A/N: Hello!

So first off, I just wanted to let you know that this first chapter is to the story of The Little Mermaid. Also, it's to the Disney Movie version. It's supposed to be the characters in the story of the Little Mermaid, not them as the characters.

Please enjoy!



There are two sides to everything, for example the contradiction behind the land and the sea. One being the land, and the creatures that inhabited it had always fascinated him much to his father's regret. And the second side is in the water, which he had learned to call home, even though sometimes he wished otherwise.

Percy stared at the girl with the long golden curly blonde hair. She represented the other paradox in his life. There were days where he wished he could rid himself of his tail and run on land and join her, but on some days it just felt like a crazy desire, one that seemed much too impossible to be true. His father would never let him even consider the possibility of living on the land, for he would instantly make himself and the rest of his noble family a disgrace in the seas.

This was far from the first time Percy had watched the girl sit on the beach. The first time he saw her he was just coming to see the land, like he so often did. The more his father frowned upon going to the surface of the water, the more he longed to know more about it. What exactly was his father trying to hide from him?

Before he could control himself, he found himself going to the forbidden surface just to see if she was there. It didn't matter to him what she was wearing or doing, she was beautiful. He couldn't restrain the urges to go and check, even if for only a second, just to see her and hopefully find out something about the world of mystery.

"There you are!" A voice said to Percy, reminding him that he wasn't supposed to be here.

"Uh… yeah." Percy said, at a complete loss for words. He didn't want to leave his fantasies of him and the girl.

"Do you know how late you are?" Rainbow, the hippocampus, asked Percy.

"Oh, dinner! I totally forgot!" Percy said, diving back inside the water and began to plummet through the depths of the sea.

"Wait up! I hate when you're in a rush, you never wait for me!" Rainbow yelled as he stopped in defeat.

"Sorry! I'll catch up with you later!" Percy called, right before he disappeared from Rainbow's sight.

Percy couldn't believe he managed to be late to another dinner. This was the 4th time this week, and he really couldn't afford to be late again, and he wished thought about this before he went up to the forbidden areas.

"Sorry, I was just…" Percy said, fishing for an excuse, "I was just with Rainbow searching for some… seashells?" Percy mentally kicked himself for coming up with not only the stupidest excuse, but also a very girlish one.

"You were? Well then, where are these shells that you have 'collected'?" Poseidon said sarcastically, which made Percy twitch with nervousness.

"I gave them to Rainbow, he wanted them to make a collection." Percy said a bit surprised with how well he was lying through his teeth.

"Oh, I see, so now that we've finished that. How about you tell me the truth about what you were doing." Poseidon said, "I know you're wondering how I knew that you were lying, but next time make sure you know where the person who you are talking about was. Rainbow was with me until I sent him to find you after you were a half hour late."

"Well… I was just - I was at the surface to the ocean. I know it's really dangerous, and I'm really sorry, I promise to never go up there ever again." Percy pleaded, not wanting to get blasted by his father's trident.

Poseidon sighed, Percy couldn't tell if it was out of stress, disappointment, or shock. "You promise never to go up to the surface again? Do you what exactly you are risking by visiting it?"

"Yes, I know, and I promise, this won't happen again." Percy lied, he couldn't stop going, so he would just have to get better at lying.

"Fine then, let's enjoy dinner, now that you're finally here."

****

"Don't you remember how much trouble you got in last time? What about your promise?" Rainbow asked, trying to keep up with Percy who was racing up in the water.

"It'll be a second, I just need to talk to a… friend." Percy said, wishing that Rainbow would turn around and head back. Even though he wasn't going up to land to talk to the girl, Rainbow would still be a bit of a hassle to have around.

"I'm supposed to stop you from doing anything stupid. Can't you just listen to your father and I for once?" Rainbow pleaded. He didn't want to get yelled at by Poseidon for not keeping track of Percy. Just because Percy wasn't that intimidated by his father didn't mean that Rainbow wasn't, which always made him nervous.

"Could you relax? Everything's going to be fine, just stay here and I'll be back before you know it." Percy said, and then began to swim faster, in action to ditch Rainbow.

