The Legacies Of Olympus

A Percy Jackson Fanfiction

BY:COOLCAT7325

DISCLAIMER: We do not own the Percy Jackson series. Rick Riordan does.

Spoilers from Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus.

Act 2 Chapter 3

SNEAKING INTO THE CITY

Emily had never felt so bored in her whole life. She wanted to go on a quest. Or fight monsters. Or rescue demigods. She did not want to witness Mary acting so down in the dumps, and Tom acting like a love-sick puppy.

She also didn't want to be yelled at by Chiron to 'train harder'. Again!. But hey! Life's full of disappointments. She wasn't going on the quest. She was not fighting monsters(Sammy did not count). Nor was she rescuing demigods. What she was doing however, was watch Mary bawl her eyes out. Every. Single. Night. She also did not want to watch Tom wander aroung dazed. But she had to.

So, when Julie mentioned something about a carnival in the city, she just had to go. She had never left camp, and she was in the mood to rebel. The only problem was to get somebody to rebel with her.

Tom and Mary she ruled out immediately. Julie had always found it hard to lie, and so would not be an ideal choice. That just left Sammy and Luke. She was pretty sure Sammy would never agree. He had always been a stickler for rules. That just left Luke.

So, it was on a fine saturday morning that she approached the arena, where Luke was furiously hacking at the dummies. He put down his sword when he saw her.

"Morning, Emily!", he said, giving her a million dollar smile that made butterflies form in her stomach.

"Um...I need a favour", she said, jumping straight to the point.

"Yeah sure! What is it?"

Emily took a deep breath.

"Uhhh...Care to sneak out of camp with me?", she asked, giving him her best puppy eyes.

Luke hesitated.

"Umm...Are you sure", he asked, finally.

"Positive!", she answered.

"Okay. When do you wanna go?"

"I was thinking...Tonight!"

Luke's jaw dropped.

"Emily! You got to put together a proper plan. You can't just do it as a spur-of-the-moment thing!"

"It's okay! We can do it", she said, confidently, "I bribed some of the Hermes kids to lie for us. And we have the whole day to plan. Tonight, meet me by the southern part of the boundary. There are hardly any people patrolling there."

"Done!"

As Emily swung her backpack over her shoulder, she glanced one more time at the mirror. She was wearing black shorts, a plain white tank top paired with a blue denim jacket. She was also wearing her favourite white sneakers, and a simple silver heart pendant.

In her jacket's pocket, she had two golden drachmas (in case of any emergency). In her backpack, she carried an extra pair of clothes, two hundred dollars in mortal cash, an airtight bag of ambrosia, a flask of nectar, her cellphone (A/N Leo had recently invented phones that demigods could use without attracting monsters) and a flashlight. She had her own sword, which turned into a hair-clip when she was not using it. So she placed that carefully into her hair. Just like Percy's Riptide, it could never be lost, but she was still careful with it.

Luke was waiting for her at the soutern boundary, and his jaw dropped at the sight of her.

WOW!, he thought.

"You-you look g-great!", he managed.

She smiled sweetly at him.

"Shall we go?", she asked. He nodded.

"But you never told me where we were going!"

"Here's a clue. They call it the Big Apple"

Luke's eyes widened. ''New York?"

''Right first time!'

An Hour And A Half Later...

Luke and Emily were in a taxi, waiting to go to the carnival. Emily had fallen asleep on Luke's shoulder, and was snoring softly.

Luke glanced at her fondly. He adjusted his position a little, so that her head was on his lap. He stroked her long hair absent-mindedly.

''Here'', the taxi driver said gruffly.

''Thanks'', Luke said, handing him a wad of bills.

''No problem, kid. But you had better wake her up'', he said, nodding to Emily.

Luke shook Emily awake gently.

''W-w-what? What happened?", Emily asked, sitting up with a start.

Luke felt a bit disappointed as she got up. He missed her warmth.

''There's nothing wrong. We just reached''

They got out of the taxi and it sped away into the darkness.

"This isn't the place!", Emily said, frowning as she took into their surrounndings.

"No, it is", Luke said, pointing up the street where the light shone brightly.

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go"

The carnival was bright, and full of cheerful noise. There were people collecting money for charity, people giving speeches on the effects of global warming and kids running all over the place. There were all kids stalls and games and Emily darted from one to another, wanting to experience as much as she could.

