Okay so I was just to excited to wait! I was going to write this story when Music Will Save You was over but that story is going to be pretty long and I'm excited about this one too! Warning this is completely different from Music Will Save You. There is cursing and later there will be implied sexual stuff cause let's face it high school isn't innocent anymore.
Anyway this story is something completely new for me. I've never written anything like it so I'll need feedback on how well I did!
Disclaimer: I don't own the PJO series!
Annabeth Chase:
When I was younger I used to believe everyone is put on this world for something special. We all have something we were meant to do. Seventeen years later, cursed, I still haven't found my purpose. Am I just supposed to suffer with these abilities? Or will I use them for something greater then myself? I tend to try and stay away from questions like these, but they always seem to come back and haunt me.
"Annabeth! You awake?" I could hear the ding of the door as Ernie entered the restaurant. I rolled out of bed and descended down the stairs. Rubbing my eyes I answered.
"Yes Ernie I'm up." The sixty year old man smiled at me, causing his wrinkles to spend across his face.
"You plan to go to school dressed in your pajamas?" I glanced down at my plaid pajama bottoms and white tank top and shrugged.
"No but I've gone in worse." Ernie smiled and rolled his eyes. He then gestured upstairs.
"Go get dressed. You want a ride to school?" I looked out the window to my right and saw a cloudy morning. The clock was flashing 6:30. I shook my head and started to climb the stairs yelling behind me.
"No I'll walk today. Thanks though." I couldn't hear his reply as I shut my 'apartment' door behind me. I walked over to my small closet and pulled it open. I grabbed my faded, light blue jeans and slipped them on. I slipped on a blue button up shirt but left it unbuttoned and pulled my curls into a ponytail. I walked across the room into my bathroom. Quickly I brushed my teeth and washed my face. When I left the bathroom I bent down to grabbed my shoulder bag and slipped it on. I blew some loose hair out of my face and opened the door. When I walked down the stairs Ernie wasn't in sight. I assumed he was back in the kitchen, starting up today's specials. I walked through the doors and over to him.
"Hey. I'm gonna head out. You need anything before I go?" Ernie started to roll the pizza dough and shook his head.
"No dear I'm alright. Have a nice day at school." I nodded and bent down to kiss his head lightly.
"Alright. I'll wait tables when I get back okay? He nodded wordlessly and I walked out of the Ernie's Pizzeria and out onto the busy streets of New York.
Percy Jackson:
I smiled as the sink water floated around my fingertips. Mom would be upset if she found out I was using my powers like this, especially after we just moved. But New York and Idaho are pretty far, it's not like anybody back home knew about me anyway. Besides I have a special ability, why shouldn't I use it?
"Percy Jackson!" The water fell from the air and splashed on the ground. I sheepishly glanced up at my slightly fuming Mother. Her arms were crossed and she was glaring at the water.
"Uh Mom-"She sighed and walked over to me, wrapping her arms tightly around me. Since I'm seventeen and have good genes I was a couple inches taller than her. Her hair tickled my nose but I ignored it and wrapped my own arms around her.
"Percy we just moved…Please I need you to be careful." I squeezed her tighter and placed my chin on the top of her head.
"But Mom if I can't do it at home where am I supposed to use my powers? I was gifted with this amazing gift and you're telling me I can't use it?" Despite being upset with me she began to chuckle. The noise filling the air and making my chest vibrate.
"Percy I want you to learn how to control it….Last time you went crazy and almost blew up the sink." I blushed at the memory and my Mom pulled away. She still had her arms wrapped around me. One of her hands moved up to gently cup my cheek.
"Okay so that wasn't one of my best moments but I swear I've gotten better!" She smiled softly and kissed my cheek.
"I know baby…Just please be careful at school?" I nodded and went over to the living room. On top of the table was a letter. I grabbed it and handed it to her and pointed to the top, where the name of the school was printed boldly.
"Mom this school has other people like me! See! In the letter Principle Grover says there are five others like me. Two of which include my cousins! Remember? Thalia and Jason go there too. They say it's safe." My Mom's eyes drifted across the page as she reread the message.
"I know but Percy there are…normal kids there. Kids who don't have or know anything about these…abilities you possess. Please just be careful." I sighed dishearten but nodded. I waved my hand in a circle and the water on the floor started to float. I gently guided my hand forward and the water went back into the sink. I grabbed my backpack and my keys. I kissed my Mom's cheek, wished her a good day and left the apartment.
