Percy Jackson

I was swimming in the lake behind the cabin that I often rent, which is my favorite. It's mainly because it's the closest to the water, and boy do I love to swim. Some of my friends like the water, while others don't, especially my cousins Thalia Grace and Nico DiAngelo. We're all around 22 years of age, and all lost our parents in a freak accident. You see, we couldn't find enough tickets for the bus that takes us here for all of us to go on one go, so our parents sent us first, and they were supposed to come on the next bus, if it hadn't had a run in with some lightning on the way here.

You remember my cousin, Thalia? Well, she's the only one that I, well any of us, know that survived a lightning attack, while Nico nearly died from a fire that burnt down the apartment he rented while in Los Angeles visiting his father. Anyways, you might be wondering who's with me today. Not all of my friends could make it, but my best friends, and girlfriend, were. Let me start with my cousins, who are also my best friends when needed. We're closer than that, but not as close as me and my girlfriend. Okay, off topic for a sec.

So, Thalia: a punk, rock chick you do not want to get on the bad side on. She freely speaks her mind, and if you piss her off, she gets you back, big time. She has an obsession with lightning storms and the sky, and also with the birds, especially the eagle. She has black, spiky hair and electric blue eyes. Her and I often get into heated arguments, but it's usually light-hearted, no matter how heavy it seems. The only big argument that caused us to not talk for almost 2 weeks was when I accidently blamed her for her brother's death, when it was her mother's fault that Jason, her younger brother, was left alone in the woods near a pack of woods. Yeah, she wasn't the best mother, but we all got along with her enough to endure her, for the lack of a better word, personality. Right now, she's trying to be a meteorologist.

Next, we have Nico DiAngelo, the zombie. He could be considered the emo of our mismatched group, and I'll explain why I said mismatched afterwards. Anyways, he also has had family problems, but not as much as Thalia. Now that I think of it, most of us has had family problems at some point of our lives. Anyways, the poor guy was really depressed and was almost died. Sure, there was the fire, but he hated living so much, that he almost died cutting himself. Luckily, we found him just in time, and he found reason to live again. Why was he cutting him, you may ask. Well, for starters, his mother died from an electrical fire when he was young, like, just into kindergarten young. His sister soon after was seduced into joining an 'eternal' maiden club, where you can't marry, like ever, and it's only exclusive to females. Anyways, she soon died from a freak robot incident from the robotic club that was just down the street from where Bianca (Nico's sister) was. Luckily for him, my mom took him in, and we're practically brothers. Now, enough of the family problems, it's starting to get me depressed. Anyways, before all this happened, he used to be all hyper and crazy, but now he's secluded and rarely lets anyone inside. The only reason Annabeth (my girlfriend), Thalia, and I know so much about him is because he actually likes (I'd say love, but I'm not sure if Nico can handle that after all that has happened) us enough to open up. He's not as open to some of our other friends, but they're fine with that. They know what had happened (Nico doesn't hide it, but he doesn't want sympathy either), and they're ready to wait it out until he's ready to open up to them. He has shaggy hair, like he's rolled out of bed, and wears dark clothing. He also has sky-night black eyes that seem to see into your soul. Ironically, he's trying to be a doctor.

Now, for my last best friend, and my favorite best friend, especially considering she's my girlfriend: Annabeth Chase. She's the nerd of our group. She had the highest grades in college, and always gets an A+ (though, she told me she got an A++ once, but she doesn't want to flaunt it and seem conceited). She's the last one to get into Nico's inner group since she had ran away when she was 7, and we didn't meet her until we were 12. Yeah, the four of us have known each other for about 7 years. I've known the rest of my friends for about 4 years, so they're not as close, but we're still close. Anyways, she's also the architect of the group. She has already finished college through an accelerated architecture program and was just about to start her own firm when the accident happened, but now, she needs some time to herself, and us three cousins. She also has this fascination for owls, but I think that's just they're supposed to be all clever, just like her. She has pretty grey eyes, princess curls, beautiful blonde hair, and a California tan. She's also really fit. Well, all of us could be considered fit. One of my friends I have in college tells me that the four of us are gods when it comes to looks, but I haven't really warmed up to that idea just yet, not that it might be wrong or anything. Anyways, in my eyes, the only god/dess in the four of us is Annabeth, but she'll deny it and say that I'm the god in the four of us, while Nico and Thalia would just say that we're being too cuddly and flirty and tell us to quit it, even if they do want us to stay together, since we're both happy together.