"You can try to get rid of me, but that isn't going to happen again. I'm instructed to keep an eye on you, and that's what I'm going to do." Rainbow insisted.

Percy rolled his eyes; it didn't look like he was going to be able to shake Rainbow this time. "Fine, just keep up."

They swam in silence for a little while, until they finally reached Percy's desired destination. It wasn't the spot where he usually went to stare at the girl; that was far more to the left.

This place had huge jagged rock immerging from the ocean, almost like an iceberg. The waves were much harsher here, and the water wasn't as clear. This spot was a little more murky and dark, which made Rainbow shiver.

"Where is he?" Percy asked impatiently, taping his finger on the rock.

"Who?" Rainbow asked, not entirely sure if he wanted to know the answer. Percy was known as friendly amongst the sea, but did have a knack for getting himself into trouble. He was a bit too adventurous and was able to manage to be intrigued by everything he couldn't have.

"Ah, there he is!" Percy said, pointing to a large black flying creature; that was soaring downwards in the sky. It had gigantic black wings, four legs, and looked slightly familiar to Rainbow, who had seen a similar thing only once before in his life.

"Hey boss, how can I help?" The creature said to Percy, as he landed on the jagged rock gracefully.

"You don't have to call me that, Blackjack." Percy replied, grinning, "I was wondering if you could tell me anything more about…" Percy gestured to his surroundings, "this land."

"Haven't I told you enough over the past few years?" Blackjack replied.

Percy chuckled in spite of himself, then continued on with what he was saying, "You've told me tons Blackjack, and I appreciate that so much, but I want to know more. For example, what is this?" He pulled a soggy object out of the water and showed it to Blackjack.

The object was clearly ruined. It was torn and ripped all over the place, but you were still able to see what it was. Percy had seen the blonde girl using one of these many times, so when he found one lying on the ocean floor, he couldn't help but pick it up and wonder what it was. He felt that this one torn object brought him one step closer to her.

"That looks like a…" Blackjack began as he scanned the object in Percy's hand, "If I'm correct, that would be a book."

"A book?" Rainbow asked in disbelief. He had heard of such things from gossip around the palace, but had never imagined actually seeing one.

"What do you do with it?" Percy said eagerly, supporting himself on the rock. He had seen the girl stare at this object with such intent and intrigue; he always wondered what exactly made this object so special. All that it had inside of it was pages and pages of writing. Percy knew how to read and write, but only wealthier families knew how to, and the purpose was for important documents, and this clearly wasn't a document.

"What do you think that you do with it? You read it." Blackjack explained plainly, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But why? What do you get out of it?" Percy asked, he had never enjoyed learning how to read and write for important stuff, and this was for pleasure. Who would put themselves through this type of torture?

"I'm just a Pegasus, I don't know what humans get out of it. I just know that they love it." Blackjack said.

"Fine." Percy said, not completely satisfied with the answer he was given, "What is this?" He showed Blackjack a metal object that seemed to have some sort of propeller in the front, and pieces sticking out the sides and the back. This was another object he had found around the oceans, except this one he had never seen the girl using.

"That, I believe is a toy airplane." Blackjack said, trying to get a good look at it.

"What's an airplane?" Percy asked.

"It's a device humans use to fly." Blackjack answered.

"But why would humans want to fly?" Rainbow asked, not quite understanding the purpose. Humans possessed legs; they could walk places, why did they need to fly?

"To get places faster, why do you think I fly?" Blackjack answered, "Do you have anything else to show me, I'm kinda on a tight schedule here…"

"No, that's all." Percy replied sadly, part of him wanted to talk to Blackjack more, see if he knew anything more, or maybe he had met the girl with the blonde hair. But he knew he couldn't keep the Pegasus waiting here any longer.

"See you around Percy, tell me if you find anything else!" Blackjack flew off into the sky, leaving Percy and Rainbow behind on the rock.

"Can we go now? What will your father think if he sees us here?" Rainbow pleaded, not only was he scared of the dark area of the seas that they were in, but he was scared of Percy's father, Poseidon.

"Fine, if we have to."

****

Where is she? Percy thought to himself as he rested on the normal rock we he sat and watched the dry world in action. It was late at night, and Percy was risking everything being here, but he had to see her smiling face one more time.

