Here we go again guys. This is the sequel to Greek Love. Welcome to Graeca Amor!... Aka Greek Love, but in Latin! This story is about Jason's love for Percy, and 2 other little Romances that'll develop as a result.
Proemium:
Nothing serves as a better reminder of what you're missing, than one of your best friends getting exactly what you're missing… did that make any sense? I think it did…kinda? I just don't know about anything anymore. My name is Jason Grace, just rolls off the tongue doesn't it, Jason Grace… almost sounds like the name of a porn star. 'Jason Grace in Hotlites gone wild' …
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Yeah I've lost my mind. I think I should back track for all of you so we're at least reading from the same book, we'll work on the page number later ok? Right. Well I live at/in a camp for demigods. As is the deal with the ancient Greek world, I'm bisexual, well I've been smitten with the son of Neptune for some time now but that boat isn't sailing into my port anytime soon… ok that was a bad analogy… OH by Jupiter my mind is in the gutter. Right carrying on. So my best friend Nico and I were both pursuing 'unobtainable prizes' we called them, but he's gone and stolen his treasure, a son of Hermes. They're all off happy together and I'm feeling decidedly lonely now…kinda serves me right though, that son of the earth shaker I mentioned before, has a girlfriend, and in a twist of fate she's the daughter of his father's chief rival, Athene, or Athena if you want the modern translation. Right well you see Athena is MY father's favourite child (Jupiter, if you didn't know.) So there is no chance of a favour from the old man sorting my problems out, because Annabeth is the favourite child of Athena… argh I hate my family politics. I think that brings you up to speed, so let's get started with the plot.
~Chapter I~
Someone calls me a predator...
Jason
Two weeks, it'd been just over two week since the large party that started with the Nico-Connor relationship, and left me decidedly alone. Like many other days I was in the sword fighting arena blowing off steam, slashing and stabbing away at a statue that had done me no harm, but was just unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time. I'd attracted a little crowd, 2 Apollo girls were using me as painting inspiration, whilst 3 Aphrodite girls were just lusting after me, not that I knew why… oh did I forget my shirt again? Silly me I just have forgotten it whilst I was making sure I brought my sword and not my spear. My sword, forged from a magic metal sliced through the poll the training dummy was on, it hit the ground with what would usually have been a pleasing thud, but right now it was just annoying. Before that infernal party Nico, Percy and I would hang out routinely in our free time, but now? They're both off playing happy families and I'm building up enough tension to be able to electrify an entire ocean. The worst bit is right as the dummy hit the block floor of the arena, I heard one of the Apollo girls who were sitting on the steps around the arena whisper about Nico and Connor. A small ball of rage built up in me, and transferred into my sword, with a battle cry like no other I stabbed into the dummies' chest and it exploded in a burst of lightning and burning sack. I was pissed. Transmuting my sword back into its coin form I stormed (probably as literally as figuratively) out of the arena and back towards my cabin.
I slammed the door shut and nodded at the statue of my father in the door way. I may have been angry but I wasn't about to piss of a guy who could smite me Old Testament style. Slipping off my sandals I gave out one long sigh and grabbed a towel and a spare change of clothes from the laundry shelf of my giant one-room studioesque cabin. 'A shower will be just what the doctor ordered I swear!' I smiled internally as I slipped my sandals back on and left my cabin trying to feel more upbeat.
"Hey Jason!" a pleasantly familiar voice leaked into my ears from behind me,
"Valdez!" I smiled and moved to give Leo a hug but he backed off.
"Yo man, ya kinda reak." He waved his hand in front of his nose. "And where did you're shirt go?" he asked.
"You'd smell too if you'd just done 3 hours of sword practice." I laughed and kept walking towards the shower.
"You sure know how to get noticed." Leo sighed.
"What?" I asked looking at Leo confused. He said nothing but just gestured across my chest to my right. I turned to see the girls of Demeter cabin gawking out their windows and spilling their watering cans when they saw me. "Ah…" I sighed.
"You know man, if you don't want them…" Leo smiled.
"Be my guest." I laughed as I reached the showers. Without another word Leo did a point turn and walked over to them.
"Ladies!" he announced as I shook my head and walked into the showers.
I could go into detail about my shower experience, but I'm sure you know what happens in camp showers... Nothing. Oh and I didn't drop the soap, just saying. As I walked back from the showers fully dressed with my towel around my neck to catch the last beads of water that dripped down my face, my attention wandered over to Demeter cabin where the girls were squirting water hoses at Leo to make him back off whilst yelling about some sort of fire hazard.
"You look like a drowned rat." I laughed as Leo walked over to me, rather he sulked over to me dripping wet.
"Thanks." Leo loved sarcasm.
"So what're you up to for the rest of the day?" I asked as we reached my cabin and walked in.
"I've got some projects I've gotta finish later on." Leo sat down on one of my bean bags.
"You mean that automaton?" I asked as I flopped down next to him. "Or should I say SexBot!" a burst of laughter came over me and I laughed rather loudly.
"Ah-ah-ah, mock it now but you'll see." Leo waved his middle finger at me.
"Believe me Leo, I DON'T wanna see." I laughed as I adjusted myself in my own bean bag. Piper had suggested I make my cabin a bit more homely considering I was the only one who stayed there and we often ended up hanging out here… smart girl.
