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Spottedtail


I left the store, munching on my yummy meal. I was on my way to my forest shelter when I realized something was wrong. Just the air I breathed...it felt foul.

An unwanted person was near. I wiped my mouth with my sleeve and began walking once more, a feeling of unease settling inside my stomach.

Suddenly, I heard a twig break in half behind me. My brow was thick with sweat when I turned around. What I saw made me gasp in pure terror.

It was a huge one eyed Cyclops that was at least twice eth size of me, who was carrying a huge club. I gulped. I couldn't outrun it, and I couldn't hide because the monster had already sensed that I was there.

"Nice monster," I stammered, picking up a twig with a pointed end. Horrible weapon.

The monster roared as loud as a bus jumping a curve. I swallowed hard and threw my stick at his eye. It missed of course, and the monster picked me up. His hand was so big I could fit in the palm of his hand.

"Little Demigod for lunch!" the monster roared. "Yummy!"

"Uh...No I'm gamey, you don't want to eat me," I squeaked, trying to break free. But the monster's grip on me was too tight. The monster raised me toward his mouth. He was just about to drop me in his mouth when a rock hit the Cyclops straight in the eye.

The good news: I was free.

The bad news: The Cyclops dropped me face first on the ground. When I looked up I had to blink twice and make sure I was not seeing things.

Standing before me was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in all the nine years of my life. She looked to be about eight years old. She had black spiky hair and dashing blue eyes.

"Move!" she ordered me, extending her hand to me.

Stunned, I took her hand and stood up. With her other hand, the girl held a spear that was almost the size of her, and a shield.

"Get back!" she growled, pushing me behind her.

I obeyed...instantly.

The girl charged at the monster and shook her booty at it. "Nah Nah! Come on and get me, monster! You big flabby Cyclops! "

I guess the Cyclops did not like being referred to as 'flabby.' The Cyclops charged at the booty-shaking girl. But the girl was quick.

She skillfully stabbed his shin with her spear. "Be gone!" she hissed, snapping her fingers. I swear, I could see electric coming out of her fingertips.

I did not have a clue why then, but the Cyclops obeyed her. He raced away as fast as he could.

"Why'd he run?" I asked as the girl hooked her spear to her belt.

She smiled. "My father is Zeus, the god of the sky. I have power over lightning and electric."

"Your father is Zeus?" I gasped.

The girl nodded, though I noticed that she did not look to proud of it. Shivering, she turned to face me. "Are you lost?"

I shook my head. "No, I live here. In the forest, I mean. I...I ran away from home."

The girl's eyes instantly went down to my pockets, and I realized what she was looking at. She was staring at my food that I bought. It was bulging out of my pockets. She must have been really hungry because she looked really skinny.

"Do you want some?" I offered.

The girl nodded shyly. I handed her a piece and she gulped down all that I gave her. "I ran away too," she said between gulps of food. She looked up. "Why did you run away?"

I hesitated, thinking up a lie (who was gonna tell someone that their mother had supernatural fits?) to tell her, but then she cut me off. "Are you a demigod by any chance?"

"Demigod...what does that mean?" I realized that the monster had called me a demigod as well.

"A Demigod means that you have a mortal parent, and then you also have a godly parent. I'm a demigod too." She pointed to herself, and she did not look proud of it. I nodded. "Yes, my father is a god."

"Which one?"

"Dunno."

She licked her lips, finishing off the food I had given her. She smiled at me. "What's your name?" she asked. "Luke, my name is Luke. Luke Castellan."

I tried hard not to tear up at the sound of my mother's last name. "What's yours?" I asked.

The girl gave me a coy grin. "I'm Thalia. Thalia Grace."