, you get a burst of energy to help save yourself. Adrenaline shot through my limbs because I was so scared, and I pushed myself harder, going faster. I shot across the silent high-way, and into the next part of the seemingly eerie forest. Then I heard… nothing?
That's when my soreness and exhaustion finally caught up with me, and I collapsed to the tree's trunk next to me and started panting. Once my bearings were back to me and I could breathe again, I know it's stupid, but I slowly snuck back to the edge of the forest and hid behind a tree. Peering at the high-way, I thought the bull/man was gone, but there he was, down the lonely road, talking to some one in the car I had screamed at only a moment's time earlier. WHAT?!
I know it's risky, but I wanted to hear what they were saying, so staying behind the trees, I crept towards them and stopped at a safe distance away. I couldn't hear much but I caught a little. A man in an elegant tuxedo popped his head and knees out, laying them on each other, and then came up again with an angry glare on his face. He said, "What? You lost…. She's…Zeus! …and a demigod like that could be the one we…Thalia Grace must not…killed…Do you understand?!" Then a flame pocked out of the door way and put a skin covered hand on his shoulder. That's when I noticed it was a beautiful woman with flaming, long hair atop her head, and she also had red colored eyes.
Zeus, what about him? Isn't he supposed to be a mythical Greek god or something? And what's a demigod? They wanted a demigod for what? Then mister fancy pants said my name, and I must not, what? He also said "killed" after that, so I'm hoping that I'm not going to be killed. Either these people were nuts or, well, technically, I think they weren't even people. Or they wanted me for something, but what about the Zeus thing and the demigod thing?
The she witch said something softly that seemed to calm the tuxedo man down. "Minotaur…Next time, don't fail me… or else I will…Kronos, will…Now go and find that retched demigod!" The tuxedo man said and slammed the door, the limo drove off.
This made the bull/man very furious, because once the car was out of my sight, he bellowed in rage, sounding like half man and half bull. I'm going to call the bull/man Minotaur now because that seemed to be his name, maybe it was Kronos, but he seemed more like a 'Minotaur'. I think I remember those names from some where…
The Minotaur stopped bellowing when I stepped on a twig to get out of there. He turned his head slowly from side to side, the lifted his nose to the air and sniffed. His head looked in my direction, and got a crooked smile on his bull face. I yelped in surprise and ran as fast as I could towards the nearest town, following signs and the high-way.
From time to time I thought I saw the limo from the forest here and there, but maybe I was just being paranoid. I walked into an inconvenient gas station and asked for the key to the bathroom. In there I used the can and then cleaned myself as best I could with cold sink water.
I looked in the mirror and was pretty satisfied with my work. But now my eyeliner and mascara were gone, I looked so bare from the way I usually look. Usually, I am wearing clean clothes, all black but a green coat, and my eyeliner and mascara. But now I was bare faced, and wearing dirty and worn out clothes. I looked like some homeless person that lived on the street, technically, now I was.
Maybe now you should know my story…
Then next chapter should be up soon, now that my computer is fixed, YAY! But I hope you enjoy this story or my version of Thalia Grace's life. If you read TLO you should know what the Tuxedo man and flamed haired woman are or who they are. As for the Minotaur… he's introduced in TLT.
For those of you in the know… "Na parri i eychi! Blinky!" Dinosyous said. "I shall have your soul!"
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I plan on making this story not too OOC, and involving even every scene Thalia has in the PJO series. And sorry this chapter is so short, it's just a prologue.
