Alright readers I hope you enjoy this, my first fanfic for Percy Jackson, called Harmony, I decided to write about my own half-blood, and her adventures, but don't worry all our favorite half-bloods are going to be in it, I'm going to make sure that they all have a part. It's kind of slow right now but I promise it's going to be way more action. However I want to thank Octopus for giving me a very good review (I mean good in the sense that it was helpful) So this is my improved version.
Please read, review, and enjoy.
Ch.1 Percy Jackson is a Jynx
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Ugh stupid alarm clock. I woke to the annoying beeps of my brother's alarm clock. "Max! Max! MAAX! Turn off your alarm!" I yelled from the other room. I through the covers off of my body, that brother of mine is so gonna get it. My last day of school and I still couldn't sleep in, because for some reason my eight year old brother, was obsessed with waking up at six o'clock in the morning. I ran into his room and to my surprise no Max, I shut off his alarm. Still I couldn't go to sleep, see when my brother decides to wake up early it's a bad thing, he takes the term class clown to a whole new level he's more like, class menace. And this being his last day of school too, well that means he has something big planned.
I walked downstairs to find my brother in the kitchen, marking things off of a clipboard with a crayon. I looked at our table it was covered with balloons, jars of paint oatmeal, egg yolks, vinegar, baking soda and smoke bombs and stink bombs; he was going to have one hell of a last day of school. I rest my arms on his dirty blonde head while I looked over his checklist. "Wow Max do you really wanna be kicked out of school on your last day?" I asked.
"Well," Max looked at me with his big brown eyes. "It can't be my last day unless it's actually my last day in that school." He was right…technically. "Besides I've never been caught." Again he was right. Max has always pulled pranks at his school but no one has ever caught him. Whenever Max would get in trouble his principle would call me over from the high school and they would tell me that Max was "under suspicion", I would ask "if they had proof", they would say "no" and they would let him go. The school normally calls me out of class because for one my mom is always busy with rehearsal, she's the cellist in an orchestra and so she has to practice all the time, and two the high school is within walking distance of the middle school and the elementary school (they're actually next to one another)
"So what are you planning Max?" I asked out of courtesy, I already knew what he was planning. Call it déjà vu but I always got a feeling about some things every now and then and I am usually right.
"Why should I tell you? You already know." He went back to his checklist. Max checked off the last box, and began packing his supplies into his back pack. When he was finished mom walked into the kitchen. Besides the fact tha my mom is a wicked musician, she's beautiful. My mom has shiny wavy black hair that looks always like it's been styled even after she's just woken up, and really pretty chocolate brown eyes. I inherited my mom's hair color but unfortunately my hair is just straight and my eyes are blue. And Max inherited his dad's looks upturned eyebrows, mischievous smile, except for his hair it came out as dirty blonde which was weird because his dad had curly black hair.
"How are my kids this morning?" Mom asked. She looked at Max's back pack but he just smiled innocently and mom's suspicion melted away.
"We're good mom just waiting for school to end already, so we can go to New York already." Mom has an old friend she met while in college, they stayed in touch and he and his wife invited us to New York so mom could show me her alma mater, Juilliard.
"Yo Tambien mija." My mom slipped into Spanish. When she moved to the states she learned English, and lost her accent but every now and then Spanish just slips out. "I'll make breakfast you go get ready for school."
After Breakfast.
I drove Max to school and dropped him off; I drive a 2006 red convertible mustang."Okay Max if I finish my finals early I'll take you out for the day."
"Yeah like that's gonna happen." Max said. He was right we both have dyslexia, and ADHD; tests are not easy things to finish. Any way I made my way into my first testing class; English.
I finished the test with three minutes to spare; a new record. And my next testing period was music, which there was no test so instead we sat around the room listening to music. I was sitting on the window sill listening to Te Amo by Rhianna, drawing whatever came to mind, my hand kind of just moved on its own. I looked down at my paper and the design I was drawing looked like ancient greek, and I could read it. "Perseus Jackson" I said aload. Suddenly I heard a growling coming from outside and over the music of my iPod. I looked outside and a huge black dog was next to the woods and staring at me growling. Now when I say huge I don't mean Mastiff big I mean Grizzly big. This black dog had glowing red eyes. Then it started sniffing the air and looked off to its right, with one last growl towards me, it stalked off toward the elementary school.
