Out of the Dark

by Arescynthea

This is about a young orphan girl who is best friends with Percy and Grover. She shares her secrets with them and they are her only friends. She has two little sisters who she must care for. She must provide a safe habitat while locking out the feelings that have been pushing her into the darkness for years.

4. Chapter 4

Percy's P.O.V.

I had to get AJ. I couldn't leave her behind. I heard her song and knew that I could never leave her. I pulled a protesting Grover up the stairs behind me.

"We have to go, Percy!" Grover said frantically.

"I won't leave her! She's always been left behind before, so I can't let this happen!" I told him quickly. We got to AJ's window and I knocked on it. No answer. I pounded harder. Finally, AJ came to the window.

"What's wrong?" She asked quietly.

"We have to leave." Grover said, quickly cutting to the chase.

" Oh. So I guess this is goodbye." AJ said to me.

"Oh no. Lover boy here..."

"Hey!" I protested. "We're just friends!"

"Just had to have you come with us, so he used up valuable time coming up here and having a long talk with you. Come on! We'll have a nice, long chat in the car!" Grover sounded annoyed and rushed. AJ quickly grabbed her bag with her phone, her one extra pair of combat boots, a book, a toothbrush, toothpaste, flossers, and two changes of clothes.

"Let's go!" Grover shoved AJ and I down the fire escape. We got his message. Go faster. So we started to run faster. When we go to the bottom of the fire escape, we found my mom waiting for us in Gabe's car. We clambered into the car and just as Grover pulled the door shut, my mom put the metal pedal to the floor. We zoomed along the back roads, going faster and faster. That's when I saw the black shape zooming along behind us.