A.N: Hi guys and gals! My true Author's note is at the very end of the page so please read it. And please do forgive me for the and bad grammar and wrong spellings(I am just a mortal) Thank you and Enjoy!
Star light, star bright
~August 18~
Third Person P.O.V
It was a quiet night for the single woman Sally Jackson, owner of the successful company Jackson Enterprise, while she was taking a stroll in one of her vacation houses in Kansas. She just went through a divorce about 2 months ago with Poseidon after she caught him in bed with another woman, and the separation was finalized just a week ago. They had no children even after 7 years with Poseidon which was both a relief and a sadness for Sally because she always wanted to have a baby.
"Maybe that's why he slept with another woman…. but that doesn't justify adultery!" Sally said out loud
Mulling over her thoughts, Sally looked up at the dark starry sky. It was glittering with thousands of stars and one of them was quite bright that it caught Sally's attention.
'Maybe it's a wishing star?' Sally thought.
The star was getting brighter and brighter with each passing second, so Sally decided to just make a wish on it.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight…. I wish that I had a son, even if I adopt, just to feel the feeling of a mother, just to have someone to fill the emptiness, just to have someone in that lonely pent house back in New York." Sally wished to the bright star.
As Sally kept on looking at the star, she realized that it wasn't only getting brighter, but also getting closer…. and closer…. until it was big enough to identify that it wasn't a star….it was meteorite… heading straight towards her.
"That is definitely bad!" Sally screamed while running towards the basement of her vacation house.
She was able to reach her basement just in the nick of time until she heard a loud *BOOM*
Sally waited for 30 seconds until she felt that she was alive and safe and went out of the basement. Her house was still intact, but it had a giant hole on the roof.
"Guess it was a small meteorite?" Sally said while entering her house
The meteorite made a hole from the second floor right down to her kitchen. It was smoldering with a hissing sound of being cooled down by the temperature. It was shaped like an oblong, with a metallic look and rune like symbols engraved on it.
"That's a weird looking meteorite." Sally said as she kept on approaching it.
The meteorite suddenly opened which cause Sally to run back to the living room and hide.
"Please tell me this is a dream!" Sally screamed while looking at it from the sofa. She kept on staring at it until she heard a loud baby cry coming from the meteorite.
"Huh?" Sally said.
When she heard a baby's cry, she immediately went to the meteorite and saw a crying baby inside it which made Sally gasp in disbelief.
"Waah! Waah!" The baby cried and cried.
"Oh my gosh!" Sally exclaimed while she picked the baby up from the meteorite.
"Shh, easy little one, no ones going to hurt you, shh" Sally cooed to the baby trying to calm him down.
The baby slowly stopped crying and opened his small little eyes. They were sea green and twinkling like the stars in the sky.
"Aren't you adorable!" Sally said with a smile as she kept on cradling him.
The baby reached out to Sally in a cute way and laughed. The sight of it made Sally laugh as well.
"I can't believe that the "star" I wished would actually have you inside it little one. To think that wishes do come true!" Sally said to the baby.
And from there, Sally made a vow.
"I'm going to be your mother, I will raise up with all my love as if you were my own child, I will teach you how to love others as well, my little…. Perseus, Perseus "Percy" Jackson!" Sally said.
Baby Percy squealed a laughter when Sally gave him a name.
Thus, begins the life of Perseus "Percy" Jackson.
Years later and awakening
Third person P.O.V
Sally moved to New York after the adopting Percy in order to raise him and just like she promised, she raise Percy with love and affection a mother would give. As Percy was growing up, he knew that he was different from other kids, from other adults. And Sally knew that too. Why you ask? Well here are the things:
At 10 months old, Percy can already stand, walk, and run.
At 1 year old, Percy can talk, read and write perfectly.
At 2 years old, Percy was able to speak, read and write different languages just from reading a foreign to English translation book.
At 3 years old, Percy can do advanced math.
At 4 years old, Percy's…. special powers started awakening, his super vision and hearing.
