Hey readers! This is my take on Percy Jackson, with a female Percy. I made some changes this is a Percy/Luke but Luke isn't the bad guy. Enjoy the first chapter!
Percy age 6 Ethan twelve I made Ethan older than Percy too bad!:D it is late August just after Percy's birthday…
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"Mommy?" I ask creeping out from my room. Its ten o'clock at night and my mommy and her friend Gabe were arguing keeping me up. I don't like Gabe he smells like moldy pizza socks, in fact I started calling him Smelly Gabe, but he doesn't like that. The last time I called him that I was locked in my room for two days while my mommy was at work.
I've been having bad dreams lately of monsters coming and hurting me, I told mommy what they were about and her eyes got all wide and she won't tell me what's wrong. "Percy, honey. What are you doing out of bed?" my mom's voice comes from behind me, I turn around and my voice trembles a little bit as tears start to slip out "Bad dream mommy, I can't sleep" she wraps me in a hug but I start sobbing, so tired of the dreams and I just want to be with my mom "Shhh… it's ok honey. I made some cookies do you want some" "Cwookies" I ask a little excited, I love my mommy's cookies. She nods and wipes my tears "Come on, there are even blue ones" "Yay!" I say as I race to the kitchen with my hair whipping behind me.
The next night I wake up with another dream, but this one was weird. Some guy told me to be careful, his voice sounded familiar. I walk into the kitchen to get some water when I see a lady sitting at the table smirking at me. "Persephone Jackson, you are here at last" I tilt my head confused at her tone "Huh? Do I know you, my mommy said not two talk two stwangers" the lady smile but not a good smile, it looks evil "Foolish child, I am Lamia, be honored that I am your first monster, yet I am the last you will see" as she talks her body turns pale and her teeth get sharper, what's going on, I think, who is this vampire lady, is she going to eat me?!
The vamp/monster lunges at me and I duck behind the counter and feel a tug in my gut. I then hear a shriek in pain and turn to see the monster on the ground with icicles stuck in her, did I do that? "You will suffer, Jackson, I am just the first of many that will find you, beware, for those you care for will be gone first!" After that she shrieks and explodes into gold dust like she was hit by a power fan. I stand there in shock for a couple minutes and think of what she said. Monsters are going to come after me? Then I'll leave I think, I can't let them hurt my mom.
I run to my room past Smelly Gabe who is still sleeping on the couch and fill up a backpack with clothes, my piggy bank, a brush, and some pictures. I sneakily grab Gabe's wallet and grab his money, half of it, and put it back with a note on top that says "sorry". After that I grab food from the kitchen write a note to mom and run out the door.
I run to my favorite playground and sit in the tunnel and lay down on my bag crying softly, I don't want monsters to hear me. The next few days I wander around New York sleeping in alleys and parks. Only one time to I see a monster but it doesn't see me I sneak past the big monster dog and make my way out of town. I think I got to Virginia when the first monster noticed me, she was a big ugly snake lady but my icicles surprised her and so I got away. I was sleeping in an alley when I heard a voice. "This seems like a good enough place…" it's a boy voice I think, oh well, I snuggle into my box and fall asleep to the shuffling of the boy across the alley.
I must have talked in my sleep, because something woke me up and it startled me. I couldn't quite see yet and it looked like a monster so I started hitting it "monster! Go away, I sleeping!" "Woah! Kid! I'm not a monster" I stop hitting the person, recognizing the voice from last night. "You not a monstwer" I look him over, he looks around twelve years old with black hair like mine and pale skin. His eyes are a swirling grey, and full of amusement. "No, I'm not a monster, I fight them I'm guessing you do too?" he smiles at me trying to be nice. I tilt my head, he seems nice I think, so I answer. "Yes, I fight monstwers too" "cool, what's your name" "Persephone Jackson" I say but I wrinkle my nose "but I don't like bewing called Persephone call me Percy please, what's your name?" He smiles at me and holds out a hand "Ethan Nakamura, nice to meet you Percy" I shake his hand smiling, a friend Ethan.
