My New Inspiration
Hey guys! So this is my first fanfiction so go easy on me :p Anyways, I'm a huge fan of the Percy Jackson series and I also love hockey, so I was like why not write a story combining the 2? I have the first 3 chapters written down but if you have any suggestions for how this story should go please feel free to tell me! Now without further ado, my first fanfiction!
Summary:
Percy Jackson had 2 loves in his life. Hockey and his dad Poseidon. Percy's dad introduced him to the game of hockey and his love for it took off from there. It soared so high that Percy is now considered the best player in North America. Life couldn't get any better could it? It didn't. Poseidon disappeared while on his fishing trip and Percy was devastated. So devastated that he quit hockey. Months later, he meets Annabeth Chase, the new girl. Can she rekindle his love for hockey and save his once promising career? Can she and Percy's love for hockey coexist? Or will society try and break them apart? AU - Some references to the gods (instead of swearing for example) but they're just normal teenagers.
Prologue:
My name is Percy Jackson and I was "the next one". I was supposedly the best hockey player in North America and people were already calling me the next Sidney Crosby. I was really flattered by all the kind comments and comparisons, but if it wasn't for my dad Poseidon, I probably never would've made it this far. He was my personal trainer, coach and most importantly, my father. He was the guy that pushed me to heights even I couldn't have dreamed of. He's the sole reason why I fell in love with hockey.
He was also the sole reason why I fell out of love with hockey.
About a week before my Senior year of high school, my dad and his brothers Zeus and Hades went out for their annual fishing trip in the Atlantic.
They never came back. When my mom got the phone call about my dad disappearing, I knew something bad had happened before my mom started sobbing. As my mom explained everything to me, I could feel my heart break bit by bit. I ended up spending my last bits of summer in my room, depressed and empty. The first month of school was the toughest month of my life. The only people that knew about my dad's death were my cousins Nico and Thalia (who were Hades' and Zeus' children respectively) and my best friend Grover.
We had all agreed to keep their deaths a secret simply because we didn't want it to blow up. Between Thalia, Nico and I, I took their deaths the hardest.
See Thalia and her dad never saw eye to eye to begin with, so his death wasn't that big of a loss to her.
While Nico was somewhat close to his dad, he was still mad that his dad remarried after his mother passed away a couple of years ago and he never forgave him for that.
As for myself, I wanted nothing to do with my dad. I removed everything from my life that had something to do with my dad. I quit swimming firstr and fell back on hockey. Not long after quitting swimming, hockey became a drag. I no longer put in a lot of effort and I no longer got butterflies in my stomach every time I stepped onto the ice. Fed up with myself and hockey, I quit all together. Er I decided to take a "leave of absence" as the public knew. My mom and agent Nike knew the hockey world would blow up if they found out why I quit hockey, so my mom announced that Poseidon and her split and that I didn't take it too well and needed some time away.
So yeah, you can probably imagine why that first month of school was the hardest. Everyone wanted the inside scoop on why I temporarily quit. Once everyone realized I wasn't going to open up, they left me alone and began labelling me as a bust. I wasn't really bothered by the label, but I was annoyed at how quickly people jumped to conclusions about me.
Before long September turned into October and then eventually November, which meant the regular season was right around the corner. It was going to be tough not playing hockey this year, but I couldn't let my teammates down by not giving it my all every game.
Fortunately or unfortunately for me, fate has a weird way of operating.
Chapter 1 – Refresh Button
Percy's POV:
"PERCY! You're going to be late for school!" My mom said as she slammed the front door.
I woke up in a panicked state and groggily glanced at my clock that read 8:19.
"Well great, I got 11 minutes to get to school," I sleepily muttered to myself.
I walked into the bathroom and splashed some cold water onto my face to wake myself up. I glanced at my messy jet black hair and tried to comb it down but eventually gave up. I threw on my Goode High hockey sweater and a pair of khaki's and rushed out the door.
As I ran to school, memories of my dad making me run 5k every weekend flooded my brain.
"Oh gods, why did you have to leave dad?" I thought to myself as I ran to school.
I got into my 1st period English class as the bell rang. My English teacher hadn't assigned a seating plan so seats were first come first serve. I sat down beside Annabeth Chase and quickly pulled out my binder before the lesson started. I caught Annabeth giving me a disgusted look, probably because I was late again but quickly ignored it.
Annabeth was an interesting individual to say the least. She began attending Goode High in late October after moving here from San Francisco. Just days after, Luke; the school flirt asked her on a date and she became the first girl to ever turn him down. Part of me wanted to get to know her because of this, but the other part said forget it because her permanent facial expression was the "don't mess with me" one.
"Earth to Mr. Jackson," my English teacher said, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Sorry Mr. Blofis," I said sheepishly.
I glanced over at Annabeth and she was shaking her head unapprovingly but she had a slight smirk on her face.
"What's so funny?" I hissed.
"You," Annabeth said before turning her attention back to the lesson.