It was that one time in kindergarten where Percy was playing with some of his friends and he suddenly heard very loud and jumbled noises which cause him to cover his ears in pain. When the teacher approached him to check if he was alright, Percy saw the teacher's organs, and skeleton, which caused him to close his eyes and run to the nearest bathroom and lock the door. The teacher ran after him in concern.
"Percy! Are you alright? Please unlock the door and let me in?" The teacher pleaded
"Ahhhh" Percy just screamed in pain. He could hear the world screaming at his ears and see different spectrums of light all at once.
The teacher immediately dialed for Sally Jackson. She was the only one Percy would listen to when Percy gets his tantrums. Sally arrived a few minute later.
"Percy? Honey, can you please open the door? Mommy's here" Sally asked.
Percy opened the door and hugged Sally, but the screams still wouldn't stop.
"It hurts mom! It really hurts! The voices, the lights!" Percy cried.
"Shh, it's okay, it's okay, mommy's here" Sally said as she hugged Percy.
"I can hear them, it's too loud!" Percy kept on crying.
"Then focus on my voice, pretend it's an island and swim towards it" Sally said.
Percy focused on Sally's voice. The noises were slowly fading and after a few seconds, they were gone. It was at this moment that Percy looked up to Sally.
"Thanks mom." Percy said with a sniff.
"Anytime Percy, know that I'll always be here ok?" Sally said.
Percy just nodded his head and went back to the teacher and apologized. The teacher hugged him saying that she's glad that he's safe.
But this wasn't the end of Percy's special abilities. The others started to awaken at the age of 5 to 8 which are:
Super strength: Percy found out about this when he accidentally pulled out a tree right down its very roots when he was tending the garden at the Sally's greenhouse in the roof top of their pent house.
Super speed: Percy found out about this when he saw Sally accidentally drop the vase she was carrying, Percy was far from Sally at that time, but he managed to run up to Sally and caught the vase before it hit the floor. Shocking both them.
Heat vision: Percy discovered this while he was practicing his telescopic and X-ray vision. He got so focused and it was a little hot outside when he accidentally incinerated one of the garden plants. He had to do 1 week of chores as penance for it.
Cold Breath: Percy discovered this while he was drinking soup, it was scalding hot that he blew on it to cool it down but ended up freezing it.
Invulnerability: Percy discovered this when he was doing an arts project. He was cutting some paper when he accidentally miscalculated and cut his finger… well it was supposed to cut his finger, but it ended up breaking the scissor.
Flight: Percy discovered this out of curiosity, he was jumping high up with his super strength until he felt in control of his entire body and just shot through the skies. He was late for dinner that night and he got grounded, but hey at least he got to circle the world, right?
In the four years that took place with his powers awakening, Sally told Percy of his origins, how she found him, and how she promised to the stars that she will be his mother.
"I'll understand if you hate me for keeping this a secret from you, and I'll understand if you can't accept me as your mother." Sally said in a very sad voice that was near to breaking to a cry. Sally doesn't know what to do if Percy suddenly rejected her and hated her.
"Mom." Percy said.
"Yes sweetie?" Sally replied.
"I don't think I'll ever hate you. And you'll always be my mother" Percy said
Sally hugged Percy tight after that.
"And now I'm hungry, can we eat?" Percy asked making Sally laugh.
"Of course, dear." Sally said
And the mother and son duo resumed their daily lives, albeit with Percy being a superkid.
A chance encounters
Third person P.O.V
8 years old superkid Percy Jackson was sitting in his desk while drawing a dragon in his new sketchpad. He was always the number 1 kid in school, in terms of both academics and sports, and was friendly with everyone…well almost everyone, because he absolutely hates bullies, and his school has quite a few of them. None of them touched him though because one of the biggest bully, Mark, punched his face once and the bully ended up with a sprained arm. That's the perk of having invulnerability, you don't get physically hurt. And so, he became a protector of the weak in school and all of them would come to him when they get bullied.
The Ms. Maria our teacher entered the classroom.
"Good morning class, we have a new student today whom I would like you all to welcome!" Ms. Maria said.
Percy looked up from his drawing and saw a girl enter. She had curly blond hair and cute face, but what took Percy's attention was her eyes, stormy gray eyes that looked like it was calculating a million things all at once. Percy even imagined that they may have the same super visions that he had, but of course that was impossible.
