Discovering Roots (Edited)
AN: This is my First official Fanfiction and Like many other I wanted to make it on one of my favourite books of all time. I really hope you guys enjoy this because, I've always had my very own ideas on how some of these stories about PJO could go. I don't Plan on actually releasing the Parrying for this until it actually happens within the story. But I still hope you all enjoy this nonetheless. Thanks for Reading and Enjoy the Story.
{POV Omnipotent}
It was A normal middling day for Perseus Jackson as he sat his regular lunch table by himself as he ate slowly. His recently new friend Grover unable to be present; off doing something else. Grover was his new roommate at Yancy Academy and so far his only friend. There weren't many kids who wanted to hang around the weird hyperactive kid that had been known to get in trouble a lot, and Percy didn't blame people for avoiding him. That doesn't mean he didn't feel sad and a bit mad about it. Being isolated from other people for no reason would rustle anyone's jimmy's to be honest. But in the end he had to live with it.
But he was totally fine with Grover, he seemed to be an honestly cool talked and played with him a lot, as well as usually sitting with him when he was alone. Although One set back was the dude smelled like goats and was a total slob around the room. But it's not like Percy had any ground to judge, he was kind of a slob as well, not really cleaning up after himself much unless the room got unbearably dirty.
Didn't want to live in a complete pigs-tine, but didn't want to have to make it his divine mission to commonly clean all the time... As Percy sat there the boredom of waiting for his next class finally settled into him as he stared fiercely at his mash potatoes and chicken sand which. He honestly felt so alone and bored, his ADHD obviously driving the boredom even harder in his brain until he heard something that made him jump in his seat knocking his milk off the table
'Ping!'
'the fu-?'
He wondered to himself as he stared at what looked like a blue screen hovering in the middle of his vision with, small what seemed to be Ancient Greek symbols rotating around it on the edges.
{Welcome to "The Game", This new operating system has been gifted to you by #^%$%*$&%##. As customary you will receive two knew skills for being gifted with "The game" in the first place. Enjoy and Have a nice day.}
'Ping!'
[You have received 2 skills!]
Eternal Mind and Soul – LV-MAX
You have the mind of an eternal man, making it easier for you to rationalize things and think things through. As well as making you invulnerable to mental and Psychological manipulations.
Eternal Body – LV- MAX
You have an Eternal body, one that doesn't need the petty nutrients regular beings do. No need for food, water, or even sleep, all things everyone would rather go without. This will basically allow you to live your life physically as a game. Doesn't every one want that?
Percy stared at the screen in front of him before the 'Eternal Mind' skill set in and he slowly started to calm down. It was obviously real do to the fact he wasn't freaking out right now. But it also had an Undefined effect on his life that he wanted to know about. I mean could he ever feel something like fear again?
There's many emotions that would be placed under a Freak out classification, he could very easily loose his ability to laugh and smile. Percy began looking around the room in suspicion, for any thing out of the ordinary his mind whirling into action as he tried to use his newly gifted skill to possibly find out what was happening to him, or more of what happened... until something popped up in front his eyes again. 'Fuck!'
'Ping!'
[New Skill Developed!]
Inspection, LV 1 (0%)
This skill will allow you to see Information about the object you're currently looking at. More information and facets of said information will be available the more this skill levels up.
Percy looked at the screen with a wide smile as he thought about what this skill would be able to do for him until he decided to just look down and try it out. So, he looked down at his plate of off food and focused on it until the screen popped back into his vision.
Mashed Potatoes – Food
Restores .5 HP and .5 MP
He looked down at the box in wonder for a second before taking a scoop from the potatoes and eating them. He had no reason to doubt the legitimacy of what he was seeing but he needed to test it out further. He didn't even know how it worked!
'Ping'
[You have received a New quest!]
Figure out how "The Game" System works
Objectives:
Use your inventory and store One Item.
Use Your status page and use one Skill Point
Use Fast Travel Ability
Reward:
5+ Skill Points
50+ XP
Map of New York
Dungeon Create Skill
Failure:
Severe Brain Damage
YES/NO?