Annabeth Chase:
Goode High School. Full of every cliché imaginable. As I walked into the main entrance I glanced at all the kids crowded around one another. One of the most common clicks was the first I saw. Passing or glancing in the gym you'll see them. They're practically in every school. The jocks. Pretty, annoyingly perky cheerleaders smiled as the spread the latest gossip. Football stars and basketball players shove each other and flex as girls pass them. I almost gag from the smell of testosterone.
Next you have the preps. Born with wealth and anything they could ever want in the palm of their hands. Some are somewhat decent others are snobs, mostly the girls are the snobs. I rolled my eyes when I heard two prep girls talking about how expensive their tops are. The male preps exchanging country club stories.
As I walked by the library I could hear books slamming and computer keys clinking away. Ah the library, at Goode the library is a special place. It holds two clicks instead of one. You have the computer nerds and the academic nerds. Some people think it's the same thing but I would consider myself smart when it comes to academic's but computers? Yeah don't think so. I glanced in the windows and saw three girls and two guys huddled around each other, taking notes over textbooks. Then in the corner where the computers were I could see two sophomores talking excitedly over a website that I'm assuming they created.
Walking down the hall I could see the normals crowded around the lockers. The normals are the kids who can kind of jump from click to click, or stand in a group of their own. They don't corner themselves so they aren't stuck with hanging out with only one type of person. I respect them for that but they can get on my nerves…But I guess everybody does nowadays.
I turned into the C wing and passed the last group of clicks. The outcasts. Goths, druggies, socially awkward students crowd in this part of the school. I held my breath as I passed Donna Sanders. She saw me coming and blew her smoke out as I walked passed. I bite my tongue and continue walking. I scanned the outcasts until I found the one I was looking for. He smirked at me as I walked over to him. Glaring I stood in front of him. He blew his cigarette smoke in the other direction, kindly away from my face.
"I've told you before Nico those are bad for you. You're only fifteen." Nico rolled his eyes and put out his cigarette. I nodded satisfied and he rolled his eyes as we fell into step with each other.
"Yeah but I'm a mature fifteen. I'm smarter than most of the kids in my grade." Nico followed me to my locker and leaned against the one next to it as I put in my combination.
"Nico…There sophomores, most of them are worse than the freshman." He scoffed and nodded at Thalia Grace as she walked by. I stiffened and leaned further into my locker.
"Says the big bag junior. Hey you doing anything after school?" I grabbed my math book and shut my locker. I adjusted the strap on my bag and nodded.
"Yeah I told Ernie I would help out at the restaurant. You can come over if you want." He grinned, something unusual for him and nodded.
"Sure. I haven't seen Ernie in a while. Besides free pizza? Hell yea. Besides I wouldn't want you wandering the streets with what's been going on." The corner of my lips tilted upwards, but only slightly and I glanced around as the bell rang.
"I haven't seen any in a while. Maybe they finally left New York? But whatever I'll see you after school. We can walk together?" He bid me a goodbye and walked down the hall. I checked the halls before venturing down to class.
Percy Jackson:
I looked at all the numbers on the doors. I couldn't find B32! Finding a parking space and the office was easy but finding my first class is apparently harder than finding a needle in a hay stack. I groaned to myself and turned to the person closest to me, which to my luck was a pretty brunette cheerleader.
"Hey do you know where Mr. Brynn's room is?" She flashed me her pearly whites and nodded.
"Sure c'mon I'll show you." She looped her arm through mine and weaved me through the crowded halls. Kids seemed to move out of the way for her. After a short walk we ended up in front of a closed door. Room B32. I smiled in victory and turned to the girl just as the bell rang.
"Hey thanks! I'll see you around…?" She smiled and adjusted her ponytail. She turned around but called out behind her.
"Renya! See you around new kid!" I smiled as she walked down the hall. I pushed open the door and walked to the front of the class where a short bald man was sitting down at a desk staring at the clock.
"Um Mr. Brynn?" He looked up, glared at me and in a hard voice answered.
"What?" I rummaged through my backpack and pulled out a piece of paper.
"I'm new. Starting today. Where do you want me to sit?" He grunted and rolled his eyes.
"Where ever you want kid. It's two months into the school year if I was gonna assign seats I would have done it by now." I nodded a bit awkwardly and turned around. I scanned the students and sighed in relief when I saw my cousin Thalia. She was in the back corner but her midnight black hair wasn't hard to miss. Plus with the dark blue strip in it now her hair stands out even more. I walked over and sat down next to her.
