-Alright so here we go with Percy Jackson Fanfic. This will be starting from Titan's Curse. There will be a lot of differences to the story from here on out. There will be slight refernces to differences to the first two books. I don't own the Percy Jackson series. This wonderful series and it's characters are from the great mind of Rick Riordan.-
Phoenix'sSoul: Well once again I had a strange thought. Which lead to another strange thought. Which has now lead to another story.
Percy: Woah?!* walks in from off screen* What is this place?
Phoenix'sSoul: Oh hey man what's up?
Percy: Who are you? Are you some kind of God or something?
Phoenix'sSoul: Uuuuuhhhh no.
Percy: You sure? *waves hands around at the blank white area*Cause this sure looks like some Gods level spatial manipulation.
Phoernix'sSoul: What this? No this is just the reading room.
Percy: Reading room? Seriously? Reading room?
Phoenix'sSoul: Ee'yup. Well while Percy here gets his head on straight. Enjoy the show guys.
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Chapter 1
-You've got to be kidding me-
The night was quiet except for the soft rustling of the leaves in the light wind. The sky was filled with stars shining down upon the earth below. The moon itself was only a small sliver of light in the dark ocean of the sky. That light fell upon a lone figure wrapped in a hooded cloak. The night sky darkened and just as the first ray of sunlight appeared through the trees another figure walked out into the clearing.
"You're here," said the cloaked figure in a soft feminine voice.
"Of course," the other answered with a man's voice. "Did you think I wouldn't come when you called?"
"I did have some reservations," she admited.
"I'm hurt."
"Brother please be serious."
"Alright," he said approaching her. "What's the emergency?"
She turned to her brother. she opened her cloak to reveal a wrapped bundle in her arms. He leaned down to have a closer look at the bundle. As he did so it moved slightly and he jerked away.
"Is that?!" he exclaimed.
"Yes," she answered dejectedly.
"It's yours?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"You've got to be kidding me!" he said throwing his hands up in the air. "Artemis, how?!"
"Don't yell, Apollo," Artemis hissed at her brother. "You'll wake him!"
"HIM!" Apollo nearly passed out. "IT'S A HIM!"
"Yes," Artemis answered looking down at her son. "He's my son."
"Gods, Artemis, you made an oath!"
"So did Athena and Hestia," Artemis snapped her eyes never leaving the bundle in her arms.
"Yeah, but you're Artemis!" Apollo waved his hands at her. "You HATE men!"
"Hate is a very strong word brother," her eyes softening as she continued to look at her son. "I'd say it is or rather was a very strong distaste."
"Which were you?" Apollo asked his mind racing as he tried to calm himself
"The mother," she said finally looking back up at her brother. "His father is a good man. I just don't know if he'll be able to care for him."
"What why?"
"It's complicated," Artemis answered. "I just don't know what to do. Apollo please."
"Artemis," Apollo said. "What do you want me to do?"
"I just I don't know what to do," Artemis groaned as she knelt onto the grass. "I never thought that this would happen. Not again. At least not this far."
"Listen, Artemis," Apollo said kneeling beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "We'll figure something out. I promise."
-17 years later-
"Hey, Ryan," a young boy with black hair shook an older boy with light brown hair who was sleeping. "Ryan wake up!"
"Huh, what?" Ryan mumbled groggily as the young boy shook him. "Nico, what, what time is it?"
"It's 3 in the morning," Nico giggled. "And he's back again."
"Again?" Ryan mumbled looking at the window to which Nico was pointed to. "This is what the third time this week? And what are you even doing awake? Bianca is gonna be mad at both of us."
"I know, but he's out there!" Nico jumped off Ryan's bed and padded over to the window and hopped up and down. "He's out there!"
Ryan groaned and rolled out of bed and walked to the window. Looking out onto the grounds he saw a large black canine roaming the grounds. It sniffed around for awhile then sat on it's haunches and seemed to look up right at their window.
"It know's we're watching," Nico said excitedly. "It knows."
