Lexi-Bold
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Hades's eyes suddenly widened. Oh, Gods this was his son.
...
"Nico! What are you- wait... You look so old." Percy quickly mumbled.
Annabeth clamped her hand over Percy's mouth. She gave Nico an apologetic smile.
Thalia suddenly spoke.
"Jason?" she whispered quietly. The blonde boy stepped forward. "You're my brother, Jason. It's me, Thalia." Jason had a puzzled expression, then his face hardened.
"I'm sorry, I don't have a sister. I never had one." Thalia hopes seemed to fall, and you could tell by her face that she was thoroughly heartbroken.
Percy felt kind of awkward. It looked like the boy and girl that came with Jason felt the same way. After a few tension filled seconds, the Sky God himself spoke:
"We can't have random mortals in our throne room. Who are you?" Zeus theatrically boomed.
Nico stepped forward first. "As you know, I am Nico di Angelo. I would request not to share my parent's name. You will find out soon enough". Nico seemed nervous and kept looking at Annabeth and Percy like they were ghosts.
The girl sucked in a breath. "My name is Piper McLean. I'm twelve. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing here and I don't know any of these people." Piper's eyes were frantic and seemed to search around the room for a familiar face.
The wild-haired boy stepped (more like jumped) forward. "I'm Leo Valdez. Is this like the FBI or somethin' because I am NOT going back to St. Bernadette's Sanctuary for Children. The kids there knocked me unconscious seven times and no one cared. You shouldn't arrest me for running away, you should cl-" Athena cut him off.
" Leo Valdez, this is not the FBI. We are the Greek Gods and Goddesses. Do not ramble nonsense in our presence."
"Wait, GREEK?!" Jason stepped forward. "There are no Greek Gods anymore. Only Roman. The Greek Gods were killed off after Greece was taken over by Rome."
Athena's eyes blazed dangerously. "You call us dead? Do we look dead? Do not disrespect us. I have half a mind to kill you slowly and painfully for saying that AND interrupting me. We do not even know your name."
"My name is Jason Grace, fifth cohort. Twelve, son of Jupiter."
Annabeth was as white as a sheet of paper.
Percy whispered, "What the heck is he talking about?" Annabeth just shook her head.
"WHA-"
Nico di Angelo cut the gods off. "We should stop this conversation for fear of ruining the future."
The gods and goddesses hesitated for a moment, then grudgingly agreed.
"We should start to read the book if we all want to go back to our time. I'll read."
The Demigod Diaries: Story One
Nico's eyes widened. He balked for a moment, then read the title.
The Diary of Luke Castellan
Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia started whispering frantically while the Gods looked about ready to debate. Hermes looked like he was about to throw up.
"GUYS! Why don't we just hear what Luke has to say." The room quieted and Nico began.
My name is Luke Castellan.
A chorus of whispers echoed throughout the throne room.
Leo was weirded out. Who was this guy? Twenty or so pairs of eyes landed on him. Oops. Leo just spoke that aloud, didn't he?
Honestly, I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with this diary. My life is pretty crazy. But I promised the old man I would try. After what happened today...well, I owe him.
"Is this... please don't be that..." Thalia trailed off.
"What are you talking about?" Percy said.
Thalia pretended she didn't hear.
My hands are shaking as I sit here on guard duty. I can't get the horrible images out of my head. I've got a few hours until the girls wake up.
Annabeth let out a small gasp. This was when they were on the run.
Maybe if I write down the story, I'll be able to put it behind me.
I should probably start with the magic goat.
"Oh my gods, this WAS it." Thalia said in fear.
"What?" Piper asked.
"You'll find out."
For three days, Thalia and I had been following the goat across Virginia.
"This is when they found me." Annabeth mumbled under her breath.
I wasn't sure why. To me, the goat didn't look like anything special, but Thalia was more agitated than I'd ever seen her before. She was convinced the goat was some sort of sign from her dad, Zeus.
Percy broke in. "For the first time EVER, I'm going to have to agree with Luke on this one. It's a goat, Thalia."
"It's Amaltheia, you dolt." Thalia shot back.
That didn't really help anything in Percy's head.
Yeah, her dad is a Greek god. So is mine. We're demigods.
"And as far as I know, you two (points to Leo and Piper) are demigods, don't get excited." Nico said.
Leo was excited since when someone says something to Leo, it means the opposite to him.
Piper still thinks someone drugged her.
If you think that's cool, think again. Demigods are monster magnets. All those ancient Greek nasties like Furies and harpies and gorgons still exist, and they can sense heroes like us from miles away. Our superpowerful parents don't even talk to us, much less help us. Why? If I tried to explain that, I'd fill up this whole diary, so I'm going to move on.
The three present demigods and the Olympians let out an exasperated sigh while the clueless trio sat there being... well, clueless and Nico clamped his mouth shut for fear of letting out the future.
"What the-" Jason started to ask about what was going to happen to the Greek demigods, but Nico made sure NO question were asked, so nothing would affect the future.
Anyway, this goat would pop up at random times, always in the distance. Whenever we tried to catch up to it, the goat would vanish and appear farther away, as if leading us somewhere.
