Hey guys this is just an idea that I came up with when scrolling through ML fanfictions and saw one that had the students pair up and live with each other for a week, I thought that why not apply the same idea with these two universes.
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Today was the day.
After 6 painfully long months it was finally here. It had all started 6 months ago when the French teacher had presented the idea to the students in them going to France for 3 months at the end of the year. To start with this idea had caused an uproar in student approval with students signing up for the tri left right and centre. However, this all quickly changed once the parents got involved; they found out that the exchange program was to be held in Paris! Now normally this would be nothing but a selling point for the parents in getting there children to visit such a famous city, this is not the case however as the city was now the host of a large scale terrorist that was capable of turning negative emotions against you. This caused parents to force their children out until only Percy remained, to most people this would look like bad parenting from his mum this is not the case in Percy's situation though. Unfortunately, he had faced more dangerous situations than anything a self proclaimed super villain could so in the end he was left t go on the trip on his own. On the bright side one mans loss was another mans gain, thus Percy was now being sent to a better school than the original plan as they now had a higher budget for the one student.
Everything he owned was being put in his bags ready to go, he had packed most of them already however admittedly he had left somethings last minute as he had been too excited to concentrate properly on packing his bags that he had missed a lot of it all. In Percy's opinion the best part of this incredibly awesome and fun trip was the fact that he got to miss 3 months of school, it was a dream come true for Percy especially when it meant that his job was to make friends. What could be better than that? Well maybe the fact that the family he was staying with was stinking rich, literally the richest of the rich. And for someone that had barely seen a spare few coins in his life that wasn't given off to his stepdad this was a huge deal. He just hoped that the boy that he would be staying with wouldn't be a complete asshole like he expected he would, I mean its not like he had a good experience of rich kids when he went to Yancy so he wasn't really sure what to expect from the child of the biggest fashion designer in Europe.
Within an hour he was finished and ready to go, by his mothers demand he had brought his sword riptide and the shield Tyson had made and repaired for him - not that it would do much if this Hawkmoth is just a regular human. The school had the bus all ready to leave with only a few students coming to see him off; not that it surprised him really he had never really gotten on with a lot of the students here but he had stayed for Pauls sake. Despite not liking the students here he had to admit that the school had been very efficient in teaching him French even taking him out of class multiple times just so that his French 'wouldn't embarrass the school', their teaching had been so good in fact that he only had to go to the Aphrodite girls from camp once for help. That was something he was definitely thankful for he remembered the one time that he had gone to them it had been a nightmare.
It had been only two months since school started and only a month extra since he had helped find the golden fleece thus he was currently the talk of the girls in camp with many of them trying to make a 'move' on the single hero of camp half blood. This meant that by going to the Aphrodite girls at his one moment of sanctuary (when he was at school) he was yet again at their mercy from all the nonstop flirting that only annoyed him even more. He had Iris messaged them and asked them to come to his house after school so that he could get help on the differences of the tenses in the French language. Instead what he got was 4 girls trying seduce practically in front of his mother while a 5th tried to actually teach him through the constant talking from the other four. To say the least it had been a mess that he had been very happy never to repeat again for as long as he lived. Unbeknownst to him while he had been day dream about the failure of a lesson it had been they had arrived at the airport and the bus driver was getting his stuff that he had left at the front of the bus. "Oi Kid we're here get up and quit day dreaming!" This snapped Percy violently from his stupor as his head jerked to look up and he smashed his head onto the window with a sickening crack being heard from both sides of the bus. "Nice one, now come help me with Your bags." The man made sure to put in extra emphasis on the word your to show his anger.
Percy was soon up and recovered from the bump on the head and started helping the man carry his bags, he had wanted to take them all himself however he had struggled to carry 3 large suitcases and a hand luggage bag. What? He was there for three months what did you expect he would be taking, one suitcase? He had been told that things would be provided for him but call him paranoid he had never trusted the hospitality of strangers since the incident with Medusa on his first quest. It was a very scarring experience you can't blame him for that!
