(A/N) Hi people! This is NOT my first fanfic but this is the first time I'm going to publish one.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO
Chapter 1: First day, new school. Fitting in…
INTODUCTION (Percy's POV)
Hey, let me tell you about my weird, big and happy family. Yeah, I consider my own family weird. You wanna know why? Here. Let's stat with the beginning shall we? The very beginning…
It all started when my great-grand parents decided to name their children with Greek names (my family has some sort of obsession for Greek myths).
My grandpa and grandma were named after Kronos and Rhea, two of the Greek titans.
Now you're might wondering how my grandparents 'coincidentally' have the names of the two titans who were the parents of the gods, well, you see their parents (my great-grand parents, as I mentioned above) were very, very close friends.
So, where was I? Oh yeah, when my grand-parents had kids, four of them to be exact, were also named after the kids of Kronos and Rhea (weird? I know right!). Their first child was Aunt Hestia, second; Uncle Zeus, third; my dad; Poseidon and finally Uncle Hades.
Aunt Hestia doesn't have kids. She didn't even marry. Uncle Zeus, on the other hand have four kids; one twins: Diana and Apollo, and Thalia, and Jason. My dad; Poseidon, have three kids, Triton "Ton ton", me; Perseus (but people call me Percy) and Tyson, though my beloved brother died a few yes ago. And Uncle Hades only has two kids, Bianca and Nico.
So, you see I come from a very big family, let alone, a rich family, very rich. My Uncles, my dad and Aunt Hestia owns this corporation called "Olympus group of companies". See? I told you my family is real weird. They named their company after a GREEK mountain. And it has 24 divisions, that's how big the company is. If you're guessing that the 24 divisions are the greek letters you're right.
Present day
Percy's POV
Ugh, that stupid alarm clock. I looked at my alarm clock and saw a blinking '6:30'. Who wakes up at 6:30 during summers? Wait, it's not summer, I looked at my iPhone and saw the date; September 4. First day of school, again.
Today, I would be starting my sophomore year at high school. For normal teenagers high school is the coolest thing on earth, it's the place where you find a special someone (Bianca said that not me), but not for me.
You see, I was the year representative last year so no doubt, this year it will still be me. You might be wondering how a guy with grades like B could get that position (usually, only people with straight A's gets it). Well, it's a long story. I got up from my bed and quickly took a shower. After a few minutes, as I was getting dressed, I heard a knock on my bedroom door.
'Who is it?' I asked
'Lord Perseus, Ma'am Sally ordered me to call you.'
'Ok tell her I'm coming. And how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me 'Lord' just Percy is fine'
'As you wish, Lord Perseus'
I groaned and put on my jeans, Blue T-shirt, my hoodie and my favourite black converse.
I went outside my room and pressed the elevator button. I think I need to explain the elevator. I told you about my family's company right? Yeah, so my whole family lives in this group of buildings (four to be exact) that are joined together by a single ground floor. We own those buildings. Each member of the family gets his or her own floor. Me and my family live on the Trident building and my 'room' is on the fourth floor.
I went down to the kitchen and saw my mom.
'Hi mom' I said and grabbed my coffee. 'You know Percy, you should lessen your drinking of that thing. It's not good for your health' my mom said.
'Whatever mom'
'Well dear, you should hurry, you're cousins are waiting on the courtyard'
'Ok mom, bye' I kissed her on the cheek and took off.
Nico's POV
I was waiting for Percy on the courtyard with Thalia when I saw him running out of the Trident building. He supposed to drive us to school. He is supposed to drive us to school everyday.
'Well dude, it's time you came' I said to my cousin Percy
'Yeah right as if you're always early' he replied.
'Whatever dude. We've been waiting for fifteen minutes.'
'Yeah and I waited even longer, for Nico.' Thalia blurt out.
Actually they've got a point. I'm never early. I was only early today because my mom waked me up early. She and Bianca, my sister were blabbing something about making good impression on the first day of school. Girls.
'So, have you seen Iron man 2?' I asked Percy
.'Yeah, it was awesome but it lacked-'
'Will the two of you just shut up? It's the first day of school for crying out loud. I do not want to be late on the first day of school.' Thalia, my other cousin said, snapping Percy from his statement.
