((Human: Oh nurr! Monsters from Tartarus!

Dancer:... Say wha-?

Human: Monsters! They have bombs and stu- WHAT THE FU- BOOM!

Dancer: Well, seeing that I am still alive, while annoying Human is dead, let me explain.

Human: *Twitch*

Dancer: This is one of my new fan fics. Expect more chapters. And stuff. And more fan fics in different books. My all time goal is to get at least one 10 chapter fic on each of the books that I like, so if I am already writing one, and then stop to write another, remember that I will probably go back and finish it. Adios!

Human: *Twitch* *Groan*))

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Reborn.

Chapter one: Annoying monsters.

I sighed, another day in Goode high school, boring and usually annoying. Opening my locker, I stared longingly at the pictures of Annabeth I had, both of us having one foot over a 10 foot long defeated scorpion, leaning toward each other. A picture of Annabeth and me right after she disarmed me in combat, me looking surprised while Annabeth looked amused with her sword point at my neck, and the last one. A picture of Annabeth and me sitting together on Zeus' fist, staring up at the moon. It was a week after going home from camp, around 4 or 5 weeks after the Great War. Wincing at the bad memories, I was about to stash some papers and grab some books when I heard a snort behind me. I blinked, and then turned to see three guys. The lead Jocks, who were also full time bullies when they weren't doing some kind of sport, laughing at their lame jokes, or hitting on girls. Percy sighed, this was bound to end badly.

"Who's that?" The middle Jock asked, staring pointedly at the pictures of me and Annabeth, and I exhaled deeply. I had been successful in keeping the pictures hidden, along with a odd little statue of a trident, until now, it seemed. I didn't want to go through a sea full of lies, so I just kept it simple.

"Girlfriend."

Although that was true, Annabeth and me were more than just 'girlfriend' and 'boyfriend.' We had saved each others lives more times than one. Heck, even more times than three, thus making it much more special. Meanwhile, I realized the Jocks were laughing, and had just stopped to stare at me, the left one speaking up.
"Oh really? Retarded guy is with that kind of girl? Fake!"

I gritted my teeth. I hated being called retarded, sometimes I just wish all these idiots knew who I really was, and what I'd been through. That would show them, or maybe they would just start yelling 'Fake!' again.

"I'm not retarded, and fake is not the correct word. More like real." I retorted angrily, barely holding back a reflex to go kick him in the face.

"Wow, your good at pretending. I mean, if its not fake, your supposed girlfriend is really just some ugly, stupid bit-"

I was literally shaking with anger, my hand just itching to go to Riptide, or just to the Jocks face.

"Shut up!" I growled, cutting off the right Jock, but they just smirked, and then the left Jock spoke up.

"Stupid ugly bitch, as my man was saying, and look, sword fighting! A nice ugly nerd couple, making stuff up and all. Maybe you should go cry to your little old whor-"

That did it, something snapped, and I didn't really know what happened after. I just remember lashing out, and then all the Jock's were on the floor, noses bleeding, eyes slowly blackening, groaning, or in the case of one, just shaking, unable to say anything. Must have fractured the jaw. All the other kids in the hall were staring at me, stunned expressions on all their faces. Ignoring them, I picked up one of the Jocks easily and hung him by his underwear on a flag pole beside a door, I then did the same to the two others. My shaking not yet subsided, I went and slammed my locker hard enough to bend the metal at the edges, and then looked at all the other kids and then glared up at the Moronic Jocks.

"If you ever start that crap again, it will be worse, and it won't be door flag poles you'll be hanging on." I cursed, and then sauntered down the hall, the shaking in my body subsiding as the water fountains, which were spurting water as high as the ceiling, subsided also. As I turned the hall, I heard one of the kids speaking rather loudly, saying something that amused me.

"Lets never mess with that... Porsy kid again, I don't want to be hanging off the top of the school, thank you."

I raised my eyebrows and glanced back at them just as a kid was saying a response, and I quieted them down.

"Lets take dares on annoying him. It would be fuuuuuu-" He paled and took a sudden interest in his hands and shoes. I shrugged, and continued on my way.

