I've wanted to do this idea for ages! Don't want to take a long time with author notes, so enjoy! :D
Cover art by someone on devainART, but the name wouldn't show up. It was coloured by orkinas.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series.
POV: Unknown (You'll find out!)
Prologue / Chapter One
So, I didn't want to magically become the opposite gender.
But I had too anyway.
Whoop-dee-doo.
Of course, I wouldn't mind being the opposite gender. It was interesting, to say the least.
I'm writing this after it all happened, obviously. It won't be just my views from the story, of course.
In fact, as I write this, I'm still a boy.
You've probably been asked the question "Would you change gender for a day?" and you've probably said yes.
Well, I can tell you; Yes was a good answer.
For a day, anyway.
Maybe even a week.
You don't mind being the opposite gender after you… 'learn' things.
It's just that you wonder if you'll ever become your old gender again.
Anyway, onto the story.
Chapter One
My name is Annabeth Chase.
Or it was.
I'm Andrew Chase now, being a boy and all.
You're probably wondering how I became a boy. Here's how it started.
I just came back from the Giant War, winning and stuff like that. I prefer not going into details. It was a gruesome time, and I hate gruesome memories.
Anyway, when we came back, we celebrated for a while. About a week.
Then the seven, plus a death boy, praetor and retired maiden, started trying to have a normal life. Trying to do mortal things.
We all decided to do different things, and then we would teach each other.
I tried to learn how to drive.
It's actually quite hard trying to drive, being ADHD and dyslexic. Normally I pray to the gods when a red light comes up that it turns green quickly so I don't lose my patience and drive into another car.
Then again, I'm not that dumb.
As I was driving, I don't know what happen. I thought I saw a weird looking bird fly in front of me, or some type of monster appear. I veered left, but other mortals drivers did too. I wonder what they saw.
One driver crashed into a track, which said something about chemicals on it.
Of course, it had to land on top of me. Or my car. Or my Dad's car that I was borrowing, anyway.
I somehow lost control of the driving. I jumped out of the car as it crashed onto a fence in the dirt, causing foggy dirt sand flying everywhere.
The car kept going, and the mortals continued driving. They probably didn't see anything.
Of course, I was trying to stand up, making sure I hadn't broken any bones. Being a demigod, I'd been through a lot worse, but I still had to check something like this for mortal things.
While looking for the car, I obviously didn't notice some kind of big blob of chemical waste fall through the air. After I heard the whistling noise, I looked up. I couldn't see much, with the dirt fog, but at the last moment I saw some blue and pink chemical waste fall down onto me.
It splashed me with a shock, and I could feel the feeling like I was about to faint. I somehow knew I was just going to faint, not die. The fog turned pink and blue. I could just make out the truck kept driving.
I tried running away (Yes, I know I'm that I'm the Daughter of Wisdom and I should've thought of that sooner, but I was in shock, okay?) but I feel to my knees. My vision went red.
Then the weird stuff started happening.
My hair felt like it was being pulled back, but pulled inside my head. The pain went through my brain, and I felt a weirdness that things in my brain were evaporating. The pain moved onto my chest, and my breasts felt the same was my hair.
The pain was unexplainable. It was like my body was trying to hold the sky.
The unbearable pain reached my lower body, and that's when I blacked out.
When I woke up, I found myself lying in an alleyway. The alleyway I nearly crashed into before.
I felt something… different about me. I wasn't sure what.
I stood up, brushing me hair away as I normally would. Then I realised; why wasn't there any hair in my face?
As I felt my hair, I realised it had somehow grown… short. I didn't have a mirror on me… but I had the demigod phone Jake Mason made… I pulled it out of my shorts, The screen was off, so I could dimly see my face.
I was looking at the face of a boy with short cropped-up combed hair with startling grey eyes.
I fumbled with the phone. How did that happen? Was that the weird pulling sensation from before?
I looked down. Oh gods.
My boobs were gone.
