Andromeda Jackson

Into the Woods

Disclaimer,I own nothing, accept my story.
All rights go to Rick Riordan.

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(Andromeda's Third POV)

All Andy could hear was the fast beat of her own heart, and her feet hitting the ground with every step she ran. She could hear the cyclops's pounding footsteps gaining on her. She stopped paying attention to where she was going about one day ago, looking around she found herself deep inside the woods. Starting to panic she stops for a minute trying to see if she could find out where she was, she recognized nothing.

Only the cyclops's club Landing a few feet away from her brought her out of her musings, and she quickly started fleeing again. Realizing there was no way she was going to out run this thing, she started to silently cry. Her crying turned into a scream as the club hit her back, swinging her five yards ahead. When she landed she tried to get up only to immediately fall back down again when she felt a pain in her ankle, she was positive it was broken. This hasn't been the first time she'd broken a bone, she had many experiences when it came to Gabe's mistreatment.

She was slightly dazed but still turned back to see where the Cyclops was located. Only to start panicking when she saw it was running towards her at a fast speed. She quickly scrambled to her feet, trying to at least limp away from the beast, using the trees keep her balance. In the distance she could faintly see a fire burning, not an out-of-control forest fire, but a warm, homie campfire. She thought she could hear voices up ahead, but that might just be head trauma from falling when the cyclops's club flung her into a tree.
She ran towards the fire anyways thinking that this would be her only hope at finding safety. Running through the foliage and branches, while they scratched her, she finally broke into the clearing.

(Hestia POV)

Hope, all I wanted was hope. I'm the goddess of Hope and even I'm losing it, my family isn't even a family anymore and it saddens me. I'm the goddess of family I should be able to fix these things, but of course since I'm not an Olympian anymore they won't listen. So I decided to take a break from The Olympian throne rooms hearth, and camp half-bloods, so I went to a small abandoned campfire located in a Woods in New Jersey. And of course I was pleasantly surprised when my younger brother Hades, visited my humble camp fire. I was worried for him, he and Persephone have been trying to Bear children for thousands of years, and it hasn't worked. It stresses them both out greatly, he even is considering taking his children out of the Lotus Casino and asking Persephone if she wanted to adopt them." How do you know she won't like the idea, if you take them out of the casino she might accept them, rather than you hiding them away so she'll never find out." I inferred." Because, she can get almost as jealous as Hera, you know that, what if she hurts them!" He asked earnestly,in a panicked tone." Well now you're just exaggerating, she would not hurt them and you know that, just give it a try." I huffed exasperatedly. I watched him as he calmed down a little" You are right, I know you are, I'm just so nerv-" he suddenly cut off from what he was saying, I quickly found out why when I sensed two presences coming our way. We heard leaves crunching and footsteps pounding and the grunting sound of what was probably some type of monster. We quickly stood up Hades standing slightly in front of me a protective stance. My heart warms because at least some of my family still cared. Suddenly a little girl no older than six,burst through the undergrowth, as soon as she saw us she quickly ran by and collapsed somewhere behind us.

(Hades POV)

As soon as the small child collapse behind us I saw Hestia run to the girl, out of the corner of my eye. I quickly took out my sword and disposed of cyclops, I ran over to Hestia to see what was happening. Once I was over there I was shocked at what I saw, and for the first time I saw Hestia shaking with rage.
The child was small and obviously  malnourished, she hadn't eaten recently, that much you could tell. She was a little pale, and had lots freckles and black hair. I couldn't see her eyes since she was passed out, but from the power that was exuding from her I could tell she was a demigod. As Hestia was checking her over, I noticed quite a few bruises, scars, and lacerations. Quickly realizing that the girl was abused I realized why Hestia was so angry, I almost started shaking in Rage. The girls eyes suddenly flung open, and they were a very shocking stormy ocean gray color. A very interesting eye color for a demigod ,I would have to figure out her parentage. Realizing that my thoughts worth straying, I made sure I was paying attention to the task at hand." Who are you, young one?" I heard Hestia ask. The girl looked at at us with a distrustful gaze" I'll tell you, if you tell me who you two are." she told us with so much finality in her voice that it was hard to argue. This time I spoke" child, my name is Hades and this is my older sister Hestia.We will tell you more about us as soon as you tell us your name." Her gaze softened slightly as she said"My name is Andromeda Achilles Jackson, but I don't like that name so you can call me Andy." Hestia and I chuckled at her childishness." Where are your parents, Andy?" Hestia asked, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, Andy's eyes filled with tears." She's gone, my mom is gone Gabe got to her." She sobbed out. "Oh I'm so sorry sweetie, what about your dad?" Hestia asked. As soon as the word dad was mentioned the girls mood immediately turned angry. "Gabe is my stepfather, more like my Tormentor. And my real father, whoever that is, left us with him when I was a baby. I don't know who he is or where he is." The young girls had was so much bitterness and anger, that it shocked Hestia and I.

"Well" I said "what if I told you that I could figure out who your real dad was?" I asked. The child looked thoughtful for a moment before asking "How would you figure that out?" "Well, I would have to look into your memories." I said carefully. "Would you be okay with that?" I asked. She thought for a moment before nodding. I put my hand on her forehead, looking for anything that would help. While I was looking I figured out that her mother was a daughter of Athena name Sally Jackson, and I had a idea of who her father could be, and I did not like the idea.

I will be posting a new chapter tomorrow November 3rd 2019.