When the Assassin Meets the Demigod
I don't know why I'm making this but I'm doing it anyway! Post Blood of Olympus and Post Throne of Glass. Percy/Celaena. AND THIS IS ANOTHER CHAOS STORY WITH LOTS OF POP CULTURE REFERENCES
Prologue: The Man From Another World
What started as a regular day for King's Champion Celaena Sardothien, started anew when Dorian knocked on her door frantically.
"Hey! Open up!" he yelled from the other side.
The assassin groaned. Celaena was wearing a black and red jacket, a yellow corset, plain brown trousers, and black boots. She got up from her bed and put down a small bag of candy. Fleetfoot was asleep on the foot of her bed. Celaena opened the door.
"What, Dorian?!" she demanded.
"You may want to see this." the prince replied.
Celaena noticed his expression. He was clearly freaking out about something. Yulemas was fast approaching and she couldn't understand what Dorian was panicking about. The assassin decided to follow him. They ran out of the castle, meeting Chaol near the door. He was equally in shock.
"Chaol, what is that?!" Celaena demanded, pointing at what looked like a purple rift in the sky.
"I have no idea!"
They ran to the center of town, where the portal was directly above them. Guards drew their weapons, and people were getting worried.
"Calm down, everyone!" Chaol ordered, but given the reactions of the crowd, it didn't work.
"Geez. Yulemas is coming around the corner and this is happening." Celaena grumbled.
"Look! Up there!" someone yelled.
Everyone looked up to see a mysterious shape coming from the rift. It looked human, alright.
"What the...get back!" Dorian ordered and everyone else stepped away from where the portal was pointing at.
They didn't get an otherworldly beast that eats warriors for breakfast, that's for sure. When the figure landed on the stone road, smoke bursted out in an instant. No one could see who landed, but the guards separated the crowd from the sight with their crossbows pointed at the smokescreen. Celaena remained calm, her hand on her sword. The smoke finally cleared, and everyone was shocked.
It was a man with black hair, a somewhat handsome face covered in scars, a torn blue shirt, a black, slightly less torn jacket, and not really torn jeans and boots. There were marks on his right arm that were barely visible. He gave off this strange aura that reminded Celaena of the sea, and he looked like he was just as old as her.
"Who is that?"
"Is he dead?"
"Why is this happening? It's Yulemas." the people were whispering among themselves, not that the guards minded.
The assassin became extremely curious, and approached the man, until Dorian suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Don't." he warned her, but Celaena shook it off and went back to approaching the man. He opened his darkened sea green eyes and stood up in shock before he started looking around at where he was, until he made eye contact with Celaena. The guards had their crossbows pointed at him. She even noticed the pain and sadness in the man's eyes.
"Who...are you?" the man asked weakly. Celaena knew that he wasn't in good shape. The crowd was shocked when his back had three similar and horrifying wounds.
"I should be asking you that." the assassin replied smoothly.
"P...Perseus..."
The instant he said that, "Perseus" fell on his knees, and said weakly,
"...Jackson..."
And with that, he fell on the ground with a hard thud.
Celaena could do nothing but watch as Perseus fell on the ground, giving everyone a clear view of the wounds on his back. It made everyone looking shiver in fright.
"He...needs a medic." the assassin muttered.
In an instant, Dorian and Chaol snapped out of their trance and gestured for a guard to get a doctor.
"Celaena, can you carry him to the castle?" the prince asked.
She groaned as she picked up Perseus and carried him on her back.
"Why am I the one doing the heavy lifting?" the assassin complained as she hauled the man back to the castle.
Percy's eyes remained closed as Celaena struggled to bring him to the castle's infirmary. Even in this state, he recounted his life, and what brought him to this new world. It all started after Gaea fell...