'Fine just get in the car' Percy said. I could sense that he is not in the mood. Well, if you were the class rep. for two years straight, you'll pretty much end up like that.
'Dude awesome Porsche' I said.
'I know, dad got it for me' Percy said
'Cool'
'I know right'
'Oh will you Percy just start driving' Thalia complained
Oh, cool it, pinecone-face' I said
'What did you just call me, Nicholas di Angelo Jackson?'
'Jeez, lava girl no need to say my full name.'
'Who you callin' lava girl?'
'Hey, guys keep it together,' Percy said with a tone of annoyance.
Thalia glared at me and entered Percy's car.
It seems that our pinecone-faced cousin is not in the mood today.
Together we went inside the car and went. Oh boy this is going to be one heck of a day.
Goode high
Third person's POV
There they go, the children of Olympus, the children of the big three of the business world. They come together in a trio-form: with Percy at the front and Nico and Thalia behind.
For you to get the picture, I'll give you a typical teenage stereotype. Imagine the hottest guy in the campus walking towards the school with two gothic teens behind him; there now you get the picture
They are pretty much the school's "Royal family", a lame name given by fangirls. Well, if your the children of the world's most successful businessmen in the world, you'll get a nickname even more lame than that. And you become everybody's best friend.
People who you don't even know say 'hi' or 'hey' to you. It's funny how they can do that. I mean don't they even get embarrassed by that? Seriously seeing girls doing googly-eyes in front of you? I don't think so.
Annabeth's POV
Ugh, how can life get any worse? We just transferred to San Francisco last year and now we transferred again?
Just because my dad's job needs a lot of travelling, doesn't mean he has to tag me along with him every time he needs to move, right? I've been to six different schools these past seven years and this new school is supposed to be my seventh.
Great, just great.
Here I am, going to the secretary to get my schedule. On my way I noticed a trio walking through a crowd of high school students. When they passed, the students seem to move aside for them to walk through. The guy in the front seems to be their leader. He had jet black hair and mesmerizing sea-green eyes. It seems that if you look it those green orbs, you would forget all your problems… so calm, yet full of life. Gosh, I sound like an Aphrodite-wannabe.
They must be the school's celebrities. I mean every school has one right? As they were walking, I noticed that the girl in that group looked familiar, very familiar… She had straight, spiky, black hair and electric blue eyes. She was in punk clothes and she looked vaguely familiar.
I ran to catch up with her but the crowd of students blocked me. When I finally reached to the point where they were before, they weren't there anymore.
The bell rang. Crap.
I ran to the secretary to get my schedule as I was momentarily knocked out of this world.
'How may I help you?' asked the secretary said.
'Umm Hi, I'm the new student, I'm here to take my sched.' I replied.
'Oh, so you must be Annabeth.'
No, I'm Madonna. I thought sarcastically.
'Yes, ma'am. I'm Annabeth '
'Here. That's your schedule. Mr. Brunner would like to see you.'
'Mr. Brunner?'
'Mr. Brunner is our headmaster. The principal, Mr. D was supposed to but he is busy, so Mr. Brunner would like to see you instead. His office is there.' She pointed towards the door on my left, not so far from where we're standing. 'And don't worry about the first bell. It's only the warning bell, classes only start at 8.'
I glanced at my wristwatch and saw that the time was only 7:15. I had plenty of time.
'Thank you' I said.
She winked at me and said 'Anytime dear.'
I entered the office and saw a middle-aged guy, with thinning hair, scruffy beard and a frayed tweed jacket, which smelled like coffee.
'Um… Good morning sir.' I said
'Good morning. So you must be the new student. Annabeth right?'
'Um… Yes sir'
'I've already assigned someone who will give you a tour around the school. He is your year rep. so feel free to ask him anything. You'll find him in the music room, he is always there'
'Ok sir.' He?
'Oh and by the way, welcome to Goode high.'
'Thank you, sir.' With that I exited the room to find the year rep. guy.
Grover's POV
I was walking on the corridors when I saw my best friend, Percy and his cousins heading for their lockers.
'Hey dudes.' I greeted Percy and Nico with the guy hug; the one using only one hand. I greeted Thalia with a hug.
'Hey, G-man' Percy said.
' Yo dude' Nico said.
'So, are we all in the same class? I mean Homeroom class? ' I asked.
