A/N: This is my version of the Son of Neptune, it will have a pretty major surprise/alteration later on, but before I even hint at what it will be, I'm gonna get you interested in the story. that way you'll keep reading to find out what the surprise is :P
Disclaimer: I do not own the PJO/HoO series they are property of Rick Riordan, and I am just a lowly fan. :P
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The waves crashed angrily against the beach, and the sky was dark with clouds—there would be a storm. And by the looks of it, it would be a big one.
Reyna walked along the beach thinking Neptune and Jupiter must be angry about something, maybe it had something to do with the disappearance of Jason Grace—Her ex-boyfriend, they had broken up a week before he disappeared—the dark haired girl thought.
Reyna stopped walking and slumped down to the beach, sitting with her knees to her chest as she stared out over the ocean. She couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty about Jason's disappearance, she thought maybe he'd ran away because they had broken up, but Lupa assured her it was much more than that.
Reyna stared out at the water, the waves were getting bigger, and there seemed to be something stirring just under the waters surface about twenty feet out.
The water started to glow, steam rising from it—Suddenly, the water exploded, shooting up a dark object about fifteen feet into the air.
Whatever the thing was—Reyna thought it looked like a body—just paused in mid-air, floating there for a moment, then it slowly drifted down just above the waters surface, landing on a piece of large square shaped driftwood that hadn't been there a minute ago.
Reyna stood up, brushing the sand from her gray jeans and the back of her purple shirt. She quickly pulled out her Imperial Gold short-sword and started wading though the water towards the driftwood.
As she got closer, Reyna could see that it was indeed a body on the driftwood; a lean teenage boy with short-ish black hair, wearing dark blue jeans and an orange shirt with scratched out words.
The boy was unconscious, so Reyna grabbed an edge of the driftwood and started wading back through the chest deep water towards the beach, pulling along the piece of driftwood with the unconscious boy on it.
When she got out of the water pretty much completely soaked, the boy started to groan and turn over. Reyna gasped when she realized the boy was dry, even though he'd just been floating in the ocean a moment ago.
Reyna knew that whatever had just happened was the work of the gods, so she assumed this boy was a demigod like herself.
Reyna put her sword to the dark haired boys throat as he came to, he instantly tensed feeling the blade. He turned his head slightly, his green eyes meeting her gray ones with a look of confusion.
"Who are you?" Reyna demanded, keeping her blade firmly against the boys throat.
"I… I don't know?" he answered hesitantly.
"Tell me who you are, or I will kill you." The half-blood girl threatened darkly, assuming the boy was lying.
The boy's face contorted in concentration, "All I know is my name is Percy and I'm sixteen, I can't remember anything else." He told her, the confusion obvious in his voice, but more than that, he didn't seem afraid of her sword at his throat.
Reyna wasn't sure if he was lying, but his words seemed genuine. "How do I know you're not just lying to get me to drop my guard?" She asked logically, keeping her sword point at the other teens throat.
"I don't have any reason to, or at least not any reason I can remember…" Percy said, still sounding confused.
Reyna decided he was telling the truth, so she lowered her sword to her side, still keeping it ready just in case. The boy was obviously more than he appeared to be, and he exuded a sense of power.
"Can you walk?" Reyna asked the other teen, "I think so, why?" Percy answered uncertainly. "Get up, I'm taking you to Lupa." The dark haired demigoddess answered, whoever this boy was Lupa would know what to do.
Percy slowly stood, stumbling slightly but catching his balance fast. "Wait, where am I and who is Lupa? Who are you for that matter?" he asked, refusing to move until he got some answers.
"I'm Reyna, a daughter of Minerva, you're at the First Legion Camp, and Lupa is the head of the camp." Answered Reyna, deciding it didn't matter if the boy knew those things. if Lupa found him untrustworthy they would just kill him.
"Minerva… you mean Athena?" Asked Percy with a strange look on his face, like he was trying to remember something.
"Well, Athena is Minerva's Greek aspect, but essentially, yes." Reyna answered.
Percy had a look of concentration on his face, but whatever it was he thinking about he gave up with a frustrated look.
"You're a demigod too, aren't you?" Reyna asked, thinking the answer was yes. He had just shot out of the ocean and levitated, that was some pretty demigod behavior in her opinion.
"I think so, but I don't remember, it all sounds really familiar though." Percy answered her with an uncertain tone.
"Well, come on. Lupa will decide what we'll do with you." Reyna said motioning Percy ahead of her with her sword, not yet trusting him enough to turn her back to him.
Percy cautiously moved ahead, then turned and looked questioningly at Reyna. "That way." She said pointing to the right, towards a small trail visible in the wooded area surrounding the beach.
Percy started off in that direction, walking to the trail and following it. Glancing behind every now and then to make sure Reyna was still following him.
Reyna just stayed quiet for the duration of the short walk, watching the strange boy who'd shot out of the water, wondering if he could be part of the great prophecy…
Percy's POV
Percy walked ahead of the strange girl with the golden sword, careful not to make any threatening moves.
He could tell this girl was a warrior by the way she moved and held that sword, and he didn't want to be on her bad side, though he had a weird feeling he was probably equal or better than her in swordsmanship, though he wasn't sure how he knew that…
Soon they came into a huge clearing, and the sight before Percy made him gasp with amazement.
There were several roman-style buildings and statues scattered all over the clearing, their craftsmanship was amazing. Their was a sign before officially entering the clearing that read 'First Legion Camp' that had a roman gladiator helmet hanging atop it, and behind the camp name were crossed swords.
Percy stopped and stared at the clearing in amazement, the camp looked ethereal in the gloomy pre-storm light. The dark haired boy found it all strangely familiar, like he'd seen something similar before but couldn't quite place it…
Behind him Reyna said "Come on, get moving. Lupa will be in the main house." She motioned towards a large gray painted house. Percy nodded and started moving towards it, not liking the feeling of being made to walk ahead of Reyna, it made him feel untrustworthy.
Scattered around the camp were several dozen kids of various ages, some stopped what they were doing, noticing Reyna returning with a new face.
A blonde girl wearing a purple shirt and black skinny jeans, with a bow slung over her shoulder came over to them, "Who is this, Reyna?" she asked cautiously, gesturing at Percy.
"I don't know, Dakota. he shot out of the ocean and levitated, before falling onto some driftwood, and I dragged him out. He claims he doesn't remember anything other than his name; Percy." Reyna said, sounding somewhat skeptical as she told the last part of Percy's story.
"Do you think he's part of the prophecy?" asked the blonde girl; Dakota.
"I don't know, but I'm thinking Lupa might." Reyna said hopefully.
"What Prophecy, and what is this place?" Percy interjected, curious for some answers.
"This is the First Legion Camp, a place for the half-human children of the gods. And a few months ago our oracle had a new 'Great Prophecy' involving seven half-bloods, so far we haven't found any of these seven though." Answered Reyna, deciding it was okay to go ahead and tell Percy more, after all if he wasn't trustworthy he wouldn't be getting out here alive.
"Now come on, let's go see Lupa." Reyna added, as they started moving again Dakota fell into line with them.
As Percy neared the main house he was filled with a strange sense of wrongness, like he shouldn't be there. Oh well, no use in stopping now, I just hope I can get some answers. He thought as he walked onto the porch, Reyna motioned the door and Percy moved to it, sliding his hand to the knob he turned, opening the door and stepping into the dark house…