"Hi! My name is Annabeth Chase! And my dream is to become an architect when I grow up!" Annabeth said out loud to the class.
Some of the students said hi back and nodded while some of them just rolled their eyes and went back to what they were doing. Percy just stared, trying to figure her out (not checking her out!)
Ms. Maria began to tell the class on how to treat the new girl with warmth which is what she always tells the class every time there's a new student.
"So, Annabeth, are you from New York?" Ms. Maria asked.
"No miss, I'm from San Francisco, I moved here because my dad transferred work." Annabeth answered.
"I see, I'll assign your seat now…where can I?" Miss Maria started scanning until her eyes locked on to my seat. "Ah, you'll be desk mates with Percy over there!"
Wait…. What! Okay, Percy may be the number 1 in school, he maybe friendly with almost everyone, and he maybe the protector of the weak against bullies but his interaction with them goes only as far as a thank you from them and an anytime from him. He was a little socially awkward because of his superpowers and can't strike up a good conversation unless it involves drawing, and most of the kids in his school don't draw.
"Um…. sure?" Percy said with a bit of uncertainty.
"Great! Make sure Annabeth feels welcome here alright?" Ms. Maria said to Percy
"And don't worry Annabeth, Percy is a good kid, you are in safe hands." Ms. Maria said to Annabeth.
Annabeth nodded and walked towards Percy's seat. Percy moved to the left to give some space.
"Hi!" Annabeth greeted Percy as she sat down next to him.
"Hello, I'm Percy Jackson." Percy said with a little stiffness in his voice.
"Percy? Your name is quite uncommon to hear." Annabeth said.
"Ah, I prefer Percy than my real name, Perseus." Percy explained.
"Oh! Like the Greek hero?!" Annabeth asked with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Um, yep." Percy answered.
"I love Greek mythology! Who's your favorite Greek god/goddess? Mine is Athena!" Annabeth said.
"Mine is Poseidon, but my mom hates that name because it's the name of her ex-husband. I like the sea though. Calm and clear, sometimes stormy and raging." Percy answered now with new enthusiasm in him.
"I see, so we're rivals when it come to this huh?" Annabeth teased.
"Rivals?" Percy asked in confusion.
"Yeah, because Poseidon and Athena hate each other because of their issues about Athens and…" Annabeth explained.
Wow, this girl is going full nerd with the Greek mythology stuff. But for some reason, it didn't annoy Percy, he somehow found her cute with her passion for Greek myths and ended up not hearing a word she said.
"That's why were rivals" Annabeth said.
"Huh?" Percy said snapping out from his daze. How in the world did he miss every single word she said even though he had super hearing!
"Did you even hear a word I said?!" Annabeth asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Um… you might have lost me there for a while" Percy answered honestly.
Annabeth rolled her eyes but smiled "You're quite a…. Seaweed brain!" Annabeth said.
Percy's eyes widened "Seaweed brain!".
Annabeth laughed at Percy's reaction and said "Yup, Seaweed Brain!"
"Hey! I'll have you know that I'm number 1 here in academics!" Percy bragged.
"Really? Even though you have the attention span of a goldfish?" Annabeth said while laughing.
Percy gritted his teeth together and said "Okay, let's see what you got oh so Wise Girl!"
"Wise Girl?" Annabeth asked in confusion.
"Yeah cause you like Athena, and you sound like a know-it-all! So, I'll call you wise girl!" Percy said.
"Oh, you are not going to…" Annabeth began to retort.
"Percy and Annabeth, it's good that you two are getting to know each other but can you please do that after class?" Ms. Maria said.
The entire class laughed while both Percy and Annabeth went red from embarrassment. Class continued for the time being.
Let the friendship begin
Third Person P.O.V
Percy had to use the restroom and Annabeth went to the cafeteria first. There lots of kids but Annabeth managed to find an empty seat. She was eating while drawing in her own sketchpad in peace until.
"Never seen you around here, are you a new kid?" A voice asked.
Annabeth looked up from her sketchpad and saw 5 boys. Annabeth's instincts scream danger the whole time, but she chose to ignore it.