When I reached class, it hit me. I had beaten three kids to a pulp, and shown my powers to what, 25 people? It might make suspicions and worse. I gulped as I realized something else, Monsters... they would have sensed that little fight. I shivered as I remembered my first year with the Empousa. Who knows what else could come at me? Sighing, I got to work, quickly growing frustrated as my ADHD and Dyslexia made my work hard and me restless.
"Please ring bell... Please ring!" I pleaded under my breath as I tried to decipher the second word in a sentence, and I got my wish. Kind of. A weird shriek which sounded like a bell rang out, and I was hopeful for a second before I realized it wasn't a bell. Dear me. I thought as I heard a weird clop and scrape outside the door, and then something plowed through the door and shrieked its bell like tune again. I gaped as I automatically reached for Riptide to face the weird creature. The front half of the creature was a rooster, and the back half was a horse, but it was as big as a stallion and a buffalo combined. The tail was longer than any horse tail I've ever seen, and was tipped with a spike that looked poisonous. The creature had very wicked looking rams growing on its head, and I realized that the vision of it could slightly paralyze human or animal, as a kid sitting in the front row gratefully showed to me. Jumping up and uncapping Riptide, I backed up toward the window, getting ready to either flee or fight. The rooster thing set its eyes on me, and I gulped right before it sprang at me with surprising ferocity and speed.
"Woah!" I muttered as I dived to the side and the rooster smashed a wall in, quickly dislodging its horns and looking at me again. I wondered what the mortals would be thinking. Hey, that guy is fighting a rooster with a sword! Or would Riptide appear as a rifle? Preferably, I would want this: Hey, that guy is fighting a large ferocious man eating horse! Run! But of course, everyone thought I was the bad guy.

"Percy Jackson, what are you doing to that poor cockatrice?!" The teacher yelled at me, and I barely had time to duck before its tail smashed the window behind me. They would probably think I smashed the window too... I thought angrily as I span to the side and responded.

"No time to talk Miss! Evil-" I was cut off as the rooster thing plowed through a wall into the next classroom. I wonder how the mist would explain that? "Evil rooster it is!"

I had to stop talking as the rooster charged me again, over turning 6 desks, but this time it hit me on my arm, and I felt a pain near the elbow. Backing up toward the window, I was happy to see that I could move my arm, but slowly and with pain. Thank the gods it wasn't my sword arm. I couldn't keep fighting this thing, it was just to quick and fast. I had to flee. Looking down into an alley, I remembered I was on the second floor of the building, and sighed. I was either gunna make it or break it. Slinging my legs over the side, I got ready to drop, and as I heard the teacher yelling at me, I dropped.

"Percy Jackson! Stop what your doing thi-" I stopped hearing her as I hit the pavement below, muttering.

"Just like old times..."

I almost jumped all the way back to the window when a familiar voice responded next to me.

"Yep. Just like old times..."

I turned to see Annabeth, smiling at me and holding her Yankees invisibility cap, although I could see she was injured. It looked like she got badly bruised on the left side of her stomach, and a cut on the left shoulder.

"Woah! Annabeth! Where did you come from?" I asked, surprised, but also happy.

"Got in a little fight over you, attracted a Catoblepas, had to run. I guess I showed off my demigod aura to much." Annabeth explained before giving me a kiss on the cheek, and then looking back over her shoulder, as if to make sure nothing was gunna sneak up on her. I blinked, that was the exact same thing that happened to me.

"Really? Same with me but... can we go? A rooster horse is trying to kill me right now..." I urged as I grabbed Annabeth's hand and pulled her along out of the alley.

"You mean a Hippalektryon?" Annabeth asked matter-of-factly. "Half rooster half horse?"

I breathed in quickly, my pulse slowly lessening.

"Uhm... yeah... whats a Catoblepas?"

Annabeth smiled and shook her head.

"Barnacle face, you really need to learn about monsters more. Its a hoofed animal with deadly poisonous horns, that can exhale clouds of noxious gas and kill a man with a gaze. But somethings bothering me. These... monsters shouldn't really be active."
I shook my head. Barnacle face was a new one, but the last thing Annabeth said was more interesting. "What do you mean about not being active?" I asked as I pulled Annabeth along, trying to find a good place for a Pegasus to land.
"These monsters should be locked up in Tartarus." Annabeth said as she glanced behind, and paled.

