Friendship is unnecessary,
like philosophy,
like art...
It has no survival value;
rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
~C.S. Lewis
Summary: Percy is done with life. He's done with supernatural beings like gods, and satyrs, and demigods. So, he sets off in the woods with no one but himself to guide him. He abandons every aspect in his past life. At least he thought he did. There was always this one person he could never say no to.
Midnight Memories
Prologue
I saw her smile and my heart soared, something I didn't think it could do since that day. Her hair was loose around her shoulders and gleamed in the sunlight. Her deep brown leather jacket was covered in slight mud stains, but it didn't make it any less beautiful on her. The silver t-shirt underneath showed off her curves, but I didn't keep my eyes trained there for long. She was wearing black skinny jeans that had plenty of self-caused rips on them.
I tore my eyes away from her and smiled slightly as she beckoned me over to her. I walked, careful to avoid the sticks and twigs so I didn't make much noise. I've learned that much in the time I have already spent with her.
"Don't make noise in the woods, Ryker!" she told me repeatedly. "It scares away all of nature!"
It's funny how I know so much about her and she knows so much about me, yet I have no idea who she is. She told me to call her Atremis (Yeah, I don't get it either. Why not just ARtemis, why does it have to be ATremis? When I did ask her, she didn't say anything.) , but normally I just call her the nickname I gave her, Artye. She actually hates that nickname, but that only gives me more motivation to call her that.
"What's up, Artye?" And suddenly I'm hanging upside down connected to nothing. Well, no. I guess I'm connected to some sort of invisible wire. "What the…? Ar-tye! Get me down from here so I can murder your butt!"
Of course I wasn't being wholly serious about that threat, but she, in some way, will end up on the ground yelling, "Uncle!" That was never going happen, by the way. She is just that stubborn.
I don't know that much about Atremis, but I know a couple basics. Well, for one thing, she's really stubborn, especially when it comes to males. She says I know her from my past, but we never gotten along well. She told me Ryker isn't my real name, but won't give me my real name "until the time is right". I called bull shit on that. I also know that she leaves everyday often to only come back after midnight. Sometimes she's here every night, and sometimes she gone from days to weeks on end. I asked her once where she always went, but all I got as a response was "no, don't be a creeper". I rolled my eyes at that one. I knew her favorite color was silver, the enemy color of werewolves. She told me that fact herself. Even if she hadn't it wouldn't have been hard to tell, because she wears it all the time. Unless she's a fan of wearing colors that she hates, then…
I know she has a brother, but wouldn't give me the name of him. Did I mention I hated when she did this? No? well, I did now. She also told me that she lived in the woods and that she traveled a lot. When I asked, she said she was traveling with her sisters. She said she had twelve. My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I got told then. She looked at my expression once and was like, "Honestly, Ryker, did you really think I meant my real sisters? I've told you I only have one sibling and that was my brother. I call them my sisters, because they are in everything but blood." I can't even remember what happened after that, but all I can say is that it was pretty embarrassing.
Once, she told me about my past self. She said that I was brave, kind, and a leader. Maybe she didn't like me much, but she said she could at least admit that much. She said I was so much like my father—annoying, persistent, but kind and old spirited. She even told me I'm still like that. It made me smile for some reason. She told me that I was once very powerful—and still am—but I chose to leave it all behind. Apparently I had lots of friends, but was the very enemy of many more. I was told I once had a girlfriend, too. When she told me I automatically snorted and raised my eyebrows.
"How did I ever manage to do that?"
"The world has been questioning it, too, and yet still nobody knows."
We both laughed at my expense that day.
"Artye, get me down, please!" I could feel the blood rushing to my head, and I'm pretty sure that's not a good thing.
"Hmmm…" she said, pretending to think. "I think I might just leave you up there until I get back."
I cringed in horror. She could come back tomorrow, or two weeks from now! Time to go to plan B.
"Please! I will do anything! I'll even be your servant for a week! Please! Whatever it takes to get me down from here, I'll do! I swear it on the Styx! "
Atremis told me to swear on the Styx if I was giving a promise that I was being serious about. I had no idea at the time, and still have no idea. Thunder rumbled in the distance once, twice, three times and I was suddenly flat on my back. I sighed in relief, but took a deep breath to help my slowly forming head ache.
I look up and see a devilishly smiling Atremis standing above me with her arm held out to help me up.
"Come, Ryker. It's time for you to finally come home and remember your past again."
Hey, guys! Miss me? No? Well boo you! :p Anyways this is my new idea for a story and will definitely have a sequel. If you couldn't tell this is a Pertimis story. Most chapter will be 2,000-4,000 word with the occasional long/short chapter. Hopefully it will turn out to be 80,000-100,000 words and will be 25-35 chapters ! Hope you like the idea! Next update will probably be on Friday! Ciao!
~MidnightGlows