"Hey Thals." She grinned and nodded. The bell rang and I braced myself for the long day ahead.
Thalia Grace:
"Jason get your ass up!" I could hear groaning from his room and I rolled my eyes.
"You have to hurry or we'll be late picking up Piper!" I smirked as I heard the thud of his body hitting the floor. The boy's fricken whipped when it comes to brunette beauty. I brushed through my midnight black hair and pushed it behind my head. I quickly got dressed and walked out into the empty living room. Mom won't be home for another week, she's still on that business trip but when she comes home she'll probably have to leave again. Jason and I practically live by ourselves. Speaking of my dimwitted brother.
"I could have slept another ten minutes Thalia." I shrugged in a 'not my problem' manner and went into the kitchen and grabbed an apple. As I munched on it happily Jason was grumbling to himself as he ate his cereal. I looked out the window and frowned slightly.
"Hey I was gonna fly to school. You think you could try and make the weather a little nicer?" Jason looked outside and shook his head.
"No its just cloudy. You put me in a bad mood so it's gonna stay that way. Be lucky it isn't pouring. You can still fly through it if you want." I rolled my eyes but nodded. I handed him ym backpack.
"Fine meet you at school then. Put this in the backseat." He nodded and I opened the window. I thought about it for a minute before I transformed into a crow. I adjusted my black wings and admired the beautiful dark blue feather on my right wing before flying through the window and over the New York buildings. Flying to school took about five minutes or so, depending on how fast I was going. But driving takes about twenty to thirty. I closed my bird eyes and sighed mentally. The breeze did feel nice.
Annabeth Chase:
I walked into the courtyard and sat down on a bench. Lunch just started so not to many people were out here. I pulled out a left over slice of pizza and took a bite. I flipped open my book and began to read. My mind soon became engrossed in the story so I barely noticed the students talking and walking around me. I mindlessly took another bite of pizza and gently flipped the page. I could feel Nico's presence next to me but he didn't say anything so I didn't either. He took a bite of my pizza and land down on the bench. I scooted over slightly, never taking my eyes off the book and Nico placed his feet in my lap.
"You see the new kid?" I glanced at him. He had his eyes closed. I flipped to the next page in my book and shrugged.
"Saw him in third. He sat in the back. I didn't pay much attention." Nico hummed and was silent for a minute. I thought the conversation was over but of course knowing Nico it wasn't.
"Well I did. I got a good look at him too." I rolled my eyes and tried to stay focused on the book. All week I've been trying to finish it but between Nico, Ernie, school and working I wasn't able to.
"Yeah? And?" Nico sat up and pointed to a boy across the yard. It was the guy I saw in third. Black hair, green eyes, tall. He was talking to Thalia and Jason Grace. I nodded and turned back to the book.
"He's talking to Grace and her brother. They're abnormals like us Annabeth! Do you think he's one too?" I flinched at the word we use to describe ourselves. Abnormals. Meaning not normal, different…I harshly shut my book, after mentally marking the page of course, and turned to Nico. With gritted teeth I asked him.
"Could you get me water?" He opened his mouth to respond but after seeing my hard glare shut it and got up. I opened my book again and he bent down next to my ear.
"You're going to have to own up to it sometime Annabeth." I clenched my fist and I could feel it heating up. I started to mentally panic and glared at his retreating figure before taking deep calming breaths. After a minute I slowly opened my palm and to my relief it looked normal. I sighed and took a nervous glance around the school yard before turning back to my book.
Percy Jackson:
"I'm telling you guys, I have a good feeling about this school! I finally feel comfortable!" Thalia and Jason shared a look, which I chose to ignore and followed me out into the school yard. Lunches in hand we sat down at an empty table. I glanced around before turning back to my cousins.
"So…Do you guys use your powers a lot?" They shrugged and Thalia took a bite of her salad and Jason started to pull out various foods out of his lunch bag. Thalia swallowed and looked around before leaning in a little closer.
"Not really. I really only use it to get to and from school. Like this morning? I went Crow to get here." I nodded smiling. I remembered when we were younger Thalia would change into different animals, trying to see if we could guess them all. Jason nodded.
"Yeah she was complaining this morning about the weather. I was rudely awakened so I left it cloudy." I nodded again. I thought Jason's power was interesting…He could sort of control the weather. I remember him having it snow for three days straight so we wouldn't have to go to school. I feel kind of bad for my Aunt, having to raise twin abnormals without any help. Thalia and Jason's Dad split before they were two. I guess it was a good thing, if he couldn't handle them as toddlers then he defiantly couldn't handle them as super powered teens.
