Hey Guys to those few people that follow me you know I have been away from fanfiction for a while. I just lost interest in writing for a while but I'm back now and I'm gonna try and start updating. Let me know how you like this new idea and story. Sorry about the ending. I know it's little choppy.
All rights to PJO are Rick Riordan's.
A 15 year old Thalia stepped out of the car into the sharp, cold air of Maine as she looked at Westover Hall Military Academy. She and her two friends Annabeth Chase and Bruce Tate had spent 3 hours in a car driven by Bruce's mom to reach this destination. Apparently their friend Grover had found two really powerful half-bloods and needed some heavily armed backup to help.
The trio had discuss multiple ways to get the two demigods out of the school unnoticed but Thalia knew that none of those plans were gonna workout due to some... "outside" influence she thought as she unconsciously rubbed the scythe charm on her favorite bracelet. The bracelet itself was given to her by an old friend and turned into a copy of Aegis, the shield Athena carried.
"...Thalia? Earth to daughter of Hecate?! You alright Thals?" asked Annabeth, a daughter of Athena that she had become close friends with. She was a tall blond with grey eyes and an athletic body.
"Huh? Yeah I'm fine, just thinking is all." she said turning her attention back to the present.
"Thank the gods, I thought she would never leave." complained Bruce as he walked over to the girls after saying goodbye to his mom.
"Cheer up bolt-head, your mom's pretty cool." said Thalia.
"Sure, when she isn't telling embarrassing stories about me." he said. To which Thalia just nodded. "What about you Thals? What's your mom like?"
Immediately Bruce regretted his question as Thalia have him the death stare which Bruce was really terrified of. Those eyes looked like they had seen some stuff.
After Thalia decided he had gotten the point she walked off towards the huge wooden doors that were the entrance to the medieval building without another word.
"Jeez, I didn't mean to piss her off." he said to Annabeth. But he should have known better. No one at camp knew Thalia's past. At the age of 12 she had just turned up one day at the boundary of camp bruised and cut, tired to death and covered in golden dust being chased by a horde of hellhounds.
"Don't worry about it air-head, she'll open up eventually. Come on before she blows up the school by herself." she said before jogging to catch up with the gothic teen.
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When the teens caught up to Thalia she was observing the different sets of armor in the entrance hall of the academy.
"Hey Thalia, I'm sorry about that ba-" but Bruce got no further when the supposed daughter of Hecate fixed him with the stop talking look and the son of Zeus wisely closed his mouth. Just in time as a door down the hall opened to reveal Grover.
"Grover!" The two girls cheered running to their favorite satyr giving him a group hug while the one guy in the group gave him the "what's up bro" and a fist bump.
"So where are the demigods G-man." asked Bruce.
"Bianca and Nico de Angelo. Brother and sister." reported Grover," they're inside the gym, there's a dance tonight so the entire school is there."
"Any monsters?" asked Thalia.
"Yeah one, but there's a problem—" he was interrupted by the entrance of another party. One tall lady in a very reserved dress who walked like she had a broomstick for a spine. The man next to her had a very pale complexion and black hair in a crew cut.
Grover backed up next to Thalia to face the two adults," That's Dr. Thorn and Ms. Gottschalk, the Vice Principal and Principal." he informed her.
"Gottschalk? Really?" she said laughed but recovered quickly as the Principals reached them.
"And what do we have here Mr. Underwood. Students outside the gym?" interrogated the nasally voice of Ms. Gottschalk.
"They shall be punished immediately. Kitchen Patrol for a month!" the over zealous, french accented voice of Dr. Thorn.
"No ma'am I just forgot something in my dorm and my friends here came to find me when I didn't come back after a while." Grover lied but the principals weren't buying it yet.
"I don't recognize you three." Ms. Gottschalk pointed at the three of demigods behind Grover.
At this point Thalia decided to take matters into her own hands as she stepped forward snapping her fingers to make a sound sharper then possible and a gust of wind seemed to blow by the group despite them being indoors. "Don't you remember us? This is Bruce, Annabeth, and I'm Thalia. We go to school here."
