I'm starting a new fanfic. I recently read one called "This Happens All the Time Right?" Well, I liked the main plot idea of everyone being royalty and being forced into marriage without knowing the person your marrying. So I am going to start a fanfiction like that, and I hope I finish it. (The author writing: "This Happens All the Time Right?" has not updated in so long, and that kinda bugs me) So here goes nothing.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series.
Once upon time there was a talented author named: Riordan, Rick.
The amazing book he wrote was an incredible hit.
But, much to everyone's discomfort, his ownership was unconditionally strict.
As shocking as Clarisse' Lamer-er-Maimer,
I still have to write a stupid disclaimer.
So here's the bottom line: Percy dyes his food blue and Annabeth's eyes are gray,
Rick owns them, and because he's Mr. Riordan, he gets his own way.
Nico di Angelo refused to loose at something so stupid.
His good friend, Grover Underwood, had challenged him to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Nico had agreed. Normally Nico was a champ at Rock, Paper, Scissors, he beat his sister Bianca every single time when they were younger, before Bianca went to China to study medicine. But when describing Grover to Rock, Paper, Scissors fanactics, using the word: "champ" was an understatement. The current score? Well, Nico had been keeping track.
Grover: 36
Nico: Nessuno. Zip. Nothing. None. Zero. (AN: For those who don't speak Italian, Nessuno means None. 'Cause you know, Nico's Italian.)
The only reason they were even playing such a four-year old's game, was they were waiting for their turn to play the latest version of Call of Duty on Percy Jackson's XBOX. Percy, for some unamed reason, only had four game controllers for his gaming system. And Percy, Jason, Leo, and Travis had dove for a chance at the game, Nico and Grover had jumped at it too, but being the smaller two of the group, they had been shoved out. And on came the better game: Rock, Paper, Scissors.
"Hey Nico?" Grover had asked.
"What?" Nico asked, not taking his eyes of the battle being played by the other boys.
"Do you want to play Rock, Paper, Scissors?"
"Why would I want to play that, when I can stare at my friends having fun while I'm bored to death?" Nico answered setting his bored head into his hands.
Grover shyly held up an open palm with his other hand resting atop it in a fist. Nico shrugged and mimicked his friend.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Grover screamed, revealing a rock, while Nico revealed a piece of paper a few beats later.
"Nico! That's cheating!" Grover argued.
"No, you did it wrong. It's: 'rock, paper, scissors, SHOOT!'" Nico defended himself.
Grover rolled his eyes, "Fine, rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"
Nico held out a pair of finger scissors and Grover clenched his fist into a rock, and so began Nico di Angelo's Pathetic Losing Streak.
Nico was about to scream out in frustration when a palace servant knocked gently on the door, before letting himself into the room.
"My Princes, I am terribly sorry to interrupt your games, but the King and Queens request your prescence in the garden."
Nico sighed and followed the servant out of the game room, followed by five other princes.
**~~~**~~~**I'm just a time lapse**~~~**~~~**
Nico lazily trudged into the royal garden. Nico had seen it many times before, so he wasn't too impressed, but any first-timer would have been. Rows and rows of beautiful roses bushes and daisy patches. Majestic fountains were scattered everywhere, as were sculptures. Nico's eyes drifted to the Labyrinth hedge maze, never go in there. There was an old story about a gardner who went in and got lost, he came back out ten days later, completely driven mad. He turned his attention to the royals in the garden of Atlantis, of which Percy was the crowned princes of.
"Hello boys." Percy's mother, Queen Sally, addressed them casually.
The boys muttered a series of hellos as Percy kissed his mother's cheek.
"Boys, we have gathered you here today to speak to you about something." King Jupiter of Rome, Jason's father, started.
Woah. 'We have gathered you here today.' Who's getting married? Nico mentally laughed at his own joke.
"We have decided on something we have been thinking about for a while." Queen Maria of Italy, Nico's mother, chimed in.
"It was inevitable. It was going to happen sooner or later, so why not sooner?" Percy's father, King Poseidon of Atlantis, spoke his words as if he had rehearsed them millions of times.
