Here's the new chapter. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own the plot and a couple of characters. The rest belong to Rick Riordan.
I woke up, ready for the day.
I got up, took a quick shower, got dressed, and went downstairs.
By the time I had eaten breakfast, it was 8:30. Annabeth was going to come pick me up at 9:00. I played on my phone until I heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." I called.
Someone did come in, not who I was expecting.
It was a boy around my age. He had black hair, pale olive skin, and brown eyes.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Nico di Angelo. One of Percy's friends."
"Another one of you. Aren't there enough?" He looked at me, curiously.
"You'll find I'm nothing like Percy and Jason. C'mon. Their waiting for us."
"I'm leaving, mom. Bye."
"Bye. Be safe."
We walked out the door and got into Annabeth's car.
Leo and Jason were in the back. Nico joined them. Raiden had gotten out of the car to let us in. I got in next to Percy and Raiden sat down beside me. Annabeth and Piper were sitting in the front. Of course. Leave me with the boys.
Annabeth turned to face us. "Okay guys. The nearest theater is an hour away, so get comfortable."
I forgot to mention that my mom and I lived on the very outskirts of New York. You practically couldn't see the empire state building from there.
I got a bit more comfortable, and put me earbuds in. After ten minutes of driving I felt myself doze off. I didn't have any dreams which was a bit peculiar, but whatever.
Forty-five minutes later, I woke up.
My head was rested on Raiden's shoulder. I sat up.
"Sorry." I mumbled.
"It's okay." He said.
"Five minutes, guys." Piper called. We sat there doing whatever until we got there.
We were going to watch The Greatest Showman.
We bought some popcorn and candy and went into the movie. I shared popcorn with Raiden. I made sure never to touch his hand because it sent tingles through my arm.
When the movie ended, we left.
We walked out of the movie theater. It was raining slightly.
"Guys." I said. "What's that?" I pointed at something that looked like a woman with wings and bird feet.
Percy's face turned serious. "Harpy." He said.
"Harpy? What's that?" No one answered me.
Percy took a pen out of his pocket. He uncapped it and it turned into a sword. Jason pulled his coin out of his pocket and flipped it. It turned into a sword. Annabeth and Piper had daggers. Leo set his hand on fire. Nico pulled a sword out of nowhere. And Raiden pulled to rings off his hand and they turned into a bow and arrow.
Percy looked at me. "Click the extra button on your watch." I gave him a confused look. "Now."
I clicked the button and it turned into a sword right before my eyes. It was just the right weight. Not too heavy for its size.
Percy charged the so called Harpy. It flung him ten feet away.
Annabeth ran over to him, but I knew he'd be fine. It was raining. Don't know how I knew, I just did. Everyone else charged the Harpy. It flung open its wings and everyone went flying.
The Harpy looked at me. Fear passed through me.
It charged me. I raised my sword.
I have never trained before, but I knew what to do. Just as it was about to slash me, I dodged out of the way. I turned around as fast as I could, and I cut it in the back. It exploded into gold dust.
Everyone gathered around me. "Good job. Are you okay?" Percy asked.
"Yeah." It was still raining and I felt new power surge through me.
"Let's go before anything else tries to kill us." Nico suggested.
"Okay let's go." I said. We left on our hour long ride. Sadly to say, I fell asleep again. This time on Percy.
An hour later, Percy was trying to wake me up. He was shaking me.
"Allison. We're here, wake up." I opened my eyes to see Percy looking at me.
"What is up with me and sleeping in cars?"
Percy shrugged. We got out and went into my house.
My mom was sitting on the couch, reading.
"Ms. Jones. It's time for Allison to learn about her father." Annabeth said. My mom looked up, and her face paled slightly.
"What? How do you know he isn't dead?"
"Your dad is a Greek God. There is a camp you have to go to, to be safe. Percy will take you. Go." I was thoroughly confused. "Go pack your bags." I walked back to my room. I started packing.
When I was done, I left my room and went back into the other room.
My mom stood up. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Be safe. I'll see you at the end of summer. Goodbye." I gave her a hug.
"Bye." I said. Tears welled up in my eyes. A few of them fell. My mom let me go.
I turned around and wiped my eyes.
"Well, let's go." We left my house and got in Annabeth's car.
We drove to Long Island and stopped.
"Why are we stopping?"
"This is where camp is." Percy said matter-of-factly.
We got out and walked up a hill. Standing at the top was a lion, goat, and snake put together.
"Chimera." Annabeth said. We got our weapons out and prepared to fight the Chimera.
It charged us, all heads pointed in a different direction. If you didn't think a goat was scary, you probably would after you saw this one.
The lion went after Percy and the snake after Jason.
We fought hard, until Annabeth called us off.
"You have to stab it right where the animals meet." We took in that information and started fighting again. The rest of the group were off gathering healers just in case.
We all parried and cut the monster. We knew it was helpless. All at once we lunged for the middle of the body, but the lion snapped at my leg. Blinding pain seared through me.
I stumbled, but kept going. I had to finish this.
I leapt at the Chimera again. This time we all got our swords right where we wanted them. Before it disintegrated, the lion bit Percy's leg, the goat bit Jason's arm, and the snake bit my shoulder.
It exploded into gold dust and blew away.
Then before I could do anything, my legs gave out. Percy and I collapsed. Jason and Annabeth ran over to us. I saw Jason's eyes looking worried, and then I blacked out.
Hope you liked the chapter. Don't hate me for leaving you on a cliffhanger.
Peace out.