"Oh... really? That's bad, But why are you looking like tha-"

I stopped and gulped. There, at the end of the sidewalk, was the Catoblepas and the Hippalektryon. Annabeth quickly pulled out her dagger, and I did the same with Riptide.
"Don't look in their eyes!" Annabeth exclaimed as we started running toward a small back alley a little ways away. We reached there, but the monsters were right behind us. I whistled loudly before holding up my sword, and Annabeth tried the same but she winced and held her shoulder, clearly in pain.

"Its okay Annabeth, I'll hold them off while Blackjack and Porkpie come! Just... stay behind me!" I said to Annabeth as she slowly nodded, and shuffled behind me. The monsters came toward me, shuffling slowly, and I ducked and span as the Hippalektryon pounced, cutting off one of its horns. It cried out, a weird snort and 'Cock a doodle do!' put together, and I barely had time to face Catoblepas as it charged at me. I jumped above it, and saw Blackjack flying down to us. Annabeth ran behind me, near to where Blackjack was gunna land, but the Catoblepas charged at her.

"Annabeth!" I yelled as I jumped in front of it, and its horns sent me flying into the wall. Blackjack landed as Annabeth ran to me, her eyes frenzied.

"Percy! Are you okay?! Lets go!" Annabeth exclaimed as she helped me to my feet, and I held my sword out to the monsters, slightly dazed, as Annabeth jumped on Blackjack.

Yo, boss, you coming! We need to go now!

"Its hard... they're to quick... if I give them a chance to attack as I get on, we won't make it..." I explained, my eyes following the Hippalektryon but not the Catoblepas. That was my mistake.

"Percy! Behind you!" Annabeth shrieked as I turned just as the Catoblepas breathed noxious gas all over me, and I stumbled back, my body burning. I suddenly felt a sharp pain on my lower back, and I heard Annabeth cry out.
"Your Achilles point!"

I blinked, then looked up at her, dropping to my knees.

"Blackjack go..."

But boss, I'm not leavin' without yo-

"Go!"

I heard Annabeth crying as I slashed once at the Catoblepas, right under the neck, evaporating it to dust. But there was still the Hippalektryon, its poisonous tail lodged in me. I turned as Blackjack sped off, and slashed desperately at the Hippalektryons tail, cutting it off before pulling out the part of the tail that remained in me, feeling searing pain throughout my body. Why was this happening? Shouldn't the Achilles curse be protecting me?! I slashed once more as the Hippalektryon was in shock due to its tail, and it evaporated into dust, all but its poisonous spike at the tail. I turned to see the Catoblepas's horns, and I realized I wouldn't be needing these spoils of war. Too bad, I thought as my vision dimmed. Would have been nice trophies... I fell to the ground, and blacked out.

I coughed, and looked up at green leaves, and wooden branches. My body was still burning slightly, and as I sat up, I shivered in pain.

"Ugh... what happened?" I asked myself, and then something clicked, and my mouth dropped open. I was alive. Shouldn't I have been dead? That monster got my Achilles point, I should be dead.
"How come I am not dead... and how come those monsters could harm me... somethings happening..." I muttered, as I stood to my feet, and realized I was in a tree. A tree house to be exact.

"Whe-" My breath stopped in my throat when I remembered Annabeth was with me. She saw me get attacked. She saw me die. She thinks I'm dead. Everyone at camp thinks I'm dead.

"Oh geez... this is bad!" I muttered as I held my throbbing head, and looked outside the treehouse. I was in Central park, but I had to get to camp! Ignoring the pain in my whole body, I quickly found a ladder and climbed down. I must have been found by a tree Nymph, we weren't that far at all from Central park.
"Thank the gods... I now owe a debt to all tree Nymphs... but I really need to go..." I muttered, staring up at the house one more time before hurrying on my way. The Pegasus won't come, they thought I was dead.