"We have decided it's time for you to get married." Maria clapped her hands happily, Nico gagged on his own spit.
"Come again?" Nico asked.
"You're getting married." King Hermes of Hermanassa, the father to Travis, said.
"Why?" Travis choked out, Percy and Jason were frozen in place.
"Well, you're going to rule the kingdoms very soon, and you need someone by your side to do such a thing." Queen Hope, Travis' mother, explained.
"Why can't Bianca rule the kingdom?" Nico demanded.
"Yeah!" said Travis, playing the sibling card. "What about Conner?"
"Nico, Bianca will rule by the side of whoever she marries. Now unless you want to marry your sister..." Maria stated, laughing at Nico's green face.
"What about Conner? He's not a girl and he's my twin. No age or gender difference, he can rule just fine!" Travis asked again.
"According to your birth certificates, Travis, you were born first." Hope smiled. "Besides I'm pretty sure I would remember."
Nico didn't know what to do. He was going to marry someone he didn't know. It wasn't fair. Who was she? What would she be like? Did she like black? She had to like black, black is essential. Nico picked up a rock laying at his feet and handed it to Grover.
Grover took it, "What's this?"
"A rock." Nico stated the obvious.
"Well, what do you want me to do with it?"
"Hit me. Put me out of my misery." Nico said, straightening his aviator jacket.
"I'm not going to hit you." Grover claimed, setting the rock back down.
Queen Sally picked up a collection of golden envelopes, "These are your future wives."
"The envelopes? Well, okay." Percy said, reaching for one.
Sally yanked it away from his grip, "No, these are profiles on your futures wives."
Sally proceded to hand each boy a specific envelope, "each girl is fitted to which would be the best match to each of you. Hopefully."
Nico took his in his hand, staring at it. He didn't know what to do with it. Couldn't he just marry the envelope? It would be way easier.
"Boys go back inside to the game room and open your envelopes."
**~~~**~~~**I'm just a time lapse**~~~**~~~**
"You go first, Perce." Nico said.
"Why do I have to go first." Percy fingered his envelope, nervously.
"Because first rhymes with Perce. That's why." Jason insisted, also holding his envelope with shaky hands.
"Fine."
Percy carefully broke the seal on the envelope and brought out a photo of a pretty blonde girl stapled to a peice of paper.
He read everything aloud,
"'Name: Annabeth Chase
Age: 17
Appearance: Curly honey blonde hair, grey eyes, and athletic
Title: Princess of Athens
Parents: Queen Athena Minerva and King Frederick Chase
Hobbies: Reading, Architecture, Track, Strategies, Self-Defense, and Sword-fighting.
Likes: Architecture.
Dislikes: Spiders.
Notes: Princess Annabeth Chase is among the smartest princess' in the world. She insists on being right all the time, and takes pride in that. She had been seen running every morning, with fellow princess, Reyna. Her sword-fighting instructor has said, 'she's on of the best sword-fighters he's ever seen.' She proves that blonde doesn't mean dumb and inable."
"Ooo, Go Percy! A blonde! Blondes are awesomes!" A blonde-haired Jason, elbowed his friend.
Percy frowned, "I don't like blondes."
Jason frowned, but quickly went back to his nervous state as he slowly opened his own envelope.
"Name: Piper McLean
Age: 16
Appearance: Chocolate brown hair. Eye color is unknown.
Title: Princess of Troy
Parents: Queen Aphrodite Venus, and King Tristen McLean
Hobbies: Volunteer Work, Dance, Gymnastics, Singing, Musical Instruments, Self-Defense, and Sword-Fighting.
Likes: Fine Arts, Volunteering, and Spending Time With Friends.
Dislikes: Self-Induced People.
