Disclaimer: I do Not Own Percy Jackson and the Olympians and i never will, I do own the characters in this fan fiction that aren't in the books
Chapter 2: Family
Percy, Grover, Annabeth and I were in California standing in front of a Training Building where Grover said the half blood we were looking for would be after school.
"The satyr that found her said she was really powerful, he followed her after school one day and saw her walk into this building and when she came out an older man and women came out with her, he said it looked like the man was her father."
'Great' I thought 'we have to deal with mortals and a powerful half blood.' We all walked into the building and realized that we had no idea what floor she was on, the receptionist sitting at a desk in the corner near the stairs and elevator said "are you looking for Marie?"
We all looked at her and she smiled "she has a lot of people who come here for her, mainly guys." Percy, Grover and I blushed but Grover said "yes, we are looking for Marie. do you know what floor is she on?"
The receptionist said, "She is either with her mother on floor ten or her father on floor thirteen."
Surprised Percy said, "She has two parents?"
The receptionist didn't seem surprised by the question. "She has a step mother who raised her. She calls Anna mother because Anna is the only mother she ever knew."
Grover asked, "Do you know what floor Marie is most likely to be on?"
The receptionist shook her head "she usually practices with her father but lately…" she shrugged, Grover said, "Thank you miss."
We all went to the elevator and got in Grover pressed the ten button and the elevator went up when the door opened and we all walked into a dance studio. A boy and girl were doing a practice dance and a woman was watching them and standing near a stereo that was playing Love Game by Lady Gaga.
The women looked familiar somehow, but I didn't spend too much time thinking on it. Grover said, "Excuse me madam?" The women looked at us in surprise and the two dancers stopped dancing.
The boy was about 15 maybe a little older with short brown hair and dark blue eyes; the girl was about 14 and had long red hair tied back in a pony-tail and ice blue eyes. The woman was in her mid-thirties and had long blond hair that was in a braid her eyes were a bright green.
She looked us over and her eyes narrowed "Mandy, Jason, I think it's time we get ready to close up."
The girl, Mandy, looked at the boy, Jason, and he took her hand squeezed it and said "I'll try to fill you in later ok?"
She nodded and went over to one of the wall of mirrors and picked up a bag that was there and she walked past us and said "Bye Mrs. Valentine, bye Jason I'll see you tomorrow." With that she was gone and we were left with the other two mortals.
"I do not know why you bothered to come all this way" Mrs. Valentine said "but I frankly don't care. Marie isn't going to that gods forsaken camp." She said the word 'camp' like it was a cuss-word.
Percy said "you know about Camp Half-Blood?"
It was Jason who spoke up "of course we know about it." The tone in his voice was full of anger and hate. "And Marie isn't going there!" He sounded afraid at those words, like he wasn't sure if that was true, like someone would take her away and then they would lose her forever.
Mrs. Valentine looked at us and said "she's on the thirteenth floor but I would suggest that you leave the building."
We didn't listen to her we all got in the elevator and Annabeth said "if this family knows about Camp Half-Blood… then… she should have come to camp a while ago."
"Not necessarily" Grover said "her father is alive, she has a family, and the satyr that found her said there were no monsters at the school. So while she and her family knew about camp half blood it wasn't necessary for her to go to camp. But she's almost thirteen so now she does have to go to camp to get trained."
We arrived on the thirteenth floor and saw a man about forty and a girl about thirteen they were in the middle of a fight using swords the man was good but it looked like he was losing. They both looked familiar, like Mrs. Valentine did, the man had short brown hair and blue eyes, his daughter was very different from him.
Her hair was long and pulled back into a pony-tail she had light skin that was a light peach color. Her father saw us and stopped, and she turned to see what he was looking at and her eyes met mine and in that moment I forgot how to breathe. Her eyes were a light brown with a hit of green in them.
She looked us over and put her sword down and taped the end of it. It morphed into a copper tube with a heart on one end. She put the tube in her pocket and looked at the rest of the group before her eyes fell on me again. She looked at me with a bit of sadness in her eyes but not surprise, like she had been expecting me.
"Grover Underwood the Satyr, Annabeth Chase daughter of Athena, Perseus Jackson son of Poseidon, and Nico di Angelo son of Hades." She said calmly. I wasn't shocked that she knew our names because a part of me felt that she had been waiting for us to show up.
"I have no desire to go to your precious camp so I suggest you leave this place at once"
Grover looked nervously at her "um Marie… you kind of have to go to camp"
Marie snapped back harshly "no thanks I'd like to live my life to the fullest not go off to get killed"
that was when it clicked in my head, why her parents looked familiar, why she was mad, why she wasn't surprised by our visit "your sister went to Camp Half-Blood" I said looking her strait in the eyes "she went there and one year she never came back… she had died…"
Marie looked at me and said "you know what it's like to lose an older sister. I won't do to my family what Rose did."
Grover and Annabeth gasped and said together "Rose Valentine was your sister?" Marie nodded at them.
I said "I'll make you a deal" she raised an eyebrow at me but nodded to show she was listening "I'll fight you sword against sword. You win we all leave and you're never bothered about camp again. I win and you have to go to camp for one summer and if you honestly think you can train better here, then you can stay here."
She looked me in the eyes and said "swear on the river Styx?"
"I swear on the Styx" I replied honestly. Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy, everyone but Marie.
"Deal" she said.