"Hey where'd that poodle go?" Blair, the class ditz said. Okay a poodle? I know Blair isn't the smartest of people but I know she wasn't blind either. I didn't answer her instead I did something stupid I ran outside of the school through the emergency exit and ran to the elementary school.
Normally if I saw a large black grizzly dog I would thank my lucky stars I was inside however, when the dog looks hungry and walks off to the elementary school when recess is going on, well I can't let anything happen to Max, what would I tell mom?
I ran onto the play ground all the kids were out playing. There wasn't any panic so I must've beaten the dog here; I looked for max in the sea of kids. I spotted his blondish head by the woods; he was sitting on a stump and looking in his back pack, checking on his supplies. My panic began to subside when I saw that he was safe but it was short lived. Behind him the dog was walking slowly out of the woods closer to my oblivious little brother, its mouth was open its fangs yellowish and horribly sharp.
"Max!" I yelled with all my might. He looked up at me, and saw the fear that was probably written all over my face. Max turned around to come face to face with those big fangs. He rolled out of the way just in time, as the dog took a bite of the stump he was sitting on. I ran to my little brother as fast as I could, around me I heard people talking about a black poodle. Max ran to me as the dog continued to chomp on the stump, ignorant that it was eating wood.
"Armony what is that?" He was confused but not as frantic as I was. I grabbed onto him and pulled him away from the dog. The dog looked back at us, I don't know what was going through its head but, I saw a kindergartener walking up to the dog saying "puppy". What the hell is wrong with everyone's eyes today? The dog focused its attention on the easier meal. I couldn't let the kid get hurt.
"Hey you over grown Chihuahua!" Max looked at me like I was crazy, then he saw the kid. "Over here you quadripedal mistake." But no luck the dog started to advance on the kid. "Perseus Jackson" I yelled. That got its attention; it turned toward me and began to growl. It started running after us mouth wide in anticipation of a meal. I grabbed Max's backpack and through what I could; a box of baking soda went into its mouth. The dog began to slow down, chewing on the box until it started tasting the powder then it just looked at me murderously. I looked through the back pack, and found a water balloon; I really hope it's filled with what I hope it's filled with. I threw the balloon into its mouth it popped against its teeth. The liquid splashed onto the baking soda and began to foam. Yes, it was filled with vinegar! The foam caused the dog to go into a burping, gagging fit, distracting him (I'm guessing it was a him).
Around us I heard people talking. "The dog is foaming at the mouth!", "That dog is rabid!", "Get the kids inside!", "Call animal control!" etc. The teachers started rushing the kids inside, but in all the chaos some guy in bark armor with goat legs walked out of the forest with another guy with goat legs, who was really fat and had big curling horns and three girls that were green. The fat guy started playing something on a pan-flute and grass began to grow around the dog on epic levels, the grass was as tall as the dog and kept him from moving. Then the green girls jumped up and threw what looked like braided vines around the dog's neck and started dragging the dog back into the woods. The last thing I heard was a loud howl of pain.
"Armony?" Max said staring into the forest.
"Yeah Max." I wasn't sure but the forest looked darker than usual.
"Can we go home?" I wasn't going to argue.
"What do we tell mom Max, she totally gonna freak." I was a stressed mess pacing the floor. We could have easily become that dog's meal. "And what was up with everyone thinking it was a poodle; that was not a poodle! And what about those weird people that came out of the forest?" So many questions and not one had an answer.
"Maybe we shouldn't tell mom she'll just get worried." Max answered me. I looked at him obviously confused. "Well what better way to get away from the danger than going to New York. When we come back we can check up and see if there is anymore danger." For an eight year old he was pretty smart. I walked over to him and hugged him tightly.
"I'm really glad you weren't hurt Max." I started to cry.
