Terra's POV

I can't believe I cried I front of him. I needed to make him see that I was strong and independent, not some stupid little girl who couldn't control her voice and cried in public. That girl would not survive on her own as a demigod. She would need the safety of a camp. Well, no matter how safe that camp may be, I will never join them. And I am not that girl. Wouldn't it all be best if they left me alone? I am a loner, I don't have any friends, and that's the way it should be. I am different. I am not like them. Nor will I ever be. But… what if I did make friends? What if I didn't have to dumpster dive for food anymore? What if I was actually safe? What if… No! I can't. I remember those words clear as day in my mind. Don't trust any of them, Terra. None of them. None of them. None of them… His last words to me echo in my mind, and another tear slips down my face. This one, I allow.

My father, my only living family, was killed by Zeus for insulting him somehow. I don't know how, just that one day, my father told me those words, then said that he had offended Zeus and was going to die, sooner or later. The next day he was gone. From then on, I hated the demigods. How could I go to the camp that worshipped the same gods and goddesses who killed my only living family? I couldn't.

"Yo, Terra!" I turned around to see my sort-of friend Will, who I think is an orphan who ran away from a foster home, though he's never given my that many details about his life. He's about my age, I think, with shaggy brown hair and blue eyes. I'd prefer to be alone, but I owe my freedom to him. He's really good at stealing things, and without him I'd probably just be a ratty homeless girl who had to go to shelters to get food, and then I'd probably have to go to a foster home.

"Oh, hi, Will."

"Have you been crying?" he asked. I was surprised by the amount of concern in his voice. We kind of have a system; he gets us food and clothes, and I fight off the gangs that threaten us, and believe me, there are a lot of gangs. We work together to survive on our own, but we are not close. We are just trying to survive. So I don't ask him questions about his past, and he doesn't question my powers.

"Uh, no. Did you get food?"

"Yeah. Are you sure that you're okay?"

"Yes, Will. I'm fine."

"Okay." We headed our separate ways after that, me to an abandoned apartment where I sleep, he to wherever he goes at night. I expected to have trouble sleeping, but the moment my head hit the pillow, I fell asleep.

"Terra." A man stood over me. "It's okay to trust Perseus Jackson." I stared up at him.

"Dad?"

"It's me, Terra. You can go to the camp. Trust Perseus Jackson, but still be aware. You cannot trust all of them."

"Dad, I-"

"Just trust him!" I woke with a start. Trust him?

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