Hi everyone!
This is my first-ever Percy Jackson & the Olympians story. I thought it'd be a good idea to start it around this time, because of the recent release of Blood of Olympus.
This story is mostly centred around couples from the Heroes of Olympus series.
I'm planning to write a one-shot for every pairing, so they are:
Percy & Annabeth
Jason & Piper
Leo & Calypso
Hazel & Frank
Nico & Will
I can add a few more, but this is what I have so far.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Into The Deep
Everything was perfect until the enormous wave came rolling in.
The sun was shining and the sea was sparkling, as waves crashed against the shore around us. I held Annabeth's hand as we strolled along the beach, eating our ice cream. Best of all, she was smiling cheerfully. That was the scariest thing about dating one of Athena's daughters. You never knew when those stormy, grey eyes would spark angrily at you.
At least, she was happy now.
I entwined our fingers together as I attacked my triple chocolate fudge with sprinkles ice cream. I felt a light slap on my arm and turned to look at Annabeth. She was glaring at me. "You're murdering your food, Seaweed Brain," she said as she went on to eat her vanilla cone with, admittedly, much more dignity than me.
I shrugged and looked around. Strange, I thought. There wasn't a single person on the beach. I tugged on Annabeth's hand. "Looks like we're all alone"
She laughed and leaned on me. "Sounds good to me"
When she wasn't looking, I ate a bit of her vanilla ice cream. Well, more than a bit. Okay, I practically inhaled the entire cone.
"Percy!"
I laughed and tried to wrap my arms around her. My entire world flipped upside down and my body slammed onto the ground.
I groaned and pulled her down with me, dropping both of our ice cream cones. "It's not nice to flip people"
She smirked. Her grey eyes were twinkling, and her hair was tickling my face. "Well, it's not nice to steal ice cream from people either"
I laughed, and her hair tickled me some more. She leaned in.
Just as our lips touched, I felt the entire force of the ocean slam into me. In a few seconds, we were washed straight into the middle of the ocean.
Annabeth!
She couldn't breath underwater. I searched the waters around me, and tried to control the waves to take me back to shore. It wasn't working. There was something underneath, controlling the water flow. I kicked my legs and thrashed about.
Annabeth!
I dove underwater and gasped. If I wasn't Poseidon's son, I would have lost my breath.
It was beautiful. The fish swam in groups, forming colourful patterns. The coral swayed from side to side, and was in a dizzying array of colours. The water was crystal clear, and a beautiful shade of blue.
For one terrible second, I almost forgot about Annabeth.
I swam around, and soon enough, I saw a sign of her. Her blonde hair.
I kicked hard and swam over to her. She looked unconscious.
At the end of the Titan war, I had formed an air bubble for both me and Annabeth to breathe underwater in the lake, when we…um…talked.
I prayed to Poseidon that it would work again. It did.
As soon as the bubble formed, she started spluttering and gasping for air. I grabbed her shoulders and steadied her, until she stopped wheezing.
"Percy, where are we? What's going on?"
I breathed out a sigh of relief. "Annabeth, you're alive"
She returned my hug for a brief moment before pulling away. "Are we-underwater?" she said incredulously.
I nodded and stroked her hair. What? Near death experiences make me all romantic and stuff.
I looked her in the eye and said. "Don't worry. I'll get us out of here"
I knew it was a lie when I said it. I had no idea why I couldn't control the ocean like usual.
"No you won't"
Annabeth yelped, as she stared at something behind me. I whirled around and reached towards my back pocket for Riptide.
When I turned around, I was expecting some kind of sea monster, not a…lady.
She was beautiful, as bad people and monsters usually are at first. There was something about her that didn't feel evil though. I have quite a lot of experience in that department.
Even so, I stared at her warily. She looked no more than twenty, but looks can be deceiving. Her hair was braided down her side, and was woven with strands of blue. It was her dress that was the most stunning. It was a sleeveless dress that featured all the colours of the coral. Her eyes were sea green, just like mine.
Annabeth cleared her throat impatiently. "What do you mean?"
The lady drifted towards us. I uncapped Riptide, and held it between us. "Don't get any closer," I warned.
The lady just laughed. "Put that down, Perseus. I'm your sister"
I shrugged. The word didn't mean much to me anymore. "Great. Since we're related, you won't try to kill me, right?"
The lady chuckled again. "We shall see"
I frowned and held Riptide higher. This lady was not coming anywhere near us. Annabeth lowered her knife, and her grey eyes sparkled. "Who are you and what do you want?"
