Me: First things first: YAY FOR KKPJMR!
Finn: I thought it was KKMRPJ.
Me: No it's not. Don't doubt my memory. Anyways, second things second, Why is the title not 'Kingdom Keepers Percy Jackson Maximum Ride Crossover'?
Finn: Because that's a freaking long title.
Me: And Fanfiction doesn't like long titles. I guess they don't want '' as a title anywhere, so I was forced to give it a proper story name, of sorts. Kingdom Keepers Percy Jackson Maximum Ride Epic. Not Crossover, because I only got to 'Crossov'.
Finn: Third things third, RECAP. KKMR: Max and the Flock visited Florida, Fang got kidnapped coincidentally at the same time as Amanda from the Keepers did.
Me: They didn't trust each other, so the Keepers didn't know about the Flock and their wings. Or Fang's real name.
Finn: As they split up into pairs to look for 'Nick' and Amanda, Max fell off the Cinderella Castle and 'died'.
Me: She has wings, and she didn't want to give away their secret.
Finn: Maybeck felt bad, then after a while, they found Max alive, learned Fang's real name, found out about the wings, and they went into a secret fountain that lead to a prison where Fang was kept, but Amanda wasn't.
Me: Amanda was in a crate and Max and Fang found her. They flew out after a strange battle with an Overtaker, and found the Keepers safely. (Say "Kat likes chocolate" if you actually read this) Finn, as Max and Fang were rescuing Amanda, was looking in Escher's Keep, and Wayne was temporarily inhabited by the Oracle and told Finn of a prophecy of half-gods.
Finn: Max and the Flock left, and thus beginning KKPJ.
Me: Finn and the Keepers went to New York, and Thalia found them on an airplane.
Finn: She brought them to Camp Half-Blood, and they played Capture the Flag, where Percy began to mysteriously pass out. Finn told Percy of the prophecy and before they could leave for the quest, Percy passed out again and didn't wake up until everyone had left.
Me: Percy followed Annabeth and the Keepers as they were transported to Ogygia, where they believed to be going to. Percy followed behind, and got captured by Amazons.
Finn: He ran away, slept in the water, didn't like it, then ran into 'himself' who actually was Calypso in disguise. Meanwhile, Willa and I went exploring, and I was drowned in sand.
Me: Finn then woke up with Grover, who was missing, and Moniqua Lyons, a hunter of Artemis, also captured on the island of Ogygia. Percy and Calypso, after revealing herself, went to the devil bird's nest, and was captured, again by the Amazons, but not before Calypso disappeared, leaving Percy to fend for himself.
Finn: The Amazons wanted Ogygia for themselves, and they needed the devil bird's feathers to get it. They wanted Percy to kill it, and he did, but sacrificed himself first.
Me: Gracelyn, a nice Amazon who helped Percy and didn't want the Amazons to have the island, was killed and when Percy escaped the dead devil bird, he felt sad. Ella, the evil Amazon leader, wanted to punish the three Amazons who didn't want the Amazons to have the island either, wanted to punish Lilia, Valerye, and Arianna.
Finn: But Percy used the devil bird feathers to keep the three Amazons safe. But before Percy killed the bird, Finn helped Moniqua and Grover to their escape.
Me: They all transported to Camp Half-Blood, with Lilia, Valerye and Arianna, and now it's Percy's job to keep them safe. As their guardian or whatever.
Finn: Percy went and got a prophecy from the Oracle, with too many lines and now it's taking them to Disney World.
Me: Gods, that was long. –breathes heavily- ON WITH THE CHAPTER.
Chapter 1
Percy POV
"Move your arm!"
"No you move!"
"No you move!"
"No you move!"
"You move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move!"
And that's how my day began. Crammed into a less-then-spacy car, it was barely enough for Annabeth, Valerye, Arianna, Lilia (The Three Amazons), Finn, Amanda, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, Philby, and myself into a van. Now that the list is over, I'm going to start at the very beginning, how everything and everyone I loved and cared about were in serious danger, once again. Did I mention that this time I might not be able to save them? Ahem, anyway, on with the story, Percy.
