Claimed By All the Gods
HEY peoples! This is my new story! Now, if you read my Rise of the Guardians, you will see that some of the characters in there are also in here. The explanation is on my profile. 15 reviews and I'll upload as soon as I can!
Percy Jackson and his girlfriend, Annabeth Chase have just started dating. Even though it is has been like two days since they got together.. But who cares? Anyway, they were talking to Chiron when a camper came up to them.
"Sir, someone is approaching the border," the camper said. Chiron nodded and galloped off. I know.. galloped. Percy and Annabeth ran to catch up with him. They finally made it to the border when Percy saw 7 kids, 4 boys and 3 girls. Percy recognized one of the boys as his friend, Grover.
"Remind me not to volunteer to get 6 demigods and not to ride in the car with them, with all of them being ADHD and one of them bipolar also." Grover said.
"Grover, I'm not really bipolar... I just get mood swings randomly. And you said we were going to pick strawberries! I hate strawberries!" One girl replied. She was around Percy's height, had long brown, almost black hair. Her eyes were like his, but a duller sea-green/blue. Grover sighed and said,
"Percy, Annabeth, meet Rose and her friends, Brandon, Yanin, Carina, Nick, and Justin. Watch out for Rose, she the crazy one,"
"I am capable of hearing Grover, and I know I'm crazy but I wanted them to see that. Now it's just going to be awkward. Thanks, thanks a lot," Rose said.
"Trust me, she's the good kind of crazy." Said one of the other girls.
"Thank you, Yanin. FINALLY, someone understands," the last girl said. The first girl was tall with long black hair. Percy guessed that was Yanin. The other girl was really short with medium length brown hair with one blue streak. That was probably Carina. A boy came up behind Yanin, and he grabbed her by her shoulders. She couldn't have looked more scared in her life.
"BRANDON," Yanin yelled, "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" The boy, Brandon, was basically a boy Yanin. Brandon looked at her with puppy dog eyes and kissed her cheek. Dating? Probably.
"No PDA, lovebirds," said one of the other boys.
"You don't want to make us vomit, do you," said the last boy. The first boy was tall, with shaggy blond hair. The last boy was tall, with shaggy reddish-brown hair, like the Hermes kids.
"Yes, vomiting is unpleasant. Thank you for pointing that out, Nick." Rose said. Nick was probably the Hermes looking kid, meaning Justin was the blond kid. For some reason Justin reminded him of Annabeth and Rose as himself...weird.
"Annabeth, Percy, do you mind taking them and showing them around and explaining why they are here?"
"To pick strawberries?" Rose asks looking slightly confused. Carina hit her arm and said,
"No dummy, obviously not,"
"Well, I thought I could trust Grover, but now I see I cannot." Rose huffed.
Percy took the girls and Annabeth the boys, and they were on their way. He began explaining all the gods and Greek things. They were confused in the beginning, but they started to get it.
"So what parents are absent in your life? That may help us figure out who your godly parent is," Percy said
"My mom," was Yanin's reply.
"My father," Carina said.
"Neither," Rose said.
"What?" Percy asked.
"I said neither. None of my parents have been gone from my life," That confused Percy. Maybe she was put up for adoption when she was a baby, and her parent didn't tell her. After that, Percy found it easy to talk to Rose. She told him about Yanin and Brandon, who were dating and Carina who liked Nick, but doesn't have the nerve to ask him out. She also told Percy about how the group met.
"We all met in middle school. It was a weird time for us, but somehow we all found each other and ourselves in those two years, and I thank my lucky stars every day that I met them because if I didn't my life would be a wreck." Rose says.
"How so?" Percy asked. Wait.. When did Percy talk like this? Must be Annabeth's fault.
"Well.. my parents didn't seem to care about me, just my little brother, Ian and I couldn't focus on school because I'm bipolar, ADHD, and I have dyslexia. And because of all that, I was the social outcast. So when I met Yanin, I was finally happy. I was afraid I would go into depression."
Percy stared at her in disbelief. This happy go lucky girl was afraid of being depressed. That was surprising. The rest of the day past quickly. It was that night that they were going to burn Silena's shroud. They lit the shroud, and someone was supposed to speak. No one would. Of course no one would speak. Silena was a spy for Kronos. Suddenly, in the back, there was a guitar strumming and someone singing. People turned around and cleared a path so they could see. It was Rose singing and Brandon playing the guitar.
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors
Oh, and life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even gray, but she buries her baby
The sharp knife of a short life
Well, I've had just enough time
If I die young, bury me in sati
nLay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The sharp knife of a short life
Well, I've had just enough time
And I'll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I've never known the lovin of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
There's a boy here in town, says he'll love me forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life
Well, I've had just enough time
So put on your best, boys, and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done
A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell 'em for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'ma goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singing
Funny, when you're dead how people start listening
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them, oh
The sharp knife of a short life
Well, I've had just enough time
So put on your best, boys
And I'll wear my pearls.
(If I Die Young by The Band Perry)
Rose's POV
Rose was all the way in the back for the burning.
"Hey, Rose," Brandon said as he came by her. He seemed to be carrying a guitar.
"Hey, Brandon,"
"How are you feeling?" Brandon asked.
"Well, the demigod stuff is confusing. To think one of my parents is a Greek god is just... weird. Wait.. what's with the guitar," Rose said.
"Well," Brandon began "I thought we could do a little singing," Rose groaned. She hated singing in public.
"Brandon, not during the burning of a shroud, its rude," Rose said. Percy told her all about Silena and a burning of a shroud.
"Well, people are supposed to say stuff now, and its silent, so I thought you could sing. Please?" Brandon asked with puppy dog eyes. Rose sighed
"Finnnnneeeee, I'll sing. If I Die Young?"
"If I Die Young," Brandon confirmed. Brandon started strumming, and Rose took a big breath and began to sing.
No one's POV
After the burning they went into a large room, and Percy prepared to tell the kids about who he thought was their real parents were
"As you all found our earlier today, one of your parents is a greek god. Now I cannot tell you who they are exactly, but I'm just guessing.." Percy says.
"Brandon, We think your father is Apollo who is the God of light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, the sun, and manly youth and beauty,"
Brandon looks at Percy in disbelief .
"Wait...Knowledge? Are you sure?" Brandon says confused sounding.
" Yeah, I'm not so sure either, but what you did with the guitar makes sense," Percy said. "Carina, your father probably is Ares, God of war, violence, and bloodshed"
" YES!" Carina said. Only Carina could be happy about that. Percy turned to the rest of the demigods and said,
" Right now, we think Nick is a son of Hephaestus, god of fire and the forge. Yanin is most likely a daughter of Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, and desire. Justin is probably a son of Athena,goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defense and strategic warfare. Rose... we actually don't know who your parent is. Seeing that both parents are in your life, it makes it hard to figure out who your godly parent is. Also you show way too many signs of different gods," Rose sighed. Percy didn't like see her sad. They formed a bond over the past day. They all left. They all went to sleep except for a few demigods. Percy went to his cabin. He form a mist and IMed his father, Poseidon.
"Percy!" Poseidon said as he saw he favorite son, " What do you need?"
"Well... I was wondering why you guys haven't claimed the group of kids that came into today," Percy replied. Poseidon looked taken back at his statement and said
"Percy, that certain group is very... different. We have to be careful about how we claim them,"
"Can't you tell me something about Rose at least? We have no idea about her," Percy said.
Poseidon sighed.
"Fine, but don't tell anyone I said this," Poseidon began, "Percy... Rose is your twin sister,"