Me, I would've left it alone. Thalia wouldn't explain why she thought it was important, but she and I had been adventuring together long enough that I'd learned to trust her judgement. So we followed the goat.
"Okay, Pinecone Face what is with the goat?" Percy teased.
Thalia had to ignore. If she didn't, she would either scream her head off or cry hysterically. She didn't want anyone in the throne room to experience that.
Early in the morning, we made it into Richmond. We trudged across a narrow bridge over a lazy green river, past wooded parks and Civil War cemetaries. As we got closer to the center of town, we navigated through sleepy neighborhoods of red brick townhouses wedged close together, with white-columned porches and tiny gardens.
A shadow of recognition passed over Annabeth's face.
She whispered to Percy, "Once you go over that bridge, take two lefts and a right and my old neighborhood would be straight ahead."
I imagined all the normal families living in those cozy houses. I wondered what it would be like to have a home, to know where my next meal was coming from, and not have have to about getting eaten by monsters every day. I'd run away when I was only nine-five long years ago. I barely remembered what it was like to sleep in a real bed.
Annabeth was visibly shaken, as was Percy. Meanwhile, Hermes is on the verge of tears and dropped his head into his hands. Thalia glares at both Zeus and Hermes, about to burst.
At this time, Leo, Piper, and Jason were just staring at Greek demigods. Jason had a look of knowing, while Leo and Piper were downright confuzzled.
After walking another mile, my feet felt like they were melting inside my shoes, I hoped we could find a place to rest, maybe get some food. Instead, we found the goat.
"Oh my gods." Percy face-palmed.
The street we following opened up into a big circular park. Stately red brick mansions faced the roundabout. In the middle of the circle, atop a twenty-foot marble pedestal, was a bronze dude sitting on horseback.
"I seem to despise this traitor even more every moment. I helped design that statue." Athena sneered.
Grazing at the base of the monument was the goat.
The wild-haired boy stood up, "I'm with that weird guy over there." Leo dismissed the thought with the wave of a hand. "What the heck is with the goat?!"
Thalia stood up and glared.
Leo sat right back down.
"Hide!" Thalia pulled me behind a row of rosebushes.
"It's just a goat," I said for the millionth time, "Why-"
"It's special," Thalia insisted. "One of my dad's sacred animals. Her name is Amaltheia."
"Thank you for that wonderful explanation, scary emo chick." Leo grinned. "That didn't explain one thing."
"Sit down, shut up, unless you want the smile smacked right off your face." Thalia sneered.
Leo quickly decided that he didn't like this girl.
Meanwhile, Annabeth has a face of shock and recognitition.
"This can't be-oh my gods." Annabeth had a face of horror. Luke had told her about what happened. She used all of her self-control trying to keep her mouth shut.
She'd never mentioned the goat before. I wondered why she sounded so nervous.
Thalia isn't scared of much.
"No duh." Nico spoke (out of the context of the book) in ages. Thalia sent a death glare in Nico's direction, but when she realized who she was glaring at, her gaze softened.
"You're Bianca's brother right? Just older."
Nico di Angelo's expression hardened and went back to the book.
She's only twelve, two years younger than I am, but if you saw her walking down the street, you'd clear a path. She wears black leather boots, black jeans, and a tattered leather jacket studded with punk rock buttons. Her hair is dark and choppy like a feral animal's. Her intense blue eyes bore into you as if she's considering the best way to beat you to a pulp.
"You haven't changed a bit from the past, have you?" Piper asked softly. She was highly intimidated by the people who call themselves gods, (whom she suspects is a cult of crazies) the punk rock girl who snaps at anyone who says anything that sounds like an offense even if its a joke, the older, pale boy with the dark eyes who seems to now it all since he IS from the future, the blonde with her calculating grey eyes, and most of all, the boy with the green eyes. She doesn't understand who he could tease Thalia and get away with it.
"No, no I haven't." Thalia says quietly. The room shuts up. They all seemed to understand how much of a tough time she has been going through, reciting her past like this.
Anything that scared her, I had to take seriously.
Percy snorted.
"Shut. Your. Face. Kelp. Head." Thalia scowled.
Percy said nothing, but kept a victorious smirk on his face.
"So you've seen this goat before?" I asked.
She nodded reluctantly. "In Los Angeles, the night I ran away. Amaltheia led me out of the city. And later, you and I met...She led me to you."
"Awww. Romance moment." Leo cooed.
Thalia had enough. She lunged and it took Annabeth, Percy and Nico to hold her back. Thalia sat back down and settled with a deadly wolf stare; Leo winced and she smiled with satisfaction.
I stared at Thalia. As far as I knew, our meeting was an accident. We literally ran into each other in a dragon's cave outside Charleston and teamed up to stay alive. Thalia had never mentioned a goat.
"Why the heck would I mention a goat? He'd think I was a lunatic if I said I'd followed a goat to get him. I bet Luke would think I was on a hallucinagen." Thalia explained.
"Now he obviously also sees a goat so you both are on hallucina- whatever you just said." Percy responded.
"Shut up."
Nico was about to continue but interrupted by a large flash, a crash, and a large moan of, "Lexi, PLEASE get off my back. I am not a cushion."
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