Raven had never slept so soundly. The trouble was waking up. When she woke up she was laying in the dumpster behind an old building. She opened her eyes and she was snuggled between the dumpster and a brick wall. Her eyes widened as she looked around. What was happening? She looked down and she was wearing a white tank top and blue hooded sweat shirt with the sleeves. She wore denim shorts and black sneakers. Her socks reached up to her thighs. Gold necklaces felt cold around her neck and gold earring hung from her ears. She looked like one of those popular girls from her school. Her canvas bag had been replaced by moss green backpack with brown leather trim.
She looked around. She got up and her legs felt frail. A piece of paper fluttered to the ground. She picked it up. It was the piece of paper with her wish written on it. Under her wish in neat golden letters was the words "Wish Granted". Raven's eyes widened. This had to be a joke. She walked out of the alleyway and right across the street she saw a gate that said Yancy Academy. She had no idea what was going on. She looked around shaking.
She rushed down the streets to find a bathroom. She walked into the McDonald bathroom and looked in the mirror. There she was twelve years old again. Her hair was cut in the same short curls it had been back then and she did look considerably younger. It was all so unreal. She looked away from the mirror. If she looked at twelve year old her anymore she was going to pass out.
Raven locked herself in her a bathroom stall. She had to get what was going on. She knew it was impossible for her to be twelve again. It was impossible for her to end up in the dumpster outside. It was especially impossible for there to be a yancy academy since it didn't exist. She'd checked. Had her wish come true…? She was starting to think maybe that crazy lady wasn't so crazy after all.
If that was true she was inside her favorite book. She was at the beginning of The Lightning Thief. She wasn't so sure she was happy about that. She'd always wanted to be a Demigod and if her wish really had come true that meant that she was now the daughter of Nemesis. She wasn't really sure why she had chosen Nemesis out of all the gods; she'd just always liked balance. Good things came at a price it was how the world worked. That didn't mean good things couldn't happen but you had to balance them out so things didn't turn into a disaster.
She pulled her bag off her shoulder. It was heavy. All she expected to find inside was her school stuff. Instead she found an arsenal in her bag. When she pulled it out it was a dagger. Easy to conceal, light weight, it fit perfectly in her palm. She was a little disappointed it was just a dagger. She understood that daggers were a true warrior's weapon, since you had to be close to strict (as explained by Luke to Annabeth back when they were on the run together) but still, she thought swords and bows and arrows and hammers and spears were all a lot cooler.
She was thinking about who she'd rather have a sword when the blade in her hand grew in size. She was now holding a full blown sword in her hand. She gasped. A hammer? The weapon changed to fit her needs. Her eyes widened. This was amazing. She asked the blade to turn back into a dagger and stuck it back in the bag. She pulled out a leather bound book next. She looked through it and she grinned. It was a book of prophecies. Everyone from the Percy Jackson series and then some was written down in need writing. Some of them made no sense to her but some were clearly roman and talked about the roman gods. She also had copies of each one of the Percy Jackson books in her bag.
She also pulled out blue chocker out of the bag, incrusted with sea shells, she didn't know what it did but it went with her outfit so she put it on. She put the books back in her bag. If she really was in the Olympian world she would need all this stuff. From what she knew Nemesis kids didn't really have powers. She leaned against the wall behind her.
She had gotten her wish but now what? She was a pretty useless demigod; all she had was a book and a weapon that changed forms. What was she supposed to do? Then it hit her. She had way more than a weapon and a book. She had knowledge. She knew exactly what happened to the demigods and when it would happen. She could help. But how?
Raven thought up her plan in a matter of minutes. She would use her knowledge to help the demigods; she would stop bad things she knew would happen. Like the death of Bianca di Angelo. And she could save Luke. She would just have to be careful with the way she did things. She would have to harness her calling as a child of Nemesis. She'd have to balance things out. If she saved Luke for Annabeth she'd have to let someone less important be taken by the titan lord to even things out. As long as things came out the same way she could fix things. After all the demigods in her book didn't deserve to suffer the way they do.
First order of business: Find Percy. He was so scared in the first book if she could reassure him things would be alright maybe he'd have more courage in the tasks he accomplished. She shouldered her bag and walked out of the bathroom. She took one last look at herself in the mirror. She reassured herself she'd be 15 again soon enough. Not that she particularly wanted to be 15 again. She liked being 12.
She walked along the street in front of Yancy academy. It looked big and scary. Like an asylum. No wonder Percy had hated thins place, good thing she wouldn't be staying long. She turned the corner and saw a woman, tall and skinny with brown hair and a boy, obviously her son, with black hair and sea green eyes carrying a few bags towards the building. Raven sucked in air. This was it. Time to be the mysterious Raven, the girl with all the answers. She stepped forward.
"Percy Jackson?" Raven asked her voice level and calm. Good start.
"Um, yea," the boy answered. Percy was about an inch shorter than Raven and just a little scrawny. Raven assumed he'd gain muscle mass as the year went on but he didn't have any now.
