Evacuated

by UKPJOFan

ON HIATUS Following the failure in his attempt to enroll in the British Army at 16, Percy is evacuated to the countryside 'for his own good'. Now he is stuck in this rural hell that couldn't be further removed from his native London. Not only does he now have to put up with living on this farm, but he also has to deal with the oh so wise niece of his adopted parent.

1. Prologue

Disclaimer: I only own the plot, everything from the PJO and HOO series do not belong to me.

Prologue

London June 1940

Percy

"I swear at the speed this queue is moving we will actually be 18 by time we sing up," I muttered to my best friend Jason as we took another minuscule step towards the sign up tables.

"Will you shut up" he hissed, glancing nervously around the room, looking to see if anyone had heard me. "Do you want to get caught?"

I shook my head and moved another tiny step forward. Of course I didn't want to get caught, it was my idea to sign up to the army in the first place, even though we where too young. The plan was simple enough, we go in, sign up at the desk, lie about are ages and leave. By the time any of our families find out it would be too late for them to stop us. See the plan was totally fool proof; two fifteen year olds could pass for eighteen right? Right.

To be perfectly honest I was beginning to regret the plan in general, it wasn't that I didn't want to sign up, I did. My father had already gone to France, we hadn't heard any word if he was one of the many soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk. He was presumed missing in action. I had to go to make sure he was safe, to make sure that Mum stayed safe. The only way I could do that was if I signed up. The plan had to work.

"Percy!" Jason yelled and I realised that we had finally reached the front of the queue. I hurried forward to the desk and stood in front of the bored looking recruitment officer.

"Names?"

"Jason Grace and Percy Jackson" Jason replied immediately.

"Ages?"

"Eighteen" I stated, slightly too quickly.

He raised his eyebrows at us and I could see immediately that he didn't believe us, my throat went dry as I waited for him to challenge us but he just rolled his eyed and moved onto the next question.

"Branch of the military you wish to ent-" He began but was cut off by a screech from the back of the room.

"What are you two doing here?"

I winced and turned to Jason who had paled significantly and we turned round. Thalia, Jason's older sister was charging towards us across the room. She grabbed hold of both of our arms and dragged us out of the hall.

I glanced at the recruitment officer and saw him cross two names off the list. I sighed as Thalia muttered in both our ears.

"You are in so much trouble."

A/N

New Prologue done. I hope this is a better start to the story than the old first chapter, nothing is really changing plot wise so this and the new Chapter 1 aren't vital to read but in my opinion make a far better opening to the story than the old first chapter.

For those that didn't read the story when the old Chapter 1 was here, hi, this is my First Story on Fan fiction I appreciate all constructive reviews so feel free to leave them and don't worry, Chapters are nearly all longer than this, its just being used to set the scene.

Until next time,

UKPJOFan