'Yeah, we're together with this new girl, that I'm supposed to tour.' Percy replied.
'Oooh, first time you accepted' Nico teased.
'Shut up. My mom was the one who answered the phone when Mr. Brunner called so I don't have a choice.'
'Let's just hope she doesn't turn out like the other girls.' Thalia said while raising an eyebrow. Me and Nico laughed at her statement.
'What other girls? I never even had a girlfriend yet.' Percy replied
'Well, every girl in our year is dying to be your girlfriend. Don't you notice them?' Thalia shot back.
'What? Is that why girls are doing googly-eyes? I though they were doing that to Nico.' Percy said.
'WHAT are you talking about?' Nico said.
'Whoa, there. Chi-lax man. And Percy, Thalia is right. Girls are dying to be your girlfriend.' I said.
'Fine, I'll just go to the music room. Later.' Percy said, leaving us behind.
'I'll go with Percy' Nico said, leaving me and Thalia behind.
'So, you're still going to be the school band singer?' I asked Thalia.
'You bet, man. I already composed few songs during the summer' She replied.
'Oh, ok. Let's go to class?'
'Sure, G-man' with that I escorted Thalia to our homeroom class
Annabeth's POV
Phew, I finally reached the music room, after 15 minutes. Hey, I'm new in this school I don't know where everything is, ok? Anyways when I was about to enter the room, I heard a faint voice singing while a piano played along with it.
I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light.
It was beautiful, the voice. It was like an angel singing, but it only was singing a depressing song.
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm laying here tonight
And I can't STAND the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't STAND the pain—
It was interrupted by another voice. I admit I kinda hated it when the singing stopped.
'Cousin, why are you singing an emo song? It doesn't soothe you.' Another voice said.
'Nico, why are you here?'
'Shortcut, I'm too lazy to walk'
'Ugh, just leave. I waiting for someone remember?'
'Oh yeah! The new-girl right? The one we were talking about awhile ago'
I gasped at this. People were already talking about me?
'Yeah dude, now if you don't mind.'
'Oh sure, see you in class'
I hurried to hide as that Nico dude was coming towards the door that I was standing near to. I don't want to be branded as an eavesdropper on my first day of school. Nico left and I walked towards the door.
I entered the room…
'Um, Hi, I'm Annabeth' I said. I seemed to have startled the guy. His legs hit the piano.
'Ow, that hurts' He said. He looked towards me and his eyes widened. 'Oh, sorry. You must be the girl that I'm supposed to guide around the school. Hi, I'm Percy Jackson'
Inner Annabeth: OMG Annabeth! It's him, the guy with the green eyes.
Outer Annabeth just stood there motionless.
'Um, Ms.? Are you ok?' Percy said waving a hand over my face.
'Yes, yes I am. Sorry. I'm… Annabeth' I said as I blushed. Gosh, what is happening?
I shook hands with him, while trying to hide my tomato face.
'So, you're the year rep.?' I asked.
He sighed 'Yeah, I am. Come on, let's go. Wait, what's you're homeroom number? 'Percy asked.
'Um, Homeroom # 114' I replied.
'Good, we're on the same class. Which means, I won't have a problem showing you around right?' He said while smiling. The kind of smile that can make your stomach drop to your feet.
Annabeth, get over it.I told myself.
'Yeah, your right. Let's go' I replied.
He smirked 'Let's go then'
He opened the door me and got out. Which was nice. As we were walking, I noticed that he doesn't talk unless it was necessary; he was like the 'cool, silent type' kind of guy. Every once in awhile he would point at someplace and tell me what is it. Then something caught my eye. It was a group of random posters. I glanced at them and I saw a poster of the school's basketball team and the school's band.
'Um…Percy?'
'Yeah?'
'You're in the basketball team and in the school band?'
'Ahh, you saw that? Yeah, I'm the team captain and the school's guitarist and composer.'
'Oh. Ok'
'Here, we are. Homeroom # 114' He opened the door and signalled me to enter.
'Thanks.'
He just nodded in response. He pointed towards an empty seat next to the girl with spiky black haired girl I've seen earlier.
'Thalia? Is that… you?' I exclaimed
To my surprise, the girl turned. She gasped loudly.
'Annabeth?'