Percy looked at the options a bit startled at the conditions for failing such what looked like a minute quest. 'I mean brain damage? common game, just meet you and you're already being this hard on me?'
But he was determined to figure it out more anyway at least this kept him from procrastinating the problem. And as he stood up and left to go to his dorm room to begin the quest he began thinking on where he would begin...
-Line-break-Omnipotent POV
A man shrouded in complete and utter darkness, sat on a Lazy boy that looked as if it was made of the fabric of time and space. What makes of the void and darkness of space seemed to swell up and position itself in this place.
"Oh, come on that's how you chose to illustrate the powers I gave him? I can already tell where this goes. You don't have an original bone in your body do you huh? Well I guess I should be happy, you did give me something to do so I can't be that mad."
The man said in a resounding booming voice that carried the true power of a divine within it as he talked. As he sat there staring into what seemed to be blank space, Nothing there but complete darkness before he turned his and in front of him reappeared a large Flat screen Samsung 14k T.V.
"You better hope those others you've told me about like this more than I do because I just thinks it's a little unoriginal… I mean you even brought me into complete sentience just to watch the kid. I know we're both timeless beings but really? a 14k T.V to watch some mortal?"
The man said before the world around him began to slowly disintegrate, the very fabric of space giving away to utter oblivion, an indescribable scene of colors that rocked the man to his core as he stared at it in fear.
"Alright, alright calm down man I was just joking…"
"I'm sure what ever you have in mind is going to be perfect"
He said as he settled back into his seat, the scenery around him growing back into place as he let loose a deeply baited breath.
"Just please don't fuck off and leave us in Purgatory, also don't ruin the kid's life for no reason. I'm tired of the angst, I've seen that play out at least 1,000 times and it has only been told well 3 times. Damn I wish there was a finish to that before he fell into Obliviate as well."
He muttered passively under his breath before leaning back into his chair and pulling a wine glass filled with a strange platinum liquid to his lips.
"And I swear to &#% if you make him go insane I'm gonna-"
{{Percy's POV}}
I stood in my bedroom and attempted time after time to start somewhere, trying to figure out the best way to attack this quest from. I needed a plan of action, the most decisive and accurate way to solve this problem from. If only I was a genius. I took me an hour to just give up and lay back in my bed from frustration.
I finally decided I would begin with trying to open my Inventory, so I sat there and began making my fingers into a box shape and widening it. After a while it didn't open until I just decided to go with the obvious answer. 'I'm So stupid'
"Inventory?"
I said more of as a question out loud before a blue box popped up in front of me devoid of anything but small barely visible outlines of squares in a uniform pattern. After staring at it for a bit I decided to complete task one and looked around my room. I grabbed a Photo of my mom and kissed it before slowly pushing it against the box. If lost this pic, i'd be forever mad at this game and the way it was designed.
It rippled for a second before the Photo was pushed into the box and immediately was categorized and took up the first square. I then reached in and pulled it out with a smile as I placed the photo back on my desk and began to think. My mind freaked out for a bit until the skill activated and I was calm once more deciding immediately to move onto the second objective. I stood there for a second before smiling.
"Status"
A blue box popped up immediately as it appeared in my face reading.
{Name – Perseus Jackson}
Title – Sally's Son
Race -?
Jobs - 2/5
Momma's Boy, Lv - Max
Student, Lv - 2 (15%)
Level – 1 XP 0/100
Health - 100/100
Mana – 200/00
STR - 1 + 2= 3
END - 2
DEX - 3 + 2 = 5
VIT - 2 + 2= 4
INT - 2
WIS - 0
LUC - 5
Points - 5
Money - 0D 5$
Overview -Perseus Jackson is the Son of Sally Jackson and ?. This now makes him a ?. He loves his mother Sally Jackson and Likes his friend Grover. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it hard for him to pay attention in class and read. He loves going to the beach with his mother Sally and Hates his step dad Gabe, who is a massive asshole
Status –
Due to your heritage, you have gained +10 Lvls to all Water related Skills and Perks.
Due to your race as a? you have gained +2 STR, +2 DEX, +2 VIT.