"Hey, Percy how does it sound if we fight monsters together?" I look up at him shocked "really?!" "Ya, I could use help fighting the monsters and I bet you're really good" "well, I not that good" I say staring at the ground "Well, I could always teach you" I look up in excitement "you would, cool!" Ethan laughs and grabs my hand "C'mon you can sit by me till we leave in the morning" I yawn "Okay Ethan, thanks for letting me fwight monstwers with you" as my vision goes dark I hear an "of course, Percy, always"
I get woken up by Ethan the next morning "Percy, wake up, rise and shine!" "Morning Ethan!" I say brightly. "Here, I snagged you a granola bar" "thank you!" "No problem" Ethan says and pulls me to my feet "Ready to get moving" "Sure, where are we going?" I ask curious "South" he replies and I nod trusting his judgment.
The next couple months pass in a blur of monsters and injuries and traveling. It was August and I had left home a little under a year ago. I think Ethan noticed my behavior, because he took me to the ocean, my favorite place. "Thanks Ethan for bringing me here" "it's no problem Percy, you needed it" I then grin mischievously and splash some water on him shrieking in laughter at his face. "Oh, you're done for now Percy!" I run into the water still laughing as Ethan grabs me and dunks me under water. "Do you give?" he ask laughing "Never!" I say and use a current to push out of his arms. He looks at me shocked "How did you….? I figured Khione not…" then he gasps in shock as I turn around and look into the face of a man that wasn't there before.
Tall, tan, green eyes and black hair like mine, with a beard and laugh lines around his face. "Lord Poseidon" Ethan says and kneels down and I follow his lead. "Rise, children." His voice sounds familiar, could this be? "Mr. Nakamura if you could I would like to speak to Miss Jackson alone for a few minutes" Ethan nods "of course sir, I will be down the coast" and Ethan leaves me with the strange man. "Uh… hi Mr. Poseidon" he looks down at me and smiles gently "Hello Percy, it's good to see you" I tilt my head in confusion. He squats down to my level and looks at me seriously "Percy I'm going to tell you something, but you must let me explain, ok?" I nod in agreement and he sighs "You've been fighting monsters with Ethan for about a year right?" I nod "Do you know they are Greek monsters" I nod again "Do you know who Ethan's mother is?" I nod "Ethan's mom is Nemesis goddess of revenge and balance, he was given a sword by her a couple months ago." Poseidon nods in acceptance of the answer "Good, then I don't have to explain that much… Percy I'm your dad. I am sorry about not being able to see you until now, it is against many laws to have the Gods interfere with their children's lives" My anger goes down at that "So… you didn't leave because you didn't love me? You left because you had to?" My lip trembling and my voice hopeful as I look into his eyes. He looks resigned and hurt at the comment "Of course not Percy I love both you and your mother very much. I shouldn't even be here talking to you, but Zeus can go…" thunder shakes and my dad mutters something under his breath.
"I'm not happy that you ran away, but I know why you did it" I look down a little ashamed, but sure my decision was right. "I must go now Percy, I don't know when I will be able to see you again" I nod in sadness and he surprises me with a quick hug and mumbles into my ear "I love you Persephone" he backs away and hands me a pen and I look at him in confusion, he smiles "It's a birthday present" and disappears into the ocean. I take off the cap of the pen and am shocked as a pretty three-foot bronze sword comes out from it. On the side it says Anaklusmos, Riptide in English, Ethan has been teaching me. "Hey Percy!" Ethan's voice calls me to shore. "Woah! What's that a sword? Cool a present from your dad" I nod and then look at him in confusion "I figured it out" "oh" I say quietly "I forgot" "huh" Ethan asks in confusion "I forgot it's my birthday today" Ethan looks at me incredulously "you forgot you birthday?" I smile sheepishly at him, he sighs "well here I'm giving this to you." He hands me a woven bracelet with a balance charm on it. "pull, on the charm" he says, I do and watch in awe as a shield spirals out on the front of the shield is a scale and a wave, the symbols of Poseidon and Nemesis, and the grip of the shield is a soft leather. "Just pull the charm to shrink it back" Ethan says softly, I do and then jump on Ethan in a big hug "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! You are the best!" He laughs into my hair "You're welcome Percy, now let's go we shouldn't hang around too long" I nod and we make our way out of Miami.