Hey people, thanks for taking the time to read this, I hope youe enjoy it.

This is only my second fanfic and my first Percy Jackson one, so please be nice.

Critism is welcomed as much and compliments so feel free to speak your mind - politly please :)

Also I am dyslexic so I appologize for any spelling or gramma mistakes, if you could point them out to me and correct them in a review that would be great.

Finally I am not to sure about the name for this story, if you have any suggestions for better names please tell me.

I hope you enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: I'm ony going to put this once because I always for get them, I do not own Percy Jackson, I really wish I did but I don't :{ The good news is that because I don't own it I can say that it is an awesome book with out sounding big headed :D.

Party (part one)

Percy POV

"Percy?" Mom called as I walked in the door.

"Yeah Mom?" I replied, "It's me. What's up?" She walked out of the kitchen drying her hands on a towel.

"Where are you staying this weekend?"

"Erm... Dad's place; all my school stuff's there and Apollo said he'd give me and Thalia a lift. That okay?"

"Yes, it's fine honey. I just wanted to know so I would if you needed a lift from Paul," she explained.

"Don't worry about it Mom."

"Why is all of your school thing at your Dad's?" she asked, "You normally bring it back here over the summer."

"Remember, me and Thall went straight there at the start of summer so we could hide from Uncle Zeus's reaction to Dionysus being held back." As much as I would have loved to see that, Uncle Z would have killed me if I had. Because, despite the fact that he is the opposite of faithful, he was furious when he found out that my Dad had a son as a result of an affair (hypocritical much? I mean he has nine kids and only three of them are my Auntie Hera's!) so he never liked me much, until I found Thalia on the streets, but that's a different story for a different day, so even though we get on okay now, when he is in a bad mood I thank the gods he doesn't have the powers of his namesake.

Okay, so right now you're probably thinking 'Apollo? Thalia? Zeus? Dionysus? What's with these people?!' Well here's the thing. My family name is 'Olympia' as in Latin for 'Olympus' the home of the Greek gods. My great Grandad, on my Dad's side, studied Greek mythology and became a bit obsessed, So he called his Only son Kronos, as in lord of the titans. Kronos was taught mythology and told myths rather than bedtime stories when he was a kid, so he got into it as well. He then had three sons and two daughters: my Uncle Zeus, my Dad Poseidon, my Uncle Hades, my Auntie Demeter and my Auntie Hestia. They were taught mythology and inherited the obsession. So you get it; I am of the Olympia family so we have names of the Olympian gods and their kids.(though Hades and Zeus marrying women called Hera and Persephone were just coincidence). I'm Percy, short for Perceus.

"Okay Honey, but do you have all of the right books? And clean clothes that are okay with the school dress code?" Mom asked.

I rolled my eyes, "Yes Mom!" she fusses about things way too much, "Dad had all of my clothes at his place sent to the cleaners when we went to his beach house in July and I have all of my old text books from last year, two of them I'll need again this year and the others I will need I will get when I have the lessons. For the gods' sake will you stop fussing about everything!"

"Sorry Percy," she said with an apologetic smile, "I know I worry too much but you're always gonna be my baby boy, so it's not going to change."

"Great." I muttered as I headed to my little bedroom. I started searching through my draws looking for the swimming shorts my cousins, Bianca and Nico, had given me for my birthday a few weeks before. I found them; blue shorts that came down just above the knee with black skulls around the bottom fuelling the green flames that travelled up my thighs. I changed into them and put a light blue shirt on over the white t-shirt I was wearing. Then I grabbed my back pack and put my PSP in there with a few games, my wallet and the presents I had wrapped in gold and silver paper. I slung the bag over my shoulder and walked out of my room and to the front door. I opened it to see my step-dad Paul trying to dig his keys out of his pocket.

"Hey Paul," I greeted him.

"Hi Percy. Thanks," he said as I stepped back to let him into the apartment.

