DISCLAIMER: All rights belong to Rick Riordan, as well as the characters (except for a few characters that I might create myself).
This is just a fanfiction. If you haven´t at least read Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus, you probably won´t understand half of the story.
The story will be written focusing on different characters every so often (Heroes of Olympus style).
English is not my native language and I would like if you pointed out any mistakes in the reviews.
This is my second story. I'm still publishing the other. Not to worry, though, as I will continue to update both of them.
I appreciate any reviews and ideas.
Now, on with the story.
Chapter One – One Year Later
PERCY
Today was August first. A year had passed since Gaea was defeated. Percy was just a few days away of turning eighteen. The past couple of days, he had been having terrible headaches, worse than the ones Zeus had before Athena was born, in Percy's opinion.
The boy was laying on his bunker on cabin three, hands in his head, when he heard knocking. Getting up, he opened it revealing Annabeth, his girlfriend. The daughter of Athena had stormy-grey eyes, like her mother, and ling blond hair. As for Percy, his black hair was as untamed as ever, and his sea-green eyes showed the pain he was feeling.
Annabeth gave him a small kiss in the lips.
-Feeling better? – she asked.
-Not really. – he replied
-Have you gone to the infirmary?
-I already tried nectar and ambrosia. Nothing makes the pain go away.
Annabeth looked at him, worried.
-Are you feeling good enough to go meet our friends?
Percy nodded, which was a terrible idea because it made his pain worse. But Percy, being Percy, just shacked it off and started to walk towards the pier, his hand around Annabeth's waist, leaning on her for a bit of support.
Their destination was the ship that had just docked. It was made out of wood, with a big purple sail with a golden laurel embroiled; underneath the laurel were the letters SPQR. Chiron, Percy´s and Annabeth´s centaur trainer, was already there, as well as their friends Piper McLean and Jason Grace.
They acknowledged each other with a nod. At the same time, the plank was lowered and out came a small number of Roman demigods from Camp Jupiter. Leading them were the Praetors Frank Zhang and Reyna Arellano, also friends of Percy and Annabeth. Behind them, though, came someone Percy thought he would never be seeing in Camp Half-Blood: the wolf-goddess Lupa; in her human form, she looked like a woman around her mid-twenties, with long silver hair, like her fur when in wolf form, and feral yellow eyes. She had razor sharp teeth when she smiled at Chiron and the others; her nails were like razor sharp claws.
Percy and Jason bowed to her, as they had both trained with her for a while before continuing the trip to Camp Jupiter, as all Roman demigods had to do.
-Lady Lupa. – said Percy.
She smiled at them and directed her gaze to Chiron. The old centaur smiled back at her.
-Long time, no see, Lupa. – he said, calmly.
-Indeed, Chiron. You look old. – the mother of Romulus answered back, playfully.
Chiron just laughed. In the meantime, Piper, Annabeth, Percy and Jason were having a chat with the Romans, especially with their friends Frank and Reyna. Ever since Gaea's defeat, both camps sent demigods between them, but this time, the Romans were at Camp Half-Blood to celebrate their victory over the Primordial goddess.
Everyone was walking towards the cabins when two things happened.
First, out of thin air, a bunch of girls wearing matching silver hunting outfits materialized in a silver light. They were surprised to see the Hunters of Artemis. Thalia Grace, their Lieutenant and Jason's sister, gave them a smile before heading towards cabin eight, Artemis's cabin.
Second, a bronze descended from the skies, roaring and breathing flames. Once it landed, Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, jumped to the ground from its back and helped a girl down to. The girl had cinnamon coloured hair and beautiful brown eyes. Her skin had a deep tan. Simply put, she was beautiful. When she saw Percy, she shot him a smile while Leo was busy greeting everyone.
-Welcome back, Valdez. – said a happy Jason. After all, they were best friends and everyone thought Leo was dead for a couple weeks after the battle with Gaea.
-Good to be back, Gracy. – joked Leo.
They restarted walking towards the dinning pavilion, so the party could begin. While they were walking, the girl approached Percy and said:
-I never thought I would be seeing you again, Percy Jackson.
-Neither did I, Calypso.
When they reached the pavilion and everyone got seated, the party started.
After that, the Romans stayed for some while. As the days went by, Percy's headaches were getting worse. Until one day, he woke up and smiled. His head no longer hurt and it was his birthday. Getting up, he noticed a note on his nightstand. Opening it, Percy could smell the sea breeze. Immediately he realized who the note was from: his father, Poseidon. It simply said:
We have a surprise for you.
Happy Birthday, son
Percy smiled, but then he became intrigued.
"We?" he though.
Completely getting up, Percy got ready and walked out to find everyone already at the dinning pavilion. Once he got seated, everyone got up and started singing happy birthday; at the same time, Annabeth walked to him with a cake, blue, of course.
Then dinner time came, and things started to go wrong. Just as everyone, including the Romans got seated, fourteen bright lights appeared and the Olympian Gods materialized at the top table. Even Hades was there. Although, now that he had a permanent seat in the council, that wasn't strange.
Everyone bowed but Zeus waved them all off.
-Rise, demigods. Let us celebrate this night. – Zeus said. Then, he raised his cup and did the weirdest thing ever – Cheers to the Saviour of Olympus. Congratulations, Perseus Jackson!
Everyone was shocked. Zeus proposing a toast to a Son of Poseidon… That was weird. Percy looked at the Gods and Goddesses, but they seemed to… avert his gaze? No, that couldn't be it.
Everyone ate until they were full. Then Zeus spoke:
-Now, we shall have a game of Capture the Flag.
Chiron stood up and asked:
-Pardon me, Lord Zeus, but no teams have been formed.
The Lord of the Sky seemed to have a mental conversation with his brothers. It was Poseidon who spoke:
-We have decided on the teams. The first one will be composed of every child of us, the Big Three. They will be facing… well, everyone else!