The Stolen Weapons
Mini Chapter
The Start of An Amazing Ability
A/N: This little story was originally posted as chapter "2.5" in my story The Stolen Weapons as a filler chapter, but I don't think it has a place there anymore, so I took the liberty of revising and adding a little bit to the drabble so I could post it on its own. You don't really need to be familiar with my other story to read this, but just know that Sally works for Tristan as Piper's caretaker, Piper and Percy are still demigods of Aphrodite and Poseidon respectively and they're about four years old in this story meaning Sally just barely began her job. I don't own Mr. Riordan's story and thank the gods for that. Enjoy~
Sally Jackson, nanny and housekeeper to famous actor Tristan McLean, looked around the living room and allowed herself to breath out a large sigh of relief. After several long hours of cleaning and scrubbing her arms off, she was finally done. She rubbed her forehead with the back of her arm as she collapsed to on the couch, absorbing in the peaceful atmosphere of the quiet penthouse.
Wait. Quiet? Sally took care of two hyperactive four year olds, the house wasn't supposed to be quiet.
Yet it was. Even as Sally strained her ears to hear any semblance of noise, she was still met with silence.
That was when the panic set in. Thousands of terrible scenarios of the monsters Poseidon warned her of flashed in her mind in an instant.
"Piper! Percy! Kids!" She yelled, racing up the stairs.
The first room in sight was the playroom, and Sally didn't hesitate to barge in. Her eyes quickly scanned the room only to see that it was just as clean as she left it that morning, and that was probably more unnerving than anything else.
The adjacent room was her son's, and again Sally didn't bother to knock on the door as she opened it. There were some toys here and there but no children in sight.
Next to Percy's room was Piper's, so again, not even trying to be polite, Sally swung the door open. At first the nanny didn't even see the kids; instead, she noticed the brightly colored powder that stained the white carpet with a deep sense of dread. When she did notice the kids though, Sally hardly stopped the burst of laughter that wanted to escape.
Taking advantage of the fact that neither child seemed to notice her presence, Sally slowly and quietly backed out of the room. She tip toed as silently as she could to her room where on the dresser sat an innocent disposable camera. There was still space for about two more photos and Sally knew exactly what to do with that extra film.
Much to the woman's joy, the two kids were still in the same position they were before Sally left. There was a soft smile on Sally's face as she readied the camera. Through the lense Sally saw her son, the child of the mighty sea god, Poseidon, with bright red lipstick smeared all over his lips, electric blue eyeshadow adorning his eyelids (and eyebrows…), bright pink blush all over his cheeks, and crooked fake eyelashes. To top it off, he was wearing a light blue dress with a small "Cinderella" emblem on the front, in his hair were hot pink extensions that poked out at random spots and a sparkly tiara sat proudly on top of his head.
Behind Percy sat the culprit of it all who was still contently braiding her playmate's hair. As soon as the click of the camera went off, Piper's snapped up to where Sally was standing at the door, but, much to Sally's surprise, Percy hardly seemed to notice.
"Ms. Sally!" Piper greeted enthusiastically, "Does he look pretty?" She asked, admiring the handy work she did on Percy.
"Oh, uhm, well…" Sally trailed off, "Well, I suppose you both needed baths anyways." She said, choosing her words carefully.
"You don't like it?" Piper pouted.
"No, I like it a lot, you did a great job, sweetie." Sally complimented, suppressing a wince, "Maybe next time though, you should dress up one of your dolls?" The nanny suggested.
"Buh he let me!" Piper argued, "All I did was ask…" even as the young girl thought 'maybe I was kinda pushy, but he still said I could though'
"Well, either way, it's still bath time. Come on you two." Sally said reaching for Piper's hand and picking up Percy who seemed as though he just woke up. She off handedly considered asking Poseidon about their son's weird behavior but decided to just brush it off.
"Mommy?" Percy asked.
"Yes, honey?"
"Why am I a princess?"
A/N: I'll leave this as 'complete' but I may add more one-shots one day about these two growing up together because I think it's really adorable 3 Thank you for reading!