The Littlest Demigod (Percy Jackson sister fanfic)

Two: Meeting Goldilocks

      I woke up alone in a slightly uncomfortable bed. Well more like a cot. Where am I? I ask myself. I sit up and look around, noticing that it looks like I'm in some kind of tent. It's a fairly large tent with tan fabric for walls and beds lined up across both sides. There's two other kids here. One looks very pale and she's sweating like she's really sick and the other has a bandage wrapped around his leg, maybe he tripped and got a hurt? Other than that there's no one else in here.

      The infirmary. The word pops into my head and then all of the events from before I passed out come flooding back and I start crying. Not a full out sob, more like a few tears from shock. And then I look down at what I'm wearing and I start actually crying. I'm not wearing what I was before. Before I was wearing black jeans and a light blue long sleeved shirt with my black leather vest. Now I'm wearing an orange tee shirt with short cropped jean shorts. My light blue converse are sitting on the floor beside the cot. It dawns on me that someone changed me... They saw...

      My body collapses into sobs, not caring who hears me. Somebody must have noticed my outburst because I hear a someone say, "Percy let me handle this. It's okay, I'll meet you down at the lake later." Her voice is smooth and comforting. She sounds trustworthy... No. What am I doing? You don't know these people Lane.

      "Okay..." This Percy kid trails off, obviously not liking the idea of not being able to help. But I hear footsteps walking away regardless. The flap to enter the tent is lifted up and a girl steps in. She has curly blonde hair and perfectly tanned skin. She reminds me of goldilocks from the story about the three bears. I look at her, still crying, and concern washes over her face. I look away as she runs over to me, in fear that eye contact might reveal my secrets.

       The side of the cot dips down a little and I know that it's Goldilocks. I pull my legs into my chest and hug my knees while tears stream down my face against my will. "W-where am I-I?" I manage to choke out and slightly lift my head. She lays her hand on my shoulder and I flinch, pulling back slightly. Fear flashes through my eyes and I hide my face in my knees. She sighs.

      "Hey.. sweetheart it's okay," she says in a sympathetic and calming tone, "I promise I'm not going to hurt you. You're okay. No one here is going to hurt you.... Could I please see your beautiful face little one?"

      My crying dies down to the point where it's just silent, defiant tears trickling down my cheeks and the occasional hiccup. I slowly lift my head off of my knees, vigorously wipe my face and look at her. When we make eye contact I gasp at how startlingly gray her eyes are. She gives me a warm smile and my body relaxes a little bit at the gesture.

      Goldilocks reaches out and strokes my hair. I almost flinched but didn't, remembering what she said about not wanting to hurt me. She seemed genuine when she said it. I look away and attempt to collect myself.

       "Cutie could you please tell me why you were so upset?" she asks in a warm tone. I take a deep breath and make eye contact with her. Water starts to well up in my eyes and tears threaten to spill over. Her face softens and my sight drifts away to anything but her as she scoots a little bit closer.

      "No no no," she coos, "Come here sweetie." She opens her arms to me and I hesitate, but eventually unwrap my arms from my legs and crawl over to her. Goldilocks wraps me in a warm hug and pulls me onto her lap. I'm very small for my age because I wasn't treated that well by the different guardians I've had. She strokes my hair and shushes me as she rocks me back and forth. She kisses the top of my head and I'm so exhausted that, despite sleeping for I don't even know how long, I fall asleep in her arms.

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      When I wake up I'm still in Goldilocks' arms. I'm sitting sideways in her lap with my head resting against her chest. The gentle vibrations of her talking to someone is soothing and I almost don't want to open my eyes. I think she feels me stirring so I finally peel back my eyelids but immediately shut them because of the light.After blinking a few times to let my eyes adjust I look up at her and she smiles down at me. I give her a small, weak smile and lay my head back down on her chest.

      Then I remember that there's someone else in the room and tense up. She can tell that something's wrong and she lifts my chin so that I'm looking at her. She furrows her eyebrows, giving me a confused look, seeing that mine is a mix of fear and panic. My eyes quickly dart over to where the boy is sitting. I look back at her and she seems to understand.

      "Hey it's okay," Goldilocks strokes my hair and starts to say, "That's Percy. Do you remember what I said about no one here wanting to hurt you?" I slowly nod, not breaking eye contact with her. "Well he's kinda like a big teddy bear. I promise he's not gonna hurt you."

      Goldilocks leans down and whispers in my ear, "And he's my boyfriend. So if he does I'll kick his butt." I giggle at what she says and look over at Percy. He has one eye brow raised as if to say 'What did she say?'. I giggle again because he looks funny, and he smiles because he was able to make me laugh. I smile back at him and feel Goldilocks chuckle at the scene. I look up at her and give a shy smile. Maybe this place isn't so bad.

      "Well it's almost noon and I'm sure you're starving," she says, "Why don't we go get something to eat?"

      I nod and slide off of her lap and begin to put my shoes on. I can feel Goldilocks and Percy staring at me as I finish tying my second shoe, but I don't mind. They stand up and I try to as well, but almost fall. Goldilocks catches me and my cheeks heat up out of embarrassment.

      "I guess being asleep for two days with no food will weaken your muscles a little, huh?" She's asks and I respond by nodding. "That's okay," she continues, "I can carry you if you're okay with that." I nod.

      Goldilocks puts her hands under my arms and lifts me up. She sets me on her hip and I turn to look at Percy. He has black hair that's super messy and really green eyes, like mine. He's wearing a blue shirt and khaki shorts with black sneakers. Goldilocks is wearing almost the same thing as me, except she has red converse on.

      "And we're off!" Percy yells and I giggle. He looks back at me and smiles, as does Goldilocks. We walk out of the tent and my eyes focus on the blonde curls bouncing next to me. Eventually I look around and I gasp at what I see. They stop walking and let me take it all in. It looks like I'm at some kind of camp? There's teenagers sword fighting and some just hanging out. Most of the buildings are made out of what stone, but tucked back in the woods a little bit is a bunch of cabins. This camp is weird. Awesome. 

       I look at Percy with a beaming smile on my face. He chuckles at my reaction and we continue walking to what I assume will be food.