The Time-turner Chronicles

|3| Chapter 22 : HA! The walls are lava!

♠ Book 3: Sea of Horrors ♠

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And here's the first chapter of the Sea of Horrors, enjoy! __________________________________

I woke up seeing a shadow pass my window.

Annabeth I thought, she was probably invisible waiting to bring me to camp like last time. It was weird, though, the shadow that passed my window was way darker than I remember. Nonetheless, I got up and went down for breakfast.

My mom had blue food ready and the primordials inside my head we're excited to say the least. After spending a few months doing nothing, that's what they call school, and only one adventure with the Kanes they were hungry for some entertainment. No sign of Nyx yet but I guess she would join as soon as I would beat up someone. Or something. (A/N: just workout man)

My magical backpack was already stu!ed with clothes for camp and an air horn for the chariot race.

My mom told me about the camp troubles in camp, but I reassured her that I had the things covered.

I gave my mom a hug and she made me promise to stay safe. I doubted that would happen and I think she knew too. With a small bit of guilt I left our apartment and headed for school.

Tyson was already waiting at the bus station for me.

I already told Tyson about the Greek Gods and camp and he was excited to come with me. I had not told him about today's...challenge. However last time I made it out alive and this time I had the advantage of knowing what I was facing. Besides, I had FrostSilver, which I could summon and some extra sweet powers.

From the corner of my eyes, I saw the shadow following us but I was not concerned about it.

We met Matt Sloan in school surrounded by his 'new' friends. Now he was acting a lot tougher than first.

"I'm gonna make you cry during Gym!" Matt shouted from a safe distance. His fake friends laughed and fist bumped each other. Eyeing me like I was an easy prey.

I gave him the finger and told Tyson to ignore him. Since I pushed him into the trash bin, he only screamed from a distance. Coward.

The Gym teams were exactly the same as last time. I had all the weak and bullied kids while Matt had his 3 new 'friends' who were looming over Matt at this point.

"They smell funny," Tyson noticed.

"Yeah, they should, watch out they are monsters." I told him and he nodded, he already learned a lot about the fact that monsters disguised themselves as humans.

The Laestrygonians revealed their true form and grinned evilly.

"Perseus Jackson prepare to die!" Marrow Sucker bellowed.

"Whoa you are not from Detroit!" Matt called out, stepping back in surprise.

I stretched out my hand and felt water being drawn from the air and solidify itself into a familiar form; Frostsilver. I uncapped Riptide which I had in my pocket. This time I had sweatpants with pockets so I avoided being weaponless.

One of Matt's fake friends grabbed a ball from the basket in the middle of the GYM room when I noticed something strange about the balls. They had a green-ish glow around them. He noticed my look and grinned. "See this Perseus, it's Greek fire!" 

"Where in Hades name did you get those?" I yelled back, suddenly a bit worried about the situation.

Skull Eater laughed. "we got sponsors! Someone wants you dead!" Immediately after yelling that he threw the ball at an unbelievable speed towards me and I almost failed to dodge it.

It exploded at the wall behind me, unlike before the flames did not hurt me but the explosion sent bricks and rubbish flying across the room, leaving a gaping hole in the wall. Another ball came at me and I barely dodged it. I felt it streak straight past me. It crashed into the wall as well, however this time I was struck in the back by a piece of concrete.

A wave of pain went through my back as I tried to get up. Marrow Sucker threw another one of the balls at me but Tyson jumped in front of me and caught it. It exploded in his hands, the greek fire did not hurt him but the blast of the explosion did. He fell to the ground as well. I had gotten up and managed to throw Frost silver across the hall where it hit Joe Bob. It pierced through his shoulder where it stayed. He looked down in shock before he dissolved into monster dust.

I scanned the room, Tyson was still on the floor. I hurried towards him while the Laestrygonians were still busy with their lost friend.

"Tyson get up!" I shouted and I gestured around us. "The roof might collapse, we need to run!"

The entire gym room was filled with flames which luckily did not hurt us, but the building could collapse in on us any second. Most of the students had fled away through the hole in the wall. The only ones still present were Coach Nunley and Matt Sloan.

I managed to drag Tyson up when another ball came flying at us. I tackled Tyson and dropped myself while it flew over our heads. Sending another wall to Hades behind us.

I dropped Tyson and decided to choose for close combat instead of running however before I could turn around to face them one of them had jumped on me and tried to crush me with his weight.

I scrambled away and I managed to stab him with Riptide in his tight before he could break my bones with just his sheer weight. He dissolved on top of me.

I tried to get up but a foot was placed on my stomach that kept me down. I looked up at the face of Marrow Sucker.

"Well, you are out!" He shouted, and he reached for my neck until he suddenly froze.

A black triangular point appears out nowhere, sticking out of his belly. "OW!" He cried out before he dissolved.

Standing in the monster dust stood a girl from around my age, looking at me while holding two pitch black daggers. I tried to focus my attention on her weapons but it was hard. The daggers looked like they did not exist. Like someone took a picture and drew with black pencil over the dagger.

She was smiling at me, and I had the feeling I recognized her even though I was sure I've never seen her before.

She wore a void black dress that mixed with the colors of a space nebula, as if galaxies were being born in her body. 

'I had seen her before,' I thought to myself.

She was pale yet she did not look unhealthy. She had two completely white eyes which glowed a little bit, the glow contrasted with her long black hair that reached her waist.

She was beautiful.

"Well are you happy to see me?" She asked with a singsong voice.

"Who are you?" I asked, slowly getting up, prepared to dodge her attacks if necessary.

She sighed, "Come on! I was following you the entire morning!" I suddenly recognized her.

"No way." I said.

"O, hell yeah!" She said.

"But how?" I asked pulling Tyson up.

"I'll explain it later, right now we need to run, Triumvirate wants your head right now!"

She pointed at the destroyed gym around us.

"Who is she?" Tyson asked when he regained his consciousness. "She smells like dead."

She blinked a few times.

"WHAT!?"

I sighed, "Tyson it's time for you to meet a friend of mine, this is Nyx."

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Gonna write longer chaps (｡•́︿•̀｡) 1250 words