"You're stifling my creativity man." Laughed Leo as he tried to look cool.
"I'm just kidding man." I took the towel off my neck and threw it over the back of one of my chairs. "You want a drink?"
"Sure," Leo smiled. I made a bee line for the sink in the cabin. With a large influx of Half Bloods coming in as a result of Percy's wish Hephaestus cabin was rocking around upgrading all the cabins to have their own little kitchenettes. I was midway through pouring Leo a glass of water when I heard a sparkling noise behind me and a small light shone over my shoulder.
I turned around to bring Leo his water and noticed the shinning and sparkling came from an envelope on the countertop. "Huh?" I snatched the envelope up in my spare fingers and walked back over to the beanbags.
"And that's?" Leo looked at the envelope as I handed him his glass
"I dunno?" I sat down, put my glass to one side and tore into the envelope. I skimmed over it a few times, sipping my water. "Hah" I laughed.
"What is it?" Leo leaned over but I was too busy re-reading the letter. "Earth to Jason?" …
"OW!" I tossed the letter aside as the hairs on my legs began to smoulder. "YOU BURNT ME!" I gave Leo a death glare as I dipped my fingers into the water and dabbed my leg to put out the cindering hair.
"Hey you wouldn't share, haha." laughed Leo, who had actually snatched the letter off of me while he burnt me. … "DUDE!" Leo put the letter down and gawked at me. Full eyed and silent.
"What?" I asked, blinking in confusion.
"You're a predator?" Leo broke his silence. It had only been a second of two of silence, but for him that's a lot.
"A Praetor Leo, a Praetor." I sighed and took the letter back.
"What's that?" he asked.
"A leader of a Roman Legion, there used to be two per Legion, they handled all the affairs pertaining to the Legion's needs." I log lost in myself looking at the letter…
The next morning was pretty usual; I sat down at my table for breakfast, clad in my purple tank top and torn denim shorts. I hadn't told anyone but they were actually Percy's, he'd left them at mine when we'd hit the lake after … well let's not get into that, but yes being a pragmatic young man I hadn't done my washing and they were all that was clean.
"Hey," Piper smiled as she put her tray down next to me. A subtle hint she wanted to sit with me.
"Morning" I shuffled over so she had room. Piper was like a sister to me. When I first got to camp we had had a small thing for one another… but now she was my closest confidant, only her, Nico and Mitchell knew my secret… oh and Percy. We sat in silence a bit before two familiar figures walked past us.
"Hey guys, come sit with us!" Piper smiled and waved them down. Moments later down sat a 6ft tall jock and a shorter 'spunky punk' as Percy called him, the two were more commonly known as Connor Stoll and Nico diAngelo, sons of Mercury and Pluto… I mean Hermes and Hades.
"Morning." The two smiled as they sat down with their loaded trays. "Where's Leo?" Connor asked, looking to my left, a position now usually held by Leo. Without saying a word I pointed with my fork over to the table with all of the Minor Godlings at it. "Is that Lou Ellen?" Connor's eyes went as wide as humanly possible.
Piper and I sat up straight to arch a look in. we sat back down, looked at each other and then nodded. "Yes it is." nodded Piper with a resounding sense of authority. Charmspeak maybe? No… she'd never charmspeak me, she told me she wouldn't and I beli-By Jove…
Connor was a good catch for Nico, for anyone really, outgoing, happy, and always strived to be friendly… That's just his Nonphysical characteristics! Every time he was around us he's try and make small talk, this morning was no exception. "You've been quieter than a Mormon Crypt this morning Jason, anything up?" Connor gave a sideways glance at Nico who was starting to blush. "Not that we'd know about that or anything!" he protested. I half intended to answer, but Piper beat me too it as I was distracted by Leo getting up from his table.
"What's this 'we' business you two?" Piper raised her eyebrow and laughed.
"*AHEM*" Nico coughed into his napkin. "Moving along… Anything bugging you Jason?"
"Maybe it's about that letter." Leo put his head between Piper and my own, resting his hands on our outer shoulders.
"What letter?" Connor, Nico and Piper all asked at once, and all looking at me.
"A letter that says Jason's a predator." Leo laughed.
"A Praetor…" I ground my teeth. Leo can be such a pain I swear. My anger resulted in me 'accidently' giving Leo a little jolt on his hands, serves him right though.
"What letter?" Nico asked, seemingly more interested in the Praetor than the predator.
"What's a Praedor?" asked Connor, history, not his strong suit.
"Why didn't you tell me you got a letter?" Piper pouted jokingly.
"It's nothing." I shook my hand to dismiss the conversation. The sounds of hooves trotting along became louder and louder. They seemed to start right after I corrected Leo. Its times like these I wished I believed in coincidences.
I could see Chiron out of the corner of my eye just before me spoke. "Mr. Grace… if you'd follow me…" Ah just one of those weeks I suppose…
Well for all of you who planned on reading the sequel I hope the first chapter lived up to your expectations.
So please Read and Review.
A/N: Since this is a sequel to a Percy Jackson story (Which shamelessly used a Lost Hero Character and danced the Highland Fling on canon like it were a pair of sabres...) Graeca Amor will borrow more from the Lost Hero style... told from multiple people's perspectives. But mostly from Jason's.
Well thats all for now. More soon.
