Hey guys! So apparently there are a few other stories about the same thing as mine. I didn't read or know of these stories before now, so apologies if they are really similar. I probably won't read them, to avoid accidently using one of the author's ideas. And I'm following the chapters from The Lost Hero, so the chapters will probably be really long.

The Lost Heroine

Reyna II

The storm churned into a miniature hurricane. Funnel clouds snaked toward the skywalk like the tendrils of a monster jellyfish.

Kids screamed and ran for the building. The wind snatched away their notebooks, jackets, hats, and backpacks. Reyna skidded across the slick floor as she ran.

Leo suddenly lost his balance and almost toppled over the railing, but Reyna and grabbed his jacket and hauled him back over the ledge. "Thanks, chica!" Leo yelled.

"Go, go, go!" yelled Hedge to the remaining students on the skywalk.

Piper and Dylan were holding the doors open, herding the other kids inside. Piper's snowboarding jacket was flapping wildly, her dark hair all in her face. She looked calm and confident, but Reyna saw through all of that in one scrutinizing look. Piper was encouraging the others, but Reyna wondered if she was just encouraging herself.

Reyna, Leo, and Coach Hedge ran towards them, but it was like running through quicksand. The wind seemed to fight them, pushing them back. Dylan and Piper pushed one more kid inside, then lost their grip on the doors. They slammed shut, closing of the skywalk. Piper tugged at the handles. Inside, kids pounded on the glass, but the doors seemed to be stuck.

"Dylan, help!" Piper shouted.

Dylan just stood there with an idiotic grin, his Cowboys jersey rippling in the wind, like he was suddenly enjoying the storm. "Sorry, Piper," he said. "I'm done helping."

He flicked his wrist and Piper flew backward, slamming into the doors and sliding down the skywalk deck.

"Piper!" Reyna tried to go to the girl's aid, but the wind was against her and Coach Hedge pushed her back. "Coach! Let me go!" Reyna yelled.

"Reyna, stay behind me!" the coach ordered. "This is my fight. I should've known all along that this was our monster."

"What?" Leo demanded. A rogue worksheet slapped him in the face, but he swatted it away. "What monster?"

The coach's cap blew off, revealing two bumps on his head. Horns. He lifted his baseball bat, but to Reyna, it was no longer a bat. It looked like a crudely fashioned tree-branch club, with twigs and leaves still attached.

Dylan grinned like an idiot. "Come on, Coach. Let the girl attack me. What's the worst that'll happen? She'll probably do better than you could."

"That's it, cupcake" Hedge growled. "You're going down!"

Dylan flicked his wrist and Hedge and Reyna turned around to see Leo hanging from the railing of the skywalk, dangling over the Grand Canyon. "Help!" he cried out. "Rope, please? Bungee cord? Parachute?"

Hedge cursed and handed Reyna his club. "Kid, distract them while I get Valdez."

Before Reyna could answer, the coach kicked off his shoes to reveal goat hooves. Reyna blinked, then turned around to face Dylan. On instinct, she looked at her wrist to see a silver and gold bracelet. She yanked the bracelet off of her wrist, flung it in the air, and watched in amazement as the bracelet turned into a golden spear. Reyna grabbed the spear and lunged at Dylan, who had turned into a black storm spirit thing- a ventus her mind supplied- with all of her might. She managed to impale his left hip, and golden blood gushed from the wound.

"What do we have here? A praetor? I know that I'm a special spirit, but you godlings didn't have to go all out to defeat me. And where's your partner? The amazing Saving Grace? Or did he run out on you like your sister?" Dylan mocked, and for some reason Reyna was filled with rage, although Dylan had confused her beyond all thought. What sister? What saving grace?

Bang! Reyna found herself on her back with tunnel vision to boot. Piper was holding Hedge's club, about to strike Dylan on the back of his head, when Reyna shot upward and threw her spear at Dylan, plunging the spear through his neck, narrowly missing Piper. Reyna expected Dylan to disappear or something, but instead he pulled Reyna's spear out of his neck and tossed it to the ground. Reyna scooped up her spear and used it to attack the two remaining venti.

"Why, you little!" Dylan started, but was silenced by Piper braining him with Hedge's club.

Then Hedge leaped out of the canyon with Leo over his shoulder like a sack of flour. He dropped the boy to the ground and bellowed, "Fear me, spirits!" He then looked around to see all of them gone but Dylan, who was slumped to the ground. "Hades, girls! Why didn't you leave any for me? I wanted a challenge!"

"Leo just fell down the Grand Canyon, and you're looking for a challenge?" Piper asked incredulously.

"My mistress will destroy all demigods! You cannot win!" Dylan bellowed, and then charged, sending Piper to the railing, holding on for dear life. Dylan grabbed Leo and began to leave.

Hedge grabbed Leo's ankle before shouting, "Reyna! Get Piper! Now!"

Reyna scrambled to the ledge, only to see that Piper had just let go. Without hesitation, Reyna dropped into the chasm and grabbed Piper's wrist with her right hand and clung to the railing with her left. They seemed to hang for minutes, until she was hauled up by a boy with black hair and sea green eyes.

"Where is she?" the boy demanded.

"Who?" Reyna asked in response.

"Annabeth! I was told that she would be here! She promised me! Well, Hades this stinks. And the Underworld smells really awful. I would know. Anyways, sorry about that. I'm just worried about my girlfriend, Annabeth. She disappeared a few months ago. My name's Percy Jackson, and that's Butch" Percy pointed to a buff guy with a rainbow tattoo. Leo was talking to him, and for the first time today, Leo looked sad and not hyper.

"I'm Reyna, this is Piper. Where's Hedge? The faun guy?" Reyna asked Percy, starting to suspect what had happened to him while she and Piper where hanging on for dear life.

"He was… taken by storm spirits. But we need to get you three to camp. Chiron will know what to do. And…" Percy was cut off by staring at her feet. Reyna looked down to see that she had lost one of her shoes to the Grand Canyon. "where's your shoe?"

Reyna pointed at the Grand Canyon, and Percy nodded. The five of them packed into a chariot and flew to this camp place. Maybe she would find her sister and the Saving Grace boy there.

Hey guys! Long time no see, right? I won't update for awhile because I'm going on a camping trip with my family which means no computer, so savor this chapter, unless you don't want to.

~Nerd and Proud