"What? Okay Perce, I doubt she meant you're a humerous guy. Maybe you have something on your face? Maybe you have something on backwards? Oh forget it," I thought to myself.
After English with Annabeth, I had Math and Marine Biology. Annabeth wasn't in these classes with me but boy she was there in spirit. I couldn't get what she said to me out of my head. After lunch I had Ancient Greek with her and I was determined to figure out what she meant.
I walked into Ancient Greek, scanning the room for a blond haired individual and low and behold, I found her at the front of the class, sitting by herself again.
"Hey," I said casually as I slid into my seat.
"You're on time Jackson," Annabeth said as she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Of course! Ancient Greek is my favourite subject… well next to Marine Biology of course."
Annabeth wrinkled her nose at the word biology, "Stick to Ancient Greek, its way better than Marine Biology."
I grabbed my heart in mock shock, "I'm quite offended Annabeth! Who doesn't love water, the ocean and its wonderful inhabitants?"
Annabeth shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Did I say do something wrong? I made a mental note to never bring up Marine Biology with her.
Thankfully Mr. Brunner walked in and began his lesson.
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"Okay class, my lesson on the Gods is over for today. Now before class is over, I would like to introduce you to your major project," Mr. Brunner said to a chorus of groans.
"Each of you will have a partner; of my choosing and you will each pick a god or goddess of your choice. You must create a presentation and essay talking about the similarities and differences of the 2 gods each of you picked and you present your findings to the class at the end of the semester."
Everyone began talking to their friends about their favourite god/goddess. I turned to do the same with Annabeth, but she was still attentively listening to Mr. Brunner.
"Now here are the pairings!" Mr. Brunner said as he began reading out the list.
"Lastly, Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase."
I looked over at Annabeth, who to my surprise was… smiling? Was she excited too?
"Is someone excited?" I asked anxiously.
To be working with you? Nah," She replied sarcastically.
"Why do I get the feeling you hate me?"
"I don't, I just find it amusing to tease you."
I could feel my cheeks starting to blush so I changed the topic, "So what god are you planning on doing?"
"I was thinking about doing a goddess actually," Annabeth said playfully, "and I was going to do Athena, how about you?"
"Poseidon," I declared.
Annabeth just shook her head while laughing.
"What's wrong this time," I asked slightly annoyed.
"You do realize Athena and Poseidon hate each other right?" Annabeth said between giggles.
"So what? You just said you didn't hate me…"
Annabeth started laughing, "Oh Percy, you're such a Seaweed Brain."
"Excuse me?" I asked in disbelief and confusion.
"You're a Seaweed brain. You like the sea right? And you aren't exactly the brightest guy around… which don't get me wrong isn't a bad thing… it's kinda cute…" Annabeth rambled on before covering her mouth after the last part.
I prayed to god I didn't start blushing in front of her again.
"Ghee thanks Wise Girl," I said playfully.
"What did you call me?"
"You're a Wise Girl… because…. Well you're really smart and you're a girl!" I said triumphantly.
Annabeth just shook her head while laughing again.
"Yep, definitely a Seaweed Brain."
I started pouting at Annabeth and turned away in mock pain.
"Okay Seaweed Brain on a serious note, when do you want to work on the project?"
I turned around to face her once again.
"How about today after school?"
"Yeah sure… wait, isn't there a hockey game after school that you are playing in?"
Oh crap. She didn't know. Since Annabeth moved to Goode in late October, she missed all the drama that ensued when I left the hockey team and my dad "leaving" my mom in September. And wait, how did she know I played hockey?
"Nah, I'm not playing hockey this year."
"But isn't this your draft year? Weren't you rated the best hockey player in North America or whatever?"
"Yeah, well I was. I quit hockey okay? So now I'm not going to the show."
"But why? There's obviously a reason why. You don't just quit something you love."
Her last sentence stung. Stung real bad.
"How do you know so much about me? And why do you care so much?" I asked feeling very flustered.
"Well I'm from San Francisco and the San Jose Sharks were the local team and I'm sure you know they're bad this year and they were looking at drafting you. As for why I care, well Seaweed Brain, curiosity killed the cat. I don't like leaving things unsolved."
Well she hit the nail on the coffin there. I had flown out to San Jose to meet with their GM late last year. Annabeth was right in the sense that they were a pretty bad hockey team. After Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau retired, the Sharks headed in a downward spiral. They had stockpiled a lot of young talent though and were probably a year or 2 away from being a good team again. They just needed one more guy for that core. And that guy was supposed to be me.
I just nodded approvingly and changed the subject.
"So my house is good after school? I can drive you if you need a lift."
Annabeth had this look on her face that said she wanted to keep talking about my hockey life, but I also had a feeling she understood that it was a touchy subject and this wasn't the end of it.
"Yeah sure that'd be great!"
The bell rang signalling the end of class and I walked to Phys. Ed, my last class of the day
"I like Annabeth," I thought to myself, "maybe she isn't judgemental like everyone else."