He had just had a stressful night at best with his father, which had left him in a sour mood. Nothing cheered him up better than sitting on that very rock, watching the girl, and daydreaming about the life he couldn't have.

VROOM! Percy heard in the distance, and ducked back into the water to guarantee that he wouldn't be seen. The mermaid and merman civilization had been hidden from humans for years, and Percy didn't even want to think about how much trouble he would be if he was the one who ruined it.

Percy fought with himself about whether to go back down to the palace, where he should be or get a little bit closer to the boat and learn about the unknown world.

The question made a whirlpool in Percy's mind, making him unsure of what to think. If he got caught, the consequences would be horrible, but if he didn't, what he would learn? That knowledge would be priceless to him.

The adventurous side of him won, leading him to swim towards where the boat was resting in place.

The boat was small and white, and had a motor in the back. On the side it read: The Sophia.

Percy swam up closer to the boat the point where he could see inside the boat, a girl was sitting inside reading what Percy learned to be a book, she looked melancholy, like she could burst into tears at any moment.

Percy recognized the girl instantly; it was the blonde haired girl he'd been staring at for months. The girl who he daydreamed about constantly, and never forgot about for even a second.

He wanted so badly to blow his cover, go over to her and comfort her and tell her that everything was going to be okay. That it didn't matter that they'd only met seconds before, and that he had a tail while she had legs, that he would never leave her.

But the logical side of him won this time, and he remained in the water. He only had his head above the surface, so he could stare at her close up. He noticed that she had stormy gray eyes, that she wore small earrings in the shape of something he couldn't recognize, and that she was a quick reader.

She turned pages and devoured the book almost instantly. Somehow, watching her read calmed him, but it didn't calm the seas. Maybe it was because his father was mad, or maybe something bad was stirring, but either way, the previously gentle waves were now crashing down roughly with no mercy.

Thunder crackled, and water began to fall from the sky, soaking the girl wet. Percy, couldn't feel the difference, but knew it couldn't be good for her. He wished he could go and help her, and keep her dry, but he was stuck there helpless, unable to be a hero.

"Shoot!" She yelled as she closed her book and stood up. It was just her luck that the rain would come when she decided to have some peace and quiet to think and read. To enjoy her book without having someone disrupt her concentration.

Lightening cracked and she shrieked. She knew just being in the water when a thunderstorm was occurring was very dangerous. Now, she was in a motorboat in the middle of the ocean.

She stood up, and began to slowly attempt to make her way towards the back so she could control the motor and sail back to safety.

Crack!

She was in the middle of the boat when lightning hit the motor, and knocked her right off the edge and into the violent seas.

She landed in the ocean with a large splash, returning Percy to the real world.

She fought for consciousness for a few seconds, but the waves got the best of her, and she was sucked downwards towards the pits of the sea.

Percy didn't hesitate a second, he dived down after her. He caught up with her lifeless body and grabbed her and held her tight against his chest. He jetted upwards towards the surface, making sure that she stayed above the water.

Even though the girl's life was hanging by a thread, he still cherished this moment. He was holding her. The girl he'd been watching for months, examining her every move, trying to learn everything he could about her. That same girl's life was in his hands, and he wasn't going to let it go.

He swam her up to the beach and left her where she was safe from re-entering the ocean. She was safe now.

He took a look around his surroundings. This was the closet he, and probably any mermaid and merman ever got to land. The warm sand felt funny on his tale, but he enjoyed it.

Even though he could feel himself feeling dry, and was beginning to have a hard time breathing, he wasn't going anywhere for a little while. He had put everything he knew on the line to not only save her, but stay here as well. But he liked it, he liked the land, the curiosity it provoked inside of him was too hard to ignore. The aspect of danger and unfamiliarity made it that much better.

It was there that Percy decided that he liked the land much better. That he was tired and bored of the sea, and would give up just about anything to dispose of his old life, and trade it in for a new one.

One where he could have all new experiences on the land, where he could rub the sand in between his fingers for as long as he liked, and where he could talk to the girl with blonde hair.

"Ugh." The girl choked, freaking Percy out. If she saw him, he would have to explain. And he couldn't do that, so he did what he wanted to do the least of all, he left her.