"Yeah, I'm sure it does," Ryan muttered moving away from the window. "Nico go to sleep. We've got finals tomorrow, then the dance after school."
"Yeah," Nico agreed before bouncing back to his bed. "G'night, Ryan."
-several hours later-
"Gee, Percy," Thalia said looking over her shoulder at him. "You're mom is awesome."
"Yeah, I know," Percy nodded as they made their way up to Westover Hall.
Once inside they made their way past Dr. Thorne and Ms. Gottschalk Thalia doing this cool finger snap thing with the MIST. And Grover reinforcing their story. As they made their way to the gym Grover was doing his usual rapid fire talk.
"So, Gman," Percy said laughing inwardly at Grover's shirt which read West Over Hall Grunt. "What's the emergency?"
"I've found three," Grover whispered as they got closer to the sounds of music.
"Wait what?" Thalia stopped in her tracks. "Three?"
"Yeah," Grover said excitedly. "And they're powerful."
"Have you told them yet?" Annabeth asked putting her hand on Grover's arm.
"Of course not," Grover shook his head. "Once they realize what they are their scent becomes stronger."
"So three huh?" Percy asked looking towards the GYM doors.
"Yeah, a brother and sister," Grover said counting off on his fingers. "10 and 12 years old."
"A brother and sister huh?" Annabeth said tapping a finger on her chin. "What about the third one?"
"Well that's the strange thing," Grover said scratching his head almost knocking his hat off revealing his horns for just a moment. "He's different."
"Different how?" Percy asked crossing his arms.
"Well I know he smells like a half blood," Grover said scratching his chin. "But he's well he's older."
"Older?" Thalia asked leaning against some lockers on the wall. "Like what? 14?"
"No," Grover shook his head. "He's 17."
"WHAT?!" all three demigods said in shocked voices.
"Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but he's a demigod. Never been to camp and he's that old. At first I thought he was just covered in the boy's scent because they're room mates, but he's for real a demigod. He smells a lot like nature itself, but yeah he's the real deal. Crazy right?"
-else where-
"ZOE!" Artemis called out from the opening of her tent.
"Yes, my Lady," Zoe answered running up to the Goddess and kneeling before her. "What's wrong?"
"Gather the hunters," Artemis said her voice strained. "Break camp and be ready travel. We must leave at once."
"Of course, My Lady," Zoe saluted the Goddess and ran off.
Artemis looked up at the moon her knuckles turning white as she clutched her bow. She closed her eyes and took a steadying breath. 'I'm on my way, Orion.'
"Zoe, what's wrong?" A tall huntress asked as they broke camp.
"I do not know, Phoebe," Zoe answered as they packed everything. "But in all my years I have never seen our Lady look so adjetated. Something must be very wrong."
"My, Lady," Zoe spoke as she kneeled before the Goddess the rest of the hunters behind her doing the same. "We are ready."
"Then let us go," Artemis said and holding her bow above her head the moon shown brighter, and when it lessened the goddess and her hunters were gone.
-West Over Hall grounds-
Percy's arm throbbed where one of Dr. Thorn's daggers had hit him as he did his best to keep between the di Angelos. He had to figure out a way out of this, if only he could activate his sword and shield then he'd be able to fight Thorn.
"Well, Jackson," Dr. Thorn chuckled after talking into his walkie talkie. "It looks like I will get three demigods tonight. Now be a good boy and behave like the other two."
"Eeeyeah," Percy grinned. "Probably not gonna happen."
"Percy," Annabeth whispered in his ear though he could not see her which was a good sign she was wearing her cap of invisibility. "Get ready."
"Why you little," Thorn's tail whipped up behind him his barbs bristling swinging forward to launch his attack. "I'll put you in your gah!"
Just then several things happened at once. Percy and the di Angelos were slammed to the ground by an invisible Annabeth. Thalia and Grover came running up the hill, her shield and spear out and Grover brandishing his reed pipes. Finally just as Thorn swung his tail forward a figure wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt slammed into him causing his aim to go off severely the spines missing everyone he had been trying to hit.