"I'm glad you weren't hurt either Armony." He looked me in the eye and smirked "what would I tell mom; that you tried feeding a dog vinegar and baking soda and got bitten." The little snot; but there was still one question that was on my mind that I couldn't get out of my head; who was Perseus Jackson?
Waiting for my mom was the longest five hour wait ever. Every minute we would look outside to make sure that there wasn't a big black dog looking for a meal. Finally when my mom got home, we grabbed all of our luggage and ran straight to the car. My mom couldn't drive fast enough for me. We made it to the airport and I still couldn't relax not until we were safely in New York. Luckily however they make first class very comfortable, all the stress from the day had seriously wiped me out I was asleep before I knew it.
While I was asleep I dreamed or I had a memory I'm not sure. I was playing my violin on a New York fire escape. I played what I saw, like a soundtrack to New York, the pace was fast but every now and then would slow but it never lost its energy, as people enjoyed life, became depressed, life was born, taken away, people fell in love, had their hearts broken, and made love, the cries, the smiles, the individual songs that became a chorus. Now why I said I'm not sure whether it was a dream or a memory, well I've never been to New York before but the image in my head was so vivid and real and familiar, I honestly couldn't say whether it was a dream I had or the memory of a dream that I've had many times before but never remembered.
We landed in New York and despite the hour it took to get our luggage we were psyched. Mom went outside looking for her friend and called us toward her when she found him. My mom was standing next to a man with salt-n-pepper hair, he looked about thirty-something, he was good looking but kind of like an actor, he had on a brown jacket over a black t-shirt and blue jeans. His wife was really pretty she had blue eyes and long brown hair and was dressed in a blue blouse and blue jeans, I gotta say blue looked really good on her. And he drove a prius… I started missing my mustang.
"Honey." My mom said looking at me. "This is Paul Blofis and his wife Sally. And Paul, Sally these are my kids Armony and Max.
"Hello there Armony it's nice to meet you." Mr. Blofis extended his hand to me I shook it.
"Hello Mr. Blowfish it's nice to meet you too." He looked at me with a weird expression.
"It's not Blowfish its Blofis." He said smiling like this was a mistake he was tired of .
"Oh," I said "Are you sure?" His wife laughed at the joke, but my mom gave me a disapproving look. Max and I switched people and I introduced myself to Mrs. Blofis.
"Hello Mrs. Blofis it's nice to meet you." I said shaking hands with Mrs. Blofis.
"Well it's good to meet you too but you can call me Sally." She smiled at me she looked like she was really nice.
"Is it because you don't want me to accidently call you Blowfish?" I asked. She laughed at my joke/question but I never got the answer. Paul helped me and Max load are luggage into his prius while mom and Sally talked about her son Percy. When we got into the car Sally revealed the sleeping arrangements, my mom and I would share her son's room, while Max and her son, Percy would sleep in the living room. When my mom had told us we were going to stay with her friends I wasn't sure why because we could afford a pretty nice hotel. But I didn't realize they were gonna have a such a small apartment, I wasn't trying to be a snob but…
"Percy is sixteen like you Armony." Sally was telling me about her son. "He didn't come with us because he was telling his girlfriend Annabeth bye, she was in New York at a Bordering school, but she's going to San Francisco to visit her family for a few days." Cute her son had a girlfriend, but what did she mean by going to "visit for a few days" wouldn't she visit her family for the summer? I stopped listening as we came into view of the Empire State Building, it was magnificent. Max and I craned our heads to get a better look.
When we got to their apartment building, Paul helped with our luggage and Sally lead the way to their apartment. She unlocked the door, we walked into the room it was cozy, not big but, it gave everyone comfortable room even with the luggage.
"Percy!" Sally called out to her son. "Come meet our guests." A boy with black hair and green eyes walked into the room. He was wearing a navy blue t-shirt and blue jeans. Okay what is with all the blue?
"Hi I'm Percy." He waved 'hi'. Percy was kind of cute, but off limits; I don't go after taken boys.
"Percy, this is Armony, Max and their mother, Maria Soladad." Sally introduced us. We waved 'hi' back. "Percy help Armony move her luggage into your room." Sally ordered him. He grabbed my luggage and showed me to his room. It was obviously a boy's room; it looked like he had just hastily tried to clean. He had a lot of things that looked ancient Greek and ocean reminiscent.
