Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, all the characters belong to, the one, and only...duh, duh, duuuh. Rick Riordan! *clapping*
A/N-My second fanfiction, first for PJO, so here goes. As the tenth doctor would say, (if you've watched doctor who)Allonsy! I also have a bit of this from Poseidon's POV, for backstory purposes, I probably won't do anything else in his POV, so yeah... enjoy! (Also the cover picture is just how I imagine Percy and Nico's son would look like)
Chapter 1: Starting high school
Nico's POV
Great.
Just great.
Another school.
If there's one thing I hate more than going to school, it's having to deal with all those fake smiles people give me before they realise that I'm a freak. Then at least they leave me alone.
It normally takes around 10 minutes of being around me to realise I'm not someone anyone wants to be around. It's like they can sense the creepy aura that surrounds me and the shadows that follow me like loyal puppies.
But this guy just won't take a hint.
I swear, for the past hour, he has been sticking to me like he is my shadow.
But I know why he's doing this.
His older sister Thalia was best friends with my sister, Bianca.
Back when she was still...alive.
And now, he thinks that just because I have no friends I will accept his pity.
Well, he's wrong.
I hate pity. And even though Thalia was best friends with my sister, she has no right to ask her brother to look after me.
"Look, Jason. Just because our older sisters are-were best friends, doesn't mean we were, or ever will be. And I hate pity, so get the hell away." I said, trying not to cry when I thought of Bianca.
"Just because I have no friends, doesn't mean I don't have any pride. Go annoy the hell out of somebody else."
To my surprise, Jason actually looked slightly hurt.
"Oh, Nico" He sighed
I felt my resolve crumble.
Even though I shunned him completely, and I hate his pity, that didn't mean I hadn't enjoyed having a friend for once. But still. I couldn't go back now.
"You know I'm not just here because Thalia asked me to, or out of pity for Bianca's death,"
I stiffened
"Oh, Really?"
"If you were really my friend, Then where were you 2 months ago, when the shadows and monsters went out of control, when I was cutting myself daily, when I was almost killing myself from the strain of it all? Huh? Where were you when I was actually considering suicide?" I hissed, almost snarling at him, and baring my teeth slightly.
"Oh, Nico. I had no idea..."
"Well of course you fucking didn't. Not once did you come check on me. No, you were too busy with your new friends."
He stiffened noticeably. "Don't talk like that," he said sharply "I wasn't doing nothing that whole time. And, I now know you were going through a hard time, but you weren't the only one,"
Bullshit.
A hard time?
Oh, please.
But still. Maybe he did actually have a reason.
"Anyway," He said with an air of finality, that said the conversation was over, " I am here because you are my friend, and you're new here, so I thought I could show you around. Also, believe it or not, once you get past the Elmo punk attitude, you're actually genuinely nice to be around,"
"Hey!" I said indignantly
"I am not an emo punk,"
He snorted, and started laughing
"Hey! Stop laughing at my expense," "this is not funny!" I said, In a serious voice, but it was ruined when I started smiling myself. The first genuine smile in 6 months. My smile dropped.
Jason had stopped laughing and was staring at me with his mouth open.
"what?" I said, getting annoyed
"It's-It's- It's a miracle!" He practically shouted
"I made Nico smile!"
"Well... not for long," I said
"awww, stop being such a pessimist Nico!"
"I can't help it Jase, I'm an emo punk sort of guy,"
When was the last time I had joked around with someone?
Jason cracked up laughing until tears streamed down his face.
When he finally sobered up, I surprised him, by asking him a serious question.
"So, how's it going with your girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?" He said confused
"Oh... You mean Piper," He winced
"Sorry. Did you break up?"
"...Yes," "It wasn't a really harsh break up,"" We just kind of realised that we never really loved each other,"
"and..." I said, waiting for an elaboration
"Well... we, um, both kind of realised we had crushes on other girls,"
"What?! Who are they?"
"I may have a tiny crush on-"
"wait. Piper is...lesbian?"
"No, she's bi."
"anyway, I kindofsortofreallylikeReynaAvilaRamirezArellano,"
"What. In. Hades."
Yes, I may be obsessed with Greek mythology. No, I'm not a nerd. Go away.
"YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH MY BEST FRIEND!"
Jason winced at the loud noise "I wouldn't say love..."
"Where did you even meet?"
"...That's a long story,"
"well then, lucky you have all of.." "...maths class" I said, checking my timetable, "to tell me,"
Percy's POV
Ugh. School. I hate school.
At least I made it to this year.
As a freshman I was Expelled for sticking up for some random guy who bullies were beating up for being gay. Long story short, They looked much worse than the kid they were beating up once I had finished with them.
But, last year was different. I made friends. I became popular. I joined the swim team. And I lasted the whole year.
Still. Now I am a junior. Ugh. So much work.
I just want to be a marine biologist.
I love the water. Especially the ocean. It's so calming.
As I said, I'm on the swim team, actually captain of the swim team.
I'm the best swimmer they have, not to brag, but it's true.
Anyway. School. Ugh.
I had already finished Ancient Greek and Greek Mythology, which was nice as I am obsessed with that, and have been taught by my father.
My second class is science with Mr Bruos, and I guess that isn't so bad.
Though, I did accidentally blow up a science room as a freshman at another school, since then I let my partner do all the work, and Jason didn't mind. I walked in, and sat next to Jason, prepared for another boring school year. Boy, how wrong I was...
Poseidon's POV
My boy's powers were beginning to form.
I didn't know how to explain it without him pushing me away.
He hates me for leaving them. I still visit sometimes, but he just goes up to his room, while I ask his adopted father, Chiron, how he's going.
