Boom people, It is me Fires that Heal with another Fanfic that I have been working on. I always loved reading these kind of game-stories so I put a lot of effort into developing the xp/leveling up system for all the characters so we can follow more than just Percy's adventure. This story is still based on the PJO and HOO series' so Rick Riordan is the owner of the characters and and stuff so yeah. If ya like it don't forget to follow, review or even message me. It's all fine as long as I know people want more I will make my best effort to give. Enjoy.
I know the future... wait what?
I open my eyes and see the familiar ceiling of my old apartment. Yes, the one where mom and I used to live with that stupid smelly Gabe. I try to turn off the alarm clock, but it does not stop. I stand up from my bed and unplug the relic, finally turning off the annoying sound.
Why am I here though? Last, I remember I was charging at Gaea with the rest of the seven and then everything gets fuzzy. A sharp pain goes through my head and words appear in the bottom left of my field of vision like a notification list in games.
You have gained 78,924,836,253 experience points!
"Eh?" After the message faded a new one popped up.
You have leveled up 983 times!
"Percy? Are you awake yet?" I hear my mother ask from outside my room.
"Yeah, I'm awake mom." I say with a voice that did not sound like mine. It sounded soft and childish, like a little kid. I take a closer look at my hands and realize they are tiny, did I shrink!
My mom then enters the room and has a bright smile plastered on her face. She is drying her hands with a towel and has dress pants with a white button t-shirt on.
"Uh mom, why are you dressed like that?" I ask her.
"Percy, you know that I have a job interview at the new day care down the street. Hurry up and get ready for school. I miss you so much, but you know you must stay there. You have a trip today remember? I can't always look out for you." My mom says with a sad look on her face.
I slowly realize what happened and look through my drawers for clothes. I put on some clothes and follow my mom to the street. Sometime later I will have to ask dad or some other word what exactly happened though.
"So, I did not see Gabe when heading out mom, did something happen to him?" I finally ask. When heading out with my mom the apartment looked clean, like if Gabe was not living with us. Truthfully nothing could make me happier than hearing that. I realize that the present I knew of is no more, something sent me back in time and if this new present does not have Gabe in it, that makes it even better.
"Gabe? I knew someone named Gabe years ago, but he was a horrible man. I never saw him since... do you know someone named Gabe?" She then asks me very confused. If my mom did not marry Gabe, how come I am so safe? Why have monsters not come after us?
"Uh, then what about my scent?" I whisper. Was I still a demigod? For some reason a lot of things in this world did not add up. I turn to look at my mom and she froze.
"So, you know…" she silently whispers too. I see tears forming in her eyes and panic. The joy of still being a demigod disappears as soon as I see the tears and curiosity takes its place. No mom, do not cry I was ignorant of this new present… I do not know what I did wrong!
"Yes mom, I know about the Greek world, but I have to ask am I still a son of Poseidon or some other god?" As soon as I say that a sharp pain enters my head, and something shows up before me.
Hero, Welcome to Greek World
Two new things appeared on the bottom right corner of my vision that displayed bars with HP red and GP blue beneath it.
"I never even said his name before, how do you know that?" My mother asks me surprised. Should I tell my mom I am from the future? Yes, of course if there is anyone I can trust with a secret like this is my mom.
"I know everything mom, about the Greek World, about dad, about how I was not supposed to be born." My mom seems shocked and looks so sad.
"I know because I have seen all of this happen already." I tell her.
"I know that Grover is a satyr, Mr. Brunner is a centaur but most importantly I know that this is the day that it all started. Today is the day I get attacked by Mrs. Dodds and go to Camp Half Blood." I explain to my mom that I have seen the future because it is easier to explain than the time travel used on me, which I was also in the dark about. My mom was super worried about me at first but since I told her I know what is going to happen her worry for my safety slowly faded away, but not completely.
"If you know what is going to happen, why did you ask about Gabe?" she finally asks.
"Uh, from what I have seen he used to live with us. He was bastard that-"
"Percy!" My mom scolds me for using what she considers bad language.
"I mean, he used to live with us until he 'mysteriously disappeared'. You married him and used his horrible human stench to hide my scent of a demigod." I tell her. My mom nods, calls forth a taxi and then looks at me questioningly.
"I was told you would have a scent as soon as something special happened, but I wasn't told exactly what. Even so, the future you speak of is a little different than this one, so please stay safe and if the future you see does happen make sure to get to the camp safely." I nod at my mother and open the door to get in. My mom gives the taxi driver money and tells him to take me to Yancy Academy.
"I know what to do mom, don't worry about me." I tell her. With a kiss goodbye my mom sees me in and closes the door behind me. As the driver drove away I could see my mother tearing up again, was I really that dense. I still could not figure out what was happening with her, she was a lot more sensitive than before.
I look at the letters that appeared before me when talking to mom and notice that new ones started to appear.
Hero, pull out your G.R.I.D.
My grid? I reach into my pocket and pull out a golden card that was inside. G.R.I.D. it had written on top. There was nothing on it except a picture of me with the word 'Commands' written underneath followed by 'Status' and 'Skills'.
This G.R.I.D. is now yours. Use at your own discretion.
I look at the thick golden credit card and move it around to see if that was it. The system, god or whatever called me a hero was something new, but it was our guide to the Greek World so this G.R.I.D. things must be important.
The system said that it was mine and I could use it, but I do not know how. I spot the commands on it and say one aloud.
"Status" A mist created status bar appeared on top of the grid and listed a whole bunch of things beneath it.
Name: Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon
Race: Demigod, Sub-race: God
Party: None
Level: 983, Age: 12
Health Pool: 11320
God Power: 11320
Strength: 15+
Dexterity: 15+
Intelligence: 15+
Wisdom: 14+
Luck: 9+
Attack Power: 10 (Fists)
Defense Power: 1000 (Divine Threshold)
You have extra skill points available! Assign 9830 skill points!