"See you Monday." I said to him as I stepped back towards the door, "See you Monday night Mom, have a good weekend." I called back and was walking down the corridor.

I heard the door open again and stopped, "Wait Percy!" I turned at my Mom's voice, "You're not going yet are you?" I opened my mouth to answer but she carried on, "Stay here for dinner and Paul will drive you to your father's in a couple of hours. It will save you walking three miles."

Well I like walking but that wasn't the point then, "Mom, it's the twin's seventeenth today remember? Apollo and Artemis are having a pool party at Uncle Zeus's," I told her.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. But that is even further to walk. Wait while I get my keys." Paul and I exchanged a look. He was asking me to calm her down out of her fussing frenzy and I was asking him to get her to get her to stand still for more than two seconds so that I could.

"Sally?" he started grabbing her wrist,"Sally. I think Percy was about to tell you something."

"Thanks Paul," I turned back to my Mom, "Thalia is at the air base doing some flying in the jet like every Friday afternoon, but because of the party Uncle Z can't pick her up, so Dad said he would and he is picking me and Grover up from the park on the way through. I'm supposed to be meeting Grover..." I looked at my watch, "... three and a half minutes ago. So can you just calm down and let me go?" I asked in the softest voice I could muster.

"Go on Percy," Paul said, "have a good time and wish the twins a happy birthday from us. I'll see you at school." I nodded at him.

"Have fun sweetie," Mom said. I waved and continued down the corridor.

When I got to the park I found my best friend Grover on the swing. He looked bored.

"Hey G-man." I said as I ran up to him, "Sorry I'm late; Mom was in one of her frenzies"

"Too bad. You missed a load of Aphrodite guys attempting to ride skateboards. Not one of them lasted a minute without falling off."

I laughed, "was it a car window they were checking their reflections in or were they trying to get their pocket mirrors?" We both laughed again.

"Come to mention it," Grover started through his laughter, "there was a car parked on the side of the road. A silver sports car that looked shining like it was straight out of the showroom."

"Well that explains it then," I chuckled. Just them I heard a car horn and saw my Dad in his electric blue Audi RS4 convertible, my favourite of his many cars. Thalia was in the passenger seat. "Come on." I told Grover and ran towards the car but I stopped halfway to wait for Grover with his limp. We both went round to the passenger side and Thalia got out, to let us in.

As Grover climbed in I looked at my Dad, "dad can I drive?" I asked hopeful.

"Well hi to you to Percy," he said and rolled his eyes.

"Hi Dad, you're looking well. Could I please drive us to Uncle Zeus's house for the party?" my Dad has this thing about manners; because the family owns a lot of companies and is one of the most powerful in the county we are in the public eye, so we have to be the most polite people and model citizens around, it's kind or annoying.

"Hello son, you're looking well yourself, but answer me this: do you have a driver's licence?"

"No..." I trailed off and looked down. Then I added in a rush, "But you taught me to drive as soon as I was tall enough to reach the pedals so it's not like letting me drive would be dangerous."

"Percy, are we on privet land?"

"No..."

"So whereas I agree it would not be dangerous, it would be illegal. You're not driving."

"Fine," I sighed, "Thall, why are you still standing there?" I asked turning to her.

"I'm waiting for you to get in," she said in a 'duh' tone, "idiot."

"Well, I can't get in until you do," out of the corner of my eye I saw my Dad roll his eyes and smile at Grover in the rear view mirror.

"And why's that?"

"Because this is my favourite of my Dad's cars, I'm older and taller that you so I get shotgun and you are in the back next to Grover."

"Seaweed brain," she warned.

"Pinecone face," I shot back with a smirk. She huffed and climbed in the back of the car. I put the front seat down and sat in it.

"You two finished your little debate?" Dad asked before he started driving, I just grinned at him and knew that Thalia was doing the same. "Percy, Thalia?"

"Dad?" I asked innocently.

"Uncle Poseidon?" Thalia asked, her tone an exact match to mine.