"Hmm" I said.
"What?" He looked at me like I was judging him.
"Nothing, this is just the first time I've been in a boy's room before." I lied.
"Oh." Percy looked kind of embarrassed. Then my eyes set at his window. The window aloud for a great view of the city, well for me anyway. I walked to the window and opened it.
"Wow this view is great." I looked out the window outside there was a fire escape below the window. "Percy can you hand me my violin?"
"Uh sure." He went to my things and grabbed my violin case. He opened it and handed me my violin and bow. I walked onto the escape. "What are you doing?" Percy asked me.
"Well," I saw no reason not to tell him the truth." I once had a dream about creating a soundtrack for New York." I placed the violin under my chin and raised the bow. Before I started I looked around and everything thing I thought I would see I saw. I strummed the bow across the strings and I felt the world around me channeled into music.
Percy's POV
My mom had told me earlier that we would have an old friend of Paul's and her family stay with us, but I had forgotten. That they were coming today I had just said 'bye' to Annabeth and now I had to clean my room as quickly as possible.
I had just finished shoving some of my clothes into the hamper when my mom called me to come meet our guests. Paul had told me that his friend Maria had two kids, her daughter was my age her son was eight, but I wasn't expecting to be kicked out of my room. My mom introduced our guests, Maria, was really very beautiful with long shiny black hair she looked like a movie star. Armony her daughter looked almost exactly like her mom but instead of brown eyes she had sky blue eyes and her skin wasn't as dark as her moms, but still kind of tanned with a few freckles on her nose. Max looked like a son of Hermes, he had dirty blonde hair, big brown eyes, upturned eyebrows, and a mischievous smile.
I said 'hi' and then my mom told me to help Armony move her luggage into my room. I grabbed her luggage from her, and lead her to my room when he walked in she looked at everything. "Hmm" She said like she was concluding something.
"What" I asked her.
"Nothing, this is just the first time I've been in a boy's room before." She told me.
"Oh." Was all I could say. Then I realized that I was alone with a girl in my room, this was the first time that this had ever happened. When Annabeth came over my mom always made sure that either she or Paul was here to supervise. She walked over to my window.
"Wow this view is great." Armony said. Honestly the view wasn't that great but I guess if it's your first time to New York it'll work for yah. "Percy can you get me my violin?" She asked me.
"Uh sure." I said. I went to her things and grabbed what looked like violin case. I opened it and there was a violin. I handed her the violin and the stick. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well, I once had a dream about creating a soundtrack for New York." She climbed out onto the fire escape, and looked around the city. Armony placed the violin under her chin and raised the stick. The song she played I can't really describe it but it was beautiful, it was quick and energetic just like the 'City that never Sleeps' but every now and then it would slow and I could picture so many things; people on dates, people breaking up, living life happy or sad, but the thing I noticed most was while she played New York seemed to quiet down just a little, like it was letting the music speak for it.
She finished playing and instantly I missed what I had just heard. "Wow that was beautiful." My mom said; she, Paul, Miss Soladad and Max were standing in the door way; they had been drawn by the music. Paul was speechless, Max looked proud of his sister and so did Miss Soladad but she also looked sad.
"Uh thank you Sally." Armony looked a little embarrassed, wait did she just call my mom Sally?
"What is it that you just played?" Paul asked. He looked like he had just woken up from a dream that he missed.
"I-I just made it up." Armony answered. She looked a little uncomfortable with all the attention.
"Well I see why you want to show her Juilliard Maria." My Mom said to Miss Soladad.
"Yes, Armony is so talented that she will be accepted quite easily." Miss Soladad continued bragging about Armony as they made their way back into the living room. Armony breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well that was really awesome Armony." I said. She smiled.
"Thanks." Armony put up her violin and sat on my bed. "Hey Percy what does Percy stand for anyway?" The question caught me by surprise.
"Perseus, it stands for Perseus." At my answer Armony looked like she had just seen a ghost.
