The Hunt

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Ashley POV:

The fight was nearing an end. Roman and Greek demigods were fighting side by side against the monster army. Octavian should have thought before trying to get help from creatures that kill half-bloods.

Suddenly something erupted above the army and the ground stopped shaking. Gaia. They managed to defeat her. The demigods cheered, but they didn't have much time for celebrating. The monsters were still fighting. Fortunately, we could surround them, and started to get closer to victory. I killed another one of the creatures and looked around. I didn't see any other monster nearby, the rest of them ran away and I saw Percy and Annabeth alongside other campers chasing them. I started looking for Ayla, my twin sister, soon I spotted her sword stained with blood and monster dust. As I picked it up it turned back to a celestial bronze bracelet with a leaf on it. My hands were shaking, I started to worry, it wasn't like my sister to lose her sword. Then I saw Katie Gardener leaning over a body sobbing hard. Something was wrong, I tried getting closer but other campers pulled me away. It was late, I saw the face, my face.

- NO! – I broke out of the hands of campers an ran to Ayla's body.

I pushed Katie away and saw my sisters camp T-shirt ripped and stained with blood. Katie hugged me, and made me stand up, as she did this I took of the camp necklace of Ayla from her neck. I let Katie take me away from this place back to the Demeter cabin.

- I tried to save her. I saw her fighting then falling down. I ran to help, I killed the monster then gave her nectar and ambrosia, but nothing helped.

During the night all the dead demigods had a funeral, the Demeter Cabin sat in the front, Katie and I took in the body of Ayla and I had the speech. Katie was hugging me, not letting me be alone. In my hands I was holding the necklace and bracelet of my twin, not letting them take it away. After the ceremony everyone went back to the cabins in groups, all the Roman demigods were provided a place in the cabin they would belong to. The Demeter cabin was now full, but luckily all the Ceres kids had a place in it. Slowly everyone fell asleep, but I was just tossing and turning in my bed. My sister, my twin, my other half died.

Light started to get through the green curtains, I carefully stood up trying not to wake up my siblings. I looked out and saw a few campers, mostly Romans already training, this was the perfect opportunity. I couldn't stay here. I got dressed and put some spare clothes in my bag, I also grabbed some fruits from the basket on one of the tables. I walked through camp trying to hide my backpack, but no one seemed to notice me. I grabbed some food from the Demeter table and putting them in my bag too.

I walked to Thalia's tree and touched one of the leaves. Id din't know where i would go I just knew I had to leave, I couldn't stay here anymore. I looked up at the Athena Parthenos and a feeling hit, a felling of where I shoud go. I concentrated, closed my eyes and the next second I was standing in central park, my hands on the leaf of another tree. I learned this ability a few years ago when I got to camp. Something pulled me here.

So this is the first part of the fanfic, I hope you enjoyed it.