All I Ever Wanted / 1

{I do not own anything. Percy Jackson And The Olympians belong to Rick Riordan.}

Percy's POV

I stood up from my chair backstage and strapped my turquoise bass guitar nervously. This is it. Today's the day. My band waited for this event all year long.

I'm Percy Jackson. Sixteen. I play the bass for my band and I sing sometimes 'cause I also do backing vocals.

Today is the music festival in my school and right now, if you'd poke me I'd probably fall down because of my nervousness. My school holds this music festival yearly but my band never joined before. A month ago, my band decided to try and join for fun so here I am now.

"Hey Percy, we're up next. Are you ready?" I turned around to see Jason tuning his electric guitar.

"I'd say yes if you asked me earlier but right now, I'm really nervous. Those bands out there are really good and-"

"Dude," Jason said with a little chuckle. "I'm not feeling well right now but have faith in yourself and be confident. We're not here to compete with those bands. We're just here to do what we love. Relax." He smiled as he passed me a bottle of water.

"Thanks for the reminder. I needed that." I said right before I drank from the water bottle.

"I'll be right there if you need me, man." He pointed to the couch where Leo was sitting, tangled in wires with his guitar. This made me laugh and lessen my nervousness.

"Guys, you're up in five. Be ready." The host announced as he gave us an encouraging smile.

"Well, there's no turning back now. Good luck to us." Frank fiddled with his drumsticks. For this set, we are going to cover three songs since we don't have original songs at the moment. The three songs are LaLa by The Cab, Desperate Measures by Marianas Trench and Somewhere In Neverland by All Time Low.

"That set was amazing, give it up for Graeco!" The host said through his microphone. "Now, the members of the band that's going to play next are newbies to this festival but I bet they play like pros! Take the stage, Riptide!"

Before we went, The band that played before us, Graeco, came to wish us luck.

"Give the crowd a set to remember guys! We know you'll do great." Nyssa, their bassist said.

"Have an awesome time out there!" Travis, the drummer and Connor, the lead guitarist brofisted all of us.

"Good luck!" greeted their rhythm guitarist and vocalist, Will Solace.

This is it. I took a deep breath.

Annabeth's POV

"Annabeth, please. Just stay for 10 more minutes!" Piper said.

"Sorry Pipes, I have to go. I still have to study for the exams." I replied.

"We all do. The exams are next week but can you spare at least 10 minutes?" begged Katie.

"Please, Annie?" Piper added.

"Okay, but after the next band plays, I'm leaving. Deal?" I told them.

"YES! DEAL!" They both exclaimed at the same time.

"We got good seats here, don't you think?" Piper said.

Katie nodded her head.

"That set was amazing, give it up for Graeco!" The host said. "Now, the members of the band that's going to play next are newbies to this festival but I bet they play like pros! Take the stage, Riptide!"

Cool band name.

Four guys stepped on stage. A guy with sandy blonde hair gripping a white electric guitar, a guy with curly hair carrying a black electric guitar with flame designs on it, a buff asian guy named Frank, really nice guy, he's in two of my classes so I kinda know him. I didn't know he was in a band though. He had drumsticks in his hands. Lastly, a guy with dark hair and sea green eyes was carrying his turquoise bass guitar.

"How are you all doing?" The guy with the blonde hair asked with a sweet smile. "We are a band called Riptide. I am Jason Grace, the rhythm guitarist and vocalist. At the back is Frank Zhang, our cool drummer. To my right is our awesome lead guitarist, Leo Valdez and to my left, the best bassist I know, Percy Jackson. He does backing vocals too." Jason managed to say without sounding nervous. "I hope all of you are going to like our set. Here we go!"

Jason faced Frank and he started tapping the drumsticks together three times to serve as the go signal. The band started to play.

This band was the most amazing band I've seen playing tonight. The song choices are good too. Right now, they're playing the second song. I'm glad I agreed to stay. I tried to look at them as a whole band but I couldn't help it.

My eyes kept drifting towards the bassist, Percy Jackson.

/ end of chapter 1 /

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