"Taxi time..." I muttered as I felt my pockets, and was happy to see that I still had my phone and wallet. One good thing today. I must have looked pretty weird, bruises and cuts all over my body, my hair messed up, like someone zapped it, but I didn't really care. Hailing a taxi, I got in and fished out my wallet, the taxi driver sniffing and looking back at me.
"Geez kid, you look bad. What happened?"

I sighed and fished out two 20's, handing them to the taxi driver and speaking quickly and nervously.

"Had a bad night. Just please get me to long island. Fast!" I exclaimed, and the driver shrugged and then drove off. I fished out my phone, and saw that it was a day later. Yep, everyone definitely thought I was dead. I was so filled up with thinking, that time seemed to pass incredibly fast, and suddenly we were on Long Island, the hill with Thalia's tree on it approaching faster and faster.

"I'll get out here, thanks." I told the driver as he pulled up beside the hill, and I shut the door before he could even say anything. The man shrugged, and then turned around. I hiked up the hill, wincing as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and chest, and then continued up. I looked over Camp Half-Blood, and sighed as I saw the amphitheater. They were already burning my shroud. Wanting to run, but unable to with the pain in my chest, stomach, arm, and everywhere else, I walked hastily toward the amphitheater. We had much more kids than last summer, so the amphitheater was nearly filled. I don't know how much time I wasted getting to the amphitheater, but it felt like years. I peered over the corner, and saw Travis Stoll talking, I looked over the crowd, and saw Annabeth quietly sobbing in the midst of the kids from the Athena cabin.

"Percy was one of the best swordfighters I ever knew, and..." Travis stopped, his eyes narrowing and his vision looking misty.

Wow, this really is like old times. My shroud has now been burned two times, and I have survived those two times. I thought, shaking my head. Yay me.

Travis looked like he was about to continue, but I cleared my throat, and he looked over at me. He opened his mouth, and then blinked and rubbed his eyes, and then slapped himself.

"What the...!?" He exclaimed, and slowly everyone looked over at me.

"Uhm... I... think the monster missed me..." I said quietly, before wincing and feeling my arm. Some kids from the Hephaestus cabin inhaled deeply and blinked, some kids from the Demeter cabin started twisting flowers in their hands, Nico shook his head, wondering if I was a ghost, and all the Athena kids were glancing over at Annabeth, who was staring at me and silent. I glanced around nervously, but was stopped when Annabeth came out of nowhere and tackle hugged me, while some of the other kids started laughing, while some of the others just rubbed their eyes, not believing it yet. But, soon, it was apparent that I was alive, and everyone was all smiling and laughing dumbfounded, while Annabeth looked at everyone, and then nervously rolled off me, and then started talking. Trust me, you haven't heard Annabeth talk until now. It was like a machine gun or something.

"Percy! How are you alive?! I saw you get hit in your Achilles point! You... you died! How...!?"

I opened my mouth as everyone crowded around me, expecting me to talk.

"Well..." I started explaining. "I think my Achilles curse is... failing or something. I got injured, but my Achilles curse was supposed to be protecting me. I... don't really know."

By this point, Annabeth was shaking with joy, and then threw her arms around me again, hurting me slightly, but I guess she was trying to be gentle. Chiron shook his head and clopped over to me.

"You did it again. Defied death. Next time, lets wait atleast 5 weeks before burning your shroud..." Chiron laughed, and then noticed my wounds, and raised an eyebrow at me.

"Rammed in the chest and stomach, hurt on the left arm, stabbed in the back with a poisonous spike, and covered in noxious gas." I said simply, before wincing and feeling my arm again. Annabeth reluctantly unwrapped her arms from me and helped me up, as Chiron dispatched all the kids to their cabins and whatever they needed to do elsewhere, and then examined my body more urgently, sighing and nodding his head.

"Lets get you to the sick room, you will need a little bit of caring, and then we will have a meeting to discuss the recent happenings..."

I didn't even complain as I leaned on Annabeth, limping to the big house.

((Human: Hah! The power of writing has brought me back to life again!

Dancer: Hmm?

Human: Dancer, you shall pose no match for me. Aha! At it you scoundr- *Falls to floor after getting hit with Super Moonwalk Punch*

Dancer: You were saying?

Human: *Twitch*

Dancer: You sure like twitching... *Yawn*))