As soon as I stepped out, a ginormous gust of wind blew me back against the magical barrier that separated the camp from the rest of the world. I knew from that point on that this wasn't going to be easy.
"Stupid Zues and his stupid godly powers!" As soon as I said that, a bolt of lightning struck about a mile away. Then, a tall man, with almond color skin, wearing a toga appeared right in front of me, holding what looked like some sort of machine.
"Hello Jem!", He said as if he saw me all the time. "Who are you, and what is that machine thingy you have there?" I said, trying not to be toppled over by the wind. "I am Apollo, I'm here to help, but we must hurry!!!! Oh, and this is the Valdez-inator, the very first one that has ever existed. Now hop in my car."
Now, I don't normaly take rides from tall men wearing togas, but I thought, with him being the god of the sun and all, I would make an exception.
As soon as I got in he revved up the engine and we started to fly. "Where are we going?" I asked. "Somewhere my father can't hurt you." He said it as if I were his own daughter, even though Athena was my mom, in a sincere and caring voice. "At least give me a hint!", I pleaded, but all I got was, "Just wait and you'll see."
We flew over America in a second, and as soon as we got over the Pacific Ocean Apollo pulled up on the steering wheel. "Better hold your breathe kid." Apollo yelled over the roar of the engine. As soon as I saw where we were going I gasped. We were heading strait for the sun! Then, once we got closer I saw a pure white, Greek style castle with imperial gold linings.
We arrived there with thud because Apollo just smashed the brakes. "What is this place?" I asked genuinely curious about where the heck we were. "Welcome to my palace. You are the first mortal to even know about its existence. Even Zues doesn't know about this place, I come to rejuvenate and blow off steam where no one can know about it. Also, we are on the surface of the sun... Try not to faint."
I was speechless for about five minutes then Apollo said, "You ok kid?" I replied, "Yah I'm fine, but why did you bring me here?" "To protect you. Father was about to kill you and I couldn't allow that to happen... your more important than you know."
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When Lightning Strikes
FanfictionWhen 12 year old demigod Jem's father dies she goes on an adventure to face the god who is responsible for her fathers death.