Never Look Back

Chapter One
"Brook! It's time for dinner!" my mom called down the stairs.

"Coming mom!" I tured off the computer and when upstairs to the kitchen. My sister, Charlotte, sat at the table on her iPhone that she got for her birthday and hadn't put down since. She glanced up.

"Hey," she said it with no tone at all. She sounded sorta like a zombie, which she pretty much was, seeing as she got no sleep whatsoever. She was always up talking to her boyfriend on the phone or on the computer my parents put in her room a year ago. In my opinion that was one of the most idiotic things they'd ever done.

"Hey, Charlotte. You eat any good brains lately?" I replied.

"Ha ha. Very funny." she squinted her eyes to make her sound even more sarcastic. I heard the door open and my dad walk in from work. He was Cheif of Police here in Manhatten. He was my role model, my best friend.

"I'm home!" he called. I walked into the laundery room and watched him take off his gun belt, which he made sure wasn't loaded because when I was eight he forgot and I was curious. No one got hurt but there was a few holes in the wall.

"Hi, dad." I smiled at him.

"Hey, kiddo."

"Dad! I'm not a kid anymore! Please don't call me kiddo!"

"Okay, okay. I won't."

My mom walked in and hugged him. "How was work?" she asked him.

"Great! There was a robbery in that jewlery store on 6th Avenue. Wasn't easy to beat."

"Did Clarisse help or something?"

"No. She still hates me. After all these years, she still prefers not working with me. I don't need her though. If I did I would force her to come. I am her boss in all."

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That night I decided I'd evesdrop on my parents. I put my ear against the door and listened.

"Percy, we have to tell her sometime!" my mom said.

"I don't think she's ready. We shouldn't tell her till we need to." my dad replied. "Besides, it's not like any monsters have found her yet. Annabeth, please, she shouldn't know till it's abolutely nessisary. I remember that when I found out it ruined my life. Sorta. I guess I never would have met you, but other than that, my life was destroyed!"

"I know! But for all we know, a monster could find her tomorrow! She needs to be able to protect herself! She needs something to defend herself!"

"Okay, fine. I'll tell her tomorrow. You know better than I do. Your mother is the wisdom goddess."

"Thank you so much, Percy. Brook deserves to know."

"Yeah. I guess."

"Good night."

"'night, Annabeth. I love you."

"I love you too."

I moved my ear away from the door and thought about it. Wisom goddess? That would be Athena. I'd never met my grandmother. Just my step-grandmother. I'd never met my grandfather on my dad's side either. I'd met my step-grandfather. Then what about the monsters? My parents said something about those. I guess I'd just have to wait till my dad told me tomorrow.

23:57, March 15, 2010 (UTC)23:57, March 15, 2010 (UTC)••23:57, March 15, 2010 (UTC)23:57, March 15, 2010 (UTC)Kyra/Kiwi 1998

My dad shook me awake. I looked up and let my eyes ajust to the light. "Brook, I need to talk to you."

"What?" I could taste the morning breath.

"You know the Greek myths?"

"Yeah......?"

"They aren't myths. Your grandma on your mother's side is Athena, goddess of wisdom. My father is Poseidon, god of the sea. You're a quarter-blood. Your mother and I are half-bloods."

"Okay.......and Charlotte is too?"

"No, she's adopted. If she was, trust me, she'd know by now."

"That makes sence. Can you prove it?" I asked.

"Yeah." he looked at the glass of water on muly desk and all of a sudden it rose out of the glass and floated over to the empty glass in the other corner. The in entire time dad stared at it.

"That is so cool! Can I do anything cool like that?"

"You should be able to, seeing you are my daughter."

"That is so awesome!" he smiled for all of two seconds.