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Disclaimer: I don't own PJO... yet. I will, one day! I will own it all! MUA HA HA HA! But, for the time being, I only own the plot and my personal characters. :)
The boy spills to me his story.
His father had also abandoned his mother at his birth. His mother, unlike mine, abandoned him. He's lived his life in an orphanage and just recently ran away.
In return for his story, I gave him mine. From my drunken mother to my missing father. I spilled my whole story to him and he nodded as if understanding.
"How long have you been on the streets?" he asks me.
"Only a few days," I answer. "And you?"
"Three weeks."
We walk in silence for a few minutes, simply taking in the peace.
Then, from nowhere, jumps a strange horse-rooster animal, neighing wildly. It charges towards us in a strange mixture of galloping like a horse and hopping like a chicken.
"These freaking Hippalectryons. Practically impossible to kill," Marcus mutters under his breath.
"What?" I ask, confused slightly.
"It's these freaking Hippaelctryons. They're fast as hell when they wanna be which makes them impossible to catch. Sometimes they're harder to kill than hydras," he explains.
I stare at him in wonder. Harder to kill then hydras? Is that even possible?
"I'll distract it while you run. We'll meet at the park," he whispers to me.
"No, I'll take care of it," I answer.
He stares at me in shock.
"Are you kidding me? Have you fought these before?" he asks.
"No, have you?"
"No."
"I've got as much experience as you do. Now go! Scat!"
He runs towards the park and I walk closer to the animal.
"Calm down," I whisper to it. "Calm down."
He neighs angrily, waving its mane and flapping its wings.
"I'm not here to hurt you. I'm just here to talk," I whisper in return.
He calms slightly, flapping his wings once more. I gingerly pat his mane, combing it slightly with my fingers. He seems to freeze under my hand, twitching at my touch. He steps back. I can see the visible fear in his eyes.
It's always been like this. Animals seem to fear me. They seem to pull away and freeze at my touch.
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you," I whisper sweetly.
It steps closer and I return to patting it. After a few moments of this, he kneels slightly, symbolising that I should mount. I push myself onto his back and he takes off into the air.
"Wait! I have to go back and find Marcus," I shout over the whistling sound of the wind.
The animal neighs in frustration and flies back down, its feet hitting the ground carefully as it lands.
"Thanks," I whisper to it.
I jump off his back and step into the park. The young boy sits on a bench, staring at the skies in shock.
"W-what? How?" he stammers, completely in shock.
"Any beast can be tamed. He's actually quite sweet. Come on!" I answer.
I drag him towards the animal as the boy behind me whimpers slightly. He stops all of a sudden, paralysed with fear at the sight of the beast.
"You sissy! Come on!" I laugh. He frowns slightly, but agrees.
I mount the animal and drag him on as well.
"Where are we going?" he asks.
"Wherever it takes us."
Clarification: Hippaelctryons are Rooster-Horses. They have the front halves of horses and the back of a rooster as well as rooster wings. They are rarely mentioned in mythology but they come up every so often. They are an animal hybrid, used as a weapon from the pits of Tartarus during the Titan War. They are considered impossible to kill due to it's speed. It has amazing endurance.