The Power Within Her

The Day I Got Expelled

Andromeda

Am I a troubled kid? Yeah, some may say that, but in my heart, I know I'm good. I serve justice where it's needed. I only beat up the kids that pick on others.
Before you ask, yes, I do know both of my parents; I just haven't seen them since I was 6. It's not like they ran from me or anything like that, but they supposedly died in a horrible car accident. I don't believe them because I was in the car the day it happened. How was I the only one who survived? Of course, I was put in a coma for four months, but still...
"ANDROMEDA!" My principal screamed as my eyes widened in fear of what I had done.
"Anna!" My friend, Grover, called as he walked towards me.
"What's in your hair?" I asked as I reached up and pulled something sticky from his hair.
"Nancy threw a peanut butter sandwich at my head." He said before he cringed and looked at me. I was fuming. Thankfully, she had just turned the corner towards us. I yelled out my battle cry and charged her before tackling the curly-haired girl to the ground.
"What do you have against different kids!" I screamed as I pulled hard on her hair before the principal tried to rip me off her. "Shit." I cursed under my breath. "I swear, it was an accident!" I tried as she grabbed my wrist and pulled me down the hall away from the exploded water fountain and into her office. She was soaked from head to toe while I was still perfectly dry. As she sat down with an uncomfortable, wet squish, my mind was trying to think of 6 things.
1. Excuses so I don't get expelled again, so they don't try to dissect me.
2. Reasons why it would be great to run and where to.
3. Reasons why that would be the worst mistake of my life.
4. What am I going to tell my mom?
5. If I should start preparing my will now or later because I will not live if I'm expelled again.
And 6. I love cats... ADHD and powers suck.

Once I decided to end my life by running, two guys came in as if on cue. Grover snapped his fingers in front of her face, and she just stared blankly at the wall.
"What's your name?" The tall one with raven hair asked.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"G-Man, we don't have much time; we got to go. Is she or is she not?" The tall one asked.
"She doesn't smell like it, but those powers are unheard of within it!" Grover panicked.
"Run." The tall one said to me.
"What?" I asked as he panicked as well and threw me over his shoulder before he started to run.
"Calm down! We're here to help you!" Grover said.
"I don't need help! And FYI, kidnapping isn't helping! It's the exact opposite!" I exclaimed before he shoved a piece of caramel in my mouth; I chewed it because it got stuck in my teeth, but for some reason, I quickly fell asleep.

***

I woke up sometime later in the back of a cab.
"What the-? Did you drug me!?" I yelled as the two boys looked at each other before ignoring me. "Excuse me! I'm talking to you!" I scoffed, becoming extremely annoyed.
"Underwood, if you can't shut her up, you're all walking the rest of the way to Long Island." The woman in the front said as I started to scream, and Grover apologetically put tape over my mouth that I couldn't take off.
"55 drachmas." The woman said as she turned around with one eye hole and no eye. My face paled as Grover pulled me out of the cab, and I sprinted.
"Percy!" Grover called as they both ran after me. Thankfully, I was on the cross country team, and I was one of the best runners in the country, but that all came to a screeching halt when I ran face-first into a giant cow that was standing on its hind legs. My eyes grew wide as it turned around, and so did I, booking it out of there. The boys stopped running, and the tall one grabbed my arm and guided me under a sign that was written in big Greek letters. Camp Half-Blood. I shook my head as they stopped and panted. I tried pulling them further away, but they wouldn't budge as the large cow thing charged us, and I stood in front of them to take the blow, but it never came. I opened my eyes to see it charge again and hit an invisible wall each and every time.
"You obviously don't like me, so why did you try to save me?" The tall one asked as I pointed to my mouth.
"Promise not to scream?" The short one asked as I rolled my eyes and nodded before he ripped it off like waxing tape. I sucked in a huge breath as tears formed in my eyes from the burning pain on my face.
"Haaaaa....." I whisper screamed before pulling myself together and answering his question. "If the last thing I get to do is save some else's life, that's what I'm going to do. No one deserves to die via giant ass cow trampling." I sighed as they nodded.
Once we made it inside the entrance, Percy collapsed. I groaned as I picked him up bridal style and carried him down the hill, completely forgetting about the cow thing, and staggering towards the blue farmhouse in the distance. Me, being my clumsy self, I tripped, and all three of us tumbled down the hill, and after a few rounds, everything went dark...

***

"Chiron, we found someone interesting..." The Percy started as I pretended to be asleep.
"I've heard about her kind, but they went extinct before I was even born." A horseman walked out, and I cursed under my breath.

This is going to be a long day.