Notes: Princess Piper McLean is considered an Angel. With all the good things she does for other people combined with her perfected beauty, she is a dream for any guy. However, she doesn't consider herself pretty, she prefers ski-jackets and her hair short and choppy. She insists to live her life to the fullest and not focus on her looks. The reason her eyes color was stated as "unknown" is because the people who havent gotten close enough to see them say that there is no one color, that her eyes change colors, from brown, to blue, to green, and back to brown. Some people say she has kaleidoscope eyes."
"Wow Jason. Didn't know you were into the goody-goody type of girl." Travis teased.
"I highly doubt that's what she's really like. These reports are to make them look good, right? They're probably all self-absorbed or something." Jason tried to convince the others, though he was more of convincing himself.
"Sure, they are. You're probably gonna fall for this Piper girl." Travis said.
"Just read yours!"
"Fine, fine.
Name: Katherine Gardner
Age: 17
Appearance: Straight brown hair and Blue eyes.
Title: Princess of Demetrias
Parents: Queen Demeter Ceres, and King Matthew Gardner
Hobbies: Gardening, Singing, Volunteer Work, Horseback Riding, Tae Kwon Do, and Judo.
Likes: Sunny Days, Gardening, and Martial Arts
Dislikes: Snowy Days and Dying Plants
Notes: Princess Katherine Gardner has inherited her love for nature from her mother, Queen Demeter. She loves spending the day in the Garden. She has trained for eight years in the arts of Tae Kwon Do and Judo, and dislikes conflict and weapons, but insists she learns how to protect herself. She will stand up for herself and her friends. All in all, she is quite a lovely girl to marry."
"Hey, Grover." Travis looked at his nature-loving friend. "Did we get our envelopes mixed up?"
"I don't know."
"Well read yours and let's find out." Travis urged Grover.
Grover shrugged and broke the seal on his envelope and began to read,
"Name: Juniper Bushe
Age: 15
Appearance: Auburn-Red hair and Green Eyes
Title: Princess of Sicyon
Parents: Queen Fern Nymph and King Birch Bushe
Hobbies: Gardening and Volunteer Work
Likes: Sunny Days, Juniper Bushes, and Children
Dislikes: Poison Ivy
Notes: Princess Juniper Bushe is a very accomplished young girl. She has built new hospitals, schools, and orphanages for the needy, and her people adore her. "I just love helping people, it makes me feel like I've made a difference in the world." Juniper said, to the press, after opening her latest hospital last Spring. She has her own environmental awareness organization called ECO: the Environmental Childrens Organization. (AN: Please see the bottom on ECO) She's a catch for any nature-lover!"
"I don't think you guys got mixed up." Nico said.
"I think I'll stick with Garden Girl." Travis resolved.
Grover didn't say anything. He was too busy clutching his envelope to his chest, and grinning a little to excitedly, about his new nature-loving fiance.
Travis sighed at Grover, then turning to Nico, "Just go, Nico."
"Why me?" Nico asked. "Why not Leo?"
"Hey!" Leo objected.
"Because, I said so." Travis paused. "And maybe yours will be so bad, that it'll bring Grover out of his happy attack."
"Travis!" Nico complained.
"Just read the stupid paper, Nico."
"Fine.
Name: Thalia Grace-"
Jason squeaked.
"What's wrong?" Nico asked.
"Nothing." His voice was a few octaves high, but Nico shrugged it off.
Age: 16"
Percy elbowed Nico, "Ooooo! Nikki's got an older lady."
"Shut up Perce." Nico glared at him.
"She's still older." Percy laughed.
"By, like, one year!" Nico argued.
"I wonder if she's okay with a younger man..."
"Just let me finish, Percy!"
"Fine, fine." Percy motioned him on. "Sheesh."
Appearance: Choppy Black Hair, and Blue Eyes
Title: Princess of Olympus
Parents: Zeus, High King of Greece, and Susan Grace, High Queen of Greece.
"Hey, Jason?" Percy looked puzzled. "Wasn't your mother named-"
"Percy! I said not to interrupt me!" Nico stopped Percy mid-sentence.
"But-"
"No!"
"Nic-"
"Nope!"
"See-"
"Shut up!" Nico said.
Percy closed his mouth, still looking at Jason, as if he was trying to put something together.
