I would like to thank Takara Phoenix, who helped me through this. I owe you so much!
Prologue
Recording 1
Um... Hey there. I'm Perseus Jackson... and talking to a tape is really making me feel stupid. Anyway, as long as no one finds out about this, I'll be fine... I guess. Well, my dad gave me this for my birthday. He is a captain and I rarely see him. My brother went with him but I didn't want to leave my life here. It's not that I do not miss him, I do. And I love the sea, it's like a second mother to me. But my real one, Sally Jackson, needs me. She never liked being alone and I'd be mean to just leave her. Plus, she is practically my only family. The first time I met my father, I was four. He tried, but we never got that close, not enough to avoid the awkwardness when we were alone in the same room. That's why he gave me this. He thought I'd feel better if I had someone to talk to, someone that'd listen. I bet he believed it'd be good enough to make me forgive him for all the times I ran home in tears from the bullies and he wasn't there. As you can guess, I never felt as I had a protector, so I did what I had to survive.
At first, I found it stupid but my mom begged me. She really loves this man and does everything in her power to keep our family together. She has savrificed her life gor us, she gave her last money for dad's boat, she sold our old, family house to raise Tyson and I, she never did anything for herself. The only thing my dad paid was the house and my school, even though I think he just did that to satisfy his guilt. My mom looked exited so I couldn't turn the offer down. That led me to this boarding school while mom stayied home, back in America, alone with our friendly neighboor, teacher Paul Blofis.
I've been in this place for three years now and I'm on my last year of senior high school. Here, I am a completely different person. The only people that truly know me are my best friends, Annabeth Chase, who got here on an offered scolarship, and Grover Underwood, who's the gardener's son so the school is his home. To everyone else though I'm Percy Jackson, good-looking captain of a constantly winning swimming team. I haven't really tried building that reputation but declining every girl that threw itself at me made them spread rumors. And, you know how it goes from that pont. Now, each time I walk through the hallways, eyes turn on me, male with respect, admiration and jealousy and female with want and amazement.
And the worst thing is that I can do nothing to change it. I tried, but nothing works. Sometimes I just wish someone else would take my place. I just want to be Percy Jackson, a student like any other, a no one, just a teen. I don't want to be constantly on the spotlight, I just need a break of everything. But how?
Anyway, I must go prepare for tomorrow. School starts. This year, me and Grover are sharing a room since he can't stand his parents and younger siblings anymore. My dad, along with a full scolarship, rented me a small house at the campus and sometimes I get lonely. So I offered Grover a place as soon as I found out he was looking for one. He yells at me to get out of the bathroom now, he needs to get ready for his date with Juniper. Got to go. Bye for now, I guess