Chapter Two
All three of us run outside. I probably look like a maniac, with my hair all lose and windblown, barefoot with boots in my hand. And yet I didn't care! All I cared for was to get out alive! We reach a prius, a silver one. Percy and Grover, literally, throw themselves in and wait.
"Well, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!" Yelled a voice from inside. I got in and said," well, I don't know something AMAZING I guess!" and saw it was Percy's girlfriend, GRREEAAAATT! I looked her over as best as I could, sitting down. Her curly blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail under a yankee's cap, she had a white t-shirt with blue mid-thigh long shorts, and blue converse. What is up with this girl and blue! I look out the window and I have a gut feeling that this is going to be a long ride. I wrap my arms around myself and look at the girl.
"Whats your name?" I ask, trying to be friendly.
"Annabeth."She said firmly, as if the conversation that never really started had finished.
It was so boring, at first I started doing fart noises with my mouth. When Annabeth shot me a look, I started to sing my favorite:
I know a song thatttt gets on your nerves,
Gets on your nerves, gets on your nerves,
I know a song that gets on your nerves,
And it goes like thisssss!
This is the song that never ends,
Yes, it goes on and on, my friends.
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
I sung the whole second verse over and over again. Well it felt like forever. I finally stopped when the car did so. All three of them got out to asses the damage when a bomb at the side of the car. It threw me skyhigh without even bothering to touch the rest. I was in such a state of shock that I didn't wake up from my blackout untill three days later.
My eyelids flutter open slightly. The light from the little slits of light passing throught the honeycomb styled curtains of the room, burned my eyes. I looked around at what seemed like a mass infirmary. It was noisy, all I heard was people speaking and a buzing noise, like a bee, in my ear. I look to my right and see Percy, Annabeth, and Grover talking to a man with the head and torso of a man and the body of a horse, "COOL A CENTUAR! A CENTUAR! I'M GOING CRAZY!" It was only a few seconds later that everyone looks at me, that I realize that I just shouted that aloud.
"OPPS!"
"Don't mind her she's just going through Post-traumatic stress."Said Grover.
"I AM NAWT POST-TRAUMATIC AND YOU KNOW IT!" I shouted at Grover. I stood up and saw my t-shirt and shorts have been swaped for a hospital gown, that's weird cause the room wasn't hospital-ish, it looked like a medieval tent for arthcary, the only thing that hasn't changed is that I'm barefoot and my hair is loose. I stomp over to The four of them, roll my shoulders back, and lifted my chin (Percy is there!)"Hey, funky dude with a beard and tail,what's up?"
"Is that a trick question?" asked the centuar."My name is Chiron. You are..."
"Selene Redfern. Chiron, you're Chiron! I loved the story- wait, wait, wait a minute here! Chiron dosen't exsist he is just a fictional charecter!"
"If he is a fictional charecter, then how is he standing before you in the living flesh,"said three voices, one was Annabeth, sounding as resentful and spiteful as ever. The other two, though, were anciet sounding and sent chills up and down my spine, my teeth chattering, mhy scalp tingling, and my frame shaking slightly.
"You okay," said Percy, grabbing a hold of my arm.
"I'm fine." I saw with finality in my voice, I don't like being treated with kindness and concern, after all I did kill Darcy, sweet Darcy..."So Chiron, can I get on your back?" And I wasn't joking.
"Um, Chiron doesn't like people geting on his back,"said Grover softly, as if trying not to alarm a child.
"Well, Chiron,"I said feeling the closely cut ruff on his back,"If you're real, then that means so must the gods, and heros, and witchs, and GASP! SO IS MEDUSA!"
"Well, yes. Medusa is real and so is everything else you mentioned."
"Now, tell me Chiron, share your knowledge with me, is Medusa wear a one piece bathing suit and fishnet stockings?"
"No? Where did you get that?"
"That's odd, I could've sworen Powerpuff Girls was real."I whispered to myself. "Well no where really important,"but I could tell from the look on Annabeth's face, they heard. "Well, where am I and why have you guys kidnapped me?"
"You are in Camp Halfblood. Camp for the heros and creatures of Olympus." Said Chiron leading us all to a house freshly painted blue.
"So, what am I?"
"A hero. We are not exactly sure who your parent is but we are sure you are a hero."Said Chiron"Annabeth Show heraround camp and tell her about the recent events that started since Percy's first year."
