So, hey there. Earthshaker's daughter here. I'm in love with the whole Percy Jackson series, including the Heroes of Olympus, so I have decided to write my own story! It'll mostly revolve around Jason as we already know a lot about Percy. This picks up right after the Son of Neptune.
I know that Rick Riordan has the first chapter out, but I'm disregarding that because this will be how I thought the book should turn out to be like, and honestly, I got the idea before I realize the first chapter was out.
Go on, read it. The page won't bite, but Aurum might. :D
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JASON
"Hello fellow Greeks and Roman! We are about to land so can everyone please put away their weapons and stuff so the Romans don't kill us! Including you Clarisse!" Leo Valdez's voice boomed out the loudspeakers, shaking Jason out of his trance of looking out the round window in his quarters. Groaning, he rubbed his eyes as he thought he heard a girl growl in the hallway.
Jason slowly got up from his spot, walking around his room anxiously. After eight months of not knowing who he was and acting Greek, he was finally coming home.
As much as he loved Camp Half-Blood, he knew that wasn't where he belonged - he was Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. He was a Roman.
Sighing, his feet stopped in front of his closet. Jason opened the door and grabbed one of the only things he had as a reminder that he wasn't like the other Greek demigods - the tattered purple shirt they had found him in eight months ago.
He sat back down again, his hands gripping onto the purple shirt. It seemed as if it was mocking him, don't you remember anything? It's all on the tip of your tongue.
He only remembered snippets of his past, his other life. Something about two gold and silver dogs, red Kool-Aid, a pegasus named...Skippy? Slimy? Something like that. And ebony hair.
Yes, he couldn't recall a whole person; just someone with long and beautiful ebony hair. He remembered that he loved combing his fingers through it, and he remembered that the beautiful mane of hair belonged to only one person. Reyna.
He tried to remember her, he really did. But all he got was weird little things, like the hair, or a black necklace, and stars.
He groaned in frustration as he clutched the shirt tighter. Why couldn't he recall anything?
He was about to throw the shirt far away from him when he felt something hard inside it. Curious, Jason inspected the right sleeve of the garment and, he wasn't imagining things. There was really something hidden in his shirt. He felt around the sleeve for some kind of opening, some loose thread, and finally, in the inside of the sleeve, he had found an opening where someone had ripped the seaming slightly to create a hidden pocket.
Eyes wide open, Jason slipped his fingers into the cleverly hidden pocket and pulled out a...bracelet. He dropped the tattered piece of clothing as the memories rushed back into his empty mind.
Flashback
"You ready?" Jason whipped around to find Reyna walking into his house, already in her armour. The gold brought out her black hair, which was braided.
He grunted. "Just a minute." He picked up his black chest plate from the floor and thrust it at her. "Put it on for me?" He asked, making sad puppy eyes at her for more effect.
She rolled her eyes but took the chest plate from his hand. "Pueri." She muttered as she walked behind him. He closed his eyes as he felt her quickly strap on the armour, stray pieces of her black hair falling onto his shoulders as she finished strapping the last strap. "There." She said as she stepped away. "You're ready to go."
She was about to leave but Jason pulled on her hand. "Don't leave yet." He whispered in her ear. "Aren't you going to wish me good luck?"
She shivered slightly when he wrapped his arms around her. Sighing, she fidgeted with something in her pocket and took a deep breath. Slowly releasing herself from his embrace, she shoved whatever she had in her hand at him. "Here."
Jason just looked at her dumbly. "What is it?"
He saw impatience and slight anger blazing in her hazel eyes. "Just take it Lightning McQueen."
He chuckled at her old nickname for him. "Whatever you say Zombie King." Looking at her angered expression, he quickly looked down at her peace offering. Ha. Peace offering. More like Death Wish.
When he looked at what was in Reyna's hand, his eyes widened. It was a black leather bracelet with some black sparkling accents. "Uh." Was the only thing he uttered as he looked at the bracelet in shock. When was Reyna nice?
Reyna growled impatiently. "Look, I never really thanked you for the necklace," her hand subconsciously reached up to clutch the black necklace Jason had given her two years ago on her birthday, "so I decided to make you a bracelet. As a good luck charm." She added hastily.
