Hi everyone! This is a mortal AU Heroes of Olympus fic. I had some ideas so I decided to publish them here. It features most of PJO/HOO characters. The Seven are mortals in Goode High School, present day (2019). I'll put every character I have planned to appear in the following section. I know there are some amazing characters that were good guys in the books but were represented as bad guys here, so sorry if I didn't do your character justice. If you want, check out my other story The Guardian of the Quest.
Characters:
-Percy Jackson (school's bad boy);
-Annabeth Chase (new girl, immediately the smartest kid in school);
-Jason Grace (football team captain, friendly jock);
-Thalia Grace (punk);
-Nico di Angelo (emo);
-Luke Castellan (local jerk);
-Clarisse La Rue;
-Leo Valdez;
-Frank Zhang;
-Hazel Levesque
-Piper Mclean.
Supporting: Sally Jackson, Paul Blofis, Chiron/Mr. Brunner, Will Solace, Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, Grover Underwood, Silena Beauregard.
(I will update the list on the chapter I add the characters if I add some)
Annabeth's POV
August 31st
Annabeth expected to be switching schools that year. She just didn't expect to be moving all the way over to New York. She lived in San Francisco with her father, step-mother and two twin brothers. She finished freshman year there, but her father got the job in New York, so they moved there. Naturally, she had to switch. She hadn't really gotten used to the environment since it was much different from San Francisco. She missed some of her old friends. But, she decided to look on the bright side of things. She'd been in San Francisco her whole life and now she was in New York. She'll meet new people, make new friends, see and experience different things and so on. She wrote all of this in her diary on August 31, the night before school starts. She was nervous but she decided to keep her head up tomorrow. Not to be arrogant, just confident. She prepared a tight, plain white shirt with medium long sleeves and skinny jeans and white shoes. She would just brush her hair a little in the morning and pull it up in a high ponytail with a few strokes falling down her face (A/N: I imagined her hair to look a little like MJ's in Spider-Man: Homecoming). She had already packed her books and other school supplies in a white backpack. Around half past nine that night, she put away her diary and set her alarm for 6 AM. She had approximately twenty-five minutes on foot from her apartment to Goode High, and classes start at 8 AM. She has to meet the counselor at 7:30 AM to get her timetable and a school map. She texted some of her friends from San Francisco and went to bed at around ten. She soon fell asleep feeling both anxious and excited for tomorrow.
September 1st
It was already 6:45 AM and Annabeth had just had her breakfast and gotten ready. She did everything she planned last night and even had time to go over some books she had that she hadn't read yet and decided what to read next, settling on Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. She had over twelve big boxes with books. There were maybe two with the ones she hadn't read. She loved reading and spent a lot of time doing so. Her favorite book was Homer's Odyssey and favorite series Harry Potter. She left the apartment and walked down a bit chilly street. Thank god she brought her denim jacket. She got to school at 7:10 AM and sat on one of the benches. No one was there yet. She didn't mind, she always got everywhere early. She took out her phone and checked her socials. A girl drove by five minutes later on a motorcycle. Annabeth looked stunned when she saw her sit on the steps of the school. She had spiky black hair, eyeliner and a was dressed in all black, leather jacket, jeans, combat boots, and a black My Chemical Romance shirt. She put her helmet beside her. She had a choker with spikes and matching bracelets. Annabeth hesitated for a little but went up to her eventually. The girl was listening to music with big headphones on looking at her bike. She must have not seen Annabeth because she jumped a bit when she tapped her shoulder. In a blink of an eye, she was standing up. She had icy blue eyes that pierced Annabeth's skull and was a little taller than her. She seemed to not like people much given her stance.
"Hey sorry", Annabeth apologized when the girl took off her headphones, " I'm Annabeth. I'm new here."
She offered her hand and the girl shook it with a tight grip. Her skin was cold but she had a pleasant voice: "Thalia."
"Pleased to meet you", Annabeth smiled. " I was wondering if you could show me where the counselor's office is?"
"Oh god", she sighed, she must have been there a lot. " Yeah, whatever.'
She led Annabeth in and down the hall, trough a few doors and then she stopped. She gestured to Annabeth to go in and explained that she had to meet her cousins outside. Annabeth thanked her and entered a small waiting room with a counter behind which was a grey-haired lady looking at a computer screen. She looked up when Annabeth closed the doors. She smiled softly and Annabeth approached.
"Good morning! My name is Annabeth, I'm new here", she introduced herself, " I was told to come here today?"
"Ah yes, Mr. Anderson said you'd come", she said, " I'm Sandy Chairman. Here are your schedule and map. Have a nice day!"
Annabeth thanked her and left. She found her locker and put everything she didn't need with her in. Just when she finished, the corridor was already crowded. She noticed Thalia a little further away. She was talking to two boys that looked a lot like her. One was very tall, with messy raven black hair and beautiful sea green eyes. He wore a plain black shirt, leather jacket, ripped black jeans and combat boots. He had sunglasses up in his hair. He looked at her for a second and Annabeth immediately looked away. Before doing so, she noticed the second boy, dressed basically the same as the other two, just a bit shorter and with deep black eyes and unnaturally pale skin.
