Percy tore off his shoulder armor with unnecessary force, and launched the darned clothing away from him, where it hit one of the smooth walls of the hide out and landed in the sand.

"Come on Perc- Your Highness it could be way worse." Grover said nervously, he had never liked anyone angry, especially when it his best friend. Grover was frightened of the look Percy had in his eyes, it was a look that replaced the usual kind and joking twinkle they usually held. This look was one look he had not seen before and it scared him even more.

"Oh? If that is so, then inform me how." Percy retorted sarcastically to his friend and he undid the laced chest piece, his fingers working angrily at the leather ties.

"You could be dragged there...?" Grover failed at coming up with anything, and flinched at the sharp edge in his friend's voice.

Percy gave a grunt, when he tore off the chest piece including the gold treasure, and it joined its fellow weathered pieces. Percy did not turn to his friend, but ran a hand through his dark hair looking down. The prince sighed, falling easily on to the single rock ledge at the bottom of his hide out. With his back against the cool, mossy rock the dark haired prince stared up, his eyes only meeting the hole at the top, but his mind was higher than the waters.

"I would totally take on a hot princess babe for you any day man, but I am already taken by my own." Grover said, his voice giving away he was thinking about Juniper, the mermaid with green everything, eyes, tail, hair, even had a greenish tint to her skin. It went unnoticed by the two of them as Grover twisted the gold band on his finger of out habit.

Percy looked over from where he had gazed up at the small hole that let in light, and shifted it to Grover. Grover was a lanky merman with curly brown hair, a wispy goatee, dark brown eyes, and had a red tail that reminded him of a beta fishes fins. The prince had grown up with Grover who was older by a few years, and constantly sneaked out to hang out with his friend.

"Marriage is not all that bad, you have just got to appreciate and value your partner is all." Grover offered helpfully.

Percy snorted "Says the newly wed."

Grover blushed, but smiled thinking about his new wife yet again.

"I do not wish to be married though, but I guess it is my responsibility. Being the prince of the sea and all." Percy mumbled, sighing.

"At least it is not to a human." Grover said, his eyes still fixated on the band on his finger.

Percy barked a laugh. "As if my father would ever let that happen."

"Yeah..." Grover said quietly, and the mood turned to the heavy quiet. Percy sighed before laying back on the cool sand, staring up. The prince closed his eyes, and softly sang a tune he had known since he was a child. He did not know where he learned it, but he remembered a soft voice singing it to him and it always managed to soothe him. The dark haired prince wanted, longed really, to think his mother had sung it to him when he was a child. A flash of pain crossed over his features when he thought about his mother. Percy never knew her, but he had this vague memory of a warm smile, and a sweet laugh. Pain knotted in his chest, and Percy bit his lower lip. He never thought about his mother anymore because it was hard on himself to think of someone who had left him, someone he wished he could have. He remembered asking his father one day of his mother, and the memory came to the front of his mind like it had been just yesterday.

"Father..." A dark haired boy started to say before he lost the words in his throat, as he stared down blankly at his seaweed food. He was twelve at the time, and could not keep in the longing that ate him up anymore. He had to know more, or he felt he would suffocate in the dark of depression and the curse of wishing to be knowing.

"Yes my son?" Questioned the sea-king, who looked the same except with fewer gray hairs, and less creases between his broad brow.

"What was my mother like." The boy asked his eyes shadowed, his head still bowed.

Poseidon stopped, his fork halfway to his mouth.

"She was a beautiful woman. Much more than I ever deserved." Poseidon answered slowly.

"What was her name?" The boy asked numbly. He had gone through a tough time when the maid that had taken care of him since he was little, died of old age at ninety six hundred years. The pain tore him up, and got worse when he thought about his mother. Kai was there of course by then and she absolutely hated seeing her brother looking so dead.

"Her name was Sally. Sally Jackson."

"Did you even care for her." Percy said turning his head to meet his dad's eyes. He whispered, "Did you even love her?"

A flash of anger crossed the king face and he slammed his fist down.

"That is enough with this non sense Perseus. She is long dead. You do not need feelings, you just need to be the prince everyone expects you to be. Grow up, and stop wallowing in this pathetic self-pity you have. It is a disgrace to have a son who stays in the past." The king demanded angrily, when Percy was dismissed by his father.

Remembering that day made Percy sit up and hug his tail. The dark haired prince kept his face to the ocean waves and had hopes that the pain would go away. That the thoughts of being an unworthy son would disappear, or the demons that haunted him would be whisked away by the currents of the ocean. Beneath the light anyone would have seen that a mysterious, handsome boy with black hair, curled up as the light hit his face perfectly a look of vulnerability etched into his handsome features, and his beautiful blue scales sparkling like shattered glass would have thought that something so perfect, should not be in that much pain.

The prince sat there for minutes when a dark shadow cast over features, and his brows crunched in confusion at the sudden shade cast itself upon him. Fluttering his blue eyes open, the dark haired prince saw a dark figure blocking out the light. Percy gripped his hands on either side of the mossy rock, before pushing off and he swam up curiously for a better look. It was a ship! Percy had only seen ones he that he scavenged through at the ocean floor for lost human trinkets, but never one that was actually floating and in its prime status. Curiosity bloomed inside of him as he stared at the ship that rested on the waves. What could the humans be doing? He wondered before dashing down to the large boulder that blocked the entrance to his grotto of sanctuary. Percy waited for Grover to swim out, oblivious to his friends questions and protests, his bright blue eyes like pools of excitement, and he swam at top speed to the surface. Adrenaline hit his system and the prince excitedly broke through the surface. Completely ignorant of in the air above, otherwise known as the sky as humans called it, that there were brooding stormy clouds and the waves seemed to rock harder than usual.