"Our family in the most powerful family in the state of New York. One of the most powerful families in the country. What do you think the public would think of us if some guy from a paper published a picture and article of you two arguing over a seat live a pair of five year olds?"

I breathed heavily, that was the signal to Thalia to stay quiet and I would argue for us on this one.

"I honestly don't know dad. But what would the public think if some journalist published an article about Dionysus getting held back in school, being the school bully or getting drunk at 15? What would the public think about Ares getting arrested for beating that kid up? What would they think about Hermes breaking into the mall and stealing a load of video games and trainers? You can't really moan at us for having an argument when half the other kids in our family are doing much worse stuff that would actually make a half decent newspaper story."

"They are your Uncle's kids Percy, it doesn't have as much affect on me," he smirked.

"But you didn't say anything about it affecting me; you said it would affect the family reputation, which includes you."

"You're too smart and cocky for your own good, you know that kid?" He smiled and ruffled my hair.

"Well you know how much everyone says I'm like my father."

"The way the two of you keep smirking, the only difference when looking at you is height," Thalia cut it. Both me and my Dad chuckled and Thall leaned forward to put the radio on but she couldn't be bothered to find a station she liked so she threw her ipod at me, "Greenday."

"Yes ma'am." I plugged the ipod into the car radio and scrolled threw to find Greenday's album, if I had to listen to Thalia's music I was at least going to have one song I like on. I put the ipod on the dash and turned the volume dial up. I glanced at Grover in the wing mirror and he knew which song I had picked:

She's a rebel,

She's a saint,

She's the salt of the earth

And she's dangerous,

She's a rebel,

Vigilante,

Missing link on the brink of destruction,

From Chicago,

To Toronto,

She's the one that they call old whats'ername,

She's the symbol,

Of resistance,

And she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade,

My Dad turned it down a little but it was still loud so I just sat there nodding my head and tapping my foot to the beat.

Is she dreaming,

What I'm thinking?

Is she the mother of all bombs gonna detonate?

Is she trouble,

Like I'm trouble?

Make it a double twist of fate or a melody that

she sings the revolution,

The dawning of our lives,

She brings this liberation,

That I just can't define,

Well nothing comes to mind"Percy? Why do you always pick this song?" Thalia asked.

She sings the revolution,

The dawning of our lives,

She brings this liberation,

That I just can't define, "I like it. And it reminds me of you." I smirked.

Well nothing comes to mind "Why?"

"Listen."

She's a rebel, "You're a rebel"

She's a saint, "Ain't no saint"

She's the salt of the earth, "Though your Daddy thinks that"

And she's dangerous, "you-ou are a saint"

She's a rebel, "You're a rebel"

Vigilante, "Vigilante"

Missing link on the brink, "Missing link on the brink"

Of destruction "Of destruction"

Dad and Grover laughed, I nodded my head in a sort of bow.

She's a rebel, I looked round at Grover and saw he looked kind of scared.

She's a saint, I looked at Thalia, she was giving him her best how-dare-you-laugh-at-me-I'm-going-to-murder-you glare.

She's the salt of the earth,

And she's dangerous, "Dad? Could we maybe get there a bit faster, like before Thalia murders Grover?"

She's a rebel, "Thalia," my Dad started in a sturn voice that he only uses when people are over reacting, "It was just a joke, if you have to

Vigilante, give somebody that look I'll remind you that it was your cousin who was making fun of you."

Missing link on the brink, "Gee, thanks for pointing that put Dad" I stated sarcastically.

Of destruction

She's a rebel, she's a rebel, she's a rebel and she's dangerous

She's a rebel, she's a rebel, she's a rebel

and she's dangerous

We arrived at the party and it was already heaving. Dionysus did something, I'm sure of it, but as much as I dislike my idiot cousin I have to admit that he can turn any boring party into

one that's off the hook.

