Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, but I own Riley.
I opened my window and fierce rain poured in lightning flashed making false daylight. I hesitated. Should I go another day...? But there was something in my gut telling me that I had to go now and luckily, I tied a rope to my window just in case...well you know depressing times and stuff comes with being stranded on an island.
I grabbed the rope and slid down. It was hard to see in all the dense rain and the mud doesn't help to much either. But eventually I found what I was looking for, the little hole in the gate that was just big enough for a 13 year old girl to walk through...I wonder who made that!
I fell a couple times walking to the ocean...well maybe more then a couple, it was very very muddy. I finally made it to the sandy beach and ran to the dock. My plan to escape was to use a boat, but my hope of a boat being there was smooshed when I saw there was definitely no boat at the dock. The waves crashed against the dock and it made it shiver for a moment. I was freezing in the rain on a deserted island. All my hope was gone. I was bought to go back to the house and cry into my pillow when something caught my eye.
A horse with a brown coat of fur and a black main, was descending out of the water and it was coming straight at me! And when it reached me I gasped, well, because the horse was half fish! It's upper part of it's body was a horse, but it's lower half was a fish tale covered in scales!
It made a gesture toward it's back and neighed. We had a stable at the house, so I knew what the horse wanted.
"D-do you want me to ride you?" I asked hesitantly/stuttering. It gave a jerky nod and neighed again. Wow, this horse-fish thing was really smart, well compared to an average horse.
I would consider myself brave, because I would do what every average 13 year old wouldn't do, and that is ride a fish horse. It wasn't that comfortable but at least I didn't fall off. The waves weren't smashing us to bits, like some unknown force was keeping them at bay. I eventually drifted into the happiest slumber you can get in storm infested water and raging winds.
I was awoken, because of a neighing in my ear. I blinked several times and the days happenings came back to me. Cold water in my face jerked me to being wide awake. I spit out salty ocean water and looked around. I was at a beach the sun was burning my skin and the waves were gently lapping against me. Looks like the storms over.
The horse-fish thing neighed again and suddenly I was dumped in the water, being pushed to shore. I looked back to see the fish-horse thing and mysteriously it vanished.
I was once again alone on a beach, but this time I was soaking wet and I had know idea of what to do. It looked like the horse fish thing carried me the whole night, because it was now daytime. The sun was bright and shinning. I sat down on the sand and thought of what to do. That's when the voice came to me for a third time.
Go up the hill to the pine tree that stands there. Hurry, it's almost there. The voice whispered urgently. I looked around and saw the pine tree on a hill it talked of. I started running toward it, I would've made it too, if I didn't here a flutter of wings and looked up.
I froze with fear when I saw what was above me. A old wrinkly hag with bat wings, was flying above me and it's voice sent a shiver down my spine.
"I've been waiting for you," It said in a scratchy voice. All I could do was scream and tried to run around it, but it grabbed at me with huge talons. I saw blood blossom on my arm, but that didn't stop me. If I stopped now I would surely die. I ran for the pine tree and screamed at the top of my lungs hoping that someone would here me.
The hag came at me again and slashed my leg, pain seared through me. This thing was going to slice me to bits! And when it came at my a third time and fell into darkness, inches away from may destination.