Hey everyone, Arkyz here with a new story! Well, not really a new story, but a reading of Perseus Jackson Monster Shifter, by Hans50. I have his permission to do this, and I will go the whole way through with it, unlike most other reading stories I've seen, even if there are large breaks whilst both Hans and myself struggle through university :P
Anyway, lets get started!
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Three elderly beings sat in old wooden chairs, one clutching a spool of thread, the one in the middle knitting a sock from the thread held by the first, and the third holding a pair of golden shears, ready to snip the cord once the sock was complete. The three fates sat in all their hag-like glory, watching the mortal world, specifically the life of one Perseus Jackson, as he was tortured at the hands of his evil step-father, Gabriel Ugliano. The fates knew what Perseus was going to experience, and even they did not want that to happen to him. They were about to play a dangerous game, even for themselves. They were going to attempt to change the fate of a demigod. They disappeared together in a swirl of grey light, to put their plan into action.
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2010 - Camp Half-Blood
17 year old Percy Jackson was lying on the beach, finally having a chance to relax after the second Giant War. His Wise Girl was in his arms, resting her head on his chest, a slight smile adorning her face as Percy played with her golden hair. His thoughts swirled around, mainly focussing on what he would be doing with his life now that war was done. His thoughts then turned to the young woman on his chest, and when he would commit his life completely to her. He was shaken out of his thoughts, when both he and Annabeth disappeared in a flash of white light.
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Leo, Piper, and Jason were relaxing on the roof of the Zeus cabin, talking about the war, and their lives before and after it. Leo was tinkering with his Archimedes Sphere, still trying to figure out ways to get his lover off her cursed island. They fell into comfortable silence, before also disappearing in a flash of light.
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Hunter's Camp
Thalia Grace shot arrow after arrow at the targets in the Hunters encampment, laughing along with her sisters as they joked about the all the idiotic males they had met and maimed. She couldn't help but wonder when she would next see Percy, her brother in all but blood, and his girlfriend Annabeth. She couldn't deny that she had a slight crush on Percy when she first came out of her tree, but had noticed the way he looked at Annabeth, and the love she had for him became formed a brother/sister bond instead. She was suddenly shaken out of her musings when she was whisked away in a beam of white light.
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Camp Jupiter
Frank, Hazel, and Nico were all sitting on the Field of Mars at Camp Jupiter, silently mourning for their fallen comrades. Hazel had her head in Frank's lap, tears leaking out of her eyes as she tried to understand how her life had taken such a drastic turn. One second she was dead, moping around in the Fields of Asphodel, then was found by Nico and brought back to life, only to be thrust into a war, seeing people die left right and centre. She had lost too many friends in the war, and never wanted to experience it again. She felt a hand brush up against her cheek, wiping her tears away. She looked up at Frank gratefully, and leant up and kissed him softly. The moment her lips touched his, the three of them disappeared in a bright white light.
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2000 - Mt Olympus
The Olympians were in the middle of the Winter Solstice, arguing over nothing again, when a bright white light appeared in the middle of the throne room, spewing out nine people onto the ground.
Zeus, ever the paranoid bastard, quickly stood from his throne, pulling out his Master Bolt, and aimed it at the arrivals. 'Who are you, and tell me why I shouldn't blast you into oblivion this instant?'
'We thought you had summoned us here milord,' Percy quickly replied, earning a slap to the head from his girlfriend.
'Seaweed Brain, this obviously isn't our Olympus, I haven't changed anything,' Annabeth said.
Another flash of light in the middle of the room drew the attention of the present beings. The light died away quickly revealing the three Fates in all their glory. The gods quickly bowed, and Zeus returned to his throne.
'Ladies Fate, what has brought you to Olympus today?' Zeus asked as respectfully as he could.
'We have brought you here today to read a story about a certain person in this room. The demigods here are all from the future, and none of you are allowed to harm anyone, or you will end up destroying yourselves. And yes Dionysus, spontaneous combustion is a form of harm. The subject of this story has had an impossibly difficult life, and we want to stop that from happening again, so we are alerting you of your mistakes, so you can try to correct them,' Clotho, the fate of life, explained. 'We will let the demigods introduce themselves, names, parentage, and one title only please.'
Leo was the first demigod to step forwards. 'Hi gods, my name is Leo Valdez, Son of Hephaestus, Fire User.'
Frank was the next demigod to stand forward, and saluted the gods. 'Ave Lords and Ladies of Olympus, Frank Zhang, son of Mars, legacy of Poseidon, Praetor of Camp Jupiter at your service.'