Immediately the principal straightened up," Oh, of course, how silly of me. Carry on Thalia, and remember I want you in school uniform tomorrow."
Thalia simply nodded at the order. Dr. Thorn on the other hand didn't appear to take the bait but none the less he followed Ms. Gottschalk back to the gymnasium.
"Wow Thals, since when could you do that?" exclaimed Annabeth.
Thalia bowed to her," Daughter of Hecate, lady of magic at your service."
"Wish I could do that. Would have been helpful, I don't know, my entire life." complained Bruce. At the age of 14 he had only been part of the mythological world for two years. The same time Zeus' master-bolt had been stolen and he was unlucky enough to be apart of the quest to get it back along with Thalia, Annabeth, and Grover. But before that Bruce had been plagued with accidents mostly having to do with schools and potentially dangerous objects or animals. Like the one time a bird of prey presentation came to his school and the golden Eagle that the handler had came soaring over to Bruce and landed on the seat next to him.
"Stop complaining bird-brain and let's get to saving demigods." scolded Annabeth "Which one's the monster Grover?"
"The VP. And he's really strong." was the response.
"Right, because where would the fun be in fighting an easy monster." said Thalia sarcastically.
With that they walked to the gym and opened the doors to be met with a prototypical highschool dance. Guys in the corner playing basketball and girls crowding to together gossiping.
"Alright Grover, where are they?" asked Bruce as he looked around the gym as if the two demigods would just wave at him.
"Farthest wall, they're sitting on the bleachers nearest the doors. Bianca is in the red baseball cap."
"Good, then let's just grab them and get the hades out of here." Bruce said starting forward. But Thalia grabbed his arm.
"We're being watched." she said. Sure enough they followed her gaze to see Dr. Thorn staring at them through narrowed eyes.
"What do you suggest we do now Thals?" asked Annabeth as she and Grover looked to her for guidance. Bruce felt a twinge of jealousy. Why shouldn't he be the one they looked too? But then he shook it off. After all, Thalia had more experience then them.
Thalia gave them a wry look. "We dance of course." she said grabbing Grover a dragging him to the dance floor.
If Thalia had known that Grover was such a klutz at dancing then she probably would have picked Bruce but the older demigod knew that her two friends felt more than just friendship for each other even though the two were oblivious to the fact.
"So Grover, the Di Angelo's. You have an idea who their godly parent is?" asked Thalia.
"I think I have an idea, but the Zeus isn't going to be particularly happy." was Grover's wincing reply.
" Why? Demi-titans?"
"No. Why would you think that? There hasn't been a demi-titan born in 2 millennia."
"If only you knew" thought Thalia "So, why would big thunder thighs be upset with the kids?"
Grover gulped as thunder shook the gym but no one else seemed to notice except the Grover, Thalia, Bruce, Annabeth, the two demigod children and Dr. Thorn; the last two of which Thalia was keeping a close eye on. "Thalia you can't just say things like that, Zeus hears everything."
Thalia merely rolled her eyes," Not everything Grover. But you didn't answer my question, what's the biggie with the kids?"
"They smell like death Thalia and there is only one godly parent that can give their child that powerful aura." he said. Thalia's eyes widened but she kept dancing.
"Grover, you can't tell anyone about this. I mean no one, not even Bruce and Annabeth. This could get them killed. Promise me." Thalia said forcefully all but shaking the satyr.
"Ok Thalia, I promise." was his wise reply.
Thalia let out a sigh of relief before taking a sharp intake. "There gone." was all she said and Grover whipped around to see the chilling sight of a red baseball cap on the ground in front of still swinging doors.
"It's Thorn. He's got them." said Thalia," Go get the others. I'll make sure he doesn't hurt them." Grover looked like he wanted to argue but Thalia gave him no choice," Go!".
"Alright, show time." she said barely audible as she turned away from grover's retreating form.
