a Fucked Up Camp for Fucked Up Kids [ pjo fanfic ]

{ Chapter 1 }

" What are we doing here? " A girl with a half shaven head asked in a panicked tone.

Before you read on, hi. My name's Nikius Caesar, and please don't read this book if you don't like bad decisions and emotionally unintelligent main characters how hate more people from their own camp ( take Logic Lapis, Lillian Mabel, Asa Sanman, and Ametheio Sanchez for example, and those are just a few ) than bad guys. If you like small 15-year-old monsters that have died in their life, great. If you like dryad Praetors with amnesia too, than that's just peachy.

" We're just as confused as you are. " I snapped. but, truthfully, I was as panicked as the girl was.

The cage filled with worried children had thin bars, but they were close enough together that they couldn't get out. The one thought in each of their minds was, what do we have in common with each other? I also asked myself this question.

The girl with half shaved hair was fairly short, maybe a few inches or less taller than me. The long half of her brown hair was purple at the tips. She had been talking to a tall boy with a bleach blonde undercut and purple streaks, he was, in general, wearing a lot of purple.

A screeching sound erupted from under them. The boy with an undercut yelped. " Fuck! What is that? " He cursed.

" We said, we don't know. " A girl to my left said, irritable. "As far as I know, cannibals have kidnapped us."

" Oh, I don't know about that. " The raspy voice from under the Cage whispered. " Cannibals are humans who consume humans. No one in this piece of Hell is human. Do any of you look human? "

A green skinned nymph-like androgynous child, a demonic looking boy with purple streaks in his hair, a pale-blue skinned girl, and others sat in this cage. Are they really human? I had never looked average, or even close to it. They looked like a dryad, neon green hair, heterocromic eyes (a red-ish pink on left, and a deep blue on the right ), low hanging bangs that cover the eyes, gils on their ears and cheeks, emerald green skin. There was no denying I was an extraterrestrial.

" Who are you? " The girl with hair half shaved hissed. " I'm completely human and I'll kill you!"

" Shut it already! " I whisper-yelled. " You'll get us all slaughtered, asshole!" I pushed to the bars to see. They were so hot, a few layers of skin on my index sizzled, then burned away. " Ow! "

In a surprising turn of events, the boy with an undercut pulls a dagger that must be scorching hot, and slices about six bars. " Everybody, get out. " Everybody does.

A laugh comes from under the cage, and the ugliest person any of them had ever seen flew to eye level with everyone in the cage. A sick, twisted face, huge wings, horns. Is this... Satan? I think to myself, but apparently, they had ended up saying it aloud.

" Satan? What stories do you read, dear? " The ugly face warped into a horrible smirk. " I am Euryale. Witness my wrath, children. " She laughs wickedly.

Words tumble out of my mouth. " Euryale... " They recognized it. But where?

A pale blue girl with long brown hair answered. " One of the three Gorgons. Stheno, Euryale, and last, Medusa. The most hideous of them all, one glance turns you to stone. "

" Yes, yes," the annoyed Gorgon murmurs. "You've all heard the tale of my sister. She was the most famous and most hated one. Why couldn't we be like her? "

" I dunno, you're really ugly. " The girl said.

" Shut it! " The Gorgon screamed and hurled a ball of lava at her. The girl screams and ducks, and it pierced through the black haired boy behind her. He looked normal, with sea green eyes and an orange t-shirt, pale skin.

" Oh, shit, shit, SHIT! You just killed someone! " I shrieked. Euryale laughed.

" Me? I killed someone? She threw the lava! " She yelled and pushed me.

" Don't fuck with me, I'll feed you to Euryale and Stheno! " I snarled and thrusted the girls hand into the sizzling bars, burning many layers of flesh.

Euryale cackled. " Oh, please do, short one! "

" Short one? She's also short! " I furiously pointed to the girl they burned.

" Will you two shut up!? " The boy who broke the bars yelled. " This Gorgon is obviously trying to kill us, stop trying to kill each other! "

" Stay out of this, TK! "

" Smart child... Very smart... " Euryale examined him. " What is your name, taller one? "

" Where are we!? " I interrupted.

" What is all of your names, children? " Euryale asked slowly.

" Where are we? " The girl with a burnt hand insisted.

She laughed. " Tartarus. "