Part3 of Chapter One
The only thought that entered my head: Dam, the ToA series aren't even over and I'm dead.
But the sword didn't even hurt me, and I found myself staring into the sea green eyes of a teenage boy wearing something wierd. It was the same guy from the group talking about the dam water fountain.
"Oh my god! Do you always kill people when they blow their nose?"
"You're mortal!" The boy exclaimed, clearly surprised.
…Huh?
"What's that supposed to mean? Of course I'm mortal! How did you get that sword past security?"
"I didn't – Wait, you can see it's a sword?"
I rolled my eyes.
"Well, it's either a sword or the biggest toothpick in the world. And why didn't it hurt me? I mean, not that I'm complaining. Who are you? And whoa, what is that you're wearing? Is that made of lion fur?"
I sort of ranted off like that, because the sword guy was making me nervous in an odd way, like he was someone I should know, but someone I shouldn't know…Okay, that doesn't make any sense. Ignore that thought.
The dude looked at his sleeves, a puzzled look on his face. Then he stared at me real serious and all, and snapped his fingers.
"You don't see a sword," he said, "It's just a ballpoint pen."
What is this sudden feeling of déjà vu.
"Um…no. It's a sword, weirdo."
"Who are you?"
Yeah, like I'm going to tell you, lunatic.
I lied: "Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Now, are you going to answer my questions (like why you have a sword) or should I scream for security?"
"No! I'm kind of in a hurry. I'm in trouble."
You look more like trouble to me.
"In a hurry or trouble?"
"Um, sort of both."
I suddenly felt a mixture of dread and excitement as I slowly started to realize, this guy was actually saying the lines straight out from the third book of the PJO series. Could it be…
I didn't get to finish my crazy thought when I saw something over his shoulder.
It wasn't human.
"Bathroom!" I said out of instinct.
"What?"
"Bathroom! Behind me! Now!"
It was probably the bravest thing I've ever done in my sixteen years of life.
AN: Just a little note, I try not to hate any of the characters in the series. So relax, if you like Rachel, Luke, Ethan, or maybe even Octavian...(But I'm sure no one really likes that dude.)