[Time Skip]
9 hours later
He could finally say that he had been on a plane. However, he now knew that he never wanted to go on a plane or in the sky at all for that matter, unfortunately he already knew that he had to go on a flight back to JFK when he was going back home. He was soooo not looking forward to that. He steadily made his way off the plane and did the most typical thing he could think of doing, he kissed the floor. It tasted like charcoal and blood mixed together, two tastes that he had experienced separately and should never be together it only enhanced their awful tastes. He tried to spit out all and any traces of the vile floor when he heard a soft growl almost like a cats, he turned to find a large man with a boy about his age next to him. At first he thought the growl came from the large man but when he looked at the boy he could see him almost struggling with his coat trying to keep it closed over himself, the odd part was that there wasn't even the faintest breeze to cause such a situation. The large man was holding what looked to be an Ipad that had a mans face on it, he could only assume that this was the family that he would be staying with. "Hey Agrestes how you all doing? I just need to be getting all my..." Before Percy could finish speaking the man took a step to the side and he saw that all his bags were somehow already behind the large man, he couldn't understand how that would be possible though seeing as he had literally just got off the plane. Ignoring it he turned his attention back to the two and the Ipad. "Thanks for getting all my stuff for me, I've never actually been on a plane so that could of been quite confusing." Percy sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck embarrassed at his awkwardness. By now the boy had stopped struggling with his coat but he instead had a curious stare aimed directly at him and he would occasionally look back down at his coat as if expecting something to come flying out.
"No problem Mr Jackson, I made sure Adrien's bodyguard gathered all your stuff so that you could come back here and get accustomed to your new surroundings quicker." From that Percy could tell that the man in the Ipad was Gabriel Agreste and the boy was Adrien, he could also tell that the man either thought he was too good to come here to greet him himself or he thought that his work was more important than helping his son. What he may be dense doesn't mean he was straight up blind.
"Don't worry Father you can go carry on with your work I've got it covered from here I can take Percy back home." Gabriel only gave his son a nod before he left, he left behind a cold chill down Percy's spine from the incredibly cold way to deal with your own child. What was that mans problem?
"Sorry about him he sometimes gets so caught up in work that he forgets usual manners and other such issues. He's just a very busy man as you can probably tell." This time however Percy wasn't able to notice the underlying hint of disbelief I Adrien's sad tone thus wasn't able to press the issue any further already feeling sorry for the boy that he was going to be staying with for the next three months.
"It's fine, now I've been waiting 6 months to say this. Let's go explore Paris!" The large man growled at Percy, the shock from the strange sound almost made Percy have a heart attack, why was a human making such animalistic sounds it was so strange. Adrien didn't seem as fazed by the strange behaviour of the man next to him.
"Don't worry about him he's just very protective but doesn't like to talk much it's probably why my father hired him in the first place." Percy just looked oddly at the man before turning back to his host. Out of the corner of his eye as he turned back he noticed a black thing hanging out of Adrien's jacket but by the time he had turned his head to fully face him whatever it had been was gone.
"Alright then so are we allowed to go or does your father want me back for definite? I kinda wanted to explore the area first maybe you could introduce me to all your friends, what do you think Mr Bodyguard?" The only indication of any sort of answer was a small grunt and a small amount of shoulder movement. This however was all it seemed to take to excite Adrien as Percy could see the boy almost glow which was a stark contrast to his gloomy attitude that Percy had seen so far since the chat with his father.
"Alright then lets get out of here I could introduce you to a friend of mine his names Nino, and maybe his girlfriend Alya will be with him also, she's cool." Adrien continued to ramble on about what this Nino boy was like and what the two of them liked to do together. From everything he had gathered so far Nino was a massive music fan that liked to listen to music anytime any place. Whilst on the other hand Alya was a massive superhero fan that had a website called 'the ladyblog' where she followed around Paris's heroes whenever there was an attack. He also learned that this Alya was extremely stubborn and determined and he wondered if she was half as stubborn as the cousin that he had met at the end of last summer. Thalia had been a real pain in the ass sometimes, he wondered if this Alya could keep up with someone that had stubbornness literally running in their blood.
It took them only 20 minutes to get to Nino's house after that, with Adrien's bodyguard revealing himself as a maniac on the road as they had been lucky to avoid over six car crashes. When they had arrived at the house Percy felt lightheaded from the driving, Adrien however seemed perfectly fine when he stepped out of the car. He acted as if nothing special had happened, on the other hand Percy fell his way out of the car his only consolation was that he was on the pavement side and wasn't just lying there in the middle of the road. "Sorry about him, he likes to take as little time as he can on the road and can get a little over the top sometimes." Percy was unable to even muster up the strength to send Adrien any sign that he had heard him. "Right we're going to be in Nino's the whole time so I guess you can go back, don't worry I'll message you if we leave the house at any point." The only reply that Adrien got was a soft animal like noise before the man once again drove down the road like he was in a car chase.