"Wow!", she breathed, looking at the fake jewellery one of the stall sold.

Luke was too busy sampling a chocolate-cherry flavoured doughnut to answer. They spent almost half an hour exploring all the stalls.

"Hey Luke", Emily called, over the noise of the growing party, "I'm gonna go over to that side", she said, pointing towards the other end of the crowd.

But Luke, who was too engrossed in a virtual-reality game and did not hear her. Emily wandered away from the crowd., going towards the part where the lights were dimmer. She sat down on a bench and was looking at her map when she heard a voice behind her.

"Lookie here!", the voice behind her said, sending chills up her back.

"If it isn't the grand-daughter of Hades herself!", the voice continued. She got off the bench and walked two steps forward before turning around to face the person who had spoked.

Three teenage boys were looking back at her. Two of them were leaning on the lamp, and the third one had his arm on the park bench. They were dressed in all black and had various injuries throughout their bodies. One of them held a Celestial Bronze sword and the other two held mortal knives.

"Who are you?", she asked, in the bravest voice she could manage.

"Why, we are the Sons Of The Revenge, of course!", one of them said.

"Who exactly are you?", she asked again.

"We're demigod hunters" the boy with the Celestial Bronze sword answered, looking annoyed.

"Why on Earth would you hunt demigods?", Emily demanded.

The boy with the Celestial Bronze sword snarled.

"We hate the Olympians. We are all abandoned sons of Nemesis. We make it a point to kill demigods, to spite the gods. They deserve absolutely no respect!"

"So...are you going to kill me, too?", she asked, her face expressionless.

One of the boys nodded.

"You got guts, demigod", he said, grudgingly. The two other boys pounced. She dodged both of them, swiftly pulling her clip out of her hair. It immediately transformed into a glowing Imperial Gold sword. One of the boys stepped back at the sight of the sword, while the other, braver one continued to approach, his knife held aloft.

Their blades clashed. Emily parried, dodged and blocked. The boy was a good fighter, no doubt, but he had no stamina. Beads of sweat were already forming on his forehead, and he was panting as he pushed away her blade. They fought for another minute, and somehow, she managed to knock away his knife.

"Go on then!", the boy croaked, "Kill me!"

She looked at him in contempt, her mind battling itself.

Should she kill him? He had harmed so many people and he would harm so many more if she didn't kill him. But on the other hand, it's an unforgivable crime to kill.

She sighed as she moved away.

"I will spare you this time", she decided, "but, cross me again, and I shall kill you without a second thought!"

The boy hung his head in shame. She was about to put her sword away, when he took her by surprise. He lunged at her, punching her in the gut, making her drop her sword and double over. He leaned over and picked it up.

"Well, well, well", the boy said, with an evil smile, "looks like the tables have turned, huh?"

Rage filled her. They hadn't fought fair, and they would kill her without a thought, and kill so many other innocent demigods. She was visibly shaking with her anger. Her hands began to tingle with power, all human emotions began leaving her, except for unchecked anger and hatred. She began to channel this energy outwards.

The boy screamed, and he dropped her sword. His fingers were evaporating, turning into mist. He was turning white with fear, as his lower half began to dissolve as well. She watched him with a grim smile on her face.

"Say hi to the monsters in Tartarus for me", she said quietly, as the boy gave out one last ringing scream, before vaporising completely.

"Your turn", she said, turning to face the other two. She picked up her sword, and moving with incredible speed, stabbed both the boys right in their hearts. They shouted into the darkness before falling down, dead. She smiled again, as she took in the sight of their lifeless bodies.

Another voice behind her made her jump. She whirled around, her sword at the ready. A tall, pale man stood before her. He was wrapped in shadows and was wearing a black cloack. But what scared her were his eyes. They were filled with a mad fire that made you doubt whether he was sane, or not. He radiated power and was looking at her with a grudging admiration.

"Lord Hades", she said, bowing slightly, ''Why are you here?''

He raised an eyebrow. ''We must...talk''

A/N Did you guys like it. Sorry it focused mainly on Emily. Though, that's how its going to be for the next few chapters as well. Comment on who is your favourite, and watch out for updates.