After a very long drive from Camp Half-Blood to Disney World, I had a feeling that everyone wanted to kill the person next to them. Maybeck, sitting in between Philby and Amanda, was rocking out to his music and was constantly kicking Annabeth's seat, who was in the passenger seat next to me. Yeah, I was driving. Don't sound too scared. I'm fine. Sort of. Amanda was still learning her Kung-Fu or whatever and kept hurting her hand on the various items she would attack. Philby was drawing something, probably a high-tech machine that would blend things together. Yeah, he had tried to make one of those, he showed us an hour ago until Finn had to break it to him that a blender already existed. Willa was looking really sad, as of the fact that her father rules the Underworld, no big deal though. Finn didn't appear to be doing anything, and Valerye, opposite Willa, was reading Girl's Guide To Killing. In the back, Arianna and Lilia were playing rock, paper, scissors, and Charlene looked like she was going to kill Maybeck from the seats away from her. See? Me driving isn't the worst thing.
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Annabeth shrieked, covering her ears.
"Did you know that slitting a person's throat isn't the best way to kill someone?" Valerye volunteered.
"Wazaah!" Amanda exclaimed, whacking her armrest. "Ow…"
"All I do is win, win, win, no matter what…"
"Shut it Maybeck," Philby growled, continuing to patent something that already existed.
"Paper beats rock!" Arianna cheered.
"Not true! Rock always beats paper!" Lilia argued.
"Hey everyone!" I said, not so loudly, and everyone shut up to listen. "We're going to play a game."
"What kind of game?" Philby asked.
"The game of your life," Maybeck said in a deep voice.
"We're not in Saw," Finn sighed. "Go on, Percy."
"The Silent Game. The rules are, you can't talk. You can cough, sneeze, burp, whatever, but no laughing. If you win, you get to… be given a weapon to defend yourself with! But if you lose…" I started. Annabeth sighed.
"Percy, I don't…"
"You have to pay for gas!" I decided. Everyone groaned.
"Percy…" Annabeth started.
"Starting now!" I exclaimed. The car fell silent. That really works? I saw Chiron do it to a bunch of new campers, and they didn't listen at all. Needless to say, they ran up the lava wall a couple of times.
After a day of driving in complete silence, Amanda, Maybeck, and Annabeth were out. I had made Annabeth laugh by giving her the strangest look I could muster. I entered the parking lot.
"Oh gods, this place is filled," Annabeth groaned.
"Agreed," I said.
"You talked!" Amanda exclaimed.
"I'm not playing the game, you are. I'm the driver," I said smugly. Amanda growled and leaned back in her chair.
"Game's over," Annabeth noted, as I found a parking space after a battle with the green Jeep. Everyone cheered, and got out of the car. I put the keys in my pocket and hopped out.
"Okay, Disney livers… wait. What?" I said. 'Livers' was supposed to come out as 'people who live there', but it came out as a part of your body. Lilia, Arianna, Valerye, Finn, Maybeck, Amanda, and Charlene cracked up. Willa was staring off into space, Philby looked annoyed with his drawing, and Annabeth sighed.
"He means inhabitants," she corrected.
"Yeah…" I said slowly.
"Follow me," Finn said, chuckling a bit. He weaved around the lines and lines of cars and we managed to make it to the golf cart train and pull away.
"Bound for Magic Kingdom!" Charlene said.
"Joy," Willa mumbled. I was actually excited. I've never been to a Disney park before. I hoped to ride all these roller coasters and… oh wait. I'm here because the world might die. How could I forget.
Finn POV
"We're up so high," Annabeth noted. We got the blue monorail, and Percy looked like he was going to vomit. And there were ten other people in this car that didn't know who we were.
"Thanks," Percy said weakly. After a minute of riding, we got off and entered the Magic Kingdom.
"Where do we go now?" Willa asked, practically speaking for the first time since her claiming. I guessed she was a bit sensitive to the subject, since her dad controlled death and stuff.
"Nearest payphone," Annabeth said immediately.
"Why?" I asked.
"We have to call your friends, right?" she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh," I said, feeling stupid. I had mentioned to them about how we would find the third group of people in the prophecy. As we walked, Maybeck read the prophecy from his iPhone.