I really wanted to check my lower body, but there were still people walking around. Not exactly a great place to check.
Think, Annabeth, think…
First; Something weird had happened and from the current proof I had became a boy. Uncertain yet.
What to do about it? I was driving home when the crash happened, so it was about a five minute walk home. Not too far. Hopefully I won't encounter any monsters here in 'Frisco.
I tried to walk. Gods, even walking felt different.
I had to learn forward a little bit instead of lean back to make walking feel comfortable in this state.
It took five minutes as I came home, as I predicted.
I was about to open the door, then I realised I left the keys in the car.
Skata. (A/N; That's sort of 'shit' in Greek. Sort of.)
I knocked on the door.
My Dad opened up, his white lab coat collar undone and half his grey pants curled up on one leg, the other not.
"Hello!" He smiled. "Are you h-" he then looked into my eyes.
"A- Annabeth? Is that you?"
I nodded.
"What… what happened?"
"I…" my voice sounded an edge deeper in my head, not much.
I told him about the car crash.
"So it has nothing to do with demigods?"
"I'm not certain. I'm not even certain if I'm male."
"By all means, you should check."
My half-brothers and stepmother wasn't home, luckily, so I went straight to the bathroom.
I silently pulled down my pants.
Oh shit.
I quickly pulled them back up.
I felt my chest, then I realised, wait, shouldn't my bra still be on?
I took of my shirt, which felt strangely weird. I had a few abs. Not that I cared.
I wasn't wearing my bra. It couldn't have came off in the crash… does that mean that the bird I saw was a monster? Does this have to do with some demigod thing?
I pulled my shirt on and went back to my Dad.
"Well?"
I nodded.
"I think it might have something to do with the gods, though. My bra should still be on. It's not."
"Um, what do you think you should do?"
I thought for a moment.
"Change clothes, and then see Percy. I think Percy would be the best bet."
We promised that we wouldn't leave each other again, but we said only for a week unless something really bad happened. Like this.
"Okay. Well, your stepmom just washed my clothes and yours, so choose them. Maybe some male clothes would be better, too." He added quickly.
He left the room, and I put on a simple grey shirt with dark grey trousers and a new pair of underwear. This also happened to be grey.
I left the room, and my Dad came up to me again. He tossed me a new set of keys.
"Um, wh-"
"After your friends crashed my first car, I asked Athena if she could make cars appear if they disappeared for magical reasons. I went outside and they were there, with the keys."
"But-"
"You should leave immediately, Annabeth. A car's the best bet. Maybe after meeting Percy, go to camp. They'll figure something out. Plus, you will too. You're the daughter of Athena. Well, technically son now." He smiled, and I could tell this was another reason Athena liked my dad. He was smart.
I nodded my head, and went outside.
Sure enough, there was a new car there, same as the one I had just crashed.
"Oh, and Annabeth?"
"Yeah?"
"Maybe you should call yourself something less… female."
We thought for a moment.
"How about Andrew Chase?" I suggested.
He smiled. "Great idea. It's sad to see you leave so soon, but it's for the best."
I nodded.
"Bye Dad."
"Bye… Andrew."
He cracked a smile, and probably not wanting to tear up after seeing me leave again, went inside.
I took a deep breath. This was going to be hard.
I started up the car, prayed to Athena that I could somehow ride to Manhattan in less than a day, and started driving.
As I looked back at my house, I saw my Dad grinning and waving through the window. Wait, why grinning?
As I changed gears, I noticed a green button. Hm, this wasn't on the last car. I pressed it.
The car flew into the air, like it had turned into a weird car-plane. I checked the speed meter, and it was going about 300km per hour. I let go of the pedal. The car stopped. A microphone popped up in the air.
"Um, take me to Manhattan."
The microphone disappeared, and the car moved through the clouds soundlessly.
Well, there you go. First chapter! Next one will have Percy meeting Andrew.
Or… should I say Percilla? ;D
Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it! :D