Due to your heritage you gained the Son of ? Perk giving you +1,000 MP and 1,000 HP when in bodies of water.
Although I thought it was cool that I had some pretty good stats at such a low level. I was kind of mad from being unable to see who my father was, I mean if anything could tell me who my dad was, I'd assume it would be the magic boxes that pop up when I think of them could. He can't really be that special right? He was just a sailor, though he must have been one hell of a sailor from getting this boost.
I felt a small pang hit my chest as I slowly began to get a feeling of anxiety when I read my race. I mean it should say human right? What am I some kind of robot?! It got more and more confusing as I tried to think about what I was. Deciding to put that to the side I would have to think about it later as to what I am and who my father was. I walked and paced in a circle around my room until…
'Ping!'
[You have received a New quest!]
Find out Who your Father is and Discover your Heritage and Race
Objectives:
Find out Your heritage
Find out what you're
Rewards:
+5 Skill points
+200 XP
Failure:
Osteoporosis
YES/NO?
I obviously pressed yes with a smile before going back to what I was doing first. I mean a chance to know who my father was...Just a chance was good enough to risk what ever that was. My mom always told me he was a good man who got lost at sea, and the new information about this from what the game has given me. Maybe my dad was a Sea wizard or some Navy Officer that super cool mutant powers from the government.
'Ping!'
Due to thinking logically you have earned +1 INT
I smiled even wider as I looked at my new stats and decided to finish the 2nd part of my quest. By adding 1 point to wisdom and keeping the rest to save for later. Hoping the added wisdom would help me in figuring out who my dad was.
STR - 1
END - 2
DEX - 3
VIT - 2
INT - 3
WIS - 1
LUC - 5
Points – 4
I then checked my quest again to see what else I had to do.
[You have received a New quest!]
Figure out how "The Game" System works
Objectives:
Use your inventory and store One Item.
Use Your status page and use one Skill Point
Use Fast Travel Ability
Reward:
5+ Skill Points
50+ XP
Map of New York
Map of Yancy Academy
I then decided to go ahead and use the working way of summoning this thing and thought for a second before speaking.
"Fast Travel Map"
"Ping"
[You have received a Map!]
Map of New York is Now available for you to view
A large map opened in my vision that detailed the entire city of New York from Brooklyn to long island. All around the entire city, I then squinted a bit as a small red dot was positioned on the inside of a small city. It was Yancy academy, there was a small house icon over my mom's house that was within the city before I tapped on it and a small notification appeared next to it.
[Would you like to fast travel to: "Mom's House"?] YES/NO
My eyes widened as I looked around my room before looking at the clock above my bedroom door. I had at least 10 Minutes before I had to go back to class and decided to throw caution to the wind before tapping yes as immediately the map closed as a tingling feeling enveloped my entire body before it was over immediately and I appeared inside my bedroom back home. I could hear that asshole Gabe downstairs with his friends gambling and smoking before I immediately opened up my map and looked to where Yancy academy was.
[Would you like to fast travel to: "Yancy Academy"?] YES/NO
I hit yes immediately and transported back into my bedroom and looked back up at my clock, with the clock reading 12:20PM. I still had 10 minutes and smiled as I finally decided to turn my attention back to organizing everything before I headed back to class.
"Ping!"
[You have completed a Quest!]
Objective:
Use your inventory and store One Item.
Use Your status page and use one Skill Point
Use Fast Travel Ability
Reward:
5+ Skill Points
50+ XP
Map of New York
Dungeon Create Skill
I smiled and waited for the accompanying ping
"Ping!"
[You have Received a Skill!]
Dungeon Create, LV 1 (0%)
The ability to make small dungeons that you can leave after completing them. More dungeons are unlocked through experiences as well as the higher the skills level gets.
With an honest sigh, I decided I would try and figure out what that would entail later before I ran outside of my dorm room and ran down the halls towards my class that I had right after lunch, Mr. Brunner's Latin class. We didn't really learn Latin in that class so much as we learned about Greek and Roman culture and Mythology. I walked into class 3 Minutes early, and as I stepped through the door Mr. Brunner turned to me in his wheel-chair as I took my seat in the middle row of the desks.
