A/N: Guys, this is my very first fanfiction on this site, although I have read several stories by all those epic people like you, out there. Please notify me if you find any mistakes or wanna suggest something. But yeah, in this story, I want to do some really different stuff…which initially may not seem like it, but this story is really going to get twisted up soon. ;)
PERCY POV
It was almost a week now that the Romans had left. Finally, the injured were healing, the camps, as well as Olympus were repaired…to a certain extent. But things were getting better. Frank had assumed his responsibilities as a Praetor very well, even Reyna, whom I've never seen to be the complimenting type, was impressed.
Annabeth and Piper were taking care of the counselling of the campers, as well as the rebuilding of the damaged cabins. New shrines were being installed, both in Camp Jupiter as well as here at Camp Half-blood, under the instructions of His Majesty, the Pontifex Maximus, our own Pikachu with glasses, Jason Grace.(Don't tell him I called him Pikachu..We all call him that behind his back, even Piper does, but he doesn't like to be compared to any sort of Pokémon. Me? I love being called Squirtle. Squirtle is really sassy. Haha.)
After Nico "cleared the air" between us, he seems to have become a lot more sociable, although I still don't understand how I am not "his type". Like, come on. I'm everybody's type right?...Right?Aww man, guys please support me too sometimes. Anyway, it seems Will is helping him to come out of his shell. Even though his orders were 3 days bed rest at the infirmary, I've seen Nico roam around the infirmary till now too. And, I think he has found someone who could finally be "his type". It doesn't take to be an Aphrodite kid to figure that out.
Thinking about all this, I patrolled the borders near Thalia's tree, where Chiron was feeding Peleus. Earlier Chiron used to be a bit skittish around the little dragon, but soon we realized that Peleus actually loved it when Chiron fed him."It's so astonishing, isn't it Percy?" Chiron suddenly said as I came over to him."This statue of Athena, it has closed a centuries-old rift of enmity, it has even made the gods to finally be able to accommodate their twin personalities. I just wonder what Athena might be thinking right now." He smiled at me slightly, as his centuries old face seemed to again have that 30-something look from the time when I was just 12.
"Well, if she isn't thinking along the lines of killing me for kissing and dating her favourite child, then I have no problem." I laughed and said. Finally, we were able to relax, and we were enjoying it.
But, the lingering feeling of sadness still prevailed. People had lost siblings and friends. Most of all, I believe, we were missing Valdez. Somehow that flaming idiot has to survive. Nico had confessed that although he had felt him die, he had found it to be different, and the day he told us, that is, yesterday, he had also suddenly felt the fire of Leo's life come back, but it then got shrouded, as if even the child of the Underworld was not allowed to know about it. This news gave us hope, but now the expectations were running low. Chiron patted my back. He understood what I was thinking about. He had seen the bravest of heroes in their worst of times. He understood what pain we might be going through.
"The gods have finally been able to settle down within their mixing Roman and Greek personalities. Tomorrow all the major campers, from both the camps would be going to Olympus for the formal celebration. All the gods would be present. Maybe you could talk to Hephaestus and Hades. It might help."He informed me.
"Thanks, Chiron." I nodded as Grover approached me, as we headed down the hill." Hey, G-man. What's up?" I grinned at my favourite satyr. He smiled but added in a serious tone, "Hey Perce. Hey, Chiron. I just got an IM from a young satyr. As you know, the gods after stabilizing in their double personalities have again begun giving us knowledge about their kids who had been ordered to stay low, so that they didn't get dragged into war, and hopefully, none of them faced too many monsters as all monsters were busy following Gaia into war, but now with so many kids popping up, it's getting kinda difficult for us."I nodded, and Chiron requested him to continue. "This satyr was sent to bring a daughter of Athena" He smiled as he knew that it would make me interested, but what he added next was actually the thing that surprised me the most." And she is supposed to be a legacy of Poseidon too." I laughed. Annabeth would love to hear this. But first I needed to know what Grover wanted to tell us about the satyr."Well, it seems he found another demigod in the same school as her, but the weird thing is, he had a really strong smell, but we weren't able to detect him till we had our satyr in the school." I grimaced when he said that we smelled. It always sounded like a rude comment on our cleanliness status. I understand that with all the battles and weird places we go, demigods don't exactly smell good, but yeah, I understood what he actually meant.
" The satyr is at about 5 miles from here with both of them, but they are being chased by some Laistrygonian Giants, about 15 of them. They are without any weapons and although the satyr has bought them some time with some good old woodland magic. But they need help soon. I was wondering if you and a few others could go and save them. They are right down the road that leads to camp.
"On it! Finally, got to do something anyway." I removed my armour as this was more of a rescue mission rather than full out battle. Also, till now I have not been able to adjust to the weight of the Greek plated armour. "Chiron, I'm taking Annabeth, Travis, Connor, Jason and Piper. The giants won't stand a chance against us. Tell Nyssa to keep a sword and a dagger ready. I have a feeling that those two kids might just be able to defend themselves if given weapons too."Chiron nodded.
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"Percy, how did you know that girl would use a dagger? What if she can't? "Annabeth asked as our rescue team that had loaded itself in a van got nearer to the place we were supposed to meet the demigods and the satyr.
