Chapter One: A Fateful Incident

I am so excited to be writing a new story. Just to let you know, this story is AU. In the beginning of the story some characters will be OOC, but this is necessary for the plot line and I will try my best to get them back in character when I can. This story is going to be told from Piper's POV. I plan for this story to be about fifteen chapters, give or take a few. So without further ado, here is chapter one.

Disclaimer: *sigh* I hate these things. I do not own Heroes of Olympus, that is property of the great Rick Riordan. I am merely using his characters because I am a lowly peasant.

BE THERE IN TEN. PLZ DON'T BLOW ANYTHING UP.

I texted my best friend, Leo Valdez. I looked up shielding my eyes from the sun. It was December and the sun was making a rare appearance in the city of New York. I shoved my hands and my phone back into the pockets of my black parka to prevent permanent freezing of my fingers. The wind was biting at my cheeks and I regretted not wearing another layer of clothing. I was walking to Leo's house (a bad decision on my part) so that we could work on a stupid science project that was due next Friday. In all honesty, we were probably going to fuck around the entire time, but at least we could pretend that we were making progress on the project. I smiled to myself at the thought of anything actually being accomplished. It was Sunday and we had five days to complete an assignment that we hadn't even started.

My phone vibrated once in my pocket and I sighed, my breath creating a puff in the air. I was going to have to pull my phone out and my fingers were going to freeze. Man up, Piper, you can do this. I slowly pulled my right hand out of my pocket, along with my phone. It was a text from Leo.

I MAKE NO PROMISES.

I rolled my eyes and tucked my hand back into my jacket, my hands too numb from the cold to text back.

Just as I was walking across an alley, I felt a hand close around my wrist and tug. My immediate reaction was to scream, and I did just that.

Unfortunately, my scream was cut short by a large, calloused hand covering my mouth. A deep voice which I assumed belonged to a man spoke next to my ear, "Shut your mouth, bitch." he hissed. He moved his hand from my wrist and moved behind me to encircled his arm around my waist create a human cage. I smelt alcohol on his breath and I cringed at the smell. Beer. Definitely beer.

I bit down hard on the hand and Beer Breath swore under his breath. I tried to lunge forward but my kidnapper had an iron grasp and there was no way I could escape from him though physical means. He tightened his hold on me and dragged my further into the dark alley. As he did this, his cold hand slipped under my parka and shirt and rested on my bare skin. I bit my lip and I nearly threw up in disgust.

"Get away from me!" I screeched. My eyes burned with tears now and I was absolutely terrified. How was I supposed to get away? Call me crazy, but I don't think politely asking him to leave me alone was going to work.

"I said shut up, you slut. You're going to do whatever the fuck as I say." Beer Breath growled.

Now I was crying, a hysterical sob stuck in my throat. I had always prided myself on being able to keep my calm in sticky situation, but here I was, in tears, not knowing what was about to happen to me.

We were about forty feet into the alley now. We probably would have made it further, but I wasn't exactly making it easy for the man to drag me off. I sucked in a shaky breath and collected myself a little bit. I was not going to become a mess right now, this was hardly the time. I prepared myself for another scream just as a figure walked past the entry of the alleyway.

The person did a double take as they walked past and stood there watching the scene for a split second. My eyes widened I saw the a person, who I thought had the build of a male. I sent out I silent plea with my eyes, hoping they got the message. Evidently, my kidnapper had not noticed them because I had started squirming and writhing in his arms, trying to keep him from dragging me any further into the alley.

The guy that had stopped in the alley came up to Beer Breath and tugged him off of me before he even had a clue what was going on.

I wrenched myself free of Beer Breath's grip and moved far away, rubbing at my wrist which would definetly have bruises on it tomorrow.

My eyes moved toward to two men in front of me. My kidnapper had finally clued in on what had happened and was trying to punch my godsend of a savior in the face. He easily dodged out of the way and took hold of Beer Breath's outstretched arm, pulling him into an armlock. He then continued on by smashing Beer Breath's head into the brick wall. I clenched my eyes shut and winced as I heard a sickening crack.