Anyways, then there's me: Percy Jackson. You see, my mom, Thalia's mom, and Nico's mom were all triplets, and the same goes for our dads. Annabeth is the only one who isn't part of our family (for now). I have messy black hair, se-green eyes, and what Annabeth says, a surfer's build. I'm studying to become a marine biologist, which is good considering my 'unhealthy obsession with some stupid liquid' (Thalia) and 'the gross things that live in it' (Nico). Yeah, they don't like the water, but it kind of works both ways. I don't like the sky, and Nico doesn't like eagles, while Thalia doesn't like death and I don't like the undead (Somehow, instead of hating death, Nico developed an unhealthy obsession with it. Yes, we all have unhealthy obsessions: me with water, Annabeth with architecture, Thalia with the sky and Nico with death; get over it). Anyways, I'm not just fascinated with fish, but horses, and zebras, and stuff like that as well.

Anyways, back to the present. I'm swimming in the lake, enjoying myself and I check the time on my water-proof watch. It was then that I noticed that it's almost lunch time and I swam back to the shore and changed out of my swimming suit. I then got out of my cabin and headed over to Annabeth's. She refused to share with me because she was scared that her designs would get ruined, but she hasn't gotten them out and when we tried to change it so that we don't have to rent Annabeth's cabin, the guy told us that we needed our parents to inform them. Let's just say that we ended up leaving with an angry Percy, a raging Annabeth, a wrathful Thalia, and a inflamed Nico, otherwise known as a really, really, really bad combination.

Anyways, I reached her cabin and knocked on the door.

"Annabeth?" I called, "It's almost lunch."

"Don't get your seaweed in a twist, Seaweed Brain," said Annabeth. I guess I forgot to mention, we all have nicknames for each other.

For me, it's Seaweed Brain (Annabeth; anyone else gets beaten up), Kelp Head (Thalia), or Water Boy (Nico)

For Thalia, it's Pinecone Face (me; the reason is another story), Pikachu (Nico), and Sparky (Annabeth)

For Nico, it's Death Breath (Thalia), Zombie (me), and Shadow (Annabeth)

For Annabeth, it's Wise Girl (me), Owl Head (Thalia), and Owl Girl (Nico)

I know that Annabeth has the best nicknames for us but not from us, but you try to come up with a nickname that's not a compliment for someone insanely smart.

"Don't hurt your brain too much there, Seaweed Brain," said Annabeth, smiling a little

"Don't worry," I said, "I'm only thinking about how beautiful you look right now."

"Me? Beautiful? Right now?" she laughed, "I'm wearing the same thing I wore two days ago."

It was true, she was, but she still looked beautiful. I voiced this out loud, and she blushed and bumped my shoulder with hers. Well, my 'ceps, since she was shorter than me, but I wouldn't have her any other way. It'd be awkward for a guy trying to kiss someone taller than him.

"Come on," she said, "Nico and Thalia are waiting for us."

"Fine," I said, and we both went to the mess hall.

You see, we have about 8 other friends that couldn't make it and each of their families has their own cabin, so that makes about 12 cabins. Our fathers were really rich, so we could afford to build a mess hall for the twelve cabins. How do we know? Well, let's just say that we've been millionaires since we learned to crawl. Anyway, me and Annabeth ate lunch, and then spent the rest of the day having fun near the lake.

I still need ideas on what superpowers some of the characters should have, namely Silena, Beckendorf, Rachael, Katie, and Miranda. I've gotten one review on it so far, but I still haven't decided. Any and all reviews about this will be taken into consideration, along with any new characters you guys might want to see come in.