The lady sighed and drifted closer. I noticed that she was wearing a coral headpiece that matched her dress. "You're a goddess" I guessed.
She nodded and smiled, "Very good. I'm Korallion, the goddess of coral and the reef"
I slowly nodded. "That's great. Why are we here?"
She drifted away. "I'm lonely, you see. When I saw you and your girlfriend on the beach, I could feel your love. You are so lucky to have found one another, and now I need you to help me"
Annabeth snorted, and I fought the urge to laugh. "Wait, umm- Koral, you want me to be your matchmaker?"
Korallion didn't seem to sense the joke and she nodded. "Something like that"
Annabeth burst out laughing. The goddess glared at her and with a zap, she turned her into a piece of pink coral.
"She looks good in pink" she smirked.
My smile dropped off. "What did you do? Change her back!"
The goddess raised a perfect eyebrow. "One does not laugh at a goddess and be allowed to leave unharmed. But very well, if you find me a lover, I will return yours in her original form"
I stared at Annabeth the Pink Coral, and then turned my attention back to Korallion. "Fine, Coral lady. But if you've turned her permanently into dead fish fossils, you can say goodbye to finding-"
The goddess waved a hand dismissively and nodded lazily, "Fine. Fine"
I stared warily at her and looked off into the distance. This was going to be extremely awkward. "Do you have-er, anyone in mind?"
She stared at me like I'd grown two heads. "If I had, would I have brought you here?"
"Okay, okay!" I facepalmed subtly, just in case she took offence and turned me into coral or something. "What qualities do you like in er- men?"
The goddess turned pink and said shyly, "I've always admired men who can fire arrows"
My first thought was Robin Hood, and then I thought What the heck?
I motioned for her to go on.
"I want my future lover to be a good leader"
I nodded and halted. A brilliant, if slightly disgusting idea came into my mind. I stared at Annabeth, the Pink Coral. If my plan worked, we'd both be free.
"Umm…Korallion? Does this man have to be a man? Can he be-say, a centaur?"
The goddess's eyes misted over and she sighed. "A centaur sounds great. Their muscles are so-"
I blocked my ears before I had to hear more. "Great, I think I have a match for you"
Korallion's eyes widened and she tugged on her braid gently. "Really?"
I nodded. "Yeah. You have to promise to let me and Annabeth go, though"
The goddess waved her hand, like it was no big deal. "Take the girl. As soon as you tell me about this man, I will change her back to an infuriating little girl, and go to find my destiny"
I blinked, "You can walk on land?"
She glared at me, and her eyes pierced through me. I gulped. Eventually, she just turned away and said, "I can do whatever you can do, Son of Posiedon. Now, tell me about my match"
I bit back a smile and said, "He's an archer, and a great leader. He leads our demigod camp. His name is Chiron"
Korallion let out a satisfied sigh and tilted her head. "Chiron" she said dreamily.
I let out a shaky nod. "Um...with all due respect…he might not want to be your…lover"
I was almost certain I was about to be turned into coral. "Don't be silly, demigod. Everyone wants to be with me"
I resisted the urge to laugh, and instead I said, "You promised. Change Annabeth back"
She waved her hand, and the pink coral reformed into an angry, spluttering, red-faced girl. My Annabeth.
She turned around and saw me. I grinned at her, and she threw herself on me. "That was pretty clever, Seaweed Brain"
I laughed and inhaled the scent of her sweet-smelling hair. "I have my moments"
She laughed and I pulled her closer. "I'm glad you're not a piece of pink coral," I whispered into her ear.
She pulled back and laughed again. It was a light, tinkling laugh, and hearing it made my heart beat twice as fast. "Me too"
I tugged on her hand, and made sure that her air bubble was working perfectly. I took her hand and we swam. Korallion had taken us to a reasonably shallow point in the ocean, and when I looked down, the coral was even more beautiful, and most of the fish were hanging out below us.
"Come on. I want to show you my world"
Annabeth swam closer to me, and I never released her hand. "Where are we going?"
I looked down at all the coral, and the sea creatures below us. I smiled at her.
"Into the deep"
Okay, so this was a pretty far-fetched story. I did invent "Korallio" so I'm sorry if it sounds random. This was a pretty fun story to write, even though it did end up becoming ridiculous. If you have any other pairings, I'd love to hear them.
Please tell me what you think and review!
~CityofNo1Fans~