"Yeah Mom gave me a little lecture when she caught me playing with the tap water." The two twins smiled and we began eating, talking quietly in case mortals heard.
"Remember that summer a couple years ago? We stunk into the community pool after hours and you were just learning how to use your powers and you sprayed the water everywhere? The pool no longer had water! The lifeguard's face the next morning was priceless!" Thalia and I started laughing and I nodded.
"Hey I was thirteen, my powers were just starting to come in and I wanted to impress you guys! Leave me alone!" Thalia laughed and took another bite of her salad. Jason took a sip of his juice and shook his head.
"When I was just figuring out how to use mine I kept rapidly changing the weather. I felt bad. Weathermen all over New York were baffled." Thalia chuckled and nodded.
"I remember that! But I was worse. I was homeschooled that year! It was like every time I sneezed I was a different animal! Could you imagine? Little thirteen year old Thalia sitting in class, I sneezed then sitting at my desk is a black lion? Yeah that would go over well!" I chuckled quietly and shook my head.
"Yeah I never got why whenever you change into an animal instead of turning the color of the animal you are a midnight black like your hair." Thalia started to play with the strip of blue in her hair.
"Yeah I never got it either but now when I change I have a strip of blue somewhere. Like when I'm a crow it's on my right wing." I nodded and took Jason's juice and took a sip. He grabbed it back and glared.
"Get your own man!" I was about to respond when a brunette walked over. Her hair was in loose pigtails and she was wearing a white dress with blue sandals. She walked over to Jason and kissed him lightly before greeting Thalia and I. My jaw dropped and Thalia rolled her eyes.
"Percy this is Piper. Jason's girlfriend. Piper this is our idiot cousin Percy. He's a water abnormal." I held in a scream and turned sharply to Thalia. I was about to slap her silly when Piper nodded in understanding.
"Oh okay. Hey Percy. I'm a mind abnormal." I turned to her confused.
"What do you mean?" She glanced around before staring at Jason's can. Her eyes darted towards the center of the table and the can moved towards it. I grabbed it and took another sip, ignoring Jason's complaints but the can was ripped out of my can and placed back in front of Jason. I looked up at Piper's smirking face and she got up and gripped some guys shirt. She stared into his eyes for a minute.
"Hey Jason man I think your girlfriend is trying to seduce that guy." He held up his finger and pointed at her. I watched as her eyes sparkled and the boy's pupils widened. She let go of him and smiled sweetly.
"Devin, slap yourself twice." I watched awestruck as Devin did as he was told without a moments hesitation. Piper smiled and thanked him and his eyes went back to normal. He glanced around confused before turning and slowly walking away. Piper turned back to me.
"See?" I nodded and smiled.
"That's pretty awesome." Thalia shrugged and Jason kissed Piper's cheek before giving her half of his sandwich. They started being all couple-y so I turned to Thalia.
"So…In Principle Grover's letter it said there are five others like us. Where are the other two?" Thalia glanced around.
"Well Grover himself is one. I don't remember what type but I remember him giving Jason and I an entire speech about adnormals. He said something about him being the informer, and us being this generations adnormals. Apparently only a few are actually born, scattered across the world only to be summoned or recruited here in New York. After a new generation is born the most powerful of the last generation becomes the informer. He also said Jason and I were the twins. Each generation has one set of siblings and sometimes at least one other abnormal is related, like you are cousin." I nodded slowly soaking in the information. Thalia continued looking around, probably looking for the other two.
"So…why are we all summoned to one place?" Thalia shrugged.
"I don't know actually. You'd think having all six of us here would mean a huge battle was going to go down but Grover didn't mention him fighting in any war and he's the informer! You have questions you can ask him. I'm not the informer so I wouldn't know." I nodded and Thalia's eyes widened and she pointed behind me. Following her gaze and finger I saw a blonde girl reading a book and a black haired boy standing up. He whispered something in her ear, to which she responded with a glare and he started to walk away. I could hear Thalia talking but my eyes were glued to the girl. She had beautiful blonde hair…
"Percy!" Thalia smacked me and I came back into reality.
"Huh?" She frowned and pointed at the boy again.
"Were you listening? I said that one of the other abnormals is Nico di Angelo. Grover said he was the first abnormal he found. He's only a year younger than us." I watched the boy pull out a dollar and place it in a machine. Seconds later a water bottle came out. He grabbed it.