"Hobbies: Archery, Self-Defense, Hunting, Track, Spearing, and Tracking.
Likes: Black Eyeliner.
Dislikes: Barbies.
Notes: Princess Thalia Grace is one of a kind. She loves punk-style clothing, and the color black. She can't get enough black eyeliner, and is always wearing an anti-Barbie t-shirt. She studies archery, hunting, and tracking with Lady Artemis of Olympus, and self-defense and spearing with Lord Ares of Olympus. She is an itimidating girl, but her best friend, Princess Annabeth Chase of Athens, says, "she can be a bit hard at first, but only because she's not good around new people. Once you get to know her, she loves ice cream and can sleep all day."
"Oh, your dream girl." Percy said, with a hint of fake excitement.
"Leo's turn!" Jason said, abruptly.
"What?" Leo asked, surprised at the sudden choosing. "Why me?"
"Everyone else has gone, Smart One." Travis said.
"Oh, right."
Leo ripped his fingered through the top of the envelop, ruining it. He could've simply opened it from the barely sticky seal, but no. He took out the paper, and turned it in his hands to where he could read it.
"Name: Reyna Hales
Appearance: Black Hair, and Hazel Eyes.
Title: Princess of Sparta
Parents: Queen Bellona and King Mason Hales
Hobbies: Sword-Fighting, Strategies, Weapon-Making, Archery, Horseback Riding, Spearing, Track, Tracking, Knife-Throwing, Short-Range Combat, Wrestling, Self Defense, Tae Kwon Do, Ju-Jit-Su, and Judo."
"Dang." Travis said. "That girl is like a fighting killing machine."
"Yeah, but did you here that?" Leo asked. "She makes weapons. Works for me.
Likes: Leading
Dislikes: Following
Notes: Princess Reyna Hales is a natural-born fighter and leader. She can take down ten of her own men at once, and not even break a sweat. She has pllunged herself into training with the world-renowned warrior: Lupa. She can protect herself and still has time to hang out with her friends. She can seriously embarrass any boy, within seconds. She's a great girl to be with."
"She's okay, I guess." Leo put the paper, back into the destroyed envelope.
"Well, they're all okay." Jason added. "But, this is a major thing, guys. I mean, marriage? Especially at fifteen?" Jason nudged his head towards Nico and Grover. "And sixteen and seventeen? Do you think we're ready? That's a huge commitment, maybe we should just tell our parents that we want to wait a few years..."
"Yeah, guys." Travis joined in. "We still play Call of Duty through the night, and we definitely don't have what it takes to run our own cities. I don't think we're ready just yet."
"Yeah." Percy agreed. "Let's go tell them."
All the boys muttered in agreement as they walked to the door, before the palace servant from before turned the knob and walked in.
"I beg your pardon, once again." He said, bowing. "But the Kings and Queens wanted to ensure that you're all packed for tomorrow."
"What?" Nico asked.
"Are my princes ready to leave tomorrow?"
"Where exactly are we going?" Jason questioned, leaning forward a bit.
"To meet your brides, of course." The servant asnwered, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Is there something wrong?"
Each boy glanced down at his envelope and swallowed.
So what did you guys think of Chapter 1? I personally think there was a little too much dialouge, and I will try to fix that. I don't normally do that, but I've been having writer's block. So, check out my other stories. Be sure to read my Tratie story: "Faking It." And Reveiw!
Okay, so about ECO. I'm not sure if it's still around, but I have no rights to it. I believe it was started back in the 90's by a young girl, I think her name was Severn Sazuki. That could be spelt wrong, or just the wrong name all together. But if you want to see her, YouTube: "The girl who silenced the world for five minutes." She's a really amazing speaker, especially at that age. I believe she is in her twenties now, and is still an environmentalist.
So look at Severn and tell me what you think of her, and tell your friends about her and this story!
The Random Truth: Parents spend the first part of our lives teaching us to walk and talk, and the rest of it telling us to sit down and shut up.
REVEIW!
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