Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Son of the Hunt

Chapter 1 I Play Football against a Monster

The sound of my alarm going off made me think of all the fun I wasn't going to have today and I almost rolled back over and went back to sleep, almost. My father came walking in he reached down and flipped the bed, dumping me out of the bed with a loud, "WOOO!"

As I hit the floor I sprang to my feet and turned on the big man a big smile played on his face, "Well look who's joined the land of the living." My father is a big man about 6'6, black hair, and soft blue eyes. He was a well built man, "Yes dad I live, though it doesn't help when you make me face plant every morning." My father just laughed and walked towards the door, "Ah, well as long as your not bleeding when you get back up Id say that your just fine." I reached down and grabbed a pillow throwing it hard at him but missing as he headed out the door to my room calling back to me, "Hurry up and get ready!"

I grumbled and did my usual morning routing, fix my bed,take a shower, get dress that normal thing. Looking into the mirror in the bather room I fixed my short brown hair and rubbed my sleepy eyes. My eyes looked abit blood shot, shown in there normal silvery-yellow, if that was normal. I had weird eyes, but it was cool or at least I thought it was. My dad said I got my eyes from my mom, she had died at child birth so I never meet her but I didn't mind I was happy, well as happy as a kid could be when he was 12 years old and working on his 4rth school. Really it wasn't my fault, just didn't have good luck that and being adhd and dyslexic didn't help much.

My dad yelled all the sudden, "Hurry up or your going to be late for Belvered Prep!" As if by cue the front door to the little apartment banged loudly. My father yelled to the person at the door to hold their horses he was going to get it. I smiled know who it was and rushed out of the bathroom and grabbed my school bag an rushed for the door. Throwing it open my two friends, Angie and Heather stood there, "Hey, " Heather smiled at me and said in a soft voice, "Hello." Angie grinned even wider and did her tomboy thing and slugged me in the arm, "Morning Cat." Okay cat was due to the eyes she said they reminder her of a cat but with more silver. My father yelled at me again walking from the kitchen as he did, "Hey you goof ball you going to eat some thing or just run?" He held a apple in his hand,smiling I took it and said some thing witty like, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away. " then darted out of the house shutting the door behind me as I went, "Bye dad."

The door clicked behind me and I turned with my two friends and began walking as we did they talked about the new school. I had meet them a month ago right after me and my dad had moved from Ohio to New York. Why New York you ask, well it was my dads job. See my dad use to be this big hunter type guy, loved the stuff, had permits to hunt and trap all kinds of things. Okay I know what your thinking, how could he that monster. Now this is were I play the good son bit and say my dad would put a lot of money into the nature reserves and such. That an he only would hunt male animals and also would only hunt the animal once after that he wouldn't hunt that species again. So he had done that till I was born, he stopped after words losing my mother just made him not want to hunt any more. So my dad had gotten a job writing those nature pamphlets that you get in the mail. You know those junior explore animal things that told you to save one by sending a penny a day or some thing. Well dad did that he wanted to actually write books about animals and go back out and study them with a camera and not a bow, oh yeah my dad was a bow hunter wouldn't hunt with any thing else.

So walking down the hall and getting into the elevator Heather pressed the lobby floor button. Heather was a dark headed girl, long dark hair hanged over her shoulders and was half way down her back. She had bright brown eyes that she hide behind thin glasses. Angie yawned and looked at the elevator floor buttons lighting up telling us we were on the 5th floor her large green eyes flicked with a playfully light that just screamed trouble, but she was a good person, I could tell. Her short blonde hair was spiked and had black tips. Heather and Angie were both the same size, which to my embarrassment was taller than me. But no worries, after all my dad was huge, 6'6 so I was going to be tall so I wasn't worried about it. All the sudden a ding caught my attention the doors swung open, the lobby a nice place smelled of fresh peppermint. Stepping out the other two followed suit and we head for the front doors, we would have to catch a cab or bud an man I was not looking forward to this. Some how I knew this would just end badly for me, if I only knew.

All three of use slide out of the cab a big smelly guy waved and wished us a very nice day in a very New York style way, which made me shake my head. Walking up to the front gates I already didn't like the place. Guess it couldn't have any thing to do with the man standing at the gate already eying me like I was his all new favorite whipping boy. I sighed and began to walk towards the school Heather and Angie right next to me. The man stepped out and crossed his arms, "An you must be the notaries new student, Jame Edon." He said that last bit as if there was some thing stuck in his throat. I smiled an nodded, "Yes sir that would be me." For some reason the man gave me chills and as I looked at him closer, it looked as if his out line was abit blurry like, I don't know as if he was shrouded in some thing. I didn't get to look long as Angie grabbed my arm and smiled at the teacher, "Sorry Mr. Huff but were in a hurry have to show he new guy the ropes." She pulled my arm and the man seemed to disapprove, "Very well be off with you." He waved his hand as if some thing fowl had hit his nose and the only think I could think was, I took a shower.

Heather spoke up as we were walking, "Hes such a mean old man," I turned my head an looked at Heather and smiled, "He seems abit stiff." Angie smiled and opened the door to a big hallway filled with students and lined with lockers. Walking in I looked around white concrete walls with a red line running down it and a banner with a smiling bear on it holding a helmet in its paws. I looked at my friends who had started to walk away from me while I was looking around. Rushing over to catch up I bumped into a big guy who looked down at me, an when I say big I mean huge, this guy looked like he was a giant or some thing of that sort. He growled, "Watch were you going shrimp."

