Chapter 1
Percy
I trudged to the Poseidon cabin, tired from today. My mind was buzzing and my body aching, but what the hell, it felt good, knowing that the reason I felt like this was because me and my friends had got the herbal medicine for Zeus. What had happened was that Zeus was acting strange. Okay, strange-er . He was having mood swings all the time and you'd think he'd been eating Puberty-pops all week. But no. And he wasn't just having mood swings, he was getting ill and eventually, he couldn't even chat up girls anymore. Yeah, that was when we knew there was something wrong with Zeus.
Anyway, me, Leo, Thalia, Nico, Piper, Jason, Luke and Annabeth had helped him out, with positive results. We'd found out what was wrong with Zeus. He was infected by something called Listoma. It was a disease where your stomach started eating itself, sending extreme pain to the nerves, making him all moody and things like that. It'd taken us what felt like forever to go to Tatarus and get the cure for him. Yeah. You heard me right. Tatarus.
"Hey Seaweed brain!" Called Annabeth, from the Athena cabin.
I turned round to see my best friend jogging up to me, with a big smile on her face and her blond curls everywhere, grey eyes shining. Okay, I'll admit, she was pretty cute. But that's all. I mean, when we went out to town or something, we were often asked by others if were a couple, but instead of saying 'no' awkwardly, we'd pretend to be a lovey-dovey couple and then say 'yes'! It was always amusing to watch.
"Whatcha doing?" She asked.
I shrugged. "Just going to my room. My body aches like hell."
It was almost as if a light switched on in her head. "Hey, I have this oil in my room that I use when I ache or something. If you come to my room then I'll give you some."
I nodded and followed her. Finally, we came up to her room, hearing the words; "I shoulda bought you flowers, and held your hand. Shoulda gave you all my hours..." I smiled to myself. She was always a fan of Bruno Mars, and personally, I was too.
We opened the door to Annabeth's room, taking on the sweet smell of perfume and shampoo. The bed was unsurprisingly tidy and there was a box of chocolates on her bed. She pulled me down on the bed, but before doing so, she offered me a chocolate which I gratefully accepted.
"I thought you were on a diet." I asked her, once I'd finished the chocolate. (Which was pistachio and chocolate, just to let you know.)
She shook her head and replied, "Nah. I gave up after I saw some chocolate in Wal-Mart."
I grinned at her. She never even needed to go on a diet. She had a beautiful figure that was slim yet was 'probably at least a C cup' (According to Luke.) She tucked her curly hair behind one of her hair and she smiled at me. "Right then Seaweed brain. Lie down while I get the oil out."
I did as she told me to; she got out this tea tree oil. "Okay then. This should work, just take your shirt off and I'll rub it on your body." I pulled my shirt off and she continued. "I did this to Luke and it worked perfectly on him."
Part of me then got a little annoyed. I didn't exactly know why, maybe it was because Luke took his shirt off in front if my best friend and-wait, what was saying? And seriously, why did I care?
"Enjoying yourself, Percy?" She asked, while rubbing the oil on my back. I turned round and gawped at her. "What?" She asked, innocently.
"You just called me Percy!" I exclaimed. "You never call me Percy! It's always Seaweed brain or Kelp head or whatever!"
She smiled slyly. "You want me to call you that, Seaweed brain?" She laughed when I shook my head. "Too late, Seaweed brain! This name is stuck with you for the rest of eternity-even when you're not a Seaweed brain."
I groaned in frustration as she massaged in some more oil into my back, annoyed that I'd have to live with the nickname 'Seaweed Brain' for the rest of my life but happy that the pain was gone.