Son of Neptune

Son of Neptune

Disclaimer: I have no rights to Rick's Riordan's Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus series. This story is for entertainment purposes only.

Chapter I: Our Train Derails

Percy jerked awake suddenly.

"Where am I?" he demanded, looking around, obviously bewildered. My sister Tosha turned to look at him intently, concern in her deep blue eyes. "Who are you?" he snapped. He turned on me with anger and confusion.

"Percy," Tosha said with concern, "are you okay."

"Yeah, I'm Percy," he muttered to nobody in particular. "What's my last name?" I opened my mouth to reply, but drew a sudden blank. Last name? What was Percy's last name?

"Percy, think!" Tosha urged. "You're Percy. You transfered to a few two months after we did George Washington High School for Troubled Teens. You're from Manhattan. We met you at the school. We're Tosha and Desmond Kinsington. Twins. Our mom's American. We never knew our dad. We moved from Australia six months ago. The other kid is Daniel Ceder. He's from Missisippi. We are all friends. Each of us would be miserable without the others. Any of this ring a bell?"

"Manhattan...Percy...camp? Do we go to a camp? A summer camp?"

"No. I've never been to a summer camp, just a bunch of baording schools."

"I don't remember you, Tosha. I don't know any Desmond or Daniel either. I...uh... There's something on the tip of the tongue."

"So you recognize your name and that your from Manhattan, but you don't remember us or the school. You remember a summer camp I've never heard of. Think. Anything else?"

"Names, almost. Nothing specific. Just foggy stuff. So tell me, why are we on this train and where's it headed?"

"This is one of the cars of the Something-or-other Express. Our school rented it for our class field trip."

"To...?"

"To the zoo."

"What zoo?"

"The new Las Angelos zoo."

"L.A. That's familiar. New zoo? Hmm."

"Yeah it's awesome."