Whoa! I get 9830 skill points for free? I look at my stats and figure the stats of strength, dexterity and intelligence are useless. I can personally improve them without needing to add stats to it, I know that in a few years I am going to get stronger, faster, and smarter whether I invest in them or not.
Now the two last ones look promising, wisdom and luck. There is absolutely no way to improve any of those unless blessed by Athena or by Tyche. Then again, one does get wiser as they get older and if I go to camp I will meet Annabeth again, I do not need to put any points in wisdom if she has going to be there too. Convinced, I press the + button next to the number 9 and hold it until all 9830 points increase my luck to 9839. A new button pops up underneath with two choices.
Do you want to save the changes to your Status?
I click Yes and press an X on the top right corner. I look at edited status and nod in accomplishment.
Name: Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon
Race: Demigod, Sub-race: God
Party: None
Level: 983, Age: 12
Health Pool: 11320
God Power: 11320
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 15
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 14
Luck: 9839
Attack Power: 10 (Fists)
Defense Power: 1000 (Divine Threshold)
You have no extra skill points available.
In games you can usually see the status of other things as well. So, I try opening the status of the cab driver.
"Status," it does not work.
"Status? Well, we are almost there, don't worry kiddo," he tells me. Umm ok.
The cab stops, and the driver gives me back some change. I get off the cab and walk towards the entrance. I see the people on the outside getting in line to board the bus for the trip to the museum and head towards there, Grover then spots me and rushes towards me at the end of the line.
"Hey Percy, why you sneak off last night? Ms. Dodds is not so evil that she would actually hit you, I think." I look at Grover and realize he is a bit different, he sounds more easygoing and not as cowardly. Wait, did he say Ms. Dodds? Guess that is something different with her now.
"Something wrong man?" I shake my head.
"No, I was just thinking of Mrs. I mean Ms. Dodds…" Grover's then looks behind me and his eyes widened.
I turn around and someone is standing right behind me with an unamused glare. She is a youngish lady dressed in jeans and a light blue blouse, she looked like a pretty college student and had some decent breasts. Nice.
"Mr. Jackson, I am growing tired of your blatant leering. Have some decency and board the bus or else it's back to erasing the workbooks." I took me a moment, but I realized that this is Mrs. Dodds! Or in this case Ms. Dodds. She is different than what I remember, she was attractive now. Her personality is still rotten, but this latest look is an improvement to her old biker granny look. This world just keeps getting better and better.
"When we get back you are erasing the workbooks Mr. Jackson, everyone else has already board the bus. Move it! You too Grover." She screams and pushes me forward. Well, guess not all changes are good. I look behind her and Mr. Brunner is right there, he does not take notice of me though.
We board the bus and I try to get as much information from Grover to find out what has been going on for the past few days, but he just dances around the question. We arrive at the museum after a few minutes and soon get inside.
I see my classmates going in behind me and notice that the bane of my existence at Yancy Academy was not here. When we divided from the class I took the chance to ask Grover about her.
"Hey Grover, do you know Nancy?" I ask him. Grover shows me his deadpanned expression and shakes his head.
"You suck Percy, you know she was my bully for a long time and now just because she's your girlfriend you think I'm okay with her. If you really want us to get along you are going to have to give me more time. Time to adjust." Eh!?
"What do you mean my girlfriend? I do not like Nancy, like at all and she is not my girlfriend. I was just wondering why she was not here," I tell him.
"She is your girlfriend and you don't remember she is sick? You asked her out in the middle of the class and been making out for the past few weeks…" I throw up internally and Grover backs up a bit. He looks cautious of me.
"Hey Percy, you remember my secret. The one I told you to hide for me the other day?" I gulp and realize Grover figured out something. Busted.
"Relax Grover," I tell him. "It's me Percy, it's just…" I cannot keep the facade any longer and I decide to confess. "I know you're a satyr Grover, I know that you're my protector and that Zeus Lightning Bolt has been stolen." Unexpectedly Grover starts laughing and the people nearby start leaving.
"There is no way that Zeus's Lightning Bolt has been stolen and I am definitely not your protector."
"What?"
"Look Percy, I do not know how you figured I was a satyr, but I am, and you can also say I am protecting you. However, I am by no means your protector, Chiron hired me to look after you in the meantime until you found about the Greek World and finally got your G.R.I.D. You are very important to him not me, that is all. This was just a job, I am not really your friend, barely anyone is and now since you know all this and will be getting your G.R.I.D. soon I will be leaving. See you at the Camp Percy." Grover then walks away and leaves me behind alone.
I do not know how to feel about this, should I feel angry that he was pretending to be my friend all this time, but this was not the same Grover and the Percy he knows and deceived was not me. He also said that the bolt is safe and if that is the case why is Ms. Dodds here? If I remember correctly she was after me because Hades thought I stole the bolt.
Things were not going as I remembered and some things were even drastically different. I took out my G.R.I.D. and looked at the magical card. This thing is the key to all my questions, this so-called G.R.I.D. is important according to Grover and the system.
A presence walks besides me and turn around, it is Ms. Dodds. She sees my G.R.I.D. and changes her facial expression fast. Instead of her neutral aloof face she now shows excitement.
"I knew it!" She screams.
"You're mine now demigod," She transforms into her fury form and sharpens her giant claws and talons while flying in the sky. This was also different, last time this happened Chiron was nearby and lent me Riptide but I no longer had it and Chiron was not anywhere close.
"I can savor you know," she then says while licking her lips. Ah crap.
Well this is the first chapter people, thoughts? Opinions? Or maybe ya want me to get my ass over back to A Warrior's Ascension and finish that story first. LOL Cheers!