Thalia jogged down the dark, cold hallways following the sound of complaining and grumbling that was Dr. Thorn and the kids. Even in the lack of lighting Thalia could see having lived in the dark 12 years of her life.
The demititan heard a crash up a head and she picked up the pace. Turning a corner she found a door still in the process of closing.
Drawing a mace canister from her pocket she pushed the spray button and and a 7ft spear replaced the canister. She summoned aegis and charged the door lowering he shield and collided with the door. As the door opened she dove forward, rolling to her feet she saw her quarry in the distance. Dropping the shield Thalia sighted, primed, and threw her spear javelin style. If she had been aiming at the tallest of the figures who she knew was Dr. thorn, she would have killed him. Instead Thalia only wanted to scare the crap out of him and hit the evergreen tree right next to his face.
The monster snapped back from the tree where the quivering spear had struck. He turned around to find his attacker only to see the daughter of time bearing down on him with the gorgon headed shield. At the terrifying sight Dr. Thorn propelled his captives farther into the forest with Thalia, who had stopped to retrieve her spear, right on his tail. Eventually the ex-vice principal ran out of ground and came to a screeching halt at the edge of a high cliff. A rustling of the forest underbrush could be heard as Thalia entered the clearing staring down the monster. Little did the both of them know they were not alone.
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, hid in the tree line with her hunters. She had followed her instincts to Maine and was just beginning to leave after a fruitless search when the group of four stumbled into the clearing. There was a powerful aura here. The tall pale man she figured was the monster with the two demigods. Both of which were powerful in their own right. The monster was strong but nothing intimidating. Curiously it was the older girl separated from the group that gave off the most powerful aura. More powerful than any demigod she had ever felt.
"Do we move in Milady?" Zoe Nightshade, the goddess' longtime lieutenant asked.
"Not yet Zoe. There is something about this that is important. We were meant to witness this moment." was her reply. Zoe merely nodded, not one to question the goddess.
Thalia planted her spear into the ground," Thorn, give me the kids and you can go free." she said. In response the man in front of her shifted until he was an 8ft long lion with a spiked tail and the face of a man who roared in defiance. "You fool, the great stirring has commenced, you can not hope to win this war. I will rip you to shred you insolent cur."
Thalia raised her eyebrow before she shrugged," Whatever."
The lone demigod charged with nothing but her shield. Thorn threw as many spikes as he could but they seemed to be moving in slow motion. Thalia deflected all of them and continued her sprint. Right before impact an invisible force pulled Bianca and Nico out of the way and Thalia rammed the manticore off the cliff and bounced off the impact away from the edge as the manticore was thrown off the cliff.
Thalia lied there for a while going through her mental check list. Bones broken? Nope. Dislocation? Nope. Demigods?. She sat up looking for the two young people she was trying to save. Near the forests edge also gathering herself Annabeth was next to the kids, her Yankees cap next to her.
"Thanks Annabeth!" she yelled at her, to which the blonde just held up a thumbs up while she laid on the ground.
"Hey what about me! I helped." yelled Bruce behind her next to her spear.
"You didn't do shit!"
"I distracted him!" was his reply. Thalia rolled her eyes in exasperation.
The goddess of the hunt had just about had enough of watching and was getting ready to leave when a roar shook the forest and the manticore clawed his way back onto the cliff top. Artemis watched as the blonde girl gained the monsters attention and dark haired girl with the shield scrambled to her feet and jumped onto the monsters back.
The goddess gave the order and all of a sudden from the dark forest a silver arrow shaft pierced the monster in the neck. Zoe stepped forward through the brush and leveled her bow. "Permission to kill Mi—" she was cut off by a fist to the face that knocked her unconscious. Instantly bows were aimed in the direction of her attacker but the shadows enveloped him before Artemis could get a good look.
"Bruce, my spear!" Thalia yelled at the frozen demigod as she held on for dear life to the monster. That galvanized him into action, he picked the spear up and threw it at her.
Thalia slowed down time and turned to meet the spear, she grabbed out of the air and brought the tip down into Thorn's back. He vaporized instantly into gold.
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