"Yes, my name is Annabeth Chase." Annabeth answered.
They started laughing and their leader said "Oh? Mine's Mark. And you're in our table."
Annabeth looked around and saw that there were no empty seats left.
"Um I can share if you want?" Annabeth asked. She was just trying to be friendly because she's the new kid, but again her instincts are telling her that what she's doing is dangerous.
*Slam* Mark slammed his hand on the table causing Annabeth's drink to spill all over her sketchpad.
"Okay Annie, let me say it straight then, GET OUT OF OUR TABLE!" Mark suddenly shouted.
The entire cafeteria became silent and everyone was staring at them. Some had eyes of pity, while others had interest. Annabeth herself on the other hand was fuming with rage.
"You ruined my sketchpad!" Annabeth shouted.
"I don't give a rat's ass about your sketchpad, but I do care that you get out of the table now! Or else we'll force you out." Mark said arrogantly.
Annabeth was about to go for a slap until
"Really Mark? You really want to do this to one of my friends? Especially when I'm here?" Percy said to Mark as he placed Marks in a "buddy lock".
Mark and his gang's face instantly paled when the heard Percy. Annabeth on the other hand was confused as to why they suddenly looked nervous.
Mark was only staring at the table right now deathly scared and asked "Sh….she's….you…you're friend Pe..Per…Percy?"
"Yup" Percy said.
"Oh…. hahaha….I see…..um…We'll…leave you two in peace then." Mark said.
"Good choice." Percy replied and released the lock. Mark and his gang immediately ran out of the cafeteria. Leaving a grinning Percy and a confused Annabeth.
"Sorry about that. That was Mark, the biggest bully in school" Percy said as he sat down.
"Yeah, I can tell" Annabeth said and followed up with a question "But why was he so scared of you?"
Percy grinned and said, "He sprained his hand when he punched my face and his friends all got sprained as well when the tried to do the same."
"Wow! What are you made of? Bricks?" Annabeth asked playfully.
"Or maybe steel? I'm a kid of steel!" Percy said while standing up and putting his hands on his hips.
Annabeth laughed at the Percy and Percy found it cute.
"But now my sketchpad is ruined." Annabeth sadly remarked.
Percy then stopped his joke and looked at Annabeth's sketchpad. It really was ruined by the juice that spilled and he could tell that the drawings were all just smudge now with his X-ray vision.
"Um… are you very particular with sketchpads? Percy asked.
"No… not really." Annabeth answered with a sad tone.
"Alright, wait here for a sec." Percy said as he sprinted back to the classroom.
Annabeth looked up and was amazed on how fast Percy disappeared. 'Wow, he must be part of the track and field club' Annabeth thought.
Percy came back after a few seconds with a sketchpad in hand.
"I just got this yesterday and the only drawing I have in here is a dragon. If you don't mind, I'll just rip the page with the dragon and this sketchpad is yours." Percy said.
Annabeth's eyes widened, and she said "What! I can't have that, it's yours!"
Percy just grinned and replied "It's alright! Besides, I don't think I'll be using this one too much."
Annabeth just kept on staring at Percy for a while and asked, "Why are you doing this?"
"Because you're friend. And friends stick together till the end right?" Percy said.
Annabeth started to tear up. She never really had that much friends because everyone thinks she's weird with all her rants about Greek mythology and architecture.
"Woah, why are you crying! If you hate the idea of being friends, then I won't push it!" Percy panicked, he never was good with crying girls.
"No! I want to be your friend. It's just the first time someone approached with friendship." Annabeth said.
"Oh… whew… I got scared there." Percy breathed out in relief.
Annabeth laughed, "You are such a Seaweed Brain!"
"Oh! You really want to start this again Wise Girl?" Percy said with a smile.
"Shut up and give me the sketchpad!" Annabeth said with a laugh.
Percy nodded and opened the sketchpad and was about to tear the page with the dragon out, but Annabeth stopped him.
"Can I keep that drawing?" Annabeth asked.
"You sure?" Percy asked, and Annabeth nodded "Alright then." As he handed her the Sketchpad.