"So you ready to meet everyone as I text Nino in the car and it seems its your lucky day everyone's at Nino's already so I guess you get to meet Alya and Marrinette also." When the two of them approached the door the door swung open before they could even knock to reveal a tanned skinned girl with bright hazel eyes with glasses over them, she had reddish-brown hair that got brighter near the top.
"Say Cheese!" With that she pulled a phone, with a bright ladybug charm, out of her pocket and wrapped her arm around Percy as if to take a selfie. In a state of panic Percy acted without thinking and grabbed Alya outstretching arm and used it to flip her over so she lay back down on the concrete. "Owwwww, what the hell was that for!" The girls voice whined at Percy, this properly awoke Percy from his panic and he realised what he'd just done. He'd just assaulted his hosts friend! He was probably the worst guest in the world!
"Wow Percy that was awesome!" Adrien's other friend Nino was at the door and was gushing over what he'd just seen. "I mean while you did just attack my girlfriend I have to say Alya you did basically ask for that you threw yourself on him without letting him know what you were doing!" By now Nino could feel a harsh stare on him from his girlfriend. "Don't look at me like that just because we're going out doesn't mean I can't admit that you assaulted this poor boy first!"
"Uhhh fine! I'm sorry bout not giving you any warning but next time tell us your some martial arts expert, with reflexes like those you could probably give Adrien a run for his money in fencing." This caught his interest, while he may prefer to use more traditional greek weapons like riptide he wouldn't deny that the idea of fighting someone wasn't an unappealing option at the moment.
"Wait you do fencing! That's so cool, in America I have had a lot of training with swords but never really got into fencing as I prefer wider swords." This elicited another soft growl from whatever it was that Adrien had in his jacket didn't seem to like the idea of using proper swords, this also made Percy believe that whatever it was it was aware of things around it and could speak or at least understand English. This meant only one thing in Percy's mind.
It was a monster!
Some how a monster had attracted Adrien and was now using it him as some sort of hiding place probably using him as some way to attract potential victims for the monster to feed off. The question now is what sort of monster would be intelligent enough that it would be able to come up with such an idea, most of the monsters that he had ever faced were mindless meatheads that used their strength instead of their brains (Something Annabeth said he did also). He racked his brains for any idea on a monster that was both incredibly small but also intelligent enough to come up with such a plan. The closest that he could think of were harpies as they were typically quite small but Percy wasn't sure if they were THAT small plus from what he had gathered from their patrolling capabilities for camp at night he didn't think they were always the smartest monsters out there.
"What sort of swords do you use then? I have never heard of people using any other type of sword in competitive fights, is that just an American thing or am I just unaware of it for some reason?" Alya by now had gotten up and was obviously annoyed by the situation earlier so of course she had to bring up all the difficult questions. To be fair Percy should of expected this he had been told by Adrien that Alya was a reported at heart and liked to ask anything that came to mind no matter what it was, it was a trait that she shared with many of the people he knew back at camp.
"As far as I know only me and my summer camp do it, it's something the camp leader picked up when he went to Greece and we all asked him to teach us as well who wouldn't, and its really fun." Nino and Adrien both looked fascinated by this and he could tell that they were going to ask him to teach them at some point of this trip. On the other hand Alya didn't looked so amazed and almost looked doubtful about it. Percy had know clue why it's not like it was a lie as Chiron did learn it in Greece and we asked to learn it as otherwise we'd die in the real world with all the monsters roaming the United States.
"Sounds suspicious to me, either he's lying or his parents are awful. I mean who would let their child come to Paris now of all times with all the attacks happening on an almost daily basis, and then add the fact that they let their child play with real swords. Doesn't sound like the best parents in my opinion, so which is it are you lying or are your parents just that bad." Percy almost attacked her then and there, no one was allowed to insult his mother she had sacrificed so much just for him including putting up with smelly Gabe for so long. It seemed that everyone but Alya could feel the aggressive aura surrounding Percy. Well Alya and a girl that had just walked down the stairs.