"What type?" Thalia grinned and in a low voice.
"He's the Shadow King." My face scrunched in confusion.
"What?" Thalia rolled her eyes.
"He's a shadow abnormal. He can control shadows and if he's surrounded by darkness he disappears. I swear it's the coolest shit ever." I nodded slowly and watched the boy walk back to the bench where the blonde girl was. I swear I saw her earlier today. I thought back and smiled in satisfaction when I recalled passing her desk earlier today in third. Nico handed the water to her and she looked up from the book and grabbed it. She rolled her eyes at something he said, said something in return and turned to his book. I watched as he looked up and made eye contact with me. I tried not to panic as he walked over.
"Hey Death Breath." Nico smirked at the nickname and sat down next to Thalia.
"Hey hairball. How's it going?" I ignored their conversation and continued to stare at the blonde beauty. I wonder what her name is…What she's like? I groaned to myself when I watched her drink her water. Right water abnormal. What would a girl like that see in me? The bell rang and we all got up Nico circled around to my side and followed my gaze. I nodded in her direction.
"Dude your friend is hot." Nico laughed and started walking away. I could faintly hear him say,
"You don't know the half of it." Before he disappeared in the mess of students. I looked back at the bench but the girl was gone. I frowned and crossed my fingers, hoping I would see her in any more classes.
Annabeth Chase:
I rubbed my temples as I walked into sixth period science. Today has been exhausting, hopefully this class won't drag on forever. I walked to the back of the classroom and sat down. Miss. Flower smiled brightly at the class as the bell rang and I scowled at her. How the fuck can she be so happy all the time? The door opened and that guy from lunch walked in. After a small conversation with Miss. Flower he turned to the class. Miss. Flower pointed at me and I glared at her. Green eyed boy smiled brightly and practically skipped over to our desks. I could feel his gaze for the entire lunch and now I have to sit next to him? Really? I rubbed my temples again as he sat down.
"Hey Percy Jackson's the name." I sharply turned to him and he flinched back. I was in no mood for someone like him. Cheerful, excited, annoying. In a hard voice I spoke my first words to Percy Jackson.
"Shut the fuck up." His eyes widened slightly before he smirked. His green eyes sparkled and I frowned. My eyes narrowed slightly as I stared at his eyes. I don't know if it was real or not but I swear I saw a thin strip of blue around his pupil.
"Getting lost in my eyes beautiful?" I growled and slapped the desk causing some students to look our way. Miss Flower was handing out lab assignments and I groaned to myself. I was always seated by myself therefore I never had a partner but now that Mr. Green Eyes is here I now do.
"Listen here new kid. I've had a bad day and don't you making it worse." He stayed silent for a minute before he grinned again making my blood boil. I could feel my veins tightening and I could feel my body heating up. If I didn't calm down he would too.
"Sorry silver eyes. I'll behave." I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist. Miss. Flower didn't seem to notice I was about to punch the kid when she handed us the assignment. She went back to the front and told us to read the instructions before logging into her email.
"So what's your name partner?" I ignored him and printed my name neatly at the top of my paper. He leaned over and read it aloud. I shoved him and he fell back into his seat.
"Personal space." He nodded and grinned.
"So Annabeth Chase huh? Nice name. Beautiful even." I growled at the word beautiful. I turned to him sharply.
"Don't call me that." He seemed surprised but before he could question me I pushed the paper in front of his face.
"Read that." He stared at me a moment longer before looking down at the paper. I grabbed my bag and draped the strap across my shoulder. I grabbed my paper and stuffed it into the bag and marched up front. I told Miss. Flower I was going to see Grover and she let me leave. We had thirty minutes until school ended. I tried to take even breaths as I marched down to Grover's office. My bag was bouncing off my right leg and I was already on edge. When I reached his office door I flung it open and Grover yelped in surprise.
"Gods Annabeth! You can't just barge in like that!" He frowned as he took in my appearance. He can read emotions he should know how upset I am. His eyes glanced down to my clenched fists and he sighed.
"Please Annabeth…Calm down." My eyes narrowed. I could feel the fire in them. I exploded. My hands slammed on his desk and I began to shout.
"No I will not calm down! I've had a horribly stressful day and to top everything off the new guy is a total asshole! Both conceited and too damn smiley! Who the fuck is Percy Jackson and why is he here?!" Grover rolled his lips and his eyes glanced to the left before returning to me. I looked to the left and saw the book. My hands trembled and I glared at him.