"You're gonna teach her. That's why." I winked, as she playfully punched me. "I think it's a good idea Annabeth. It would be a cool new experience." Piper added as she pushed back her choppy hair behind her ears, getting ready for a fight."Guys, we are here." Jason announced as Travis slammed the breaks as two giants who must have "smelled" us roared and blocked the way. We tumbled out ready to fight, as we suddenly saw vines growing here and there, stalling the giants for a few moments. Soon enough, we found a satyr, leading two teens, about 15 by their looks, who rushed to our side. "Who are you guys now?" shouted the guy who surprised our satyr with his sudden smell. He looked to be of mixed descent. He was perhaps an Indo- American going by the looks, with deep brown eyes and jet black hair." They are the good guys, don't worry Arjun." the satyr said in a whiny nasal voice. The name seemed Indian too. I had heard it somewhere else, but I couldn't remember. Meanwhile, the girl with him came up to Annabeth and said, as she tried to catch her breath, "Sister! Mother told me to meet you as soon as possible, but don't you think we are a bit outnumbered right now by the giants?" She had striking greenish gray eyes, and was a blonde like Annabeth; she seemed much more alert and aware of what was happening than Arjun.
Piper smiled and said," Don't worry..Uh..."
"Gloria. Gloria Shaw."
"Don't worry Gloria; we know what we are doing." With this, Jason yelled as a bolt of lightning fell on the nearest giants turning them into dust. Arjun paled, as he looked at Jason with new found respect, as the Stoll brothers and Piper charged at the other giants with their swords drawn. Annabeth ushered the two kids into the van with the help of the satyr as I went to help the others.
The Stolls were having a good time, as they chatted and stole the stuff the giants had in their back pockets, as they swirled around them, cutting them down to dust. Piper was making life hell for the giants as she got two of them arguing over who had the bigger muscles, as she swiftly gutted them back to Tartarus. I soon joined in, jabbing, rolling and finishing whoever was left by my friends.
I heard Annabeth warn someone and soon, I saw Arjun running out, with the spare sword in hand. I smiled. "Want to learn how to beat the crap out of these guys huh?" I smirked, as he ducked under a giant's punch, and without looking, swung his sword blindly. Catching the giant by surprise, he actually killed it. I laughed, as Annabeth and Gloria swore at me about the dangers of letting an inexperienced fighter like Arjun to enter in.
"You bet green-eyes!" Arjun winked at me. I swore as this guy seemed to have a weird taste of sarcasm. I know, I know, it would be hypocritical to complain about it, but seriously, green-eyes?
But I knew Annabeth was right, and just before Arjun could get overwhelmed by the giants, I pushed him back with a jet of water, right into Gloria, sending them tumbling into the van. Soon, we had sent all of the monsters back to Papa Purple….uh….I mean, back to Tartarus.
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Annabeth had already explained the two teens about us, and during the entire ride, we had to tell them about the second Titan war and the recently over second Giant war. By the time we reached Camp, Arjun had already apologized to me gajillion times and looked at us as if we were superheroes. It felt cool, but I told him to relax, as Jason patted his back. Gloria was more at ease, as she had regular contact with Athena, who had warned her to stay low till the second Giant war.
Finally, at about dinner time, we arrived at camp. As soon as we entered the dining hall, a silver halo formed above Gloria, with Athena's symbol of power, an owl formed above her head." All hail Gloria Shaw, daughter of Athena, and a legacy of Poseidon!" proclaimed Chiron, earning a smirk from Mr.D, who was back at camp. Dionysus muttered something about how angry Athena was when she came to know of her daughter's descent. Everyone raised their goblets and cheered. Then suddenly, I got a question to ask Gloria. I know I am not that smart, but it was weird nobody had figured it out yet. "Hey, Gloria. You are a thought child of Athena. Then how can you be a descendant of Poseidon?"
"That's very true Percy, but you are forgetting that my dad's thoughts contribute too. He was a legacy of Poseidon, which now holds true for me too. She gave me an understanding smile. Well, at least, she didn't think I was a seaweed brain. I didn't want another person calling me that.
As everyone settled down a bit, Arjun asked me, "Hey bro, why didn't I get that shiny light stuff till now? Seems like my dad is a bit embarrassed to claim me or what?" he laughed a little, but I understood that he was eager. He had told me that his mother was a mortal, and was of Indo-American descent, which gave him an interesting name: Arjun Armstrong. I realised he tried to make his question humorous, but he seemed a bit hurt too." Don't worry man, the guy gods are a bit slow to react. I already knew that he wasn't a Big Three kid, or else we would have realised his power, but somehow, I found it impossible to place him. He didn't exactly have any attributes which could help pinpoint at any particular god. Perhaps a minor god maybe? I wasn't sure. After the incident with the Kanes, that I and Annabeth had (4 days after the end of the Giant war, we hadn't told anyone about it, though.), I didn't want any more weirdness in my life. But I hoped Arjun's father claims him soon. It pained me whenever I saw unclaimed campers head to the Hermes cabin.
After sacrificing some food to the gods and getting really stuffed up with tasty blue muffins, I was ready to hit the bunk, but before any of us could leave the pavilion, we saw a plume of flames and a slightly unsteady beating of metallic wings.
"Holy Shit!" Arjun exclaimed as an all too familiar dragon roared in response.
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A/N: You know who is gonna come now right? And don't worry, Arjun is no random new son of Poseidon, he is…let's say…more interesting character, which is going to blow your minds!
And his father is someone you cannot imagine, but I'm sure you will like this first twist.
