Hello there! Welcome to my first attempt at an OC fanfic (Also my first fic in general)! I hope you enjoy this. I'll try to update as often as possible but I can't make any promises. If I get anything wrong or you have any suggestions for future plot points please let me know; though I already have quite a bit of the story planned. Also, a huge thanks to my friend Hannah54301 (HannahCole7 on wattpad) for helping me to brainstorm parts of this story and for being my personal fanfiction consultant. So, without further ado, here we go:

I do not own PJO.

Chapter 1.

My name is Peggy. I have blonde hair with curls twisting into shape near the ends. I'm slightly taller than average and my physical ability is beyond that of most girls at my school. Though, my grades aren't so impressive; I was cursed with major ADHD and dyslexia early on.

My entire life has just been one giant rollercoaster ride. I've had my ups and downs just like any other person, but sometimes I think I can never have something good that will last. School after school, foster home after foster home. I've had this eternal feeling of not belonging, especially when I was originally told I was found on the streets of New York. Why did this happen to me? Someone, someone out there hadn't cared enough to keep me as a helpless child.

Enough about my problems, let's talk a little about the peaks in this amusement park ride called my life. I'm currently in my 7th foster care home and have an amazing little sister. Her name is Alaine. I've spent 3 years in this place which is much longer than any other one I've been to. I've met lots of amazing people but those friendships never last for long.

This might sound crazy to some of you, but sometimes I… see things. Things that aren't truly there. I've tried to explain my problem to doctors and therapists ten times over but they all give me the same lame excuse. "It's just your ADHD acting up." Or "Girls your age often have wild imaginations." But I know I'm not seeing things! It's all real, I swear! I often find myself staring at strange cloud formations above Manhattan, crazy looking people walking normally among the common people or strange flying objects streaking across the sky.

This is the day in which the roller coaster that controls me threw loops, corkscrews and freefalls at me.

"Come on Alaine! We should have left for school 10 minutes ago!" Alaine scrambled out of her room and scraped her breakfast into her mouth. We ran out the door and made our way to the subway.

Alaine and I rode the subway to her Elementary school and I dropped her off there. "Remember to wait for me after school gets out!" I shouted through the small crack of the closing subway doors. I found my way to an open seat on the moving train and sat down. I looked at my phone and started scrolling through the local news.

Not long after, something caught my eye. A horrible looking woman with leathery skin who was staring directly at me. And when I say staring, I mean she hadn't blinked in the minute and a half I had been looking back. She had a creepy smile on her face and that evil look in her eye that you see in your teachers when they give you 4 hours of homework. When the train came to my stop I exited quickly because I wanted to get away from this lady as fast as I could.

I swept out of the subway tunnel, careful not to look behind me.

I walked the remaining block of the trip to my school. I attended Goode high school but this was only my first year. "Peggy! What's up? You look like you just walked through a haunted house!" My friend Alethea (Thea for short) exclaimed. Alethea had strawberry blond hair that was perfectly strait each day and light brown eyes that looked like they could pull every secret from your soul. Thea was great to me, she was pretty and talented enough to be the most popular girl in school; yet she hangs out with me.

"Hey, sorry just a creepy person in the sub'. Probably mentally ill or something." Though I knew that wasn't the case, I lied to her.

"Welcome to New York girl." She sighed, "So! You ready for class?"

"Yeah, let's go." I replied quietly. Just before we walked through the doors, I discretely peeked over my shoulder at the street. At the time, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary but looking back on it, I know she was there. That woman was still following me.

I expected 1st period to be super boring as usual but it turned out not to be too bad. My first hour teacher preferred to go by his first name so that's what we called him. Our teacher, Paul announced our newest unit: Greek Mythology. Greek mythology is one of the only things in the entire world that interests me. Paul was a pretty good teacher and I knew he had a son who was here at Goode. I knew what he looked like because there was a picture of him on Paul's desk. I think his name was P-Peirce? Something like that. He's got jet black hair that sweeps over his forehead flawlessly. His eyes are a greenish-blue tint and I believe he's a Sophomore this year. Funny story about Peirce (Peter? Perce? I wasn't sure): people say that even before his first year here at Goode, he was framed for starting a fire in the band room! Turns out it was just some psycho cheerleader. But was creeps me out is that he disappeared for most of that year after the incident. I've caught myself wondering a lot-where did he go?

Anyways, back to class- Paul began to give us the basic background information on Greek myths. He told about Kronos, the titan lord, who ate his children, the gods, when they were children. And how after they grew up inside him, Zeus cut his father into pieces and freed them. One thing I found strange is how Paul referred to the gods and the titans and gods. He never said 'It was believed by the Greeks' or 'In the Greek myths' he told these stories like it was local news. After listening intently for the remainder of class and taking absolutely no notes, I walked out of the classroom with Thea.