And so she did. She told me everything from the quests to her relationship with Percy(obviously trying to get me jealous!) to capture the flag and it's rules. It's amazing that It didn't take a whole day, let alone that we finished in three hours. It was Friday, her favorite day of the week, guess why, well because they were going to play capture the flag today. For her it's T.G.I FRIDAY (thank gods it's friday) for me it's O.H.N.I FRIDAY(OH HELLS NO IT'S FRIDAYS!) She guides me to Hermes Cabin.
"Hey guys, this is the new girl. Don't steal her stuff! You never know who her father or mother is!" shouted Two guys who looked like twins stood on eother side of me and both put and arm around my shlouder. I look at them and see they are serious but giggling at the same time. One turns to look at me and says, "I'm Conner Stoll and thats my brother Travis." He was pretty cute, but not as cute as Percy.
"Hey are you ready for Capture the Flag?"Asked Travis."ya better change,"I looked own and saw I was still wear a hospitol gown with sod-claded bare-feet.
"Nope, but I know the rules."I said, answering the first question.
"Well, you betta be ready cause, we have a special treat! Today it's after dinner at night..."
Now I didn't skip to the game, but to lunch, I gotcha!
I look around the dinner pavilion, at the heel of the Hermes cabin. I spoted Percy right away and speed-walked to his table."What's up fish boy?"I said sitting down,"Why are you such a loner, sitting here all by yourself. Where are your gills and why aren't your fingers webbed? I can keep on goning and going."He shot me a look that said, YOU ARE SO ANOYING.
"Oh shut up!"
"Can I ask ya a questions though?"
"Yeah what?"
"WHY DO YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE HARRY POTTER?" I heard over twenty or so people laugh."And hey tell me, are your fishy senses tingling?" I heard more people join in. "Don't worry I'll cut you some slack just because I like you." I walked over to the Hermes table and sat down. I looked over to a skiny and lanky kid I saw earlier. Gregor McFly, sitting at the Hebe table. I saw him smile at me then stop. I looked around and saw a huge guy, tall yet bulky in all the right ways. He was from Ares, Annabeth told me, and was vile and cruel. I saw him walking over to Gregor pounding his left meaty claws against his open left palm.
"Oh McFly, Why ya lookin' ova ther fow!"said the guy, he had a thick New York accent. As he approched closer and closer to everyone, they all feel completely silent. I'm sure you can hear a pin drop, so I tried it and took a bobby pin from my hair that held back my bangs, I liked it better covering my forehead cause I have a newly formed scar that bulges out, and dropped it. He threw me a thousand dager stare that said,"You best be NAWT disterbing my scilence." I guess it was that I felt bad for poor Gregor that everyone picked on, but what I did shocked even me.
I stook my leg out far, and saw as he flew and fell to the floor, crumbling like the great empire that was Greece. He slamded his palms against the marble floor and stood up to face me. I stood up at the same time and, FINALLY, realized he was taller then me. I don't get it but everyone is shorter then me and I can't get a guy because of that, but now that this guy is probably gonna kick my ass and he is taller then me! GAWDS THE WORLD IS SO UNFAIR!
He looked down at me and said,"What are you lookin' at!" I swear, if it was possible, the birds stopped singing and everyone stopped breathing.
"NOTHING, YOU MORON! AND HEY DID YOU EVER HAD A TERRIBLY EMPTY FEELING - IN YOUR SKULL?"I shouted.
His face turned red and he clenched his hands."Why I outta-" He said lifting his hand s if getting ready to punch me.
"Omg, IT'S ARES LOOK!" I shouted Everyone thought I was serious, but I knew, from my favorite movie, that this was all part of the plan, and yet I couldn't believe it and I did it!
He was about to turn around when I punched him in the nose. I swear I broke it. I felt his nose pop and turn to smush under my knuckles. I saw the blood trailing down from his nose to his full lips. His eyes burned with hate, while my head wized and my stomach turned. Blood. It smells so good yet so wierd. WHY! Stars started to dance in front of my eyes, and I heard those voices again, chanting in my head. Things like, don't fear my child, do not give in, you are great in life... And more things that made my stomach churn and my knees buckled. Black spots covered my eyes and I couldn'thelp but remember that one Christmas, when I killed Darcy. The cold, hard marble floor substituted the soft, cold, white snow. I heard a buzzing noise and faints shrieks and gasp but the rest I couldn't register, because it was the same as always, I was dying inside, but the world was too cruel to take my soul...