I opened my eyes to see Beer Breath on the ground, clearly unconscious, though I was fairly sure he wasn't dead. My eyes flickered towards the guy who had just saved me who was brushing his hands off on his jeans as if this were something he did every day.

The first though that came to mind was that he was hot, which was entirely inappropriate considering the situation at hand. He was probably sixteen-seventeenish, and fairly tall, probably about four inches taller than my five foot seven inch body. He had blond hair which was tucked under a gray beanie. His eyes were to oddest shade of blue I've ever seen, i immediately thought of lightning when I saw them. He seemed to be of a medium build, although I couldn't really tell because of his winter attire and the fact that it was kinda dark in the alley.

He looked up and the second his eyes met mine, all thoughts flew out the window, although some of the words that managed to make it through my comatose state were handsome, beautiful, and sexy. I was clearly delirious because never in my life had I ever been this attracted to someone who I had never spoken a word to. I actually made a bug deal of getting to know people before deciding that they were worth crushing on. But this, this was different. I'm pinning it down to that fact that he saved my life. That's logical, right?

He was giving me a once-over with his bright blue eyes and I felt extremely exposed.

"No thank you?" he asked quietly, raising an eyebrow.

It took me a second to process his words because I was completely mesmerized by his voice, but let me tell you, when I did figure out what he was saying, some not so lady-like words appeared inside my head.

"Excuse me?" I managed to choke out.

"Whatever. Just remember you owe me."

Just my luck, I had to become the damsel in distress and be saved by the biggest asshole on the face of the earth.

And I was left speechless. I owed him? I owed him? I mean, sure he saved me, but it's not I had any other option. And when exactly were we going to meet again? How could I owe him if I was planning on never seeing his face again? My anger clouded out any coherent thought that my mind would have been able to conceive.

I finally found my voice and it was deadly calm, "You've got to be kidding me. I nearly got beaten, raped, killed, or whatever else that bastard had planned, and you expect a thank you from me? Sure. Thanks for saving my pathetic life, you ass."

His eyes flicked with an emotion for a split second before returning to how they were before. "Well, it's a good thing I saved you or things could have gotten really fucked up, yes?"

I decided to keep my mouth shut because my next sentence was most likely going to be 90% cussing and 10% real English.

I stated glued to my spot as he began to walk out of the alley. Just as he was about to turn the corner and continue in the direction that he had originally been going in, he did a 180 and faced me. "You may want to get out of here before he wakes up." he said gesturing towards the unconscious man on the ground. He furrowed his eyebrows together, glancing at the man. "Well, if he wakes up."

I hope he was joking.

He met my eyes again. "Just a word of advice." And he sauntered off onto the sidewalk again, out of sight.

I gritted my teeth together and marched out of the alley, glad to be in the open again, even if the chill of the wind was biting through to my bone. I was shivering now, and not just from the cold. I began tearing up again as I thought about what had just happened. I took deep breaths. walking away from the creepy alley. Any place was better than there.

I brought my phone out and noticed that I had seven texts from Leo and three missed calls. I ignored the calls and read through the texts, all of them asking where I was and why I was so late. They had started off joking, the first one being:

YOU GOT LOST AGAIN, DIDN'T YOU?

But they became more frantic with the last one being:

PIPER WHERE ARE YOU? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE HALF AN HOUR AGO AND YOU HAVEN'T REPLIED TO ANY OF MY TEXTS. C'MON PIPES YOU'RE SCARING ME.

I sighed and texted back:

SORRY. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD RESCHEDULE? I'M NOT FEELING UP TO IT RIGHT NOW.

I slipped my phone into my pocket, shoved my hands in as well, wishing that I had gloves, and began my journey home.

And that is the first chapter. Sorry for any mistakes, I tried my best, but I am human after all. I took a break while I was writing it and I think the tense changed a little in the middle, so sorry if that confused you. I would appreciate it so much if you reviewed and told me what you thought of this chapter and what I could do better.