Percy's point of view

I would love to say that this is the kind of intro where I am speaking from past experience about the story, but I'm not. In fact I might not even make it to the end of the story! I won't spoil it because I know how annoying they are- I'm a nice person, aren't I. Before I begin on the part of my story you wouldn't of heard I want to warn you:
This story is not a happy one. It's not like a fairytale where everything ends well and good triumphs over evil and in some ways there isn't even a good side. So enjoy and read at your own risk...

It was only a few weeks after the Gaia fiasco and life was as good as it could be for a demigod. The cabin was quiet but the atmosphere was happy mainly because I was happy. I was running sword fighting classes for the other cabins and I had recently won capture the flag with the rest of the seven. Annabeth and I were at our peak; in the next six months I was going to ask her to marry me. Nothing was going to make my life difficult, not any more. As I headed to breakfast I heard a cry of terror near the camp entrance. Knowing it was probably a new arrival I unsheathed my sword, an action I had become extremely used to doing, and sprinted for the gates. If Clarisse had been attacked then first off there wouldn't have been a scream more like a loud thud as the monster died and secondly the only way you would know would be when she would brag. Sadly not all newbies are like her. I passed through the barrier and immediately saw a boy about my age scrambling to get to his feet as a monster stood over him. His hair was a sandy colour and his build was quite athletic. I could imagine him being on the swim team but not actually swimming. I felt strange around him; like he was dangerous but not in a fighting way, more in a personality way, if that even makes sense. Realising just how much trouble he was in, I rushed over and slammed the hilt of Riptide into the monster's head temporarily dazing it. This gave me time to shove the guy through the barrier into safety. Whilst turning back to face it, I was knocked to the ground by a large fist and my back hit the ground hard. I would love to give you the specific gender of the monster but if I got it wrong and said out loud, my problems would become a lot bigger. Since I'd known about the Gods and even before I was good at taking a beating so I didn't hurt as much as it should of. Lying on the ground I heard my stomach rumble and decided enough was enough. You can pick on a demigod, make them listen to Apollo making haikus or even get them to stop an argument between Athena and my father but you can't stop one eating breakfast. I retrieved my sword, stood up and charged. It was over in seconds. I pulled my sword out of the beasts heart and it thumped to the ground before dissipating into green smoke. I turned to go to the food hall but was stopped by the newbie.

"Hey, can you teach me how to do that?" He asked like a seven year old who had just met santa.

"Maybe one time but right now I am gonna go eat my breakfast. After you've done orientation sign up for a beginners class. Once you get more advanced sign up for the experts one which I teach. Hey Travis, will you get the newbie settled?" He replied matter of factly, directing the second part of the sentence at the son of Hermes.

I was about to finally get away when a giant light shined down onto the newbie and disappeared as quickly as it came. It revealed the symbol of the one and only Aphrodite.

"What's your name?" Chiron said appearing out of nowhere (I swear demigods die of heart attacks more than monster attacks).

"Darren," he said way to proudly.

"All hail Darren, son of Aphrodite!"

The few people standing near cheered in the way that said," Yay, another prissy, spoilt, vain dude who doesn't help on chores!" I headed off to breakfast to have some good old blue muffins. What I didn't know was that that moment was the start of old kinds of hell.

Two weeks later:

Last night I had had the best date with Annabeth! I had taken her to the sea and had got all the fishes to come near me whenever I came into the sea. I made this giant air bubble so she could breathe and had swam her down to the darkest parts of the ocean floor where all the seaweed glowed slightly and the coral was the nicest red. We had kissed at the bottom and it had felt like all my troubles had gone away. I had given her a pearl and coral necklace as a present and I think she liked it. I mean she didn't know what to say and then she hugged me. Anyway as I finished my sword class and said goodbye to my 'students', I began to pack up so that none of the younger kids who were slightly too eager would see them, pick them up and then accidentally kill someone else or themselves. Jason stormed up to me looking rather like his dad (when your dad is the head Olympian that's scary) and started shouting.

"Do you really think that you have to go and tell everyone how I'm not as strong as you and I need glasses and that I am more stroppy than my father?!"

"...What?"

"You know exactly what I mean Percy Jackson. Don't deny it!"

" I have no clue what you' re talking about, who told you this?"

"Darren and I am glad he did! You're obviously not a true friend so don't come near me or Piper!"

Before I could defend my innocence he stomped off. Why had Darren said all those things? Why had Jason believed him? Maybe he can charm speak. I told myself to let it go thinking the Hermes cabin had probably teamed up with him and Jason to play some cruel prank.

Another month later:

Six more events like what happened with Jason occurred. It was like Darren was trying to turn the whole camp against me. Was he jealous? I had had lots of people who had been jealous of me in the past because of my father but this was different.

It was worse.

Another three months:

Since Darren had arrived he had caused nothing but trouble for me. Now basically everyone in the camp hated me except for the odd person like Thalia and Clarisse. I didn't matter though because I had Annabeth and I was on my way to ask her to marry me. I was coming up to our special spot where I had asked her to meet me when I noticed the sound of kissing and two people talking.

"When are you going to break up with him?"

"Soon, I promise."

"Then we can be together and nothing will stop us. You know you want that."

"Yeah, I'll do it this week."

I quietly shoved past the bushes and what I saw shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. It had been Annabeth...and Darren.