He dived back into the water with a large splash, and began to head back down to the palace where he knew his father would be waiting for him, accompanied with a lecture about him disappearing and what not.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the girl opened her eyes in time to see the large splash in the ocean, where she knew her savior was.

****

"Where were you?" Poseidon said loudly and sternly at a cowering and cringing Percy.

"I was… well you see, I was…" Percy knew fake excuses wouldn't work, but didn't want to admit defeat and tell the truth, "I was at the surface. I know I'm not aloud but I was-"

"You were where?" Poseidon said, trying to be calm, but feeling his anger bubbling. His son was blatantly disobeying not only the rules, but also his promise.

"I know it sounds bad, but it really isn't-" Percy began, but once again was cut off by his father.

"So let me get this straight, you not only broke the main rule in this household, but also your promise." Poseidon said, then he sat down and sighed, "What am I going to do with you, Percy? You don't listen to me, so your leaving me no choice."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Percy asked nervously, his father was generally pretty easy going, but when he got angry it was never good.

"Percy, you have to learn that your actions have consequences, I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to punish you." His father said, getting up from his throne.

"And my punishment is?" Percy asked unsurely, in the past his father's punishments were never very fun or good, but he was never this angry with him.

"This is going to be the only way to teach you a lesson about not going to the surface."

Poseidon began to walk towards Percy's room, which made Percy queasy. He couldn't know about his collection, and if doesn't know about it he can't destroy it. Percy thought, but part of him didn't believe it. It only made too much sense.

"Now would be the time you tell me what exactly you are planning to do to me." Percy commented, even though he knew his father wouldn't listen.

"Percy, I'm sorry I have to do this…" His father said, as his trident began to glow bright yellow. He blasted open the cupboard that held all of Percy's most prized possessions. The objects that he had found here and there, a reminder that there was a world that was unknown to him, a world with blonde haired girls reading things called books.

"No, you can't! Please dad, not this, just please listen!" Percy pleaded, but it was too late, his collections were up in smoke, torched by his father's hand.

"Now, Percy, do you really promise to never go to the surface again?" Poseidon asked, his trident still glowing.

Percy was positively furious; his father destroyed the only things that made him closer to the world above the water. Those were the things that connected him to his dreams, things that connected him to blonde haired reading girls.

"No! I don't promise!" Percy began to turn around and swim off, but his father caught his arm before he could.

"Percy, you promise, right?" Poseidon said, sternly. His voice was tense and strained from all the yelling he'd done at Percy.

"You just don't understand!" Percy screamed, he swiftly turned off and swam as fast as he could away from his father.

He swam right out of the palace, past every inch of Mer-city.

"Could you wait up?" Rainbow asked, painting.

Percy let out a large sigh, "Fine." He waited for the slow Rainbow to catch up, before he continued into seclusion.

"Why doesn't he understand?" Percy said, resting himself on a rock and placing his head in between his hands.

"Maybe he's right, Percy. The surface is very dangerous." Rainbow said truthfully.

"No, he isn't! Just because he's the king of the sea, doesn't mean that he's right." Percy argued.

"You're right, Percy Jackson." A voice behind them said, startling them.

"W-h-at?" Percy asked shakily, turning around. "Who are you?"

"Oh you know me, I'm your grandfather." The man said, "Although your father hates to admit it."

"That means you're, Kronos?" Percy said with wide eyes.

"Get away from here, your not wanted!" Rainbow voiced bravely.

"Oh, don't be so rude." He pushed away Rainbow with one hard slap, "I'm only here to help you Percy. I realized I've never given you a birthday present before, so now's the time. I'll grant you the one wish you want the most, I'll grant you a life on land."

Percy gapped, this was a dream come true for him. To dispose of his fin, and trade it for something so much better, legs. "You… you could do that?"

"Oh course, it's not hard at all, you just have to agree to some… conditions." Kronos smiled evilly, making Percy a bit more nervous than he was seconds ago.

"Don't do it Percy, you can't!" Rainbow said, trying to slap at Percy's arm.

"Since when has this fish been any help to you? You could have legs, and most of the girl." Kronos bargained.