Until lunch things went normal. "Eww… meatloaf patties? That is so gross." Thea stated bluntly. I had to agree with her-when I looked around the lunchroom I couldn't find a single person eating their lunch. They were all just talking or throwing the meatloaf at the table next to them. "What do you say we just go grab some fast food for lunch? We do have an hour to eat."

"Definitely." I replied quickly. I wanted to get out of the cafeteria before a patty projectile hit me in the face. Thea left and I quickly followed her footsteps out the door.

Once outside we decided to go to a sandwich shop across the street. We found a table in the corner of the restaurant, next to the window. I ordered a PB&J panini and Thea got a turkey and cheese sandwich. We sat waiting for our food and talked.

"Can you believe there's only three and a half weeks of school left?" I asked quizzically.

"No, seems crazy, doesn't it? Seems like only yesterday we walked into Goode for our first day. Even before that I'd heard so many stories about this place." Thea retorted.

"Like what?"

"Lots of things. Clutch football games, fights between kids, somebody spray painting a picture of the principal outside, priceless! Oh, and how could I forget? That out-of-nowhere fire last year. I heard that kid Percy Jackson was framed for starting it." Percy! That was it! I thought.

"Yeah that sounded crazy. Glad I wasn't there to see it, though it was all over the news." Our food arrived at the table and we began to eat. I was having a pretty enjoyable time here with Thea, I should've known it wasn't going to last long.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw that old woman walk in. I nearly choked on my food when I saw her.

"Are you ok?" Thea asked, concerned.

I coughed a little then replied, "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. It's just that lady who was following me around this morning." Thea raised an eyebrow at me, then looked over her shoulder to the doors.

"Who?"

"There. Sitting alone in that booth." I had my finder aimed at her face so Thea could see who I was talking about. Thea looked at the lady for a second, then to me, back to lady, finally her gaze returned to me.

"Girl, are you crazy? That's just an old woman eating a bowl of soup. What is so scary about her?" Thea's eyes were wide and her nostrils flared.

"Just forget I said anything." Thea sighed and we both went back to eating our food.

Just before we had finished, I noticed some walk into the shop. It was that kid, Percy. He was looking around the café, carefully examining each table. His eyes quickly darted around until they rested on the table with the old woman. Percy grimaced and went to sit at a table near her. When the waiter came over to take his order he quickly waved her away, not looking away from the old woman.

Thea soon broke my trace, "All done! You ready to go?" I blinked at her and must've looked like I was hypnotized for a second.

I shook my head violently and squeaked, "I have to use the bathroom-go back to school without me. I'll be right there."

"You sure? I can wait."

"No, no don't. I'll be fine."

Thea's eye squinted at me but then she released the tension. "Sure, ok. I'll see you 6th hour I guess." She plowed out the door and crossed the street back to school but she wasn't the one I was worried about.

The old woman looked between me and Percy and her eyes widened. She quickly rushed out the door and around the left side off the building. I wasn't going to lose her this easily. I shouldered through the doors and followed here around the wall. I entered a dark alley scattered with trash and fire escaped dotting the brick walls. I couldn't see the woman anywhere. Once I was fully behind the building she slid out of the shadows. Her eyes glowed a deep red and she had a horrid smile. I whipped around determined to get out of here but that didn't go so well. Another old woman leaped down from one of the fire escapes and landed in front of me. She had wickedly sharp teeth that dripped with saliva. Help me!

Just then, both the old women started to change… they went from looking like they were 100 to 1000. Leathery wings unfurled from their backs, and their faces flattened out. Their ears began to point and they fell into a hunched stature. They looked like they could put on some serious hurt, they had claws that looked as sharp as knifes.

The two creatures glared at me. The one behind me spoke in a raspy voice, "Where half-blood!? Where is the god's child!? Where has your kind taken her, what have you done to her!?" I turned around to look at her but I was too terrified to say anything. I swallowed hard and closed my eyes. "RAAH!" The monster screamed in my face as she gripped my shoulders. It felt like she was about to rip my arms off. The second creature clasped her hands around my neck from behind. She began to choke me, stopping me from taking in another breath. "TELL US WHERE THE CHILD IS!" They both screeched at the same.

"I-I… I don't know-" I couldn't breathe or speak any longer, the monster's hands were so tight around me. The claws around my neck began to dig in, blood began to seep out of my wounds. This… this is it for me. My friend Thea, will live the rest of her life thinking my death was her fault. Alaine, I was the big sister she had wanted all her life… and now I was about to leave it forever. No… this can't be it. Who dies like this? Not even knowing what their purpose in life is? Heck, I don't even know why I am dying. My thoughts began to blur, the pain was all I could feel. I was dead. Is this what death feels like? Pain? Why should w- My thoughts were cut off. Cut off by a blood-curdling scream. No, a war cry. I'm not dead! I won't die! My eyes shot open. I saw one thing and one thing only- Percy Jackson.

Wow! What a 1st chapter! I hope you enjoyed. Chapter 2 will be out as soon as I get it done. Happy reading my friends!

I do not own PJO.