I don't blame him. I was the reason his mother died, at least in his eyes. I went back to my wife Amphitrite, leaving him and Sally with an abusive man called Gabe. I wish I could take it back. More than anything, it's my biggest regret in life.
But even though I loved Sally, I also loved Amphitrite, and couldn't leave Triton and Tyson. So I came back.
And one day, I got a phone call.
/Flashback in past tense/
"Sir? Your phone's ringing."
"Yes," I sighed into the phone, tired from a long day of work.
"I'm sorry to say that your boy's mother, Sally, has passed away,"
"What?!" I said wide awake now.
"Sall-"
"yes, I heard that. How did it happen?"
"Percy, your boy, called us saying he wanted her to have a proper funeral like she deserves."
"We found him trying to hang himself-"
"What! N-no," I sobbed into the phone
" -But managed to prevent him from doing it by saying that Sally would've wanted him to live,"
"We then managed to get the story out of him, and since then he has been quietly crying, occasionally muttering things like: That asshole Gabe, why did Poseidon leave us, how could he?. And then just crying again."
"h-how d-did it h-happen,"
"Well, from what we managed to get out of the kid, Percy, Gabe has been beating him up ever since he turned seven, normally just bruises and a few cuts from a beer bottle or two, but sometimes broken bones. He never knew that Gabe ever hurt his mother, and the guilt over that is what made him suicidal."
"From what we can see, Gabe went overboard because he was very drunk, and ended up ending her life,"
"I'm sorry."
I knelt, as the sobs racked my body.
/End Of Flashback/
He will never completely get over her. It had been three years since her death. Since then, he had stayed with Chiron. But, how to explain the powers?
Ugh, this is so hard.
I still remember when I got powers, but it was not through genes.
It was a freak mutant accident.
/Flashback in paste tense/
I had been hanging out with TGGC.
Standing for The Great Gods Corp.
It was just a funny joke we had going on, and we called each other by our 'godly names' which were from Greek gods. Oh, how right we were.
There was Hestia, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Hades, Zeus, Hephaestus, Ares, Hermes, Demeter, Dionysius, Pan, and I, Poseidon.
After the 'accident', we couldn't remember our old names.
So what happened was that we were all at an old park, next to a lake at midnight, playing truth or dare, when someone dared another person to jump in the lake, and we ended up all going in.
Suddenly, at precisely midnight, lighting struck the water, and you know, with the water conducting electricity and all, zap!
We weren't hurt, though.
A month later, we all discovered our powers.
It was kind of creepy.
Before this, all the change was that we were more attractive, and had auras surrounding us that radiated authority.
We soon discovered that these 'aura's' reflected our powers and personality. Only we could see the aura's but people could kind of feel them.
Hades is a dark gloomy sort of guy, able to raise the dead, control shadows, travel via shadow, and basically control the underground, buried riches, wealth, Jewels, Gold and all.
Zeus can fly, control thunder, lightning, wind, and pretty much everything sky related.
I can turn into a merman, Sirenspeak/charmspeak, breathe underwater, talk to sea animals, and horses. Plus I can control water, and I love the sea, it reflects how I feel, calm, rough, at peace, happy.
I've always loved the water, swimming, beaches, that's why they named me Poseidon.
Same with the others. We named ourselves after our personality, and our powers formed according to our names.
Anyway.
Aphrodite turned into more than a fangirling monster. She could influence love, relationships, and could talk humans into doing what she wanted with her charm speak, like me, as she was a distant cousin. She was also the most attractive woman like ever, and seduced practically all people, sometimes accidentally, whether they were straight, bi, gay, pan out homo.
Hera was able to influence marriage, divorce, couples, and basically be a pain in everyone's side.
Hestia kept us together, she was like the glue holding our family together. She was also able to influence other families, helping them stay together, keeping them happy. She was that warm, fuzzy, and soft feeling you got when you sat next to a warm campfire, or your hearth. She could appear and control a tame fire, one from a fireplace or friendly campsite.
Athena...she...she...well, let's just say, don't do anything against her, or, well...let's just say you probably will not be able to get out of bed for... maybe a month. There aren't any external powers you can see, but she is basically a real war strategist. She is a walking encyclopaedia and you should take her very, very seriously. She loved owls, and could weirdly grow olives well...
Artemis had a group of loyal 'hunters' to do her work, and they all swore off men. She was great at shooting, and basically was alive in the night.
Apollo, her twin, was the opposite. He was a happy, sunny person, who much preferred day, and could see the future. He loved and was great at music, poetry, and healing. He had healing powers that could basically heal anyone.
Ares had powers of brute force in fighting and was powerful at war, but more fighting than strategy.
Hermes could lie, steal and trick his way out of anything, delivering messages across to people. He was good to have on travels.
Hephaestus could make practically anything, doing wonders with his hands, inventing all sorts of things. He also had fire powers.
Demeter could make anything grow. Well crops and agriculture. She can control plants that grow any type of food, minus grapes and olives.
Dionysus had power over wine, partying, grapes, grape vines. He was never seen without a wine glass.
Pan could control all nature, and was a big environmentalist. Animals worshipped him, and he tried to save their homes.
Hecate was a witch of sorts, and could control what mere humans could see. She made potions and spells, witchcraft and and bubbling cauldrons.
/end flashback/
It was all going so well. Grover, Pan's kid, was hanging out with Percy, my kid, and we were going to tell them at the same time. But then Grover died in a car crash. And Percy's powers are going crazy, whether he knows it or not.
He was only 12 when his mother died, and 16 when Grover his best friend, and boyfriend, died. I don't know how I can tell him. Maybe the school will help, there are other people like him going there.
A/N- That was really hard. I hope you guys liked it. See ya soon! Also if you have any ideas of how to continue, please tell me. Thanks. Oh, and Review, Review, Review! They really help me to update faster and I need the feedback.
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