"Please tell me he isn't…" Grover nodded and stood up. He grabbed the book and flipped to a certain page before setting it down gently in between my hands. I stared at the page horrified. The book is full of every known abnormal since the beginning of the nineteen hundreds. This page however held the seven abnormals of this generation. I saw my name, Nico's, Thalia and Jason, Piper McLean's…Even his…Then at the bottom of the page I saw in black ink Percy Jackson. I gripped Grover's desk tighter.
"You gotta be fucking kidding me." Grover shook his head and stared at my hands.
"…Annabeth we need him here…If what you and Nico have told me are true then we need all the help we can get… I know having another abnormal here is a little annoying…" I shook my head and I could feel it starting. Good let it.
"No I don't care about those things. Nico and I have been taking care of it! If the new kid was a nicer, quieter less terrible abnormal I wouldn't care. This guy…This thing had one conversation with me and I hate him already!" Grover chuckled and grabbed the book and placed it back in its rightful place.
"Annabeth you hate a lot of things." I growled and the bell rang. I ripped my hands from the desk and snarled at him.
"That's not my fault." I marched from the room, leaving behind two smoking hand prints in Grover's desk.
I stormed to my locker and put the combination in. I threw all I didn't need in there and slammed it. I saw Percy talking with Nico, Thalia and Jason. I growled once again and left in the other direction. I closed my eyes tightly to try and keep it in. C'mon Annabeth. You're in school calm down. They can't know. The mortals mustn't know. I could feel my muscles loosening as I continued to walk. A few deep breaths and I should be fine…Or at least I hope so.
Nico Di Angelo:
Thalia and I had our last class together and we walked out together. I didn't ask about the new kid but she did tell me he was her cousin. Does that mean he's the last abnormal? Jason joined up with us as we walked further down the hall. I was silent. I'm not really comfortable with a lot of people. Annabeth, Thalia and some of the other smokers are pretty much it. And that's only because I share a lot in common with them. Jason Grace and I don't have anything in common except our secret. I watched as Percy came out of Miss Flower's classroom and I frowned. Annabeth has that class too. Where is she? Percy walked over to us.
"Hey eyes. You see Annabeth?" I glanced behind him and couldn't see her. I shook my head.
"Why?" Percy shrugged and Thalia punched his shoulder. He winced and grabbed it.
"Ow Thals that hurt! And she got all pissed with me. Like insanely quickly. I want to apologize for whatever I did." My eyes widened. Oh no…Angry Annabeth plus missing Annabeth doesn't go well.
"Did she leave class?" He nodded and I panicked even more. He watched me confused.
"You okay dude? You look like you're gonna be sick." I gulped and nervously looked around again. I could see Annabeth's blonde curls waving from side to side as she stomped out of the school. I sighed and turned to Thalia.
"I have to go. I'll see you later." Thalia grabbed my arm before I could go anywhere and pointed behind her.
"Um….No. Remember? Mr. Baker gave us a project and you're my partner. We have to at least start it tonight." I groaned and just started speaking. I really should have thought about what I was gonna say before opening my mouth.
"Okay fine. Can you come to Ernie's Pizzeria? It's like two blocks from here. "My eyes widened and the only thing that came to mind. Annabeth is going to kill me. Thalia nodded.
"Sure. I'll even bring Jason and Percy. We'll have dinner there." Jason commented on bringing Piper. Oh just fucking great. The whole group of abnormals, who Annabeth wants nothing to with, is coming to where she works\lives because of me. I'm dead.
"Uh…Yeah that's great see you later!" I managed to squeak that out before I saw Grover out of the corner of my eye and he gestured to the door. I grabbed my backpack and sprinted after my soon to be ex best friend.
Percy Jackson:
It was around 6: 30 when Thalia and Jason came to get me. Piper was already in the car so I we headed to the pizzeria. Honestly pizza sounds awesome right now. Jason glanced up at the sky and flexed his fingers and the sun slowly started to descend.
"Meh. I'll make it an early nighter." I shrugged and watched as the sun set slowly. When we arrived Nico was nervously standing in the front. When he greeted him he nervously greeted us back before opening the door. The beautiful smell of pizza hit my nostrils as we walked in. I sighed in bliss and we sat down. Thalia pulled out their homework while Jason, Piper and I looked over there types. I could hear the kitchen door open but I didn't look up. Nico gulped and I glanced up.
