Disclaimer: Nothing here belongs to me. Percy Jackson and the Heros of Olympus belong to Rick Riordan
Chapter 2
Percy woke up on the floor of a small house. Next to him, he saw the girl, he accidentally saved, still sleeping. "Where are we?," he asked into the nothingness that was the room they were in. This woke the girl up. She let out a whelp as she sprang away from him. "Who are you? Where are we?," she asked looking very scared. Percy noticed, that she looked a bit older than him. "I'm Percy Jackson. I'm the son of Poseidon. Who are you?," he said, not seeing any harm in telling an already dead person, who his godly parent was. "Neptune? I-I'm Hazel Levesque. My father is Pluto." Percy remembered, that Pluto was the Roman equivalent of Hades. Out of all people he could have taken from the underworld it was the daughter of its lord. That was probably his luck playing again.
Suddenly a woman with another aura of power and many wolves following her walked into the room. "You are awake little pups. Great. It's time for your training test.," she said and before Hazel or Percy could object she send her wolves after them. Percy uncapped Riptide. "Get behind me", he screamed towards Hazel, who summoned metal out of the earth to form a shield against the wolf attacks. Behind him, Percy could feel water inside of a vase, but did not have enough time and concentration to summon it. He managed to hold the wolves at a distance, using his blade, while Hazel constantly threw pieces of metal at them. Percy knew, that they could only defeat their opponents by working together.
"Aim for their feet.," he yelled towards Hazel while ducking under a wolf, that sprang towards him. Percy used his legs to kick the wolf away and saw that Hazel had listened to his advice and aimed her pieces of metal towards the feet of their enemies. This gave Percy enough time to get the water out of the vase with his powers and pushed the remaining wolves back to the woman using his powers.
Both Percy and Hazel collapsed after their collective demonstration of power. Percy let out a breath as the woman started clapping. "Well, it seems you two pups are ready for the way. Congratulations son of Neptune and daughter of Pluto. You will find the way towards Camp Jupiter. I'm Lupa, by the way."
Just as Percy wondered if he should know who Lupa was, Hazel get out a gasp. "Lupa. Are you the goddess of wolves?"
Another goddess. Today was really not his lucky day, Percy thought.
"I see that the girl knows what she is talking about. Unlike the boy.," Lupa smiled and Percy wondered if he should be offended.
"I will not hinder you further. But beware. The way to camp is not without danger.," Lupa and her wolves left the room, while Percy followed her movement with his gaze.
"Do you think it is a good idea to go to this camp?," Hazel asked Percy.
Percy shrugged. "I'm on a quest. Maybe there are some people who can help me find my friends."
Both teenagers walked out of the house only to find themselves in a large forest.
"Thanks for getting me out of the underworld.," Hazel said. "No problem. It was by accident. Not that I regret it.," Percy stammered. "Why were you there anyway. I mean you seem pretty nice. You should have been in Elysium." "T-That's-," Hazel stuttered. "Sorry. I can see that this is nothing you want to talk about.," Percy added fast and Hazel calmed down.
After this exchange, they walked a while in complete silence. Percy could feel his backpack growing heavier with every step he took. "Are you alright?," Hazel asked him as his steps grew heavier.
"I'm exhausted. Zeus' Masterbolt got stolen and he blames my father, who swore on the River Styx to never have children. My mother got kidnapped and I and my friends spend the last week traveling west while fighting monsters like the furies or Medusa only for me to fall into Tartarus and meet the River Styx in person, who revealed that we were on the wrong trail the whole time and now I have just one day left before Zeus starts a war.," Percy explained exhausted.
Hazel looked stunned. "I'm sorry.," she said. "I can try to help you if you want.", she offered. "Thanks. That's nice.," Percy accepted the offer.
From behind them, Percy and Hazel heard growling. Percy imminently recognized the sound. "Hellhound.," he yelled. "Run!"
Both demigods ran as fast as they could through the forest. As they stumbled upon a highway, they were drenched in mud, leaves, and sticks. They waited for the cars to pass by, but they could hear the growling of the hellhound coming closer.
In a split of a second decision, Percy decided to grab Hazel and jump with her onto the highway. The sound of cars beeping filled the highway as Hazel and Percy risked their life to get to the opposite side. Percy saw photographs being taken of him but concentrated on getting Hazel to safety.
After getting off the highway both teenagers were able to see a large gate in the distance. As they got near it, a blonde boy with a purple T-Shirt came floating down towards the hellhound and threw a coin in the air, which turned into a golden sword upon contact with his hand. He managed to stab the big hellhound with his sword and it combusted into golden dust. "Hi, guys. I'm Jason… Jason Grace, the son of Jupiter."