A/N: I probably should have said this in the note to Chapter 1, but I totally forgot. This story takes place 16 years after the end of Heroes of Olympus. So the characters that we know from the Riordan books would be in their early thirties. I don't have a concrete upload schedule setup yet, but I'm going to try to upload once a week, but once I have to go back to college it'll probably become every two weeks or once a month.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Percy Jackson characters, rights belong to Rick Riordan.
Bonsai personally escorted me to his office, where he told me that I had no right to "harm another student, especially one of Mr. Sloan's caliber." I scoffed at that comment and refused to respond, I was still fuming from those comments that Sloan had made about my birth parents. Bonsai didn't even ask for my side of the story, he just told me that I wouldn't be welcomed back next year and that he would be calling my mothers, yes mothers.
I was released from Bonsai's office ten minutes before the final bell rang, but I wasn't planning to wait around in the school any longer than I needed to. My locker was already empty, so I walked out the front door. They already expelled me, what more could they do to me? I usually walk home with Chuck, and the walk to my house wasn't incredibly long. The silence of it all definitely gave me enough time to figure out how to tell my moms that I got expelled again.
My family lives on a fairly quiet street, and I am one of only three kids that live on the street. My moms used to joke that we brought down the average age of the street when we first moved in. I saw Mrs. Parker tending to her garden, while Mr. Parker was undoubtedly at work. I waved at her and continued my quiet walk to my house. The rest of our neighbors were most likely asleep at this point in the day.
I opened the door and it was extremely quiet, no tv or radio on. Which hopefully means I'll survive a little bit longer, but as soon as I close the door I just hear,
"LJ Blackstone-Knowles, GET YOUR SORRY BEHIND IN THE KITCHEN NOW." My heart plummeted, because it was my mom Lou that yelled it.
I was really hoping that my Kayla would be the one that got the call from Principal Bonsai. Lou always wanted my best effort in all parts of life, so every time that I failed or was disobedient was like a slap in the face to her. Kayla on the other hand, wanted me to enjoy my life because "you only get one." I slowly walked into the kitchen and saw both Lou and Kayla standing there talking to each other.
Lou Blackstone-Knowles and Kayla Blackstone-Knowles were my fourth set of foster parents and my only set of adopted parents. They were referred to as the BKs around our neighborhood and we're possibly the most loved, non-famous, couple in New York. Lou, who gives us the Blackstone part of the name, has long dark brown hair that borders black, and deep green eyes. The kind of eyes that seem to read your soul and know your next move before you do. She graduated with a degree in chemistry and works at a chemical plant in Jersey. Kayla, the source of the Knowles in BK, has bright red hair and has been known to dye it green on occasion. She has blue eyes, like really blue eyes. I don't have the right words to describe the shade of blue they are. She's a gold medalist in archery, having participated in the last three games and medaled in all of them.
"Care to explain what happened at school today?" Lou asked once they noticed me standing there.
"Alex Sloan insulted my parents and I may have punched him," I said while looking at the ground.
"LJ, you don't have to punch someone for insulting us. We've heard a lot of things aimed at our relationship."
"He didn't insult you guys, he insulted my birth parents and called my birth mother a whore."
Both Kayla and Lou looked at each other before wrapping me up in a three person hug. "I'm so sorry baby, he had no right to say those things about your mother." Kayla whispered to me while I felt my eyes tear up. Lou and Kayla both understood how I felt about my birth parents because of their own experiences with not knowing one of their parents for a considerable amount of time.
We stood there, hugging each other for at least five minutes before we slowly started to break apart. Lou looked me in the eyes before telling me that, "he had no right to say those things. If it was me, I would've done a lot more than just punch him in the stomach."
"Thanks Lou," I said while wiping my eyes.
"Come on, we're going to go out for dinner and then you need to finish packing since you're going to camp tomorrow."
Dinner was absolutely fantastic, and after sitting there and just enjoying each other's company, we went back to the house. I still had a little bit to pack, but it was still enough to swallow the rest of my evening. Once it was all done, I went back downstairs to get a glass of water when I heard Lou and Kayla talking.
"Another school? This is getting ridiculous Kayla. It's the third one in four years," Lou said while reclining in one of the arm chairs in the den.
"Lou, he has ADHD and mild dyslexia, I'm surprised he lasted till the last day of school. Besides, Percy got kicked out of six schools in six years. LJ really isn't that bad." Kayla always was the more understanding one.
"True, but Percy isn't the best benchmark. LJ could have easily not punched the kid."
"What would you have done when you were his age? I remember when you didn't know who your mom was and threatened to permanently maim anyone who made a snide remark about it."
"That was at camp, not at school in New York."
"He'll be going to camp tomorrow, and his parents will be figured out there. Remember the oath?"
I felt my breathing quicken while I was sitting on the steps. My parents made an oath to let me know at some camp? It made no sense to me, and just hearing that me question why Lou and Kayla had adopted me if there was this oath. After a while, I just went upstairs and stared at my ceiling until I slowly drifted off to sleep.
A/N: So there's chapter 2, still kind of a fluff chapter, but we will see LJ's introduction to the mythical world in the coming chapters.
That being said, I am in desperate need of names of campers for when LJ gets to camp, so if you would like to send me a message that details a camper (containing name, gender, godly parent, physical description and whatever else you want to include) I would love to read them over and include them in the "at camp" portion of the story. Credit will be given to the people who send in characters once those characters are introduced, do not worry.