"Thank you so much Percy!" Annabeth and hugged him.
Percy smiled and hugged back and said, "Anytime Annabeth."
A friendship was born.
Best friends for now, best friends forever
Third Person P.O.V
From that day onwards, both Percy and Annabeth were inseparable. You can't find one without the other. And as time moved on, the two of them became closer and closer to one another too the point that visit each other's house when they have free time.
Sally absolutely adored Annabeth when Percy first brought Annabeth to their penthouse. Fredrick also loved Percy when he first visited their home.
The two played could play for 3 hours straight and never get bored with one another. They have many playful banters with their opposing views such as their favorite basketball team, make bets on who will win the championship, their favorite superhero, etc.
They were both rival when it came to academics, both getting straight A+'s in all of their school works. But were unstoppable when teamed up together for group works.
When they reached 10 years old, Fredrick needed to go to UK to work, Percy was the first one to comfort Annabeth and offered to let her sleepover until her sitter arrives.
Both made many friends, but everyone could tell that these two had a special bond with one another.
At the age of 12, both attended a mix martial arts class. The reason for this is because Sally wanted Annabeth to know how to defend herself, a thought that Fredrick agreed on. Percy built a reputation as the untouchable one and the fastest learner because no one could hit him (Percy's invulnerability can hurt others, so he opted to show speed and controlled strength). Annabeth became one of the gym's best fighters, she was also a fast learner and because Percy was her sparring partner almost every day that she must devise strategies to beat him with all of them being futile.
At age 13, in one of their gym sessions, the coach held an annual "Strongest punch and kick" tournament with a prize money of 100. To determine the winner, the participant will punch and kick the punching bag and the distance will be measured when the bag flies.
Annabeth's punch made the bag move about a foot and a half while her kick made it go one meter.
"Try beating that Percy!" Annabeth boasted.
Percy simply looked at the bag and nodded like he decided about something. This made Annabeth confused because Percy would usually retort back.
Percy walked up to the bag and went for a punch.
Annabeth had to cover her ears because it sounded like a thunderclap when Percy's fist made contact with the bag.
Everyone in the gym were wide eyed, and that included Annabeth. The reason for this is because there was a hole in the bag and the sand was sipping out.
"Do I still need to kick coach?" Percy asked their coach.
"Uhh…. No thanks Percy, I think we can tell who won already." The coach said.
Percy then smirked at Annabeth.
"You are so annoying Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth said with a huff.
Percy just laughed.
The gym session ended early and Percy got his 100 dollars, so he ended up buying boxes of NY Pizza's and drinks. Why would he use the 100 dollars like that? Well it was "Date night" as Annabeth called it which makes Percy laugh all the time in Percy's penthouse and they had plans to finish The Hobbit Trilogy.
When they reached the top floor, Annabeth went straight to the couch and turned on the T.V. Percy simply rolled his eyes at Annabeth's antics.
"Someone's feeling at home." Percy said.
"Well, it's my playhouse!" Annabeth replied and stuck her tongue out.
"Hahaha, watching you two banter like that never gets old" Sally said coming out of her room.
"Mom! Why didn't you tell me you were home early?" Percy asked.
"I just did." Sally said in a playful tone which caused Annabeth to laugh.
Percy rolled his eyes.
"I'm actually heading out tonight to meet up with some friends. You be good to your girlfriend okay?" Sally teased.
"For goodness sake mom Annabeth is NOT my girlfriend!" Percy said with a very red face.
"Whatever you say dear. The guestroom is already prepared so you can go there when you feel sleepy okay Annabeth?" Sally said.
"Thanks Mrs. Jackson!" Annabeth said.
Sally then left, leaving Percy and Annabeth to enjoy their movie night.
"Girlfriend huh?" Annabeth said when Percy sat down next to her.
"Oh come on, don't tell me you're gonna bring that up too?!" Percy exclaimed.
"Heh, well in the four years that I've known you, you've never gotten a girlfriend!" Annabeth teased.
"Don't talk like you're not in the same boat!" Percy said.
"Well, I guess you should start practicing being a boyfriend material. Starting with serving me with a slice of pizza and drink!" Annabeth said.