Hazel scurried up next to her boyfriend, and poked him in the side because of his overly formal introduction. She gave a small curtsy. 'My name is Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, rider and tamer of Arion.'
Hades' eyes bugged out when he heard her name.
Piper stepped forward to introduce herself. 'I am Piper Mclean, daughter of Aphrodite, and charmspeaker.'
Jason quickly stepped forwards and took his girlfriend's hand. 'My name is Jason Grace, Son of Jupiter, Saviour of Olympus.'
Thalia followed after her brother. 'My name is Thalia, daughter of Zeus, Lieutenant of Artemis, full blooded sibling of Jason Grace.'
'But you just became a tree?' Apollo spluttered out.
'Yes, I did, but I was saved by Kelp Head over here.'
Annabeth followed quickly after her best friend. 'My name is Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and official architect of Olympus.'
Nico and Percy looked at each other awkwardly, before Nico walked forwards. 'Nico di Angelo, Son of Hades, and the Ghost King.'
Zeus quickly became infuriated that there was a forbidden child in the room, and began to rise from his throne to blast the demigod.
'I was born before the oath milord, my father never broke it, as my sister is also from before the oath. I was placed in the Lotus Hotel and Casino, before being rescued by my bro here.' Nico explained before the Fates could criticise Zeus.
Percy looked around then walked forwards awkwardly, and gave a small wave. 'Hey all, my name is Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, and Saviour of Olympus.'
Zeus again rose to strike Percy down, but quickly sat back down when the Fates threatened to take his Master Bolt. The fates summoned a large book, and handed to Athena, who was looking at it enviously, a slight trail of drool trailing from her jaw.
Annabeth, who was just as excited as her mum at getting to read a book was bouncing on the ground in anticipation. 'What's the title of the book, mother?' she asked impatiently.
'It is called Perseus Jackson, Monster Shifter,' she said, causing everyone to look at Percy, who's face became bright red at all the attention.
The Fates laughed at Percy's face, before turning back to the gods. 'Do not worry, this book is not about this young hero here, but is about him in an alternate universe. In fact, he hasn't revealed himself here yet, but he is in the room. It seems he wishes to play a game of hide and seek before he introduces himself. See if any of you can find him.'
Everyone immediately began searching, but nobody was able to spot his presence, until Hades and Artemis gave out small gasps. They noticed a pair of silver, sea green and rust red eyes in the shadows that had suddenly opened. Perseus walked out of the shadows, slow clapping the gods. Everyone in the room started slightly at his appearance, he was far stronger than the Percy (A.N. Normal Percy, i.e. the one son of Poseidon will be referred to as Percy, and the Monster Shifter Percy will be called Perseus). His hair messily fell down below his shoulders, his monster hand clearly evident.
'Perseus, please introduce yourself like the rest of the demigods,' the Fates said simultaneously, with a bit of fear and respect laced in their voices.
'Very well,' Perseus replied, his voice low and silky smooth. 'My name is Perseus Jackson, son of Bob.' He paused here, and took a quick glance around the room, noticing the confused stares pointed his way by most of the people present, except the shocked stares of Percy, Nico, Annabeth, and Thalia.
'Holy mother of Artemis, I forgot you don't know who Bob is. Perseus Jackson, son of Iapetus, now known as Bob.' An immortal being flashed into the room suddenly, and kissed Perseus on the cheek, and flashed away again, but not before the gods recognised the being. Leto.
Apollo, ever the playboy, flashed Perseus a blinding smile, and stuck his thumb up. 'Good job man, getting it on with the girls!'
Perseus growled at him. 'I have a wife, and I have no intentions on cheating on her. That was just my mother-in-law,' Perseus' hand flew to his mouth. 'I just said that, didn't I?' he said, to which he received numb nods.
'Well, I guess I can do the name, parentage, title thing now. My name is Perseus Jackson, son of Bob, or Iapetus, whichever you prefer, and husband of Artemis. Now before a fight breaks out, let's read, I want to get back to my kids.'
Another five minutes passed with everyone still staring at Perseus. 'Ummmmm, Can we read yet?' Perseus said, snapping the people gathered out of their shock. The Fates laughed slightly before flashing away.
Athena quickly opened the book to the first page, and cleared her throat. 'Welcome to Hell.'
Hey guys, me again! Hope you all enjoyed this short starter to this reading of Perseus Jackson Monster Shifter. To you -ers out there, I've changed the poll on my profile so you guys can help me decide the pairing of another story that I've actually started. It's got a dark Percy, but I'm not going to give away too many spoilers. Anyways, please leave a review, follow and Favourite if you enjoyed this and are on , or leave a vote and add this to your library if you are on Wattpad and enjoyed this.
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