"Mr. Jackson you're early to class."
He said turning to match me as I sat down and reached into my pocket pulling out my pen
"Yes, sir I decided if, even though I'm destined to fail this class I could just give it a try."
I said as he cracked a smile and the bell rang and the class began to fill with everyone. Grover coming to sit next to me as I turned to him and smiled. I then decided to use my inspection skill to see what levels regular people would have. But when I inspected Grover something really strange and surprising came up.
[Name – Grover Underwood]
Title – Protector of Percy Jackson
Race - Satyr
Jobs – 1/5
Demi-God Protector
Level – 15
Health – 1,500/ 1,500
Mana – 1,500/1,500
STR - 10
END - 15
DEX - 13
VIT - 12
INT – 10
WIS - 3
LUC - 1
Overview – Grover underwood is a Satyr form camp half blood who currently is working as the Protector of Perseus Jackson the Son of ? as his Job. And currently attends Yancy academy with his friend Percy Jackson and Protectorate.
My eyes widened as I looked at what his stats where, the guy seemed pretty small for all this to be true, I mean the dude was a cripple but. It did say he was a Satyr and I hadn't seen any goat legs. Wait pause a what now! The new kid to school who's made friends with me now and smells like goats. Is a Satyr? Well if there was ever a reason for me to want to freak out, it's right now. But soon Grover waved his hand in front of my face as I noticed I had been staring.
"Hey Perce, you okay?"
He asked as I finally snapped out of it and coughed before hearing the most annoying person at this school speak.
"Maybe he was just staring into his lover's eyes, huh Grover?"
She teased from behind us in a smug tone before I turned around and smiled. The class snickered to her remark, before Grover turned and looked forward blushing from embarrassment.
"Just because you love me Nancy doesn't mean you need to tease me if I look elsewhere."
I said as the class lit up in laughs, shutting Nancy up as she turned to her desk grumbling as I turned back to Mr. Brunner and he coughed a small laugh out and shook his head before he began to instruct the class. I then used Inspect on Mr. Brunner as I felt a bit bored in class but what came up in this time made my eyes widen to the size of Dinner plates as I read it.
[Name – Chiron (Mr. Brunner]
Title – The Legendary Trainer
Race - Centaur
Jobs – 3/5
Demi-God Trainer
Camp Half Blood Counselor
School Teacher
Level – 60
Health – 14,500/14,500
Mana – 500/500
STR - 34
END - 40
DEX - 20
VIT - 35
INT – 39
WIS - 48
LUC - 7
Overview – Chiron is a Legendary trainer who has trained the likes of Hercules when he was preparing for his trials. Chiron is a humble Centaur who currently works at Camp Half-blood who is currently training the new generation of Demigods. Currently he is helping Grover keep a watchful eye on Percy Jackson, The ?, which makes him a target on Olympus.
This shocked me to the core as I looked from Grover back to Mr. Brunner and thought on it for a second. Well obviously, if Grover was here to protect me, and Chiron is here to protect me. That would mean I'm a Demi- God…
'Ping!'
You have gained +1 INT due to you thinking through a problem logically and solving it.
So that's proof enough for that, I guess I can now scratch that off the list of things I need to find. Now all I need to do is find out who my father was. Well if I'm a Demi- God I would need to read up on Greek Gods. But I already know a few due to what Mr. Brunner has taught me so far. But I also had a little idea that would help me figure out who my dad was.
'Ping!'
[You have received a New Quest]
Objective:
Make fun of Centaurs and Satyrs
Rewards:
Grover and Chiron will like you more
+10XP
Failure:
YES/NO?
I clicked yes and smiled before I raised my hand and looked up into Mr. Brunner's eyes.
"Mr. Brunner do you know about Chiron? I read a book about him that said he was a ruthless killer and trained Hercules to the point of near insanity before he left. It even said he used to eat Satyrs"
I said smirking as I saw Grover's eyes widen a bit before Mr. Brunner turned with a slightly twitching smile.
"No Mr. Jackson, there were many portrayals of the Trainer but that one seems the most preposterous."
