Sea Green
Disclaimer: This is not a Percabeth-friendly fanfiction.
Chapter One
From the moment he sees her, all roughed up from killing the minotaur, he likes her. He likes her long windswept black hair, pale skin, and full red lips. She's scrawney, but that's nothing a few months of training won't fix. Right now, she's with Brain Boy, so there won't be time for flirting.
"Well," Clarence La Rue shouts, "a newbie!"
Brain Boy stiffens and She immediately goes into red alert mode. Clarence smirks at Brain Boy.
"So, you ready for Friday? Hope you're ready to get crushed."
"Go to the crows," Brain Boy snarls in Ancient Greek. "We'll crush you."
"We'll see," promises Clarence. He turns to the new girl. "Who are you supposed to be?"
She glares at him as if sizing him up for a fight. "Perci Jackson. Who are you?"
"Clarence La Rue," he says proudly. "Son of Ares. Scared?"
"No." Perci smirks. "That explains the bad smell."
Clarence doesn't know what to say, so he laughs. His two brothers who are with him laugh, too. Perci scowls.
Clarence stops laughing.
"I like this one," he says. "Got spunk."
"Get out of here, Clarence," Brain Boy snaps. "Go dunk someone's head in the toilet or something."
Clarence is overjoyed to have an excuse. "Good idea, Brain Boy. C'mon."
He grabs Andrew Chase by the back of his neck and drags the punk to the bathrooms. Perci follows closely behind, protesting the whole way. When they reach the bathrooms, Clarence isn't expecting the plumbing to get a mind of its own. He isn't expecting to be blasted out of the bathroom. When both those things happen, Clarence knows there's only one person responsible.
He glares at Perci Jackson. "You're dead, Jackson. Totally dead."
Perci smiles sweetly.
"Do you want to gargle with toilet water again, Clarence?" She says. "Close your mouth,"
Over the next week, the son of Ares pays close attention to this new girl. He doesn't like how fascinated he is with her. He doesn't like how his siblings tease him. He shuts them up every time, but it still irks him.
Friday, Perci breaks Clarence's spear. Only a few seconds later, She's claimed by Poseidon. For the entire next week, Clarence avoids her. He knows he's not being fair, but he doesn't want to talk to her. For some reason, He's intimidated by her. Maybe it's her big, scary daddy. Maybe he-Clarence-is scared for her. After all, She's not supposed to be born….
No, he's not scared for Perci or of Perci. He's just being smart and keeping his distance from a ticking bomb
Perci gets a quest.
She takes Andrew and Grover the satyr.
For some reason, this makes Clarence jealous. As a way of saying goodbye to Brain Boy, he shoves the son of Athena's head down a toilet.
Perci comes back victorious.
Of course she did.
She beat Ares in combat, and because his dad is humiliated, Clarence has to hate her, too. But, it's half-hearted. Perci is pretty, sassy, and already a good warrior. For the rest of the summer, Clarence and Perci are rivals. They fight each other in capture the flag,sneer at each other from across the camp, and even get into a fist fight one time after breakfast.
Then Perci gets bit by that scorpion. Lucy, traitorous bitch, almost killed Perci Jackson. That pisses off Clarence like no other. He wants to go find Lucy and kick her ass. Instead he goes and visits Perci regularly in the hospital wing. She's unconcious every time. Then, it's the last day of the summer, and Clarence hears that Perci is packing to go home for the school year.
He runs to her cabin, but stops before going in, not wanting her to think he cares that she's leaving. She turns in surprise when he walks through the door.
"I thought you'd like to show off for the rest of the year, Punk."
She laughs. "Nah. I'm going to stay with my mom. First time in awhile without Smelly Gabe there."
"Asshole stepdad?" Clarence guesses.
"Yep. He's gone now."
"Lucky you," Clarence grumbles. "My asshole stepdad refuses to leave. That's why I'm here all year."
"That's rough."
There's a long, awkward pause while both of them try to figure out what to say.
Finally, Clarence settles with: "Good luck out there, Perci."
"Thanks," Perci says. She sounds sincere enough, but Clarence doubts he's getting kissed any time soon. "See you next summer, Clarence."