A/N: The wait is officially over! Here is the first chapter! {Danny Richardson belongs to me; Alex Winter belongs to Brook Uchiha Daughter of Zeus}
Danny Richardson woke up to the sound of somebody screaming at the top of their lungs. Danny rolled over and put his pillow over his head. On any other day he would've jumped out of bed to see what was happening, but people were always risking their lives one way or another at this camp.
He tried to go back to sleep, but it was no use. It was too loud outside and it was definitely too loud in this cabin. Cabin 11, it was called. The Hermes cabin. It might as well have been called the overflow cabin. It was filled with demigods who haven't yet been claimed by their godly parent. Kids usually come and go. They never stay longer than a week or two.
Danny's been there for 2 months. Still, no god seemed to want him. And that seemed quite alright with him, really. Cabin 11 is really nice once you get past the whole people-trying-to-rob-you-in-your-sleep thing. Plus, it was the only cabin that had not just one, but 3 TVs.
That retched screaming started up again. Danny removed the pillow from his head. He saw demigods running from the cabin, in the direction of the forest. "What the heck...?"
Danny pulled on an orange T-shirt that probably wasn't his and slid it on, running in the direction of the screaming. He was still in his blue pajama pants and was barefoot, but he didn't matter. He reached up to make sure he still had his necklace in case of an emergency. The closer he and the rest of Cabin 11 got to the forest, the screaming got quieter. But it was clearly coming from the forest.
Danny hated the forest. The trees and the bugs and the creatures roaming around scared the Hades out of him. He wasn't looking where he was going, and crashed right into the back of one of the only girls in Cabin 11. He then stumbled backwards, tripped over a root, and fell onto his butt.
"Watch it!" whispered the girl, Alex Winter. She had short dark brown hair and brilliant green eyes. She grabbed him by the wrist and, with a short but powerful yank pulled him back onto his feet. They both looked around. They had gotten themselves separated from everybody else.
"Great, look what you did! We're lost in the forest and now I'm freezing my ass off!" Alex gave a little shiver. The temperature seemed to have dropped some since their arrival. They heard a loud sound, somewhat in between a roar and a squawk. coming from the east. Alex pulled out a key-chain and gave it a hard squeeze. It extended to a 2 ft long bronze sword. The two ran in the direction of the roar.
Danny and Alex came across a clearing. They crouched behind a couple of bushes, watching and waiting. There was more screaming, but the closer they got, the more it sounded like... singing? A blonde girl ran through the clearing with a bow and arrow in her hands. She was facing behind her, shooting arrows at whatever was there. She was also singing, though obviously it was draining her.
The monster that was chasing the girl burst out of the trees, seemingly from nowhere. It had a sleek panther-like body and talons for feet. Its wings were big and black, about twice the size of an eagle's wingspan.
"A gryphon! On camp grounds! But how?" Alex was bewildered. She looked over to Danny. Danny wasn't there. She looked back at the action. Danny was running with a long silver sword in his hand towards the gryphon.
"You idiot!" Alex yelled. She jumped into action carrying her sword with her as well, praying that none of them would become gryphon food anytime soon.