151Amazing-A: Hullo! My name is Amazing-A! This is my first fanfic. I haven't been writing for a long time, so don't judge me please. This is my helper/shabti Thunderhead!
TH: Help me! I'm being held against my will! This girl, is *hand clamps over his mouth*
Amazing-A: Thank you Thunderhead! Now on with the story.
The Clash of Myths
Chapter One: The Kid from the River Muck
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God, Carter is being so bloody annoying. I mean seriously, what is his problem. I just wanted to go see the Empire State building, but no he said it's dangerous.
Carter was sitting on the couch in the Great Room of our mansion. He was planted right in from of the statue of Thoth. He was polishing his sword. "Sadie," he said, "it's dangerous. Remember! Uncle Amos said we must never go into Manhattan! Bast said only if it's an emergency."
"Yeah, I know, I know, Other gods blah blah, but that's exactly why we should go!" I said scowling at him from across the room where I leaned on the doorpost. Uncle Amos left for a week to go find out what happened to the rest of the Red Pyramid. Khufu was upstairs and Bast left to go check on her subjects.
"No, Sadie, for the last time we can't see the Empire State building!"
I sighed and walked to the window. Scowling, I sat down and looked at the view of the East River. I popped another piece of gum in my mouth and chewed. I remembered Uncle Amos's words.
"Manhattan has other problems," he said watching the Empire State building, "Other gods. It's best we stay separate."
And then there was what Thoth said,
"…The Greeks called me Thoth. Then later they confused me with their god Hermes. even had the nerve to rename my sacred city Hermopolis, though we're nothing alike. Believe me, if you've ever met Hermes…"
Those words, that was the reason why I wanted to go to the Empire State building. I hadn't thought about it much, we had a lot on our plate with Set and Apophis and Mum and Dad being gone. But, now, a month after the battle, I had remembered those thoughts again. I needed to see the Empire State building. It was in Manhattan and Uncle Amos had stared at it as he spoke. Could the other gods be the Greeks? Sure, Manhattan was against the rules, but to Sadie Kane, rules were meant to be broken.
The river was still. Few boats came this way, even if it was the middle of the day. The water churned slowly. It was full of muck, rather disgusting. Never were any animals there, the water was too polluted. And no human in their right mind would swim in there. I sighed and looked longingly at the Empire State building. I know what you're thinking. Listen to Carter, it's dangerous.
Well I'm Sadie Kane, I fought bloody gods I think I can handle taking a stroll through Central Park, thank you very much.
It was silent and the air was still. The only sounds were Carter's rag rubbing his sword, and Khufu's footsteps upstairs. It was so annoyingly boring. I chewed my gum. Then I heard a faint crash. I turned my head to the direction of the sound. On the edge of the riverbank. The mucky water seemed to turn more violent. The stillness was interrupted by waves crashing up onto the pavement. They grew in size. I stood and scuttled to the other window to watch more closely.
"Sadie?" Carter questioned. I shushed him. Then suddenly, something flew out from the water. It landed with a thud onto the ground. I squinted and looked at it. It was a boy.
"Carter!" I yelled to my brother, "there's a boy!"
"Control your hormones," He said.
"It's not my bloody hormones! There's a boy, and he's lying on the ground I think he's hurt! We have to help him."
"We aren't supposed to leave the mansion. That's what Bast said-"
"-Screw the bloody rules," I snapped. "We're supposed to be the good guys." I ran for my magic kit on the kitchen table. I shouldered it while running. "Come on Carter!"
"Sadie!" he yelled following me. I used magic to open the door. I bounded down the stairs and ran towards the boy. As I ran towards him, I looked at him more closely. He was about sixteen. He had shaggy black hair with a gray streak in it and he was wearing a bright orange t-shirt. In his hand was a black ball-point pen. He was breathing, but his eyes weren't open.
I stopped running and knelt by his side. "Carter help!" I yelled to my brother.
Carter came running up behind me. "Sadie! I told you not to leave! Who knows if…" He trailed short and finally seemed to notice the poor bloke lying in front of me.
"Who's that?"
"I don't know! Just help him!"
Carter knelt down and felt his pulse. The poor bloke's face was all grimy. He was breathing heavily.