I went to find Apollo to give him his present. He was by the pool on a sun lounger that looked like it was made of solid gold, knowing Zeus it was pretty safe to assume it was, I dipped

my hand in the pool and walked up to him. I flicked my hand so that the semi-cold water dropped on to his chest that was basking in direct sunlight. He shot upright and looked like he

was about to throw whoever did that in the pool, then he saw it was me and smiled.

"Happy birthday cuz," I said and tossed him the golden package.

"Thanks Perce," He started to tear the paper. It revealed a black leather box. Apollo opened the box and saw a gold chain with a golden python hanging from it looking like it was about to attack, "Wow Percy! Is this real gold?"

"24 caret" I replied wondering why he even needed to ask.

"This is awesome, thank you."

"You're welcome. Mom and Paul said to say happy birthday from them. Where's your sister?"

"Up in her bedroom, you know she won't come out side until dusk."

"Yeah, but I don't trust leaving her present on the table when Hermes and a few of his friends are over there," I jerked my head in the direction of my cousin Hermes and his best friend Luke ten meters away from the table of presents with a couple of other guys they hang around with.

Apollo laughed, "Fair point. She's in a good mood, so as it's you she shouldn't mind be ing disturbed in her 'girl space'."

"I'm just glad she's not a girly feminist so I won't be surrounded by pink fluff," I laughed with him, "see you later. Don't get sunburn." I tuned and started walking back into the house.

"Never have, never will," he called after me, I chucked.

I climbed the stairs and walked up to the midnight blue door with a sliver crescent moon painted on it. I knocked free times; nervously hoping Apollo was right about her being in a good mood. She opened the door and looked at me for a second as if deciding on whether to react well or badly.

"Happy birthday," I said with a smile. She smiled back, other than Apollo and Uncle Zeus I'm the only male she smiles at, but not when anyone is around to see, it is a well known fact that Artemis hates men.

"Thanks Percy, come in if you want," she stepped aside and let me into her room, the walls were painted silver and had crescent moons and the silhouettes of hunting wolves and deer stencilled in a band around the middle of the room in black. In one corner was a solid silver dressing table with a hair brushes on the top. There was a silver bow and quiver of arrows hanging on the wall. In the centre of the room was a four-poster bed with a laptop open on it and the creases in the duvet indicating someone had just been sitting there.

"Nice room," I told her.

"Thanks," she said, "What brings you up here? I would have thought you would be down stairs enjoying the party."

"Despite the fact you often say I'm a fool, I'm not foolish enough to leave this," I held up the silver package I had fished out of my back pack, "on a table only ten meters away from Hermes," I smiled and handed it to her.

"Thanks Percy." She, unlike her brother, slipped her finger under the fold at the end and unwrapped the present rather than ripping into it. She opened the black leather box inside and took out the silver charm bracelet I had picked out. It had four silver charms on it, a deer, a bow with an arrow drawn on it, a crescent moon and the number seventeen. She looked up at me and smiled, "Thank you Percy, it's beautiful," then she did something so un-Artemis-like that I thought I was in the wrong room; she stepped towards me and hugged me. Despite the fact she's five years older than me, Artemis was an inch shorter than me. She reached up and wrapped her arms around my neck. I out my hands on her back and quickly hugged her back, after a couple of seconds we both pulled away. "Thanks Percy a lot. Go enjoy the party, tell them I'll be down in an hour."

"I already knew that," she looked at me puzzled so I explained, "I checked what time the moon was coming up on my PSP" I smiled and walked towards the door.

"Oh, Percy?" she called when I was in the door way, I turned,"If you tell anybody what just happened I'll aim an arrow at your chest, and you know I won't miss."

I smirked, "Like anybody would believe me Artemis. And by the way; we both know that the second I saw you with a bow in your hand I'd have a sword in mine and swipe the arrow away." I walked away and headed for the party.

So what do you think? This chapter was supposed to be the entire party but I really wanted to get it posted so I split it into two sections.

Please review and tell me what you think.

Love Thalia x