"Woah…" Annabeth was standing five feet from me, frowning as she tried to tie an apron behind her. Her blonde hair was pulled into a bun and a few loose curls were falling out, making her look stunning. She looked up and glared at me. She walked over to us and gave us a tight smile.
"Welcome to Ernie's. Can I get you guys any drinks?" Everyone gave their order and Annabeth made a noise resembling a growl when Nico answered. When she got to me she wouldn't even look up at me.
"I'll just take a water silver eyes." Her eyes narrowed and underneath the table my hands curled nervously.
"I tolerate you a lot better when you don't talk." She gave me one last glare before turning and walking into the kitchen. Piper was giggling into her hand, Jason was smiling amused, Nico was staring at the kichten door nervously and Thalia was smirking.
"Whoever that was I like her!" I looked at the door she left in and then down at the table.
"Well she seems to hate me." Thalia nodded and smiled.
"Yeah that's why I like her! She's feisty!" I rolled my eyes and Nico stood up.
"I'm gonna help her carry the drinks." We nodded and watched him leave. After a short minute they both returned. Annabeth took our orders and we made small talk as our food was baking. After twenty minutes an old man and Annabeth came out of the kitchen carrying our two pizzas. Ernie gently placed a pizza in front of Jason and Piper and Annabeth dropped my pizza in front of me carelessly. It slid off the plate slightly. In a monotone voice she said.
"Enjoy your meal." Then walked back into the kitchen. I sighed and started to slowly eat the pizza. Nico and Thalia ate and worked, Jason and Piper fed each other little pieces of pizza, And I sat there trying not to gag. I wonder why Annabeth doesn't like me that much. It's weird…
After we ate and paid we all stood up. Thalia and Nico got halfway done with their project and it was now eight PM. It was dark outside, or well as dark as it can be in New York. When we walked outside we started heading for the truck. Nico was standing by the door watching us. I saw something flash in the corner of my eye. I turned to my right and saw a small alley, I think the flash came from there. I started walking to it.
"Hey guys I think there is something in here." Piper rolled her eyes.
"Yeah probably death. It's a dark alley Percy. When does good ever come from a dark alley?" I ignored her tone and continued walking towards it. Thalia started following me and soon she was in front of me. Jason and Piper shrugged and followed us. Nico glanced around nervously before crossing the street and walking towards us.
"You guys need to stay away from there!" I turned to tell him we were fine but something jumped down in front of me. My eyes widen and I gasped terrified as I giant robot stood in front of me. I could hear Nico screaming at me to watch out but I couldn't move. The robot swung his arm and slammed me into a wall. Thalia turned around and saw me being thrown.
"Hey!" She morphed into lion and dove for the robot. I grunted as I got up. Piper screamed as two more robots jumped down from the rooftops. To make matters worse three shadows seemed to grow from the ground. There red eyes stared at me before they shot some black beam towards me. Nico dove and pushed me out of the way, making the beam miss. He mumbled.
"Son of a bitch…Again?" He closed his eyes and lifted his hands and three skeletons and two shadows appeared. Crap why did two more appear?
"Those two are mine." Huh? Lion Thalia was jumping around the first robot slashing it with her claws across its chest and back. Nico's skeletons and ghost shadow things were fighting with the three shadows and Jason and Piper were dodging four robot arms. Random trash was slamming into the robots, doing almost nothing and Piper was getting frustrated. I stopped watching and started acting. I lifted my hands and flexed my arms and water started to appear. When I had enough I grunted as I fiercely flung the water at one of the robots. It splashed into the robots neck and it caused some sparked to appear. Jason pointed at the sky and a single bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and struck down on one robot. It froze for a moment before swinging at Jason and smacking him in the chest, sending him to the ground.
"Sorry Thor I think we'll need something else." I tried to think. What do I do? I've never had to use my powers for fighting before! I summoned more water and it floated around my hands. I closed my eyes and I felt my body tighten when I opened my eyes I saw the water was now bunched up icicles. I grinned and aimed it for the robot hovering over Piper, getting ready to pound her. I extended my fingers and the icicles flew at intense speeds towards the robot. One pierced his chest and two went into his head and neck. I flung more water at him and it splashed into his now open circuits. I grinned in victory as the robot shook and sparks flew. He soon froze, his blue eyes dimmed and he crashed down on the ground.
"Woah Percy!" I grinned at Piper but her smile vanished. She pointed behind me.