"The place of magic is one of the final battles. One will die when the bell rattles. Bird, demigod, and light combine. On the dragon's skin you will dine. Fairytales hold the key to winning. The light in the eyes will be dimming. The figures in the distance are closer than you think. Only true victory will help you find the chink. Keep together, through thick and thin. Only then will you find the light within," he said.
"Great," Percy said. We reached a payphone and Amanda handed me a quarter. I pushed the coin in and dialed Max's number. She had told me so long ago, but I remembered. The phone rang for a while before someone picked up.
"Hello?" a female voice said, not anyone I recognized. It must be Max's mom. Uh.. what was her name?
"Hello? Is this a… um… Dr. Martinez?" I asked. I glanced at the blonde demigod next to me. Annabeth was waving for me to go on.
"Yes it is. Who is this?"
"A um… friend… a… um…" I stumbled. Annabeth facepalmed at my horrible lying skills. She snatched up the phone from my hand.
"We're friends of Max. Can you please put her on?"
"Oh! Of course! Max, someone's on the phone for you!" she called through the receiver.
"You didn't pass lying school, did you?" Annabeth asked.
"Apparently not," I replied.
"Hello?" Max said.
"Max!" I exclaimed, taking the phone back from Annabeth.
"Uh. Who is this?"
"Finn!" I said.
"Finn? What're you doing? How did you find me? How did you get this number? Oh… didn't I tell you? No… maybe… How did you get this number?"
"Long story short: I have friends."
"What do you want?"
"I need… we need help. Specifically your help."
"You can't call the cops or anything?"
"Uh. The Oracle said specifically you."
"The Oracle? Do I want to know what that is?"
"Yes you do. Come to Florida ASAP!"
"Who are we looking for?" Percy said over my shoulder. He had just gotten everyone pretzels from a nearby stand.
"Max," Annabeth said.
"Who's that?" Max asked.
"Annabeth," I said.
"Who's Annabeth?" Max asked again.
"Max is Pegasus-Girl, right?" Percy asked. I sighed.
"Pegasus-Girl?" Max demanded.
"Shut up! You're offending her!" I said to Percy.
"Who is that? Who's calling me Pegasus-Girl?" Max said angrily.
"You'd find out if you came to Florida," I coaxed.
"Be there in an hour." With that, she hung up.
"I offended her?" Percy asked.
"Yeah. Now she's going to show up angry and look for a guy who calls her 'Pegasus-Girl'," I sighed. Again.
"At least we'll know if it's her," Charlene suggested. We all nibbled at our pretzels on a bench, just thinking about how the world was heavily weighted on our shoulders. Percy goes through this every single day. I don't think I could handle that. Suddenly the payphone rang. We all stared at it.
"Who's going to get it?" Annabeth asked.
"Isn't this like it movies, where you're not sure who's calling, but you know it's for you?" I said. I reluctantly got up and picked up the phone with shaking hands.
"He… hello?"
"Time is running out. The bell rattles soon! Maybe you have a chance…" the voice said, female.
"Who is this?"
"Spirit of the Oracle, dear. Now stop asking questions," the spirit of the Oracle snapped.
"Hurry Finn! You don't have much time left! Run! Run while you still can!" and the line went dead.
"That felt like a séance," I muttered.
"What happened? Who was that?" Percy asked worriedly.
"It was the Spirit of the Oracle. Told me that the 'bell rattles soon' and 'maybe we have a chance' and that we should 'run while we can'."
"Oh…?" Annabeth said, furrowing her brow.
"Spirit of the Oracle got a cell phone?" Percy asked. "That's unusual."
"Look!" Willa yelled. We all looked where she was pointing and we saw a strange creature bounding across the pavement at a remarkable speed.
"Get them inside!" Annabeth commanded to Willa. She nodded and began ushering us to the nearest building. The Amazons stayed behind.
"We're born Amazons, and we fight for fun," Arianna said stubbornly. Percy looked exasperated, glancing between the monster and the Amazons.
"My job is to protect you, and I can't very well attack the monster and save you at the same time," Percy pointed out.
