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CHAPTER ONE
I’m free?
!!WARNING!!: MENTIONS OF ABUSE, GORE, AND BLOOD. IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
ANY OF THESE PLEASE CLICK OFF.
My name is Onyx Carson, I'm 10 years old, and I'm convinced that the world hates my guts to the core. My dad's gone and still hasn't arrived with the milk. My mom on the other hand...well... she's... She just-
‘ONYX! WHY AREN'T THE DISHES CLEANED!?’
Onyx sighed. She's not the nicest person in the world..
‘Coming mom!’
Man, how could ANYONE, EVER fall in love with such a evil woman? Onyx grabbed a dish, his hands were sweaty, so it slipped out of his hands. The glass shattered on the floor. Some part of the glass sticking into Onyx’s skin. His mom rushed to see what happened.
‘SERIOUSLY ONYX!? HOW ARE YOU EVEN MY SON! WHY DID YOU DROP THAT PLATE!!?? YOU KNOW WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY MORE AND YOU'VE ALREADY DROPPED SO MANY!’
‘Sorry mom it sli-’
A hard slap fell on Onyx’s right cheek.
‘YOU ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE SAME EXCUSE! OH ‘IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS’ OH ‘IM BLEEDING MOM GET ME SOMETHING PLEASE’ YOU KNOW WHAT!? HOW ABOUT YOU JUST LEAVE! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! NOW! GET ALL YOUR STUFF AND LEAVE!’
‘B-but mom…I'm only te-’
‘YOUR ONLY TEN! SO WHAT!? I WAS MORE CAPABLE OF KILLING SOMEONE WHEN I WAS TEN THEN YOU ARE! LEAVE! NOW! OR ILL CALL THE COPS!’
Tears stung Onyx’s eyes as he turned and ran to his room. He flopped on his bed and started crying. After a couple of minutes, Onyx grabbed all the blankets he could find. He tide the ends of the blankets together in a knot. Then he went out of his window and tide the ends of the last blanket in a knot to the gate of the fence on the balcony. He quickly but carefully climbed down. Then he ran away and heard some noises behind him in the ally way. He was right next to the garbage, so he jumped in before whatever was in the ally way could get him.
When he heard whatever was walking in the ally walk away, he got up and out of the garbage. He was shocked when he got out of the garbage, because there was a man standing there. No, not a man. A, half man half…donkey?.
‘Well hello there little dude. What’re you doing here all on your own?’
‘Sorry if I may ask, but what are you exactly?’
‘Haha, no need to worry. Just a question, and the answer to that question is,’ The odd looking man put one hand on his hip and another in a fist over his heart. ‘I am a saytr, also your protector! Now my turn to ask you the question. How old are you?’
‘Um, 10? I haven't celebrated my birthday in a while..’ The saytr looked at Onyx with sadness.
‘Well kid…Uh, do you have a name?’
‘My names Onyx. Onyx Carson. Nice to meet you Mr.Saytr.’ Onyx held out a hand to shake.
‘Oh please! Call me Steven!’ The saytr said as he returned the hand shake. ‘Alright now I think we should get going before that harpy comes back.’
‘The what comes back?’
‘A harpy. The monster that-’
Steven was cut off by the sound of screeching coming from the way that Onyx was sure the other person that was in the ally walked off to. There was also sounds of scratching on the broken walls. To Onyx it sounded like nails scaping down on a chock board wall. The saytr next to Onyx shivered then grabbed his hand and signaled him to run with him from looking at Onyx in the eyes. Onyx nodded and then the saytr picked up Onyx and started running away. Onyx had no idea where Steven was taking him but for some reason, he just knew Steven wouldn’t do anything wrong to him.
~☾︎♫︎♡︎✩☀︎︎✩♡︎♫︎☽︎~
A long time later after they were like three to four miles away from the ally they were originally in before, Onyx noticed them in a mountain that he’s been to once before when he was smaller. He doesn't remember what it was like however. Steven continues to guide around Onyx. After an hour or two, or at least that's how Onyx felt how long they’ve been walking, he started to notice that they were in some weird woods. Onyx stopped walking. The saytr stopped to an turned to look at Onyx.
‘Hey, why'd you stop walking little dude?’
‘I don't know, Why are we in forest Steven?’ Steven looked shocked at the way Onyx had worded that question. ‘What're you trying to say Onyx?’
‘Where are you taking me saytr?’ Onyx looked at Steven sternly. The saytr relaxed and laughed a bit before actually answering the question. ‘I’m taking you to Camp Half-Blood.’
‘Camp..Half-blood? What's that?’
‘Its a summer camp for people like you and I! I’ll explain more to you once we get in the border line of the camp.’ Onyx sighed. ‘Alright, if you suggest..’
They walked for a bit longer. Both of the kept on striking up conversations when it started to get awkward. ‘Do you know what it’s like at camp?’ Onyx asked Steven. Steven looked at Onyx and smiled then continued. ‘Take a guess buddy.’
‘Um, whatever a normal camp is? Like, games, food, and other stuff that might be at a camp. I wouldn’t know. I’ve never been out of my house since I was three years old.’ The saytr looked at Onyx shocked. ‘You’re telling me that you’ve been in that house for..’ He counted on his fingers. ‘7 YEARS? Wow kiddo…That's a long time.’ Steven looked down and just realized that Onyx had dry blood on him legs and also some glass.
‘OH MY GODS! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEGS ONYX?!’ Onyx looked at his legs and then back up at Steven.
‘Oh, I forgot I had that. Earlier today I was going to go do the dishes because my mom told me too, but when I grabbed the dish…My hands got slippery, and I dropped the dish and some of the pieces got on me.’
‘Doesn't it hurts?’ The saytr said sounding distressed 'No, not really. at least that is compared to my other pain that I've gotten in the past.’ Onyx said mumbling that last part to himself. Steven looked at Onyx sadly before continuing to walk on Onyx followed swiftly behind.
When they finally arrived at the camp, people stared at Onyx. Even the Saytr was staring. Onyx looked at Stevens eyes to see what he was staring at. Then he saw that everybody was staring above his head. He looked up and saw something bright but to bright to see what I was making out. Lots of kids hugged each other and cheered. Some others patting others backs, giving them have-fives. Then Onyx, scared, looked at Steven. Steven finally said,
‘Your dad, I know who he is…He’s… Hold on, SOMEONE PLEASE NOTIFY CHIRON THAT WE HAVE A NEW CAMPER, APOLLO’S ONE!’ Someone nearby looked at Steven and gave a quick nod then ran off. Onyx looked back over at Steven even more confused.
‘Whats going on?’ Onyx said, tugging on The Saytr’s sleeve. Steven looked down at Onyx with a smile and watery eyes.
‘You know those Greek gods?’ Steven said wistfully.
‘Like the ones in the Myths?’ Onyx responded tilting his head.