Hi there peoples! Clover here and this is The Forbidden Daughter! I always feel like I'm on a talk show when I do that. Anyways this story follows Callie Yearly as she goes on a dangerous quest and discovers who she is. Wow, that just made it sound like every other story. To be honest, I don't know. I literally just wrote this last night on a random inpluse and decided to post this to see if anyone liked it. Anyways here's the full summary and then the story.

Callie Yearly is just your regular teenage girl. Or so she thinks. When Callie's father dies in a car wreak, she goes to live with her uncle and his family, as her mother left when she was a baby. She finds the Blofis/Jackson family isn't as normal as they seem, as they get attacked by a monster her first day in New York. Soon she's taken to a camp for other demi-gods like her by her cousin, out who turns out to be quite famous at camp. Just as she begins to fit in, her godly parent is revealed and almost the whole camps becomes afraid of her. She has to prove herself if she ever wants to be fully safe again.

I took a deep breath as Ms. Lynn, the social services lady, knocked on the door of the Blofis family apartment. To think it was only a week ago that my father died in a violent car crash.

He was all I'd had left since my mother had left my father before I was born. When I was a month-ish old she left me on the doorstep like some orphan kid in a movie. So I had grown up with my gunsmith father in South Carolina, wondering if my mother knew I existed.

Since my father was dead and no one knew who my mother was or where she was, I was being sent to live with my uncle and his family.

I had seen my Uncle Paul plenty of times when I was young, but when he moved to New York 4 years ago we lost touch. I had never met my Aunt Sally or my cousin, Percy. I had seen pictures of them online, but never met them or talked to them. At the moment I was actually kinda mad at them because none of them had shown up at my father's funeral due to 'family issues'.

The door opened to reveal Uncle Paul. He looked mostly the same, though his pepper-colored hair had more grey speckles in it and he had gained a bit of weight.

"Callista! It's good to see you again." I tried not to wince at my full first name, which I haven't used since I was 10, as he smiled down at me. He pulled me into a hug and I could see Ms. Lynn smiling at us. She thought I was going to fit in right away because of this small gesture.

"Hi, Uncle Paul. It's good to see you too. I go by Callie now, though." I said as I pulled out of the hug and took a small, unnoticeable glance into the apartment. I couldn't see much, other than a wall and a woman's shadow getting closer to the door.

"Ahh," As he let the noise escape the door pulled open again to reveal a brunette woman, who I assumed was Aunt Sally. She immediately smiled when she saw me and her blue eyes twinkled.

"Hello, you must be Callista." She said, continuing to smile, an undeniable happiness in her eyes making me feel a bit strange.

"Callie, nice to meet you." I said as she too hugged me. It was kind of awkward, hugging someone you'd never met before.

"Percy!" She called down the hall as Uncle Paul ushered Ms. Lynn and I inside the apartment. "Percy, Callie's here!"

"Just a minute mom!" Was the reply as we sat down on separate couches, Uncle Paul and Aunt Sallie sitting across from me and Ms. Lynn. The adults began discussing the weather and whether or not the apartment was big enough for the four of us. I blocked out most of the conversation and would occasionally perk up when my name was mentioned.

After a while I heard footsteps approaching from down the hallway. A few seconds a teenager with black hair entered the living room and sat down in-between my aunt and uncle.

"Ah, Percy. This is Callie," He smiled at me and I immediately held out my hand to avoid hugging him, because that would be very awkward- I'd had just about enough awkward that night. He shook it and turned to Ms. Lynn to shake her hand. "And this is Ms. Lynn."

"Nice to meet you." He said to us with sparkling sea green eyes.

"Percy, while we're finishing up here can you show Callie to her room?" Aunt Sally asked as she set down the notepad she'd been writing in.

"Sure, come on cuz." I stood and he picked up two of my three bags. I followed him down the hall with my third bag, staring at the floor the whole time. We stopped in front of a door and when he didn't open it, I looked up for the first time. He was staring at me expectantly, and I remembered that his hands were full. I pushed open the door and walked in first.

The room was pretty small, but it was, after all, an inner-city apartment. I couldn't expect much for size; at least I had my own room. The walls were painted a light green and the floor was a beige color. There was a square cleaner than the surrounding area where a picture had obvious once hung on one of the walls. A twin sized box spring and mattress and a dresser stood next to each other and barely fit against the far wall. A desk was next to the door.

"Sorry it's so small and, uh, used looking. It was my mom's office, but she moved into the living room." Percy set my bags down, walked over to the clean square on the wall, and put his hand in the middle of it. "We tried like Hades to scrub this off, I swear." He said with a grin, to which I couldn't help but grin too. I tried not to notice that he'd said 'Hades'. I was really not in any sort of mood to be talking about religion at the time, with my dad dying only a week ago- especially farfetched ones no one believes in.

He gave me a quizzically look and asked "You do talk, right?". I felt annoyed and humored at the same time.

"Yes, I talk."

And then, of course, there was an awkward silence. Fortunately though, it was quickly broken by Aunt Sally calling 'Hey Perce, come here a minute!". Percy said a quick goodnight and left me alone with my thoughts.

I took another glance around the room before sitting down on the edge of the bed. So this was my life now. Living in my uncle's apartment with family members I had never before met. Fabulous.

So what do you think? I know it's pretty short, but they get longer in a bit. There will be another one up later today, so see you then!

~Clover

P.S. This takes place as if Heros of Olympus never happened. There is only Greeks and they know nothing of the Romans.