"No need, from here on out, we are nothing. Not even friends." My tone was not usually this cold but I couldn't muster any kindness. Before I stomped away I added:

"Oh and just so you know, I loved you so much I wanted to marry you." With that I dumped the ring that I had specially made at her feet. What made it worse was how hard I had worked to get our parents approval and once I had it she cheated on me.

She was the last straw; I had nothing keeping me hear. I ran as fast as I could to my cabin receiving so many glares I couldn't count them all. The small amount of possessions I had, I stuffed them into my kit bag. As I walked out of the gate I felt the whole of the camp watching me. It was like they had all suddenly realised they were wrong- most of the girls and boys looked sad and Annabeth was in tears. Standing on top of Half Blood Hill, I took one last look at what I once called home and turned my back on it like it had done to me. (A/N: I am proud of that line!)

3rd person

Up on Olympus, an argument was breaking out.

"No! Let me send my children! They'll kill everyone!" Ares boomed.

"That's what we are worried about, dufus!" Artemis screamed unusually angry,"Let me send my hunters!"

"Everyone, BE QUIET!" Zeus managed to silence them,"Now I would send Jason to do it but I don't want my son dead so instead I shall send Percy!"

Poseidon's face went from mocking to shocked in less than a second. Although Percy was powerful, Poseidon didn't want to lose his son. Suddenly all of the head counsellors appeared. As he scanned through the crowd and realised something was wrong: Annabeth was crying whilst being comforted and most of them looked a mix of angry and ashamed. The strangest part was the fact that Percy was nowhere to be seen. Poseidon immediately jumped to the worst conclusion.

"Where is my son!"

"He, he, he left," Annabeth got out between sobs.

"What, why? He loves Camp Halfblood."

"He left because of us. We drove him out," now all the Olympians looked more confused than Ares did whilst doing math.

"They all believed what Darren said about Percy and broke off their friendships with him. And Annabeth cheated on him before he was about to propose," Thalia, who no one had seen, said with her voice dripping in anger.

There was a collective gasp around the room. Poseidon was worried about him, so he started to think.

"My son will most likely go to his mother's house. I will go and find him and talk to him before he makes an irrational decision."

With that Poseidon dissipated leaving the smell of the sea behind.

"…"

"Awkward silence" Apollo trying to lighten the mood.

However, it was met by a glare from everyone else in the room.

Percy's pov

As I walked through the streets of manhattan, I noticed just how little I had missed my old life. Like right now if I was with Nico he could just shadow travel me to my house. I would take a taxi but the traffic was gridlock; my feet could last a bit longer. Remembering my old route, I reached the steps to my mum's flat. The key that I rarely used opened the door and I slipped inside. My mum and Phil were talking to someone and I immediately felt bad for interrupting. They must have not heard me come in because no one came to greet me- I had gotten used to this over the last few months.

"Hey mum. I was wondering if I could stay here for a -" I never did finish my sentence.

My father was the man who they had been talking to. All three adults stared at me sympathetically however before they could react I bolted, or tried to. You'd think I would be able to get to the door that I was right behind me but nope! Not when there's a god in the house. He was in front of me before I had even finished spinning on my heels. What I did next was extremely stupid but anger was controlling me. I brought the water from the tea they had been drinking and 'tried' to direct it at Poseidon. He stopped it with ease and simply let it dissipate.

"Percy calm down. I know what happened okay so just stop and we can talk," he said in a soothing tone,"Sally, Phil, go to the bedroom and stay there until this is over."

This just made me more angry; did he think I was going to hurt my mum or Phil? He didn't know me, no one knew me anymore. I drew Riptide and began swinging it at him. Nothing was getting him to move, in fact he just looked more worried. I had had enough. I dropped my sword, raised my hand and closed my eyes. I connected with the water in Poseidon and used it to move him. Once I had an established link, I opened my eyes to see Poseidon wincing but not moving. I began to tire- the ground was starting to spin and I was seeing spots. I stumbled forwards losing my hold on the water and felt my father catch me. He led me to my old room and lay me down on the bed. I could feel Sally and Phil watching as he sat down next to me.

"Percy, you need to go back to Camp Halfblood. You're not safe otherwise. I know what happened but everyone's sorry, especially Annabeth."

At the mention of her name I turned onto my side so that no one could see me shed a tear. He put a hand on my shoulder attempting to coax me out. My only emotions, though, were anger and hurt. If there was a way out of this life I would take it, no matter what the consequences. Poseidon's hand recoiled backwards and my mum gasped. I looked at my hand and realised it was glowing black, pure black. So was the rest of me! What was happening?

"All you have to do is say yes and you have a way out" a voice said, possibly in my head, that I usually would have questioned but for once I did not. Then I saved myself by saying a single word:

"Yes."

A/N: So, what did you think? It might be a bit bad but I was writing this and the next chapter on a six hour ferry back from france with my French class. Being stuck in the middle of the English Channel with no wifi makes you more productive, especially getting up at two in the morning for it! I love reviews so make sure you add one; it helps with my English creative writing. Sorry for using the word dissipated so much but I had a end of year physics exam recently and for once I listened in the lesson instead of drawing. The next chapter will be up quickly because I also wrote at least half on the coach after the boat (so much travel!). Until then look to the sun. Likelihood someone else is looking at it and if they aren't then they are thinking about the lack of it- anyone who lives in England! Oh and sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes, they aren't my strong point.