This is a series of one-shots about a deeper side of some of our characters. I may or may not update frequently, it depends on when I finish chapters or have inspiration. You won't be left hanging though
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet me, Percy Jackson?
No, not the hero you imagine now. Not the invincible, care free, fear free person who defeats a Kindly One and Minotaur without training, or defeats Lord Ares at the age of 12, or even defeats 4 Titans. No, not him. I said me. Me, the kid who gets hurt and scared and that too of a math test. The kid who has no friends and can't read english and can't do everything. The kid thats normal.
Of course you haven't. You're shocked at realizing that I even have a side like that.
But you should be. I don't show this side of me very often. How can I, when every time I see you, you need a hero? So I give one to you. But none of you seem to think that maybe, sometimes I need a hero, too.
Like my first year here. I had just lost my mother, was thrown into a world of Greek fantasies, and labeled as "the one". I didn't even know what that meant. I needed a friend. Time. A hero. But you all said I had to do it. So I did.
You don't understand, of course. You all have those special people you break down in front of and spill everything and let them solve your problems. But how could I do that? Everyone expects me to be a hero. Somehow, I give them courage. I can't fail them. So I shut away the part of me that wants (needs) to be myself and stand tall.
But now, I have survived 2 wars and defeated too many monsters to count and am starting to think that I can't do it anymore. I'm breaking down. I don't want to do it anymore. I can't be Percy Jackson, the hero of Olympus and Percy Jackson, teenage boy at the same time. Only Percy Jackson, hero of Olympus or Percy Jackson, teenage boy. Only or. Always or.
I want you to realize something: I can't always be the hero.
But you need me now, so I squeeze the growing part of me that is Percy Jackson, teenage boy into a tiny corner, and head out to help you and be Percy Jackson, hero of Olympus. Like I always am for you. Like I always will be. Until I crack, anyways.