He grinned widely. "Thank you very much Rey." He took the bracelet from her petite hand. "I would wear it, but I don't want it to be damaged by the fight I'm having against Krios."
"Oh." She said, her eyes turning cold, but he saw the slight hurt hidden under the coldness. "Whatever." She turned around to leave, but Jason pulled her back.
He laughed quietly at her stiff posture. "Look, even if I don't wear it, that doesn't mean I don't love it; I just don't want it to be destroyed." He span her around so she was facing him. "I'm going to carry it everywhere I go, to training, to sleep...to fight." He points to his pants, which, surprisingly had a pocket. "I'm going to put it in here, and whenever I need strength or just to remember you," he saw her face redden, "then I'll take it out, look at it and find the power to move on, got it?"
Reyna nodded her head, looking up at his bright blue eyes. "Promise me you'll win." She whispered, holding onto his hand tightly.
Jason grinned cockily at her. "What do you think?" Before she could reply, he leaned down and kissed her gently. He knew her mind was going insane when he pulled out of the kiss, looking at her trying to say something, but stuttering. "What's on your mind Zombie King?"
Apparently, she snapped out of her confusion. Reyna glared at him as he shook from laughter. "Get OUT!" She demanded, her commanding voice coming back.
He raised an eyebrow. "But this is my -"
"Get out of here and start killing some monsters Grace!"
End Flashback
He sighed heavily as he remembered who Reyna was. His somewhat-of-a-girlfriend back at camp. He looked at the bracelet before deciding to wear it. Closing the clasp, he continued to sit there, sorting through his thoughts.
"Jason?" He snapped out of his train of thought when he heard his name. He turned around to see Piper standing at his doorway, a look of worry on her face. "Jason? We're about to land."
He nodded, hiding the bracelet from her sight. He wanted to keep Reyna a secret for a little longer, and to be honest, he didn't know how he felt about all this. Reyna obviously meant a lot to him, but Piper had grown on him. Even though the four months of them 'dating' was fake, he still couldn't deny the fact that he gotten closer to her during their quest. He was going to wait until he got reunited with Reyna to see what would happen next.
He walked briskly past her. "Let's go." He continued to walk quickly, past everyone, and soon, Piper snapped out of her daze as she rushed up to walk beside him. "You're excited, huh?" She asked, looking down at the floor.
He shrugged, trying to not let too much show, which wasn't hard. He had a feeling he had mastered his poker face long ago. "Well, this is my home and I haven't seen it in eight months, so yeah, I'm excited."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Piper bite her lip, but he didn't know what she was hiding. She looked up at him suddenly and smiled. "Well, let's go!" She walked even faster to him, and he rushed to join her at the entrance of the ship.
When they got there, he could see that Leo and Annabeth were already telling the other demigods to put away their remaining weapons and to be polite to the Romans. "No fighting or arguments." Annabeth said, looking at the Mars-Ares cabin.
Clarisse rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
Leo spotted us and told the others to make way for him and Piper to stand at the front. "Bro, we'll need you to tell the Romans to chill and not attack us, okay?"
Jason nodded, staring at the door that was blocking him from being back home. "Open the door now Leo."
Leo nodded as he pressed a button on a panel nearby. Slowly, the door lowered, and Jason heard the demigods gasp at the scenery. He felt someone tug on his hand, but he wasn't paying much attention. All he was thinking about was Reyna, and wondering if she had tried to look for him.
The door completely lowered and Jason looked for the only person he was the most certain of here; his fellow praetor and best friend. Searching everywhere on the ground, he finally looked up at the sky and saw a girl in a toga riding on a pegasus. Looking as closely as he could, his eyes looked around her neck, and he found it, the necklace.
Reyna.
He was home.
So, how was it? I tried to write Jason in character as much as I could, but I don't know if I succeeded or not. I imagine that even though Jason thinks he really likes Piper, there's something about Reyna that's holding him back, and since he doesn't have all of his memories yet, I don't think he could make a decision so quickly, but they do act like a couple...
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