Percy raised an eyebrow, "You're joking right?"
"Please?" Annabeth said with puppy dog eyes which Percy found really cute.
"Those puppy dog eyes aren't gonna work you know." Percy said.
"Pretty Please?"
"No"
"Pretty Pretty Please?"
"No"
"Pretty Pretty Pretty Please"
"Adding another pretty isn't going to change anything you know." Percy said while taking a drink of cola. But in truth, he just wanted to tease Annabeth.
"Pretty please babe?" Annabeth said.
Okay, now that shocked Percy. They've called each other many nicknames before, but never a pet name such as 'babe'. And that sent quite an impact to Percy.
"Haah, fine!" Percy finally relented.
"Yes! Looks like I win!" Annabeth shouted victoriously while Percy just huffed in annoyance while getting a slice of pizza and a glass of cola.
"Ici vous allez madame (Here you go madame)" Percy said in a perfect French.
Annabeth raised an eyebrow when Percy spoke in French which cause Percy to smirk.
"French huh? Aren't you classy" Annabeth said.
Percy shrugged "What can say, I'm awesome."
"Thanks…Babe" Annabeth said in a teasing tone.
"Stop that." Percy said in a dead pan tone.
Annabeth giggled "Okay babe"
And the two finally got to their movie. But Percy felt something shift inside him, especially when Annabeth calls him 'babe'. Like the gravity pull of Jupiter suddenly went to earth (Percy's been to Jupiter, to test the limits of his power.)
-Time skip-
Another year goes by and Percy and Annabeth were 14 years old and about to finish middle school and go to high school. Nothing has really changed much except for Annabeth being a little bit taller than Percy (which she always teases him about) and hitting puberty early. Annabeth's figure was becoming more of a woman's than a girl, growing taller, firm, and bigger breast. While Percy was still…. well, Percy.
They were both going to Half-blood high school and frankly, Annabeth was nervous.
The two best friends were in a park just hanging out.
"I can't believe we're finally entering high school!" Annabeth said while looking at the slides.
"Time really flies huh?" Percy answered while looking at Annabeth.
Percy was now aware of pretty Annabeth really is. And might have developed a crush somewhere in between the time frame of 1 year. But it was simply a crush, for him at least. But he never confessed it to Annabeth in fear of ruining their friendship.
"I'm kind of scared you know." Annabeth said now looking at Percy.
"Of what?" Percy asked.
"Change. Change of school, meeting new people, new teachers, everything" Annabeth answered
Percy nodded, he too was a bit scared with change "But at least there's one thing that won't change."
"And what's that?" Annabeth asked.
"You and me being best friends." Percy answered.
Annabeth smiled "That's true."
Percy then dug something out of his pocket. A small velvet box.
"And as proof of this promise, I wanna give this" Percy said as he opened the box.
It was two platinum friendship rings with their names engraved on it. Annabeth's eyes were sparkling when she saw them. Percy place the ring on Annabeth's right ring finger, while he placed the other one on his own right ring finger.
"It's beautiful Percy! Thank you!" Annabeth said while hugging him.
"Anytime Annabeth…. Anytime." Percy replied
And so, begins the first step to high school.
Chapter end.
A.N: Hello everyone! So, does anyone know who I am? No? That's sad hahaha. Well this may be the first Percabeth story I have ever written, and it was inspired by the story "Just Friends" by FrictionFiction108. The story got stuck to my head to the point of sleep deprivation…. But seriously it really is a great story so if you have time, go read it.
Now as all of you might have noticed, Percy is a star baby….ok, no he's an alien that has the same powers of Superman. But here's the thing, Percy WILL BE THE LAST OF HIS KIND so don't go expecting an alien invasion in this story because the only alien here will be Percy and the story is a love story not a superhero comics. I'm also gonna add some elements from other fanfiction stories and a few….books that I will not disclose until we get to the chapter, so I of you guys see some similarities from the fictions that you have read in this website, then you've probably found my inspiration.
Feel free to leave a review, suggestion, and soft criticism please. And feel free to PM me if you want it to be private. Thank you and see you next chapter!