A/N: This is the SYOC story I was doing! I really hope you like it!

1. The Beginning (Duh.)

Marie.

I glanced around our home. No, not a cosy house, but a massive theatre. It was dirty, really messy, and very worn down when we found it, but we had managed to fix it up quite a bit.

Someone grabbed my shoulder. I whirled, and hit that someone in the head.

"AGH!" Whoever-It-was screamed.

I gasped. "Trent! Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry!" I had forgot that we were playing Ghosts.

Ghosts was a game were one person was picked to be the ghost, while the others snuck around the place were you're playing the game. The ghost would try to find people, and if the ghost hadn't found over 3 players in a certain amount of time, the ghost would have to sit out on the next round.

He rubbed his head, and gave a flirtatious grin. "You literally knocked me off my feet!"

I rolled my eyes. Trent was ever the player. "Stop it."

"Aw. Come on, you know you like it." He draped his arm around my shoulders.

"I have to find the others, or I'm out." I sighed, ducking out from under his grip.

"I'll see you later then." He said, wiggling his eyebrows.

I shrugged, a half smile on my lips. "Maybe." I ran off to find some of my other adoptive siblings.

Soon, I heard giggling from behind a costume closet. I peered behind it. Sure enough, there were the twins, Ajax and Andrea. "Got you..." I said in a rasping tone.

They squeaked, and ran out of their hiding place.

"IT'S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!" Andrea screamed. Well, I found three people, so I guess I wouldn't be out on the next round. Prosper wasn't even trying to hide, he was sitting at The Meeting Table reading. The Meeting Table was the place we gathered at if there was a problem.

"Oh come on, Pros. You can do better than that."

He looked at me, smiling his usual ten mile grin. "Really?"

"OK EVERYONE, LETS STOP PLAYING NOW!" I shouted, my voice echoing off the walls. Everyone filed over, and sat down at the table.

Kayla sighed. "Oh geez. Nothing to do. What a crisis." She said sarcastically.

"I know right? No fair." Liam sighed.

"I'm sure you guys can come up with something." Madison said.

"Is it lunch time yet?" Ajax asked. He looked at Madison hopefully with his big blue eyes. Then his gaze went to Kayla, then me. You see, Kayla, Madison, and I were the first to find this place, so we were the leaders.

"You can get your food if you like. I'm not hungry." Kayla said. I nodded.

Within the space of a second, everyone had disappeared to our food storage room.

I looked at Kayla. "I'm going to the roof." The roof was the place I always went to escape the busyness of our theatre. She nodded, and I walked away.

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The wind rustled my hair, as I stood clutching the rail. It was a windy day, but it was hot. I breathed in the summer air, and sighed. Here, I felt like I didn't have responsibilities heaped upon my shoulders.

Someone came, and hugged me from behind. I knew who it was.

"Trent. How many times do I have to tell you to-" I was cut off, by his lips on mine. I broke away. I looked at him sadly. He flirted with every girl he met, and always broke their heart. That was not going to happen to me. "Just leave me alone, Trent. You're a nice guy, and everything, but, well, to be honest, you're a player." I turned away.

He grabbed my wrist. "No, this is different. I love you. For real."

I twisted my arm out of his grip. "How would I know that you are telling the truth?"

He thought for a moment, then his shoulders slumped. "I don't know. I guess you would just have to trust me."

I turned away. "Just leave me alone. At least for a while. Sorry." I heard him walk away.

When I was sure he had gone, I started singing a song I loved. It was ironically called The Lonely, and was originally sung by Christina Perri.

2am where do I begin?

Crying off my face again.

The silent sound of loneliness,

Wants to follow me to bed.

I'm the ghost of a girl that I want to be most.

I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room.

Can the lonely take the place of you?

I sing myself a quiet lullaby.

Let you go and let the lonely in.

To take my heart again.

To afraid to go inside.

For the pain of one more loveless night.

But the loneliness will stay with me.

And hold me till I fall asleep.

I'm the ghost of a girl that I want to be most.

I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.

Dancing slowly in an empty room.

Can the lonely take the place of you?

I sing myself a quiet lullaby.

Let you go and let the lonely in.

To take my heart again.

Broken pieces of,

A barely breathing story.

Where there once was love.

Now there's only me, and the lonely.

Dancing slowly in an empty room.

Can the lonely take the place of you?

I sing myself a quiet lullaby.

Let you go and let the lonely in.

To take my heart again.

I brushed a tear from my face. Why did life have to be so hard? Then Trent decides that he loves me, and make life harder. Great, just great. I needed a break. A long one. I wish I could snap my fingers and be somewhere where I was considered one of the kids, and not a leader.

I did have some weird powers... I snapped my fingers. Nothing happened of course. We all have weird powers. We are freaks. You may think that you could, and would like to, be a leader and look after loads of people. Trust me, you have no idea how hard it is for us though. Some sort of creatures attack us often, we are always searching for food, using our powers to get money. We knew that it was wrong to steal, but you would if you were starving.

I decided that I should head in, and grab something to eat before it all disappears. I made sure I didn't bump into Trent on my way to the food room. I ate a sandwich, and headed to my room.

I shared the loft with Kayla, Andrea, Stephanie, Alexa, and Madison. Only Stephanie was there though. I lay down on my mattress, and stared up at the ceiling.

Stephanie came and sat down next to me. "What's the matter?" She asked frowning slightly.

"Nothing." I lied.

"I know that isn't true."

I sighed. "Promise not to tell anyone?"

"I swear on my dead body that I won't tell a soul."

"Fine. I was on the roof, and Trent came and said he loved me. I like him too, but you know what he's like, and I don't want my heart broken." I left out the part where he kissed me, for both his sake and mine.

"Oh." She said. She knew there was more; she was the only person who could read me like a book.

She thought for a moment, and just as she opened her mouth again, there was a humongous crash from downstairs. The whole theatre erupted into noise. Screams, shouts, and a roar. I practically flew downstairs to see what the matter was. There was a boy I didn't recognize, and more serious, a huge giant was standing in the middle of the seating area. The guy was about sixteen, and armed with a glowing sword. I pressed the button on my pocket watch necklace, and it transformed into a dagger. The others pulled out their weapons, and started towards the monster.

After we had disposed of the giant, we interrogated the guy. Only the leaders had this privilege.

"Who are you?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him.

He looked at me with his green eyes that reminded me of the sea. "I'm Percy Jackson."

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