"Daughter of Poseidon"
PJO fanfic
Lily's POV
So I don't know how it all began really, all I know is that I'm Lily Reyes and I'm a demigod. My mother, Karina had an affair with the Sea God, Poseidon, and here I am. She tells me this finally now, my sixteenth birthday, and I'm supposed to be moving. Where am I moving? Well I live in California, but now I alone am being shipped off to New York, Long Island to be exact. I'll be staying at a place called Camp Half Blood where other kids like me, ADHD dyslexic demigods, are safe from monsters. Honestly I'm worried I'll be the latest freak there. I've always been an outcast. The weirdo who sees things, and can't read or write well unless it's Greek. I'm afraid of many things, but my worst fear was coming true now. I was always told the monsters I've seen were in my imagination. The times I was surrounded by them, and almost died were only nightmares. But now I realize it's all been true. They meant to destroy me and all the times I've gotten out alive were just luck. When my mom first mentioned Gods, my mind went straight to Poseidon because of my weird 'powers' if you could call them that. I've almost killed people in the schools I've been to because of 'accidents' with the water and plumbing. Of course, I never meant to hurt anyone. It's just my temper always seems to connect me with the water. And yeah, I said schools. I've never really had a permanent education because of the mental breakdowns I have had. Some of the teachers I have met were evil, I knew it, and now I realize they were monsters trained to follow me. I'll never forget when my favorite teacher from Nightingale High followed me home and tried to kill me after transforming into something that looked like a cross of a lion and a dragon. I was terrified, but I got away by drowning it in a mini tsunami. I was taken away from my thoughts by my mother's question.
"Are you alright, Lily? I should've told you sooner, but now you will be safe." She said, her blue eyes filled with worry. My own eyes were sea foam green. Just like my father's. It never hit me until now. I nodded slightly, but I knew she wasn't convinced. I was never a good liar. At least not to her. She dismissed it anyway.
"You're leaving tonight. I packed your things while you were at school." She said, and I nodded again. I didn't want our last conversation to be a fight. I was still terrified this would go horribly wrong, but I hid my emotions.
"You'll be driven there by your friend Becky. I know better than to trust the skies that Zeus protects." Becky was my only friend in school. I don't know why but whenever I was kicked out she happened to be changing schools too so we were never separated. She always walked me home nowadays. She is very protective and I loved that. I was only hoping she wasn't dragged into my monster prone life too. My mom noticed I wasn't listening and waved her hand in front of my face. I've never had a great attention span. I think she said something about bringing my gold Ipod that she gave me yesterday for my birthday. This was definitely surprising considering she hadn't let me touch it since yesterday. Now she was letting me use it randomly. I had thought she would make me earn the right to use it, even though it was a gift.
"I can use my Ipod?" I yelped in glee. She nodded hesitantly.
"Only in dangerous situations," She said. I was confused. I can only listen to music in dangerous situations?
"What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned her.
"You'll find out when the time comes. Just don't press that center button unless you're in danger!" She said sternly. I decided to let the subject drop. When she used that tone she wasn't giving anymore information.
The conversation was over soon, and I was laying on my bed waiting for Becky to arrive. I guessed my mom had just told her I was moving to Long Island, not the part about monsters and demigods. I looked out my small bay window at the sun set. I knew Becky had to be close by now. As I laid back down, I grabbed my favorite book, Misfits, translated to Greek by my mom who works at a publishing company and started rereading it. I always felt secure reading that book; the characters were connected to me somehow. By the time I finished chapter one I heard my mom yelling for me in the living room. Becky was here, and I was leaving. I quickly stuffed Misfits into my luggage, already prepared, and rushed outside after saying goodbye to my mother. If I was leaving I thought it was best to get it over with fast. Becky was already eighteen and I know you must be wondering how we met, but it's really not surprising. She had been left back twice from school (she won't tell me why) and knows how it feels to be teased and left out. In no time we were leaving California and on our way to New York.
One Week Later…
We were finally here. I took pictures on my cell phone as we passed the 'Welcome to New York' sign. After days and nights of fast food, radio music, and asking random pedestrians for directions we're almost to camp. I was relieved that no monsters had followed us. After an hour though, I was starting to get nervous. Becky was still driving me, and I thought she wasn't supposed to know about it. She stopped the car, by a tall hill surrounded by trees. At first I didn't see anything but then I saw it, the gates to Camp Half Blood. I could feel my connection to it. I got out of the car and started walking toward the gates, and I heard Becky following me. Did she see the gates too? Was she just like me? Right before I reached the base of the hill I heard a rip and turned around. Becky wasn't there anymore. A large wolf like creature stood where she was. I screamed.
"Guess you didn't suspect as much, Lily?" It yelled, and I recognized the voice. The monster was Becky. I knew I was trembling, and I remembered what my mom told me.
"Only in dangerous situations…"
I felt for the Ipod in my pocket, pulled it out and pressed the button. For a minute nothing happened, and I watched Becky advance on my trembling stature. But then it happened. The Ipod tansformed into a golden sword; it felt like it belonged in my hands. Becky froze and I swung the sword at her calf, barely making a dent in her deep fur. She laughed evilly. I didn't know what else to do and just started running.
"Help! Someone help!" I yelled toward the gates, hoping someone would hear. My sword was still in my hand as I raced Becky to the gates. I was beginning to lose speed just as a saw a boy's figure running out from the gates toward me. He had black messy hair and green eyes like mine. I was getting dizzy, and I knew Becky was getting closer. I saw him take out a pen, uncapping it and I watched it grow into a sword. I was close to the gates when I collapsed to the dirt in exhaustion. The boy was still running toward me. I tried to crawl toward him but I didn't make it far before I blacked out.
A/N: Ok, so what do you guys think? Who was it that ran to save Lily? Maybe someone whose name sounds like Peter Johnson? See what I did there? Don't worry there will be more on Percy and other PJO characters as soon as Lily gets into Camp! If she gets to camp! MWAHAHA! PLEASE REVIEW!
