Selene Harkness- 17

Zzzzzz... "THIS GIRL IS ON FI-" My eyes fly open and I quickly shut off my alarm. I hate that song... I check the time and groan. Why did I set my alarm like a school day when it's Saturday? Well, too late now, no way I'll be able to go back to sleep. I hop out of my bed and pull on my fuzzy slippers, running through the dark hallway to my mom's office, just in case she hasn't left for yet ANOTHER trip yet. Being a private investigator, she's always gone, pretty much. A dim light seeps under the door and I quietly walk in. Suprisingly, she's actually here right now. She looks up from a book and beckons me with her hand, which is, strangely, shaking.

"Selene... good timing. I need to talk to you. Its really important."

"What can be so important for 6:00 am?" I say.

"Life and death. Oh, and the truth about your father..." life? Death? Dad?

"What? I though you didn't know about dad! You always said he just left. And what does life and death have to do with it? And why... now?" She points to a chair and I sit down. What's going on?

"Your father is a God." Heck, what does she mean? Not really something you tell your kid...

"What? No seriously, you said you'd tell me the truth."

"Your father is Hermes. You're a half blood, and-"

"Wait. Wait Wait Wait. You can't just say' you're the daughter of a god'. That doesnt make sense. TELL ME THE TRUTH."

"That IS the truth. You are a half blood, and you're not safe here right now. You need to go off to..." She pulls out a weird little brochure thing. "Camp Half Blood. Now. Or you'll get killed by monsters, no more said."

"Ummm... okay...? Sure. Whatever you think is what I'm supposed to do." Is she crazy? Or is she right? I walk upstairs, still confused, and dress in a grey tee shirt tucked into navy skinny jeans with a purple airplane belt, a black and green plaid open shirt over it, black green and grey wristbands, and... my necklace. The one that's tied to my heart, or whatever. If it's pulled tight, I have trouble breathing. If it's ever broken... I shiver. I'd die if it was broken. I brush out my naturally dark red hair anf put a bit of eyeliner over my green eyes. Suddenly I have a realization. The mini staff that my mom said my dad sent for my eighth birthday... what if it works somehow? I pull it from my drawer. How to make it work... get bigger get b- I'm absolutely astounded when it turns into a full length, golden sword. Okay, this is just plain weird. I grab my green and gold messenger bag and stick my iPod and no-longer-mini staff into it. It's bigger on the inside... I walk back downstairs to my mom's office.

"So... what am I supposed to do? To get to this camp and all. Oh, and that mini staff...? Its not mini anymore."

"Yeah, I know. Well, it's on long island, so... pretty far from here. You're supposed to make the jourmey there without adults, it doesn't say how. Long island is east, here's a compass." She hands me a compass, her special gold one that she loves. "And, I don't kmow if you'll need this, but here's some money, just in case."

Yep, there's mom again, always doing things just in case. She hands me two hundred bucks and I just stare at it.

"This much?"

"A cheap plane ticket, or bus rides, food, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT."

"Thanks. Wow." I stick it in the hidden pocket of my bag, along with the compass.

"You should probably get going now." She pulls me into a hug. "I love You, that's why I'm doing this. Truly."

"I know. Its just so weird, so sudden..."

"Something arose..."

"Never mind. I love you!" I nod slowly.

"Yeah. Yeah, I love you too." Then I walk out the door, not looking back. What a strange, strange morning. East. I pull out the compass and begin to walk.

And yet anotther chapter! We're getting closer and closer to the beginning of the actual journey! Please review! By the way, I saw Divergent. I LOVED IT! It was so good! At the end of the review, say so too if you saw and liked it. Thanks to RockAngel2642 for Selene! And remember... please review!