"Get off!" Thorn shouted shoving the figure off him. "What? You?!"
"Ryan!" Bianca called out as she pulled Nico closer.
"Bianca, Nico get out of here run!" Ryan shouted as he crouched low into a wrestlers stance. "I'll keep this freak busy."
"I got your back," Percy said standing up and clicking his sword Riptide to life and his shield spiraling out of his wrist watch. "Trust me this guy isn't what he looks like."
"Yeah, the tail kinda gave it away," Ryan said glancing the sword and shield before focusing on Thorn again.
"FREAK!?" Thorn roared. "FREAK?! I'LL SHOW YOU A FREAK!"
Thorn began to change growing larger and falling forward until his body was that of a large beast.
"He's a Manticor," Annabeth said taking off her cap. "Be careful."
"Look out!" Percy shouted as Thorn's tail whipped around launching spines.
Thalia jumped in front of the di Angelos blocking several spines with Aegis. Annabeth moved behind Percy clutching the back of his shirt as the spines pinged off his shield. One flew straight at Ryan who snatched it rought out of the air then threw it towards Grover knocking one that was flying right at him.
"Woah, thanks," Grover flinched from the action around him and began playing his reed pipes.
The grass around the manticore's paws began to grow and wrap around them distracting him. Ryan took this opportunity to rush the manticore and tackle him hard again. Thorn roared and wrapped his tail around Ryan's waist.
"Ack!" Ryan gasped in pain as the venom from the spikes flooded his body from multiple cuts from the manticore's barbs.
Thorn threw him away into a tree and growled low before springing at the falled youth. The other demigods were too far away. They wouldn't make it in time if Thorn got to him first. Thalia readied her spear to throw when something whistled by her in the air. A shining silver arrow sprouted from the Manticore's neck and it landed on the ground away from Ryan's body.
Percy and the others looked to the direction the arrow had come from. The manticor roared in anger and whipped his tail sending barbs flying towards the trees. Several more arrows flew from the trees intercepting all of Thorn's barbs. As they continued to watch the trees several figures clad in white camouflage clothing. A young girl her head uncovered with long light brown hair holding a bow walked in front.
"This is not fair!" Thorn roared. "Direct interference. It is against the ancient laws."
"Not so," the young girl spoke. "It is within my realm to hunt all wild beasts. And you are a wild beast."
"My, Lady," Zoe stepped beside the Goddess. "May I do the honor of ridding us of this foul creature?"
"You may," Artemis lowered her bow.
"I won't go from this world alone!" Thorn shouted and leapt at Ryan's still prone form.
"NO!" Artemis shouted and with the speed of a Goddess her bow was up and several arrows flew towards the beast, but due to a fear she'd never known before the beast still took Ryan's arm in his mouth and leaped away towards the cliffs.
Percy and Annabeth ran forward as the sound of helicopter rolled across the cliffs as it appeared from bellow. Thorn launched another volley of barbs at them, only to have them intercepted by the hunter's arrows. Percy slashed at Thorn's head causing the beast to drop Ryan's arm. Annabeth tackled the Manticore to push it away. In the heat of the moment no one noticed how close they had come to the edge of the cliffs until it was too late.
"NOOOOOOOO!" Thorn roared as he fell over the edge.
"Aaaaah," Anabeth screamed as Thorn's tail wrapped around her waist and pulled her over the edge with him.
"ANNABETH!" Percy shouted running to the edge. "ANNABETH!"
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Percy: Wait that's not how it happened.
Phoenix'sSoul: I know.
Percy: So then why did you tell it like that?
Phoenix'sSoul: Well if you had been here when I was talking earlier you have heard me say this was a way the story would go a little differently.
Percy: Oooooooooh.
Phoenix'sSoul: Still don't get it do you?
Percy: Nope.
Phoenix'sSoul: Here let me try and explain this to you. You guys might want to head on to something else this could take awhile.
Percy: Who are you talking to when you do that?
Phoenix'sSoul: Until the next chapter.