"Uhh what's going on? You guys said that you wouldn't be long." Everyone quickly forget about the whole situation momentarily the new presence distracting them for the moment.
"Ahh Percy this is Marrinette the last of our little group," Adrien's voice was uncertain and wavery probably scared that he would be taking Percy's attention back to what Alya had just said. "And Alya I know that your angry with him but that was just uncalled for, your parents are letting you stay in Paris does that make them bad parents. Plus you felt what he did to you he can sure look after himself." By the end Adrien was giving Percy a large grin which made Nino laugh and even Alya let out a small giggle. Alya looked down ashamed whilst Marrinette only looked more confused about what had happened in her absence. Through all this Percy was still just looking at the new girl in the room, she was medium height, quite pretty with blue hair and bright bluebell eyes, she stood awkwardly as if she lacked confidence yet at the same time she seemed to radiate a cool confidence, she was confusing to say the least.
"I feel like I just walked into a really awkward situation, what is it that Alya did and what did our guest do to her?" With that a silent agreement was made between the three friends so they let Percy into the house properly and Alya went off to Marrinette to explain what she missed whilst Nino and Adrien showed Percy around. Percy finally let his eyes leave the girl 'Marrinette' as he was lead into the next room that he could only guess the stairs were. Luckily for him neither Adrien, Nino or Marrinette had noticed his staring.
"Sorry about Alya bro, that girl can be a bit stubborn sometimes and she never really understands what she says til it's already out." Percy felt sorry for the guy, the fact that he had to be here apologizing for his girlfriend but really Percy understood. In the end it was all part of being a demigod dealing with prideful people that didn't think before they spoke. It was a problem most of the more powerful demigods had - himself included - and thus he had learned to just let stuff like that go.
"It's all fine, I kind of provoked it all with that whole selfie situation." The two other boys just laughed at that whilst they led Percy into Nino's room.
"Your not totally to blame their, its not like she really gave you any warning there. But yeah that was mostly your fault, what sort of reaction even is that to just attack someone like that." Adrien and Nino both had large grins on their faces, Percy however had his face turned bright red like a tomato he didn't know what to say in this situation. What could he say 'Hey I'm a demigod son of Poseidon and I've spent the last two summers travelling around America fighting monsters and now I'm very paranoid when I'm in places I don't know' Yeah he doubted that would go well for him at all he'd just be called crazy and possibly sent back to America.
"Thanks I guess? And I just went on instinct t that summer camp I said about we were taught to fight and it's almost become second nature now to expect someone you don't know s gonna attack you. It sounds odd but it is honestly quite useful to learn." The playful expressions on the boys' faces were gone and replaced by a suspicious look.
'Oh come on why will no one trust me here, it's been barely an hour and they all seem to think I'm lying I swear!'
[Time skip]
3 hours later
The last 3 hours had been interesting to say the least but Percy could happily say that none of them seemed to distrust him now and he'd like to think that'd he'd just made four new friend amongst the group. Now all he had to wait for was going to school tomorrow. Despite how fun it had been though Percy desperately needed to get back to a bed somewhere. After a 9 hour flight and then another 4 hours after that he was extremely exhausted he felt like he could fall asleep standing up if he wasn't quick. That's how he found himself waiting outside the Lahiffe house with Adrien and a nervous Marinette, from what he had found out about the girl she was a quiet and nervous person that mainly kept to herself but when she did speak she often stumbled over her words especially when talking to Adrien. Yet despite this whenever he had seen her and Alya together he had seen an almost completely different girl, with Alya she had more of that cool confidence he had seen earlier. It was very confusing and he only hoped that he wasn't the reason for her personality changes.
A car soon turned up in front of them and Adrien opened a door and made a gesture towards the open door, "So Mr. Jackson are you ready to see the Agreste mansion?" Percy gave an excited nod before he got in the car with Adrien right behind him. With the slam of the door they were off down the road the large mans reckless driving taking them back to where he would be staying for the next few months.
Thanks for reading hoped you enjoyed, this is just an idea that I'm using to help me just write down all my stray thoughts so I can focus on my exams right now so I'm sorry if I don't update on a consistent basis.
~~SonOfRiptide~~