"He's alive," Carter said leaning back again. "He doesn't seem hurt. I guess we just have to wait for him to wake up. Where did he come from, Sadie?"
"He just flew out of the river! The waves were building and he just flew onto the pavement."
Carter's brow furrowed. "That's not possible. He's not wet."
"I'm telling you I saw it with my own eyes! He flew out of the river."
"Sadie, tell the truth!"
We got so lost in our bickering, that we didn't hear someone behind us.
"Who are you?" A voice questioned. Carter whipped out his khopesh. We turned slowly. Behind us were three figures: A boy, and two girls.
The first girl was a curly blonde. She looked about sixteen. She was wearing the same orange shirt as the boy on the ground. Her eyes were a startlingly, stormy gray. Her hand was behind her back, as if she was hiding something. She was rather pretty. She scowled at us I, but her gaze kept flickering to the boy on the ground with worry.
The second girl looked about a year younger. Fifteen, maybe. She had spiky black hair that was pulled back with a silver circlet. She was wearing silver camouflage pants and gray combat boots. Her t-shirt was plain black. Her electric blue eyes were surrounded by a heavy layer of black eyeliner. Her gaze was scary.
The boy was quite a bit younger. He looked around twelve, like me. His skin was an olive color. He was wearing torn black jeans, and a black shirt with dancing skeletons. His hair was jet black and his eyes were a deep milky brown. They seemed to hold enough feelings for someone four times as old as him. His eyes were filled with sorrow, like he'd seen too many deaths. He held a black cane. Looking at him, my heart skipped a beat. He looked like someone I knew.
"Depends," I heard Carter say, "Will you hurt us?"
I ignored him and whispered to the boy, "Anubis?"
A look of puzzlement flashed on his face. "No," was his answer. I felt disappointed. "Tell me who you are and I will tell you who I am."
I held my hands up in surrender. Carter frowned at me. The boy lowered his sword.
"Carter," I told my brother, "put down your weapon."
"But Sadie-"
"-Carter, please, they need to know we aren't enemies." Carter dropped his khopesh.
The moment Carter dropped his weapon, the blonde girl rushed forward. She glided forward towards the boy on the ground. "Wake up!" She muttered shaking his shoulders. The boy groaned. The girl reached in her pocket and pulled out what looked like a cracker. She fed it to him. I stole a glance at her back. I could see what she was hiding. It looked like a bronze ruler stuck in her pocket. Who hides a ruler? I thought. Unless...
"Who are you?" the spiky haired girl demanded, again.
"You tell us first," I commented, but Carter held his hands up, and said, "Carter Kane, and this is my sister Sadie."
"Sister?" the spiky haired girl said, blinking. There it is. No one ever believes that Carter and I are brother and sister.
"Yes sister, and now that my brother made an introduction, despite the fact I told him not to, who are you?" I said.
"My name is Annabeth Chase," the blonde girl said. "Thank you for helping him," she said stroking the boy on the ground's face.
"I'm Nico di Angelo," the younger boy said.
The spiky haired girl scowled at her friends, then answered "My name is Thalia."
The boy on the ground groaned. His head was on Annabeth's lap. She fed him the rest of the cracker. He finally opened his eyes. Thalia and Nico rushed forward. The boy had sea-green eyes. He was still breathing deeply.
"Annabeth? Thalia? Nico? Where am I?" He asked.
"It's okay," Annabeth said. "They," she said pointing at my brother and I, "helped you."
The boy with sea-green eyes looked up at me. "Thank you."
"No problem. My name is Sadie and this is my brother Carter."
The boy stood shakily. He shook my, and Carter's, hands.
"I'm Percy Jackson."
Amazing-A: Looks like they've met each other. Hope you like my first chapter! Please review! You don't have to, but I'd appreciate it if you did. *gives puppy dog eyes*
TH: You suck.
Amazing-A: Shut up!
TH: What?
Amazing-A:Why I oughtta.. *grabs TH and shoves him in closet, brushes hands together* Now for the next chapter... Why was Percy in the river? What happened to him? Will the Kanes discover demigods? How do the demigods feel about magicians? What will Bast, Amos, and Chiron say?... Tune in next time! L8r g8rz!