"Watch out!" I turned too late and a black beam slammed me into the wall. Red eyes glanced me up and down. Creepy is a shadow checking me out? Thalia was thrown to my right, causing the shadow to back up. Piper and Jason were soon thrown against the wall. Nico was pushed backwards into Thalia causing her to smack the wall and turn into her human form again. The five of us were pushed back into a corner and we were surrounded. I closed my eyes and tried to move as far away as possible. A shadow started to close in and I sucked in a breath.
I felt heat. Then I heard a crash. I opened my eyes just in time to see a fireball smack into a shadow's chest, making it disappear. Two more fireballs were thrown and a second shadow disappeared and a robot was pushed back. The shadow creature in front of me hissed, I followed their red eyes and looked up, on top of the small building on the right of the alley stood a figure. I couldn't see what they looked like, but it was a human.
Another fireball.
Or well it looks like a human….I gasped and jumped back when a huge fireball smacked into the shadow right next to me. I yelled up at the figure but whoever it was ignored me. Four fireballs were shot at one robot and its arm started to melt. After two fireballs to the chest the robot's chest started burning and its arm blew off. We all shielded our eyes from robot pieces. One robot remained. My eyes widened as its arm turned into a gun and it started firing up at the figure. Luckily the person rolled and avoided being hit. When they reappeared I saw a flame grow brighter and brighter before it was flung down at the large machine. It fell to the ground in pieces when the large ball of heat made contact with it. We all stood silent, and stiff as a stone. Nico looked up and smiled.
"Thank you." I watched, my jaw on the ground as the figure slide down a ladder and jumped to the ground. I gasped lightly when I saw the mop of familiar blonde hair. Annabeth's fist was covered in fire and she was on one knee. She flipped her head up, causing her hair to fly behind her. She looked around and slowly rose to her feet.
Oh my Gods this is so hot.
When she was standing, her back straight, chin up, just radiating confidence, she looked around again. When she saw no more threats were present she looked at her hand and snapped her hand closed, causing the flame to disappear. She glanced at all of us before walking over to one of the robots. She crouched down by it.
Annabeth Chase:
I glanced at my hand and snapped my hand close. The flame disappeared and a burning bubbled in my stomach. I remained emotionless as I glanced at the other five teens in the alley. I bent down towards a robot and saw the same symbol on its chest. An atom with a smoke cloud behind it. I frowned and poked it. Water slowly leaked out of its chest and I looked at Percy from the corner of my eye. I stood up and cracked my knuckles. Nico walked over to me.
"I just found more of them lurking around the city…Whatever they're looking for they haven't found it yet." I adjusted my fingerless gloves and Nico waved his hands causing his shadows or lurkers as he likes to call them and one skeleton to vanish.
"The lurkers aren't mine Annabeth. I tried they don't listen. " I looked around again and sighed.
"Yeah I know they aren't yours…Someone else is controlling them." Nico scratched his head and I looked up at the black sky.
"But who?" I rolled my eyes at the question and turned around. I could see Percy, Thalia, Piper and Jason staring at us wide eyed. I ignored it.
"Don't know yet…I'll see you at home." I started to walk away but he jumped in front of me.
"You're going to be experimenting again aren't you?" I frowned and brushed by him.
"You know I'm not going to sleep." He sighed and glanced behind me where I knew the other four were still watching. Instead of having them watch me walk across the street I made it easier. I turned to face them and gave each of them a hard stare before I threw my hands down and a giant flame appeared in front of me. Giving Nico enough time to shadow travel me to the roof. I climbed down the steps and stood out of sight. Percy was the first to speak.
"…What….What was that?" His eyes didn't move. He was stuck staring at where my flame had been. Nico smirked at him. He gave him a look before shadow traveling out of the alley.
"That was Annabeth."
*Hides behind hands nervously* How was that? This chapter was long becasuse I was trying to fit in so much! So...
I'll give you basic info.
Nico: 15,Sophomore, can control shadows (or at least his) and skeletons, can shadow travel.
Piper: 16, Junior, can read minds, move things with her mind, and has mind control (charmspeak)
Jason: 17, Junior, can control weather (Kinda lame and confusing I know) fly, and use lightning! (Like Thor!)
Thalia: 17, Junior, can transform into any animal
Percy: 17, Junior, can control water, turn it into ice, can hold breath for a long time,
Annabeth: 17, Junior, Can control fire, Her temper if uncontrolled can be dangerous, (You'll see the other ability in later chapters)
So yeah there is there powers and stuff...Tell me what you guys think. I have this huge idea for everything so yea reviews! Follows, favorites!
I'll be updating Music Will Save You very soon.