hey everyone! This is my first fanfiction so I hope you like it. Please comment because I am free to tips. Plus...reviews make me happy, and they make me update more... *hint*
LOL. Anyway, I hope you guys like this because I am a big Percy jackson fan, and just letting you all know that carter Kane and I are married and have twins... In my dreams sadly... But still, this is why I love to write.
disclaimer: I own nothing of Percy jackson or the real mark of Athena. That all goes to Rick riordan. I only own the story idea.
Chapter 1
I was watching my friend Annabeth pace the deck back and forth. She was mumbling things from the 10 pages she gave me to review of plans for anything that could possibly go wrong on this mission. She had a plan, a back up plan, and a backup plan for the original backup plan. I loved Annabeth to death, but 10 pages was WAY overboard.
Just before I thought I was going to die of boredom, I finally snapped. "Okay, I'm gonna go and take a break from the plans Annabeth okay?" I asked shakily, trying hard not to scream my head of in relief. She waved her hand absentmindedly as if to shoo me off. "Yeah okay whatever Janet. Ask Leo. He might Know." She muttered. I rolled my eyes and walked over to my other friend Piper, who was practicing her charmspeak.
"Drop your weapons, we only want to talk." She said. Her voice mesmerized me and it made me want to take of my charm bracelet and have a nice long chat. "Doing good Pipes." I said as I stood next to her. "Thanks. Everybody just seems so tense today." She said. I nodded and looked around. Coach Hedge, our chaperone sayter who is supposed to be taking care of us, was watching wrestling on his new iPad Leo made for him, Annabeth was still pacing, and Jason was looking out into the distance, his face paper white. "Yeah well, I can see why. there's a good chance we might be blown out of the sky by either Zeus, or the Romans. Either ways we die." I said shrugging.
Piper rolled her eyes. "Well thats just pleasant." She said sarcastically. We both laughed. "Keep practicing pipes. You know. Just in case." I said. She nodded and saluted to me as I walked away. I went below deck and into the control room to check on Leo. "Permission to enter captain?" I asked in a silly British accent. "Permission granted M'lady." Leo replied in the same tone. It was a little inside joke between me and him since he built the ship. I chuckled and went inside of the control room.
Leo was at his table working on some blueprints and some maps too. He turned around and smiled. "Hey. Annabeth drive you mad already?" He asked. "Would I be here if she didn't?" I pointed out. He nodded. "Touché Janet. Touché." He said. the corner of my mouth pulled into a smile and I checked out the blueprints with him. "Is it lonely in here with only you and Feastus?" I asked. He shrugged. "Not really. Plus, your in here most of the time with me anyway." He teased. I glared at him and he laughed. "Kidding!" He said quickly.
I couldn't help but smile at that Though. Suddenly, Feastus started to creak and squeak. Leo listened carefully At the message. Feastus talked by using morse code, a code Leo learned a long time ago. I had only learned it a few months ago when had had started teaching me. When Feastus finished, Leo nodded. "Thanks Feastus," he said to the dragon. Then he turned to me, "we're about to see land. Get ready." He told me. I nodded and ran back up on deck. I saw no point in telling what my excuse of a crew what was going on since they weren't going to listen anyway. Instead, I went to go talk to jason.
"Hey, are you feeling okay?" I asked him. He shrugged. "I've had my better days." He sighed. He was standing by the rail to make himself an easy target for the Romans so that maybe they wouldn't attack on sight. I nodded. "Everyone us their moments." I replied. He smiled lightly. I looked down at the ground. "It's beautiful here." I commented. "yeah. It feels good to be home." He said softly. "I know what it feels like to be away from somewhere you love for a long time. I haven't seen my real home in 14 years." I said, not realizing my mistake.
Jason looked at me strangely. "You ran away when you were 4? Is that even possible?" He asked perplexed. My eyes widened and I thought of so cover up. "Umm..." I faltered. Then a loud horn sounded and Jason's face lit up. The next two words had said were the beginning of my adventure.
"We're here."