New Family

" Wake up." The voice prompted. I woke up with the hammer lying flat on my stomach. I groaned and quickly crawled out from under the staircase. I noticed there was no one in the halls. Thank God! I opened the front door and by the looks of it, it was about 6:30 am. I smiled to myself as I remembered most people were not up at this time on a Saturday in the middle of July.

I sat on the closest bench I could find. I sighed, I really did like California. It was really pretty, and I would miss the beaches. On the bright side though maybe I could get as far as Canada, I heard there is really pretty beaches up there, and hey, maybe no monsters! I really wish there was someone who could relate to me, know what I'm going through, help me when help is needed. What I needed was a family. I turned around and saw some kids jumping rope outside. I must have been sitting here for a while now just think. I got off the bench and walked down the street.

My stomach growled. Darn! I'm smart I can think of a solution, my teacher always did say I'm great with strategies. I looked down the boulevard, facing a small beach I never knew was there, just my luck There was a small beach shack there! I ran towards the beach and sat in the sand. I looked up at the shack and saw there was someone working there. Time for a guilt trip. I stood up and walked over to the shack the lady working there; she had dark skin and looked to be middle aged. Her hair was up in a high bun and covered with a baseball cap. Her face was covered in a big pair of sunglasses.

"Can I help you"? She asked sweetly

"Umm how much are those hotdogs?" I asked

"$1.25" she smiled "Not trying to be rude here but may I ask, why are you carrying a hammer?"

Busted! "Well actually, you see my friends dad was over the other day, helping us build a book shelf. He forgot his hammer at our house, so I decided it would be helpful if I brought it to him. I just wanted to grab something to eat on the way." I lied

"Aww how sweet." She smiled "I'll tell you what, since your going through so much trouble, the hotdog is on the house."

"Thank you very much." I said sweetly. She handed me the hotdog and just as I was about to leave, then she grabbed my shoulder and turned me around

"Annabeth, honey stay for a bit why don't cha, it has been such a long time since I've had customers and I'm feeling awfully lonely." She said sadly

"Umm sure." I replied. I was a bit freaked out when she said my name, being I've never mentioned it, but I just let it slide. Besides I have nowhere else to go and she seemed sweet.

"So how old are you?" she asked trying to make conversation

"I'm 5 years old." I answered honestly.

"Oh such great vocabulary for just a young girl." She said stroking my cheek. "Very intelligent indeed. And what beautiful Grey eyes you've got".

"Umm thanks." I stammered I was feeling very nervous now.

" Let me take a closer look." She said pulling the cap off and taking her bun out "Close your eyes" The voice ordered. I listened. "Grab you hammer and through it in her direction." I opened my eyes looking down at the counter and threw the hammer at her. My eyes she screeched, throwing the hammer back up. I quickly looked down and what I saw was horrible. I turned around shocked "Run It's Euryale's biggest weakness" I jumped off the stool and ran.

I was pretty far from the beach then, and was still terrified. That was definitely the scariest monster I have ever seen. I don't know how I'm going to sleep knowing that she is still out there, but I'm tired and going to have to try. I looked around to see if there was anywhere acceptable to sleep. I turned around and saw 2 small red buildings and a small aley between them I went in and hid under a piece of scrap metal and eventually fell asleep.

10 hours later

I woke up and looked around, I must have been sleeping for some time, because the sun was starting to set. I tensed up as I heard 2 voices. Speaking.

"Are you sure." One of them said

"Positive, right here." The other voice said

"3,2,1" and with that the metal was ripped right off me. I listened to my senses and jumped at the person with my hammer, we were both on the ground now and he skittered my hammer away. I looked up and saw that horrible face again. I started kicking and screaming. "No more monsters." I screamed repetitively.

"Thalia put your shield down your scaring her." The boy said. He put me on my feet and stood beside the girl.

"We wont hurt you." The boy said. "I'm Luke and this is Thalia, what's your name?" The boy gave me a sly smile. He was good looking, about 13 years old, fairly tall, Blonde hair and Blue eyes. The girl had a black bob, the same colour as the rest of her clothes, she looked about 10, she had stunning blue eyes, and was pretty.

"Monsters?" I questioned. The both shock their heads. "Names Annabeth."

"Nice name." He smiled "Say Annabeth You have a pretty good hand there, we could use someone like you to help us fight off monsters. So what do you say, wanna join?"

I nodded smiled "Come on guys, we gotta go, we'll get you some food and clothes Annabeth." I returned the smile and walked off with Thalia and Luke. As a family. My new family.

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