Annabeth looked away from the three and checked the map. She pushed her way through the crowd to the Latin classroom. A few kids were there already. They all looked different except for a few boys that wore the same jock jackets. She found an empty seat next to a very beautiful girl with black hair and blue eyes. She asked if she could sit there and the girl just smiled a friendly smile: "Of course, honey! I'm Silena."
Annabeth shook her hand, sat down and got ready for class while Silena checked if her make-up was on point. They talked a little before Thalia came in and sat with a bulky brown-haired girl in camouflage jeans and orange shirt. Silena told her that was Clarisse La Rue, a local bully, but a very good person when you actually meet her. Soon everyone was there and the teacher came in, closing the doors behind himself. He was in a wheelchair and he had brown hair with a few grey streaks and a nicely trimmed beard.
"Alright everyone, settle down", he smiled. Everyone immediately went quiet. " As most of you know, I am Mr. Brunner, your Latin teacher. We have a new student all the way from San Francisco, Annabeth Chase. I expect all of you to welcome her nicely."
Annabeth blushed and waved to the others. Mr. Brunner was just about to start the lesson when the doors flew open and the boy she saw talking to Thalia came in. He didn't even look at mr. Brunner, he just dropped his backpack on a desk in the back of the class and rested his feet on the chair next to him.
"Already coming late, ate we, Mr. Jackson?"
"You know me, sir", the Jackson guy frowned pulling his sunglasses over his eyes, " I'm suprised I'm even here, to be honest."
"I'm sure we all are", Mr. Brunner laughed. Annabeth didn't like the guy. Yes, he was very handsome, but he acted like an obvious jerk. She pushed the thought away and focused on what Mr. Brunner was saying. She knew most of the questions he asked, and most of them she answered. He seemed pleased with her. The class went on and on and she hadn't looked at the boy in the back once. When the bell rang, the guy was the first one out. Mr. Brunner said he was very pleased with Annabeth and she smiled and thanked him. Silena waited for her and walked her off to History class. She had to leave her, she had Geography, and she warned her to stay away from Percy Jackson, the guy who came late before. She said she'd explain later and Annabeth thanked her before she entered the class. She noticed some of the kids from Latin there, but this time she sat alone. She patiently waited for the teacher to come in, and when he did, she almost busted out laughing. He looked ridiculous. He had a red nose and long black hair, a tiger print shirt, and khaki pants. She contained herself. He introduced himself as Mr. Klark and began the lesson. He turned around, said it was awfully quiet in there and gestured to a blonde haired, very handsome jock, saying: " Grace, go get that failure of a sister of yours and that disappointment of a human."
The guy got up lazily like he was used to this, replied to Mr. Klark and left. Soon he came back, saying they were on their way. There was Thalia, blowing bubble gums and Percy Jackson behind her laughing. Neither took notice of the professor.
"Will you two ever behave nicely?" he asked and they replied in unison: "No, sir!" still laughing, but standing up straight saluting, mocking the teacher. He sighed, took out some paper, wrote something and turned back up to the two laughing teens.
"You two are coming with me to Anderson's office after class. Go sit down, I'm not in the mood. for this right now", he waved his hand and the two headed for an empty bench in the back. Before they sat down, Mr. Klark said:" Uh-uh, not gonna work. Thalia, with Grace, Connor, to the back. Jackson, you sit with Chase."
Thalia sat next to the jock who went to get them and Jackson sighed and sat next to Annabeth. She wasn't particularly happy about it, but she didn't object. Percy just sank into his chair not paying attention to Annabeth or the lesson. She had dropped her pencil after about half the class. It rolled over under Percy's chair, out of her reach. She hesitated a little but asked him anyway, gesturing to the pencil: "Hey, could you grab that pencil? I dropped it..."
He smirked and turned to her, his sea-green eyes locking with hers. He bent over and got the pencil: "Whatever you say, Angel", he joked.
" Thanks", she smiled a forced smile, "And don't call me that."
"Oh no, you don't like it?" he said slightly laughing and putting his hand over his heart like he was offended, "Too bad, I like it. It's Angel from now on."
"Ahem-ahem", Mr. Klark coughed,
" Jackson, this is a decent girl, don't ruin her."
Annabeth blushed as the whole class giggled, but Percy just sighed and said he has better things to do. He pulled out his earbuds and spent the rest of the class on his phone, not once looking at Annabeth. When the bell rang, he was again the first one out. She saw him in the corridor with Thalia and that other guy. She didn't go talk to them.
Lunch break was right after the second period, so Annabeth left some unnecessary things in her locker and headed for the cafeteria. On the way there, she bumped into some guy. She backed away a bit and apologized. The guy said it was alright and introduced himself as Luke Castellan, a senior. She introduced herself as well before he chased after some of his friends. Annabeth got to the cafeteria, got her lunch and looked for a place to sit. She heard someone calling her name and turned around to see Silena waving at her. She went up to her and greeted her.