"Look out!" Annabeth called. She whipped out her dagger and began to fight in a whirlwind of dodges, parries, and thrusts. Lilia pulled out a bow and notched an arrow in it. Where did she keep that? Arianna unsheathed her hunting knives and joined Annabeth and Percy in locked combat, whereas us Keepers stood off to the side.
"Glad we could help," Maybeck muttered.
"They know more about fighting than we do. They'll teach us eventually," I said, facing my friends who looked terrified and kind of impatient.
"Amanda!" Charlene burst. I saw the figure belonging to Amanda slip out from our crowd and run to Annabeth, Percy, and the Amazons.
"Amanda come back!" I yelled. I left the shelter of the building and chased after her. I glanced over where a huge old clock with a belltower stood. It was almost a new hour, and a mere minute remained. When it struck the new hour, the bell would rattle, signifying the death of someone.
Max POV
"The nerve of some people," I growled, stalking around the house, trying to get my flock together. Fang was in his room on the computer and I had to inform him of our newest mission.
"How did he even get my number?" I wondered aloud.
"That may have been me," he said timidly.
"What? Why?" I asked.
"He seemed troubled, so I told him to call if he ever needed help. Don't we have somewhere to go?" Fang looked at me for a moment.
"Yeah, yeah. ANGEL! NUDGE! GAZZY! DOWN HERE NOW!" I yelled up the stairs. In a minute, the three bird kids crowded at the top of the stairs.
"Yeah?"
"We have to go. Finn needs our help," I said.
"What?"
"Finn needs our help? He's at Disney World! We're going back to Disney World? YAY!" Nudge jumped up and down. "I'll bring my new jacket and my magazines and-"
"We're going now. He said it was urgent," I interrupted. The kids clambered down the stairs, dressing appropriately for a long flight. Iggy was in the kitchen, helping Ella cook dinner, since the only thing Ella could cook was cereal. And that doesn't even count.
"Iggy, we have to go to Florida. Finn needs our help," I said from the kitchen entrance.
"I have to finish cooking, then I'll go pack," he said dismissively.
"We're going now," I said softly. He turned and looked at me.
"You're leaving?" Ella said in disbelief.
"We have to, Finn needs our help, and he technically saved us in the first place!" I exclaimed. Iggy must've heard the strain in my voice because he nodded and removed his apron.
"Then let's go," he said.
"When will you be back?" Ella asked as the Flock went to the front door, and I joined them.
"I have no idea. Maybe next week," I said. Ella hugged me.
"Don't be late," she commanded.
"Right. U & A, everybody," I said. The Flock leaped out the door and spread their wings, taking flight. I saw my mom on the porch, waiting for me. I hugged her enthusiastically.
"We'll be back," I promised.
"You'd better. We can't survive on fast food and frozen dinners," she chuckled.
"Come on Max!" Gazzy called, swooping over a tree.
"Bye," I said quietly. I turned and shot my wings out and flew up next to them.
"Now fill us in," Iggy said, once we got into formation and made way for Florida.
"Finn called me five minutes ago, he told me that he needed my help. He said the Oracle asked for us, and that-"
"What's the Oracle?" Angel asked.
"I have no idea. I don't think we want to know either," I said. "And that we had to come to Florida. Then some kid called me 'Pegasus-Girl' in the background." Fang coughed.
"'Pegasus-Girl?'" he said.
"Yeah, the nerve, right?" I grumbled.
"Max there's something below us. It's running really fast," Nudge said, sounding really worried. "And it's big." I looked down, and I too saw it. It looked like a gigantic dog, breaking trees and howling loudly.
"It's following us," I said.
Me: OH MY GOSH! BEST FIRST CHAPTER EVER? I think so.
Finn: Review and tell us how much you loved it!
Me: Because I know you did. I hope so, at least. –glares-
Finn: Or you didn't read the recap. SHAME IF YOU DIDN'T!
Read and Review? –ahem- You'd better have read the recaps, and I'll know if you didn't. Parentheses helping since whenever they were created. That's right, go back and find the parentheses, I'll wait. Just kidding, I'm impatient. KKPJMR will be on Fridays, as per usual, and now you have another reason to love Friday. Yup.