"Are you sure? I mean I'm sure satyrs would taste pretty good. You sure he wasn't Irish?"
I asked making Mr. Brunner chuckle a bit as he rubbed his beard and smiled warmly back t me. While Grover looked down a bit scared as he 'hmphed'
"I doubt The Centaur would eat a centaur although I'm Positive he wasn't Irish Mr. Jackson. You seem to have an interest in Greek culture, do you think you could tell me the 3 strongest Olympians?"
The wise trainer asked as I sat back in my seat and thought on it for a second before smiling and answering.
"Zeus, Hestia and Poseidon. Zeus because the is the King of Olympus and the controller of the skies. Hestia, although not technically an Olympian She does control the hearth and Hope and hope is something everything needs. And Poseidon because he controls the oceans of the world."
I said thinking about it before looking back at the smiling centaur disguised as a School teacher.
"Wonderful Job Mr. Jackson, those are great explanations. Maybe you can pass this class, you'd have more of a connection to this course then you'd think. Although Hestia being one of the big three is not a thing I commonly hear."
He said turning back to the boy as he began talking about the furies. 3 Mythical creatures that were created to help fight the forces of the titans. I then smiled as I heard the now familiar 'pang'
'Pang!'
[You have completed a Quest!]
Objective:
Make fun of Centaurs and Satyrs
Rewards:
+10XP
Grover and Chiron will like you more
I tuned out a little bit before we were dismissed from class. I had a free class and decided to go for a swim as I looked over my Stats page and thought about how I could raise up my stats by myself. I walked into the smaller building that contained an Olympian sized swimming pool; I walked to the edge and stripped down to my underwear and jumped in the pol. I had decided to do this instead of wearing swimming trunks because each time I got out I was dry. But this time as I jumped into the pool and began to sink to the bottom my eyes shot open as I felt a rush of Air enter my lunges.
[Due to entering a body of water your Son of ? Perk has Activated allowing you to use it Actively]
Son of ? Perk
Due to your heritage you gained the Son of ? Perk giving you +1,000 MP and 1,000 HP when in bodies of water.
You can Breathe Underwater
You can also Talk to All Equestrian Species
You can speak to All Aquatic Animals and Lifeforms
I then began to think on it for a few seconds ignoring the notification for a few seconds. Seconds as I tried to think on who my father might be. My mom said he was lost at sea, I have an Affinity to water and I can breathe underwater. There was a Satyr and Centaur sent to protect me as I was a target for Olympus. Even then I thought it was a stretch but it was the most likely answer.
"I'm a Son of Poseidon!"
i nearly shouted as i thrashed around in the water a bit. Pumping my arms in pure excitement as I heard the ping and let myself float there.
'Ping!'
[You have received a New quest!]
Find out Who your Father is and Discover your Heritage and Race
Objectives:
Find out Your heritage
Find out what you're
Rewards:
+5 Skill points
+200 XP
I then heard another 'Ping!' As I floated in the water.
'Ping!'
You have leveled up!
{Name – Perseus Jackson}
Title – Sally's Son
Race -Demigod
Jobs - 2/5
Momma's Boy, Lv - Max
Student, Lv - 2 (15%)
Level – 2 XP 160/200
Health - 100/100
Mana – 200/200
STR - 1
END - 2
DEX - 3
VIT - 2
INT - 2
WIS - 0
LUC - 3
Points - 13
Money - 0D 5$
Overview -Perseus Jackson is the Son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon. This now makes him a Demi-God. He loves his mother Sally Jackson and Likes his friend Grover. He has ADHD and Dyslexia making it hard for him to pay attention in class and read. He loves going to the beach with his mother Sally and Hates his step dad Gabe, who is a Massive Asshole.
I sat with a deep smile on my face as I stared at the screen that had just told me who my father true and actual father was, my eyes clenched as I tried to stop myself from crying as i wiped my eyes and looked at the water. I felt it empower meas I slow lt calmed down and looked at the bottom of the the pool with a solid glare.
"I'm gonna make you both proud, i'm going to make you both proud!"
I said in the water as I thought about my mother and Imagined what my father would look like as I just floated there.