"Her?" Percy questioned, the offer was suddenly becoming way to irresistible.

"Yes, most defiantly. All you have to do is give up your ability to swim, and well, sign this contract." Kronos whipped out a scroll of paper instantly, and shoved it in Percy's face.

"Just sign right here, and you'll gain yourself a pair of legs." Kronos said.

"Uh…" Percy said, glancing over it. "Okay?" Percy took the quill that Kronos handed to him, and signed the paper without thinking twice.

"Percy, what did you do? What will your father think?" Rainbow asked, but it was too late, Percy's tail began to glow and split into two.

"Just a few last things." Kronos sneered, "If you don't get kissed by the girl you love by sunset on the third day, you'll be mine forever." Percy bit his lip, it was too late to turn back now, "Another thing, don't tell anyone about this conversation, or you'll be mine forever even sooner."

Percy tried to speak, but found that he couldn't, that's also when he realized that he couldn't breathe. "Mmehamash." Was all Percy could manage to get out.

"See you soon, Percy Jackson." Kronos said before he disappeared in thin water.

"Oh, Percy!" Rainbow cried, "What have you done? Oh fish sticks, what's going to happen when your father finds out?"

Percy shook Rainbow hard, trying to get across the fact that he couldn't breathe or swim, meaning he couldn't get to the surface.

"Fine, let's go." Percy jumped on Rainbow's back and he got carried up to the surface.

****

"Ah, air." Percy gasped a gulp of fresh air in; then realized his surroundings, "I'm on land! I don't have a tail! I'm free!"

Percy stood up and began to try to walk on legs, he faltered and stumbled, then regained his balance.

"Percy, I can't come on land with you, you have to get kissed by your true love within the next three days." Rainbow reminded, clearly nervous.

"Oh right, well, that shouldn't be hard." Percy said, more filled with self-reassurance then truth. Percy had always turned a number of heads underwater, but talking to girls was never a particular talent of his.

"Whatever you say Percy, good luck!" Rainbow said, trying to be as helpful as he could without freaking out.

"See you later." Percy replied, and then turned away.

He walked over to a tall rock and sat on it and took in his surroundings, the sand, and the view of the ocean from here, the… blonde girl standing in front of him.

"Uh, excuse me, but I always sit on this rock and read." The girl said, her stormy gray eyes staring into his, he could tell that they were filled with knowledge.

"Oh, sorry. I'm new around here." Percy said plainly, he needed to make conversation with this girl if he ever wanted to keep his new pair of legs.

"Oh then, where are you from?" The girl asked, instantly making Percy's cheeks feel hot and sweaty.

"I'm from…" Percy looked around, trying to find a name of a place, "Out there." Percy pointed towards the ocean, hoping that would explain stuff.

"So your saying you came by boat. You know you could've just said that." She said a bit sharp, but Percy didn't mind, "I'm Annabeth by the way."

Annabeth, just the mere sound of it made his knees turn into jelly. The way it sounded, it flowed. It matched her perfectly, like a piece in a puzzle.

She must have noticed that he was staring, because she said, "Uh, is something wrong?"

"No, it's just that…" Percy was at a complete loss for words, flirting was never his specialty, "You're beautiful."

"Okay then…" Annabeth said, a bit frightened, "I just realized I don't know your name."

"Sorry, I forgot. My name's Percy."

"Percy huh. Well, Percy, where are you staying?" Annabeth asked, trying desperately to make conversation. The guy didn't look too well; he looked like he had just come out of a 20-year long swim. He smelled just like the ocean to her, and the amount of sea salt in it was too hard to count.

"Staying?" Percy had totally forgotten about the fact that he had no place to stay, "I… well. I'm kinda homeless as of right now."

"Oh well, I suppose you could stay at my house…" Annabeth said. Something about him was intriguing, interesting, and new for sure.

"Really? That would be great!" Percy said, so far this was looking good for him.

****

"Just curious, why do you always smell like the ocean?" Annabeth asked Percy, they were walking along the beach, Percy had been with Annabeth one full day, and had loved every single second of it. Percy was hoping that this would be the night that he got to kiss her, the night that his legs would be his to keep forever.