Okay I guess this is a good time to mention I have a height problem. The Problem being I don't like to be teased about my height, yeah silly and all but I don't like it and the giant had just pushed the wrong button. I balled my fist about to show Mr. Skyscraper how to eat a knuckle sandwich when Angie walked over and grabbed my hand,"Hey bean pole," Her eyes locked with the tall guys eyes, "I suggest you get out of here before Cat kills you." The tall guy laughed, "Ah, spiky how I've missed all you jokes." He wiped a fake tear from his eyes, "Now get out of my way so I can ki.." He didn't get to finish a man in a wheel chair with thinning hair, scruffy beard and a green jacket that looked like it had seen better days wheeled himself to us, "Mr. Brunner." Angie smiled, "Hello sir how was your summer." The man smiled, "It was good dear." Looking at us he then let his gaze fall on the bean pole as he had been called by Angie, "Mister Clark don't you have a class to be getting to." The tall boy, Clark nodded and walked past me as he did he hissed in my ear, "They cant protect you forever little boy." The words sent a chile up my spine not cause of who said it but the way it sounded as if Clark's voice had sounded different and there was a hissing sound to it. I looked over my shoulder but he was gone I turned back to see Mr. Brunner and my friends looking at me.

I nodded my head Mr . Brunner, "Hello sir." He smiled and nodded back, "Hello, now Angie, " His eyes leaving me and focused on my friend, "May I ask were you are taking this new student. " She smiled wide, "Well we were on are way to see you actual." She stepped over and places her arm on my shoulder, "This is James Edon." I once more nodded and he did the same again, "Very nice to meet you. " He held out his hand an I took it then noticed how much force his light grip had, strong way strong was the only thing I could think. "You as well sir." The bell rang over are heads, "That's the first bell, you best be on your ways." He let my hand go and turned his chair and himself around and wheeled of the same way he had come, "That the Latin teacher you have him first with Heather and me," I nodded cause I already liked Mister Brunner he was cool with out knowing it or at least I though so.

School went about how it always does slow I sat in Latin class and for the first time stayed awake to hear about all kind of cool things. Mister Brunner is so cool he was decked out in full battler gear. The kind that the ancient Greek warriors wore, it was cool and had to say for some reason it looked like it belonged on him. But all good thing have to end as the bell rang and I stood up and walked out of the class, PE was the next class. Walking into the locker room I had found it on my first try, I don't know what it is but I've always had a knack at finding a place Id never been. I changed cloths which I was glad I had remembered to pack. Walking threw the other door at the back of the locker as we formed five lines and this is were things started to get, well id like to say interesting but I'm going to say they started to go bad. Standing in the second line was the bean pole, uh what was his name again. I stopped and though standing in the back of the line when I remembered, Clark, I noticed every one was stretching as the man I had seen at the front door Mr. Huff smile at me, but its wasn't friendly, it wasn't even a I don't like you smile it was one of those a murderer got, that hello Clarice like Lecter smile and Ill tell you right now I shivered. I stretched but my eyes never left Mr. Huff I might be scared but I wasn't chicken. Id do what it takes to make him realize I wasn't so easily scared. After the stretching he clapped his hands loudly, "Now who's up for a little tackle foot ball." All the guys seemed to like that idea except me cause as soon as he said that guess who saw me, Clark he looked at me with that your so dead look.

I sighed as I fond myself on the other team as Clark and got ready we were taking the ball or what ever it was called, okay let me put it simply I like sport but not football. There was little I liked about it it just wasn't my sport. I sighed again as I heard are appointed team captain and quarterback yell hike. I took off like a bolt, if there was one thing I could do better than any one it was run. Then I saw it, Clark he was bigger and I mean much bigger, like way big an I almost stopped running when I saw he had one big eye not two. But how had I missed that no it wasn't but, it was, I looked up in time to see the football flying at me I did what any body would do and reached out and caught it. Stupid move cause as soon as I did Clark the one eyed thing jumped at me and I had a second to move. Now a second for me is all I need o pick up the pace crossing were the touch down area was I tossed the ball and turned Clark was still big and was picking himself off the ground and I wasn't ready for what else I saw.

Mr Huff walked slowly but the same evil smile was on his face his cold dark eyes and short black hair with beard made my gut turn he stopped and eyed me and Clark and turned, "Okay class back to the gym he turned his head, "Hurry up if your not back Ill assume you failed and send some one else." Now he looked at me, "If some how you live tell your mother for me, Ill get her and her brother back for what they did to me." He turned and with out a word was gone and took the class with him. I looked up at Clark and stepped back, how did I not notice what this guy was. He grinned, "Time for you to die now shrimp." There was that word again, an it was the word that set me into action I turned and ran hard the foot ball laying on the ground I dived grabbing it and rolled coming to my knees in time to see a giant one eyed monster coming at me and I smiled. Remember how I said I didn't like football, well there was one position I did like and that was quarterback and ugly was about to find out why.

My hand an arm flew in one quick strong motion as the football flew from my hand and slammed hard into the monsters eyes. Bingo I thought as the monster let out a loud roar and I turned on my heals and fled, yeah I was running you tell me what you would have done. I raced around a wall and keep going. I had this feeling that no were was safe but home and if I could just, my though was interrupted as the wall busted out words, chunks of concrete showered the road as I slide to a stop. The monster stepped out and glared at me with one big blood shot eye and the begins of a black ring forming, "I'm killing you now." Witty banter, nope, run, oh yeah. Turning an dashed the way I came but slide to a stop as my friends stood a few feet away I got ready to yell when I stopped as they both held bows each notched an arrow and all I could think was , great.