"I'm Raven Blouse, the school sent me to greet you, welcome to Yancy!" she tried to sound official. It seemed to be working since neither Percy nor his mom sensed anything wrong. "If you want me to take your bags I can show your son to the dorms miss Jackson!"
Raven took the bags and her and Percy walked into yancy. She had no idea where she was going so she followed some other kids taking bags into the school. Percy walked along silently, "So sixth grade, huh."
"Yea" Percy grumbled. Come on Raven, Raven thought, get it together remember the books. Percy hates yancy. Build on that.
"Boarding school kind of sucks huh. All these rich kids with weird problems... You don't seem to belong in this kind of place."
Percy raised an eyebrow at her.
"Here's some advice, Percy. Read your Greek mythology textbook closely. It could really save your life." She tried to say save your life casually, like she meant it school wise, it could save his life. "You're going to like Ch- Er, . But watch out for ."
She didn't even have to look at the books for the names.
"Cool," Percy said.
"Look," Raven said, "You'll see in time boarding school is the least of your problems. But me and a lot more of your friends are going to be around to help you. I'm thinking we'll be seeing a whole lot of each other. So don't sweat it."
Percy gave Raven a small smile, "Thanks, I guess that's pretty cool."
Raven smiled in return. "Annabeth is a lucky girl." She said without thinking.
"Who?" Percy looked confused. Raven caught herself.
"You'll see." She said simply. "Anyway follow these kids to the dorms, I have some business to take care of, but I'll see you soon. Welcome to Yancy."
"Uh, yea thanks." Percy said as Raven ran off.
Raven beamed as she turned the corner. The mission was a success. She had just met The Percy Jackson! Her skin was still tingling. That kid was going to save the world and she was going to help him. She was starting to get behind this wish idea. But she wasn't done yet. She had more people to see. It was off to Camp Half Blood.
She was about to start off when she realized she had no idea where camp half blood was. That's when she realized she didn't need to know. There were people right in front of her who knew. She went into the school. It took some asking before she found the Latin classroom. When she got there she knocked before entering.
She entered and looked at the old Greek and Roman armor and writing on the board. And there he was, Chiron. The trainer of heroes. He didn't look like much but he was a centaur and a wise man. He'd trained Percy and Annabeth and countless other heroes. Now she was going to train her. Hopefully.
"Chiron?" She said without thinking. He turned and stared at her wide eyed. "I'm Raven I'm a half-blood." She explained quickly. She didn't need him thinking she was a monster and attacking him or anything.
"Yes…I can see that." He said nodding slowly. "What are you doing here, girl?"
His voice was calm and soothing. Like you could hear the years he'd lived in his voice, but it was still strong. Raven could feel herself unclench and loosen up. She was safe here.
"I need to make it to camp half blood," She explained, "There is a camper who needs my help."
An hour later Raven was on the camp half blood bus back to camp half blood. The first thing she needed to do was talk to Luke. She knew she could convince him to change if she got to him now before he did anything stupid. She had to try for Annabeth. She was going to loss Thalia to the hunters and she deserved to have Luke there for her. Kronus would take refuge in someone else she was sure.
She'd refused to tell Chiron anything about Luke. All she'd said is someone needed her help and it was urgent. She couldn't sell Luke out though. If she couldn't save Luke she'd have to let things run its course. But if she could share with him the future then she could convince him not to side with Kronus.
Every bump in the road made her stomach do summersaults. She was actually heading to Camp Half Blood. Where they train heroes and learn survival and fight monsters. She had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. But still a part of her was sad. What had happened to her sister and brother and dad? Her mother was Nemesis now so did her real mom not exist anymore? That would have been fine with her if it weren't for Kelly. She'd never been close with her family. Her mom and dad were always arguing and didn't pay much attention to her and she hated her brother. Not even the sibling kind of hate. He had done too many things for her to consider him family.
But Kelly had always been Raven's best friend. She was kind and smart and just a natural leader. She'd always loved Raven and accepted her. Now what had happened to her? She had no idea. If she was gone Raven didn't know what she would do. But she was fine with not knowing for now. She could assume her family was fine. She had probably just been plucked from her family and become a half blood.
Finally Argus parked the van. There was giant hill and a pine at the top. Raven could only blink at it. Argus got out as well. He looked like a normal guy except for the eyes all over his body. She was just a little freaked out by that. He looked at her with all his eyes as if to ask: Why are you just standing there? She pointed at the tree.
"Thalia's tree?" She guessed. Argus just nodded.
We walked up the hill together. When we got to the top I looked over the Valley. There was a rock wall with lava flowing over the side and a strawberry field and a large wood. In the distance was the sight of long island sound. The cabins were off the side, one for each, she was disappointed to remember her mother didn't have a cabin. She would not get one until the end of the Last Olympian.
The sight was beautiful. She could see the big house at the bottom of the hill, and the air smelled like strawberries. The air was warm and a slight breeze blow back her jet black curls. She could feel it in her gut. This was her home. She grinned as Argus lead her down the hill to the big house.