Percy laughed at Annabeth's question, but then remembered that he had to come up with an answer that didn't give away his biggest secret.

"Well, you know. I've been traveling on the ocean for so long, I guess I just smell like the ocean now." Percy said. He was proud of his excuse.

"You know what, Percy? You remind me of someone." Annabeth said, staring off at the ocean with a sense of longing.

"Who?" Percy asked, wondering who it was, a past boyfriend? A brother? A parent?

"To tell you the truth, I'm not entirely sure." Annabeth said, staring at Percy in the bright green eyes, "The other day, I was taking a boat ride out in the sea, and then it started raining and thundering like crazy, and my boat got hit, and then next thing I knew I was on the shore, safe and sound." Annabeth looked to the ocean, "I don't know anything about what he looked like, but all I know is that he dived into the ocean and disappeared. The only thing I remember is the salty smell of the ocean felt very close to me."

Percy wanted to jump for joy inside, that was him she was talking about. She liked him. If only he could tell her that it was him that saved her and that she was meant for him. "Oh, really."

"Yeah, I just wish I could find him and tell him thanks. You know what, I might just be in love with this fictional guy." She almost sounded sad as she said this. If he wanted to tell her the truth before that was nothing compared to need to tell he felt now.

"Well, that must be a lucky and nice guy." Percy commented, sounding a bit full of himself.

"Lucky? But he has to be nice, I mean, to save a random girl from drowning, that guy must have one large heart." Annabeth remarked.

Percy swirled around and grabbed her hands to hold her still. This was the moment where he was going to kiss her. A kiss of true love, then he would be able to tell her that she was the woman of his dreams, and he was the man of hers.

"Annabeth." He said.

"What's wrong, Percy? Is everything okay?" Annabeth asked. She looked curious and caring.

"It's just that, well you see, I've kinda-" Percy stumbled, but was cut off before he could get his point across.

"Excuse me," A guy said. He had bright blonde hair and blue eyes to match.

"Yes?" Annabeth replied politely.

"Good, you are her," The guy said, this made no sense, exactly who was this man?

"What? I'm who?" Annabeth asked, looking positively curious.

"You're the girl I saved the other day. I just wanted to find you to make sure that you were okay, I'm sorry I had to leave so abruptly, I just had some business to take care of." Percy couldn't believe what he was hearing. Percy knew it was himself that saved Annabeth from drowning, not this guy.

"You're him?" Annabeth said with disbelief, she looked completely star struck.

"Are you sure that you're him, I had a sense that this guy black hair or something… just from the story she told me, you know." Percy said. He couldn't believe that this guy was making up such a lie! Who was this guy, and what was he doing with his girl?

"Uh yeah, I would remember saving such a pretty face." At this, Annabeth giggled. How come it only worked when he was being romantic with her? Percy thought.

"What's your name?" Annabeth asked, swooning.

"Luke. Luke Castellan."

"Well, Luke, would you like to go out to dinner together or something, I mean, Percy and I are almost done with our walk…" Annabeth said.

Percy could feel his life slipping away from him by the second. He wanted to blow his cover, tell her that this guy was lying to her and he was her savior. But not only would she not likely believe her, but he would be breaking the contract, and therefore his soul would be his evil grandfather's for the rest of eternity.

"Sure, that would be great." Luke said, grabbing Annabeth's hand.

"See you later Percy." Annabeth smiled at him, and walked off with Luke.

Percy stared as they walked off, but something strange caught Percy's eye. Luke turned around for just one second, but he gave the same evil glance to him as Kronos had given him earlier.

****

"Wake up, wake up!" Someone said, awaking Percy from his peaceful slumber.

"What?" Percy said, heavy with sleep.

"Did you hear I'm getting married today?" Percy recognized that to be Annabeth, which meant,

"No!" Percy sat straight upright, loaded with confusion, "What? Married, to who?"

"To Luke of course, I knew ever since he saved me that I loved him, and when he asked me… it just clicked into place." Annabeth said happily.

"Listen to me, he's evil. I swear… I can't say why, but he's not good, Annabeth." Percy pleaded.

"Percy, you're lying! What's up with you? " Annabeth said, a mixture of concern and anger could be read off her face.

