Chapter 2: I Met A Small Girl
The frosty wind whipped against my face. I stormed across town, but no one noticed me probably because I've always been a freak, an outcast, a misfit. Surprisingly, no weird things happened to me until I got the 5th avenue. That's where I almost got my head taken off, again. See if you ever met an insane, psycho path child eater, run. I was walking through a city park and this lady was just sitting on a bench feeding pigeons. Normal right? Wrong, completely wrong. Only later would I notice that there were no kids, not even a single one around. The set of swings were still, a ball bounced in the distance.
"Hello sweetie." The women purred. She had red hair, but I could see streaks of gray. She wore a simple t shirt that said, 'I'm a great babysitter!' and her pants were regular jeans. "My oh my you look like your father." She said kindly.
"Who-who are you? How do you know my father?" I asked curiously. Now I know it was a pretty bad idea to talk to some lady I didn't know, especially when no one else was around, but she seemed loving and kind. I almost wanted to stay there forever and feed the pigeons with her.
"Oh never mind that, wouldn't you like to tell me your name? Mine's Lamia." She said.
"I'm Talia, wait a minute you're Lamia like form those silly greek stories?" I asked.
"No, no not at all. I was just… named after her that's it, I was named after her." The women said but I could pick out a hint of worry in her voice almost as if she really was Lamia and was trying to trick me…
"No I'm pretty sure you are Lamia. You look just like the pictures from Latin class. Hmm let me see weren't you some kind of monster? You used to…eat kids." I said, shocked that I remembered that.
"Yes, won't you come over here and feed the pigeons with me?" she asked. Just about then I realized this was one of those crazy things that always happened to me.
"No!" I screamed and turned to run, but I couldn't. It was as if I didn't want to leave the poor old lady alone in the cold, with only the pigeons for company.
"That's right Thalia, you want to stay here with me forever." The women said. She pulled some rope from a bag she had next to her. Next thing I knew, I was tied to a tree hands behind my back, my lightning bolt bag at my feet.
"I hate to eat a child of Zeus, but I'm starving and as you can see all the children are gone. Such a shame really." Lamia said to me. That's when a small little girl ran up behind Lamia, and stabbed her in the back of the head. She turned to dust instantly.
"Who are you?" I asked as she untied me.
"Annabeth." She said happily.
"Well nice to meet you Annabeth, I'm Thalia."