Hello everyone! This is my second actual story (the first three were one shots). I haven't written for the Percy Jackson fandom, so bear with me.
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First chapter, so enjoy and review!
I looked over my shoulder to make sure I wasn't being followed. Being special, a lot of people followed me around, and then they turned into monsters. Not the monsters of little kids' nightmares, but Greek mythology monsters. Dad said it was because of who my real father was. I was adopted, my mother had given birth to twins, but because of our father she had to give one of us up. Luckily, Dad had just lost a newborn child and his wife in an accident.
I checked over my shoulder as I fumbled with my car keys. A boy with piercing green eyes and jet black hair was approaching me. He didn't go to my school, but he was heading out of the building. He didn't seem dangerous, but all the monsters were like that. Harmless, then they let you see their true form. My fingers shook as I pressed the unlock button. He was at my side as I heard the click of the locks coming undone. I swung open my door, but he easily closed it.
"Why do you look so much like me?" he asked, scrunching his eyes.
"What the heck? Who are you? Are you one of those monsters?" I asked. My nerves were being stretched out.
"A monster? No," he chuckled. "I'm a demigod, son of Poseidon. Who's your parent? You have the looks, and grades, of a demigod."
"How do you know about my grades?" I asked. No one but my teachers, Dad, and I knew about them. Not even Laney.
"I asked your teachers, saying I was your concerned brother who went to private school," he said as he shrugged. "But for real, who's your parent?"
"My parent? My parent is Bryan Johnson. My birth mother gave me up because of who my real dad was, and because there was another child. I never met her, or my twin."
"A twin? That's funny, because I've been looking for my twin. Mom said she looked like me," he said. He reached a hand up to my face. I swatted it away.
"Why don't you go hit on someone else?" I growled.
"I'm not hitting on anyone. I'm just wondering what makes you look so much like me," he responded.
"Well, go find someone else to compare yourself with. I have to get home," I said as I pulled open my car door.
"Wait!" he said as he grabbed my arm. "Would you like to meet her?"
"Who?"
"Mom."
"Why would I go home with you? For all I know, you could be an axe murder. And I told you, my birth mother gave me up! I don't want to meet her because of that," I responded. "Now let go of my arm!" I tugged my arm from his grasp and got in the car.
"Please-" I slammed the door before he could finish. He stood shocked for a minute before he sprinted to the other side and open the passenger door. I started the car.
"Go away!"
"You want to head towards Brooklyn," he stated as he slid into the seat. "I can give you directions, but it's your choice if you want to meet Mom, or get attacked by the approaching monster." He gestured towards the school building. I looked back to see Mrs. Smith heading towards my car. She was just a teacher, not a monster.
"Oh my god, that's just Mrs. Smith. She's no monster," I said exasperated.
"That's what I thought of the first monster I fought," he stated. "Do you want me to deal with this?" he asked as he pulled a pen out if his pocket, "Or do you want to meet Mom?"
"You're going to fight a blood thirsty monster with a pen?" I laughed.
He uncapped it and it transformed into a sword. "You were saying?"
"Bu- but... how? Um, Mrs. Smith... not a monster...? Uh, yeah. Yeah, I guess I'll go meet Mom. But just so you're clear, you are not getting off the hook for this!" I stuttered as I roared away. He looked out the back window, probably to make sure Mrs. Smith wasn't following us.
"You know I might get a detention for this," I muttered.
"Yeah, but who cares? You get to meet Mom!" he exclaimed.
"Wait," I halted at a light. "What about Dad? He's going to be pissed when he learns that I left school with a strange boy in the passenger seat, and we went to Brooklyn."
"You can call him from my apartment," he responded as he leaned the seat back. "Man, this is a nice car."
"I don't even know you name," I blurted. We had just entered Brooklyn and he was giving me directions to his apartment.
"Percy," he responded sticking out his hand.
"Minerva," I said as I took his hand.
"Nice to meet you Minerva."
"Ditto, Percy."
"Look out!" Percy shouted as I accidentally swerved into the other lane. I jerked the wheel and righted the car.
"You should never distract the driver!" I screeched at Percy. "I don't care if you wanted a formal introduction, you should have just told me your name and shook my hand after we got out of the car!"
"Well, to be fair you took my hand to shake it."
"Whatever. Are we close?"
"Yeah, you can just park there and we can go inside," Percy responded. I looked to where he was pointing, and pulled into a car garage.
"I don't have enough money," I said, looking at the price.
"I'll pay for it," he said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out five dollars. I payed for parking, and headed further in the garage.
"What floor?" I asked, stepping into the elevator.
"Sixth." Percy pressed the button for floor number six, and we slowly ascended to the apartment he shared with his mom. The idea of what I was doing finally caught up with me. I was going to meet my "mom" and I was standing next to my "brother" that I had just met an hour before. Was I really that stupid? I had obviously forgotten all about stranger danger. The doors slid open.
"Second door on the right," Percy said. He gently pushed me towards the door. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." He knocked on the door, and a slender, raven haired woman opened the door.
"Percy, you know you can just walk in. This is your home after all," she chided. "Oh, who's this?" said asked peering at me.
"Uh... This is Minerva? She- well, she- she's my twin, possibly?" Percy stuttered.
"Twin...?" she narrowed her eyes slightly. "Oh my god, it's her. It's really her!" She reached out and pulled me into a crushing hug. "Oh my god, I thought I would never see you again. I regretted ever putting you up for adoption, oh my god, how did Percy find you?"
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