"You can't marry him!" Percy said bluntly.

"Yes I can, and I will! I can't believe you Percy." Annabeth stormed out of the room, tears streaming down her face, leaving Percy feeling absolutely awful.

****

"Rainbow, you don't understand. I'm screwed!" Percy moaned to the hippocampus.

"I told you that was a bad choice you made, do you know how mad your father is?" Rainbow asked.

"Don't even tell me, as of right now, he's not the problem! The problem is that in less than 6 hours my soul goes to my evil grandfather!" Percy said, clearly freaking out.

"Okay, calm down, we'll figure something out." Rainbow said, trying to calm Percy down.

"Fine. Oh, get Blackjack; tell him to stall the wedding! You go get my father and tell him Kronos is up to something bad, I'll… do something." Percy said.

"Okay Percy, but this better work." Rainbow said, before he dived into the water.

Percy felt anxious, like the wait of the world was on his shoulders, and it wasn't a comfortable feeling. It made him feel stressed, a feeling he hated with a passion.

****

Where are they? Percy thought impatiently, Annabeth was due down the aisle any second and there wasn't a sign of Rainbow, Blackjack, or his father, and his soul was on the line.

Music began to play, and Percy felt like he was going to explode. Annabeth was about to marry a liar, and an evil person, who was impersonating him.

Annabeth was halfway down the aisle when something started to happen to Percy's liking.

Blackjack swooped in, making havoc all around. "Stop that… thing!" Luke shouted, as his plan began to melt away.

"What's going on?" Annabeth asked, clearly confused. The wind on the beach was swirling around in circles, and it looked like a storm was coming.

"Kronos, leave the poor girl alone!" Someone said. Percy swirled around, and found his father immerging out of the water.

"Dad!" Percy cried.

"Percy, step back, I have to have a word with that man." He pointed to the man who called himself, "Luke".

"Percy, what's going on… who's that?" Annabeth asked; she looked shocked and confused.

"I'm not quite sure." Percy replied honestly.

"Poseidon, long times no see." Luke morphed into the Kronos that Percy saw back under the water.

"Annabeth!" Percy called, as he ran over to her. Poseidon and Kronos appeared to be having some sort of battle, trident against scythe, father against son.

"How did you know?" She asked. She was pretty much in his arms, which he was enjoying greatly.

"You see… I'm the one who saved you from drowning, I was observing the surface of the-" Percy began, but was cut off by her.

"You… you were the one?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, yeah." Percy admitted. He ran a hand through his black hair, and could feel their faces moving closer together.

Suddenly, Percy felt his feet stinging, "Oh no." Percy said, "It's too late."

"What's too late?" Annabeth asked. She looked shocked and distressed.

"I'm not entirely… human." Percy's legs began to glow bright gold, and felt like they were glued together.

"What is that supposed to mean?" She asked, but when she saw his legs, she began to draw conclusions. "You're a-"

"Yeah, a merman." Percy fell backwards into the water, as a tail became visible and feet disappeared, "And now, I have to die. In trade for a pair of feet so I could walk on the land, if I didn't get kissed by you after 3 days I would have to loose my soul to my evil grandfather, and since that clearly didn't happen. Goodbye forever Annabeth, it was nice knowing you."

"What? You're leaving… forever?" Annabeth asked. Percy nodded sadly.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Poseidon said.

"What, dad?" Percy asked from inside the water.

"I fought for your soul, and I won. You're free to live." Poseidon said, rubbing his son's back.

"Oh, thanks." Percy said. Yes, he was happy that he could live, that he wasn't going to die, but he wanted to live on the land. He wanted to live on the land with Annabeth.

"And, since I can see how much you love each other, I'll grant you a pair of legs." Poseidon said, slightly sadly.

"What?" Percy and Annabeth said simultaneously.

"Consider it an apology." Poseidon said. He waved his trident at Percy's tail, which once again glowed, but then split into two feet once again.

Percy stood up and ran to her. She jumped into his arms, and for the first time, they finally kissed.


A/N: I know that the ending is a little different in the movie, but it would be OOC for a god to sacrifice himself to save his son, so I changed the ending.

Thanks so much for reading and please review!