"Come sit with us?" Silena asked, smiling and heading for a table with a bunch of kids already seated. She sat down and introduced Annabeth who was welcomed immediately. There was a girl with uneven brown hair and kaleidoscope eyes, Piper McLean, her boyfriend, the jock Jason Grace, a scrawny little Latino Leo Valdez, who insisted she called him either Super-Sized-McShizzle or Bad Boy Supreme. There was also a black girl with golden eyes and long dense hair, Hazel Levesque, her boyfriend Frank Zhang and the bulky girl from her Latin class, Clarisse La Rue. They all seemed nice. Annabeth told them a little about herself and they told her about the school. Jason was the captain of the football team, Piper head cheerleader, Frank and Hazel were both on student council and so on. She asked about the other kids. Jason warned her to stay away from Luke, who apparently was a huge jerk and was arrested two times, and of course, they warned her about the Big Three, Percy, Thalia and the third guy who was with them, Nico di Angelo.
"Wait, why do you call them that?" she asked, clearly confused. She knew something about the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades being called the big three, but she doubted it was related. Turns out she was wrong. Jason seemed sad to be talking about this, but Annabeth felt it must have been natural. Thalia is his sister after all.
"You know how in Greek mythology, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades are called the Big Three?" Frank asked. Annabeth just nodded. "Well, they're basically like them."
"Yeah", Hazel finished, " Percy is an amazing swimmer, incredibly fast. Whenever someone touches Thalia it feels like electricity going down their spine. And Nico just looks dead. That's the connection between them and the Greeks."
"Interesting", Annabeth added. She found it amusing. " And what's their story?"
"Well, Percy is a 'bad boy'. You know, doesn't come to class on time, has no respect and so on", Piper explained, " Thalia just looks dangerous. And don't get me wrong, she could kick your ass if she wanted. And Nico just fits in with them and if someone messes with him, they have the other two on their heels."
"Wow", she sighed. " Jason, it must be fun for you?"
"Yeah", he chuckled, "I was always the odd cookie. That's why I'm here and not there. But, I love them. They're family. And they weren't always like that."
"Yeah", Hazel added, " I've known them all for a long time. Thalia just sorta got into that style, but it's different with Percy and Nico."
"What do you mean?"
"Well", Jason sighed, " Percy had an abusive stepfather. He beat him literally every day and made him wear and act like a bad boy. He ended up in the hospital a few times from the beatings, but he was always forced to say he got into a fight. Aunt Sally left the guy last year when he almost killed Percy. She was afraid of him before but she said she couldn't let him do that anymore. Now she's with mr. Blofis, the English professor. Percy just stayed like that after. And Nico became depressed after his sister died a few years ago."
Wow, that's sad, Annabeth thought. She felt sorry for them. She wished she hadn't judged them earlier.
The bell rang and they all went to class. Annabeth had English next. None of her new friends had it so she headed alone. She stopped on the way, but her locker to pick up some notebooks and books. She was walking down, trying to figure out where the classroom was. One of the jocks 'accidentally' bumped into her, making her drop everything she was carrying. He just walked off, but Annabeth heard someone's beautiful voice yell watch where you're going! She didn't look back, she was going to be late. She noticed someone next to her, helping her gather her stuff. She looked up and saw none other than Luke Castellan. She completely forgot what the others told her about him. She smiled and took her books from him, thanking him. He said it was no problem and went off. Annabeth noticed someone watching them, but the person disappeared quickly. Annabeth didn't even think about it, she just hurried off to class.
The class had already started when Annabeth noticed she was in a completely wrong wing of the school. She turned around and bumped into none other than Percy Jackson. He laughed and picked up one of the books she dropped.
"Running late, are we, Angel?"
"Stop calling me that!" she took the book, "And yes. I got lost."
"What class do you have?"
"English. My professor is Mr. Blofis."
"Oh good-ol' Paul", he smiled. Annabeth forgot his mom is seeing him. "Come on, I'll help you. Got the same class."
She hesitated a little but went with him anyway. She apologized for running late, saying she got lost while Percy just walked in and dropped into the chair in the back. Mr.Blofis didn't mind. He said the school could be a little confusing sometimes. The classes went well after.
Annabeth left the school at 1:30 PM and headed home. She told her mom about everything. She loved school. Her mom was happy that she liked it. After lunch, they went out. Just the two of them going shopping. After she got home with numerous books and clothes, she started studying. It was already nine when she finished. She went to bed thinking about the same thing as she did all day, Percy Jackson. Why she didn't know. She only knew she might not exactly hate him.
So what do you think? I hope it's good. I'll try to update at least once or twice a week, because of the other story which is my primary focus right now. And I'll try and make these longer, maybe add more because I won't be updating daily and will be writing one chapter as one day. Right now, it's really late and I have to go to sleep. Once again, thanks for reading and maybe leave a review if you've got time. I appreciate it deeply. See you all soon :)