Percy gaped at the sight of the ship his lips forming into a broad grin. The ship - it was huge! Percy thought in amazement. Music was being played out quite loudly, from the top of the ship by instruments Percy never heard.

"Your Highness!" Grover shouted as he broke the surface, his friend's eyes wide and fearful.

"Your Highness the king is going to kill us! Let us go back where it is safe!" His friend whimpered sinking down into the water, his brown eyes pleading.

"Hold on." Percy said like the line was recited to his friend, his entire focus on the ship, he wanted, no he needed a closer look. The dark haired boy swam up to the side of the ship and saw a ledge that was perfect for him to use. Using his tail, Percy grabbed the ledge and pulled himself up using his upper body strength. To his right, the prince could see through a medium-sized opening where he could see the ship's deck, and not get caught. Percy gasped, and saw humans. So many of them... Percy thought, curiosity buzzing through his body like he was hyped up on adrenaline he would always feel during combat except this felt eager and not destructive.

The humans had always fascinated him, but he had never been this close before. Majority of the humans were dancing on their, what were called legs and on these things called feet to rhythms and sounds made by instruments he had never heard or seen before. Colors swirled, and sounded blended like an organized chaos. Percy eagerly took in everything he saw, when this hairy creature seemed to have spotted him. It was brown and very large, and had its black, wet nose was to ground when it bounded over to him. Yipping, the creature shoved its snout towards Percy. Frightened Percy ducked away, and it whimpered like it was saddened by Percy's withdrawal. Blinking Percy tentatively reached out a hand, and petted the beast.

Percy found himself smiling as he petted it, and his smile grew as the beast thumped its heavy, wiggly, skinny bit attached to its hind quarter regional area against the deck when a voice called out "Mrs O'Leary! Come here girl!"

The beast, Mrs O'Leary he presumed, wiggled its way out of the opening, and left him where it bounded over to a girl with what humans called a dress color reminded him of the pink sea shells he'd discovered once by the shore on one of his adventures. She had dark brown hair and had a dark skin color, not as dark as some humans he had seem but... oh how could he describe it. It was like a natives he had seen once before near/on a land mass called North America as he recalled that was what the humans called it. Percy prided himself for his knowledge, and was glad he could remember such a thing from a tattered, but readable soggy book.

The dark haired girl had these odd bits or what you could say were pieces in her hair that Percy could not recall to ever know the name of. They reminded him of Scuttles raggedy feathers, but with different colors like the coral so they had to be different items. Percy's curiosity had him yearning to study the objects and ask Scuttle what the things could possibly be. The girl smiled and petted the beast he had just petted himself a moment ago when a second girl joined her, this one having red hair and seemed to be aggravated by the annoyed look on her face. Finding little interest in either of them he was about to return to the increasingly choppy waters when he noticed a blonde who stood alone.

She had beautiful golden locks that seemed naturally curled that fell past her shoulders, princess curls. He could not see her face because she seemed to be intensely reading a book, but this one was dry. Percy had tried to read the wet books he had find but never could except for two (that included the one he had learned from mentioned earlier) he had managed to read when he discovered if the pages were dry they were much easier to read, but for others he had found he instead looked at the watery pictures. One time he had found a book only of pictures, but even the pictures were in ruins so he left it be for the rest of its under the sea time.

The dark haired girl with the bits in her hair made her way over to the blonde, who looked up from her book and smiled.

"Your Highness you really should try to enjoy yourself." The dark haired girl said like she was playfully scolding the girl.

"I will enjoy myself at these things when I am done with my reading Piper." The blonde said and Percy held back a laugh.

Piper looked like she was about to something when suddenly shouting was heard.

"Hurricane a' coming!"

Percy jumped as frightened screams, and frantic shouting broke out. Taking the chance he leaped off the side of the ship, and down into the water. Grover was having a panic attack, and yelled at Percy when he completely ignored his friend, and broke the surface. A violent strike of lighting hit the ships sail, and the waves became horribly choppy. Thunder boomed across the sky, and the waves became worse. An orange glow was encasing the ship and Percy saw people escaping with tiny boats. The dark haired girl, Piper, he had seen from converse with others on the ship, frantically yelling out a name.

"ANNABETH!"

Percy looked up at the top of the ship where the blonde he had seen from earlier, had her leg caught in ropes, her arms full of carrying many books, and papers. She untangled herself, when the mast then fell and the girl jumped out of its way and tumbled down into the water. Percy gasped and frantically looked around for the girl, his heart rate speeding up with panic. He searched the waters, ignoring the water that got into his eyes when he saw the girl stuffing her books into a floating barrel, when the strong undercurrents dragged her down into the unforgiving sea. She cried out as she submerged into the deadly water, her hand the last thing as it reached out for help. Percy immediately dove down into the sea, and swam to the girl as she rapidly sank like a stone, down into the darker depths of the ocean.

Catching her by the waist, the dark haired boy saw she was blissfully unconscious with her mouth opened and her hair surrounding her like a halo, and the prince powered his tail, trying with all his might to drag her up to the surface. She was extremely heavy he realized when he saw that it was the weird dress that was making her so heavy, it must be absorbent or something he thought. Percy held her to him with one arm and ripped off the back of her dress where many ties were, leaving her in a torn white shirt, and shorts she had worn underneath. He did not notice the dress sink down eerily and looked to the surface. Pulling her up quickly towards the above world, he broke through the surface, and Percy adjusted her position in his arms so she would stay above the surface as he stroked his tail, and the prince swam to the nearest shore, dodging past remains of the sinking ship. He had to save this human.

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