And We'll Never Be Royal

Chapter 1

I hate waking up. Don't get me wrong, every teenager hates waking up. But there is no doubt in my mind that people like me hate getting up more than anyone else. Who are those people you ask? Personal servants, that's who. We get up every day for one purpose only; make our master content. We are forced day by day to make others happy, never caring about how we feel. Many come help pay for food and supplies while others are born into it. Our parents could've been in huge debt so they were hired as a servant and if the debt isn't paid off by the time you have children, by the time they can walk and speak, they serve as well. That's how my sister and I became a part of this. Our mother got pregnant by some man, he left, we've never met him, and now I'm a seventeen-year-old teenager getting ready to serve breakfast to a princess.

Oh! I forgot to mention a couple of things. My name is Percy Jackson, son of Sally Jackson and brother to Elli Jackson and I am the person servant of Princess Annabeth. Ever since the age of twelve, I have helped Annabeth with everything she has needed and yes that does include clothes and make up. She has other servants for that but for some reason she always asks for me. It's probably because I know she doesn't like it caked on like the others do. Before coming to the Kingdom of Wisdom, I lived with my mother and sister in the Kingdom of the Sea with King Poseidon. That's was all before Athena bought me and Apollo bought my sister. Now I only see them twice a year at summer and winter solstice.

Speaking of which, I'm supposed to be helping Annabeth pack today for the summer solstice- breakfast! I rush to get dressed and run into the kitchen, grab the tray of food already prepared and race upstairs. I run until I'm ten feet away from the door and when I do the door opens and a girl with blond curls and stormy grey eyes pops her head out. She smiles at me as we lock eyes, "You're late."

I smile, "Aren't I always?" I walk into her room to see clothes floating around the room. Some quick notes about Annabeth; She's just about the smartest girl I have every met and she has some pretty amazing powers. Given that every prince and princess has what normal people call 'Gifts', but what Annabeth does with hers is some amazing. Not only can she make objects move but she can also make people see things in their mind. She's not able to do it for long but it's still pretty cool.

"You could at least try."

I set the tray down at her desk and grabbed a slice of toast. "Who said I didn't?" She rolled her eyes at me as she motioned some clothes over to her bed near a couple of suitcases. "You sure do have a lot of clothes for a week."

"Of course I do, Percy. I have to change clothes at least three times a day. Hey, you want to change places." She grabbed an apple and took a bite out of it.

I laughed at her, "Now you know I would never want to be royal. Too much responsibility."

"Very much true. Oh, yeah! While I was waiting for your slow ass, I got a picture from Will." She grabbed her phone from her night stand and showed me a picture of a girl a year younger than me. She was wearing blue sundress and her arms were reaching up towards the sky. Her brown wavy hair reached just below her hips and she was smiling and her ocean blue eyes were looking at the camera.

I smiled fondly at the picture. "Elli's hair grew so much."

Annabeth handed the phone to me so I could look at it a bit longer. "I'm sorry you can't see her more often."

"It's fine. We knew this would happen when we separated five years ago." I could see a flash of guilt in her eyes so I decided to change the subject. I walked over to the pile of clothes, "So how many outfits in total are we talking about?" I turned around and saw her smile and that's all that mattered.